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+0,18800116,historical,Storm,"K, iTMO, asked if the Board thought the unpaid capital could be collected. The Cashier replied that under the Act MONTREAL, FRIDAY, JANUARY 16, 1880, the stock of all those who did not pay up their calls could be confiscated. Mr. Baebsac asked on what basis was the valuation of the real estate made. The Cashier said the property owned by the Bank was on St Joseph and Seigneur streets, and gave a return of 5 per cent. The valuation was its actual worth. Mr. Babeiac entered into a lengthy charge against the management, contending that the Bank had not sufficient capital to do a profitable business, and that the shareholders had not been sufficiently consulted. A general meeting, he argued, should have been called after the Paquet defalcation, and also when the fusion with the Jacques Cartier Bank was under consideration. Had the latter been accomplished the result, he contended, would have been ruinous to the bank. Hon. Mr. Thibaudac replied to the charges made by Mr. Barbeau. The argument of the latter in relation to the circulation and reserve fund of the bank was absurd. As to calling a general meeting of the shareholders after the defalcation of Mr. Paquet, that would destroy the credit of the bank, for the shareholders under the excitement of the moment when rumors were afloat detrimental to various monetary institutions, would have caused precipitate action. As far as the fusion with the Jacques Cartier Bank was concerned, no measure to that end could have been passed without the consent of the shareholders and without an Act of Parliament to authorize it. It was not customary in the consideration of such questions for the directors to call a meeting until they had the scheme fully digested. Mr. Bxiqcx stated that if the fusion with the Jacques Cartier Bank was not proposed to the shareholders, it was because the directors of the Hochelaga Bank did not consider the terms offered by the Jacques Cartier Bank satisfactory. As to Mr. Barbeau's complaint that the defalcation of Mr. Paquet was owing to insufficient precautions having been taken by the Jacques Cartier Bank, he might say that the Jacques Cartier Bank's system in this respect had been the same as those then followed by other banks, and that the City and District Savings Bank had adopted further precautions in relation to its officers since Mr. Paquet's defalcation had been discovered. The Hochelaga Bank had also taken greater precautions and measures since that incident. Aid. Labebgi said that he had entered this meeting with views opposed to the management of the Hochelaga Bank, but since Mr. Barbeau's speech, he had altered his views and considered that the directors had done all in their power to provide against losses. He was, therefore, fully satisfied with the conduct of the directors and considered they should be re-elected. After some further discussion, the President made a speech which fairly carried away the audience and enlisted their sympathies and support on behalf of the directors. He sketched a history of the Bank, which was started in 1873, just as the years of financial crisis were opening, and gave the Bank great credit for maintaining its credit while other institutions were crashing around it. Four Banks, each with much larger capital than this one, had been obliged to close their doors, and yet the Hochelaga Bank weathered the difficulty, and probably with careful management would, now that the crisis was over, succeed in recovering lost ground and causing its shares to be rated at par. But to do this, its shareholders should give it every support by giving it the support of their business instead of transacting their affairs with other banks; and in this respect he cited the example of the butchers, who deposited their receipts with it as one worthy of emulation. Aid. JXAXXOTTX said he had a delicate question to ask of the directors, and amidst a storm of hisses, asked the directors if it was true that they made their deposits with other banks. The President was about to reply, when Hon. Mr. Thibaudean said it would be an insult to a meeting of the respectability of this one, for the president to answer a question of this kind, and the answer was not pressed for. The Cashier, in reply to a shareholder, said the shares of the bank stood today worth 87 per cent. The usual votes of thanks to the directors, cashier and officers were then moved and carried, without dissent after which Aid. Grenier moved, seconded by Aid. Jeannotte, that the old Board be re-elected. This motion was also carried unanimously, after which the meeting was declared closed. The new Board of Directors therefore consists of the following gentlemen: Mr. DISABLED STEAMER. On Monday last the steamship Plainmeller, Capt. Ford, from Newcastle, England, and bound to New York with a cargo of pig iron, put in here in a disabled condition. She left Newcastle on the 9th of December, and on the 16th encountered a hurricane by which the two starboard boats were carried away and the cabin was stove in. On the following day, the wind still blowing with terrible violence, Capt. Ford was coming out of the chart room, when a tremendous sea struck the ship and he was carried overboard and disappeared almost instantly. On the 22nd another storm arose, and the sea swept the decks, smashing the bulwarks from the bridge aft, destroying the steering gear and carrying overboard a seaman named Anderson. Next day the storm abated and the ship's course was shaped for this port. The hull is much strained, and it is thought the cargo will have to be landed to admit of the necessary repairs being effected. We are once more reminded of the necessity of a graving dock in a port such as this, lying near the track of the trans-Atlantic steamers, which, as in this instance, are frequently disabled and require repairs. It is calculated that had there been a graving dock here, the S8, Arizona would have paid in dock dues not less than 2,000, and the Plainmeller would have added a handsome sum. CHRISTMAS Christmas Day is honored here by a strict observance by all classes and denominations. Nearly all the churches were open for service both morning and evening. Charity to the poor was dispensed with a liberal hand; family gatherings and quiet and sober enjoyment marked the festive season, and were in accord with the spirit of the day. Reviewing the year now gone, we have reason for thankfulness that a fair share of prosperity has been awarded to us; there is no great amount of poverty, and our working classes are in comfortable circumstances. THE S3, rXAraXELUR. The steamship Austrian is behind time, and I add a few particulars regarding the steamship Plainmeller, whose captain was unhappily lost overboard before she reached this port. Captain Ford, who was only 28 years of age, was a resident of Bristol, England, and, by all who knew him, was highly esteemed for his manly qualities, his courage and generosity. He was a fine specimen of a true British sailor bold, skillful, cool and self-possessed in danger. In November last he was mate of the steamer Fernwood, on her voyage from Baltimore to Liverpool, when she fell in with the ship Forest Belle in a sinking condition. By great gallantry and daring he succeeded in rescuing the crew, ten in number, by means of his lifeboat, risking his life in the midst of a heavy gale and stormy sea on this mission of mercy. For this gallant deed he received the Royal Humane Society's medal just before leaving on the present voyage, which unfortunately proved to be his last. In a tremendous gale, on December 16th, a heavy sea struck the Plainmeller, which shifted the cargo and gave her a bad list to starboard, so that the rail was under water, and the vessel strained and labored heavily. On the following day Captain Ford had just taken his observation at noon, and was returning from the bridge to the chart room when a heavy sea struck the vessel and carried him overboard. Only two men were on deck at the wheel, and on the alarm being given the steward threw a life buoy to the captain who was struggling in the water. The buoy was only 30 yards from him, and being a splendid swimmer he made towards it, when the force of the wind, as it rose on the top of the sea, carried it right away from him. He then turned towards the ship, but almost immediately disappeared. The sea was running mountains high, and nothing could be done to save him. He was to have been married on his return to England to a young lady in Bristol. The chief officer, Mr. Matthews, and the chief engineer deserve great credit for bringing the steamer safe to this port, after battling with a succession of fearful gales, with a wrecked vessel and such a dangerous cargo as pig iron. The Plainmeller now lies at the wharf of the Hon. A. Shea, agent for the Allan Co., who has entire charge of the vessel, and is pressing on the repairs with all due speed. The want of a graving dock to effect such repairs as she requires is once more demonstrated, and it is to be hoped initiatory steps will soon be taken to secure such a desideratum. Since a week before Christmas the weather has been unusually cold and stormy, the thermometer, on one or two occasions, having been four degrees below zero, a very uncommon occurrence so early in the winter. On New Year's Day we had a heavy snowstorm. OUB LONDON LETTER. A Christmas to The Sheffield election Conservative demonstration in Le Tlehnorne claimant Loss of the Borsnsln The small birds, from our correspondent LONDON, January 24, 1879. Christmas day has brought the densest and most disagreeable fog that we have experienced in London for some years. In this suburb St John's Wood which is generally comparatively free from fog, it is impossible at mid-day to make out even the outline of any object on the opposite side of the road, and the condition of the central parts of the metropolis, where the fog usually contains a considerable admixture of smoke, must be much worse. Diners out will have some difficulty in reaching their destination, for all traffic, except on the underground railway, is necessarily suspended, and few undertakings are so dubious as to result as the attempt to find one's way, in a dense fog, to a particular house in an unfamiliar quarter. Consequently there will be many vacant chairs at Christmas dinner tables today. The result of the Sheffield elections has been a surprise for most of us, not because the Liberal candidate has won, but because the Conservative party made such a gallant fight for the vacant seat. To poll within five hundred votes of their opponents in such a hotbed of Radicalism as Sheffield is unquestionably a triumph for the Government; and there can no longer be any doubt that a very large number of electors in the large constituencies who formerly supported Mr. Gladstone, are now followers of Lord Beaconsfield. It should be remembered that this is the first opportunity we have had of testing the relative strength of parties in the great boroughs since the Manchester election three years ago; and opinions were very much divided as to the effect which subsequent events have produced upon the minds of the independent section of electors whose votes decide every close contest. The Conservatives were by no means confident of making even a creditable spar, although they assumed a bold front to the last. They had been disappointed by the refusal of their most promising candidate, Mr. Mark Addy, to contest the seat; they had to put up with a young man, Mr. Stuart Wortley, a nephew of the Earl of Wharncliffe, of no local influence, without experience or distinction except in connection with a noble family; and on the other side was arrayed an organization which ever since Sheffield received the franchise, has monopolized the representation of the borough, and signally defeated every attempt to dispute its supremacy. Mr. Waddy, moreover, was a strong candidate. If, as a temperance man, he alienated the sympathies of the publicans, on the other hand he secured the adherence of the Permissive Bill party, who muster strongly in Sheffield. His opinions were advanced enough by securing the support of the Radicals to prevent the division of strength which has often been so fatal in Radical constituencies. He was especially recommended to the deluded idiots who still believe in the innocence of the Claimant; and on the Saturday before the election, the Irish vote, strong, was pledged in his favor. Three Irish members of Parliament Sullivan, Finigan, and Justin McCarthy strongly urged their fellow-countrymen to support Mr. Waddy. They said that he had given satisfactory assurances, that he had promised seriously to consider Irish questions, and to vote for an alteration of the land laws; and their exhortations were supported by a telegram from Mr. Parnell, calling upon every Irishman to aid in defeating the Government upon their chosen ground. The effect of all this was to throw the Irish vote en bloc into the Liberal scale at the last moment, and there can be no doubt that it decided the result of the election. How many moderate Liberals were disgusted by this coquetting with the Home Rule party we have no means of ascertaining, but it is probable that the loss was far inferior to the gain. Mr. Waddy owes his seat, therefore, to the Irish element in this constituency, and it is probable that Mr. Parnell and his influences will be able, as they had boasted, to influence the elections in about a dozen of our largest constituencies in the same manner. At the last elections in 1874 the Conservatives deemed themselves so weak in Sheffield that they ran no candidate of their own and supported Mr. Roebuck in order to keep out Mr. Chamberlain, now the radical member for Birmingham. They succeeded. In 1868 they started a candidate who only polled about 5,000 votes against a gross total of 42,000 on the other side. At the next general elections they may or may not be successful. The battle will then be fought on the new register, which has added some 3,000 votes to the Liberal strength; but there is a delightful uncertainty about the ballot which falsifies the most careful calculation. It is needless to remark that the result of the election has cast a gloom over the councils of the opposition. If they can only just manage to win in Sheffield, what hope have they of carrying the constituencies in Lancashire and Yorkshire, where, if public opinion has changed in the same degree as at Sheffield, their prospects must be well-nigh hopeless, with or without the help of the Irishmen. The Conservative demonstration at Leeds organized to give Sir Stafford Northcote an opportunity of replying to Mr. Gladstone's criticisms upon his financial policy, was successful, not only in point of numbers, but political effect. The Chancellor of the Exchequer showed himself thoroughly capable of defending his measures, and met Mr. Gladstone very fairly upon the statistical argument. It is significant, however, that he claimed the right to set off against the deferred extraordinary expenditures, which last April were already nearly four millions, the reduction effected in the national debt by the extended creation of terminable annuities and the new sinking fund, from which it is inferred that the Government will meet their difficulties next year by boldly transferring that portion of the floating debt for which they are responsible to the funded debt, just as the special appropriation from the Indian Exchequer for the Famine Fund has been recklessly expended upon the Afghan war. This would certainly not be an unpopular measure, for the taxpayers quake at the prospect of having to meet a deficit in the ordinary budget and the payment of deferred liabilities together, would otherwise be the case; and they will be thankful for relief in whatever shape it comes. The Tichborne Association propose to put the Claimant in candidature for Nottingham at the general election. That interesting criminal has almost completed seven years of his term of penal servitude, and his friends are endeavoring to upset the sentence upon a writ of error, and thus obtain his release. The objection taken is purely technical. The power of the Judge to sentence him to penal servitude for seven years is not disputed, of course. The contention of the Claimant's friends is that that term exhausted the punitive power: but inasmuch as the Lord Chief Justice passed the sentence, it will probably prove to be duly supported by legal authority and precedents. We have very meager accounts of the loss of the Borussia, the Dominion Line steamer which foundered in the Atlantic but it is suspected that she was not seaworthy, and more than hinted that the crew left the passengers to their fate. The statements of the survivors are conflicting, one of them admitting at first that there was a panic on board the ill-fated vessel, and that the crew lowered the boats without orders; the others earnestly asseverating that nothing of the kind happened. There were no passengers in the boat that was picked up. Her crew consisted of three of the officers and half a dozen seamen, a fact which points not so much to a save as the deliberate abandonment of the passengers. A Board of Trade enquiry is to be immediately held upon the disaster. It has been remarked that our stock of small birds has greatly diminished since last year. The hard winter killed a good many of them, and the survivors were again thinned by the wet weather in the summer, which, moreover, prevented them from breeding. The woods and hedges are now comparatively deserted. Last winter, too, during the cold weather, numbers of small birds were driven to seek for food in the gardens of the London suburbs, where ordinarily speaking nothing but smoky sparrows are to be seen. This year, instead of a small flock of linnets, finches, robins, thrushes, starlings and other winter residents, there is scarcely even a house sparrow. Perhaps our feathered friends took timely notice of the approaching frost and migrated to summer climes; but it is generally thought that most of them are dead. ",1,0,0,0,0,1
+1,18800120,historical,Storm,"T. Howard 173 St. Peter Street Jas Vitrtoe 19 Ayimer St. Thoa Ferguson Contract i:rt 1 m Wm Bifeop Lagaacbetiereslre Taos Kirma 14 Ottawa Street lst Orders received by Telephone THE CANADA FUEL IFL1 TTJTE3 MORE CKABLE CHidAPER TFT AX COAL AXO BURNS BRILLIANTLY FOR SIXTEEN HOURS Can be relighted and burned over again for equal periods with a small addition of fresh fuel; will be submitted to any test to satisfy purchasers. Can be seen burning at 832 St. Mary Street or 80 St. Maurice Street. Mays 121 New Job Printing House We take much pleasure in announcing to our friends and the public that we have added to our Binder and Stationery business well and our PRINTING OFFICE, which will be under the special charge of Mr. Hugh Caverot Jr., who was admitted a partner in our firm, January 5th from 1st September. With new type, the latest improved presses and steam power, we are in a position to turn out first-class work with promptness and reasonable rates. The combination of Bindery, Stationery and Printing departments under one roof gives us unprecedented facilities for executing orders in all the branches to the satisfaction of our customers. STON, PHILLIPS & Co. Job Printers, 128 Notre Dame Street, Continued from second page some of them had paid a much higher price than they should have done for their wagons, etc. It is a great mistake for immigrants to take heavy articles with them; the carriage costs more than they are worth. We started for THE PRAIRIE DISTRICT, crossing the Assiniboine, which will rail lay for 40 miles along the banks of the Red River. For ten miles or so to the La Salle River the road passes through a rather low and wooded country, most of the timber being in small copses. We then emerge on open prairie, most of the river lots being settled and under cultivation. This continued, with intervals of unbroken prairie, all the way to Morris, which we reached at dusk. The prairie west of the road was mostly unbroken and had been swept by fire. We saw a good many stacks of prairie hay and some cattle. Prairie chickens were pretty numerous, and we shot 25 brace on this journey. The land at Morris is hardly so heavy as nearer Winnipeg. Winnipeg. Crops were reported to average 18 to 20 bushels per acre. Next day we struck west along the second base line, and ten miles out reached the Lowe farm, the only house for 25 miles. We were kindly entertained by Mr. Lowe, Jr., on our return. This farm consists of 19,000 acres, which Messrs. Lowe intend farming on a scale similar to the Dalrymple farms. They have erected a fine house and buildings and have 500 acres broken for next crop. They have had some losses among their horses, the work of breaking being severe, and the hay and water not suiting horses from Ontario at first. Oxen or mules do better for breaking. They have also had some difficulty in getting good water, and have put down a bore of 90 feet in the rock, where they hope to find a good supply. Meantime they have to draw supplies some distance. Water is one of the first considerations with the settler. It is rare that water is so difficult to get as in the case we have mentioned. The water of the creeks is good, and we made a point of tasting the well water at a good many places we visited. Sometimes it was sweet, and sometimes it had an alkaline or sulphurous taste, but stock take to it readily enough. The Lowe farm is all level prairie, with a little marsh, on which you might drive a plough for miles in any direction. It is intersected here and there by small channels or coulees, which carry off the water in spring, but do not impede a plough or reaper. The soil is a rich, black mould, eighteen inches deep on a clay subsoil. Our trail for several miles lay through the south corner of the big marsh, consisting of many thousand acres, which is flooded by the Boyne River in the rainy season, but could be drained with little difficulty. It was covered with most luxuriant grass, in some places three to four feet high. In some places it was still soft, and the horses went up to the knees and pulled us through with some difficulty. We travelled over 40 miles, and reached Messrs. Bidder's farm on Tobacco Creek just in time, as we were hardly well inside when a thunderstorm, with heavy rain, came on, and a very dark night. Next day we drove over Messrs. Bidder's farm and some of the surrounding country. Messrs. Bidder have several thousand acres of nice dry land, well situated on the creek, along which there is some fair timber. They have not yet cultivated much wheat, as they are some distance from a market, but they expect ere long to have communication with Winnipeg by the Pembina Railway branch, which will add greatly to the value of their land. Their wheat has averaged fully thirty bushels per acre. This and the Pembina mountain district is considered one of the finest parts of Manitoba. The Pembina mountains are terraces of some 200 to 300 feet high, well clad with timber, their summits being an immense plateau of level prairie, which is thickly settled nearly as far west as Rock Lake. This district is fairly well wooded and grows the wild dog rose, a sign of good dry land. We re-crossed the Atlantic with a young man who had bought 320 acres, with a log house and some improvements, for $800. We had fine weather for our return to Winnipeg, and witnessed a Red River dance at Morris. We also drove out to Mr. Gerrie's farm on Sturgeon Creek, eight miles northwest of Winnipeg. Mr. Gerrie owns 40,000 acres in different parts of the Province, and has here a block of 5,000 acres, nearly all dry and well situated. The soil is a black loam of 12 to 18 inches deep, on a friable clay loam. A crop of oats, sown on breaking, had been very bulky; but the quality of the oats grown on new land is generally poor. Mr. Gerrie has sold a part of this block at $1 an acre. Returning to Winnipeg we passed through a considerable breadth of lower land on which hay had been cut. We saw loads going into town, where it sells from $6 to $8 a ton in quantity. Six dollars is about the lowest price; and as the cost of cutting, stacking, and delivering in town does not exceed $3 to $3.50 per ton, it seems to be a profitable business on land which yields two tons per acre, and which can be bought at less than $5. We also drove out with Mayor Logan and some other gentlemen to Bird Hill, east of the Red River, from which we had a fine view. The country east of the river is more rolling and broken than the west side, and more wooded. We saw prairie fires to the south and west. The railway from Winnipeg to Selkirk is now finished, and we saw here some large deposits of gravel, which by-and-bye will be of great use in road making. We passed through the settlement of SILDOXA, which skirts both banks of the Red River north of Winnipeg. It was settled by Highlanders from Sutherlandshire in 1812. The claims are from 5 to 12 chains wide, and go four miles back. Only a small proportion along the river is cultivated, the rest being used for hay and pasture. We saw land which had been in wheat for 35 to 50 years, and took samples of the wheat, soil, and subsoil. We also saw some first-rate turnips. We did not see any signs of manure being applied, though we saw manure heaps, the accumulations of 50 years. As there is no decrease of crops the natives do not think it necessary to use manure yet; indeed it has been customary to draw the manure on to the ice of the river in winter and allow it to go off in the spring freshets. Others who had not this facility had found it necessary to remove their barns rather than remove the manure heap. The cultivated land was clean and seemed in good condition. On the banks of the river we could see a depth of 12 to 14 feet of soil, all alluvial deposit. The settlement of Selkirk, farther down the river, was settled in the same way, and is similar to Kildonan. Returning to Winnipeg we saw a start being made on the first section of the Canada Pacific Railway west of the point. The construction of this section is contracted for at $6,000 per mile, being little more than the cost of rails, sleepers, and ballasting. The cost of working will also be light, as the steepest gradient from Lake Superior to the Rocky Mountains does not exceed 1 in 100. When in Winnipeg a banquet was given to the Ministers Aikins and Bowell, to which the delegates were invited, and at which a great future for the Northwest was confidently predicted. Mr. Cowan, from Wigtownshire, who visited the district west of the Portage, as far as Rapid City, kindly favored us with his notes on that section. He says the land for 12 miles west of the Portage is good, similar to the land of High Bluff. Twenty miles west is low and rather marshy, then changes to a sandy loam, and then very low for 16 miles past Gladstone, and no use till drained. The trail here strikes White Mud River, a clear, and in places rapid stream. From White Mud River to Stoney Creek and over Riding Mountains, the land is light and sandy in parts, but generally good rolling prairie, fit for mixed husbandry, till the Prairie City on the Little Saskatchewan is reached. From Prairie City to Rapid City the trail is along this river, the banks of which are light and gravelly, but a mile back the land is good rolling prairie, not quite so heavy as the land near the Portage. The south trail from Rapid City to the Portage passes through land similar to that we have described. In this big plain, 23 miles east, Mr. McKenzie has a farm of 4,000 acres. This gentleman, who came from Ontario eleven years ago, gave Mr. Cowan some useful information. He owns about 18,000 acres of land, selected very judiciously in various parts of the province. One of his sons is on a farm of 1,700 acres on the Beautiful Plain, and has 300 acres under crop. He has also a grazing farm, 60 miles northwest of the Portage, on which he says 800 acres would yield enough hay to winter 2,500 cattle. He lives on a farm of 2,400 acres, 9 miles west of Portage-la-Prairie, some of which he has cultivated for nine consecutive years. His wheat yielded 41 bushels per acre in 1877, 36 bushels last year, and he expects 40 bushels from this year's crop, all of the fine variety, and 60 to 62 lbs per bushel. He sows wheat from 15th April to 12th May, and reaps in August. Oats may be sown till 20th May, and barley as late as 10th June. Oats yield 75 to 80 bushels per acre, 34 to 36 lbs; barley, 40 to 45 bushels, 50 to 53 lbs. He drills in about 1 bushel of each. His land is a good black loam, 18 inches deep, on a subsoil of 3 or 4 feet of loamy clay, and grows excellent crops of roots of all kinds. Potatoes, with very rude cultivation, grow 7 to 10 tons per acre, and turnips as high as 30 tons without manure; swedes frequently weigh 16 to 20 lbs. One exhibited last year weighed 36 lbs. Good water is found at 16 feet, and stock do well. Mackenzie has a stock of very useful well-bred cattle, the best in the Province. He finds a ready market for all his produce in settlers coming in, and expects to need no other for some years. He pays $40 a year and board for white labor; and $2 per day and board for Indian labor. He had an Indian ploughing one of his fields. Mackenzie must be considered a good authority on the matter of crops, but his results are relatively considerably better than the average, and it would not be safe to calculate on his figures. Though we spent nearly four weeks on our journey to and from Manitoba, including the time we were there, we only saw a very small proportion of the 1,000,000 acres it contains; and as Manitoba is only the beginning of the immense extent of fertile country which extends to the foot of the Rocky Mountains, we can hardly do more than say that we have had our foot in the Northwest. The British possessions in North America are larger than the whole of Europe, and larger than the United States, without Alaska; and as the wheat region through which the Canada Pacific Railway will pass is estimated to contain 160 million acres, the Canadians may well be enthusiastic over their possessions. None of the delegates went west of Rapid City, but the country south to the Assiniboine is reported good dry land, water good, and timber scarce. At Shoal Lake, 40 miles away, the land is similar, and on to Fort Ellice and the Touchwood Hills. At Edmonton, 850 miles, the land is said to be undulating and of the highest cultivation, and those who have visited the Peace River describe it as the finest country of the whole, and say that notwithstanding its high latitude it grows richly, while owing to its situation on the east slope of the Rocky Mountains, the climate is much milder than in the much lower latitudes. A diagram to a man, on which isothermal lines of winter and summer are marked, will illustrate this. But I may say that while it is in the same latitude as Scotland, the summer is similar to that of Belgium. Most of the land in Manitoba is now taken up, and emigration is moving westward to the free grant lands. The land is surveyed in sections of a mile square, or 640 acres; half of these sections, corresponding to the white squares of a draught board, are reserved as railway lands, and sold at fixed prices according to distance from the line of railway. The sections corresponding to the black squares are reserved as free grant lands, each settler receiving 160 acres on payment of a nominal sum, and with power to buy 160 acres more on easy terms, the price varying from $1 to $2.50 per acre. The policy of the Government is, if possible, to build the railway ahead of settlement, but we hardly think it will succeed. The Government also wish to prevent speculators getting possession of large breadths of land to hold on speculation, but in this they have hitherto failed, as many men own from 10 to 40 thousand acres within 100 miles of Winnipeg. These lands at present bring in no revenue to the owners; indeed it is probable that some are paying interest on the purchase money at high rates. These lands are all for sale at prices from $1 to $5 per acre for unbroken land, and in some cases improved lots might be bought for much higher sums. There are many men who have taken up homesteads and preemptions who will sell their rights for a small profit, so there is no likelihood of land being scarce for many years to come, and settlers who can pay the prices I have named do not need to go far west unless they choose. On the whole, I was favorably impressed with Manitoba, and the other delegates whom I met expressed the same opinion. No one who sees the immense extent of fertile soil and the excellence of its products can doubt for a moment that there is a great future before that country. Nearly everyone we met who had seen anything of the Northwest spoke of it in glowing terms; and though it is necessary to allow considerable discounts of the statements of those who have not much experience in agriculture, we were satisfied that settlers with industry, experience, and some capital could not fail to do well. A man with $100 can make a start on a homestead; a man with $200 to $300 can start well; but as a rule men with more capital have the best chance. Stock do well, but require shelter and hay in winter. There is a good home trade in cattle, large numbers being imported at present from Minnesota. The cattle we saw in Manitoba were good and strong, rather short of breeding, but infinitely superior to the Texas and native Colorado cattle we afterwards saw in Chicago market. We think Galloway cattle would suit the country well. Yearling cattle were selling at $12 to $16; two-year-olds at $20 to $25; and three-year-olds at $40 to $45. Draft oxen bring $90 to $180 per pair according to size, condition, and training. Most of the settlers at present are avoiding the low lands and taking up the dry lands for wheat-growing, which gives a quicker return than cattle; but as soon as stock-raising is more general, we think these lands will be found very valuable. We saw some few flocks of 50 to 100 sheep. In some districts a spear grass grows, which gets into the wool, pierces the skin, and kills the animal; but this only occurs at one part of the year, and when the land is cultivated this grass disappears. Like cattle, sheep require shelter and hay in winter. The disadvantages of Manitoba are at present bad roads, especially in the rainy season; the long winter of fully five months; the scarcity of wood and of water in some parts; the mosquitoes and black flies, which for a couple of months in summer, and especially in marshy places, are very annoying to man and beast, and particularly to new settlers. The opening of the railway will help to get over the first difficulty, and also bring in supplies of timber where needed. Care is required in selecting land where good water can be had. The winter is long, and the temperature often very low; but we were assured by Governor Morris and others that the cold is not severe, as the air is generally still and clear, and that even invalids with weak lungs find the climate healthy and pleasant. There is no cure for the insect plagues, which, however, disappear as the land is drained and cultivated. It is well for the emigrant to be prepared for these difficulties, which we would be careful neither to exaggerate nor conceal. As a field for money-making and enterprise, we consider the Northwest decidedly the best part of the Dominion; and those who are willing to face those difficulties and disadvantages of pioneer life, difficulties and disadvantages which will be rapidly overcome, and which are nothing to those which the early settlers in Ontario had to contend with, have every prospect of success and independence. It would be a great mistake to suppose that I recommend Manitoba to all who think of emigrating. The propriety of going there depends very much on the means and habits of the emigrant. There are many whom I could not recommend to make a change which would involve the loss of a good many of their present life comforts, and which might be especially hard on the female members of the family; but young people with health, energy, and some means, accustomed to work, would certainly improve their condition and do well. There are many families, too, who may be working as hard here, without making things any better, as they would have to do there, for whom the change would be a good one. We left Winnipeg on Tuesday, 21st October, and, travelling night and day, reached Chicago in 48 hours. We passed over the St. Paul and Michigan Central Railways, a distance of 1,200 miles, on free passes. These railways carry most of the emigrants who go to the Northwest at present, and the arrangements are very satisfactory. During the whole of the first day we traversed the expanse of burned prairie we have already described, which often stretched away for miles to the horizon unbroken by a house or tree, but strewn with numerous bones of buffalo, deer and other animals, scattered over the surface, or half buried in the soil. Near Emerson and Cookton we saw some farms of considerable size; on one there were excellent buildings, and five or six teams were returning from work. On another we saw ten horses at work driving a thrashing machine; there were more than 100 large stacks of wheat in the fields and at the buildings, and it struck us that there was work enough for a steam thrasher, and that the horses would have been better employed ploughing. At night we passed some extensive prairie fires, which were tearing along before a brisk wind, and where the grass was high, leaping to a great height. It was a grand sight. We heard that many settlers had lost house and crop by recent fire. We spent two weeks in Ontario, which was not sufficient to see it thoroughly, but our visit was cut short by an early fall of snow. We visited some farms near Toronto, on one of which we saw stumps extracted by an ingenious machine. Two men and a boy and a pair of light horses were pulling up large pine stumps expeditiously. These stumps are not ripe for pulling for seven or eight years after the trees are cut; and in passing through the Province the patches of land under stumps and the snake rail fences were the strangest features. We visited Guelph, and were kindly entertained by Messrs. McCrae, natives of that place, and several other gentlemen. This is one of the best-farmed districts of Canada, the stock of cattle on several farms being exceptionally good. The chief attraction here was the Ontario School of Agriculture and Model Farm, an excellent institution, partly supported by Government. They have at present 88 pupils, and have had to refuse many applications for want of accommodation. The pupils study and work half time. They are paid for their labor according to industry and ability, and it is possible for an active lad to make the payments for work nearly cover the charges of the school. We were shown over the farm by the Professor of Agriculture, Mr. Brown, a Scotchman. We saw a fine field of turnips tested to average 20 tons per imperial acre. 10 or 12 sorts of swedes had been tried. Experiments were also being made with different varieties of wheat. The pastures were sown out with clover and timothy, and were fairly good, but rather patchy in places. The land is a good, deep, gravelly loam, heavier than similar land here, and not so red in color; some parts were rather soft and heavy, but clean and in good order. The stock included good specimens of Shorthorns, Hereford, Devon, Polled Angus, Galloway, and Ayrshire cattle; and of Southdown, Lothwold, and Leicester sheep, a good many of the animals having been imported from this country. Several of the horses were very nearly pure Clydesdale. They are at present carrying on experiments in cattle feeding with animals of different breeds, and test the increase of live weight on the scales from time to time. Professor Brown expects each animal to gain 2 lbs per head daily. He has found it profitable to reduce the allowance of roots to 30 and 40 lbs daily, and allow a larger quantity of grain, say 6 to 10 lbs, according to circumstances. He has tried steaming and chopping all the food, but found the stock do equally well on the raw food. In experimenting with various forms and kinds of food he found that pigs made most progress on peas supplied whole, although a considerable proportion seemed to pass through the animals undigested. The results of these experiments, as well as a general report of the affairs of the school and farm are published annually, and form an interesting and instructive volume. We saw parties of students engaged on various farm work, attending stock, and thrashing out experimental lots of grain. We think this is a valuable institution and worthy of imitation in this country. We visited several farms in this district. At Mr. Stones' we saw some very good shorthorn stock and Cotswold sheep. At Mr. McCrae's, we saw good turnips and a nice herd of Galloways, including some of the principal prize winners at Ottawa. At Mr. Hobson's farm we saw some excellent shorthorns. Mr. Hobson feeds a good many cattle, buying half fat cattle in December and January, and feeding till June. He allows 12 to 15 lbs meal daily and 60 lbs roots. He also feeds off 400 lambs on rape, selling them in August at 10s to 12s each, and making them worth 22s to 24s by middle of December. The rape is sown in drills and worked the same as turnips. On this farm of 300 acres, 240 cleared, four men are employed in summer and two in winter, and some extra help at busy seasons. Mr. Hobson estimates the necessary capital for such a farm at $3 per acre. Of course where pedigree stock is kept it is much higher. We visited a farm of 180 acres, all good land except 20 acres, which was for sale at about $13 per acre. It was a nice place, near a railway station. The house was new, had cost $800; and the buildings were fair. Another farm of 200 acres, let at 12s an acre, was considered too dear. The soil was a fair sandy loam on a clay subsoil, intersected by a gravelly ridge. The turnips were a very good crop. The divisions of crop on this farm were as follows: 70 acres hay, 60 acres pasture, 15 turnips, 20 fall wheat, 20 peas, 20 oats. The taxes payable by the tenant were about $13, in addition to eight days' statute road labor. This farm was part of a block of 800 acres for sale at $12 per acre. Near Guelph we saw two farms of 400 acres farmed by two sons of the late Mr. Gerrand, Marchfield. They pay about $200 a year rent and taxes, and are said to be doing well. These seemed very desirable, in a good situation, and were for sale, price $12 to $13 per acre. We passed through part of the Paisley block, a district settled a good many years ago by emigrants from Paisley, few of whom had been brought up to farming. They have, in nearly all cases, been successful, and possess very comfortable residences and tidy, well-managed farms. We next visited Gait, where a large proportion of the people are of Scotch descent. Mr. Cowan, a native of Dumfrieshire, has a good farm of 540 acres in the neighborhood. Mr. Cowan is a member of Parliament, and well known as a breeder of Leicester sheep. We saw a first-rate flock of ewes. He also breeds shorthorns. The land is mostly rolling, a deep sandy loam, and free from stones. We went to Bow Park, near Brantford, where we met an old acquaintance, Mr. John Clay, Jr., of Kerchesters. Bow Park belongs to Mr. George Brown, of Toronto, a gentleman of much spirit and enterprise, who founded the splendid herd of shorthorn cattle there. Mr. Clay had just returned from Chicago, where they had sold 40 head of shorthorns at an average of 60 guineas each, and some Clydesdale horses at handsome prices. After luncheon we inspected the splendid buildings and the stock they contained. There are at present about 340 head of shorthorns and one or two Clydesdale horses on the farm. We first saw a very fine lot of one and two-year-old heifers, including some very stylish animals. We then passed through the stable for 24 horses, the immense barn filled with crop and hay, and root-house underneath. In a shed containing 44 loose boxes we found a splendid collection of cows and heifers of the Oxford, Princess, Duchess, and other famous tribes. Many of the animals were very fine, and had been imported from England at a great expense. Some had just returned from a round of shows, where they had carried all before them. In other sheds we found more cows and heifers and the bull 'Fourth Duke of Clarence', a magnificent bull of great style and substance. Mr. Clay informed us that they found a ready market for their young stock chiefly in the States. Now that Canadian cattle are shut out, they will have to find a market in Canada; but judging from the impetus which has been given to cattle-breeding by the export trade to England, we would expect the home trade to increase and by-and-by pay the proprietors. The importation and breeding of such a class of cattle is calculated to be of untold benefit to the province, and indeed to the whole Dominion. Bow Park estate contains 800 acres of fine sandy land situated in a loop of the Grand River, and grows excellent crops of Indian corn, rye, barley, and oats. A large breadth is cut for hay, and the 150 acres of Indian corn are also cut green and stand in stook till required for stock. The stock consume all the produce of the farm. We drove from Brantford to Paris through a very nice country. On the way we visited a very nice farm of 540 acres, 80 acres in wood, nicely situated and well laid out. The house was fine but buildings inferior. The land was a deep sandy loam, easily cultivated, but not in good order. We saw a 60-acre field of grass sown down five or six years ago, which was the best sward of grass we saw in Canada. This was a most desirable farm, and was for sale. We next went from PARIS TO WOODSTOCK, in Oxford Co., and visited Mr. Donaldson's farm of 300 acres at Zorra. Mr. Donaldson is a native of Cumberland, and had excellent farm buildings and very good turnips. He feeds a good many cattle and gave us some details of expenses and returns. He allowed 60 to 70 lbs turnips, and 8 to 10 lbs meal and bran daily, which he estimated rather low; we thought at 3s a week. His cattle paid 13s per month for grazing without cake, and from 22s to 30s per month for house feeding. He estimates grazing sheep at 3d per week, and wintering at 6d, or 20s 6d per annum. Ewes kept in this way should pay nearly 30s each in wool and lambs. He estimates the cost of fattening sheep in winter at 3d per week, including an allowance of grain. Sheep, like cattle, require to be housed in winter, and do well, if not too crowded; 40 in a lot being sufficient. Sheep in Canada are not affected by scab, foot-rot, or murrain. We stayed a night with Mr. Dunlop, a native of Ayrshire. Mr. Dunlop has his farms let at about 12s per acre. He also owns lands in Dakota, and furnished us with useful information. He estimates the necessary working capital for a farm of 200 acres in Oxford County, where 15 to 20 percent of the land is still under timber, at $40 to $60 per acre, but of course many start with much less. The annual labour bill would amount to 16s to 20s per acre if hired, but on such farms the farmer generally takes an active part in the work. He estimates the cost of raising fall wheat, including rent and taxes, at $75 per acre, and of spring wheat at $50. Barley sometimes pays as well as wheat, but prices are more fluctuating. Oats are only grown for home consumption. We visited a large cheese factory at Strathallan station, recently erected on the best principles. The storing room is placed some 20 feet from the making room, and is connected with it by a tramway. The piggeries are about 80 yards off. The balance of cheese on hand had been sold at 6陆d per lb. At Stratford we met Mr. Ballantyne and visited his factory at Black Creek, 8 miles off. This factory was started in 1864, and was one of the first in the neighborhood. Mr. Ballantyne is largely engaged in the cheese trade, is connected with a good many factories, and is probably as good an authority on cheese making and the cheese trade as we could have met with. He has devoted great attention to the scientific principles of cheese making and overcome the main difficulties which American makers have to contend with. He is of the opinion that in many cases the milk is tainted before it is drawn from the cow, owing to water pasture or other subtle causes which affect an article so susceptible of taint as milk. In dealing with such milk (which is indicated by floating gaseous curd), Mr. Ballantyne sets it at a temperature of 80 degrees; he maintains this temperature and draws off the whey as soon as possible, even at the loss of a little curd, as he holds that he gets rid of much of the taint in the whey and that allowing the whey to remain on the curd simply fixes and increases the taint. He allows the curd to ripen well before going to press during a period of from 1 to 5 hours, which the oxygen of the air brings the curd into proper condition. The fitness of the curd for press is tested on a moderately hot iron. If it is sufficiently ripe it should adhere to the iron and draw out in a stringy fashion. I do not know enough of cheese making to make any remarks of my own on these points, but no doubt many of you can appreciate these hints, which I simply repeat as Mr. Ballantyne stated them. July and August, when the weather is hot, is the most critical season with Canadian cheese makers, and we saw some August cheese made on a principle from tainted milk, which were perfectly sweet. At this factory they receive the milk of 1,000 cows, and make fully a ton of cheese daily. The cows yield most milk in June, some 26,000 lbs daily producing 2,600 to 2,700 lbs cheese. The worst yield is in July. The milk is richest in October, when 8陆 lbs milk will yield 1 lb of cheese. Farmers sending milk to the factories do not as a rule feed their cows highly, and consider $6 per cow a fair return for the season. Mr. Ballantyne said it would not pay them to make good cheese under 6d per lb, and that in consequence of the low prices prevailing for some time, many had fed off their cows. The make of American cheese was therefore short, and would probably continue so for some time. He expected to see prices maintained, and did not think makers of the English cheese would be affected as they had been by American competition for a good few years to come. We visited Niagara, and were much impressed with the grandeur and magnificence of the Fa",0,0,0,0,0,0
+2,18800121,historical,Storm,"FBOX OTTAWA, January 20 Sir Charles Tupper is expected to return tomorrow, Speaker Blanchard is expected to arrive on Thursday. Mr. Justice Fournier has extended the time for appeal in the Exchequer Court case regarding the Queen. Mr. Compton, Dominion arbitrator, arrived this morning from Montreal for the purpose of hearing the Barnard arbitration case. It is understood that during the session of the Board at Montreal last week, several Lachirje appeal cases were disposed of. Several applications for Island land cases were adjudicated upon, the evidence in which had been previously taken by one of the Board. Mr. Justice Henry has referred the question of allowing counsel fees in the Montmorency Section case to the rail Court, there being no precedent. The respondent appears in such a case; several cases have been inscribed for hearing at the February session of the Bailie Court. The Quebec cases are: McJ, Boomer, Dawson, McDonald & Larue, Bellechasse election, Chevalier, Couviller, Fuller. For the quarter ending December 31st, the line of goods exported from the port was $37,363.28; of this amount, $21,000 was in lumber. On Saturday evening, the Attorney General of British Columbia, Mrs. Jkem, Lieut-Gen. Sir Selby Smyth, and guests were invited to dinner at Government House. Earl Grosvenor was also present in the North Ontario election case, before Justice Henry. Mr. McTavish, for the appellant, this morning applied to have the case set down to be heard on the 3rd of February. There will be a special session of the Court on that day for the delivery of judgments; the application was taken into consideration. Mr. Andrew Holland has returned to the House from Quebec. He anticipates obtaining from the Quebec Government the rescinding of the cancellation of the location tickets for Wakefield by the Joly Government, and that landowners will have an opportunity of showing cause why the cancellation shall not be revoked. This morning, three young men named James Kennedy, Patrick Gallagher, and John Mahoney were committed for trial by the Police Magistrate for robbery of a farmer. Major Lewes, who has been in the Protestants' Hospital for some time past, ill with smallpox, is able to be out again. The funeral of the late Mr. Sloan, stationer in the House of Commons, who died suddenly on Monday last, took place today and was well attended. A heavy snowstorm is raging tonight. FBOX QUEBEC, January 21 It is likely that a severe snowstorm occurred here today. The Pope, confined to his bed, having taken a severe cold yesterday, is now suffering, it is said, from its effects and from a severe attack of nerves. SPAIN, The Abolition Bill, Madrid, January 20 The Spanish Cortes today adopted all of the clauses of the Abolition bill. AUSTRIA, Inundations have occurred in Holland and Poland. Somerville's Darkness in 3 straight heats, Scullen second, Hush third; best time 2:55. The meeting adjourned on account of the storm. J. Bray's lecture on ""Sir Walter Scott: His Life and Writings"" might fairly be called a very good one, the lower part of the church being nearly filled. The lecturer was warmly received on coming forward, and applause frequently testified during the course of the evening to the interest felt in the subject and appreciation of the able manner in which it was treated. The discourse was, as its title would indicate, a review of the life, character, and works of Scott, with quotations from his works being appropriately introduced at intervals. Referring to the habit of celebrating the anniversary of the birth of the poet Burns, the lecturer expressed his surprise that that of the great novelist was not marked by a special celebration. After reviewing many incidents of the author's life, his habits and manners, his love for Abbotsford, his grand abilities, the manner in which his writings were accomplished, and giving with much effect extracts from them, Mr. Bray went on to speak of the closing scenes of his life when his troubles fell thick on him; contrasting his noble resolve to pay in full the immense debt with which he was saddled, with the manner in which liabilities are so scientifically wiped out by the stair bannister. The strap broke instead of his neck, and thus he escaped. A heavy rain, snow, and hail storm, with thunder and lightning, has been raging all morning. At the meeting of the County Council today, the assets of Halifax County were shown to be $3,583,525, and the liabilities $2,256,686; estimates for 1880, $21,786. The annual meeting of the Insults' Home was held today, His Lordship Bishop Binney presiding. During its five years' existence, 266 babies have been snatched from baby-farms and from the arms of death. The committee made an eloquent appeal for funds for a new building, towards which Mrs. A. O. Railway from 1st January to 21st January 1880; also shipments from Montreal, European via Portland and Halifax (including Upper Canada through freight), by Grand Trunk Railway East, and Montreal & Champlain Railway, with comparative figures for previous years. WEEKLY REVIEW OF THE PRODUCE AND PROVISION MARKET, Montreal, January 21 The occurrence of very extraordinary weather has again to be recorded. There have been five or six periods of thaw during the present month, the latest of which may be said to have commenced on the 15th instant (Thursday), continuing until last Monday night, when a sudden change happened, the temperature beginning to fall rapidly and high wind prevailing, the difference between morning and evening being 22 degrees. A snowstorm set in on the afternoon of the 20th instant, filling the street and country roads with deep snowdrifts; but yesterday was milder, though seasonable and pleasant. The range of temperature between the 13th and 20th insts. was from 8.3 to 40, one mean of the observations being 28.60, the atmosphere for most of the time being more like that of early spring than mid-winter. On Monday, some portions of the ice-bridges were posted as dangerous; but the cold which followed made it firmer. Latest advices from Europe were by Atlantic Cable to date, and by mail per SS. Moravian and Gallia, dates from Liverpool being up to the 10th inst. BREAD-STUFFS Wheat lower; flour easier. PROVISIONS Pork steady; butter quiet; cheese firmer. ASHES Pots weaker; pearls nominal. Flour Receipts by Railway for week ending 21st January, 5,990 barrels. Total receipts from 1st January to 21st January 1880, 21,876 brls, against 23,766 brls at corresponding date in 1879, being a decrease of 1,890 brls. Shipments via Portland and other channels for the week ending 21st January, 1,036 barrels. Total shipments from 1st January to 21st January 1880, 8,659 brls, against 8,954 brls at corresponding date in 1879, being a decrease of 295 brls. The market has again to be quoted dull and inanimate, with a decidedly weaker feeling. Superiors are held at $6.206.25, meet little or no inquiry; Extra Superfine sold at $6.10 for a straight 100 barrels, with smaller broken parcels down to $6.00; Spring Extra quoted at $5.90-$5.95, there being one or two transactions at those figures; Choice Strong Bakers sold at $6.50; Middlings at $4.40 and Ontario Bags at $2.90. Grain, WHEAT Receipts by railway for week ending 21st January, 2,800 bushels. Total receipts from 1st January to 21st January 1880, 138,674 bushels, against 121,240 bushels at corresponding date in 1879, being an increase of 17,434 bushels. Shipments via Portland and other channels for week ending 21st January, 49,000 bushels. Total shipments from 1st January to 21st January 1880, 128,439 bushels, against 120,843 bushels at corresponding date in 1879, being an increase of 7,596 bushels. A few carloads of spring wheat sold about a week ago at $1.40, and since then there has been an occasional transaction at lower values, which are now quoted at $1.36-$1.37. Peas have sold at 80c per 66 lbs in store. Oats at 1c per lb along the line. Corn quoted at 70c, duty paid. Latest Western Advices (By Telegraph) Chicago, January 21st, noon No. 2 spring wheat, $1.20 for February. No. 2 corn, 42c for February. Milwaukee, January 21st, noon, No. 2 spring wheat, $1.20 for February. Provisions, BUTTER Local receipts, 1,037 packages; shipments, 2,984 packages. Market steady and quiet, former figures are given unchanged; outside values still continue to represent only fobbing trade. CHEESE Receipts, 1 box; shipments, 331 boxes. Advanced in sympathy with rise in English market; shipping lots of Fine are firmly held at outside quotations. PORK Steady and unchanged. LARD City rendered pails continue in fair demand at 10c-11c. DRESSED HOGS Values are easier; good firm hogs have sold down to $6.40, and during the thaw as low as $6.25 was accepted for some lots. General Produce, ASHES Values have been irregular and declining, sales averaging from $4.40 down to $4.25. PEARLS No transactions reported; prices nominal. Freights, Rates quoted from Montreal to Liverpool via Portland, are: for heavy grain 7s 0d per quarter of 480 lbs; flour, 3s 9d per brl; ashes, pots, 47s 6d; pearls, 57s 6d; butter and cheese, 50s per gross ton.",0,0,0,0,0,1
+3,18800219,historical,Storm,"STORMY WEATHER Heavy gales over the United Kingdom Bourne weather on the Atlantic Disastrous loss of cattle shipments London, February 18 The weather continues very unsettled over the whole of the United Kingdom, and gales are reported at several stations The heavy gale which has raged at Penzance for the past two days has somewhat abated The wind is now blowing strongly from the southwest and the barometer marks 28.70 inches The gale is still blowing at Liverpool, but it has moderated a little London, February 18 The British steamer Canopus, Captain Horsfall, which arrived at Liverpool yesterday from Boston, lost her boats and 247 head of cattle, and sustained other damages in consequence of heavy weather Sports and Pastimes Curling Stuarton, X8, February 18 The curling match between the Truro and Stuarton clubs, which took place here today, resulted in a victory for Stuarton, which places the club in the van as good curlers Quebec, February 18 The Quebec Curling Club Challenge Cup was played for at the rink, St Charles street today, by the Montreal Caledonia Curling Club and the Quebec Curling Club The play was excellent on both sides, Quebec winning by 18 shots FEDERALIST London, February 19 At 2 a.m. the following was the score in the six days' walking match: Brown 328, Hazael 280, and """"Limping"""" Day 258, and going splendidly AQUATIC",1,0,0,0,1,0
+4,18800403,historical,Storm,"THE LM CROP, Eau Claire, Wis, March 30 A heavy rainstorm, which set in early Saturday morning, followed by moderate weather, has virtually suspended logging operations in the Chippewa Valley, and the camps, with few exceptions, have broken up, after having accomplished a good season's work. The rains have caused a rise of nearly two feet in the Chippewa and Eau, which is perceptible at this point, and there is a prospect of the ice moving out of the Dells reservoir and other dams above before the close of the week, leaving the river free for a resumption of raft and boat navigation. The improvement at the mills are about completed, and there is a possibility that several of the establishments having a surplus of logs from last season will commence operations this week. A large number of men were sent up both rivers this morning, so as to be in readiness for the drive, which is anticipated to take place earlier than usual. ON THE WOLF AND WAUPACA RIVERS, Waupaca, Wisconsin, March 30 The lumbermen, with their teams, are rushing out of the woods and spending a few days in the cities preparatory to going on to the river. The rivers are all open now, but the dams are frozen to such an extent that logs cannot be run through. On the Wolf, Little Wolf and Waupaca rivers are large crops of logs, and the present season will be a good one for rivermen. The Wisconsin Central Railway is running extra log trains daily, and there is said to be logs enough on their line north of Stevens Point to furnish business for the road all summer. The Weed & Gumaer Manufacturing Company of Weyauwega buys logs from one hundred miles north, saws them at their mills at that place, and re-ships the dressed lumber back to Stevens Point, forty miles north of Weyauwega. There are several new sawmills being erected at the small towns on the railroad, and a lively business will be carried on this summer.",1,0,0,0,0,0
+5,18800408,historical,Storm,"W. Laurie has been elected President of St. George's Society. Right Rev. Dr. Cameron, Bishop of Arichat, is in town en route for some. The rise and progress of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America will take place at a lecture by Rev. Chancellor Mill on Monday. Gunner Payne, of the Royal Artillery, who was drowned with two of his comrades in the harbor Sunday afternoon, was buried today with military honors. A disagreeable snowstorm set in this afternoon, and towards evening it began to freeze hard. Sir Rose and Lady Price, of England, have taken a house and intend spending the summer in Halifax. J. Patterson, Secretary. Montreal, 5th April, 1870. REVIEW OF THE PRODUCE AND PROVISION MARKET. Montreal April 8. The weather was very fine for several days last week; but toward the close a good deal of rain fell in various parts of the Provinces of Ontario and Quebec, a slight thunderstorm occurring here on the afternoon of the 4th instant accompanied by heavy showers, and followed by high wind, which continued during the night. Highest temperature on that day was 60 to 68 according to locality. The 5th was spring-like, becoming colder in the afternoon, with flurries of snow late in the evening, another light snowfall occurring on the night of the 6th. Yesterday morning had a decidedly wintry appearance, which, however, soon disappeared in the bright sunshine. The mean temperature since the beginning of April until yesterday was 43. The ice on the river opposite this city gave way on Monday, the thaw occurring rather unexpectedly; there was another very considerable movement on Tuesday; fortunately the railway track between Hochelaga and Longueuil had been removed in time to avoid casualty. The local river traffic by market steamers will soon be resumed. Latest advices from Europe were by Atlantic cable to date and by mail per S.",0,0,0,0,0,0
+6,18800415,historical,Storm,"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, COP 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 street car 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, 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, Lowdon, 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 stock yards 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 snow storm 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 street car 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, SABANNA Lake, Y, 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 blowing 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 snow storm from the northwest struck this city this morning, Nearly all trains are late, Street car 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, HAD STORM IN ENGLAND, Much Damage Is Done Both on the Sea and on the Land, London, February 12, The gale which set in in Great Britain late Saturday night continued to gain in violence during yesterday and in the afternoon the wind was blowing with hurricane force, Telegraphic communication has been greatly interfered with and details of the damage done are being received slowly, A peculiar feature of the storm was the destruction wrought among the churches, At Teignmouth, in Devonshire, a church in course of erection was entirely destroyed, The spire of St. Mary's church at Shrewsbury, county of Salop, was blown down, At Peterborough, county of Northampton, the pinnacle of the parish church of St. John was blown over and the glass roof of the Great Eastern Railway station was destroyed, The English Presbyterian church at Holywell, Flintshire, Wales, was also among the buildings wrecked, A boarding school and many dwelling houses in the town were also blown down, At Newport, in South Wales, the roofs have been blown off a number of houses, It is feared that there have been many wrecks along the coast, Several vessels have gone ashore off Margate and Ramsgate, Isle of Thanet, Devonshire, At Dudley, in Worcestershire, a number of factory chimney stacks were blown down, In two or three instances the falling chimneys struck the factories, causing great damage, In this town many persons were injured, Scores of houses were unroofed, Communication between London and the continent is completely cut off, The Yarmouth steamer Hesolven, bound for Cardiff, has been wrecked, The Hesolven went ashore yesterday, The Caister lifeboat went out to the wreck and succeeded in taking off the seventy-five persons on board of her, A broken lifeboat, with the word """"Liverpool"""" painted on the bow, has been washed ashore in Langlands bay, A lifeboat that left Swansea yesterday is missing, A tremendously high sea was running in the Channel and the steamers plying between England and France and England and Belgium were more or less delayed, Those steamers plying between New Haven and Dieppe did not venture out of port, The roof of a house at Iron Bridge, Shropshire, fell in, crushing the occupants of the house beneath it, The wall of a factory at Oldham, Lancashire, was blown down, Close beside the wall there stood three cottages, Upon these the huge mass of brick and mortar fell, crushing the buildings into splinters, Nearly all the inmates of the cottages were injured, but none were killed outright, Despatches are coming in from various places reporting the wrecking or stranding of vessels, Fortunately there has been thus far small loss of life reported, The schooner Brilliant went ashore at Cairnryan, county of Wigton, Scotland, It is thought she will be got afloat again, The fishing smack Favorite sank in the Thames, off Greenwich, Everybody on her got ashore, The Valisdoof is ashore at Silloth, on Solway Firth, The Prince of Wales' yacht, Britannia, which is to sail in the regatta at Nice, was compelled by stress of weather to put into Plymouth sound, where she will remain until the storm abates sufficiently to allow of her proceeding, Hartlepool, county of Durham, which is situated on an almost insulated promontory, was exposed to the full force of the storm, and considerable damage was done in the town, Tall chimneys on a number of dwelling houses in the town were blown down, The bricks crashed through the roof of one house falling upon the family, who were congregated in the top storey, Two children were instantly killed and their parents were badly injured, At Stockton-on-Tees, also, in the county of Durham, a number of dwelling houses and shops were unroofed, A despatch from St. Quentin, France, states that an unknown American ship is ashore there, A despatch from Greenock states that the Norwegian barques Bertie and Tancred have been wrecked there, A quay at Port Glasgow was carried away, The British barque Wilhelm Tell, from Calcutta, which was discharging cargo at the Alexandra dock, Hull, was sunk by the gale, In West Cork the gale has caused immense damage to property, Two girls who were in bed asleep at Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, were instantly killed by a chimney falling upon them through the roof of the house, Five persons were injured by a falling roof, The wind overturned a tram car running between Wolverhampton and Dudley, Twenty passengers were slightly injured, Vienna, February 12, A heavy storm is sweeping over Austria, Many trains have been stopped by the trees blowing across the track, Berlin, February 12, Numerous accidents have been caused by the storm in Brandenburg, The Stettin railway station here has been damaged considerably and the stations at Helensee and Brummelsburg have been partly unroofed, Sixteen houses in Bepepparel, near Coblenz, are burning this evening and the wind is so high that the firemen are unable to prevent the spreading of the flames, HAMMURTO, February 12, The tide has run exceptionally high here today, and it has been blowing a gale, Many vessels broke from their moorings and numerous collisions were reported, Scores of small craft went to the bottom, So far but two deaths by drowning have been reported, but several men are missing from vessels in the harbor, Trees have been blown down in the parks, chimneys have been thrown down and roofs have been lifted, A despatch from Luebeck says the Town hall there has been damaged greatly by the storm, At Friedrichsrube much damage has been done to the forests and sheds, A HOME OUTRAGE, Twenty Persons are Wounded by Another Explosion, Paris, February 12, Edson Breton, 23 years old, threw a bomb in the cafe of the Hotel Terminus at the St. Lazare railway station this evening, The bomb exploded in the middle of the room and wounded twenty persons, An instrumental concert began in the cafe, which is on the ground floor of the hotel, at 8 o'clock, Shortly before 9 o'clock a pale, thin young man with a light pointed beard paid for a drink which he had taken at a table in the middle of the room and started to leave, When near the door he turned suddenly, drew a bomb from his coat and threw it towards a group of persons who had sat next to him, The bomb struck an electric light fixture, then fell on a marble table and exploded, The great hotel and station were rocked by the shock, The mirrors, windows and doors were blown to atoms, The ceiling and floors were rent and the walls were cracked, A dense, offensive smoke filled the cafe for a few minutes, and in the obscurity Breton escaped, When the smoke cleared away five persons were found wounded and 15 slightly injured, The bomb had been filled with bullets and rough pieces of iron, which had riddled the furniture and walls and inflicted most of the wounds, After leaving the cafe the bomb thrower started down the street on a run, Three policemen had just passed in an omnibus when the explosion occurred, They were going on duty and jumped to the street the moment they saw the fugitive, The young man turned on them as they called to him to stop and fired five shots, Policeman Poisson fell badly wounded in the side, Policemen Lenoir and Bigot, however, continued the pursuit and, with the help of Policeman Barbes and a waiter named Tibaier, overpowered and arrested the bomb-thrower, They took him to the police station in the Rue de Moscou, where after some hesitation he gave his name and age, The prefect of police, M. Laurent, chief secretary to M. Dubois, minister of the interior, and several other high officials, were summoned to the station, and the examination of the prisoner was begun, Police Commissary Gavrel taking the evidence, Meanwhile the sound of the explosion, the smoke and the cries of the wounded had attracted a great crowd to the Hotel Terminus, Doctors Sereno, Bouille and Thysun offered their services and dressed the wounds of the injured, At 11 o'clock only an incomplete list of the injured could be obtained, It was as follows: M. Herdere, both legs pierced by bullets and pieces of iron; Mine. Leblanc, shin bone fractured; Mine. Leblanc's brother, ear split and bruised; unidentified man, wounded in the intestines by a flying piece of marble; Messrs. Danne, Vanhest, Poquet, Fonbert, Raymond and Laustan, cut or torn by fragments of marble or glass, The United Press correspondent was admitted to the Rue de Moscou police station shortly after the arrest, Breton sat handcuffed between two policemen, He showed the effects of his hasty flight and tussle with the police, Otherwise he looks calm and comfortable, The removal of his outside coat revealed a collarless flannel shirt and the general garb of a working man, In his pockets the police had found a pair of brass knuckles, a dagger, a Swedish knife, a six chambered revolver, a gold half Louis, two franc pieces, eleven cents and a small silver locket containing a lock of brown hair tied with a ribbon, At first he refused to talk, telling the police that it was their business to find out who he was, After giving his name and age he again became silent, Eventually he added that he was a cabinetmaker and had arrived in Paris from Marseilles this morning, """"Yes, I am an Anarchist,"""" he exclaimed, irately, in response to reiterated questions, """"and the more of the bourgeois I killed the better it would please me,"""" Paris, February 12, An Anarchist named Boisson, one of the many arrested during the recent police raids on Anarchist haunts, was placed on trial today and convicted of having explosives in his possession, The judge sentenced him to four months' imprisonment Boisson stood in a defiant attitude while sentence was being pronounced upon him, As the judge concluded, the prisoner, who had a large piece of bread in his hand, drew back his arm and threw the bread at the judge, The missile struck the judge on the nose, As Boisson threw the bread he shouted, addressing his remarks to the court and attendants, """"You are a crowd of pigs, We will blow you all up, Long live Anarchy,"""" The act of the prisoner created great excitement in court, many of those present thinking the piece of bread was a bomb, Fragments of bomb indicate that it was a tin box, perhaps a sardine box, the explosive contained a chloritic powder, A man who saw the capture of Breton in the street described it thus: """"As Policeman Poisson fell, Breton stumbled; but to save himself, and almost instantly, fired again at the crowd of pursuers behind the other policeman, A woman sank dangerously wounded to the pavement Breton continued to flourish his revolver after he had emptied it, A policeman struck him with a sabre and Breton fell, but only to rise and struggle fiercely when the policeman laid hands on him, It was only with difficulty that the police prevented the crowd from lynching him, The police say that four persons, who were passing the Hotel Terminus when the explosion occurred, were severely injured, One of them may die before morning, FILLING ASSEMBLIES, A Heavy Fight Over the House of Lords About to Begin, GAUNTLET TO BE THROWN Down by the National Liberal Federation at Its Meeting on Thursday Mr. Gladstone Sanctions It, LONDON, February 12, The House of Commons reassembled today, Sir Edward Grey, parliamentary secretary of the Foreign office, in reply to a question, said British merchantmen enjoyed the same facilities at Rio Janeiro as were had by the vessels of other nations, The Government would neglect no opportunity to secure for the commerce of Great Britain the same advantages as were accorded to other countries, The business transacted today was entirely formal, The members expect that tomorrow the Government will make a declaration rejecting the amendments made by the House of Lords to both the Parish councils and Employers' Liability bills, A meeting of the Cabinet was held at the official residence of Mr. Gladstone in Downing street prior to the reassembling of the House of Commons, It is stated that Mr. Gladstone proposes to drop the Parish Councils bill and the Employers' Liability bill and make an appeal to the country within a month, After the Cabinet council was concluded today the executive committee of the National Liberal Federation obtained permission to put a resolution before the annual meeting of the Federation on Thursday declaring that no further mischievous meddling of the House of Lords shall detract from the work of charter reform, which the Representative House is authorized to carry out, It is reported that the delegates will be asked to approve a resolution declaring that the continuance of a house of hereditary legislators has become intolerable and that the House of Lords has been allowed to exist too long, The Duke of Devonshire, leader of the Liberal-Unionists, has called a meeting of his parliamentary party for Thursday, This meeting will be asked to decide whether or not the party shall support Lord Salisbury against the Commons, Joseph Chamberlain, Liberal-Unionist leader in the Commons, will advise the peers to surrender rather than provoke the decisive conflict, The Daily Chronicle, commenting on the re-opening of Parliament, remarks that """"There could scarcely be a more humiliating position for a popular assembly than is the case in Great Britain with the House of Commons belittled and insulted by a survival of medievalism which exists for no other reason under heaven but to afford a cover for every anti-popular reactionary and despotic sentiment,"""" The Liberal and Radical union at its meeting today passed a resolution denying the right of the House of Lords to return to the country the bills passed by the House of Commons, The resolution also condemned the institution of the Upper House as a danger to the State, LONDON, February 12, the meeting of the National Liberal federation of Portsmouth opened today, Robert Spence Watson, the president, said in his introductory address that he rejoiced in the recent conduct of the peers, They had acted in the manner best calculated to bring to the front the question not of mending them, but of ending them, The day for forgiving the iniquities of the peers, even if they should repent, had gone, Loud applause greeted this declaration of principles, 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 St. 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, R. 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Well, there is a better feeling, The trouble was that the financiers and bankers had lost confidence, and the same state of affairs existed all over Europe, but I could see before leaving London that a vast improvement had taken place, Confidence in fact has been in a great measure restored, and you will readily understand that this cannot but have a first rate effect upon Canada as well as upon her interests in the old land, """"In regard to the object of his trip to London, he remarked that the general belief was that the subsidy to the Canadian-Australian line would be granted by the Imperial authorities in due course, """"They had been doing all in their power to educate the public mind of Britain to the vital importance of such a service, not only to the colonies, but to the Empire at large, """"You have no doubt had valuable assistance while in London,"""" he was asked, """"Yes, Sir Charles Tupper has nobly seconded my efforts and I am likewise under great obligations to the agents of the Australian governments in London, These gentlemen thoroughly understand the situation both from a colonial and imperial point of view, and you Canadians should be proud in having such a man as the High Commissioner to look after Canadian interests on the other side of the water, """"Mr. Huddart is also much interested in the success of a fast At",1,0,0,0,0,0
+7,18830312,historical,Storm,"MONTREAL, MONDAY, MARCH 12, WEATHER PREDICTION The weather has been a subject of interest in all ages and climes, and attempts at weather prediction were made at a remote period. The traces of a rude meteorology are found in the unearthed literature of the Babylonians. Indications of a plan of weather forecast are found in the Book of Job. The religious creeds of most ancient peoples were based, to a considerable extent, on dread of the unknown of the air, and not a few of the deities, both of civilized and uncivilized antiquity, were personifications of the conditions or influences of the atmosphere. Among the Greeks and Romans, phenomena had also some approach to scientific treatment. They had a theory of a stated revolution of seasons. But the lack of instruments prevented them and other inquirers from attaining accuracy in their observations. It was not, indeed, until the 17th century that the invention of the barometer and thermometer enabled philosophers to ascertain the weight and temperature of the encircling air. Other discoveries of importance followed and towards the close of the last century considerable progress had been made in the collection of data on which a workable theory of the weather might be based. Mr. Kirwan, utilizing the researches of Mr. Mayer, drew up a table of mean temperatures for all the degrees of latitude between the equator and the pole, first for the land and afterwards for the sea. His treatise was long an authority on the subject, and was a marked advance on the application of rules to weather operations. The daily variations of temperature also occupied his attention and he compiled statistics as to the mean annual quantity of rain. While he was laboring in Ireland, Mr. Cotte was pursuing investigations in France and Franklin was examining the nature of lightning on this continent. Other students and enquirers were busy in other parts of the world, and by the beginning of our own century a large mass of useful information on various questions connected with meteorology had been published in memoirs, transactions and in books. From observations of a great number of years, Messrs. Toaldo and Cotte, though on different grounds, advocated a period of repetition covering nine years. They also gave maxims for prognosticating the weather, based on the phases of the moon. Mr. Kirwan's rules for prediction were based on observations which extended from 1777 to 1789. He had found, for instance, that when there had been no storm before or after the vernal equinox, the ensuing summer was dry in five times out of six; that when a storm happened from an easterly point on the 19th, 20th or 21st of May, the succeeding summer was dry four times out of five, and so on. He found that in 41 years there were 6 wet springs, 22 dry and 13 variable; 20 wet summers, 10 dry and variable; 11 wet autumns, 11 dry and variable, each season being counted as wet when it had two wet months. Of a series of maxims, of which the truth was said to have been established by long observation, the following are examples: A moist autumn, with a mild winter, is followed by a cold, dry spring, retarding vegetation; a rainy summer generally precedes a severe winter; cranes and birds of passage early in autumn augur a severe winter; violent storms or great rains bring on crises that produce an equable temperature for some months; a rainy winter predicts a sterile year; a noted storm-centre is generally preceded by great banks of cirro-stratus. Since these rules for foretelling the weather were confidently recommended, nearly three generations of meteorologists have devoted their attention to the subject, and yet we still, notwithstanding our vendors, Johnstons and Wiggin's, have no trustworthy scheme of weather prognostication embracing long periods of time. We should be sorry to think, nevertheless, that no advance has been made towards the formation of a rational and reliable system of seasonal forecast. The success which has attended research into the influence of sunspots, when at their maximum and minimum, gives reason to hope that continued investigation will reveal causes of weather phenomena as to which we are now in the dark. Prof. Maury says, """"the prime object was to gain a daily prospectus of the atmosphere over the country as it actually was, and as it would be seen if a photographic view of it, so to speak, could be taken."""" And, as he adds, """"the simultaneous method, when announced, seemed so natural and simple that we might have wondered that any other was ever attempted."""" The old so-called synchronous method had regard only to local time, and thus much of the value of the observations was lost. By the simultaneous plan, all the observers read their instruments at the same actual moment. In September, 1873, an International Meteorological Congress met at Vienna to institute researches and arrive at some scheme of common action. The simultaneous system was in consequence extended to the entire field of weather investigation, an arrangement of which the late General Myer had already pointed out the expediency. Records of uniform observations then began to be kept by the various weather bureaus, from Japan to Ireland, and from Newfoundland to Alaska. On the 1st of July, 1875, was first issued a printed bulletin containing such daily international and simultaneous reports, and the issue has since been continued, a copy being furnished to each observer. The cooperation of the world's naval and merchant fleets was next sought, and by the end of the year 1879 the entire force engaged in observation numbered 500 persons. The usefulness of such a cosmopolitan weather service, an enterprise for which the U.S. authorities deserve the thanks of civilization, can hardly be overestimated. The object in view, as Prof. Maury says, was to study the atmosphere as a unit. """"Nature's forces respect no national frontiers; and, if their mighty play is to be watched by science, its observational corps must be expanded to cover every accessible part of the globe."""" Some of the results of this combined research are very remarkable. In examining the data of 20 months, Prof. Loomis found that in that time 28 storm centres had travelled eastward across the Rocky Mountains, having scaled that barrier as easily as a steamship overrides a wave. In July, 1878, the Signal Office at Washington began to publish regularly a daily weather chart of all the observations taken simultaneously in the northern hemisphere, which brings """"within easy comprehension of the student's eye"""" the atmospheric phenomena of the whole field of research. Among the questions of which the solution is sought by these charts are """"the translation of cyclones from the Asiatic waters over the North Pacific Ocean to the Pacific slopes of the United States and the kindred question of the transatlantic passage of American storms to western Europe."""" The great highway of the chief atmospheric currents on this continent begins on the Pacific and extends eastward. Hence the urgent need of a series of """"floating observatories"""" in the North Pacific. The cyclones of that ocean recurve from the Asiatic Coast and follow the warm current of Japan (the Kuro Siwo), which is the congener of the Gulf Stream and is a natural storm-channel. In like manner European weather is shaped from the Atlantic and hence the desirability of trustworthy regular reports from points in the Atlantic two hundred miles or more from land. One such report, it is claimed, would be worth, for the purposes of storm prediction, more than dozens of continental reports. The value of such reports is illustrated by the cold, wet summer which caused so much distress in Great Britain in 1879, and of which farmers might have been forewarned had there been international reports from Iceland and the Faroe Islands. In observing the clouds, which Prof. Maury calls """"Nature's weather-guides,"""" and which are unerring monitors of every weather change; not so much the shape of clouds of freezing or frozen vapor, at great elevations, and recognizable by their thread-like delicacy as well as their altitude. The main body, forming the familiar cumulus, is the omen of impending disturbance and those whose time is spent outdoors may soon learn to interpret their meaning and forecast the changes which they indicate. It is, however, only by the application of a comprehensive simultaneous system that the full significance of such phenomena can be ascertained. To forecast the coming seasons, it can only be possible when the network of observing stations is enlarged so as to include a vast expanse of ocean as well as of land. """"The northern hemisphere, at least,"""" says Prof. Maury, """"must be visited with a thorough system of observations."""" NOT MUCH OF A STORM AFTER ALL ROCHESTER, March 10 The deciding games in the pool tournament were played tonight. Albert Frey took the first prize, John B. Suessinger the second, Samuel Knight the third, and George B. Sutton the fourth. Ottawa, March 11 The weather today has been cold, cloudy and gusty. Tonight the wind is higher than it has been all day, but there has been no approach to a storm, though snow fell to a considerable depth during Saturday night. Some excitement was created yesterday afternoon, when telegrams were received stating that severe gales and a tidal wave had occurred on the coast of Nova Scotia and the eastern coast of the United States, and, in consequence, Wiggins' stock went up, but it had a downward tendency tonight. Mr. Wiggins claims Saturday's snowstorm as part of his great blow. IN THE EASTERN TOWNSHIPS AN EARTHQUAKE Waterville, Que., March 11 The severest storm known for years is in progress today. Snow began falling yesterday afternoon, and continued unabated through the night. The wind has been blowing a gale all day, and the snow is piled almost mountains high, making traffic of all kinds absolutely impossible. It will take some days to clear the snow blockade, so that business may resume its normal condition. The mayor is engaging a large force of men to open the streets. Between 10 and 11 o'clock two distinct shocks of earthquake were felt, the wave passing from east to west, and causing great alarm. The country roads will be impassable for days. The mails between here and Magog are to be carried by team, trains being cancelled. In the meantime, the Central Vermont and South Eastern railways are making almost superhuman efforts to get their lines open. Wiggins was regarded as rank on Saturday, and today he is looked upon as indeed a prophet of the prophets. St. Johns, Que., March 11 There was a heavy snowstorm last night and part of today, the wind approaching a gale at times. Two shocks of earthquake, following each other, were felt at 10:57 this morning, and a third at 11:07. During the first hopes were entertained of the prospects of a new railway station, for which Prof. Wiggins would receive the thanks of the whole community. The storm has abated, and it is gradually growing colder. S., March 10 The day dawned with an overcast sky but light southwest wind and mild temperature. It continued in this state until shortly after noon, when the breeze shifted over to the southeast quarter and gradually grew in force. A few minutes after 1 o'clock the storm-signal was up at the Citadel station, and people then began to prepare for a storm. Many still stuck to the belief that it would be only an ordinary March blow, but the majority began to doubt this, and made preparations for what they expected would soon turn out to be a fulfillment of Wiggins' warning. Steamers and sailing vessels in the docks were secured to their wharves with extra hawsers, and merchandise in places of insecurity was removed to higher and safer quarters. No remarkable change occurred throughout the following two hours, but about 4 o'clock the wind quickened, gaining strength, light short distance when the storm was at its height, between 8 and 9, but pulled up before getting into danger. The steamer Sarmatian, from Liverpool, and steamer Newfoundland, from St. John's, Nfld., which arrived this morning, report having felt the blow only lightly, and were caused no anxiety. The Gloucester fishing schooner Admiral, which put in today to land a sick man, had to lay-to during the gale, which struck her with great violence. MATCH at CURLING BILLYVILLE, March 10 The fourth of the games of curling for the rich medal was played yesterday afternoon, and resulted in Caver of the Canadians by 18 to 8. CINCINNATI, March 10 At the pigeon shooting match between Carver and Bogardus, a hundred birds, purse of $100, there was a heavy snowstorm and high wind during the shooting. Bogardus scored 74 and Carver 81. A remedy for those afflicted with any chronic disease of the stomach, rain and hail commenced to fall, and the cloud overhead grew ominously dark. Half an hour later the wind had increased doubly in strength, and rain and hail were falling quite heavily. The following two hours this state of affairs continued, the breeze increasing to a gale and howling overhead. Fear then became greater among the wharf owners and proprietors of property on the water line, and great excitement was created. At seven o'clock, the ferry steamers to Dartmouth ceased their trips, the last one occurring four times the usual time and being made with great difficulty. From that hour until nine o'clock the gale blew with terrible fury, causing the vessels in the docks to strain their fastenings and almost tear from them and drive into the harbor. Only one, however, is reported to have broken her moorings, the schooner Four Brothers, owned by William Brown lying at the Market Wharf with a cargo of potatoes and oats. Between eight and nine o'clock, in a violent blast of wind, the vessel suddenly tore from her bow hawser and swinging around, struck the city wharf on the other side of the dock with great violence, smashing her bowsprit and tearing some planking from the wharf. With some difficulty she was again secured with extra chains and safely moored between the two wharves. The tide rose during the blow to the highest point known here since the Saxby gale. At eight o'clock it was nearly on a level with the wharves and at nine, when at its highest, the sea washed over in many places, and barrels of flour, meal and other merchandise in exposed places were swept about, but no serious damage, it is thought, has resulted. The steamers in port held well to their fastenings and weathered the blow without injury. The mail steamer Sardinian delayed sailing on the storm being observed coming on. Considerable fear was felt for the safety of the steamer Newfoundland, which sailed from St. John's, Nfld., for this port last Tuesday and was due here today. Between eight and nine o'clock, when the storm was at its highest, the barometer, which in the morning registered 30.40, and at two in the afternoon 30.10, stood at 29.33, and was yet falling rapidly. The wind was then blowing at the rate of thirty-seven miles an hour and apparently gaining in velocity. About nine, however, it calmed suddenly down and the property owners and people began to be more confident, but the breeze again sprung up from a more easterly direction, though not with as great strength as before. The tide is now falling and no more heavy weather is expected tonight, but in the morning, it is said by old fishermen and observers of the weather, with the incoming tide the wind will rise again and blow with equal if not greater violence. The fishing schooners Kuntford, Josie M., Calderwood and Magic, of Gloucester, are reported at western ports of the Province awaiting the passing of the storm period predicted. Halifax, N.S., March 11, 1:30 a.m. At this hour there is a slight breeze blowing from the southeast, but it appears at times to increase somewhat in strength, and then subside. The high tide has gone completely down and the vessels ride easily in their docks. The steamer Sardinian, for Liverpool with the weekly mail, still remains in port. The effects of last evening's storm, reports of the violence of which are now coming in from all parts of Nova Scotia, prove it to have been not so serious as was expected. At the south end of the city part of an old wharf on which the Howell tin-dry was situated was blown away, but the other wharves and property on the water line suffered only slightly. The damage to vessels in the harbor was quite bad, and the heaving up of a few planks in wharves makes up all the other damage yet reported. Vessels at anchor in the harbor rode out the gale without injury. The barometer fell to the highest point known here since the Saxby gale. At eight o'clock it was nearly on a level with the wharves and at nine, when at its highest, the sea washed over in many places, and barrels of flour, meal and other merchandise in exposed places were swept about, but no serious damage, it is thought, has resulted. The steamers in port held well to their fastenings and weathered the blow without injury. The mail steamer Sardinian delayed sailing on the storm being observed coming on. Considerable fear was felt for the safety of the steamer Newfoundland, which sailed from St. John's, Nfld., for this port last Tuesday and was due here today. Between eight and nine o'clock, when the storm was at its highest, the barometer, which in the morning registered 30.40, and at two in the afternoon 30.10, stood at 29.33, and was yet falling rapidly. The wind was then blowing at the rate of thirty-seven miles an hour and apparently gaining in velocity. About nine, however, it calmed suddenly down and the property owners and people began to be more confident, but the breeze again sprung up from a more easterly direction, though not with as great strength as before. The tide is now falling and no more heavy weather is expected tonight, but in the morning, it is said by old fishermen and observers of the weather, with the incoming tide the wind will rise again and blow with equal if not greater violence. The fishing schooners Kuntford, Josie M., Calderwood and Magic, of Gloucester, are reported at western ports of the Province awaiting the passing of the storm period predicted. Halifax, N.S., March 11, 1:30 a.m. At this hour there is a slight breeze blowing from the southeast, but it appears at times to increase somewhat in strength, and then subside. The high tide has gone completely down and the vessels ride easily in their docks. The steamer Sardinian, for Liverpool with the weekly mail, still remains in port. The effects of last evening's storm, reports of the violence of which are now coming in from all parts of Nova Scotia, prove it to have been not so serious as was expected. At the south end of the city part of an old wharf on which the Howell tin-dry was situated was blown away, but the other wharves and property on the water line suffered only slightly. The damage to vessels in the harbor was quite bad, and the heaving up of a few planks in wharves makes up all the other damage yet reported. Vessels at anchor in the harbor rode out the gale without injury. The barometer fell to the highest point known here since the Saxby gale. At eight o'clock it was nearly on a level with the wharves and at nine, when at its highest, the sea washed over in many places, and barrels of flour, meal and other merchandise in exposed places were swept about, but no serious damage, it is thought, has resulted. The steamers in port held well to their fastenings and weathered the blow without injury. The mail steamer Sardinian delayed sailing on the storm being observed coming on. Considerable fear was felt for the safety of the steamer Newfoundland, which sailed from St. John's, Nfld., for this port last Tuesday and was due here today. Between eight and nine o'clock, when the storm was at its highest, the barometer, which in the morning registered 30.40, and at two in the afternoon 30.10, stood at 29.33, and was yet falling rapidly. The wind was then blowing at the rate of thirty-seven miles an hour and apparently gaining in velocity. About nine, however, it calmed suddenly down and the property owners and people began to be more confident, but the breeze again sprung up from a more easterly direction, though not with as great strength as before. The tide is now falling and no more heavy weather is expected tonight, but in the morning, it is said by old fishermen and observers of the weather, with the incoming tide the wind will rise again and blow with equal if not greater violence. The fishing schooners Kuntford, Josie M., Calderwood and Magic, of Gloucester, are reported at western ports of the Province awaiting the passing of the storm period predicted. Halifax, N.S., March 11, 1:30 a.m. At this hour there is a slight breeze blowing from the southeast, but it appears at times to increase somewhat in strength, and then subside. The high tide has gone completely down and the vessels ride easily in their docks. The steamer Sardinian, for Liverpool with the weekly mail, still remains in port. The effects of last evening's storm, reports of the violence of which are now coming in from all parts of Nova Scotia, prove it to have been not so serious as was expected. At the south end of the city part of an old wharf on which the Howell tin-dry was situated was blown away, but the other wharves and property on the water line suffered only slightly. The damage to vessels in the harbor was quite bad, and the heaving up of a few planks in wharves makes up all the other damage yet reported. Vessels at anchor in the harbor rode out the gale without injury. The barometer fell to the highest point known here since the Saxby gale. At eight o'clock it was nearly on a level with the wharves and at nine, when at its highest, the sea washed over in many places, and barrels of flour, meal and other merchandise in exposed places were swept about, but no serious damage, it is thought, has resulted. The steamers in port held well to their fastenings and weathered the blow without injury. The mail steamer Sardinian delayed sailing on the storm being observed coming on. Considerable fear was felt for the safety of the steamer Newfoundland, which sailed from St. John's, Nfld., for this port last Tuesday and was due here today. Between eight and nine o'clock, when the storm was at its highest, the barometer, which in the morning registered 30.40, and at two in the afternoon 30.10, stood at 29.33, and was yet falling rapidly. The wind was then blowing at the rate of thirty-seven miles an hour and apparently gaining in velocity. About nine, however, it calmed suddenly down and the property owners and people began to be more confident, but the breeze again sprung up from a more easterly direction, though not with as great strength as before. The tide is now falling and no more heavy weather is expected tonight, but in the morning, it is said by old fishermen and observers of the weather, with the incoming tide the wind will rise again and blow with equal if not greater violence. The fishing schooners Kuntford, Josie M., Calderwood and Magic, of Gloucester, are reported at western ports of the Province awaiting the passing of the storm period predicted. Halifax, N.S., March 11, 1:30 a.m. At this hour there is a slight breeze blowing from the southeast, but it appears at times to increase somewhat in strength, and then subside. The high tide has gone completely down and the vessels ride easily in their docks. The steamer Sardinian, for Liverpool with the weekly mail, still remains in port. The effects of last evening's storm, reports of the violence of which are now coming in from all parts of Nova Scotia, prove it to have been not so serious as was expected. At the south end of the city part of an old wharf on which the Howell tin-dry was situated was blown away, but the other wharves and property on the water line suffered only slightly. The damage to vessels in the harbor was quite bad, and the heaving up of a few planks in wharves makes up all the other damage yet reported. Vessels at anchor in the harbor rode out the gale without injury. The barometer fell to the highest point known here since the Saxby gale. At eight o'clock it was nearly on a level with the wharves and at nine, when at its highest, the sea washed over in many places, and barrels of flour, meal and other merchandise in exposed places were swept about, but no serious damage, it is thought, has resulted. The steamers in port held well to their fastenings and weathered the blow without injury. The mail steamer Sardinian delayed sailing on the storm being observed coming on. Considerable fear was felt for the safety of the steamer Newfoundland, which sailed from St. John's, Nfld., for this port last Tuesday and was due here today. Between eight and nine o'clock, when the storm was at its highest, the barometer, which in the morning registered 30.40, and at two in the afternoon 30.10, stood at 29.33, and was yet falling rapidly. The wind was then blowing at the rate of thirty-seven miles an hour and apparently gaining in velocity. About nine, however, it calmed suddenly down and the property owners and people began to be more confident, but the breeze again sprung up from a more easterly direction, though not with as great strength as before. The tide is now falling and no more heavy weather is expected tonight, but in the morning, it is said by old fishermen and observers of the weather, with the incoming tide the wind will rise again and blow with equal if not greater violence. The fishing schooners Kuntford, Josie M., Calderwood and Magic, of Gloucester, are reported at western ports of the Province awaiting the passing of the storm period predicted. Halifax, N.S., March 11, 1:30 a.m. At this hour there is a slight breeze blowing from the southeast, but it appears at times to increase somewhat in strength, and then subside. The high tide has gone completely down and the vessels ride easily in their docks. The steamer Sardinian, for Liverpool with the weekly mail, still remains in port. The effects of last evening's storm, reports of the violence of which are now coming in from all parts of Nova Scotia, prove it to have been not so serious as was expected. At the south end of the city part of an old wharf on which the Howell tin-dry was situated was blown away, but the other wharves and property on the water line suffered only slightly. The damage to vessels in the harbor was quite bad, and the heaving up of a few planks in wharves makes up all the other damage yet reported. Vessels at anchor in the harbor rode out the gale without injury. The barometer fell to the highest point known here since the Saxby gale. At eight o'clock it was nearly on a level with the wharves and at nine, when at its highest, the sea washed over in many places, and barrels of flour, meal and other merchandise in exposed places were swept about, but no serious damage, it is thought, has resulted. The steamers in port held well to their fastenings and weathered the blow without injury. The mail steamer Sardinian delayed sailing on the storm being observed coming on. Considerable fear was felt for the safety of the steamer Newfoundland, which sailed from St. John's, Nfld., for this port last Tuesday and was due here today. Between eight and nine o'clock, when the storm was at its highest, the barometer, which in the morning registered 30.40, and at two in the afternoon 30.10, stood at 29.33, and was yet falling rapidly. The wind was then blowing at the rate of thirty-seven miles an hour and apparently gaining in velocity. About nine, however, it calmed suddenly down and the property owners and people began to be more confident, but the breeze again sprung up from a more easterly direction, though not with as great strength as before. The tide is now falling and no more heavy weather is expected tonight, but in the morning, it is said by old fishermen and observers of the weather, with the incoming tide the wind will rise again and blow with equal if not greater violence. The fishing schooners Kuntford, Josie M., Calderwood and Magic, of Gloucester, are reported at western ports of the Province awaiting the passing of the storm period predicted. Halifax, N.S., March 11, 1:30 a.m. At this hour there is a slight breeze blowing from the southeast, but it appears at times to increase somewhat in strength, and then subside. The high tide has gone completely down and the vessels ride easily in their docks. The steamer Sardinian, for Liverpool with the weekly mail, still remains in port. The effects of last evening's storm, reports of the violence of which are now coming in from all parts of Nova Scotia, prove it to have been not so serious as was expected. At the south end of the city part of an old wharf on which the Howell tin-dry was situated was blown away, but the other wharves and property on the water line suffered only slightly. The damage to vessels in the harbor was quite bad, and the heaving up of a few planks in wharves makes up all the other damage yet reported. Vessels at anchor in the harbor rode out the gale without injury. The barometer fell to the highest point known here since the Saxby gale. At eight o'clock it was nearly on a level with the wharves and at nine, when at its highest, the sea washed over in many places, and barrels of flour, meal and other merchandise in exposed places were swept about, but no serious damage, it is thought, has resulted. The steamers in port held well to their fastenings and weathered the blow without injury. The mail steamer Sardinian delayed sailing on the storm being observed coming on. Considerable fear was felt for the safety of the steamer Newfoundland, which sailed from St. John's, Nfld., for this port last Tuesday and was due here today. Between eight and nine o'clock, when the storm was at its highest, the barometer, which in the morning registered 30.40, and at two in the afternoon 30.10, stood at 29.33, and was yet falling rapidly. The wind was then blowing at the rate of thirty-seven miles an hour and apparently gaining in velocity. About nine, however, it calmed suddenly down and the property owners and people began to be more confident, but the breeze again sprung up from a more easterly direction, though not with as great strength as before. The tide is now falling and no more heavy weather is expected tonight, but in the morning, it is said by old fishermen and observers of the weather, with the incoming tide the wind will rise again and blow with equal if not greater violence. The fishing schooners Kuntford, Josie M., Calderwood and Magic, of Gloucester, are reported at western ports of the Province awaiting the passing of the storm period predicted. Halifax, N.S., March 11, 1:30 a.m. At this hour there is a slight breeze blowing from the southeast, but it appears at times to increase somewhat in strength, and then subside. The high tide has gone completely down and the vessels ride easily in their docks. The steamer Sardinian, for Liverpool with the weekly mail, still remains in port. The effects of last evening's storm, reports of the violence of which are now coming in from all parts of Nova Scotia, prove it to have been not so serious as was expected. At the south end of the city part of an old wharf on which the Howell tin-dry was situated was blown away, but the other wharves and property on the water line suffered only slightly. The damage to vessels in the harbor was quite bad, and the heaving up of a few planks in wharves makes up all the other damage yet reported. Vessels at anchor in the harbor rode out the gale without injury. The barometer fell to the highest point known here since the Saxby gale. At eight o'clock it was nearly on a level with the wharves and at nine, when at its highest, the sea washed over in many places, and barrels of flour, meal and other merchandise in exposed places were swept about, but no serious damage, it is thought, has resulted. The steamers in port held well to their fastenings and weathered the blow without injury. The mail steamer Sardinian delayed sailing on the storm being observed coming on. Considerable fear was felt for the safety of the steamer Newfoundland, which sailed from St. John's, Nfld., for this port last Tuesday and was due here today. Between eight and nine o'clock, when the storm was at its highest, the barometer, which in the morning registered 30.40, and at two in the afternoon 30.10, stood at 29.33, and was yet falling rapidly. The wind was then blowing at the rate of thirty-seven miles an hour and apparently gaining in velocity. About nine, however, ",1,0,1,1,0,1
+8,18940213,historical,Storm,"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, COP 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 street car 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, 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, Lowdon, 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 stock yards 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 snow storm 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 street car 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, SABANNA Lake, Y, 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 blowing 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 snow storm from the northwest struck this city this morning, Nearly all trains are late, Street car 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, HAD STORM IN ENGLAND, Much Damage Is Done Both on the Sea and on the Land, London, February 12, The gale which set in in Great Britain late Saturday night continued to gain in violence during yesterday and in the afternoon the wind was blowing with hurricane force, Telegraphic communication has been greatly interfered with and details of the damage done are being received slowly, A peculiar feature of the storm was the destruction wrought among the churches, At Teignmouth, in Devonshire, a church in course of erection was entirely destroyed, The spire of St. Mary's church at Shrewsbury, county of Salop, was blown down, At Peterborough, county of Northampton, the pinnacle of the parish church of St. John was blown over and the glass roof of the Great Eastern Railway station was destroyed, The English Presbyterian church at Holywell, Flintshire, Wales, was also among the buildings wrecked, A boarding school and many dwelling houses in the town were also blown down, At Newport, in South Wales, the roofs have been blown off a number of houses, It is feared that there have been many wrecks along the coast, Several vessels have gone ashore off Margate and Ramsgate, Isle of Thanet, Devonshire, At Dudley, in Worcestershire, a number of factory chimney stacks were blown down, In two or three instances the falling chimneys struck the factories, causing great damage, In this town many persons were injured, Scores of houses were unroofed, Communication between London and the continent is completely cut off, The Yarmouth steamer Hesolven, bound for Cardiff, has been wrecked, The Hesolven went ashore yesterday, The Caister lifeboat went out to the wreck and succeeded in taking off the seventy-five persons on board of her, A broken lifeboat, with the word """"Liverpool"""" painted on the bow, has been washed ashore in Langlands bay, A lifeboat that left Swansea yesterday is missing, A tremendously high sea was running in the Channel and the steamers plying between England and France and England and Belgium were more or less delayed, Those steamers plying between New Haven and Dieppe did not venture out of port, The roof of a house at Iron Bridge, Shropshire, fell in, crushing the occupants of the house beneath it, The wall of a factory at Oldham, Lancashire, was blown down, Close beside the wall there stood three cottages, Upon these the huge mass of brick and mortar fell, crushing the buildings into splinters, Nearly all the inmates of the cottages were injured, but none were killed outright, Despatches are coming in from various places reporting the wrecking or stranding of vessels, Fortunately there has been thus far small loss of life reported, The schooner Brilliant went ashore at Cairnryan, county of Wigton, Scotland, It is thought she will be got afloat again, The fishing smack Favorite sank in the Thames, off Greenwich, Everybody on her got ashore, The Valisdoof is ashore at Silloth, on Solway Firth, The Prince of Wales' yacht, Britannia, which is to sail in the regatta at Nice, was compelled by stress of weather to put into Plymouth sound, where she will remain until the storm abates sufficiently to allow of her proceeding, Hartlepool, county of Durham, which is situated on an almost insulated promontory, was exposed to the full force of the storm, and considerable damage was done in the town, Tall chimneys on a number of dwelling houses in the town were blown down, The bricks crashed through the roof of one house falling upon the family, who were congregated in the top storey, Two children were instantly killed and their parents were badly injured, At Stockton-on-Tees, also, in the county of Durham, a number of dwelling houses and shops were unroofed, A despatch from St. Quentin, France, states that an unknown American ship is ashore there, A despatch from Greenock states that the Norwegian barques Bertie and Tancred have been wrecked there, A quay at Port Glasgow was carried away, The British barque Wilhelm Tell, from Calcutta, which was discharging cargo at the Alexandra dock, Hull, was sunk by the gale, In West Cork the gale has caused immense damage to property, Two girls who were in bed asleep at Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, were instantly killed by a chimney falling upon them through the roof of the house, Five persons were injured by a falling roof, The wind overturned a tram car running between Wolverhampton and Dudley, Twenty passengers were slightly injured, Vienna, February 12, A heavy storm is sweeping over Austria, Many trains have been stopped by the trees blowing across the track, Berlin, February 12, Numerous accidents have been caused by the storm in Brandenburg, The Stettin railway station here has been damaged considerably and the stations at Helensee and Brummelsburg have been partly unroofed, Sixteen houses in Bepepparel, near Coblenz, are burning this evening and the wind is so high that the firemen are unable to prevent the spreading of the flames, HAMMURTO, February 12, The tide has run exceptionally high here today, and it has been blowing a gale, Many vessels broke from their moorings and numerous collisions were reported, Scores of small craft went to the bottom, So far but two deaths by drowning have been reported, but several men are missing from vessels in the harbor, Trees have been blown down in the parks, chimneys have been thrown down and roofs have been lifted, A despatch from Luebeck says the Town hall there has been damaged greatly by the storm, At Friedrichsrube much damage has been done to the forests and sheds, A HOME OUTRAGE, Twenty Persons are Wounded by Another Explosion, Paris, February 12, Edson Breton, 23 years old, threw a bomb in the cafe of the Hotel Terminus at the St. Lazare railway station this evening, The bomb exploded in the middle of the room and wounded twenty persons, An instrumental concert began in the cafe, which is on the ground floor of the hotel, at 8 o'clock, Shortly before 9 o'clock a pale, thin young man with a light pointed beard paid for a drink which he had taken at a table in the middle of the room and started to leave, When near the door he turned suddenly, drew a bomb from his coat and threw it towards a group of persons who had sat next to him, The bomb struck an electric light fixture, then fell on a marble table and exploded, The great hotel and station were rocked by the shock, The mirrors, windows and doors were blown to atoms, The ceiling and floors were rent and the walls were cracked, A dense, offensive smoke filled the cafe for a few minutes, and in the obscurity Breton escaped, When the smoke cleared away five persons were found wounded and 15 slightly injured, The bomb had been filled with bullets and rough pieces of iron, which had riddled the furniture and walls and inflicted most of the wounds, After leaving the cafe the bomb thrower started down the street on a run, Three policemen had just passed in an omnibus when the explosion occurred, They were going on duty and jumped to the street the moment they saw the fugitive, The young man turned on them as they called to him to stop and fired five shots, Policeman Poisson fell badly wounded in the side, Policemen Lenoir and Bigot, however, continued the pursuit and, with the help of Policeman Barbes and a waiter named Tibaier, overpowered and arrested the bomb-thrower, They took him to the police station in the Rue de Moscou, where after some hesitation he gave his name and age, The prefect of police, M. Laurent, chief secretary to M. Dubois, minister of the interior, and several other high officials, were summoned to the station, and the examination of the prisoner was begun, Police Commissary Gavrel taking the evidence, Meanwhile the sound of the explosion, the smoke and the cries of the wounded had attracted a great crowd to the Hotel Terminus, Doctors Sereno, Bouille and Thysun offered their services and dressed the wounds of the injured, At 11 o'clock only an incomplete list of the injured could be obtained, It was as follows: M. Herdere, both legs pierced by bullets and pieces of iron; Mine. Leblanc, shin bone fractured; Mine. Leblanc's brother, ear split and bruised; unidentified man, wounded in the intestines by a flying piece of marble; Messrs. Danne, Vanhest, Poquet, Fonbert, Raymond and Laustan, cut or torn by fragments of marble or glass, The United Press correspondent was admitted to the Rue de Moscou police station shortly after the arrest, Breton sat handcuffed between two policemen, He showed the effects of his hasty flight and tussle with the police, Otherwise he looks calm and comfortable, The removal of his outside coat revealed a collarless flannel shirt and the general garb of a working man, In his pockets the police had found a pair of brass knuckles, a dagger, a Swedish knife, a six chambered revolver, a gold half Louis, two franc pieces, eleven cents and a small silver locket containing a lock of brown hair tied with a ribbon, At first he refused to talk, telling the police that it was their business to find out who he was, After giving his name and age he again became silent, Eventually he added that he was a cabinetmaker and had arrived in Paris from Marseilles this morning, """"Yes, I am an Anarchist,"""" he exclaimed, irately, in response to reiterated questions, """"and the more of the bourgeois I killed the better it would please me,"""" Paris, February 12, An Anarchist named Boisson, one of the many arrested during the recent police raids on Anarchist haunts, was placed on trial today and convicted of having explosives in his possession, The judge sentenced him to four months' imprisonment Boisson stood in a defiant attitude while sentence was being pronounced upon him, As the judge concluded, the prisoner, who had a large piece of bread in his hand, drew back his arm and threw the bread at the judge, The missile struck the judge on the nose, As Boisson threw the bread he shouted, addressing his remarks to the court and attendants, """"You are a crowd of pigs, We will blow you all up, Long live Anarchy,"""" The act of the prisoner created great excitement in court, many of those present thinking the piece of bread was a bomb, Fragments of bomb indicate that it was a tin box, perhaps a sardine box, the explosive contained a chloritic powder, A man who saw the capture of Breton in the street described it thus: """"As Policeman Poisson fell, Breton stumbled; but to save himself, and almost instantly, fired again at the crowd of pursuers behind the other policeman, A woman sank dangerously wounded to the pavement Breton continued to flourish his revolver after he had emptied it, A policeman struck him with a sabre and Breton fell, but only to rise and struggle fiercely when the policeman laid hands on him, It was only with difficulty that the police prevented the crowd from lynching him, The police say that four persons, who were passing the Hotel Terminus when the explosion occurred, were severely injured, One of them may die before morning, FILLING ASSEMBLIES, A Heavy Fight Over the House of Lords About to Begin, GAUNTLET TO BE THROWN Down by the National Liberal Federation at Its Meeting on Thursday Mr. Gladstone Sanctions It, LONDON, February 12, The House of Commons reassembled today, Sir Edward Grey, parliamentary secretary of the Foreign office, in reply to a question, said British merchantmen enjoyed the same facilities at Rio Janeiro as were had by the vessels of other nations, The Government would neglect no opportunity to secure for the commerce of Great Britain the same advantages as were accorded to other countries, The business transacted today was entirely formal, The members expect that tomorrow the Government will make a declaration rejecting the amendments made by the House of Lords to both the Parish councils and Employers' Liability bills, A meeting of the Cabinet was held at the official residence of Mr. Gladstone in Downing street prior to the reassembling of the House of Commons, It is stated that Mr. Gladstone proposes to drop the Parish Councils bill and the Employers' Liability bill and make an appeal to the country within a month, After the Cabinet council was concluded today the executive committee of the National Liberal Federation obtained permission to put a resolution before the annual meeting of the Federation on Thursday declaring that no further mischievous meddling of the House of Lords shall detract from the work of charter reform, which the Representative House is authorized to carry out, It is reported that the delegates will be asked to approve a resolution declaring that the continuance of a house of hereditary legislators has become intolerable and that the House of Lords has been allowed to exist too long, The Duke of Devonshire, leader of the Liberal-Unionists, has called a meeting of his parliamentary party for Thursday, This meeting will be asked to decide whether or not the party shall support Lord Salisbury against the Commons, Joseph Chamberlain, Liberal-Unionist leader in the Commons, will advise the peers to surrender rather than provoke the decisive conflict, The Daily Chronicle, commenting on the re-opening of Parliament, remarks that """"There could scarcely be a more humiliating position for a popular assembly than is the case in Great Britain with the House of Commons belittled and insulted by a survival of medievalism which exists for no other reason under heaven but to afford a cover for every anti-popular reactionary and despotic sentiment,"""" The Liberal and Radical union at its meeting today passed a resolution denying the right of the House of Lords to return to the country the bills passed by the House of Commons, The resolution also condemned the institution of the Upper House as a danger to the State, LONDON, February 12, the meeting of the National Liberal federation of Portsmouth opened today, Robert Spence Watson, the president, said in his introductory address that he rejoiced in the recent conduct of the peers, They had acted in the manner best calculated to bring to the front the question not of mending them, but of ending them, The day for forgiving the iniquities of the peers, even if they should repent, had gone, Loud applause greeted this declaration of principles, 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 St. 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, R. Forget, Mrs. Forget died about three years ago, The family will have the sincere sympathy of their numerous friends in their bereavement, Are free from all crude and irritating matter, Concentrated medicine only, Carter's Little Liver Pills, Very small; very easy to take; no pain; no griping; no purging, Try them, In Sicily it is claimed that fire will not burn nor snakes bite the person who was born on St. Paul's day (June 30), CABLE AND STEAMSHIPS, Mr. James Huddart, the energetic promoter of the Australian-Canadian Steamship company, returned to Montreal yesterday, having come over from Europe on the steamship New York, The passage across was very stormy, but Mr. Huddart does not appear to have suffered, He is in good health, When seen by a Gazette reporter Mr. Huddart spoke as follows in regard to his mission to the old country: """"I am glad to be able to say that several branches of trade are in a much better condition than when I arrived in England, As an example shipbuilding is looking up and I think there is a gradual improvement, What about the financial condition? Well, there is a better feeling, The trouble was that the financiers and bankers had lost confidence, and the same state of affairs existed all over Europe, but I could see before leaving London that a vast improvement had taken place, Confidence in fact has been in a great measure restored, and you will readily understand that this cannot but have a first rate effect upon Canada as well as upon her interests in the old land, """"In regard to the object of his trip to London, he remarked that the general belief was that the subsidy to the Canadian-Australian line would be granted by the Imperial authorities in due course, """"They had been doing all in their power to educate the public mind of Britain to the vital importance of such a service, not only to the colonies, but to the Empire at large, """"You have no doubt had valuable assistance while in London,"""" he was asked, """"Yes, Sir Charles Tupper has nobly seconded my efforts and I am likewise under great obligations to the agents of the Australian governments in London, These gentlemen thoroughly understand the situation both from a colonial and imperial point of view, and you Canadians should be proud in having such a man as the High Commissioner to look after Canadian interests on the other side of the water, """"Mr. Huddart is also much interested in the success of a fast At",1,1,1,1,0,1
+9,18950819,historical,Storm,"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",1,0,0,0,1,1
+10,18930710,historical,Storm,"JULY 10 1893 8 CAPTAIN LEVIN Saturday's Storm Causes a Catastrophe at Lake St. Louis Many Thrilling Incidents, but Only One Fatality A Popular Citizen Meets His Death Lake St. Louis is in mourning and the flags on all the boat houses and many of the residences along the pretty lakeside road are at half mast. Commodore Charles H. Levin, of the St. Lawrence Yacht Club, is dead. He fell a victim to the storm which swept over the Montreal district on Saturday afternoon, and he will be regretted by all who knew him, for """"Charley"""" Levin was one of the best loved men in Montreal. Young, active and interested in all sporting events, an enthusiastic soldier, a loving husband and a kind father, his loss will be felt by many people, not in Montreal alone, but throughout Canada, from all of whom will go forth the prayer that his widow may receive that consolation from on High which it is not possible for her to obtain on earth. The sad occurrence took place on Saturday afternoon, which had been selected as one of the dates for the sailing matches of the St. Lawrence Yacht Club. The sky looked threatening all the forenoon and early afternoon, but with true British pluck the members determined that they would not be deterred by the weather. They loved their sport for its own sake, and were not to be deterred by such obstacles as a choppy sea and a cloudy sky. Accordingly at 3:40 p.m. the boom of the gun gave the warning to prepare for the race, and five minutes later THE YACHTS STARTED OFF in the scheduled race for class A, 30-foot boats, in the following order: Rita, Valda, Coquette, Molly Bawn, Eagle, Chaperone and Frolic. All went well for some time. Rounding the first buoy it was a toss-up between the Eagle and the Valda for preeminence, and they got well up towards Pointe Claire. When they were halfway between the upper light and the Châteauguay buoy the storm broke without warning, and quicker than it takes to write the words the magnificent fleet of yachts was scattered and engulfed in the lake waters, which had by this time become a raging sea. The wind blew with cyclonic force, the rain and hail fell in torrents, and, to use the words of one of the onlookers from the shore, the lake was covered as by a dark curtain, just as if an exciting scene in a drama had concluded and the drop had been rung down. The hurricane struck the yachts at the same time, for none had prepared for the storm, although old yachtsmen said yesterday that no one should have ventured out with such a threatening sky. The Chaperone, the Valda and the Eagle felt the effects of the storm at about the same time. THE EAGLE WAS THE FIRST TO GO DOWN. Laden heavily with pig iron ballast, she was unable to stand the strain of the unusually heavy seas, which were larger than have been seen on the lake for thirty years, and she consequently went down like a log. Her crew consisted of Messrs. Charles H. Levin, George and Carl Gabley, Robert J. Boss, J. Simmons and D. Robertson. Immediately there was a rush for the life belts, but Captain Levin kept his head, as he always did, and he was the last to leave the yacht. He was accompanied by Mr. Simmons, who behaved as a brave man should do under such circumstances. The crew were buffeted by the waves and struck by the hail, but the storm was too severe to allow assistance to be given them from the shore, and nearly half an hour elapsed before assistance could be rendered. Then was seen one of the most heroic acts ever witnessed in the Montreal district. Mr. A., was out on the lake in his naphtha yacht, the """"Idle Hour,"""" with a party of ladies. Just as soon as the storm broke he made for the shore, landed his fair passengers, and called for volunteers to assist in the work of rescue, for by that time it was known that the storm had been disastrous and that human beings were struggling for life with the waves, which had, to use the expression of a veteran member of the Yacht Club, assumed the proportions of an Atlantic storm. The request met with an immediate response, Messrs. Lyall Davidson, son of Mr. Justice Davidson; A. J. McCuaig volunteering their services. The task was a heavy one, for it was as much as a little launch could do to battle the waves, which swept her from stem to stern, and once it was feared she would not be able to weather the storm, which had by this time assumed the proportions of a western cyclone. However, the crew were brave men, and knowing that human life was in danger, they risked their own safety in order to rescue the perishing. It was a long and wearying voyage across the lake, and what made it seem longer was the fact that the two large Upper Canada steamers, which were within sounding distance of the victims of the squall, did not launch a lifeboat, or even throw off some of their surplus life buoys. THE FIRST VESSEL MET by the Idle Hour was the Rita, on which were Messrs. C. O. Clarke, T. Church, U. Lucas and W. Clarke. That yacht had been capsized, but, luckily, turned bottom up. Consequently its crew had some support, and they told Mr. Morris to go to the help of those who were worse off than themselves. It was not then possible to see the extremities of the crew of the Eagle, and Mr. Morris accordingly directed his attention to those on board the Chaperone, which floated for about ten minutes, and then her air tanks bursting she, too, sank to the bottom. Three of her men, Messrs. S. Clonston, manager of the Bank of Montreal, the owner of the yacht, B. Bogert and W. S. Clouston, were picked up by the Valda and escorted to the shore. The Frolic and Coquette got their sails down with difficulty and rode out the storm. Capt. Hamilton, the vice commodore of the club, who commanded the Frolic, put out his anchor and threw out buckets and life buoys but was unfortunately unable to render any assistance. The Molly Bawn, which was well handled by Mr. Walter Kavanagh, also rode out the storm. It must have been nearly half-past five o'clock when Mr. Morris and his assistant were able to reach the TRICOLOUR CREW OF THE EAGLE, which had capsized in about thirty feet of water some two and a half miles south of the Pointe Claire boat house wharf. By this time the crew had become much exhausted and it was with difficulty that they were able to maintain themselves above water upon the slight support afforded them by boards and other debris. Mr. Levin was resting upon the debris of the yacht in company with Mr. Simmons. About three minutes before the Idle Hour reached them K. H. Routh, the keeper of the Pointe Claire lighthouse, an old man with but one leg, put out in a flat-bottomed boat in the middle of the storm and rescued Mr. Robert Lucas. What Minor Hate Just Perish by It Upset by a Yacht in a Squall London, July 8. Despatches from Sheerness report a yacht accident. The persons drowned were railway builders, who, with thousands of other excursionists, had gone to the little watering place for a day's sport. The yacht Staunton, licensed to carry sixty passengers, took out thirty of them. When well out the yacht was overwhelmed by a thunderstorm. After the weather cleared the yacht was seen bottom upwards with three men clinging to her. The others had been drowned. An old fish boat, the only craft available, was launched and the three survivors were brought ashore; twelve bodies have been recovered. The three survivors agree that nobody was to blame for the accident, as the suddenness of the squall could not be anticipated. Another from Chicago, July 9. A furious wind and rainstorm swept over the city between five and six o'clock and caught many a craft on Lake Michigan. By the capsizing of the sailing yacht Chesapeake near the life-saving station nine people were thrown into the water and four of them were drowned. The dead are T. Frambolis. Frambolis, Wm. Y., July 8. The Tuxedo tennis tournament of '93 is over and Clarence Hobart, of New York, is champion in both singles. To-day he defeated Edward L. Hall, the previous holder of the title, who had twice won the right to have his name inscribed on the big cup, and thus deprives the latter from adding the trophy to his numerous prizes. GEORGE IN THE STORM The Bohemian Driven Ashore by Saturday's Wind. She Will Leave Tomorrow Morning Latest Arrival in Port. The Richelieu & Ontario Navigation Company's steamer Bohemian, Captain McGrail, whilst on her way down from Kingston met the full force of the storm on Saturday afternoon. About 4:30, when near St. Dominique, the storm was so great as to blow her in on the shore, but fortunately she grounded on a good place and the 25 passengers who were on board at the time were able to reach Montreal by train a few hours later. It is fortunate that the accident did not occur lower down the river, as the rapids are in close proximity to where the Bohemian is now beached. A Gazette reporter saw Mr. Conley last evening, who stated that the Bohemian was not damaged, and would be got off by Tuesday. The steamship Avlona, Captain Baxter, arrived in port yesterday afternoon from Antwerp with a general cargo consigned to R. Rolord & Co. The steamships Sylvia and Petunia have both brought cargoes of coal from Glace Bay consigned to Kingman, Brown & Co. The steamship Lony, Captain Barker, has brought a general cargo from Havre consigned to McLean, Kennedy & Co. The steamship Beaver, Captain Masson, is discharging her general cargo from Gaspe, consigned to J. CAPITALS HEAT TORONTO. Playing Increase for the Western Championship Excelsior and Drumhead Football Zimmerman Still Winning; Baseball and Turf Scene. The oldest inhabitant had just started to tell what he knew in the old days when the boys played lacrosse as was customary, but grey-headed men of the present generation were in the majority, when a black cloud sent down milk-white rain and hail, the opaqueness of which mixed up perspective with oblivion and chaos. But the mild old gentleman of curlicue eye and snowy hirsuteness cared not what happened, and he started to tell the boys that he had seen nothing like it since the patriarchal deluvian days. And then the lightning flashed around in an aimless sort of way as if it wanted to strike the reincarnation of Ananias for a loan, and his audience, who knew enough to come in out of the rain, left him to do the Munchausen act all by his lonesomeness. This is not an exaggeration of a type; he is an absolutely real personality, who believes more than half what he says, and thinks he is several hundred years older than he looks. If you listen to him long enough he will tell you the pile of gold the Inca promised Pizarro was only a tip on the lacrosse match wherein the Aztecs had a mortgage on the thing, having fixed it up in a modern fashion with the Seminoles; he will tell you how the Knewka-pitels beat the Knewtor-on-tos by five goals to two, and feel it as if it happened in the days of the mound builder. And if you don't believe him he will get mad. He is to be found at every lacrosse match, and he was largely present on Saturday. He was there to the extent of about five thousand; the Shamrock Stand was not big enough to hold him and the rising generation of the lacrosse prevaricators found resting places in the trees and the telegraph posts. It was just one of the times when the person who does weather prophesying got square with the doubting public. He told them plainly enough in the morning papers that it was going to be a stormy day and with the natural contrariety of humanity everybody left their umbrellas at home, and accordingly got wet. The gate was considerably better than the game, for only in the fourth game was anything played like what we are accustomed to consider lacrosse. It was a championship match as far as schedules are concerned, otherwise it had no claim to the title. Why such an organization as the M. A. M. L. I. inspired, Hu(U Adam, Referee, V. to Pollock. The first game was very short and was all Valleyfield, McVicar scoring for them in one minute. In the second game the Huntingdon men, though much lighter than their opponents, played rings around Valleyfield, and scored after 20 minutes' actual play, D. McMillan doing the needful. The teams were forced to retire from the field for about half an hour in this game on account of a heavy thunderstorm. The third game was much the same, and after a six-minute siege, the Valleyfield goal was captured by a shot from McDonald. The fourth game was the longest and most stubbornly contested of the match. For some time Huntingdon seemed to keep up their winning gait, but failed to score, owing to the weakness of the home. Then the game became more even. Hayter was knocked down by a blow of a stick, the referee's whistle sounded, but Valleyfield kept on playing and scored. The goal was not allowed. Shortly after this McPherson hurt his leg, and again Referee Pollock's fog horn gave a melodious toot, but Valleyfield kept right on and scored. Of course this game was not allowed. Valleyfield kicked and talked of walking off the field, but the referee was inexorable and they lined up again. Huntingdon spurted and McMillan again scored after the ball had been in play 1 hour and 18 minutes. The Valleyfield team was fully 20 lbs. per man heavier than their opponents. They had a good defense and a fairly good home. Their stars were Loy, Bishops, Litre and Sullivan on the defense, and Loy and McVicar on the home. The Huntingdon team was anything but well balanced, the home, with the exception of McDonald and McMillan, doing little or no shooting. Hayter in the Hags proved a little wonder and made many clever stops. Cecil at point was a regular stonewall, and he figured largely in the Huntingdon's victory. Boyd, Wright, Elder and McPherson proved fast, reliable fielders and did good work. McDonald was the hero of the home and did splendid work. Contrary to all expectations the match was clear of fouls and Referee Pollock had an easy time of it. The game throughout was very exciting. After the match the Huntingdon brass band played several lively airs, while the Ormstown band, which had accompanied the Valleyfielders, played the """"Grand March in Saul."""" The Orients Win. The Junior Orients and St. Denis Lacrosse clubs met on Saturday afternoon to play for the championship of the Juvenile Lacrosse league. The game was a fast one all through as both teams were in the best of condition. It was a quarter to four when the referee blew his whistle and the teams lined up as follows: Junior Orients, H. Denis, W. Mullin, J. Mailloux, A. Christie; Point C. White, H. Parker; Cover point C. Hemskirk; Defence R. Day; W. Robinson. The race capsized within a short distance of the starting point, and the crews were picked up by the yachts Eclipse and Illawara, none the worse for their mishap. The two last named yachts were started in the 21-foot class, and as this delayed them considerably they dropped out of the race. The officers decided that the 21-foot class would have to be sailed over on another day, so as to give all competitors an equal chance. The Thistledown carried away her mast at the start and dropped out. Several others found the wind and sea too much for them and did not complete the course. The Hippie, of Rochester, was anchored on the bay side of the beach and when the storm blew up she was driven on some piles and sank. The Isle of Wight, of Hamilton, was tied up in the pier, when the schooner Tradewind, of Whitby, passed through the canal, crashed into her and sent her down. In the first laps the Vreda, of Toronto, and Onward, of Rochester, started, but the latter did not finish and the Vreda won. The Condor was the only starter in the 40-footers, but she did not complete the course and got no prize. In the 40-footers the Reelma, of Toronto, won, with the Dicaho, of Hamilton, second, and the Aggie, of Oakville, third. The Cyprus won the 30-foot race with the Alert second. In the 30-foot the Vedette won, Samoscona 2nd, Volunteer 3rd. The Frmo, Lotus, Echo and Nadia also started in the 30-foot class. The Knox of Rochester won blindly, Satoa, 2nd, Maud third. The Wa-wa, of Toronto, was leading in this race when she broke her spar. The 21-foot class had two starters, was declared off and will be sailed on another day. Britannia Beats Valkyrie London, July 8. The Royal Clyde regatta was sailed today. The Britannia won. The Valkyrie was second. WEEK FOR SOCIETY spoke, saying that he could not thank them for all they had done, and Rev. Mr. Boynton said they were the kind of young men who were dear to their hearts, and after thanking Montreal for all its courtesies he assured his hearers that if ever they visited the other side they would get a cordial, hearty reception. Then he called for """"God Save the Queen,"""" and the way it was sung was astonishing. It could be heard all over the city, and was listened to by crowds at every window of the Windsor. After the volunteers were dismissed at the Windsor a large number again formed up and marched to the Balmoral Hotel and St. Lawrence Hall, where they were again thanked by the delegates for what they had done. THE SECOND LEAGUE MATCH Good Scores Made Under Adverse Circumstances THE BATTERY INSPECTED At and do Exceedingly Well The Prairie Camp Dispersed. Montreal's shooting men had an experience on Saturday that they would not like to have again, and the result was that, although no accidents occurred, every one of the one hundred who went out to the Cote St. Luc ranges to fire the second match of the league series were wet through to the skin, and the last range had to be fired while they were in this condition. The storm first struck the ranges while the firing was going on at four hundred yards, and to the surprise of the men who were shooting on targets, thirteen and twenty of their targets went into the air and landed fifty feet away from the butts. This was not the worst; the markers had to rush for shelter, which they did not get, while the marksmen did the best they could with the mats. Captain Finlayson, who was the range officer of the day, in the absence of Lieut.-Colonel Massey, immediately ordered firing to cease, but as soon as the first storm had passed away it was continued at 600 yards. This had not lasted long before another storm, and far worse than the first, came along and in less than the time it takes to tell it the range was practically useless as far as shooting was concerned. The scores, which are appended below, show that some really good shooting was done in the league match, while the Victoria Rifles and Royal Scots, to the number of 20 each, did some Martini practice amongst themselves. At the opening the wind was a left rear strong and puffy; the light was dull and overcast, while the fouling was moist. These conditions continued to change for the worst as the shooting went on and at the conclusion of the day the marksmen could say that they had experienced almost everything in the way of weather. The scores stand as follows: SIXTH H'BII"""" IEKS (FIRST TEAM), 100 400 600 yds, yds, yds.",0,0,0,0,0,1
+11,18920615,historical,Storm,"WRECKED BY A TORNADO Western Town Devastated by an Awful Windstorm Some Train Train Escapes GALESBIMA, Ill, June 14 The tornado passed through the northeastern part of this (Knox) county about eight o'clock last evening and ruin was left all along its path. It first made its appearance northwest of Galva. About 7:30 o'clock two threatening clouds were seen in the west approaching one another, and the tornado is thought to have resulted from their junction. Its course was south and east through that city, and the main body of the storm passed along the main business street of the city. It came with such suddenness that the citizens had no time to fly to places of safety. In the Free Methodist church there was assembled a congregation. In the rink there was gathering a committee to arrange for a Fourth of July celebration. The church was quickly a mass of ruins and the congregation was imprisoned. A number were injured, one dangerously. The rink also was blown down, but those inside managed to escape without injury. Had the storm come a few minutes later many would have been in the building and a loss of life would surely have resulted. The roar of the storm is described as terrible. It was accompanied by an awful sweep of wind that carried everything before it. Nearly every business house along the principal street was unroofed and stocks of goods badly damaged by the floods of water following the tornado. The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy roundhouse was a total wreck. G.A. Cole's barn was torn to pieces. When the wind struck Clans Peterson's residence it performed a curious operation, cutting it in two. The storm in the vicinity of Lafayette is said to have been severe, but the damage was less than farther north. It was in the Free Methodist church in Galva that most of those injured were hurt. This old building is in the southeast part of the town. A large congregation was assembled, but on seeing and hearing the storm started out and nearly all escaped. Albert F. Kirkland, although injured, returned to the church and rescued his brother George, who was buried under a mass of rubbish and would have soon been smothered. The edifice was minced to kindling wood. A large crowd soon assembled and assisted in the work of rescue. Mrs. Gus Johnson, whose husband was badly injured, had a thrilling experience. When the storm was near his house he started to run, while she lay down close to the wall. He was stricken down. The only part of the house left standing was the wall close to which Mrs. Johnson was lying. When found she was unconscious from fright. Not a trace is left of a fine house that stood a mile west of Galva. Cheat Faj, Mont, June 14 The Missouri River is higher today than ever known since the existence of this city. People along the shore are driven from their homes. Bridges are washed out so that there have been no trains over the Montana Central from Helena since Friday. All passengers for the West are held here, including many delegates to the National A.A.D. Dyer & Co, Montreal. Bishop's College Convocation The convocation of Bishop's College, Lennoxville, takes place on Thursday, June 30. The programme is as follows: Holy Communion at 7 a.m.; convocation service at 11 a.m., Rev. Provost Body being the preacher; conferring of degrees at 2:30 p.m. The athletic sports take place on Wednesday, June 28, and the """"old boys'"""" cricket match on June 28. The annual meeting of the Alma Mater Society takes place during the convocation. Haulage by the Storm Sunday's storm caused considerable damage at Saint Jerome. Two barns belonging to Messrs. Lajeunesse and Taillon, farmers, were destroyed and the steeple of St. Sophie church was blown down. The previous night fire destroyed the barn of Mr. Alphonse David, of St. Sophie. In this district especially fences were torn down and buildings badly wrecked by the gale. At St. Luc a slight landslide occurred on Saturday night. Benito JFuares This popular cigar to hand, and of this year's crop, which excels the previous one considerably, E 2P7 000 August 1, 1891 62,210,000 July 25, 1891 49,420,000 July 18, 1891 48,791,000 July 11, 1891 60,917,000 July 4, 1891 52,223,000 June 27, 1891 54,942,000 June 20, 1891 60,897,000 June 13, 1891 69,181,000 June 14, 1890 48,629,000 Provisions There is no change in the position of the provision market. There is a continued good jobbing movement in pork and smoked meats at steady prices; but lard is slow. Canadian short cut, per brl, $18.50 $17.50 Moss pork, western, per lb, 14.60 St 15.00 Short cut, western, per brl, 17.00 a 17.50 Hams, city cured, per lb 0.10 0.10 Laid, Canadian, in pails, 0.08 0.09 Bacon, per lb 0.09 a 0.10 Lard, com, refined, per lb, 0.07 0.07 At Chicago pork closed stronger at $10.55 July, $10.77 September. Lard closed at $6.37 September. The Chicago hog market closed stronger today at the following: Light mixed, $4.00; mixed packing, $4.70 a $6.10; heavy shipping, $4.80 a $5.16; rough grades $4.60 a $4.80. The estimated receipts were 15,000, compared with yesterday's official 36,698, there were 12,144 shipped and about 8,000 left over. The trains were delayed by storm and the cattle and sheep markets ruled strong; receipts, 4,600 cattle, 4,000 sheep. At Liverpool provisions closed at the following: Pork, 63s 9d; lard, 33s d; bacon, 34s 34a 8d; tallow 8s. Produce The market continues unsettled and the easy tone is maintained, but it was hard to get quotations today in the absence of business. The delay to the London steamer, which is not yet reported at Father Point, is a deterrent factor. Most of the operators have orders that could be filled on the boat, but they don't want to go ahead until they are certain of the date of her departure. The first Liverpool boat is pretty well filled also, and as the others do not sail until Saturday buyers are disposed to hold back until they see how Brockville goes. Business on spot, therefore, is rather quiet in the meantime. In the country prices are working lower and it will be seen from our special that colored stock was at a premium at Belleville over white. This fulfills our speculations of a week ago, and on spot, also, the disposition is already apparent to give it the preference. As to spot values our quotation of yesterday can be repeated. Cheese HXa 8'i Ui tier guides S4a 8i Liverpool cable 17s OduUD-s Freight Liverpool, London and Glasgow. S. Irving, of the Toronto News Company, who has made frequent representations to the department on this subject, today had an interview with the Postmaster-General and his deputy and obtained a promise that the rate of postage would be reduced to 1 cent per pound. 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. Thomas MacFarlane, analyst of the Department of Inland Revenue, has just issued a bulletin on fertilizers, by which it appears that the number of various grades in the market is 74 as against 65 last year. Mr. MacFarlane says, """"This probably indicates increased interest among Canadian farmers as regards the use of fertilizers and certainly shows that there is abundant competition among the manufacturers to supply the demand."""" On the whole the result of the analysis appears to be satisfactory and the analyst observes there is a great improvement to be observed in the physical condition of the samples for this year. The coarsely ground bones have disappeared among them, but still some of the fertilizers contain such an amount of moisture as to cause their particles to ball together if kept long in stock. A Novel Excursion A novel kind of excursion struck town this evening and crowded the galleries of the House while the divisions on the second reading of the Redistribution bill were taking place. It was got up by the North Lanark Farmers' Institute and comprised about 1,000 farmers and their wives, families and sweethearts, who have come here for the purpose of seeing the Experimental Farm, which they will visit tomorrow morning. This is a good practical move, which other farmers' institutes would do well to follow. It appears that Mr. Gordon's bill, amending the Chinese Immigration Act, is not to die on the order paper in the annual """"Blinghtor of the Innocents,"""" as Hon. Mr. Chapleau gives notice tonight that he will move that it be removed from the private bills and order to Government orders, which means that it will come up for discussion, but it by no means follows that the Government will not oppose it. In an interview with an intimate friend today Sir John Thompson, in answer to a question whether he intended to reply to the attack of Dr. Douglas in the Methodist conference, said: """"Those who know that a man may change his religious views need no explanation. It would be idle to give reasons to those who do not believe that a man may conscientiously become a Catholic."""" A CYCLONE WRECKED BY St. Johns, Que, Swept by a Terrific Windstorm Ottawa A Windstorm St. Johns, Que, June 14 A cyclone passed over the southwestern part of this town about 1:30 this afternoon, carrying destruction in its way. Mr. A. Bertrand lost two buildings completely demolished and part of a large barn used for pressing and storing hay. Two hay presses were also damaged, large beams torn from the buildings destroyed were carried hundreds of feet in the air and deposited in the surrounding yards and gardens. The peculiar noise alarmed the citizens. Those who got out of doors in time viewed a scene seldom witnessed. A perfect cloud of boards, shingles, etc., hundreds of feet high, were carried through the air, some of them being deposited near the river and others strewn along the course of the storm. The water in the river was blown fully fifty feet high, and all fences in the way of the wind were demolished. A Terrific Storm at Ottawa Ottawa, June 14 The tail end of an uncanny looking electric storm passed over the city shortly after noon today. Rain fell with great force, accompanied by fierce gusts of wind and thunder and lightning. One clap of thunder made everything in the city vibrate and rattle. Quite a number of awnings, signs, loose bricks, fences and trees were wrenched off or broken, or carried away by the wind. Shortly after noon today when the storm burst the loud thunder was almost instantly followed by a summons for the fire brigade. On arriving it was found that the thunderbolt had struck the chimney of the one and a half storey wooden house occupied by Mr. Powers and taking a downward course had carried away the gable end of the house. Fortunately the disaster was not accompanied by fire. The plaster inside was considerably broken and the damage amounts to $6,000. The Damage at Quebec Damage done by last night's storm seems to have been even more extensive than was supposed. The shipping in the Louise Basin suffered considerably. The spars of vessels were damaged and sails torn to shreds and damaged beyond repair. Almost every schooner at the wharves felt the effects of the hurricane. The ship Korwood broke loose from her stern moorings in the basin and had hard work to get back again, assisted by the tugs. The barques Smith and George M. Peak, loading at Commissioners' wharf, drifted out into the stream, taking with them the wharf posts. Both vessels were rescued by the tugs Jones and Victoria. A quantity of timber surrounding the Edith went adrift at the same time. A large portion of it was saved by the tug Three Brothers. On the Louise embankment the wind started several heavily loaded cars and rolled them down the track a long distance before they could be stopped. Along the country roads traces of the storm are visible everywhere. On St. Foy road two large trees on Sleet's farm were blown across the roadway, almost blocking it up. The same thing occurred at the residence of Bissett, on the Charlesbourg road. They had to be removed as they interfered with traffic. In the rear of Bissett's dwelling a barn was wrecked. From other parts of the country come similar reports of destruction, more particularly on the Island of Orleans, where numerous barns and outhouses were brought to the ground. The fences surrounding the old lacrosse grounds and the standing brick walls of the house formerly occupied by Mr. Ross, on St. Louis road, fell a prey to the wind. Fences along the line of Lake St. John are twisted all out of shape. At St. Catherines, county of Portneuf, several dwellings and barns were blown down and trees uprooted. Nearly all the telegraph wires between here and Montreal are down. A CLOUDY DAY PROMISED, With Fine Sales and West to South Winds Today Toronto, June 14, 11 p.m. Pressure is increasing over Ontario and the Eastern provinces, with fine weather in the lakes and Maritime districts and showers in Quebec. In the Northwest there is little change in pressure and the weather continues fair and warm. Minimum and maximum temperature: Edmonton, 44, 06; Calgary, 48, 64; Qn'Appolle, 40, 75; Winnipeg, 44, 74; Port Arthur, 43, 03; Toronto 65, 70; Kingston, 60, 78; Montreal, 78, 82; Quebec, 62, 80; Halifax, 40, 88. Lakes Light to moderate, variable winds; fine, stationary or a little lower temperature.",1,0,1,1,1,1
+12,18920223,historical,Storm,"BKVKBB RAIN STORM The heaviest storm for many years raged throughout Friday night and Saturday last. Torrents of rain fell causing a rapid melting of the snow. The rivers were swollen to an unprecedented extent, causing great destruction of bridges. The bridge across the upper end of St. John's harbor was swept away. It is expected that the news from the outlying districts will tell of serious damage from flooded rivers. A serious wash-out on the St. John's and Harbor Grace railway occurred between Mannels and Holyrood. Traffic is interrupted and more than a week will be required to make the necessary repairs. The line at this place runs close to the seashore. Perrault's petition to be granted one of the rooms in Bonsecours market for gunstsum was referred to the Market committee. Mr. Perrault states that twenty-six aldermen have sanctioned the action. The Mayor read a letter from the Recorder regarding the sending of several children to the reformatory. In answer to Aid. Stevenson, he said the report on the number was in course of preparation. The report of the Road committee recommending the erasure of Cote des Neiges bill widening from the homologated line of the city was objected to by Aid. Stevenson and laid on the table till next meeting. The report of the Road committee regarding Water Avenue caused much discussion, and as a compromise was referred to the Road and Water committee. The report of the Road and Finance committees in reference to the contract with Coie St. Louis and St. Louis de Mile End, granting these corporations the privilege of draining into the city sewers, was considered. By the provisions of the report they are prevented from draining slaughterhouse refuse, etc., into the sewers, and they assume all responsibility for damage caused either in the city or in their own limits by flooding. After some discussion, in which it was contended that the report was not accurate enough on some points, it was left over till next meeting, and the City Attorney was instructed to prepare the contract. Aid. Stevenson objected to giving the Mayor power to sign a contract of the provisions of which they knew nothing. The report of the Park commissioners regarding allowing the Mount Royal Railway company to cross Fletcher's field also caused a little dispute. Aid. Dufresne and Wilson moved the adoption of the report, and Aid. Cunningham objected after the Mayor had read the motion. Aid. Wilson explained that the city had no power to grant the privilege of crossing the field. After a little conversation between Aid. Cunningham and the Mayor, the latter declared the report held over till next meeting. Aid. Prefontaine gave notice of motion to have the council meetings in the evening, and also to have the minutes printed and distributed to members. MART QUESTIONS ASKED Then the questions began. They were mostly on questions familiar to the public. A gentleman asked for information respecting the duty of the police in regard to the cleaning of the sidewalks, and Aid. Cress was informed that the Health committee was preparing a report regarding the sanitation question. Aid. Nolan stirred up a little storm by asking why St. Ann's ward was not represented on the inundation committee. Aid. Wilson and Germain moved that the names of Aid. Nolan and Stevenson be added, and this caused more trouble. Aid. Nolan having complained of being struck off the committee, Aid. Conroy asked what right Aid. Nolan had to demand to be on the committee. Aid. Nolan replied somewhat warmly to the effect that St. Ann's ward had suffered most from floods, it was most interested in flood prevention, and should not be ignored. Aid. Conroy said he had given way to Aid. Cunningham, who had more property in St. Ann's ward than any of its representatives. Aid. Nolan: By what right does Aid. Conroy give away the rights of the people of St. Ann's ward? I'm astonished to hear him talk thus. He must have felt that he was incapable. Aid. Wilson said he did not object to the gentlemen suggested, but he did to cumbersome committee. Aid. Stevenson said if anyone had a right to complain it was himself. He had been systematically ignored in connection with it. He recapitulated the work he had done in preventing floods and continued that as soon as the work was completed, he would be relieved. They had done his working on his ideas. The question then dropped, Aid. Nolan giving notice of motion to have the formation of the committee reconsidered. The Board of Health for the city was appointed, and the assessment roll for grand and petit jurors was approved of. The council then proceeded to settle the financial question at the Mayor's suggestion. Aid. Rainville: Is this on the orders of the day? Aid. Wilson moved, seconded by Aid. Savignac, that the composition of the Finance committee be reconsidered. Aid. Rainville said he did not object to the understanding, but he did to the procedure. It was for the members who had given promises to redeem them. The motion was discussed, and Aid. Rainville said he reserved his right to object. Aid. Thompson spoke plainly, quoting the promises of Aid. Hurteau and Villeneuve, and said it was for them to redeem their promises. Aid. Villeneuve said that as Aid. Bolsean did not feel like resigning, he offered to resign if Aid. Bolsean would, and let the committee choose. This was not approved of, and he said he would do himself the honor of resigning in favor of Aid. Holland. (Cries of """"Hear, hear!"""") He was being demoted instead of promoted in doing so, but he hoped that good feeling would be preserved and that Aid. Hurteau would still remain in the Finance committee. It looked as if the affair was going to be arranged harmoniously, but Aid. Cunningham raised a lot of hard feeling unnecessarily. He said he was opposed to Aid. Holland as chairman of the Finance committee, and gave as a reason that he was from Hochelaga ward, and so was Aid. Prefontaine; a strong team, he said. Aid. Holland would continue to be a representative of Hochelaga ward, for he did not own a brick or a shingle in St. Antoine ward. (Cries of Order, order!) Aid. Voleau objected to Aid. Villeneuve remaining, and so did Aid. Grenier. Aid. Stevenson moved the acceptance of Aid. Villeneuve's resignation and that Aid. Rolland be accepted instead. A lot of useless talk ensued, and Aid. Grenier and Germain demanded a division, which resulted as follows: Nays: Hurtubise, Nolan, Griffin, Lamarche, Grenier, Bolsean, Germain and Cunningham. Ayes: Cresse, Dagenais, Stearns, Beaudouin, P. Dubuc, Savignac, Brunet, Wilson, Villeneuve, A. Dubuc, Perreault, Claudia-mnp, Gauthier, McBride, Farrell, Dufresne, Tansey, Thompson, Rainville, Coarov, Stevenson, Jeannotte, Prefontaine and Dufresne. Aid. Huiteau then resigned as chair of the Finance committee, and Aid. Stevenson moved, seconded by Aid. Thompson, that it be accepted and that Aid. Rolland be appointed. The latter clause of the motion was eliminated, and the resignation was accepted by a vote of 24 to 8. It was then proposed to elect Aid. Holland, but Aid. Cunningham persisted in his opposition. It was finally declared carried unanimously, and Aid. Rolland briefly returned thanks. City Hall Rates: The Mount Royal Park Commissioners meet this afternoon for the purpose of considering their appropriations for the ensuing season. Last year the appropriation was $17,650, but this year they expect to get $25,000. There were seventy deaths among Roman Catholics in the city last week, 8 of which were due to pneumonia, 8 to bronchitis, 4 to consumption, 8 to whooping cough and 1 each to croup, diphtheritic croup, bronchopneumonia, pleuro-pneumonia, congestion of the lungs and grip. Well-known Hamiltonian Dead: Hamilton, Ont., February 22. A private despatch was received from Buffalo this morning announcing the death of Edward Mitchell, one of Hamilton's most prominent and most popular citizens. Mr. Mitchell was for many years manager at Hamilton for the Canadian Bank of Commerce, and on account of declining health he was obliged to decline the position of general manager which the directors of that concern offered him. He was a prominent member of the Masonic fraternity and held the highest degree attainable here. For some years Mr. Mitchell had been in poor health and he was receiving treatment in Pierce's private hospital in Buffalo when he died. Death was due to heart failure. The body of the deceased will be brought to Hamilton and will be interred here with Masonic honors. Wyoming's Subterranean Fires: Chugwater, Wyo., February 22. One third the area of this state is underlaid with coal. In several districts deposits have been on fire for years. There are cases where the conditions have been volcanic on account of the generation of gases in the seams. One of these disturbances has occurred on the Sweetwater cattle range, 250 miles west of Cheyenne. More than 100 acres of surface was disturbed and the report was heard for thirty miles. Coal and dirt were thrown into the air a great distance. The existence of this fire has been known for twelve years. The Shipping Federation's Scheme: London, February 22. A committee of the Shipping Federation, which aims to break up the seamen's and other allied unions, is on the point of completing a long-projected scheme for the absorption of all the industries connected with shipping. The committee's overtures have met with marked success. They have found that numerous employers of labor in different branches of the shipping industry are anxious to be rid of the present irksome conditions, owing to which they find themselves greatly under the men's thumbs. It is tacitly understood that when the details of the desired cooperation are finally settled the Shipping Federation will throw off the mask and declare a war which shall decide the question of supremacy between the unions and the employers. Palpitation of the heart, nervousness, tremblings, nervous headache, cold hands and feet, pain in the back, and other forms of weakness are relieved by Carter's Iron Pills made specially for the blood, nerves and complexion. Fikins: Dr. Killam has paid five visits to our house. Fikins: My! At $10 a visit, that's expensive. Fikins: It's only $10. The last four he asked for the money. Brooklyn Life: I was troubled for thirty years with pains in my side, which increased and became very bad. I used St. Jacob's Oil and it completely cured. I give it all praise. It's Wm. Kidder, Mr. Chalmers: What do you think of the free reform? Mrs. Whalen: Dire reform, is it? Sure it's a great saving. It's only J. I reformed the old man's pants to fit Dainty, and it's no small job neither. Judge: This town seems to be making great progress, said a visitor to a resident of I. O. H. village, Oklahoma. You are just right, stranger. Why, we've had to enlarge the jail to accommodate the influx. Children Cry for Pitcher's Castoria. TALK OF THINGS THESPIAN: What Is Doing at Local Theatres During the Coming Week: """"I'ReleCelreiln"""" receives a dull failure at New York's Pvaetvr Theatre today. The Boston Howard Athenaeum Star Specialty company opened a week's engagement at the Royal yesterday to overcrowded houses. A long name, a brilliant reputation and decidedly good show are the distinguishing features of the combination. There is another feature which is commendable, as it is rare in variety performance an utter lack of anything approaching vulgarity. It is an entertainment that a lady can enjoy. It opens with an overture, which the audience spoiled by taking all through it. The turn of Josie and Eddis Evans was decidedly funny, and it had an encore, but then encores were a matter of course. Fulyoia, the transfiguretor, is a novelty, his lightning channel of costume in full view of the audience being very ingenious. Falke and Simons are a pair of original musical comedians, who really make D-nalo as well as nonsense. Miss Eva Bertoldi, the ventriloquist, is another act worth seeing. The ease and grace with which she performed her many difficult feats drew forth a storm of applause, which was as much in season as snow in the winter time. The Allisons are a clever pair of dancers, and met with a hearty reception, while Duncan, the ventriloquist, whose act is not quite as original as it might be, pleased equally as well. Melville and Stetson, the vocalists, are old Montreal favorites, and it began to look as if the audience did not intend giving Kan, a juggler, whose feats place him heads above the ordinary juggler, a chance to appear. Golden and Unigg, a pair of comedians, were another good team, and the olio terminated with the wonderful head balancing of the Braati brothers. There is not a weak turn in the whole show, while there are several which are distinct novelties. If much count, there will be hundreds of people turned away at every performance this week. The Lyceum: """"Standing room only"""" was the announcement that met late arrivals at the Lyceum last night, on the occasion of the first appearance in this city of the """"English Gaiety Girls."""" Long before the curtain rose the house was packed from the stage to the gallery, and half an hour later even standing room was at a premium. The performance opened with a taking musical extravaganza, entitled """"Students on a Lark,"""" which gave ample scope for the introduction of a number of pretty women, in equally pretty costumes, as well as some clever specialties and any amount of fun. The lady soloists were Letts Meredith, Led Clark and Nina Bertolini. Miss Meredith's song, """"The Master,"""" was loudly applauded, and a pretty duet by Misses Clark and Meredith received a double encore. The interlude was contributed by Charles Hanley, as the impressionable nigger """"Reuben,"""" and Tom Jarvis as the bayseed 11 Klobs. The inter's KDF, """"These Words Shakespeare Never Wrote,"""" fairly brought down the house, and the whole piece went with a vim and snap that showed both the practice of the artists and the excellence of the stage management. The olio opened with a medley of songs and dances by Nina Bertolini, one of the most graceful dancers now upon the stage. Next came a really funny blackface knockabout act by Hanley and Jarvis that kept the audience laughing from start to finish. Mr. Jarvis is a native of this city, and his clever French gags certainly brought down the gallery, who were not slow to appreciate the fact that he was a Canadian. Leda Clark followed in a series of ballads and selections that were liberally applauded, and then Bunnell and Adams appeared, in their comedy musical act, aided and abetted by their celebrated stuffed dog. Both artists are certainly clever musicians and, in addition to this, Adams is a most amusing comedian; but the stuffed dog fairly divided the honors of the evening. Next came Letta Meredith, who established herself a favorite with the house at once. Her songs are all new and catchy, and as a consequence she was liberally encored. Then came the Amazon march and fancy drill, which is always well received in this city, and the entertainment closed with the three-act burlesque, Mercedes, founded on the play of """"Monte Cristo."""" As usual in burlesques there is only the merest thread of plot, but the many opportunities for elaborate costuming, catchy choruses and unlimited comicalities are fully taken advantage of, and the closing tableau is as pretty a stage picture as has been seen at the Lyceum for some time. Keene Coming to the Academy: Patrons of the theatre will next week have an opportunity of seeing Keene at the Academy. The Evening Times, Chicago, says of him: """"There is all that is awful, morbid and uncanny in Thomas W. Keene's crafty, crown-worshipped Louis XI. The dreadful cruelty, cringing church terror and maddening thirst for life eternal racks the artist's emotional powers as did they the tyrant of France, Louis de Valois. He hangs and beheads and trembles and prays in reality when Keene depicts this puzzling monarch. The characterization is so poignant, so nerve-strung, so scorched with tiger-like rage that the tension tells in the eyes of his auditors. After some of the most magnificent scenes, the nervous strain left a worn look about the more sensitive eyes and a sigh-releasing breath, held in horror, came from a hundred lips. When the threatened German dramatic festival asks us for a representative, America will send Thomas Keene and one scene of his masterly Louis will place him with the greatest. All the mighty ruling fire smoldering in the wicked old king finds vent in Keene's glorious eyes. His face is a study worthy of Rembrandt. Querulous age and sly suspicion lie in furrows over his cheeks and every curve is harsh with stubborn ambition and every angle sharpened by servile superstition. The hollow, fearful eyes, full of token tell-tale of physical suffering, make a stirring picture of the king who was such a great monarch and so small a man."""" Philharmonic Society: Next month the Philharmonic Society will come before their patrons with a grand programme. On March 23rd will be performed, for the first time in Canada, Baint Baens' masterpiece, """"The Deluge."""" On the same evening Gade's """"Erl King's Daughter"""" will be given for the first time by the society. On 24th March Dvorak's """"Spare's Bride"""" will be heard for the second time in Montreal, the society having performed the work once before, about six years ago. 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. She got off her course during the blinding storm that prevailed last night and went ashore at the height of the storm. A rocket was accordingly shot across the steamer and the breeches buoy was rigged after some difficulty and the captain and his wife and all the crew of the steamer were safely landed not much the worse for their experience. The yacht Sur-jptl has been wrecked at Donaghadee, county Down. The schooner Jane and Alice foundered off Dungarvan, county Wexford. Her crew were rescued. The anxiety that was felt concerning the safety of the British steamer Sir Walter Raleigh has been allayed by her re-arrival at Bear Haven. It is now believed that the steamer which was wrecked yesterday forenoon off Penzance was the Fratello Fabris; some wreckage with that name upon it has been washed ashore. It is thought probable that the entire crew of twenty-six men were drowned. The snowstorm in Ireland continued throughout Saturday night. All trains on the Waterford and Limerick system were blocked. Traffic was only partially resumed yesterday. The Limerick and Sorry line is completely blocked. A mail cart going from Limerick to Tullow was buried in the snow. The driver was dug out of the snow half-frozen. The storm has caused heavy losses in livestock. On Saturday there occurred in Limericktown a rare phenomenon which, though often seen at sea, is seldom visible in landlocked harbors. A storm was prevailing at the time and those who were close to the water felt a black heavy cloud drawing near the city. As it arrived over the harbor it could be seen twirling downward and almost immediately the water beneath was thrown into a state of the most violent commotion and there ascended a spiral column that revolved with great rapidity. Everybody watched the sight with great interest. Finally the suspended column of water and the ascending came together and immediately they did so the whole mass fell with an almost deafening crash. No harm was done to shipping. Later information from Penzance shows that the steamer lost off that port was the Violette, 660 tons, bound from Rotterdam for Liverpool. The body of a man has been thrown ashore by the sea at Penzance. It is supposed he belonged to the lost steamer. The terrible weather prevailed in St. George's channel last night. The French steamer Trigano foundered off the Scilly Islands and three of her crew were drowned. A Flushing mail boat stranded at Queensborough during a heavy fog last night. Her signals of distress were heard at Ubeurne and the British warship Scout went out in search of the vessel, but when she arrived at the place whence the signals were heard the vessel had vanished. A despatch from Gibraltar states that during the storm the Italian barque Nina Schallino went ashore at Cape Spartel and was wrecked. Seven of her crew were drowned. The British steamer St. Panoras, from New York, which arrived at Liverpool yesterday, had on board the crew of the schooner Petrel. It was supposed the Petrel crew had been drowned. DISASTROUS STORMS IN SPAIN: MADRID, February 22. Disastrous storms are reported throughout Spain. The Guadalquivir and other rivers are rising rapidly. Much property has been undermined and destroyed. A train was derailed near Borde de Borde yesterday, one guard being killed and three other persons injured. INUNDATIONS IN WESTERN EUROPE: CONSTANTINOPLE, February 22. Railway communications with western Europe are suspended owing to inundation. No train has arrived or departed since Thursday. THE KAISER WILHELM STRIKES GROUND: LENNOX, February 22. A despatch from Bremen says that the North German Lloyd steamer Kaiser Wilhelm is ashore in the Scheldt. No further particulars are given. The Kaiser Wilhelm is now engaged in the Australian service. She sails between Bremen and Australia, stopping at Antwerp and Genoa and other points. The Scheldt is a narrow river through which steamships pass to reach Antwerp. It is full of shoals, and it is a common occurrence for big ocean liners to get stranded. EMPEROR JOSEPH'S PACIFIC SPEECH: BUDAPEST, February 22. Emperor Francis Joseph, in opening the Hungarian Diet today, said that the relations between Austria-Hungary and the powers continue to be satisfactory and intimated that there was no immediate danger of the peace of Europe being disturbed. Continuing, the Emperor urged the Diet to utilize the present time of peace to make domestic reforms. In conclusion, the Emperor remarked that he trusted the peace would be of long duration. A good impression has been made by the Emperor's speech. THE ENGLISH HOUSE OF COMMONS: LONDON, February 22. Mr. Jackson, chief secretary for Ireland, introduced the Irish Education bill in the House of Commons this evening. The Hon. Henry Chaplin introduced an agricultural holding bill and explained its provisions. It aimed, he said, at a wider distribution of land among the people and to re-create or augment the yeoman class, which had been dwindling for many years. The bill passed its first reading. TENDERS FOR PLANS: LISBON, February 22. Hendoa Cortex, president of the Lusitana bank and a peer of the realm, who was arrested recently, was yesterday examined for three hours by the president of the House of Peers. At the conclusion of the examination he was taken to prison. His arrest was due to his inability to furnish guarantees to the amount of $220,000, lacking in the accounts of the bank. STARVING PEASANTS THREATEN OFFICIALS: MOSCOW, February 22. Peasants in the famine-stricken districts along the Volga, made desperate by hunger, are threatening officials with violence. In one village two officials had a narrow escape from lynching because they refused to relieve peasants who were not needy. In other places the people threaten to plunder landowners. THE FRENCH CRISIS CONTINUES: PARIS, February 22. The Cabinet crisis and the excited feelings growing out of it show no sign of abatement. It is rumored that the Chamber will be dissolved. FOREIGN NEWS IN BRIEF: The Neue Zeit says Prince Bismarck will attend the coming session of the Upper House of the Prussian Diet. The picture representing the sitting of the Alabama Claims commission, a present from America to Queen Victoria, has arrived at Windsor castle. The Berlin, Hamburg, Frankfort and Königsberg Jewish relief committees will meet shortly to consider the refusal of America to receive Russian Jewish emigrants brought by North German Lloyd steamer. KICKED TO DEATH BY A HORSE: GAULT, Ont., February 22. William Huntberger, aged 27 years, employed on a farm of J. E. McBain, was kicked to death by a horse. MAN WHO CLEANS A SIDEWALK HAS HIS OWN STYLE OF DOING IT: Some Plow Down to the Pavement, Others Merely Level the Surface, and Others Cultivate the """"Hog's Back."""" """"There’s one thing about it,"""" remarked an enthusiastic Ottawan in the Hall a few days ago, as he and a companion were discussing the relative merits of the two cities, """"that’s in our favor; we know how to clean our streets, and we’re not content to ride let lumbering, refrigerating street cars, which are about as much on a par with the old stage coaches would be. We’ve got twelve miles of electric railway track, and the cars have never been stopped by the heaviest snowstorm there has been this winter. Everybody rides in them, and everybody finds it a pleasure to do so. They are all upholstered and heated by stoves or electricity. I’ve walked about your streets all day, and am devoutly thankful that all my limbs are yet intact. In Ottawa our streets are cleaned by the corporation, and if not always perfect, there is at least uniformity about them, so that one is not constantly in dread of jerking his head off by unexpectedly taking a step downward of a foot or so. Here is a matter for the City council to consider during the summer. If taken up then it might have a tendency to cool the passions which only too frequently arise during the so-called debates. It would be quite refreshing during August or September to consider the proper means to be employed for the removal of snow from the sidewalks, and the question should be settled then, unless the Mayor should rule it out of season or """"everything all out of order, gentlemen,"""" as he phrases it. This question of removing snow from the sidewalks was on the order sheet last fall, but it went the way of most lucky as by-laws which attain that stage. It was proposed to have certain streets cleaned by the corporation at the expense of the proprietors on the street, with the ostensible object of providing work for the unemployed. Ward politicians killed the project, however. Some aldermen wanted the city to undertake the cleaning of the whole city, but as this could not be done they would allow no part of the work to be undertaken. If John Thomas is given a jam tart for lunch by his mother, why must Thomas John have one also, or he will raise a howl that will be heard all down the street? The present council should take this question up early in the summer, so that the Road department will be able to commence work on the first snowfall next winter. If the city cannot undertake the removal of snow from the sidewalks in the back lanes and the streets in the suburbs there is no reason why the principal business streets, such as Craig, St. James, Notre Dame, St. Paul, St. Lawrence and St. Catherine, should not be kept in proper condition. This work is at present left to the proprietors or tenants, and is done in a most erratic, unsystematic manner. In front of stores the work is generally left to the office boy. This young autocrat considers the work infra dig, and everyone knows the result. He is often just budding into swallow-tails and foppish manners, and why should his tapering white fingers be soiled by contact with the handle of a snow shovel? Gabriel Varden never imposed a pre shameful servitude upon Mr. Simon Tapper, that prince of consequential young apprentices. The work of this type of street cleaner is only equaled in badness by that of the professional snow shoveler. He is generally a decrepit old man, driven to this work by necessity. He has several contracts on hand with merchants and others to clean their sidewalks, and the result of his feebleness and multiplicity of duties is that no section of the work is done well or on time. And then what variations in style one sees, what phantasies in snow! Each affects a peculiar system of his own. One considers the best form not a sidewalk, is what is popularly called a """"hog's back,"""" while another holds the opinion that the snow must be removed clear down to the pavement. The artist in the next section considers that all that is necessary is to flatten out the snow into the semblance of a smooth surface. Assuredly there are many """"ups and downs"""" in our sidewalks, as well as in life. One of the most embarrassing experiences in life those mild days is to come across a man with pick and shovel mining for the hard pavement. You stand on a snow-begrimed, slippery block of ice, with the option of taking a drop of a foot or more or going out into the vehicle-crowded street. Probably you make the plunge and your foot strikes on a round piece of ice, much more treacherous than a piece of lemon pie, and your legs plough up the loosened blocks of ice, while your head comes down with a pleasant pat on the step behind. Others laugh, but you don't. You rise up in a calm frame of mind, and some would-be wag asks you if you are hurt, or if you fell, and you vow in your wrath that you will bring pressure on your eldermanic representatives to have this thing remedied, but you never carry out your intention. Your clothes are soiled, and you are sore on the world, and parts of yourself, for the rest of the day. Or, probably, you are walking along the street in a contemplative frame of mind, and an icicle rattles down on your head and then someone shouts """"Look out there!"""" You look up instead, and see a demon seated nonchalantly in a window (out of your reach, fortunately for him), with a long pole in his hand playfully tapping the long pendants from the eaves and the Gothic windows of the attic. A little further down the street two poles rest against the wall; avalanches of snow are tumbling from the roof of the building, and the magnificent form of a policeman is to be seen on the street corner, the limb of the law chatting pleasantly to the cabman on the stand, while the genial afternoon sun lights up the figures of your friend smiling amiably on the other side of the street. You know, or have heard somewhere, that it is AGAINST THE LAW TO SHOVEL SNOW off a tool after nine o'clock in the morning, but then, who ever heard of the police enforcing the city ordinance? Before the Chief can act it is necessary for some reputable citizen to lay information before him, and besides, this is the duty of the street inspector. Why should the hard-worked policeman notice an infraction of this law? He might offend an alderman's friend and lose his position. If anyone doubts that this work of street cleaning would be better done by the city than when left to property owners or occupants, such an one should take a walk along Craig street and then turn up St. Denis. The Craig street sidewalk is almost impassable. It is full of holes and covered with treacherous hummocks. The same system of shoveling is not followed for one block. No matter how vigorous you are, your faith in your balancing powers becomes shaken. 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",1,1,1,1,0,1
+13,18910908,historical,Storm,"J, September 7 - The terrible storm prevailed here yesterday. LA TORDRAINE'S STORMY TRIP The Big French Steamship Disabled During a Big Cyclone A BIG MOVEMENT OF GRAIN, Over 7,000 Carloads at Kansas City An Original Suicide-Ballroad Official In Jail New York, September 7 With the captain's gig missing, the stanchions and canvas covering of the bridge torn away, the new French steamship La Touraine steamed slowly up the bay today after an eventful voyage, in which a cyclone played a prominent part. La Touraine holds the best record from Havre to New York. The vessel sailed from Havre on August 29, in command of Captain Frangnel and carrying about 600 saloon and 600 steerage passengers. On the morning of the 30th, a terrific storm set in, foreboding a westerly cyclone. On the 31st, the storm increased, and a huge wave came over the port bow, carrying away the bridge stanchions, rails, and canvas covering. Second Captain Rilba, who was on the bridge at the time, managed to cling to one of the stanchions and was uninjured. Another monster wave dashed over the steamship's bow before she had recovered herself from the first blow, carrying away the crow's nest on the foremast and washing the vessel from stem to stern. By a miracle, no one was injured. The big steamship's stern rose out of the waves as her bow dipped into the valley of green water before her. This caused the twin propellers to race. The sudden strain that was brought upon the engines caused the eccentric rod to twist, causing the vessel to suddenly stop. The vessel lay to for three hours while the damage was being repaired. She was finally got under way again and rode out the storm in safety. Thirteen Train Robbers Killed Uvalde, Tex, September 5 The train robbers who were thought to have escaped across the Rio Grande river with a sum said to be $20,000 which they secured from the express car on the Southern Pacific railroad were met yesterday by a body of rangers who had been in pursuit and a battle took place. From reports received, thirteen of the robbers and two rangers were killed and several on both sides were wounded. The rangers followed what was thought to be the course pursued by the robbers through the mountain pass and although they had at several times lost the trail, they pulled up on the robbers Thursday. They discovered evidence that the men were but a few miles ahead of them and were headed toward Las Vegas. The pursuers pulled up on the bandits strongly and made better time, for after pushing on a portion of the night they were rewarded yesterday by falling in with the outlaws. The engagement was short. The bandits were outnumbered. They held the best position, however, and stood their ground until their dead and wounded were so great that resistance was impossible and then the remainder fled. It is said that two men escaped. Bloody Battle Between Convicts Lexington, Ky, September 7 Violent assaults in the penitentiary made by convicts upon each other yesterday as a third attempted to separate them. The result was that all three are in the hospital with fatal wounds. The three men were sent from Louisville. Their names are Ell Lucas, serving a life sentence for murder; William Bellambe, serving 16 years, and William Johnson, serving 21 years. There had been bad feeling between Lucas and Bellambe and yesterday the latter made a rush at Lucas, who drew a knife and made a sweeping cut across Bellambe's abdomen. Johnson interfered and a brick thrown by one of the others struck him on the head. Bellambe then knocked Lucas down and stamped him about the face and breast. At this juncture, the guards appeared and put a stop to the affair. Bellambe's wound is very deep and he will die. Lucas is in such an unrecognizable and bruised condition that it is difficult to ascertain the extent of his injuries. Johnson's skull was fractured. Banana City Choked With Wheat, Kansas City, September 7 The unprecedented movement of grain from the West is choking the Kansas City market. There are miles of side tracks full of loaded cars and the grain men and railroad men are working night and day to clear the jam. All the elevators at the mouth of the Kansas River are crowded to their utmost capacity. One hundred cars of wheat were turned over to the Chicago road yesterday to be shipped from Kansas, through Kansas City, to Chicago. This practice is growing, and unless the dealers get rid of some of the grain on hand they will lose a great deal of business. The Union Pacific, not being a through road, is hauling the grain into the city like a sausage mill. The Chicago, Santa Fe and California road cannot furnish enough engines to haul the cars here to Chicago. The Santa Fe yards, as a consequence, are stuffed to overflowing. Yesterday there were over 7,000 cars in the Missouri Pacific yards. Will be His Own Step Uncle, Fresno, Cal, September 7 Carroll, of Fresno, today committed suicide at the Prescott House here by exploding a dynamite bomb in his room. The explosion shook all the buildings in the neighborhood. Carroll's remains were scattered all over the room and one arm was found in the street. The windows and plastering were broken and the furniture damaged. He told some persons that he intended to kill himself to create a sensation for the newspapers. He left a note saying life was not worth the living. Minister Egan's Instructions, Washington, September 7 The Department of State telegraphed to Minister Egan on September 4th saying that if a government had been formed by the Congressional party which was acceptable to the people he should recognize it and open communications with its head. Today the department received a telegram from Mr. Egan stating that a provisional government had been established on the 4th instant, with Jorge Montt as president, and was universally accepted by the people and that he (Egan) was in very cordial communication with it. Pacific Railroad Rumors, San Francisco, September 7 The Southern Pacific railroad is about to commence active operations in Oregon and Washington which will create a sensation in the railroad world. Articles of incorporation have been filed by the Oregon & California Railroad Company. The project of the corporation is to build a road from Portland to the state boundary line between Oregon and California and also from Portland south to the southern boundary of Oregon. A Destructive Ohio Storm, Alliance, Ohio, September 7 The most destructive storm ever known here passed over the city yesterday morning. Twelve houses and barns were struck by lightning and burned, causing a loss of $10,000. The electrical display was bewildering in its intensity. It is reported that a number of lives were lost, but nothing definite can be learned owing to the damaged condition of telegraph and telephone wires. Railroad Officials Arrested, Hutchinson, Kan, September 7 LOST IN A HURRICANE Details of the Storm In Which the Steamer Came Aboard Two Men Terrific Storm in the Turk Islands, Halifax, September 7 The following details have been received from Bermuda of the hurricane experienced by the steamer Duart Castle. The hurricane, which was from east to northwest, began about midnight of the 28th ult, and was most severe from that time until about 7 o'clock in the morning of the 29th, when the weather began to abate. At 6:30 on the morning of Saturday the 27th, in lat. 40 8 N, long. 63 18, while heavy cross sea was running, a sea boarded the ship and washed overboard two seamen, Sexton and Noseworthy by name. Captain Harrison was standing near the men at the time and would have also been washed overboard had he not got caught in the ship's rail and grasped one of the stays of the smokestack. As it was, he was badly bruised and had to seek medical assistance on his arrival at Bermuda. The seaman Noseworthy was not seen after he was washed overboard. Sexton was seen, and a life buoy was thrown to him. He secured it and got into it. Then a rope was thrown to him, but the heavy sea that was raging at the time washed him away from the ship and he was last seen waving his hand to those on board. During the storm, the sea boarded the steamer on all sides, carried away about fifty feet of the rail and tore up and twisted the iron stanchions that support the rail. A terrible hurricane and thunderstorm passed over Grand Turk on the 21st ult. Several of the small craft in the harbor were destroyed. A fine sloop which had arrived there a few days previous from Cape Haiti with a man seeking medical attendance was blown out to sea with the sick man, a boy, and one of the crew. When the hurricane abated she was nowhere to be seen and it is feared she must have capsized. Several houses were destroyed. The salt crop for this season will be very short, 30 percent of the salt procured having been spoiled. A FEW LOCAL SHOWERS Predicted for Today, But Generally Fair Little Chance In Temperature, Toronto, September 7, 11 p.m. Tonight the pressure is highest over the upper lakes and Manitoba, and there is a deep depression near the mouth of the Bay of Fundy, causing heavy rain in the Maritime provinces, and another over the extreme Northwest territories, accompanied by very warm weather. The weather has been generally fair except in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. Minimum and maximum temperatures: Calgary, 30, 80; Battleford, 43, 84; Prince Albert, 40, 76; Qu'Appelle, 36, 74; Winnipeg, 38, 64; Toronto, 69, 69; Montreal, 68, 68; Quebec, 66, 70; Halifax, 62, 72. Lakes Winds mostly north and west; fair weather; not much change in the temperature. Upper St. Lawrence A few local showers, but generally fair, with strong westerly winds; not much change in temperature. H. Kitts shows a good conception of the part of Gill Riley, and Ed. Brennaca makes a good Mr. Carney. Miss Agnes Carlton well fills the role of Norah Maguire, and as Kate Carney Miss Nell Keen is decidedly good. Miss Maggie Leland well delineates the character of Mr. Kelly, and little Kittle Murphy acts well the part allotted to her, that of little Nell Carney. The other characters are all in capable hands. The Lyceum, The Lyceum Opera house was well filled last evening on the occasion of the reopening. During the four weeks that the house has been closed, very extensive changes have taken place. The walls have been recovered, and a more ceiling, artistically painted, has taken the place of the unsightly rafters. The proscenium has been newly painted, eight new boxes have been built, new scenery has been painted, and the seating room has been increased by about 600 new chairs. Many other changes have also been made, the Lyceum being now transformed into as nice a theatre as one would wish to enter. As before stated, a large audience witnessed the performance of the four-act railway play entitled """"Delmonto."""" The piece abounds in stirring situations, and, judging from the frequent applause, large houses will, no doubt, be the order for the week. Mr. Vio Leonzo played the leading part. The dogs, Spot and Panther, were certainly worth seeing. They were always on hand to help Pomp, their master, out of the several close corners into which the piece took him, and their wonderful bounds for his opponents' threat at the opportune moment took the audience by storm. Rohrnrr Park The very large crowd which filled the vast space occupied by Sohmer Park Garden yesterday was evidently exceedingly pleased with the most enjoyable entertainment which had been provided for them by Messrs. Lavigne & Lajoie. The marionette show was very clever and enlisted the hearty plaudits of the audience. But the principal attraction was...",1,0,1,0,0,1
+14,18961014,historical,Storm,"THE BIG STORM A Good Deal of Damage Was Done Along the Jersey Coast Atlantic City, October 1 During the storm Werner's Wonderland building collapsed, and the exhibits and building are a total loss. Richard's bathhouses, Ventnor, have been destroyed, and the steamboat pier on Brighton Beach, 300 feet in length, is gone, sections of it having been carried out to sea. Commodore Harry Turner of the Cricket fleet, in company with Charles Jeffries and William Bavday, left on a halting trip on Friday up the bay and have not been heard from since. Their friends in this city are much alarmed. Beach Isle, N.J., October 13 The high tide yesterday tore away sections of the walk and demolished the fences and verandahs of many cottages on the front. The water undermined the Hotel Brunswick, which is located on the beach, and in a few minutes it collapsed. In falling the building carried with it the house of Mrs. German, of Philadelphia, which is a complete wreck. The railroads are badly washed out. The storm shows no signs of abating. Reports come that several houses have been ruined by the inroads of the sea at Holly Beach. The Phillip J. Walsh Seaside Home for Catholic Orphans is also damaged. All roads are badly washed out. Cape May, N.Y., October 13 In Mount Basba Lake, Orange County, a floating island about one acre in extent, and nearly ten feet deep. It is well covered with large and small trees, and brush and swamp vegetation. Recently the island was anchored at one side of the lake, but in the storm of Sunday night it got loose again, and now floats about, interfering with the fishermen. Ottawa Municipal Statistics Ottawa, October 13 The city assessors' figures show the population of Ottawa to be 61,510, an increase of 1,808 over last year. The valuation has gone up by $953,015, and is now $22,079,735. The increase in real estate is $705,415, and in personal property $102,000. The public school supporters are assessed on $10,407,110, and the separate school supporters on $5,577,910, an interesting fact. We are the only house in Montreal which makes a specialty of fur repairs. All kinds of furs repaired and made as good as new at very moderate prices. Raccoon and muskrat linings constantly kept in stock. Furs of all kinds for trimming. Coats made and trimmed to order by a tailor on the premises. If you wish to get a good article at a good price come to Charles Desjardins & Co., 1537 St. Catherine street. """"James' Garotte"""" The exceptional violence of the recent tornado in Paris, analogous to, but fortunately far less destructive than, the fearful catastrophe at St. Louis in May this year, attracts attention to the extraordinary vicissitudes of the world's weather during the last eighteen months. It will be observed that storms of this locally violent character, entirely different from what are properly termed cyclones, generally occur at the close of a long period of drought such as we have lately experienced. It would almost seem, indeed, as though nature, weary of one type, swung over to the opposite with the petulant violence of a spoiled child. The tornadoes which peppered the Middle States of America this spring terminated a drought which affected a large portion of the territory so severely as to allow the bed of the Ohio river to be worked for coal, reduced the fall at Niagara and lowered the St. Lawrence to an unprecedented extent. Extending the area of observation, we find ever since February 1895, equally abnormal conditions prevalent over India, Australia and the Pacific and the Indian oceans. For example, the southeast trade wind of the Indian ocean, and its twin brother, the southwest monsoon of India, were both very feeble last summer, the failure of the latter causing a drought nearly down to famine mark in some parts of India. Coincidently with and following these conditions on the Australian side of the high pressure atmospheric wall bounding the southeast trades, an extraordinary prevalence of hot, dry northwest winds occurred right on to April 1896, throughout Australia and New Zealand, raising the temperature in New South Wales to such a height that the Government actually carried people free by rail from the Interior to the coast in order to save their lives. The temperature in Sydney ran up to such record heights at 100 and 108 degrees, and even in New Zealand, except at the extreme southern end, the famous hot northwesters of the Canterbury district dried up the crops, while the North Island, especially near Auckland, looked as though it had been toasted in front of some Titanic fire. In contrast, but evidently in correspondence with the abnormal features, the North Pacific was unusually stormy, Honolulu receiving quite an unusual supply of """"Koua,"""" or winter storms, while California, at the boundary of the oceanic area, came in for a similar excess of its curiously marked winter rains. Elsewhere drought seems to have been the rule. The """"low Nile"""" was recently a formidable obstacle to the Soukan expedition, and the violent resumption of rain over its basin in common with the similar change which now seems to be everywhere terminating this world land drought, is creating a fresh scourge by promoting the conditions favorable to the spread of cholera. It is not easy to discover even the proximate cause for such a widespread anomaly, or to draw a practical moral; but a general survey would appear to show that the equatorial rain belt has been less developed than usual, and that the atmosphere over the continents on either side of it has been less heaped up into narrow belts of high pressure and more uniformly spread over large areas. Where this occurs in summer we have the conditions which are favorable to drought, emerging subsequently when the lower air remains stationary, as it did over the United States in the spring, and gradually becomes charged with excessive heat and humidity into those favorable to the production of local storms and tornadoes. The storm at Paris was due to such conditions, and the result of a stagnation rather than an increase in the ordinary movements of the atmosphere. When the circulation over the North Atlantic is more than ordinarily vigorous the energy is expended in the larger horizontal movements, termed cyclones, which frequently embrace an area as large as Russia. It is only when these motions are so reduced as to allow the warm lower air to penetrate the upper layers in places, like water flowing through a sink, and like it to draw in the surrounding air in rapidly rotating whirls, that tornadoes are generated. Such conditions, though common enough over a large land area like the United States, are, fortunately, rendered rare in Europe by virtue of its latitude and geography, so that we need not conclude that the tornado epidemic will ever find a favorable breeding ground over here. On the other hand, it is plain that the occurrence of periods of abnormal weather is common to the whole world, and are of much greater economical importance than the daily changes which at present form the sole subject of prediction by the European Bureau. Not prominently marked, and thus to a large extent masked by the latter, these long waves nevertheless dominate the variation in our seasons, regulate our crops and in many ways affect our general welfare. In India, where the daily changes owing to the comparative absence of frequent minor disturbances are less prominent, predictions are officially made of the average weather of each half-yearly monsoon or season, and with such success that the Government there has recently sanctioned an extension of the mean for constructing such forecasts. """"Some men,"""" said Uncle Eben, """"seem to think that talking at the top of your voice can take the place of speaking from the bottom of your heart."""" Washington Star Grace Darling Fifty-eight years ago, the 7th of September, Grace Darling and her father, through their heroic effort, saved from a watery grave nine precious souls. The work of life saving and health preserving still goes on, in which we, L & T 100 30 60 60 100 100 3 5 4 100 100 100 4 I S 120 60 117 10 m """"m"""" 129"""" 82 Ji 135 100 98 Ex-dly? New York, October 13 When a financial community sets itself resolutely at work to make itself despondent where there is no conceivable cause of despondency, it is subject to rude awakening from its nightmare. Wall street philosophers have been out-touting one another for a week with assurance that the political horizon was black, that cheerfulness and confidence were inexcusable, that within three weeks the storm would break. All this time the indications of a wholesome issue to the national election were bright to a degree wholly unprecedented in this generation and were growing daily brighter. The whole performance cannot be otherwise described than as a physiological phenomenon. Senator Quay issues a bulletin which contains nothing more than all Wall street was saying ten days ago; the one free coinage organ in New York talks of the silver party's outlook in precisely the dubious terms employed by all the serious free coinage leaders ten days ago: and the Stock Exchange discovers a complete reversal in the situation. If this is the end of the experiment which began with the mutual declaration: """"Come let us be sane,"""" the return of common sense would of itself be welcome. But after but weeks experience the community is quite capable of falling into depths of gloom again. Nobody can predict the certain course of sentiment during the balance of this month or the course of the market which reflects it. The habit of jumping at shadows may have become chronic enough not to be cured before November 3. Today's market, however, made no uncertain response. It started to advance in London before New York opened for business. Its initial gains here averaged half a point and active stocks were up to two points before the afternoon. As it happened, there was more than one noticeable reason for the recovery. Another lot of $600,000 gold was engaged in London for shipment, making a total engagement of $1,000,000 within three days. Still more significant was the renewed and violent advance in wheat, which this time carried up along with it all other domestic produce. Wheat sold today 3c above last Wednesday's lowest, and 13c above its price at the opening of September. Corn sold 3c per bushel above last week, and is above the September minimum. Oats have advanced 2c within the week and 43c since last month's opening. Even in provisions generally a similar movement is going on, and the perfectly obvious basis for the entire upward movement is the very active demand from Europe. The enormous increase in the export of corn is a safe witness to the real urgency of the situation, with shipments for the week as reported today being half a million bushels above the average of the last four weeks, and double the export average of October 1885. Reflecting all these factors in the situation, stocks advanced sharply at the opening. ANOTHER PLEASANT DAY Fine and Not Much Change In Temperature, the Promise Toronto, Ont., October 13 The great Atlantic storm, which has been travelling up the Gulf stream since Sunday, is now centered a little to the southward of Nova Scotia, and is causing a very heavy east and northeast gale throughout the Maritime Provinces. Elsewhere in Canada the weather has been fine. Minimum and maximum temperatures-Calgary, 36, 60; Qu'Appelle, 28, 70; Winnipeg, 30, 62; Port Arthur, 30, 60; Toronto, 42, 68; Ottawa, 40, 60; Montreal, 30, 54; Quebec, 38, 60; Halifax, 40, 61. MORANILITIES Lower Lakes and Georgian Bay Northwest to southwest winds; fine and comparatively warm. Ottawa Valley and Upper St. Lawrence Fine; not much change in temperature. Lower St. Lawrence Strong winds and gales, east to northwest; local rains chiefly in the eastern portion. Gulf Fresh to heavy easterly to northerly gales; cloudy and rainy. Maritime Fresh to heavy gales; cloudy and rainy. Manitoba Fresh to strong south to west winds; generally fair and warm today; then local showers and cooler tomorrow.",1,0,0,0,1,0
+15,18930830,historical,Rain,"CHANGE OF PATH Owing to the steady downpour of rain yesterday we were obliged to cancel the trip to the Lake Shore and substitute today (Wednesday) instead Our wuku will therefore leave the Italian Warehouse today (Wednesday) morning at 10 o'clock sharp for Lachine, Dorval, Valois, Pointe Claire and Beaconsfield FRABER, VIGER & CO A meeting, and took advantage of the suspension of the matches today on account of the rain to visit several of the departments, Messrs P for Lisgar, who is in the city has been summoned to Ottawa by the Government with the view of inducing him to waive his claim to the lieutenant-governorship in favor of Sir Hector Langevin The five farm delegates who came out on the Parisian spent the afternoon after the rain had cleared up in visiting the Central Experimental Farm, over which 1 1 Ma, Gilbert, and with which they expressed themselves as highly pleased They left for the Northwest tonight Hon (I 28 '94 C FI IT HAS AN AWFUL It Left Death and Distress Behind It Down South THE TAIL END UP NORTH Made Things Vastly Unpleasant All Over Yesterday A Great Quantity of Rain Fell Throughout Canada Savannah, Ga, August 29 The list of fatalities caused by the cyclone yesterday is gradually growing and it is impossible to tell to what extent it will grow Several bodies of drowned persons have been picked up and search is now being made for others who are missing Every hour brings some new story of a death as a result of the storm The drowning of Mr I I CI ana is inescapably for Muirhead, Norwood is a junction about 100 miles north of Charleston They probably received news of the disaster there by train The dispatch is without signature, but is forwarded evidently by a regular press correspondent The telegraph marks indicate that it had been transmitted by way of Atlanta, Ga Damaged the Telegraph Wires Chicago, August 29 A general storm in midwinter could scarcely have wrought more damage to the telegraph companies than did the gale of last night Business between the entire line of Atlantic provinces and this city is very nearly paralyzed The great network of wires of the Western Union company suffered to an alarming extent In places east of Buffalo and along the Baltimore & Ohio and Washington, the ravages of the storm were responsible for the wholesale destruction of wires Line repairers fairly swarm over the storm swept territory, and the information comes from the western side of this zone of destruction, that their work is going to be the most difficult in years Poles are down in stretches of five miles and wires are snapped and tangled into inextricable puzzles Occurring as it has when the eyes of the West are most directed upon the Capital and when the pulse of the trade has to stand still, the work of the storm is more keenly felt Matters at the Board of Trade and Stock Exchange looked dubious today About noon, however, the tremendous efforts put forth by the telegraph companies resulted in communication with the Eastern world True, not many wires were working, but there were enough to transmit the absolutely necessary and momentous messages On Coney Island, New York, August 29 The storm at Coney Island was very severe and did much damage to property along the beach The shore of Gravesend Bay is littered with wrecks of yachts and small boats Along the lower Hudson it was the worst storm experienced for many years Two canal boats' tows are reported to be totally wrecked near Rockland Lake and several lives lost At Canadian Points Shockville, Ont, August 29 The heaviest storm of the season passed over here last night and today The wind blew a gale and the rain fell in torrents for about eighteen hours without a let up No heavy damage was done, but shade trees, sheds and small outbuildings suffered considerably The river presented one of the wildest scenes ever witnessed on the St Lawrence The wind was from a direction that gave the water its fullest sway, and the waves ran high, at some times reaching a majestic height So heavy was the sea that the big ferryboat, the Transit, had to abandon one of her regular trips The Spartan, of the R & O N company, west bound, arrived on time, but had to lie at the dock for several hours until the storm abated, and even then had considerable difficulty in getting around the end of the wharf During the afternoon the storm subsided No doubt there has been an immense amount of damage done to all outstanding crops in this district Grain in the shock will be badly hurt if not ruined, while the corn crop must have been nearly thrashed out or laid in the mud caused by such a rain, but still it will be fine for the high pasture lands where there has been a lack of rain all season, and so it is always, while others mourn others will rejoice Kingston, Ont, August 29 Shortly after midnight one of the greatest wind and rain storms this city has experienced in years burst over it and the surrounding districts In intensity and duration it has exceeded the greatest previous storm known in recent years Shade trees were stripped of their branches, signs blown down, and streets in many portions of the city badly cut up by the raging floods Sewers have been choked and some telephone and telegraph wires are down A plate-glass window in King's drug store was destroyed No marine disasters have been reported as yet By noon today the storm had abated Ottawa, August 29 Last night's storm was one of the most severe known in this section for years and did considerable damage to standing crops At the Experimental Farm four inches of rain fell and the high wind seriously damaged the big field of sunflowers now very nearly ripe Qikdkr, August 29 The storm reported previously south and east reached here today, and ever since morning there has been a strong east gale, with rain in torrents flooding the streets On Lake Ontario Toronto, August 29 The storm today in this region was one of the worst for years The rain was heavy and in the morning the wind was so strong that trees were blown down in many places A good many of the excursion boats abandoned their trips altogether, but the Niagara and Hamilton lines each ran two trips each way The yacht Escape, of Toronto, owned by O Chalis, left here yesterday afternoon for Niagara with her owner and lifeboatman Collings and a boy No word has been received of them and there are fears for their safety A telephone came to the city from the harbor master at Cobourg stating that the steam barge Niagara, owned by J and J Matthews, of this city, is lying three miles off that point with machinery disabled The Storm in the City Montreal felt the effect of that West India cyclone in no mean manner yesterday The rain, which set in at 6 o'clock on Monday evening, continued without intermission until after 9 o'clock last night and by that time an inch and a half had fallen The rain fell steadily all day and made outdoor life more than unpleasant Consequently nobody stirred out unless it was absolutely necessary All outdoor labor was stopped, and it will take the shipping interests and the road contractors considerable time to recover from the damage done One feature of the heavy rainfall was that it gave the Road department considerable trouble Mr St George said yesterday that the department had never had a worse experience in getting the water away through the sewers than during that rainfall The William street sewer, with which there had been no trouble previously, could scarcely carry off the flow Some of the other sewers were also choked up The Wellington street subway was flooded by about eight feet of water, which rendered it practically useless, and pedestrians had to resort to the old level crossing while streetcar passengers had to be transferred Moreover, the storm played havoc with the telegraph wires, rendering communication with outside points most difficult, if not impossible The telephone and fire alarm wires were also badly damaged On the River The storm was rather severe on the upper river, and delayed the passengers of the R H while the business department will be managed by Fred Mailette, of this city Leaders of the Canadian independence movement have subscribed $1,000 toward starting the paper Its name will be Independence and will be recognized as the official organ of the Canadian independence movement for New England The paper will also advocate high license Nearly 3,000 subscribers have been secured in the New England manufacturing towns, where ex-Premier Mercier, of Quebec, recently lectured, and the projectors of the enterprise feel confident of success The Tariff Declaration Washington, August 29 The Committee on Ways and Means will proceed at once with the preparation of a tariff bill and will hold hearings in the course thereof to persons and parties interested One Hundred Poisoned Moscow, August 29 More than 100 persons at SheleanovodBs, a summer resort in the Caucasus, have been poisoned by koumiss The rest of the summer visitors have left in a panic But for a few persons too ill to be moved the hotels are deserted One of the most prominent physicians in Detroit writes I those who regularly drink Sprudel, the celebrated water from the Mt Clemens spring, will keep their system in such condition that there need have little fear of contracting any disease BAIN HIT THE BULLSEYE! And Interrupted Yesterday's Shooting at Ottawa THE COMPETITORS' MEETING They Find Good Deal to Grumble About the Social Events of the Meeting By our own reporter Ottawa, August 29 For the first time in the twenty-five years' experience of the members and competitors of the Dominion Rifle Association a day's shooting has been postponed on account of the weather, not because of the storm, which started in on Monday afternoon and then put a stop to the shooting and which continued up to two o'clock this afternoon, but because it was found although the riflemen were willing to shoot that the targets would not work The slides had become so swollen that the targets could not be pushed up and down, while the targets themselves had become so soaked during the night's rain that a patch would not remain on The result of this was that the shooting men who gathered at 8:30 in the morning, in the midst of a driving rain storm and an easterly gale, waited until noon without firing a shot, and then the executive committee met, with the president, Major J THE FENCING MASTER The Mapleson Company Next Week Current Attractions This morning, at 10 o'clock, the advance sale of seats begins at Nordheimer's for next week's engagement of the Mapleson and Whitney Opera Company at the Academy of Music The Fencing Master receives its first Canadian promotion during this engagement, and a party of the New York jeunesse dorée are coming to Montreal on the opening night to witness the sensation of seeing Laura Schirmer Mapleson for the first time in this character They consider it the correct thing to do The original fencing girl students have been retained by Managers Mapleson and Whitney, and Monsieur Senac, the Paris champion of the art of fencing, has been teaching Laura Schirmer Mapleson, and in a recent interview in the New York Herald, declared the accomplished prima donna to be one of his best lady pupils, and expressed the opinion that she would astonish the public with her skill in the great duel scene in the Fencing Master Jarbenn Makes a Hit Last evening's weather was not in any way calculated to draw people to the theatre, but Madame Jarheau and her company made such a hit on Monday evening that their second performance was greeted by a well-filled house, much larger, in fact, than could have been expected Starlight is a success, and should be seen by everybody who desires to exercise their risible faculties Lawrence Hanley A Special dispatch from Boston announces that Lawrence Hanley, the talented young American actor, who appears at the Queen's next week, has scored a great hit in Blanche Marsdea's new drama, The Player The American cities speak in the highest terms of Mr Hanley's ability and the admirers of true dramatic art in this city may look forward to a real treat next week Theatre Royal Rain or shine the Theatre Royal is always well patronized This was never better proved than yesterday when, despite the unprecedented rainstorm, large audiences filled the house at both performances She has evidently caught on to the popular taste, for its rendition is received with great enthusiasm It will be repeated every afternoon and evening until Saturday night Next week the attraction will be the London Specialty Company, direct from the London Theatre, New York, and big things in the variety line are promised THE CODE To the Editor of the Gazette Sir, In your issue of Monday you report the trial of a keeper of a disorderly house, her condemnation, and punishment, the latter being a fine of $100 and costs Apart from the loathsomeness of thus enriching the civic treasury with the avails of prostitution, and of giving the woman a quasi-license to continue her occupation, this judgment is in apparent conflict with the new criminal code Article 318 makes these persons liable to one year's imprisonment, without the option of a fine; and under article 207, if the subsection be relied on, the punishment may be six months' imprisonment with a fine not exceeding $50 Some questions in the public interest are why was not this criminal indicted under article 198; under what article in the Code was she fined $100; and why was she not imprisoned in any event, rather than merely fined and let loose on society? One other question why did not the authorities put the owner of the Cadieux street premises in the dock beside the woman? CENSOR MONTREAL'S BIG FAIR Everything Proceeding Naturally for Next Week's Exhibition The Exhibition directors are working hard to have everything in readiness for the official opening of the exhibition on Monday next They are nothing daunted by the rain of the past two days, but are hopeful that fortune will smile on them next week They have accordingly issued a notice to intending exhibitors urgently requesting them to have their exhibits placed in position on Saturday next as Monday is a civic holiday and Labor Day, as well as the official opening Manager B 6 TVTTT? rt A rI7rpmTi 1 1 I IV rl' I) 1? A T IV MM UnV A Iff 11 I G' 3' On 10,00 J lVCtlJ X X XJt X J VJUXVXJ HUlJJUiiiA i 1J VI UUJ UU XUUJt TRADE AND COMMERCE FINANCIAL Gazette Office, Tuesday Evening, Stocks The exasperating downpour of rain and accompanying gale, if annoying to the ordinary citizen, was doubly so to the broker and speculator interested in news from the outside world All day the ticker was silent as regards what was going on on the outside exchanges, and beyond some sort of information, secured by means of the long distance telephone, no news was received, as a result business generally was quiet, with little to note There is considerable talk on the street with regard to recent activity in Reading Block, it being noteworthy that throughout the panic there was generally a market for it The Commercial Advertiser sums the matter up as follows: The activity in circles identified with Reading stock and bondholders and the remarkable strength of Reading securities are beginning to attract attention For some time past, in fact throughout the whole of the July panic, there was always a market for Reading stock At present the securities of the road are selling 'mystery on,' and very conflicting accounts as to the nature of this mystery are current To the casual observer Sir Isaac L Rice is the only man that looms up in connection with Reading at present, of whom it can be said that he has a clear cut and well-defined policy There are many who believe that he will control the destinies of Reading next spring By contrast with his position that of the present management of Reading is hopelessly illogical and contrary to common sense There is unfortunately good ground for accusing the two committees representing general and income bondholders of being too easygoing in their dealings with the management Just at present these things are not very important, except in a general way, as showing that life is beginning to re-enter some of the corpses resulting from the recent panic, so far not much importance is attached to the stories of Mr McLeod's reappearance as an active railroad man in constructive partnership with Mr Russell Haire Hill, even the talk with regard thereto is valuable as an index of the extent to which the tendency to recovery is at work The monetary position across the lines must be easing up and the feeling is apparent that the worst has been seen and that the remainder of the year will witness a progress, if a slow one, toward better things The heavy arrivals of gold from Europe and the Pacific coast have had their effect in New York in checking the bearish sentiment to a certain extent, but for all that all eyes are turned to Washington and speculators are still playing a waiting game pending advices regarding the repeal measure Speaking of the course the New York banks have followed and still follow in some cases, the Commercial Advertiser says: It is greatly to be regretted that the Clearing House banks of this city still pursue the policy, at all events the nominal policy, of reserving for themselves the right to refuse cash to a customer in payment for a cheque There is absolutely no excuse at this present time for such a policy, and there is every reason for a public and formal reversal thereof The handle given to Chicago and other bankers by the continuance of the New York banks in a state of placid suspension may be put to very undesirable uses in consequence of the ignorance, perhaps something worse, of these country bankers It is all very well for New York bankers to laugh at or even honestly despise the remarks of Chicago bankers in the circular just sent out by them to their country correspondents, pointing out the impossibility of making satisfactory quotations for New York exchange but it is to be remembered that the people into whose hands this circular will fall are not likely to share these feelings of amusement and contempt, but are rather likely to take them au grand sérieux with the result of additional inconvenience to everybody at a time when there is really no reason therefor A formal announcement by the Clearing House association that the banks are ready to pay cash on all cheques is the one thing required to release money from hoards throughout the country It will render the movement of the crops, which, under the present circumstances, will be a most troublesome proceeding, easy everywhere There is absolutely no reason to doubt this now that the currency premium has fallen away to a vanishing point The policy is one that commends itself to those who are able to see further than their noses, and only the selfish and timid, of which there are three or four first-class examples among the New York bank presidents, are opposed to it It seems a great pity that these men have the power to hamper and inconvenience the public by hindering necessary action, as they have done more than once in the present crisis The local money market is precisely the same All bankers and lenders maintain the conservative course they decided to steer some time ago, and the fact has its effect in restricting speculation The local Stock Exchange shows no alteration Business was nominal today, and the fact above mentioned that there was no outside news at all was not calculated to enliven matters Only a few stocks were dealt in and the transactions in each case were small, no important change in tone being noted Pacific was somewhat firmer in the purchase of 100 shares at 71 and Cable also advanced to 124 123 Duluth common was firm and so was Bell Telephone, Colored Cotton and Street Railway, while Commerce and Molson for the banks were steady In fact the tone of what trading there was exhibited a rather better feeling MORSING BOARD 20 shares Commerce at 133 3 Molsons at 153 2 New Street Railway at 153 5 Bell Telephone at 135 100 Pacific at 71 10 Colored Cotton at 75 25 Cable at 124 At 123 5 at 123 50 Duluth at 61 Flawetal 9 Urn There were no advices from either London, New York or Chicago today Messrs IT WAS A GREAT FIRE The fire, which lasted about three hours, was one of the fiercest that has been seen in the city for years Smoke was seen issuing from the third floor at 6:15, and an alarm was at once rung in from box 321, at the corner of James and Place d'Armes, and as the fire looked threatening second and third alarms quickly followed, calling in the whole brigade By this time the flames were bursting out of the third and fourth storey windows of No 89, and shooting almost across the street The fiery flames, clouds of belching smoke and wind-driven sheets of rain made a fearsome sight, indeed Construction and destruction were side by side, for adjacent to the burning building was the new Banque Feu being constructed The firemen erected the Bangor extension in front of the blazing structure and sent up a stream by this means, but it had little effect on the fierce flames It was some time before other streams were on the front, owing to the delay in getting the Hayes ladder into position All the three streams which were directed from the street scarcely reached the flames on account of the strong north easterly wind Mr d, an inventor, with his wife and two children They likewise had a narrow escape Mr Ford went to try and assist Mrs Mason, but as the fire got so furious he went to the assistance of his wife and children, but he found that they had gone to look for a place of escape, which they did by the roof and there called for help, which was soon given by Messrs Grenier, G Gratton and A Claude, of Pratt, who rescued them by the freight elevator, which Mr Perrault used, and which rendered good service in enabling the firemen to reach the upper storeys Mr Perrault also got all hose in his building ready for action should it be required THE HEAT FROM THE FIRE was very intense, but despite this the men on the ladders stuck to their posts Burning boards and pieces of the roof were falling constantly, and fears were entertained that the walls would collapse About a quarter past nine o'clock the roof fell in with a terrific crash and a pyrotechnic display of sparks The wind carried these as far as Notre Dame street, but owing to the wet condition of the roofs, fortunately no evil results ensued, although watch was kept on all the time A portion of the wall also carried inwards with the roof, telephone wire fell across the trolley and successive flashes of blue flames frightened the immense crowd that stood in the rain watching the spectacle A fireman's narrow escape A fireman was caught in a falling piece of roof and fell from the ladder He was taken in the ambulance to the Notre Dame hospital, 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, is badly damaged by water Mr Mareotte occupied seven storeys, two of them facing on Fortification Lane, and all were stored with goods He says he had about $65,000 worth there and an insurance of $20,000, which was placed by his bookkeeper, Mr Gauthier, but as the latter was in Montreal, the amounts and companies could not be ascertained Messrs Mathieu Freres had a heavy stock of liquors, and their loss will be considerable Streams were kept playing on the ruins for several hours During the progress of the big fire a carpenter's shop belonging to Mr Lessard, at 106 St Dominique street, was totally destroyed The fire in the Enterprise Tobacco Company's works, at the corner of Fullum and Notre Dame, also broke out again last evening",1,0,1,1,1,1
+16,18860106,historical,Rain,"M'Williiy Hut Unit in the cold spell in the first of the year, Christmas day was mild and blustery. The day after a blizzard, known to many, it rained for twenty-four hours, the rains, and the morass. Travel by rail and stage was followed by a heavy rain and storm, accompanied by a gale of wind, which played havoc with the telegraph wires, and was very disastrous to shipping on the coast. Half a dozen or more tables are landed in Cape Breton. Two-thirds of the cable business of the continent passes through Nova Scotia and is handled at these offices. A storm that demoralizes the land lines, therefore, also paralyzes the cable business. That was the experience for about forty-eight hours last week. The greatest trouble was found with that section of the line along the narrow neck connecting Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, and separating the Bay of Fundy from the Straits of Northumberland. It is exposed on both sides, and when it succumbs to storms of rain and wind, followed by heavy coatings of ice, the work of repairing is almost equal to building the line anew. During the interruption in communication over the land systems, the cable business was performed as best it could be over the short cables via St. Pierre-Miquelon and Duxbury, Mass. Another mild spell followed, and New Year's Eve was as mild as Christmas Eve had been. But a heavy rainstorm set in about noon yesterday, and, within an hour or two, pedestrians had to make their way along the streets through a foot or more of slush, while those unfortunate enough to be in sleighs had their teeth set on edge by attempts to slide over bare earth and stones. There was no levee held at Government House, Governor Richey having sustained a fall some time ago and was unable to endure the fatigue of standing for a couple of hours. But many prominent citizens wended their way through the storm to pay their respects to Archbishop O'Brien and United States Consul-General Phalea. Archbishop O'Brien leaves this afternoon for Rome, where he goes to present himself to the Holy Father for the first time since his appointment to the Archiepiscopal See. Dr. O'Brien received the greater part of his education at Rome; and he goes back today with the proud distinction of being the youngest archbishop in the worldwide Roman Catholic Church, and with a rapidly growing reputation as a scholar, controversialist, writer, and administrator. His Grace will be accompanied by the Rev. Father Ellis. P.J. Gregory, commodore of the Quebec Will Club, will leave today for New York on business connected with the club; he will be absent several days. The members of the L'Isle-aux-Coudres have passed resolutions of respect to the memory of the late Robert Chamber, ex-mayor of this city, and will attend the funeral of the deceased gentleman in a body today. The city council will also attend in a body. A beginning was made last week in the way of opening the Louise docks to public business by the landing thereon of a trainload of square timber, consigned to Messrs. I.R. Dobell & Co. The timber was square birch, manufactured at Lake Kept Island, near St. Raymond, and came into line by the Lake St. John railway. As a lagniappe portion of the timber landed on these docks will be able to go direct into the vessels without light draft, it is probable that a great deal of sawn lumber as well as timber will be handled there this year. The thaw still continues, and under the rain of the last day or two the snow is fast disappearing. LATENT RECOGNITION OTTAWA. Suriname (Mil) Resolutions regarding an International. Ottawa, January 5. The regulations admitting American oil for the Northwest branches free of duty, which expired on the 1st of January, have been further ordered in form until the 1st of September by an order-in-council. Hon. Mr. Cochrane transacted business with the Department of the Interior today. Hon. Mr. Adam, ex-treasurer general of New Brunswick, had an interview with several ministers of the Crown today. An interesting wedding took place this morning at St. Andrew's Church, when Mr. James C. Innes, of Campbelltown, son of Senator Campbell, led to the altar Miss Mary Louise Grant, eldest daughter of Dr. Grant, of this city. The bride was attired in an elegant costume of white satin trimmed with Durham point lace and orange blossoms. She had a beautiful bouquet, the gift of the bridegroom, composed of roses and lilies of the valley. The bridesmaids were Miss Cochrane, Miss Mary Gilmore, Miss Harriet Grant, Miss Gwendoline Grant, and Miss Amy Ritchie. The groomsmen were Mr. Ernest Cochrane and Dr. Grant, Jr. After the conclusion of the ceremony, an elegant breakfast was provided, to which over two hundred invitations had been issued, over a hundred and fifty being accepted. Among the guests present were Major-General Sir Frederick Middleton, Chief Justice Sir William and Lady Ritchie, Mrs. John and Miss J. Gilmore, Senator, Mrs. and Miss Cochrane, Mr. A BRIDGE COMES DOWN WITH A CRASH. Ottawa, January 5. About 10:30 this morning the immense pressure of broken ice coming down the Rideau River proved too great for the dam owned by Messrs. Dunn & Macdonald for the purpose of aiding in the construction of the new bridge across the river at New Edinburgh, and with a tremendous crash the woodwork gave way and was swept over the falls. The rapidly rising water will cover the stone piers in the course of erection, and in a few minutes the ice road across the river broke up and followed the woodwork of the dam, thus cutting off all vehicular traffic with the village of New Edinburgh, except by way of St. Patrick's Bridge. All the work on Messrs. Dunn & Macdonald's contract is temporarily suspended, and as the quantity of ice coming down is still increasing, it will probably be a day or two before operations can be resumed. Owing to the mild weather and heavy rain of the past week, the water in the Ottawa River has risen very considerably. The appearance of things around the Chaudière mills and falls looks more like a general spring break-up than a thaw in winter. At Montebello today a serious washout occurred on the C.P.R. FLOODS IN PENNSYLVANIA. Williamsport, Pa., January 5. The river here has reached twenty-four feet, the highest since the big flood of 1863, when it was twenty-seven and a half feet. It is still rising slowly, but it is believed that it has commenced falling at the head of the stream. The wires are all down west of Pennsauken. Several million feet of new logs went down this morning. The water is now surrounding the Philadelphia and Reading station. No trains have gone out on the Pine Creek or Beech Creek roads today. A train from the East on the Philadelphia and Reading is detained below Loyal Rock Creek, where the bridges are impassable. A train was sent down from here to transfer passengers and it has not been able to return, as trains have been placed on the tracks loaded with railroad iron to prevent the trestle work from going. Almost the entire territory between the canal and the river in this city is submerged and considerable damage has been done. Trains are now running on the Philadelphia and Erie road. Shenandoah, Pa., January 5. The rainstorm throughout this section yesterday and last night was the most severe for a number of years. No less than twelve collieries in the Mahoning Valley are flooded and thrown idle by the rains, and trains on both railroads have been delayed from two to eighteen hours. There are three washouts between Delano and Ashland on the Lehigh Valley Railroad. Some of the flooded collieries are expected to resume operations in a few days, but weeks will be required to remove the water from others. Allentown, Pa., January 5. The water in the Lehigh River was swelled eight feet by the rain of yesterday. Today the city is practically without drinking water and the pumps at the waterworks were flooded and rendered useless. At Bethlehem the water backed into the boiler house of the Bethlehem Iron Works, putting out the fires, and that company was obliged to shut down. The mill will be idle for some time. Hazleton, January 5. Last night's rainstorm did a vast amount of damage throughout this section of the anthracite coal region. Five of the collieries are completely drowned out. Twenty-three mules were drowned. Easton, Pa., January 5. This afternoon the Lehigh River here is sixteen feet high and the Delaware River eighteen feet. The first floors of several mills are covered with water and work has been suspended. Trains on the Lehigh Valley and Lehigh and Susquehanna Railway are delayed by landslides and washouts. The coal and freight trains on the latter road have been abandoned. York, January 5. The Susquehanna here has risen ten feet in as many hours, causing a great deal of damage. This morning the rain changed to snow, but the water continues to rise in this city. Cellars are flooded and many merchants are moving goods from the basements. At Oswego the Erie Railway bridge has been carried away, and trains are being run over the track of the D. F. McCarthy of Philadelphia, and Jack Dempsey, to fight at 110 pounds according to Marquis of Queensbury rules for $2,100 a side. The fight will come off within six weeks, but the place has not been settled upon. The weather this season has been anything but propitious for tobogganing, for no sooner do the slides get in fairly good condition than along comes a thaw and spoils them before they can be used. Fixing a date for a formal opening is a puzzling thing for a committee to do this year. Says the New York Clipper: Possibly the New York State League made a mistake when they declined to take in the strongest of the Canadian baseball clubs and thereby form a strong eight-club international league. Ten times more interest would be taken in the fight between the Canadian and New York State clubs than can possibly arise from local contests alone. A contemporary laments that poker as a game of cards is no longer confined to professional gamblers. Our neighbor does not know what it is talking about. There has never been a time when professional gamblers monopolized poker or any other game of cards. Any game confined to that class would speedily die out. Professional gamblers are non-producers. They cannot live upon one another. On Saturday Mr. Joseph Burroughs and his assistant, in company with the president and secretary of the Winter Trotting Club, chained off a full mile track at Leamy's Lake. The rain of last night put the ice on the lake in good shape for a clear ice track. The fence will be put up during this week, and just as soon as there is a cold snap a program will be issued for an inaugural that will bring out the locals. Ottawa Citizen. There is a pugilist, says an American exchange, somewhat known to fame as """"Jack Dempsey."""" He is quoted in an esteemed contemporary as saying: """"I am willing to fight any man in the world, barring John L. Sullivan. He is my friend."""" No better ground on which to base such an exception has been taken since the black-and-tan terrier refused to fight the Siberian bloodhound lest his huge adversary should take a defeat too much to heart and die of humiliation.",1,0,0,0,0,1
+17,18950819,historical,Rain,"AUGUST 19, BULLETS FIND BULLETS The Sixth Fusiliers' Thirty-First Rifle Matches, THE VICS AGAIN WIN The Team Prize The Montreal Rifle Association Last Monthly Match Drysdale Wins, On Saturday afternoon at the Cote St. Luc ranges the 6th Fusiliers held their first annual matches, and a success they were in every sense of the word. The weather was excellent for shooting, being not too bright, and but for rather an unfavorable wind, which by now seems to be quite the usual thing on a Saturday afternoon, the conditions were most favorable. The rain held off well, too, the first shower just commencing when the men got through at the 600 yards. The scores, as will be seen below, were excellent, in some cases exceptionally good, and the contests were throughout close and exciting. In the open match for teams the Vics again came out ahead with 421 points to their credit, six points ahead of the third team of the M. 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 roofs. 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 from 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 years. 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 1.68 inches, and during yesterday 1.21 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 fortunately there was very little loss of life. The heavy rain on the river, but resulted in 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 about in the sitting rooms, and before the inmates realized their danger they were standing in from two to three feet of water. Great excitement was occasioned when an invalid named Pierre 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 M.P. last evening that they intended leaving the city. Flooding of cellars was reported 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 had 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 clear. 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 strange to see people listening to a concert, for the programme 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 remarked upon at times with remarkable distinctness. A momentary view of Victoria Bridge by the flash of the lightning produced a thrilling effect that Mr. Sparrow, no doubt, would give a good deal to be able to counteract on 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 D. 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, just a 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 origin. I am sure, however, that Swinburne will get it after all. London, August 18. It is reported that the Marquis of Lorne has written a play 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. However, his Majesty discarded this 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 offence 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 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 Chenf - Several Arrests Made, Kiangsi, August 17. Mr. & O. company was favorably commented upon, the steamers from Jacques Cartier wharf and at Hochelaga being well patronized. Although dark clouds hovered over Longueuil the whole of the afternoon it was not until the evening, when the young folks were tripping the light fantastic in the new club house, that the rain commenced to fall, and up to midnight the heavy patter on the roof seemed to be endeavoring to keep time with the dance music. The threatening rain, however, was an incentive to the officials to start each race at the specified time, with the result that in addition to the keen competition the spectators were not only much pleased but were able to get under cover to discuss the several events. Following is the list of events, with the names of the respective winners: Yacht race, once round course - Lulu, Win; by an M. Good Luck, K; third - Alabisc, sailing, canoe, open: 2 miles - H. Larkin, Grand Trunk J; J. Beatley, sailing, skill race; 4 miles - A. Lefavre, Long Island.",1,0,1,0,1,1
+18,18890805,historical,Rain,"August 4 The storm did much damage to the highway of Tawcucket. Several persons were shocked by lightning. John Hall, of Warren, was killed by lightning while rowing. The lightning almost completely stripped the clothing off his body. August 3 During the storm at Centre Tambridge yesterday afternoon lightning struck a farmhouse occupied by Edna Brownell and his family. The only daughter of Mr. Brownell, about 10 years old, was instantly killed. Eight or nine persons in the house were prostrated by the bolt. The house was badly shattered. Qkkmcc, August 4 The unceasing rain which has prevailed here for the last two weeks will prove fatal to the crops in this district. In many places hay was bundled ready for housing, and a very considerable loss will be sustained. C'nFFieKviLLR, Miss, August 4 Near Sparta church the other night a cloud burst, destroying crops for miles around. The Inman family, who were in camp near a rivulet, were surrounded by water and a little girl was drowned. Halifax, August 4 The barque Zenobia, which arrived at Parrsboro yesterday, was struck by lightning in the Gulf Stream, carrying away the top of the topgallant mast, striking the vessel in two places, and doing serious damage. St. Jonas, August 3 About 11:50 tonight a very heavy rainstorm set in, with hail from a quarter to a half inch in diameter. The hail lasted two or three minutes. The continuous rain, it is feared, will cause incalculable damage to the crops. Danvii, August 4 One of the greatest rain and hail storms ever witnessed in this vicinity passed over this village today, doing great damage to the crops and shade trees. Great damage was done to windows from the falling hailstones, which measured from one-eighth to three-eighths inches in diameter. S. Carsley, of Montreal, was interviewed by a Boston Herald reporter when in that city last week, when the following interesting conversation occurred: Mr. Carsley, what can you say of the state of trade in Canada? """"The prospects for the coming fall we consider good, particularly in Lower Canada, where the large quantity of rain has increased the hay crop, which is a very important element down there. All through Canada we consider the prospect good for fall trade."""" """"Is the mercantile soundness of houses in your section generally satisfactory?"""" """"I should say that our importing houses are sounder than they have ever been. One weakness, however, is the large number of 'supply stores' throughout the country; branch houses would be the term used in the United States; retail stores opened by wholesalers."""" """"In what way is that a detriment? It is supposed to extend business, is it not?"""" """"No; the object of opening those branch stores is to get rid of surplus stock that cannot be sold in a legitimate way; also for financial purposes."""" """"But how does this work to the detriment of general business?"""" """"By bringing more stores into existence than are necessary to do the trade for the particular locality where they are. A wholesale firm sends a quantity of goods to a city or town and opens up a store, placing the name of, perhaps, one of the employees over the door. They then go to some mercantile agency and get this employee rated as being worth, say from $10,000 to $20,000 when they well knew he is not worth a hundred dollars. Then they get his promissory notes and take them to the bank, refer the banker to his agency rating, and the banker, acting upon the rating, discounts the notes. If the real names of the bona fide proprietors of all the retail stores in Canada were over the doors, jobbers' names would appear very frequently all through the country."""" """"Is not that method somewhat similar to our practice here of raising money on accommodation paper?"""" """"Exactly the same, but our people seem to do it under cover, and your people do it openly. Our people seem to know how to use mercantile agencies, perhaps, better than you."""" """"Are the bankers aware of this method of raising so much money?"""" """"I have reason to believe that too frequently they are aware of it."""" """"Why do not they (the bankers) object to it, if it is a detriment to the mercantile community?"""" """"Because I believe that a large number of business houses, both in Canada and the United States, although not financially weak, are largely dependent upon the banks to keep them going, and the banks may bring on a crisis if they refuse to do this. I may say here that I do not think that the banks are aware of the enormous extent to which this thing is carried on."""" """"Is it true that with you, as with us, a large proportion of bank directors are also engaged in active mercantile business?"""" """"They are. There is a safeguard, however, in that the amount of the paper that the directors have under discount has to be reported to the Government monthly."""" """"Isn't a mercantile agency system a necessity as business is now transacted?"""" """"I believe that mercantile agencies are an evil in every way you take them, inasmuch as much of the information they give is second-hand. The only people who can give the standing of a man are those from whom he buys his goods and with whom he has transactions. To an embarrassed firm, or a firm that is financially weak, doing more business than the capital justifies, mercantile agencies seem to be a necessity in order to enable them to obtain credit."""" """"Can you tell us wherein the agency system of Canada differs from that in the United States?"""" """"I do not know how the mercantile agencies are conducted in the United States, but in Canada, when any of their subscribers fail, they are found to have been nearly always rated as being wealthy, up to the day of their failure. I maintain that mercantile agencies have no means whatever of knowing what a man is worth, and that the man who is fool enough to tell them what he is worth is knave enough to tell wrongly; that men's character and standing are too sacred to be dealt with as articles of merchandise, even by fairly inclined people."""" """"We do not see so many of your Canadian buyers in our markets as formerly. How do you account for that?"""" """"By our increased facilities for manufacturing."""" """"How many Americans visit Montreal during the summer?"""" """"Yes; the number seems to have increased of late years, and they have spent more money for merchandise the last two summers than they have for some years before."""" """"What are your views on commercial union?"""" """"I think that all the talk about commercial union is a perfect farce."""" Robert McCorkill, of the township of Maslham, says the Stanstead Journal, died on the 4th inst., aged 101 years, and his wife died on the 18th, aged 69 years. Four new schools are being built in Hinchinbrook, and the claim is made that no municipality in the district surpasses Hinchinbrook in its school buildings. The Bar of the district of Bedford held a special meeting at Sweetsburg last week, and adopted a resolution to the effect that in the opinion of the Bar the judge should reside at the chef-lieu of the district. The Cowansville Observer says: Crops of all kinds are looking splendidly. Hay will be somewhat damaged in harvesting by the rain which has fallen, but the crop will be abundant and of good quality. The Bedford Times says of Clarenceville: A number of good farms are offered for sale in this and adjacent parish of St. Thomas. Anyone intending to invest in farms would do well to give these parishes a visit. The Shawville Equity reports a prolific stalk of oats grown on the farm of Mr. Edward Dale, lot 8, range 4, this township. The stalk is double-headed, the heads containing 100 and 190 grains each respectively. A scheme is on foot to increase the water power of the Coaticook River by damming Norton Lake and the Averill Ponds, and so create a reserve of water for the dry season. The land is expected to cost $5,000 or $6,000 independent of the works. Some Waterloo people who imagined that the Salvation Army would one of those like boys die a natural death, have been put out by the new female captain, who promised last Sunday that the """"Salvation Army will stay in Waterloo till Gabriel blows his trumpet, and don't you forget it."""" The Moore Knitting Company has started business at Magog. The new company has the three flats of their factory at the south side of the bridge filled with machinery and intend introducing a special line of fashioned hose which have not been before manufactured. Fifty hands will be employed. The inspection of farms for the prizes given by the Agricultural Society of Drummond County took place last week. Messrs. Mails, of Melbourne, and Profonlain, of South Durham, were the judges. Their decision was: 1st Mr. Hen Reed, Ulverton; 2nd Mr. William Hall, Kirkdale; 3rd Mr. I. Late barley looks also as if the rain had affected it, but dry weather would do much yet to put it right. Although this is the first of August about half of the hay is still in the field; part of it standing in water, and all difficult to cut and haul from the exceeding softness of the soil. A dry spell would be gratefully welcomed. Rivers and creeks are as high as they generally are at the close of April. Train Leave Montreal FROM WINDSOR STREET STATION 9:00 A.M. WAD-EL-JUMI ALSO KILLED. Imprisoned William's Ovation in England Irene h lect lona 1 Tourist Murdered in Scotland. Cairo, August 4 Gen. Grenfell engaged the Dervishes near Toski yesterday and completely routed them. Wad-el-Jumi, the Dervish leader, was killed. The Dervish loss was 1,500 killed and wounded. The Egyptian loss was slight. Besides Wad-el-Jumi, the slain on the Dervish side include twelve Emirs and nearly all the fighting men. Fifty standards were captured by the Egyptians. General Grenfell marched out of Toski at 5 o'clock in the morning with a strong reconnoitering force of cavalry and camelry and advanced close to the Dervish camp. Making a feint of retiring he drew the whole of Wad-el-Jumi's force to a point within four miles of Toski. Here the Egyptian infantry were held in readiness for an attack, and a general action was at once begun. The Dervish Leader Killed The Dervishes made a gallant defense, but were driven from hill to hill. The Egyptian cavalry made a succession of effective charges, in which Wad-el-Jumi and the Emirs were killed. After seven hours of hard fighting the Dervishes were completely routed. Later particulars say that the Dervishes fought desperately, throwing themselves upon the advancing columns repeatedly and refusing quarter. The crisis of the battle was reached when the Dervishes attempted to burn the extreme right of the Egyptians. Then the cavalry here swept through the lines of the enemy breaking them up. The steadiness of the troops was admirable. The cavalry pursued the retreating rebels for miles. General Grenfell ordered the gunboats to pick up fugitives and wounded. Gen. Grenfell's Official Report Gen. Grenfell, in his official report of yesterday's battle, says the Dervishes made repeated and desperate charges upon his men. They were met by the infantry in line of battle, supported by the Twentieth Hussars and the Egyptian cavalry. The Egyptian horse artillery did excellent service. The Dervishes numbered 3,000 fighting men. The British troops will now return to Cairo. The Khedive has sent congratulations to Gen. Grenfell. It has been decided that a permanent occupation of Surras is necessary for the protection of the frontier. A movement upon Dongola is deemed useless unless the Government assents to the view of English generals, that Berber should be held as the true key to the Soudan. The latest advices give the Egyptian loss as 17 killed and 13 wounded. One thousand Dervishes were made prisoners. Imprisoned William's Ovation Loxio, August 4 Emperor William has conferred upon the Queen the command of the First Dragoon Guards of Berlin, and upon the Duke of Cambridge the honorary colonelcy of a regiment of infantry. The document conferring the appointment upon the Queen begins: """"Mom I, rsTKiocs Grandmother, it is a special honor for me to be able to enroll you in an army in which your sons and grandsons and other relatives have filled honorary positions for many years."""" The Queen, in return, made the Emperor an honorary admiral of the British navy. """"This rank has been conferred upon no other German prince since the time of Frederick the Great."""" Emperor William, the Prince of Wales and Prince Albert Victor yesterday inspected a number of representative British ships at Portsmouth, after which they returned to Osborne House for a family dinner. Emperor William wore the undress uniform of a British admiral. Emperor William and Prince Henry of Prussia today visited the new White Star steamship Teutonic. They inspected her with great interest, the steamer being the first mercantile passenger vessel built as an armed cruiser. After leaving the Teutonic the Emperor visited Prince George of Wales on board a torpedo vessel. Emperor William was to have reviewed the British fleet in Spithead yesterday, but the review has been postponed until tomorrow, on account of a heavy storm. A steady rain fell all day, and the fog was so thick that the fleet could not be seen from the shore. Mapiiip, August 4 There is a rumor here that Emperor William, on leaving England, will visit the Queen Regent Christina at San. Taws, August 4 The remains of Carnot, Marceau, D'Auvergne and Baudin were deposited in the Pantheon today with impressive ceremonies. President Carnot, the members of the cabinet and most of the prominent state officials were present. Premier Tirard delivered an oration. Before leaving the Pantheon the troops forming the escort defiled before the catafalque on which the bodies rested. Buried of Death from a cliff London, August 4 Edwin Pose, an English tourist, left a hotel at Brodick Bay, Scotland, July 17 to ascend the Goatfell. He was accompanied by a man named Arundale, who afterward returned alone and took Pose's bag. A search was made and the torso of Pose was found hidden beneath a pile of stones. He had evidently been thrown from a cliff. No trace of the murderer has been found. A Flonlang Warrior Elected Paris, August 1 Second ballots for members of the Cour d'Appel were taken today in the cant, as the result was obtained in the first. The election of 'IUp, Mi, stn, and 40 Conservatives. KESCKNTS STILL LEADING. Local pleads Malcnea-rhipers White-stah4 in rarnnam Athletic and Miscellaneous Sporting; The Kraal is at Talolw. The Valois folks were not in the best kind of good luck on Saturday in two respects, while in one they had nothing to complain of. Valois had very bad weather and only managed to capture one first, but this drawback was made up for by the large number who went from the city to look on. Misfortunes began early in the day; and everybody said it was just the same luck as Valois usually had. It ruined; it partially dried up; it got damp and muggy; it got sunshiny; it got damp again; it discovered a couple of unoccupied squalls that enjoyed themselves to their heart's content with the yachts; it turned out a rainbow, which was made prettier by a river steamer incorporating itself in the multicolored mist; it blew a gale; it calmed down again; the rainbow promised good weather; but Noah's celestial men was this time a farce, a delusion and a mate, for it rained again, and rained hard, the pluvial genii just stopping long enough three or four times to get breath and a fresh start. In the beginning the lake and sky were blended in a harmonious blue; then both got leaden; there was a very perceptible ripple in the waters; the rain came down in straight spurts as if squirted from a celestial syringe; it came down hard that it flattened down any tendency to ripple which the lake had previously flattered itself with; the streams of rain were almost countable in a given area, and each stream made a little continuous hole in the dull grey of the water, sending out perfectly made little vibratory rings which met and joined each other till the whole surface looked like an immense piece of aqueous chain mail, with just the suspicion of some undulating power underneath, which latter force was particularly perceptible from the breakwater of logs which protected part of the course. Damp and dreary and drizzly; with spots of sunshine here and there, were the conditions which accompanied the seventh annual regatta of the Valois Boating Club. It would have been one of the most successful of the season had the weather been favorable. As it was there were nearly a thousand people scattered over every point of vantage on the bay. Those who waited for the 2 o'clock train had the satisfaction of waiting in the cars until half-past 2, when the start was made which brought them to the course shortly after 3 o'clock, after the sailing events had been started. The handicap yacht race was a great success, at least in the number of starters; and as the handicaps were given at the start the spectators knew when each boat crossed the line who were the winners, without muddling themselves with the mysterious workings of time allowances. In this race a surprise was in store for the yachtsmen, the Virginia, which was excellently handled and made to carry every stitch she could bear, finishing first and winning the race. The Minnie A crested the line at 3m 25s later, and the Jiabel 11m 25s after the winner. It was the Virginia's race, although on actual sailing time the Minnie A beat her 1m 25s. Following are the starters and their handicap allowances: Limit B, teze allows 1 min, White (Squall) allows 1:80, Virginia 1:30, Chaperon 2:00, Pearl 2:30, Mabel 4:00, Black Eagle 4:00. To ride to Valois, there was a small turnout Saturday afternoon for a ride to Valois, owing, no doubt, to the threatening look of the weather and the strong wind blowing, but all the same old-timers, who care nothing for rain and wind, turned up under command of Capt. Harlow who, by the way, had just returned from his holidays, having taken a trip through the West. There was a general shaking of hands by the members before the start. The wind along the Lachlino road was very strong and the roads were not in the best condition. On arrival at Lachlino a regular storm came on with rain, but the boys in blue kept on the road to Valois, arriving there about 4:30 after a very tiresome trip. Master Bertie Lane turned out and did the trip in good style. The Grand Trunk Football Club further increased their record last Saturday by defeating the East End Thistle on Logan's Farm by eleven goals to nil, which makes their record 18 goals won; lost none for this season. The friendly match between the St. Gabriel Quelling Club and the Montreal Club commenced on Saturday last on the St. Gabriel grounds; seven rinks were played, but owing to the absence of one of the Montreal club players, could not be finished, but will be completed this evening. Mr. I. Marsh, of the Dominion Club, was chosen as referee, and his services were very frequently called into requisition owing to the close playing of several of the players.",1,0,0,1,1,1
+19,18830205,historical,Rain,"P for Cumberland County died at his home in Pittsburgh this morning. Another warrant has been issued against the young man Guy, now under arrest for misappropriating $5,000 from the Halifax Bank. On a previous occasion, he appropriated $2,000 belonging to the Bank. Cleveland, February 3. Flood and fire caused widespread damage here today. The rain began last evening and has been falling continuously for more than twenty-four hours. The Cuyahoga River and its tributaries have overflowed their banks and are still rising, with small prospects of the rain ceasing. Houses, barns, and factories in the valley are inundated. The damage will be large. No loss of life is yet reported. Early this morning, the waters of the Kingsburg River rose beyond their usual height and spread over hundreds of acres of the lowlands surrounding a leaky petroleum still of the Standard Oil Works located a considerable distance above the company's main works. The escaping oil refuse swept away down the stream and was carried under the boilers of the Great Western Oil Works, which were nearly submerged. The oil ignited and floated to the tank containing 50,000 barrels of crude petroleum, which was fired and exploded, spreading the blazing oil in all directions. Some of it was carried to Merall & Morgan's paraffine works, which were also fired. The flaming flood next attacked the Standard Oil Company's works, located in the valley, one after another of which took fire, until tonight five twelve-thousand-barrel tanks, two two-thousand-barrel tanks, four stills, the agitator, engine house, five hundred feet of railway trestle, and various small works are destroyed, and not less than 50,000 barrels of oil consumed. The loss is estimated at from $150,000 to $300,000. The machinery in the still is worth $270,000. The fire engines have been working all day, and a large force will be required all night. Later, tonight the eighth large storage tank of the Standard Oil Works exploded. The loss of oil thus far will be 61,000 barrels, worth $100,000. Midnight. The conflagration is thought to be under control and the wind has changed, turning the flames back over the burned district, though no prediction can be made as to what the fire may do, as the water may at any time break in the tank and scatter the burning oil. The Standard Company's loss may reach a quarter of a million. The insurance is small. At midnight the river is booming and rain falling steadily. This evening a schooner was torn from its moorings and hurled against the New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio Railway bridge, the draw of which is so severely wrenched that cars cannot pass, thus destroying southern connections. Cleveland, Ohio, February 4. The fire at the Standard Oil Works is nearly exhausted. The scene of the conflagration resembles chaos. The loss will be at least $300,000. The flood reached its highest point at noon today. The flats are covered with floating lumber, and the elevators, iron works, mills, packing houses, and freight houses are more or less submerged. It is estimated that twenty-three million feet of lumber and 10,000,000 to 15,000,000 shingles are washed away. In the New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio freight house, the cars are submerged to the floors. The company refuses freight for the present. Fifty horses at lumber yards stood all night in the water up to their breasts and were rescued with difficulty today. Two mills of the Cleveland Paper Company containing forty tons of manufactured paper were submerged nearly to the top of the first story. The tug Florence capsized and sank. Schooners and steamers were tossed about but rode through without much injury. The lower central way bridge is broken. The district all about presented the appearance of a lake dotted with chimneys, roofs of buildings, and lumber piles. The freshet is the most destructive ever known. The water is higher than since the great flood of 1850, and the damage scarcely less than a million, and perhaps much greater. The weather turned rapidly cold today. Two freight trains went through the bridge near Munster, and a man was killed and another lost his leg. Much stock has been lost in the country, and bridges have been carried away in every direction. New York, February 3. The Pennsylvania and Ohio Valley Railway tracks are flooded, disabling the latter badly. The bridge of the Pittsburgh, Cleveland & Toledo Railway is threatened. The water swept away John Kennedy's house and Mrs. Kennedy scarcely saved her three children. Mary Strapp was drowned. Harrison Greer and his three children were washed out of their houses but were rescued. It is raining steadily, threatening further destruction. Akron, Ohio, February 3. It has been raining steadily since Friday night. The entire region is flooded. The Little Cuyahoga has risen three feet in four minutes. In Middleburg, most of the factories are submerged. The Hydraulic Company's new dam is washed away. Indianapolis, February 3. It has been raining and sleeting for the past thirty hours, and is still raining hard. Streams are swollen and trains delayed. Telegraph communication is cut off between Lafayette and Kankakee, and the lines are down for miles. Delaware, Ohio, February 4. The freshet is the worst ever known here. The Suspension Bridge is swept away, and two other bridges are expected to go. Families living near the river were rescued in boats. Mount Vernon, Ohio, February 4. The Kokomo River is booming. One house is surrounded by water, and the family is cut off from help. A bridge on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad was carried away while a freight train was crossing, and the locomotive and part of the train sank out of sight. The train hands escaped except a brakeman, who was drowned. Warren, Ohio, February 4. The rolling mill is flooded, and the factories on the flats are so inundated that work must be suspended for several days. Piqua, Ohio, February 4. The first ward is under water to the second floors. All available boats are used in rescuing the people. Every house at the east end of the town is flooded. Rossville is completely under water. No passenger trains are running on the Pan-Handle or Dayton & Michigan railroads. McKeesport, Pennsylvania, February 4. Last night the ice gorge broke and the whole central part of the town was flooded. This flood subsided, and then a third of the city was submerged in consequence of the ice gorge in French Creek. Over 300 families were rescued by boats. There is much suffering from exposure and cold. The gasworks are under water and the city is in darkness. No trains can enter or leave the city. Ashtabula, Ohio, February 4. The drawbridge at the mouth of the river is gone, and the Nickel Plate bridge at Willoughby is swept away. Titusville, Pennsylvania, February 4. There is a flood on Oil Creek that went down this afternoon and two young men drowned. The water is slowly falling. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, February 4. The Allegheny River and tributaries have overflowed their banks, washing away bridges, houses, and barns, damaging property between Pittsburgh and Oil City to the amount of several hundred thousand dollars. The rise came suddenly, and many people barely escaped. A number of coal barges and twenty rafts were swept away from here this afternoon. The loss will be a hundred thousand dollars. The river is still rising, and the lower portion of Allegheny City and the south side are threatened with inundation. Residents are moving. At points above, the damage is estimated at a quarter of a million dollars. Columbus, Ohio, February 4. The Scioto River is higher than ever known. A large portion of the city is under water. The loss is enormous. Indianapolis, February 4. Floods are causing serious damage throughout this state. Arrival at Hamilton, Bermuda. Warm welcome by the people. Hamilton, Bermuda, January 31. Halifax, February 4. The fortnight of suspense with regard to the movements of the Princess Louise was ended on Sunday last when the Orinoco arrived from New York, for then it became known that Her Royal Highness, attended by Miss McNeill, Miss Hervey, and Mr. Josephus Hagot, had embarked on H. S. Some months ago, the head of the Criminal Investigation Department organized a system of espionage similar to the method adopted in Pennsylvania in bringing the Molly Maguires to justice. In connection therewith, Jotkinson, the Director of the Department, visited London some time ago and conferred with Sir Vernon Harcourt, Secretary of the Home Department. As a result, men in public stations have been more vigilantly guarded, especially the Marquis of Hartington and Sir Wm V. Harcourt. The French police undertook to protect Gladstone while in France. Dublin, February 4. Over a hundred persons suspected of being connected with secret organizations have left the city. The police have ten more warrants to execute, and a search is being made in Birmingham and Manchester for those implicated. Dublin, February 4. One of the prisoners examined yesterday offers to become an informer. Over fifty persons connected with the conspiracy to murder Government officers have gone to America. Midnight Despatches. Meteorological Office, Toronto, February 5. The depression which extended from Texas to Indiana on Saturday morning has contracted and moved northeastward across the lakes, and is now passing off the Atlantic coast to Newfoundland, causing a general fall of snow throughout the Lake region and eastern Canada, and rain in southern Ontario, whilst the higher area then over the Northwest has moved southeastward, and is now passing over and to the south of Ontario, bringing fair and colder weather. PROBABILITIES. Lakes: Moderate to fresh northwesterly to southerly winds, fair to clear cold weather, with light snow in some localities. St. Lawrence, Upper and Lower: Moderate to fresh westerly to southwesterly winds; fair to clear cold weather. Gulf and Maritime: Fresh northwesterly to southwesterly winds; fair to clear cold weather. Six young men belonging to respectable families in Philadelphia determined to rob a merchant of theirs, named Leon, by pretending to rob him. They threw him down and robbed him of his watch and chain, leaving the part that conceals art; the thief was marked when he slid an expensive oil painting under his coat. Boston Transcript. An exchange says the city of Washington is full of Congressmen and thieves. Why this redundancy of expression? The Boston Journal. Quite so: Naturally, the initial questions propounded to the host by his well-informed and experienced guest are: How is your water? Is it pure and untainted? Free from gases and pollutions? And the drainage, are there bad gases continually passing through the house, arising from an imperfect drainage? Few are the hotel managers that can answer these pointed questions affirmatively. Bumbleton gave forth his first conundrum the other day. He was out of a conceit, and too many of the best (vacant) seats. The usher came to him and gently led him to a bench in the rear. Then he asked Jones, """"Why am I like an old pair of shoes?"""" and Jones replied, """"Because you're no account."""" But Bumbleton wanted to say something about being reseated. Mutual Herald, Astrological Predictions for 1883: In 1883, Mars will be the ruling planet. The influence of this heavenly body upon the irascible humor in man and animals is well known. Particular care should be taken by persons of a naturally impatient disposition to avoid outbursts of temper, especially during the oppositions of Mars to the moon, which occur on or about January 22, February 21, March 22, April 19, May 17, June 15, July 14, August 12, September 10, October 8, November 6, and December 3 and 31. At such times, also, bulls should be restrained from running at large, and water should be frequently thrown upon dogs to see if they manifest any symptoms of hydrophobia. On New Year's Day, Mars is in trine with Saturn and Uranus, these planets occupying respectively the terrestrial signs of Capricorn, Taurus, and Virgo. This is an unusually unfortunate aspect, and the events that accompany it will cast a gloom over the New Year felicitations. The aspect will continue until Mars enters Aquarius on the 31st of January. All acts of even necessary violence should be abstained from or deferred until this date. The corporal punishment of children even should not be indulged in. Better allow their misdeeds to accumulate and punish them in the aggregate after all danger has passed away. Jupiter at this time is retrograding in Gemini and can offer no alleviation to the evil aspect already mentioned. Jupiter is stationary on St. Valentine's Day, and engagements made then may be total. The conjunction of Mars and Mercury on St. Patrick's Day indicates that large amounts of money will be collected for the liberation of Ireland. The first days of May will be lovely, with a little rain at night. Poetry of some merit may now be written, and a thorough revolution in dress and cookery expected. On the 4th, events fatal to domestic happiness will be extremely liable to occur. Startling developments in aristocratic families will now be made. No destructive frosts will happen in this month, and corn-planting will be early. From the 2nd of June to the 13th of July, a severe drought will take place. On the 19th, a European sovereign will die. On the 20th, an ocean steamship will take fire, with great destruction of life. The 4th of July will again be signalized this year by an event of great national importance. On the 17th, however, an instance of solicitors' official misconduct will come to light. Much needed rainy weather will begin on the 13th, and thenceforth the summer will be intensely hot. The aspect of the asteroid Melpomene now indicates great disaster to members of college faculties, a railroad accident being the probable danger threatened. The 13th will be a day of peculiar horror. August will be fine until the 31st. Lunatics should be very careful of their behavior during the whole of that month. Fits and falling sickness will be quite general after the middle of October. Avoid trifling, tumultuous, or incongruous days. November will be fine and frosty. A new washing machine will be patented on the 11th. The cocoa's excellence is about three times the strength of the best homemade or pie cocoa, in which the exponents of fatty matter, composing fifty percent of the cocoa nib, is disguised by the addition of arrowroot, sugar, etc. In the preparation of the cocoa essence, about two-thirds of this latter matter is removed, thus rendering any admixture of sugar, arrowroot, etc., unnecessary and producing an article long desired by many men, and by those who require perfectly genuine, and at the same time, a thoroughly wholesome and nutritious cocoa. THOMSON, 18 James Street, London.",1,0,1,0,0,1
+20,18880903,historical,Rain,"THIS CHOPS IN QUEBEC, A Current Account of Farming Done by the All-Continuous Rain, Huntingdon Gleaner To what extent the crops have been injured by the broken weather of the past fortnight will not be known until threshing is general. The loss has been so serious that the harvest can no longer be spoken of as an extra one. During the storm of Sunday morning many fields of dead ripe grain were threshed by the wind. That losses by lightning have been few is gratifying. The same paper's Athlone correspondent says: A good many farmers have suffered more or less from the sprouting of grain as well as shelling, the seed in many cases being left on the ground. A few along the river had small patches floated away entirely. It is hoped that what promised to be an abundant harvest will yet be an average one, although somewhat damaged. Err'ord Times Harvesting is very much retarded by the continued wet weather. Considerable grain will be lost in consequence, and the straw will be a poor article of fodder the coming winter, which must have a tendency to raise the price of hay. On Saturday morning last, cut grain was found in many places lying in pools of water, and the grounds so saturated with water as to invite it too soft for a team to move on. Not for twenty years have I seen so wet a harvest season. This is not a prophecy, mind you now, """"Coming events cast their shadows before,"""" but these events leave a shadow behind, for at this writing it is still overcast, with heavy shadows, and no appearance of fair weather. Hit 1,1110ml Cuanliun; It has rained 21 days during this month, and it was getting alarming. All round the grain has badly lodged when it was fully ripe; though fortunately, a good deal of it is only ripe now. Some unharvested hay has been out in cock for three weeks and of course is spoiled. Farmers have been very busy in the field for the past three days (Thursday) and it is more to be hoped that we shall not get any more rain. It has been the wettest season for twenty years. Waterloo Advertiser, The weather for the past three weeks has done incalculable damage to the crops. Just as harvesting was beginning, the rain came on and there have not been two fair days in succession since. The grain that was cut is practically ruined by the prolonged wet and standing crops have been injured to a deplorable extent. The damage extends to wheat, oats, barley, corn and potatoes. Three weeks ago the crop prospects were excellent and the farmers in capital spirits. The unparalleled rains since have changed all that and the harvest will be much poorer than was confidently anticipated. There would be some hope were the weather to come off fine now, but it is not settled yet and more rain may be expected before harvesting operations can be advanced a great deal. Altogether the prospect is not a pleasant one. St. Johns News, Continuous rain has done much damage to the crops. Even in high and well cultivated lands serious loss may be counted upon, while in the low lands and in the more poorly tilled farms the destruction is sad to contemplate. Whole fields of wheat, oats and peas have been submerged by the water, and in other cases grain has sprouted badly or more or less injured in quality. It is also feared that potatoes will rot, but fortunately these fears are not yet realized. Everywhere in the province the ground is like a sponge, and unless there is soon a change for the better many tillers of the soil will have a hard time of it this winter. CROWLEY IS DEAD, The Famous Chimpanzee In New York Succumbs to Pneumonia, Crowley, the famous chimpanzee of Central Park, died a little before noon yesterday of pneumonia. As the end drew near weakness compelled him to lie down. He rolled over on his back, drew up his legs, clutched his lower jaw by the teeth with both hands, uttered a farewell cry of anguish, and his day was over. Next to Crowley's cage is one occupied by his chimpanzee sweetheart, Miss Kilty O'Brien. Kilty knew that Crowley was sick, as was evident by her tender regard for his welfare as manifested by her conduct at the bars. She would sit there by the hour with her face pressed against the cold iron and she would cast sympathetic glances at her miserable lover while he rolled in convulsions on the floor. Kilty did not give a sign that she knew of Crowley's death until his body was being taken away. Then she began to whimper and moan and shed tears in a way that was almost human. She remained in a melancholy mood all day. Today Crowley's body will be transferred to the Museum of Natural History, at Eighth Avenue and Seventy-seventh Street. There it will be prepared by Prof. Richard, son and casts made of the head and shoulders. An autopsy will be made by Dr. THE CROPS' CONDITION, The Weather Generally Favorable for Harvesting in the States, WASHINGTON, September 2, The weather crop bulletins for the week ending September 2 state that the weather during the week has been unusually favorable in the greater portion of the corn belt, but too much rain occurred in the extreme southern portions of the states bordering on Ohio. Reports from Kansas indicate that the corn crop is secure and past possible injury from frost. Light frosts occurred in the upper lake regions, probably causing some damage to the cranberry crop in Wisconsin. The weather has been too cold in Michigan to favor a rapid growth of corn, but no injury is reported to the crop in that state and cutting will commence next week. Reports from Kentucky show that the heavy corn crop in that state has been somewhat damaged by recent rains and that the season has been sufficiently favorable to secure an average tobacco crop. The heavy rains have damaged the growing crops in cotton and sugar regions. Chicago, September 2, The Farmer's Review says it is now possible to arrive at a fairly definite conclusion regarding the yield of winter wheat and oats as shown by the strong returns which we have been receiving from our crop correspondents during the past two weeks. Our reports do not, however, tell the whole story of the returns for in some localities, as parts of Dakota, Minnesota and Northern Iowa, but a portion of the crop has been threshed. The report received to date may, however, be taken as fair evidence of what will be found to be the average yield. Yield of winter wheat: Illinois A full summary reports of threshing place the average yield at 18 bushels per acre, the highest average yield is 29 bushels per acre; Wisconsin, 21 bushels per acre; Indiana, 12 bushels per acre; Ohio, 11 bushels per acre; Missouri, 18 1-3 bushel; Kentucky, 13 1/2; Kansas 20 1/2. H. Johnston and Elijah Beckler, president, teller and solicitor of the Savings Bank at Roseland, have disappeared. About $30,000, comprising the entire funds of the bank, are also missing. Minor Items, The heavy rain has ruined the crops in the vicinity of Vicksburg, Miss. Window glass workers throughout the continent will resume work on Tuesday. It is estimated that the reduction of the public debt during August was $7,700,000. A waterspout caused much damage on the Cincinnati & Southeastern railway on Friday. Over 1,000 children are reported to have died from measles in Santiago de Chile in the last two months. The Field Biscuit and Cracker Company of San Francisco has assigned. The liabilities are $100,000. The Department of State has not as yet received any information confirming the reported rejection of the Chinese treaty. Word has been received at Pueblo of the drowning of six cowboys northwest of Pueblo County just west of Pike's Peak, Colorado. A collision occurred a few days ago between a band of Utes and the Piutes in the Paradox Valley, Col., and several on both sides were killed. Jay Gould has ordered the construction of a new union depot at St. Louis, to take the place of the old sheds that have been a disgrace to that city for years. The building is to cost $100,000. The Chicago, Santa Fe and California has cut the rate on dressed beef from Kansas City to Chicago to 13 cents per 100 pounds. The tariff rate is 20 cents. This action is the direct outcome of the war in livestock rates with the southwestern roads. THE PLAGUE SPREADING, Terrible State of Affairs at Jacksonville A Refugee Stricken in Philadelphia, New Orleans, September 1, The Times-Democrat's special from Jacksonville, Fla., says Eleven new cases of yellow fever up to 1 o'clock and one death is what Dr. Neal Mitchell reports by telephone. This is a big report for so early in the day and it rather scares people as generally the forenoon list is light and the larger portion of new cases are reported from 5 to 6 p.m. The peculiar weather is driving the infection all through the city, and it is feared few will escape a touch of it. There will be so few people in town in a few days from now that hardly one can hope to escape the disease. Tomorrow an excursion train will leave here for North Carolina, in accordance with Surgeon-General Hamilton's suggestion and permission, and it will be filled, too. This is especially urged, now that the women and children are got out of the city, and great efforts are being made to send them off. The rush to Camp Perry continues, and those who intend to stay will be rather lonesome by next week. Jacksonville, Fla., September 2, Following is the official bulletin for the twenty-four hours ending 6 p.m., September 2: New cases of yellow fever, 24; deaths, 2; total number of cases to date, 258; total number of deaths to date, 34. A moderate cyclone passed over the city this afternoon. After the vortex went by there was a gale from the southwest accompanied by loud thunder, keen flashes of lightning and a heavy rainfall continuing several hours, clearing the atmosphere wonderfully and lowering the temperature, washing the surface of the streets perfectly clean, as well as carrying several hundred barrels of lime which had scattered abroad into the river. """"The effects of the storm,"""" said a leading Cuban physician today, """"will probably be excellent, on the whole tending to lessen materially the infection, but will be bad on the sick unless watched with great care. Many patients may have a serious backset in consequence of the change of weather."""" It is still raining. Clear, bright moderately cool weather is hoped for tomorrow. Washington, September 1, Surgeon-General Hamilton has received a dispatch from Philadelphia informing him that a case of yellow fever has been discovered there in the person of a Florida refugee, who passed the inspection at Waycross, Ga. The patient was sent to the municipal hospital. Philadelphia, September 1, In reference to the supposed case of yellow fever in this city it was impossible to obtain any information from the Board of Health as the office had been closed for the day before the news reached here from Washington. At the United States Marine Hospital it was learned that the refugee had been taken to the United States Marine ward in charge of Dr. Bailbacho and Dr. Heyer. Dr. Heyer, it is reported, found the case a doubtful one, with some indications in favor of the theory of yellow fever and made a report to the health authorities at once. Upon this report the patient was ordered to be sent at once to the municipal hospital.",0,0,1,0,1,1
+21,18840912,historical,Rain,"1HH4 214 Lory Tolix Mc VTIilIl & CO Wall Paper Manufacturers have just issued the new designs for 1HH5, the trade will be waited on in a few days KATORY: 1 to 21 VOLTKEUR STREET, MOIRE VU 218 THE INTERNATIONAL Railway and Steam Navigation (Published Monthly) Containing the Timetable and Map of all the Canadian and principal American Railway and Steam Navigation Lines For Sale by Neicraft and Bank tellers, and by all agents of rain and steamers 10 NW 10 Rain Overcast Cloudy it Clear Barometer reduced to sea level and to temperature of 80 F. Humidity relative, saturation being 100 Maximum temperature of the 11th was 77 Minimum temperature of the 11th was 60 E. Traffic Manager General Manager General Offices, 28th Rain Street, Montreal, June 1884 100 MAIL LINE DAY STEAMERS BETWEEN Montreal and Ottawa Passengers for OTTAWA and all intermediate points take 7 am trains for Lachine daily to connect with steamer IOMNA 2,000 CYNTHIA 2,200 TITANIA 2,200 MARANA 8,100 The splendid new first-class full power Screw Steamer CYNTHIA, A 100 (Highest class at Lloyd's), is intended to sail from MONTREAL FOR GLASGOW ON OR ABOUT The 15th Instant, taking goods at Lowest through Rates from all parts of Canada and the Western States of America. Special facilities for Butter, Cheese, Boxed Meats, etc., and also for a limited number of Horses, Cattle, and Sheep, for which immediate application must be made. Will be followed by one of the above first-class steamers every week from Montreal to Glasgow during the season. Superior accommodation for a limited number of cabin passengers. For Rates of Freight and Passage apply to ROBERT REFORD & CO 2) and 25 St. Sacrament Street, Montreal Or DONALDSON BROS W5 10b St. Vincent Street, Glasgow THOSE LINES OF STEAMSHIPS SAILING BETWEEN MONTREAL AND NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE VIA LONDON This Line is composed of the following IRON STEAMSHIPS, which are all of the highest class, have been built expressly for this trade, and possess the most improved facilities for carrying live stock, grain and provisions: First Tonnage Commander Edy, Hamilton, Vice-President; Poole, St. Catharines, Secretary Treasurer; Boyce, Cooper and Stanton Executive Committee. It was decided to hold the next annual meeting in Toronto during the first week of the exhibition. Richard Symmonds was arrested at Woodstock to-night on telegram from here, charging him with forging the name of a Tonge Street jewellery firm to several cheques. To the same party who told his explorer's """"staple"""" while he was on a prolonged spree. Later returns from the county of Halton increase the aw, why again the petition I, nrai the RKO Act to 1. This R Vm, doubles the party by which the act was adopted in 11, and the friend & ht am an approximately rectified. The downpour of rain this morning took very gloomy the day of the Toronto exhibition. I will, Dry a high wind cleared the sky and the atmosphere was calm and pleasant. Visitors are expected to arrive in large numbers. The annual meeting of the Photographers' Association of Canada opened here this afternoon at two o'clock, there was a large attendance of members present. The local board of health met this morning for the first time for two or three months, it having been impossible to get a quorum. Considerable time was taken up in discussing what the duties of the officers are, there being a conflict of authority between the medical health officer and the city commissioner. Matters were apparently amicably adjusted. Insurance men and citizens generally are up in arms against the defective fire alarm system. Not an alarm sounded recently but has been tumbled and the brigade puzzled as to what direction to go. Insurance men threaten to increase their rates. John Grain, county constable, was arrested this morning on a warrant charged with till-tapping at Sutherland's book store, Yonge Street, on the 3rd instant. A warrant had been accidentally left in the till by the thief, which led to Grain's arrest. TESTN A wet day firing scores of Quebec, Montreal and Halifax. QUEBEC, September 11 - The heavy rain storm to-day prevented the artillery competition from being continued. No. 3 Battery Quebec, which commenced firing yesterday morning, did not finish till four o'clock, having exceeded their time four hours. In consequence of this No. 2 and 5 Batteries of the Montreal Garrison, who were booked to commence at 1:30, only got to work at 4. No. 2 Battery managed to get through just at dark, but No. 3 had to lay over till the morning. The scores for No. 2 Battery with the 12-pounder at 1,200 and 1,500 yards are as follows: Lieut. Finlayson, 25; Corp. Morris, 22 and with the 40-pounder at the same ranges Sergeant Harper, 0; Gunner Murray, 0. The fact of Harper and Murray not scoring was principally due to the late hour at which they commenced firing, as it took them some time to judge their aim, and on account of this, what points they made by firing were lost by running over the ten minutes allotted to them; one point being deducted for every half-minute or fraction of nine. No. 5 Battery commenced firing at an early hour, the scores with the 12-pounder being: Corp. Drysdale, 22; Gunner Letcere, 0; and with the 40-pounder: Corp. Drysdale, 22; Corp. Henry, 23. The weather, although rainy, was calm and the light good, in fact, it has been one of the best days for artillery firing, although the men were exposed to torrents of rain which fell nearly all day. The Halifax team commenced three or four hours behind their time on account of former delay. In the first five rounds fired No. 1 detachment with the 64-pounder knocked two targets to pieces and made splendid direction in the other three shots. No. 2 detachment on their first shot with the same gun knocked another target to pieces, but the rest of the firing did not turn out so good, although they came close upon the heels of the English in aggregate scores. They lost a number of points on account of over-time deduction, caused principally by the slippery state of the battery platform. In fact on the first shot from the 64-pounder being fired it swung right off the platform into the ground - started, and it was only after wedging the planks by means of barriers in the shape of large cedar logs, spiked down, that the gun could be kept in its place. At one time the rain came down so heavily that the team had to seek shelter and stop firing for over an hour. This, with the time occupied in replacing the targets, kept them from finishing till near 3:30 p.m. They made the following score with the 64-pounder: Corp. Maxwell, 20; Corp. Spencer, 31, and with the 40-pounder: Corp. Maxwell, 5; Corp. Spencer, 17. The Prince Edward Island team then commenced firing, but had to postpone it till the morning after firing a few rounds, as it was getting too late to see the targets. Lieut.-Colonel Oswald's block at the camp, Island of Orleans, promises to prove a brilliant affair. Over two hundred invitations have been issued. The Queen's Cup, valued at 100 guineas, together with all the other prizes now being competed for by the British Volunteer Artillery team and the different Canadian batteries, are now on exhibition in Mr. Beifert's window, Eabrique Street. The very handsome Quebec Challenge Trophy is valued at $230. With the exception of the Queen's Cup all the prizes on exhibition are the workmanship of Mr. Beifert. OVA (SCOTIA) Naval movement still a camp at Halifax, September 11 - THE WEATHER, Toronto, September 11, 1 a.m. The depression which was over the lake region last night is now situated over the Gulf of St. Lawrence and an important area of high pressure covers the lake region and the Western States. Rain has fallen generally along the Lower St. Lawrence and in the maritime provinces, accompanied by an moderate gale in the gulf, and in the lake regions and the upper St. Lawrence the weather has cleared and become considerably cooler. Prominent winds are comparatively variable to northwesterly. A total of 1 percent on all postal rates has been applied from the 11th instant. The Alexandria Losses Awards France and the Chinese Declaration of War Paris, September 11 The government denies that China has declared war. The chambers will not be summoned to meet before October 16th. At Shanghai the Chinese are taking steps to obstruct the fairway at the outer bar. General Tso has been appointed military commander of the province of Fuh Kien, in which Foo Chow and Formosa are located. The naval commander of the province will be Chang Pi Lung. It is said that Patenotre received from the Tsung Li Yamen a declaration of war, but the ambassador refused to give the document official recognition, upon the ground of diplomatic usage, it being necessary that such a declaration should be made direct to the French government. A Nihilist proclamation Wahhaw, September 11 Thousands of copies of a Nihilist proclamation are circulated here. It is signed by the central committee, and says: """"In the struggle to sustain the people against the rule of the Czar we ought to have recourse to the same weapons as he uses. Our fight is now as it was ever, a fight against outrage. We have done justice on the journalist, Skirintsyk, whose death was wrongfully attributed to the violence of thieves, but he was executed by us as a spy. No traitor escapes."""" The police have failed to discover the source of the publication of the proclamation. The police seized a Nihilist at the railway station disguised as an officer of the guard. The time for the departure of the Emperor William for Hkiernevic is kept secret. Francis Joseph leaves on Sunday, and, after the imperial conference, returns on the 17th, going to the Tyrol to inaugurate the Vorarlberg railway. The Alexandria losses London, September 11 Earl Granville, through the English ambassadors, has informed the powers which participated in the recent Egyptian conference that the question of the Alexandria indemnities will be the first object of Lord Northbrook's mission to Egypt, and promises that early proposals will be made for the settlement of the question. A Cairo despatch to the Paris Temps goes further and says that the English government has submitted a proposal to the powers to pay the Alexandria indemnities in cash less twenty-five percent, or in full in installments extending over ten years. The failure to settle the indemnity causes great hardship. Already many have been obliged to sell the certificates of their awards to speculators at 50 percent discount. The result will be that when the settlement is made by the government usurers will have the benefit of the indemnity instead of the original creditors. An alternative route Cairo, September 11 In consequence of the falling of the Nile, General Wolseley has ordered preparations to be made so that if necessary the expedition can proceed from Debbeh to Khartoum via the desert route, though General Wolseley informs the government that he will adhere to the Nile route. The German in Africa London, September 11 Official communications have passed between the English Foreign Office and Germany upon the reported annexation by Germany of the African coast. It is reported that Bismarck repudiates the authorization of such annexation. Minor and personal The child born to the Comte de Paris last Tuesday was a son, not a daughter. The French have bombarded and temporarily occupied Mahanoro on the Madagascar coast. The Russian flagship Berlin has been anchored in a Korean port while the fleet remains at Nagasaki, waiting orders. It is said the German foreign office ignores the right of the Cape Colony government to annex any portion of the coast of Africa. THE CHOLERA OUTBREAK The sufferings in Naples Cases in Rome Death in Malta NAPLES, September 11 The situation here continues most distressing. The epidemic increases hourly. The misery and suffering are appalling. For the day ending at 9 p.m. there were 906 new cases and 328 deaths from cholera here, and elsewhere in Italy 150 cases and 99 deaths. It is thought the situation here is slightly improved. The King today again visited the hospitals and quarters of the poorer classes. The municipal authorities have prohibited all religious processions. Two hundred nurses have offered their services to the hospitals. ROME, September 11 The Catholic newspapers eulogize the bravery displayed by the King during his visit to Naples. Subscriptions have been opened in Milan to present the King a medal in commemoration of the event. Another death occurred here today believed to be from cholera. PARIS, September 9 There have been fourteen sudden cholera deaths at Estoril out of twenty-one cases. At Marseille there were but two deaths today; no more bulletin will be issued. MADRID, September 11 Six deaths from cholera and fourteen fresh cases were reported in Siskin during the past twenty-four hours. There have been twenty-seven deaths at Montfort and twenty-seven deaths and forty at Alicante since the 1st of September. BY FLOOD AND STORM Damage by high water in Michigan and Wisconsin - A severe cyclone AMI, Mich., September 11 A violent thunderstorm occurred here yesterday. The rain fell over an inch in eight minutes. Thomas Scarf was struck by lightning and killed on the street. Another man's arm was broken, a house and mill were blown down, and 40,000 feet of lumber swept into the lake. CAIWNA FALLS, Wis., September 11 The most disastrous flood ever known is now upon us. The river has risen over 20 feet, and is still booming at the rate of a foot per hour. All the upper dams on Duncan Creek, which passes through the city, are out. A portion of the flood that ran that course reached here yesterday and swept every bridge, five in number, outside the city limits, with a large number of buildings, including K. Seib's planning mills, Caim feed store, and Bailey livery stable; also several Werner agricultural buildings. The loss in the city is estimated at $104,000. The worst is still to come, a dam threatens at Chain Lakes, Mich. September 11. A NEW K, French recognition of Iglesias' government Lima, September 11 The French minister to Peru was publicly received yesterday and presented an autograph letter from Grew recognizing Iglesias' government. All officers found bearing arms against the late government are to be tried by court-martial. The Buenos Ayres congress has voted five hundred thousand to effect a definite occupation of the Chaco territory. The expedition, commanded by the minister of war, leaves at the end of the month. The Bolivian minister, Vora Guzman, has presented his credentials and been publicly received. OXTA HIO LENTATIVES The Port Dalhousie drowning accident - Forest Fires TIVERTON, September 11 Fires are raging in the swamps along the lake shore in this vicinity. Large tracts of valuable cedar have been burned. A farmer near Port Elgin has lost his dwelling-house, barns, and almost his entire crop. Near Inverhuron a number of the residents have been obliged to watch their buildings night and day for the past week, and in some cases all the furniture has been removed from dwellings. Rain is eagerly looked for to stay the lamentable destruction of valuable timber and property that is going on. PORT DALHOUSIE, September 11 The names of the four young men drowned in the Welland Canal last night were Henry McEntyre, of Leamington, Ont. THE PHOTOGRAPHICAL DISPLAY Some of the Special Features of the Exhibition The Firemen's Parade this Morning Other Attractions The sixth day of the great Dominion fair passed off as successfully as its predecessors. Owing to the rain in the fore part of the day, the attendance was not so large as usual, but in the afternoon the attendance rapidly increased, until the grounds were well filled with spectators. The feature of the afternoon, outside of the regular show, was the programme of athletic sports which took place on the exhibition track and which passed off in a most satisfactory manner, the different events being all well contested. In the evening there was again a very large attendance and the display of the electric light contrasted finely with the mammoth display of fireworks which took place from the mountain and which was seen to splendid advantage from the grounds. Today's programme will include a grand parade of the Montreal Fire Brigade, which will take place on the Champ de Mars. Tomorrow will be the closing day of the great fair, and those who have not yet visited the grounds should not fail to do so. THE SWIMMING EXHIBITION The exhibition of swimming feats by Professor Riley, the Boston swimmer, which was announced to take place in the canal basin yesterday morning, came off on time and proved very successful. There was a fair attendance of spectators, who watched with much interest the daring feats of the aquatic wonder. Prof. Riley first jumped from the yardarm of the steamship Newfoundland, a distance of fifty feet, and accomplished the daring feat in safety. He also gave a display of fancy swimming in the basin, showing that he was a thorough master of his art. THE ATHLETIC SPORTS Considerable interest was manifested in the athletic sports which took place on the park side yesterday afternoon, the grandstand being thronged with spectators by the time the programme was commenced. The rain which had fallen during the early part of the day rendered the track rather heavy, but nevertheless the competitors came pluckily forward, and in some of the events the contest for first place was very keen. The time was taken in several instances, and is given below, but it must not be taken as infallible, as in one or two cases the time given would seem to indicate that the track was rather on the short side. The following were the field officers: Judges Messrs. Angus Grant, Alex. McGibbon.",1,0,1,0,0,1
+22,18841230,historical,Rain,"THE WEST, Concerning Damage Done in Missouri and Illinois, Little Rock, December 29 Rain has fallen during the past forty-eight hours. Trains on roads leading into the city are delayed. Much of the track of the Iron Mountain road south of the city has been washed away and great damage done to property. Little Rock, Ark, December 29 For several days heavy rains have fallen in this section, the melting snow causing disastrous floods. Thousands of acres of bottom land are under water. Great damage has been done. Fences, bridges, and grain have been swept away and livestock perished. The rain is still pouring and water still rising. Little Rock, Ark, December 29 Ten inches of rain have fallen here since midnight on Monday. The rain is still falling throughout the state. All the rivers and bayous are rapidly rising, many flooding the country for miles. The Arkansas River has risen here since Sunday at the rate of four inches an hour. No trains have run on the Iron Mountain railroad since Saturday night. The tracks are several feet under water in many localities and numerous breaks have occurred. Heavy rainfall is reported along the White River, damaging plantations and doing great damage to crops and livestock. BIRTHDAY, Claremont, December 29 Jobe Baldwin, founder of the Baldwin University at Son, is dead. San Francisco, December 29 James Parker Treadwell, lawyer and capitalist, is dead. His estate is valued at $11,000,000. London, Ont, December 3 The Bee, Isaac Barkholder, of Winona, died suddenly at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. COMMERCIAL, Grain Office, Monday Evening, December 29 The improved tone which was noted in the Liverpool market on Saturday assumed more decided form today and extended all through the grain trade. It is generally admitted that the stock of wheat at the principal points of accumulation has been much depleted, which has caused buyers to become more anxious. The advance on this side has a stimulating effect, materially helping the improvement, and it now looks as if the market was fairly started on the upgrade. At Liverpool it was strong and advanced 1d per cental. Beerbohm's quotations were: Fair average red winter, 7; white Michigan, 7; red American spring, 6s 1d; and standard California, including club, 6s 9d. The public cable quotations were: Spring, 6s 1d; red winter, 6s 7d; No. 1 California, 6s 1d; and No. 2 red, 6s 1d. Corn closed at a decline of 1d per cental. Beerbohm quoted mixed maize at 5s 3d, while the public cable was 1d lower at 5s 5d. Canadian oats were unchanged at 5s 9d. Wheat at Mark Lane was strong and advanced 1s 1d per quarter, and corn was firm. Cargoes of wheat off the coast were firmer. Wheat and corn on passage or for shipment were the turn dearer. The English market wheat markets were firm, and so was the weather in the United Kingdom today. From all quarters there were stronger reports of the market, which seemed to have followed the lead set by Chicago, and which further stimulated the advance there. The news items were more in favor of the bulls, who found the market and its surroundings much after their own heart, which was the more appreciated by them after such a long spell of hope deferred. The opinion gained ground rapidly that, whatever the future may hold, the lowest figures on this crop have been touched. Heavy rains have cleared the snow from the winter wheat in many sections, which, it is feared, will expose it to serious injury by frost. Receipts are expected to fall off, and the visible supply must be very nearly at its maximum. Buying orders were larger and more frequent, and although some realizing was done everything was readily taken; cables were strong and the crowd have all flipped around to the bull side; in fact, it is the best bull market seen for many a day. Trading was active. It opened strong and a shade higher, then rose 1c to 1.5c, but toward the finish reacted and closed 1c to 1.5c above Saturday at 75c January, 75c February, 81c May. The corn pit was deserted, all the interest being centered in wheat. The market, however, although dull, was firm and closed 1c better at 35c year, 35c January, 37c May. Oats were quiet but firmer, closing 1c higher at 25c January, 25c February, 28c May. Rye was quoted at 62c December, 52c January, 53c February. Barley was unchanged at 58c cash. Today's inspection was 11 cars winter wheat, 209 spring, 303 corn, 58 oats, 10 rye, and 33 barley. Milraine, Bodman & Co, of Chicago, telegraphed W.J. Fairbairn as follows: The wheat market has continued very strong, closing at 82c May. There was liberal realizing by small local longs, but there was sufficient fresh blood to absorb the offerings, together with a decided increase in the number of outside orders. Cables were strong and 6d higher. The visible supply will probably show a small increase tomorrow, but the belief exists that it will be the maximum. Steady rain has fallen for forty-eight hours, clearing the ground of snow, which strengthens the bulls on the theory that a cold snap will injure the winter wheat. To say the least of it, it is a bull market. The heaviest operators on the floor are large buyers, and double up to bet on profits. Corn was almost dead, being entirely neglected, closing at 33c January. Packers were liberal sellers of hog products, which scattered the shorts who were the main support. There was covering of short pork and lard in order to buy wheat. Something has dropped on the December corn shorts in New York, who have had the price hoisted six cents per bushel on them, the market closing at 60c. The remote options were firmer and closed 1c higher at 48c January, 47c February, 47c May. Wheat was strong and advanced 1.5c, closing at 86c January, 86c February, 92c May. At Toledo there was a regular boom in wheat, during which prices rose 2c to 3c, No. 2 red closing at 74c January, 76c February, 81c May. Corn closed at 40c cash, 37c January, 39c May, and oats at 27c March. The Detroit wheat market was buoyant and advanced 2c to 2.5c, No. 1 white closing at 80c cash December, 80c January, 82c February. Wheat at Milwaukee was again very strong. This time it advanced 1.5c, No. 2 spring closing at 74c cash December, 73c January, 74c February. The following were the amounts of grain in store at the points mentioned, with comparison: New York - 1884.",1,0,1,0,1,0
+23,18900206,historical,Rain,"J. Cloran and others from Montreal, who left for Quebec Tuesday night by the Canadian Pacific railway, only reached here at 10 to-night, three trains having been stuck for over twelve hours near Portneuf to-day by the freezing of the rain on the rails to a solid depth of two or more inches of ice. Mr. Cloran has brought down his report on the jury system to submit to the Government. He says it consists of nearly 300 pages, being a complete treatise on the whole subject. GENERAL NEWS. Mr. Louis Frechette, clerk of the Legislative Council, has been summoned to Montreal by the sudden and serious illness of his wife. He is replaced by Mr. Robt. Campbell, assistant clerk. The president of the Legislative Council has received a letter from the Hon. Mr. Laviolette announcing that he is not yet convalescent and will be unable to take his seat for some time. The private bills committee of the Legislative Assembly passed to-day, with slight amendments, the bills to erect the village of St. Antoine into a town, and to incorporate the Levis Workingmen's Association. A requisition was presented yesterday to the Hon. Mr. Mercier, signed by all the curés of the County of Donnacona and by a great number of influential citizens of the county, asking him to contest the county at the next general election. Mr. John Whyte, ex-M. JOHN GILLIES & CO, CARLETON PLACE, ONT. C. H. BISSEH IMPERIAL BUILDING MONTREAL. THE CONTRACTORS' DRIVE. The continued weather decreased the attendance, but did not mar the enjoyment. The contractors' association went on their annual drive yesterday. It was announced that the start was to be made at 10 o'clock, but owing to the downpour of rain it was after 11 o'clock before the teams got into line. The leading sleigh, which was drawn by four horses, contained Aid. Brunet, president of the association; Mr. Ludger Cousineau, first vice-president; Aid. Bariganne, second vice-president, and Mr. Francois Poutnier, secretary. The second sleigh, which was drawn by two horses, contained Messrs. Joseph Lambert, C. T. Charlebois, Alphonse Valiquette, and Alphonse Lapierre. Among these in the other teams were noticed Messrs. HELEN STREET, 31 -FOR- Hotels, Elevators, Private Houses, etc. The apartments are fitted up with the latest iron machinery. This is the simplest, most reliable and best dramatic. Nothing lacks of order about it. Just the thing for exhibitions, as it will not break down. Our goods solicited. Enquiries T. W. VIVESS, 694 Craig Street, MONTREAL. A full line of Electrical Supplies always on hand. Telephones, Rolls, Railroads, Push Buttons, Water, Electrical Batteries, Learners' Telegraphic Instruments, Turntables, Window Tappers, etc. THE LADIES. A new and distinct form of disease which is afflicting many women. How some of them trained for complete restoration, perfect health, and superb physical beauty. A great London physician says that he notes a new and distinct form of nervous disease prevalent in certain women by worry and overwork in caring for the home. This is only too true. It is why we see so many ladies pale, weak, languid, and suffering from headaches and innumerable weak-nesses. They cannot stand the strain upon their nervous system. Many of them have found the means to sustain their failing strength, to give color to the cheeks, and new life and vigor to the body, in Paine's Celery Compound. This pure and scientific remedy is especially adapted to the needs of women, and is daily making the most remarkable cures. MRS. PACIFIC STATES INUNDATED. HEAVY RAINS AND MELTED SNOW CAUSE WIDESPREAD HAVOC. ALL TRAVEL INTERRUPTED. Valleys Turned Into Rivers and Farms Inundated. Portland, Ore., February 5. Heavy snow storms and rain south of here are causing very great damage to the railroads and telegraphs. The Willamette River, at Portland, has overflowed its banks, and the water is two or three feet deep in the streets of Portland. The Southern Pacific Railway, between Portland and Sacramento, has been practically abandoned for the past two or three weeks. There is great damage to the telegraph lines in all directions, and the Canadian Pacific have the only wires working out of Seattle. The Associated Press despatches from the east were transmitted last night over the Canadian Pacific wires from Chicago, via Montreal, the Western Union having no outlet. The Damage in Oregon. Jacksonville, Ore., February 5. A phenomenal rainstorm has prevailed in Southern Oregon since last Friday, which, in connection with the melting snows in the mountains, has caused the greatest flood known since that country was settled. The damage cannot be estimated as yet, for postal communication is so uncertain and limited that only surmises can be made of the ravages of the water. On the line of the numerous tributaries of the Rogue River, many small ranches have been badly damaged, if not ruined, and miles of fencing have been swept away. Much of the finest soil in the lower valley has been washed down to gravel and bedrock, and the spectacle of fields flooded, roads washed out, and bridges and culverts demolished is common. Valleys Turned Into Seas. The fertile Bear Creek region has not escaped the visitation. Part of the valley has presented the appearance of a turbid sea for days, and communication between its many towns has been almost suspended by the swollen streams. Bear Creek itself has borne along a great deal of wreckage, including fences, outbuildings, and even barns and houses, and has wrought much destruction in undermining and sluicing off the deep alluvium that composes its banks. In the Applegate region, there are few bridges left. Many people were obliged to leave their homes for safety. Great damage has been done to the mining interests of the section by the bursting of dams and reservoirs, the breaking and filling of ditches, and the loss of flume boxes and machinery. The Oregon and California railroad track in Southern Oregon has been washed away for miles, and the roadbed is seriously damaged along the whole line. There has not been a mail either north or south for weeks. No estimate can be made of the loss to the county in bridges and private property. Hundreds of thousands of dollars will not cover it. More than the Snow Blockade. St. Paul, Minn., February 5. The damage from the snow blockades in Oregon, California, and Southern Washington seems about to be followed by a much greater loss by flooding. The heavy snow filled valleys as well as the railroad cuts, and milder weather had begun to make way with the drifts, when last Friday an unusually heavy rain set in. It is reported that Portland is flooded and entirely cut off from the outside world, but the public reports of the Northern Pacific railroad officials indicate otherwise. The city may be partially under water, but Northern Pacific trains, it is stated, are arriving there from the east with comparatively little delay. From another source, it is learned that the Southern Pacific's California line is still blockaded and suffering severely from washouts along the streams, which are rising rapidly from the recent rains and melting snows. The latest information from Portland is that the Union Pacific line is again closed, this time owing to heavy rains, melting snows, and landslides along the Columbia River between The Dalles and Portland, where the road suffered so severely two years ago from the same causes. The Water Still Rising. Chicago, February 5. For several days past, the city of Portland and other points in Oregon have been practically cut off from telegraphic communication; and from a telegram received this afternoon at Montreal by C. 91 NEW ADDITION TO THE Windsor Hotel. The new Hall, Store, Assembly, and Club Rooms are now completed, and the Company is open for negotiations for the leasing of the same. Applications to be made to W. NWEF, 219 Manager. CORNS REMOVED WITHOUT PAIN or drawing blood, 25 cents each. Bunions, Warts, Ingrowing Nails, Chilblains, Moles, Verrucae, and all diseases of the foot skillfully treated by W. V. T. A full line of Electrical Supplies always on hand. Telephones, Rolls, Railroads, Push Buttons, Water, Electrical Batteries, Learners' Telegraphic Instruments, Turntables, Window Tappers, etc. The latest information from Montreal is that the Union Pacific line is again closed, this time owing to heavy rains, melting snows, and landslides along the Columbia River between The Dalles and Portland, where the road suffered so severely two years ago from the same causes. The Water Still Rising. Chicago, February 5. For several days past, the city of Portland and other points in Oregon have been practically cut off from telegraphic communication; and from a telegram received this afternoon at Montreal by C. 91 NEW ADDITION TO THE Windsor Hotel. The new Hall, Store, Assembly, and Club Rooms are now completed, and the Company is open for negotiations for the leasing of the same. Applications to be made to W. NWEF, 219 Manager. CORNS REMOVED WITHOUT PAIN or drawing blood, 25 cents each. Bunions, Warts, Ingrowing Nails, Chilblains, Moles, Verrucae, and all diseases of the foot skillfully treated by W. V. T. A full line of Electrical Supplies always on hand. Telephones, Rolls, Railroads, Push Buttons, Water, Electrical Batteries, Learners' Telegraphic Instruments, Turntables, Window Tappers, etc.",1,0,0,1,1,0
+24,18951011,historical,Rain,"ML COST $400,080 Several New Intercepting Sewers Proposed by Mr St George THE FLOODING OF CELLARS In Great Part Caused by Outside Municipalities-The City Surveyor had Reported This but no Action was Taken by the Council The City Surveyor has addressed the following important communication to the chairman and members of the Road committee on the flooding of cellars, and also on the necessity of constructing a new intercepting sewer on Sherbrooke and St James streets. It reads as follows: Gentlemen, I beg to attach you herewith a report of Mr Brittain, recommending the construction of a new intercepting sewer on Sherbrooke street from Beaudry street to Coteau Neiges road. The construction of this sewer has become necessary by the fact that the city is receiving so many claims for flooding through the overflowing of the Coteau Harron main sewer and the intercepting sewer during very heavy exceptional rain storms. In my opinion these claims should not be entertained for the following reasons: 1. The Coteau Harron main sewer was built in 1867 in a low swampy valley, when the street was not formed and consequently no houses could have existed then. The natural conclusion is that the houses must have been built since the sewer was constructed, and therefore, the city should not be held responsible. In regard to the intercepting sewer on St Catherine street, there is only one portion of it which is at present needed during heavy rainstorms, that is between St Lawrence and St George streets. These floodings take place only when there is an exceptionally heavy rainstorm, but these floodings would not have occurred if Westmount municipality, who had the permission of the city to drain their drainage into the intercepting sewer, had abided by the plan which they submitted to the city. However, I find that the said municipality have extended their drainage system so as to take in the whole of the water from the little mountain, as it is called, above Sherbrooke street, running lateral sewers away up into the mountain, carrying the drainage from that mountain too rapidly into the city sewers, and I therefore think that it is just that the municipality of Westmount should be charged a portion of the cost of the intercepting sewer which is rendered necessary by their action. 2. In regard to the duplicate sewer in St James street, from McGill street to the western city limits, the necessity of building this sewer has been caused entirely by the action of the municipality of Lachine and the municipality of St Henri, diverting a natural water course which used to drain into the little St Pierre river into their sewers which empty into the St James street sewer. I have repeatedly notified the city of their action and have asked the city to allow me to dam the end of our sewer so as to prevent the water coming from Lachine and St Henri doing damage to the properties of the citizens of Montreal, but so far I have received no instructions to do so, and in consequence, the cellars of the properties on that street, and also on the adjoining streets, are nearly always flooded in heavy rain storms; therefore, it is necessary to build this sewer, and the cost of same should be charged to these two municipalities, and I would advise the city to notify them notarially of it. You will note by the agreement between the city and these municipalities that they rendered themselves liable for all damages which they might cause to the city. 3. In order to relieve St Catherine street, east of Amherst street, on the old Coteau Harron main sewer, we can make a temporary relief for these floodings by constructing a sewer on St Catherine street between De Lorimier avenue and Papineau road this autumn. I would also remind you that a year ago I recommended an intercepting sewer on de Levis street to drain the northeast part of the city; this report has gone before the Finance committee, but we have heard nothing further. It is necessary that this sewer should be constructed in conjunction with the other sewers, which is included in the estimate made by Mr Brittain herewith attached. In conclusion, in regard to the construction of these works recommended, I would recommend that the Sherbrooke street intercepting sewer and de Levis street sewer be let by contract, and that the St James street sewer be done by day work. The reason why I recommend that the work be done by day on St James street sewer is because the ground is swampy and the sewer will be very shallow and the work must be specially done irrespective of cost. Yours truly, (Signed) Perival W St George, City Surveyor. The estimated cost of the Sherbrooke street sewer is $149,300; St Catherine street, $411,740; St James street, $103,894; de Levis street, $139,409, and $10,000 for the extension of the main sewer now discharging into Elgin basin, making a total of $414,403. The above has been forwarded to the council and Finance committee for immediate action. The City Council The regular monthly meeting of the City council will be held on Monday evening, when, after routine business, of which there is considerable, is disposed of, the orders of the day will be taken up. The first is for the council to go into committee of the whole and consider clause by clause the early closing by-law. When this is complete the by-law will be considered. On Tuesday night there will be a special meeting of the council to take up the gas contract. An effort was made yesterday morning to get a meeting for tomorrow evening, a most unusual thing for the council to meet on Saturday, but after a conference between the City Clerk and those anxious for the meeting, it was deferred to Tuesday night. The Street Railway company owes the city $47,000 for removing the snow from the tracks last winter. The Building Inspector will leave tonight or tomorrow for Baltimore to attend the Building Inspectors' convention, which is to be held there. J trains leave indoor Station at 9:50 a.m. and 6:15 p.m. at Calhoun Square Station 8:30 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. to train due to leave via Ottawa at 6:15 a.m. will be held for the excursionists until 7 p.m. and return to Notre Dame Street Station, CITY TICKET & TELEGRAPH OFFICE 129 St James, (next to Post Office) Timber, Fence Posts, etc. Tenders are invited for Lumber, Fence Posts, etc., required by the Company during the year 1913. Specifications and forms of tender can be had on application to John Taylor, General Storekeeper, Montreal. Tenders endorsed """"Tender for Lumber, etc.,"""" and addressed to the undersigned, will be received on or before Wednesday, October 30th. The lowest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted. MAY RAIN TODAY If It Does it Will Probably Be Only a Little Shower Toronto, October 10, 11 p.m. The depression in the Northwest is now central to the north of Lake Superior, having changed little in energy. The pressure is decreasing over Ontario but is generally high eastward. The weather is generally fair everywhere, with somewhat higher temperature in the lake district. Minimum and maximum temperatures: Battleford, 28, 38; Qu'Appelle, 32, 41; Winnipeg, 32, 40; Toronto, 38, 52; Kingston, 28, 40; Montreal, 34, 44; Quebec, 20, 40; Chatham, 32, 40; Halifax, 40, 48. Lakes and St Lawrence Fresh to brisk southerly shifting to westerly winds; a few local showers, otherwise fair a little higher temperature. Gulf Southeast to south winds, increasing to brisk; fair weather. Maritime Winds shifting to south and southeast; fair; stationary or a little higher temperature, Manitoba West and northwest winds; fair weather; stationary or a little lower temperature.",1,1,1,0,0,0
+25,18980623,historical,Rain,"THURSDAY, JUNE 23, Lord Herschell, who is to represent Great Britain at the Quebec conference with the United States, is a Liberal, although appointed by a Conservative Government. He was twice Lord Chancellor under Mr. Gladstone, but was not at all popular with the Radical wing of the party, owing to his refusal to accept nominations to the magisterial bench from local Liberal clubs. The magistracy in the Old Country is esteemed a great honor and is much sought after by local magnates. The Radicals wanted to use it as a political tool, and Lord Herschell persisted in following his own judgment and refusing to accept the political nominees. There was a big fight over it, and the Liberal clubs and members of the House of Commons demonstrated forcibly, but the Lord Chancellor stood his ground and carried the day. He is, therefore, a man of independent judgment, as well as of high legal acumen, and may be trusted to make a good fight for Canadian interests. His appointment by a Conservative Government is, of course, a great compliment but it is not without precedent. Sir Stafford Northcote, a Conservative, was appointed by Mr. Gladstone a member of the international commission which met at Washington in 1871. The more the Letter failure is discussed the more disastrous does it appear to be to the young Napoleon of the wheat pit. For a month he seems to have been on the verge of collapse, and it was only by a bolstering process of buying in Europe as well as in America that he averted the evil day so long. The latest Chicago calculation of his losses is as follows: On cash wheat in America $3,000,000 On futures in America $500,000 On cash wheat in Europe $2,500,000 On futures in Europe $1,000,000 Total $7,000,000 Probably saved $1,500,000 Total loss $5,500,000 Mr. Leiter's is like the case of the soldier who caught the Tartar, whereupon the Tartar ran away with him and he was lost. The list of members of the House of Commons who have thought a permanent place better than hanging on with Laurier, Tarte, Blair and Sifton and their fortunes, continues to grow. Mr. Lister is No. 7. Here is the record of less than two years: Mr. King, Sudbury and Queens, a senator; Mr. Devlin, Wright, an immigration agent; Mr. Lavergne, Drummond and Arthabaska, a judge; Mr. Fiset, Rimouski, a senator; Mr. Langelier, Quebec Centre, a judge; Mr. Cameron, West Huron, a lieutenant-governor; Mr. Lister, West Lambton, a judge. Mr. Walker, the general manager of the Bank of Commerce, in his annual address, uttered a warning against the too great use of corn in feeding hogs. One of the most prosperous industries in Canada depends for its continued success on the maintenance of the high reputation of Canadian bacon and cured hog meats, and this reputation depends a good deal on the feeding of the animals. It was built up when the feed used was largely peas; it is being endangered by the use of corn. That inestimable blessing of free corn the Laurier Government gave the country has its drawbacks and dangers. Ottawa's diocesan synod has voted to forego the right to select its own bishop as a step to its being made the metropolitan diocese of Canada and the see of one of the archbishops. The change, if it is finally made, will be in keeping with Anglican traditions, which associate the highest dignity in the Church with a special see. The system adopted in Canada, of making the senior bishop metropolitan, wherever his diocese may be, is calculated to be somewhat puzzling to those who do not understand how the federation of the dioceses in Canada was brought about. Advices from this province indicate that though there has been much rain in some places the crops have not suffered, and the promise is for a good yield of agricultural staples. The season in Quebec is rather later than in the other provinces, and the weather that has created anxiety in some parts of the West has here, so far, only helped to force on the growth. QUEBEC CROPS The Heavy Rainfall Has Not Done Any Damage Waterloo, Que, June 22 So far, crops do not seem to have suffered from too much rain. On the contrary, they seem to improve. Sherbrooke, Que, June 22 We have not had too much rain in this section so far. Farmers say crops are excellent. Three Rivers, Que, June 22 We are experiencing a normal amount of rain, but no damage to crops reported so far. Meganuc, Que, June 22 We have had considerable rain, crops do not seem to suffer. They are looking fine at the moment. Time VI Crops are looking well, not too much rain so far as heard from. Abercorn, Que, June 22 Crops in this section are looking outstanding. The frequent rains of late have not caused any harm. Prescott, Ont, June 22 A great deal of rain has fallen in the past two weeks, but there have been no bad effects. Crops in this district never were better. Favorite Tails Beverages V finer Ok, 1 ir fftkf Pabst Beer 17-rt v 10000000001 THE CHARLEBOIS PROPERTY POINTE CLAIRE, Consisting of the Pointo, with house and stable. THE COTTAGE and FARM This is one of the finest points on Lake St. Louis and one of the places that in the near future will command an abnormally high price. Sale at our rooms, 181 St. Union Street, as advertised.",0,0,0,0,0,0
+26,18940213,historical,Snow,"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.",1,1,1,1,1,1
+27,18980207,historical,Snow,"JANUARY WEATHER Some Official Facts and Figures on Temperature and Cold Waves The meteorological weather map for January says: The temperature conditions over the Dominion were, on the whole, decidedly abnormal, as in the Northwest Territories the mean for the month was from 11 degrees to 16 degrees above average, the greatest excess being in Alberta, while in the province of New Brunswick the mean was from 4 degrees to 7 degrees below the average. The change between the unusual mildness of Alberta and the abnormal cold of New Brunswick was gradual from west to east, and the Ottawa and Upper St. Lawrence Valleys, and also Vancouver Island, were the only parts of the Dominion where the mean temperature was just equal to the average. Referring to this province, the report says: The principal cold spells of the month occurred during the first five and last five days. The rest of the month, between the 6th and the 26th, was on the whole moderately cold, but the temperature seldom fell as low as zero; during this period, however, much snow fell, and two particularly heavy storms occurred. The first of these was on the night of the 20th, when nearly a foot of snow fell in Montreal, and in Quebec, where the snowfall was not so heavy, the wind reached an hourly velocity of 66 miles from the north. The other severe storm occurred three days later, on the 23rd, when another foot of snow fell in Montreal, and in Quebec five inches fell, with a northeast gale reaching 68 miles an hour. In Quebec the temperature fell below zero on 13 days, and did not rise above zero on 8 days; during the last few days the weather was very cold, and an ice bridge formed on the river in front of the city. FRACTURED HIS THIGH A sad accident overtook little George F. Stafford on Saturday afternoon, when he was enjoying that fun, dear to the hearts of all boys, jumping into the snow from the shed roofs. The little fellow, who resides with his people at No. 2065 St. Hubert street, was playing on a neighbor's roof. In jumping into the snow below he fractured his thigh, and it was found necessary to remove him to the Royal Victoria Hospital in the ambulance. TOLD IN A PARAGRAPH Passengers on the Toronto train arriving at Windsor street at 8:30 p.m. on Saturday reported that they had travelled through a continuous snowstorm all the way from Toronto. The meeting of the Gleaners' Union announced for the afternoon of Monday, February 7, will not take place, in consequence of sudden illness, at the house where it was to have been held. TRADE IN CANADA Reports From Different Cities Toronto February 6 Bradstreet's weekly trade summary says: Victoria and Vancouver The gold excitement continues to increase. Steamers are now leaving here almost daily, with passengers and freight accommodation taxed to their utmost in many cases freight space being booked several days ahead. One order, amounting to nearly two hundred thousand dollars, was recently secured by merchants here, from an Alaska company for shipment in May, and most dealers report January sales over 10 per cent higher than the corresponding month last year. Trade in the Interior remains quiet, with collections slow. Winnipeg Wheat has taken a drop and the grain market in general is flat. There has been quite a demand for shipments of felt shoes, moccasins, snowshoes, etc., but solely for the Yukon trade. Underwriting has been an unusual feature for this season, but the possibilities of it being taken from the free-list is doubtful. The manufacturing in hardware, paints, etc., is improving slightly, but no important change in prices is noticeable. Owing to the mild winter the country produce trade has been the largest on record. Grocery prices remain firm. The most disastrous fire in the business history of the city occurred on the morning of the second, involving the total destruction of the McIntyre block and two other buildings, with twelve large retail stores, the bulk of the travellers' sample rooms, and some of the principal law offices. The staggering loss, it is estimated, will reach four hundred thousand dollars, with an insurance of probably two hundred thousand. Halifax There is no improvement to report in trade circles, and the volume of business for the week has been light. Collections only fair. A heavy snowstorm blocking trains and delaying traffic was much felt all over the Maritime Provinces. St. John, New Brunswick, reports business for the past week rather quiet. The lumber trade in St. John is perhaps never in a more depressed state than it has been for some little time, partly owing to the large quantity of snow that has fallen lately in different parts of New Brunswick. A number of lumber contractors were compelled to leave their operations. The output of logs this winter is not expected to exceed 60 per cent of that of last year. Toronto Heavy snowstorms and extremely cold weather throughout the province have interfered with business this week. The weather conditions have been against any extension of trade, and the shipment of goods to retailers. But the conditions of trade may be said to have greatly improved. There are now good winter roads in all sections, and the prospects for large deliveries of grain, and a brisk demand at country points for staple goods, are better than at any time since the winter set in. Yesterday was the most important day of the year for payments on dry goods paper; it was attended with quite a few failures, but on the whole the paper was generally well met, and when the customers at a distance are heard from within the next few days, it is expected the results will be quite up to expectations. There were some requests for extensions, but the percentage of renewals was not as large as last year. The fourth of February in the dry-goods trade is regarded as a crucial test for country traders. The wholesalers are not anxious to ship goods for the coming season till it is found how payments are met, and now that the date has been passed, rather more satisfactorily than expected, trade will become more active in many lines. Wools are in good demand and firmer. Hides are firm. Leathers are moving out well and at good prices, and tanners say they have sufficient orders to keep them busy for two months. A better inquiry is experienced from Klondike parties for outfits both in the way of provisions and clothing, it being found that supplies can be bought cheaper here than in the west, and as these orders are for cash the result is that such business is bringing about the circulation of a good deal of money. Canadian woolen mills are busy on orders for goods suitable for the mining camps. The money market here is unchanged. Montreal Extra severe weather and a general blocking of country roads by snow has lowered the record for business. During the earlier part of the week, travellers were snow-bound, in the majority of instances, when off lines of railway. Remittances were sensibly decreased, and orders scarce. Towards the close conditions became nearly normal, and obligations maturing on the fourth were met better than last year, but, as usual, too many renewals were asked for. The failure list has also kept up the averages, but there were no very serious ones in this province. A steady business continues in paints, oils and glass, and retailers seem satisfied to pay an advance on last year's prices. Hardware fairly active, with a good general distribution, and in this trade the losses by bad debts continue light. Grocery firms are just now taking stock; some have inventories completed, and the general results show an improvement over the preceding year. In this trade short credits and a quick turnover, even with comparatively small profits, show that there is money in the business. Flour dealers report business quiet, the demand being largely local. Canned goods are also moving slowly, but at firm quotations. Railway earnings show handsome increases, with a likelihood of an early termination of the cutting of rates. The trade of Montreal city keeps up satisfactorily, and has not suffered to any great extent by snowstorms, the Street Railway having successfully overcome any opposition there may be from that source; in fact, the service is considered one of the best on the continent. The stock market has shown up well for the week, but there seem to be few spots that can safely be engineered to much higher figures. Quebec A slight improvement is noticed in general business during the past week over that of the preceding one. Wholesale dry goods and grocers report orders coming in better, but collections are not quite up to the mark. Local flour dealers report a better demand, and prices have advanced 10 cents to 15 cents per barrel. Shoe manufacturers appear to be busy. Hides are reported scarce and in active demand. THE FORTIFIED CITY Speaking of Quebec, the paper says: The fortifications are on the old Vauban bastioned system, adapted, of course, to the configuration of the ground, with steep escarps, counter-scarps, and deep ditches, with ravelins at intervals. The """"old lines,"""" or ordinary ramparts of the city, followed the windings of the ground, and encircled most of the city, having five ancient gates. In its good old times there used to be an officer's guard at each during the night, but in the peaceful days of 1870-71 the officer's guard was confined to the Citadel, and sergeants' guards were de rigueur elsewhere. However, there were plenty of guards and sentries, which were carefully visited day and night, by the officers and held officer on garrison duty. As the numbers of field officers were small, I had, when a captain, the honor of being on the field officers' roster for that duty, and as horses could not often traverse the snow-clad city in winter, we had to drive, with the orderly sergeant, in sleighs. The opposite shore at Point Levis, being within easy cannon range of Quebec, had its commanding ridges of country occupied by three bomb-proof casemates, pentagonal, and solidly-constructed forts, mainly on the German system of fortification. There was bomb-proof accommodation for the troops who lived in them, and the ditches, wide and deep, were flanked with saponiers. These three forts, one of which I superintended, as to its construction, occupy the high ridge of the land between the picturesque village of Point Levis and the Grand Trunk Railway depot. The pleasant summers of 1870 and 1871 were enlivened with practical joking of a unique, if a ridiculous, character. The exhilarating nature of the Canadian air possibly assisted matters, but the secrets were well kept, and the perpetrators never discovered. To such an extent was practical joking carried as regards dinner parties and dances, that it became almost necessary, in a delicate, round-about manner, to make private inquiries, after receiving an invitation, whether it was genuine or not. A TOBOGGAN INCIDENT Col. Mitchell refers to tobogganing, a sport now almost dead. At the Citadel ground a portion of the fence had been taken away, through which the toboggan could skim to the flat level ground. I am afraid that fence was responsible for a good many disasters to amateurs, who, instead of steering their toboggan through the gap, occasionally steered it into the fence. A broken leg, a broken jaw, contusions, and various minor accidents made up a good list of casualties at the end of the season. One casualty I disinter from the """"waters of Lethe."""" A widow, fair and fat, and said to be forty, was tempted by a Control Officer to try this novel motion. She was carefully packed up into the toboggan at the top of the hill, and the Control officer sat behind. They started and arrived safely as far as the fence. For some reason the widow availed herself of the opportunity to scream, and so disconcerted the nerves of the control officer that he steered badly, and he and the widow were shot out. In less time than I take to narrate the tale, the widow went head first into a heap of snow, the only thing visible being a pair of black boots. But she speedily emerged, collided with the control officer, and they playfully rolled one over the other, as some funny gentleman suggested like the """"Control cats,"""" to the bottom of the hill, where the toboggan had arrived before them. I am afraid that they received little pity, for the upset was unanimously voted to be the best toboggan incident of the season, and the story in various forms long rivalled the tale of the immortal pussy-cats. Finally, the control officer, to the sound of marriage-bells, led the widow up the nave of the local church to the altar. A TRIBUTE TO DR. SOME REFLECTIONS Quebec stands out in the world's history as a locality in which causes produced the most rapid effects, and in which in each case the effects were exactly opposite to what shortsighted mortals anticipated. In 1758 the French, in possession of certain provinces, attempted to wrest from England others. After a war, perhaps unequalled for cruelty and atrocity, both parties employing savages, who alternately tortured and burnt to death their prisoners, France lost all, and in 1760 had to surrender its own provinces to Great Britain. England's prosperity made the nation arrogant. She believed the colonies could not resist her imperious will, and imagined, as the French were chased out of Canada, America was all her own. So long as the French were there the American colonists had an enemy on the frontiers, and looked to England for support and protection. The American colonists gained their independence, which they probably would not have done had not France, irritated by the loss of Canada, aided them by sea and land. But the French King and his advisers forgot that each attempt by either party to crush the other resulted in the celebrated dictum of the Athenian Menelaus, who warned his countrymen against making rods for their own backs, a practice said to be by no means unknown in a certain branch of a State department high up in Pall Mall. France upheld American principles; the French people, their armies and navies, became imbued with the principles of equality, that seeds of revolution were sown, and resulted in mob law; and the King and Queen and many nobles ended their lives on the scaffold. STATE OF TRADE Stormy Weather Checked the Distribution of Goods New York February 4 Bradstreet's tomorrow will say: Severely cold weather, accompanied by high winds and heavy snow, has been a feature exercising considerable influence upon the movement and distribution of staple goods. The Northern and Eastern States appear to have felt the effects of the storm most severely and reports of checked distribution come from many points in New England, the middle States, and the Lake region. Some improvement in the retail demand for winter goods is, however, reported as a result thereof. In spite of this interruption a satisfactory trade for the season is reported in most lines, with special activity reported in the iron and steel trades and kindred lines. In the East, the distribution of dry goods and wool has been checked and the movement of produce greatly interfered with, but the tone of the cotton goods situation is, if anything, improved. The middle States and in the Central West the movement of iron into consumption is very large but nervousness as to possible overproduction anticipates the market. Steel is slightly lower at the East, but firmly held in Chicago, which also reports advances in iron bars, wires and nails. Western mills will not agree to deliver steel rails, billets or rods on new orders before July 1. Steadiness in prices has been a feature of the week, the only decreases noted being in wheat, corn and flour, on a speculative reaction, and in lead, while the prices of oats, pork, beef and coffee are higher. Print cloths show a further advance and the cold weather has affected anthracite coal production, with a consequent advance of 10 cents per ton. Business failures, though slightly larger than last week, numbering 293 against 188 the week before, are a little above the normal. They compare with the total number falling in the corresponding week of 1897, of 65, in 1898 of 31, in 1899 of 293; and in 1894 of 330. The total number falling in the first week of February, 1893, was 128. Bank clearings, totals at 17 cities, as telegraphed to Bradstreet's, with comparisons, show total clearances of 11,470,800,821, an increase of 40.6 per cent, as compared with the corresponding week of last year. The clearances outside of New York city were 1,508,570,620, an increase of 14.7 per cent. They Are Against Zola Here is a letter, addressed to Zola, signed by ten mayors and two councillors of the Department of Aisne, and published in the Nouvelle de L'Aisne: You have insulted us by sending us your sickly lucubrations. We indignantly protest against your abominable work, which aims at the destruction of the respect which we owe to the army and to the nation. Sir, you are laboring in the interest of the Traitor. You are not a Frenchman. In that feigned emotion which is attached to hypocritical mercy, you dare to ask France to outrage the commanders of her army. Be assured that your appeal has produced profound disgust and that it is covered with an contempt which it merits. It is by the cry of """"Vive l'armée!"""" that we respond to your infamy. Accept, Monsieur, the assurances of our most profound contempt. IF YOU WISH TO BE WELL You must fortify your system against the attacks of disease. Your blood must be kept pure, your stomach and digestive organs in order, your appetite good; Hood's Sarsaparilla is the medicine to build you up, purify and enrich your blood and give you strength. It creates an appetite and gives digestive power. HOOD'S PILLS are the favorite family cathartic, easy to take, easy to operate. Free Book Weakness Book sent on request; it tells of my 30 years' practice in treating results of tuberculosis, nervousness, sexual debility, impotence, varicocele, etc., with my world-famed remedies. FLAMES SPREAD QUICKLY Were Hardly Noticed Before the Entire Building was on Fire Just how the fire did start is a question which nobody seemed to have any clear conception of. The men working in the building, about three in number, attributed its origin to something going wrong with the transformers. The firemen said that they had hardly time to realize that fire had broken out before the men were obliged to relinquish their post, owing to the quickness with which the flames spread over the woodwork of the building. They scarcely had time to realize that the building was on fire before the whole structure was ablaze. This is probably to be accounted for by the quantity of oil which, in every place where similar machinery is used, soaks into the floors, and gets spattered over the walls, causing them to be excessively inflammable. It was about 7:45 o'clock when the fire broke out, and although the Cote St. Paul fire brigade was quickly on the scene, the flames so quickly assumed threatening proportions that no hope of saving the building was entertained for the first. Still, the men set themselves at once to their task, and two teams were diverted from the hydrant at the corner of Notre Dame street, (just at the terminus of the Street Railway) and Cote St. Paul road, and directed onto the burning structure. Just in the rear of the power house, and directly adjoining it, there is a small wooden building, the property of the Dominion Government, used by the lockmaster as a dwelling-house, and the firemen directed their labors at once to save this property, which they succeeded in doing. There was also a collection of buildings, about fifty yards away, opposite the power house, the safety of which the work of the firemen, no doubt, ensured. Owing to the fact that there was but little wind blowing at the time, there were but few sparks emitted from the blaze, and what did rise fell into the snow-covered vacant lots surrounding the property, and did not threaten any of the other buildings in the vicinity. The St. Henri fire brigade also sent a detachment of men with a couple of reels, to be present in case of emergency, and also to assist in beating down the flames in the burning building, and an engine was afterward sent from the city. These firefighting facilities, however, were practically of no use so far as saving property was concerned, for, as already stated, the flames had pretty well marked out their work of destruction even before any of the firemen arrived. Nobody unfamiliar with the valuable nature of an electrical plant and apparatus would have had any idea of the extent of the damage done last night, by a mere sight of the fire. The power house, although a valuable structure in itself, seemed a comparatively small building, as seen amid its fiery envelopment. The building, a solid structure with an iron roof, was erected in 1901 for the Citizens' Light & Power Company. It was not so much by the building itself, however, that the loss was to be estimated, as in the valuable plant and equipment which was destroyed with it. Among the machinery with which the power house was fitted, there were 5 arc light machines, 2 two thousand light incandescent, 1 one thousand light incandescent, and 1 seven hundred and fifty light incandescent light machines. There were also 2 synchronous motors, 4 exciters, 3 engines, 11 boilers, switch-boards, shafting, belting, wiring, lamps, etc., together with other expensive items of equipment. 75 25 II tW Overcast 80 t)!W 80 91 Snow a imz ai 1 ill! KM 23,001 to KU aa'e! Height above sea level, 1,187 feet. Barometer reduced to sea level and to temperature of 8° Fahrenheit. (Humidity relative, saturation boiling 10). Below zero. Maximum temperature of the 6th February. Maximum temperature of the 61st February 1903. OFFICE FOR MR. McMULLEN Offered the Lieutenant-Governorship of the Northwest Territories No Black Diphtheria Minor and Personal Ottawa, January The drawing-room held in the Senate chamber last evening by their Excellencies the Governor-General and the Countess of Aberdeen, was the most brilliant function which has graced the halls of Parliament since the memorable historical ball of two years ago, and was the most numerously attended drawing-room held for many years. The reception proper lasted exactly one hour and thirty-five minutes, and during that time 378 ladies and 359 gentlemen made their curtsey and bows to their Excellencies. All of the Cabinet ministers were present in uniform, and there was a large number of members of Parliament present. Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Sir Richard Cartwright and Sir Oliver Mowat wore the baldric and cross of the Order of St. Michael and St. George. There was a brave show of smart gowns by the ladies, and ostrich feathers and veils were almost universal. Your correspondent, who is of a statistical turn of mind, being only able to discover 23 ladies, mostly young girls, who were not thus adorned. The graceful plume and snowy shimmering veils mingled pleasantly with the many-colored hues of the headquarters' staff uniforms, and the brilliant costumes of the ballet knights, and by the time the floor had become filled, there was to be seen one of the most gorgeous aggregations of youth, beauty, fashion, and harmoniously-blended color which has assembled in the Senate chamber for many a long day. The preparations were over shortly after half-past ten, but for an hour longer receptions were held by Madame Pelletier in the chambers of the Speaker of the Senate and by Mrs. Edgar, and her charming daughter, in the chamber of the Speaker of the House of Commons; both of which were attended by His Excellency and the Countess of Aberdeen, and at each of which light refreshments were served. Amongst the ladies present from Montreal were Madame Horace Archambault, Mrs. Jeffrey Burland, Mrs. A VETERANS' NIGHT The Red Cross Knights Spend a Pleasant Evening A SPLENDID FARE-FOR-ALL Victoria Defeat the Ottawa at Hockey Other Matches Bowlor Busy at Quebec General Sporting Sing a song of snowshoe, A sleigh and two score men All fell into a snow bank, And then fell out again. This is not poetry, as Ben Jonson would say, but it is true; so true that if anybody cares to take the trouble he may go up in the neighborhood of Churchill avenue and count out the snow mask of twenty-four Red Cross knights and some American visitors who had done honor to the veterans, and who, on their way home, were incontinently dumped into about ten feet of the nicest, whitest and coldest snow that is produced in this neighborhood. A moment before the party was as full of warmth as furs, a good dinner and congenial company could generate. When it was all over they were trapped, just huge specimens of what one might have expected to see traveling round in the glacial period. They were all rosen up, everything except language and that was of a kind to prove that there was considerable caloric left on the inside. And the heat soon wore through the crust, for even Montreal's best brand of snow could not withstand the igneous eruptions that took place where snowbanks sunk as it cues, big sleighs and other things should be. Fortunately there was nobody hurt, and no barbed wire reached out its hand to gather in any bits of superfluous clothing. There were some gloves left in the capacious maw of that snowbank, a job lot of assorted rubbers, a few eyeglasses, and other small things easily replaced, but there was tumultuous laughter and it was a romantic wind-up to one of the jolliest and most enjoyable functions that ever graced the hospitable halls of the St. George Snowshoe Club. The only anachronism in the whole thing was a middle-aged gentleman, clothed in gold-rimmed spectacles, an incipient Italian moustache, several coon skins, and a quantity of easy dignity that glued him to his seat. When the sleigh toppled into the ditch he objected to leave it; he was the only one who recognized the usefulness of the immediate propinquity of the sleigh; he even refused to leave it when willing hands and strong arms wanted to put the sleigh right side up. He said he was the only man in the party who knew anything about staying in a sleigh under difficulties. There was no use controverting that argument, for he was in the sleigh, and the fellows were out; so the big vehicle got the runners right again without his moving, and then careful driving in the middle of the road avoided further catastrophes, so that at an early hour in the morning the veterans of the Veterans' night had scored another victory without a casualty being reported and no ambulance being called. At three o'clock in the morning, a jolly party of trampers left the Windsor; they had snowshoes with them. Some of the most daring strapped them on; a few others said they would put them on when they reached deep snow, and so lingered carefully behind. Then they manfully faced the drifts that spoil travel in the neighborhood of Peel street, and reached the clubhouse before the other fellows who had started earlier, but did not know the road so well. At 10 o'clock a comfortable looking sleigh left the same celebrated hostelry. It was filled to repletion with a couple of dozen men inclined for dinner and music. They got urns for dinner, and some of the music still lingers in the air. None of the dinner lingers; it was put away in unsearchable places, and pronounced good. The real fun began after dinner, for a musical programme had been provided that eclipsed all the records in the history of the club, and they are famous. Two hundred guests were present, and little time was wasted in toasts and responses. They were all duly honored with the soul of wit. The Harmony Band, the Zinaari Club, under the direction of Mr. Meredith Heward, Mr. J. Furnald, New York; W. Watts Hurt, San Francisco; George W. Stearns. They all enjoyed everything, and said not a word when told that being thrown into a snowbank was only an ordinary incident of snowshoe life in Canada, under the auspices of the St. George Club. OVERHAND SNOWSHOE CLUB STEEPLECHASE Westlake won again with McKenna a good second. The Overland Club steeplechase was run off on Saturday afternoon over the regular mountain course from the foot of McTavish street to the Club House. A large number of the members of this and sister clubs turned out for the occasion, and demonstrated the fact, by the interest they evinced in the race that snowshoeing is certainly not the back number which some people are led to believe. The track was very heavy, but despite the fact of a strong headwind and snowfall, the time was fast. The race was won by T. Westlake, the Canadian cross-country champion, with J. McKenna a good second. Bayers third. Peacock and Doherty put up a stiff fight for fourth place, but Doherty was beaten out at the finish. There were ten starters and the five prize winners were as follows: 1st T. Westlake; 2nd J. McKenna; 3rd W. A TRAMP TO BACK RIVER A large number of the old Tuaque Bleue Snowshoe Club tramped out to Back River on Saturday afternoon last, when a good old-fashioned snowshoe time was held. It looks as if there was to be a revival of the fine healthy old sport. SOME EXCELLENT RACING ON THE JACQUES CARTIER TRACK There was only one drawback to the races on the ice on Saturday, and that was that at an inopportune moment the snow came down in swirls, and while there was still plenty of daylight left, the falling snow, driven by a fairly stiff wind, interfered considerably with both drivers and horses. Some of the owners said they were being handicapped by the conditions, and requested the management to hold the finishes of both races over until today. A few there were among the spectators who were dissatisfied with this, but the great majority recognized the wisdom of the judges and the management, as all the horses taking part in these races are entered for the Ottawa campaign, and Monti Sal is the most convenient place to stay over at. Outside of the postponement, there was nothing to cavil at, for better racing has never been seen on the St. Lawrence. The free-for-all was a beauty from the word to the wire, and both heats were what is rightly known as real horse races. Heads apart was the order for the first three finishers, both times, and it was apparent to the veriest tyro that everybody was out for the money. It is anybody's race yet, or nobody knows the possibilities of the six horses in it. There is no doubt that before the race is over the heats will be pretty well split up. Canton got the first heat, after a hard drive, and it was nip and tuck all through the last half, but there seemed to be one horse not calculated on. That was Winfield, who had to waver all over the track. Perhaps conditions may be different today. In the second heat Canton finished first on a well-planned gallop, for which he was sent back to fourth place, and Nellie Sharper was moved up into first place, Dick French and Winfield being noses apart for second. Ada P. had a lot of followers in the pool room, but it did not seem to be the little mare's day and she served as a whipper-in. Dick French was also thought a lot about, but he did not realize his admirers' expectations. As before remarked, this race is only just begun, and anything may happen today. As to the forty class, there again was some excellent work seen, although Clay Lambert looked somewhat too good for his field, and after the first heat he sold for $10 against a field at $8.00, holding such good ones as Sir Oliver M., Johnnie P., Miss K., Hattie C., and others. When Lambert gets away first it is hard to overtake him and so on Saturday he never broke and got in two heats. The races will be finished this afternoon, beginning at 3:30. Inquiry into the cause of a little grumbling about the postponement traced it to a man who was expelled a couple of years ago for using foul language to the judges, and therefore it could be taken for what it is worth. One of the horses that started Saturday was the late Meadow Banks. This was in the 40 class. It appears that there is a mark of 29 1-8 connected with the name, and the owner will have to do some explaining today, for the penalty seems to be expulsion. The guideless pacing mare Josephine will again be on exhibition, and as the races are uncompleted ones, the management will only charge 25 cents admission. The purse of the free-for-all should be worth more than double that amount. Following is the summary: Purse $250; 1st Clay Lambert; 2nd Johnnie P.; 3rd Sir Oliver M.; 4th Hattie C.; 5th Miss K.; 6th Black Dan; 7th Minnie F.",1,0,1,0,1,1
+28,18950515,historical,Snow,"A SNOWFALL AT NIAGARA Aa Keanls the Small Fruit Crop Is Wired Out but Little Damage Done In Quebec Toronto, May 14 Special From all parts of Ontario come reports of great damage done by the recent cold snap In some parts frost was so severe that ice formed on standing water to the thickness of half an inch Farmers and market gardeners who were in the city today said that, besides fruits and vegetables being destroyed, the pea crops in many places were badly nipped Other grains have escaped The weather that has followed the big drop in temperature is most favorable The cold rain removes the chill, but had a hot sun followed, the crops that now look healthy would have turned black Niagara Falls, Ont, May 14 Snow fell to the depth of four inches this morning, followed during the afternoon by drizzling rain The grape crop in this locality has been almost totally destroyed, which means thousands of dollars loss Strawberry patches look as if they had been swept by fire, and cherries suffered severely, as did the peach trees Corn, potatoes and other vegetables are lying flat on the ground The season being fully three weeks ahead of last year, the frost Sunday night means hard times for the fruit growers and farmers in the Niagara district EtdtvK Ont, May 14 The frost has done considerable damage to fruit trees, but grain, especially barley and peas, suffered the most Plkmhuokk, Ont, May 14 No damage to crops or fruit by frost in this locality Hmitii's F'ai, Ont, May 14 Very little damage has been done to crops or gardens by frost in this vicinity Pi ANTAdKNKT, May 14 Heavy frost last night, but no damage to crops as yet done Pun, Ont, May 14 No damage is as yet apparent from the frost, but it is feared it will do so in a day or so BHAiaiauj, Ont, May 14 The frost has completely destroyed fruit and early vegetables of every description in this neighborhood Fall wheat and barley are also badly injured Snow has been falling for over two hours this morning Avonmohg, Ont, May 14 There was a slight frost last night, but nothing was damaged to any extent Hawkksbvrv, Ont, May 14 Light frost here No damage done worth mentioning Bknfiusw, Ont, May 14 Frost has not damaged crops to any great extent Fruit has escaped fairly well, not being far enough advanced to suffer permanent injury, The plum crop may be affected to some extent Montkuf, Que, May 14 No frost here on Sunday night Last night's will damage small fruit, etc, but grain is not enough advanced to have been seriously injured Cam eton Pi acb, Ont, May 14 The slight frost last two nights does not seem to have done much injury in this locality A imontk, Ont, May 14 Frost has not hurt crops in this locality, not being sufficiently advanced, but grapes and fruits generally are very badly damaged Thermometer fell to 28 degrees Mm Tbia Province Btanbtkad, Que, May 14 Gardens were not far enough advanced to be damaged by the recent frosts Some slight damage was done to apple and plum trees Kazabazua, Que, May 14 Very heavy frost last night, but little damage done to crops around here Wakbukld, Que, May 14 The frost was quite heavy here last night but no damage reported, although fruit trees and tender plants must certainly have been nipped Hemminofohd, Que, May 14 Nothing was damaged by the frost here except cherry and plum blossoms St IsiroiiK, May 14 There was a heavy frost in this vicinity last night The fruit crop, if not lost altogether, is seriously damaged Bbossbap, May 14 There was a heavy frost here last night which seriously damaged the fruit crop, if it did not ruin it altogether Huntingdon, Que, May 14 Garden stuff generally suffered pretty severely from frost last night Grape vines, cabbage and tomatoes are especially frost bitten It is a question whether or not fruit trees will be affected Vaudbeuil, Que, May 14 Frost did no damage in Vaudreuil Across the Lines St Paul, May 14 Reports indicate that there was another severe frost last night all over Minnesota and South Dakota It is feared the damage was even greater than on Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights Omaha, Neb, May 14 Railway officials have been conducting an exhaustive search for damage done by last night's frost, and the damage is found to be insignificant it is chiefly confined to orchards and garden stuffs KpwNOFisiLD, Ills, May 14 Central Illinois was visited by a heavy frost last night Grapes and other fruits were badly damaged, corn, which was well advanced, is bitten off close to the ground Potatoes are killed to the roots and garden vegetables are generally badly damaged Grand Rapids, Mich, May 14 Reports from various portions of the fruit belt of Western Michigan are to the effect that more damage was done by the gale than by freezing $6,000,000 Though the earnings are $102,000 less than in the preceding year, there will be few who will not feel that the result was a very satisfactory one The Bank of Montreal's interests are as wide as Canada itself, and usually it is affected but slightly by a depression that may visit even a large section of the country In 1891, however, it had to seek employment for the great resources at its command at a time when slowness of trade affected all parts, not of the Dominion alone, but of the commercial world There was here no crisis and no financial crash; but everywhere trade was restricted, and the demand for bank accommodation proportionately curtailed Though it is not customary to give information on such matters to the public, it is no doubt the case that to a lack of opportunity for safe employment and diminished rates of interest, and not to losses on account of bad debts, is to be ascribed the falling off in earnings in 1894 compared with 1893, Canada, in the latter year, having, it will be remembered, suffered very little from the commercial calamities that befell her neighbors The annual statement of the Bank of Montreal is always looked for at this period, both by commercial and public men It is an index of the state of trade equal in its way to the national revenue returns Whether from a shareholder's or a public man's point of view the results just announced can be viewed with content It is not minimizing the importance of the efforts of those responsible for the direction and management of the bank's affairs at such a time to say that so satisfactory an outcome could hardly have been obtained in a time of financial collapse or crisis Fortunately it can be said, also, that signs of improving trade are now visible in many quarters, and there is reason to expect that with the increasing commercial activity there will come a better demand for money for business purposes, a demand which the statement of the bank's assets shows it is in good position to meet, and profit by H Smith, an ex-conductor of the Chicago & Grand Trunk railroad, was arrested at the home of his father, near here, this morning, charged with wrecking a Grand Trunk train at Battle Creek during the troubles in July last year, in which the fireman, Thomas Brown, was killed and many passengers were injured Smith disappeared at the time and has been in hiding since He was taken to Battle Creek, THE SUBURBAN RESORT People are flocking out to them These days are for those who are rusticating This is the time of the year in which the suburban resident who has braved the sleet and snowdrifts of outrageous winters and whose chief end in life, outside of business hours, has been to keep the furnace going, reaps the reward of his labors At least it will be so when the present cold snap is over, the city resident who has sniffed pityingly at the suburbanite during the past six months will be the one to be pitied, while the suburbanite comes into town each morning redolent with bucolic happiness All sorts of jibes, jocose and otherwise, have been made by the humorist at the expense of the poor suburbanite, his garden in which, according to the humorist, he usually gets $10 worth of vegetables for $12; in fact, everything that he owns But now, now is the time when the suburban resident takes cut his revenge In the evenings he can take the pure fresh air, either in his canoe on the bosom of placid old Lake St Louis, or in the lovely spots that lie thick upon its shores Among those whom the heat of the past week has hastened away to the numerous summer resorts in our vicinity are the families of the following, many of them being well known in Montreal These are but the first, however, for during the rest of the month the numbers will be wonderfully increased, and by the end of the month the city will have adopted a forlorn and deserted appearance, while the lake shore and other charming resorts will be crowded to their utmost capacity, and all will be gayety and life At Dorval are already Messrs, G Eadie and family, L de Bruere, H",0,0,1,0,1,0
+29,18981128,historical,Snow,"November Snow caused a postponement of the racing at the Pennings race track this afternoon. The day a card was declared and new entries were compiled for Monday as follows: First race, selling; 5 furlongs-100 yards-Dan Hill, Azael, Hurry Crawford, Chatagrace, 100, Cam-anh, 1ona, Deu, Marslan, 8quan, Wordsworth, Endeavor, Beau Ideal, Taranto, Talisman, 50. In addition to this, the plaintiff claimed $2,000 for a puddle wall to be constructed outside the foundations to prevent the water from continuing to damage the wall. This item I refuse because the puddle wall would not be necessary if the defendant constructs it, and if it does not do so it will be liable for damages in the future. With regard to diminution in value of the property, I found the proof insufficient and I appoint experts to report on that point. They report unanimously that the property has been diminished in value by the raising of the level of the river two feet to seven feet, along a line of 60 feet, whereby the appearance of the building is materially affected, and they assess damages at $2,507.50. Amount above detailed Total under this head $3,057.50 to the next item of property as a brewery by the increased difficulty and expense of handling the product. For this item, the plaintiff claims $1,000. The proof establishes that the loading of the mash became very difficult by reason of the change of grade, and also that the grade was so steep at the place where this product was loaded that buyers refused to come, and a considerable portion thereof could not be sold and had to be thrown away; also that the beer, which before the change of level was simply rolled into the express wagons, had now to be lifted, incurring a considerable extra expense. The plaintiff's proof indicates that the extra costs under this head would amount to between $200 and $400 per annum. If this be the case, and the defendant has led no evidence to contradict it or to show that remedy could be applied to avoid or diminish such extra cost, I cannot think that the sum demanded by the plaintiff is excessive. I therefore grant the plaintiff the sum of $1,000. The next item, namely, for damages from flooding, for which the plaintiff claims $2,500, must be understood to refer to the costs of cleaning after the various floodings, as the other damages by water have been already taken up. I am disposed to think that this item has not been satisfactorily proved, beyond the sum of $100, for which the plaintiff must have judgment. There remains the item of $1,000 claimed by the plaintiff for half the value of the mitoyen wall used by the defendant. The proof offered by the plaintiff brings this item up to $195.50. The defendant has offered proof on this point, which reduces this item to $116.97. I am disposed to adopt this latter figure. There is another item which I think it is reasonable to award to the plaintiff. The circumstances of the case were such as to require an examination by experts before bringing the action. This the plaintiff did and the value of these services is proved in the case as follows: THE RAILWAYS BLOCKADED New York Has to Go Back Ten Years for a Storm as Big and Boston to 1881 for a Comparison. New York, November 27. When the people of New York awoke this morning they found the blizzard that raged when they retired was still in progress. The storm, which had begun with the soft, sleety snow on Saturday, at noon had increased greatly, and with the heavier snowfall, the wind was blowing a gale at midnight. 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. As soon as there were signs of abatement in the fall of snow, the street cleaning department went to work. But there was very little progress made. The street railroad ploughs had thrown up huge banks of snow on either side of the rails, forming an almost impassable barrier to anything but sleighs, very few of which were out. The street cleaning department, with its limited resources, removed a few thousand loads from the principal thoroughfares, but this made an impression on the banks that was scarcely noticeable. CAR LINES BLOCKED Today the cable roads were more fortunate than the trolley lines. Nearly every underground trolley line in the city was inoperative all day, owing to the filling up of the slot by freezing sleet, and then filling the conduit with snow and sleet, thus making the trolley wires unavailable. Hundreds of men were employed by the trolley companies to put them in condition, but their efforts were futile. Suburban traffic was blocked for several hours in the morning and after that trains ran at long intervals. All trains were delayed. Some that were due in the early morning hours had not been heard from at night. The superintendent of mails in the general Post Office reported that the mail train from Boston, due at 6 a.m., had not been heard from, nor had the mails been received up to 10 o'clock tonight. The incoming mails from other parts, he said, were from two hours to an unknown number of hours behind time. The damage to small shipping in the harbor and down the bay was very great. It is reported tonight that several tug boats belonging to the Kingston Towing Company, together with a large number of canal boats, were sunk up the river by the force of the gale. The shores of the Hudson are littered with wreckage. At 9 o'clock this morning a fleet of twenty-two ocean-going steamships were anchored in the bay. The Lucania, more than 21 hours behind her schedule, was the first of the liners to weigh anchor and put to sea. The others bound east and south followed soon after, one by one. An order was sent out from police headquarters to the various precinct commanders to have arrested all persons found alone in a condition that would raise even the suspicion of intoxication. As a result, the police courts today were crowded with eminently respectable looking persons who were let go with a small fine and an admonition to get in out of the snow. Notwithstanding this precaution on the part of the police, there were a number of casualties, including several deaths from exposure. HIT BOSTON, TOO Boston, Mass, November 27. A record-breaking November blizzard swept over the greater portion of New England last night and today, completely demoralizing traffic of every description and well nigh paralysing telegraphic and telephonic communication, while the northeast gale, coming on a high course of tides, drove the sea far beyond its usual limits and made a mark along shore only exceeded by the memorable hurricane of 1801. The heaviest part of the storm was in the southwestern part of New England, that section experiencing a snowfall of from 18 to 24 inches. Fortunately the storm was heralded sufficiently in advance by the Weather Bureau to detain most of the coastwise shipping in safe harbors, but the warning was entirely ignored by those on shore, with the result that nearly everyone, especially the railroads and electric companies, were caught napping and suffered accordingly. There was not a railroad in New England that was not more or less tied up by the storm. Trains north, east, south, and west were nearly all stalled early in the night, although one train from Bangor reached Lynn this morning, and two Chicago trains came into the city this evening. In cities and towns dependent upon electric car service it was even worse, for the damp snow packed hard on the rails and held up even the very snow ploughs. The service in this city was probably the best of any of the surrounding communities, yet even here there was no attempt made to run more than a dozen cars on Wellington Street and one or two others of the main thoroughfares. During the gale last night and this morning thirty barges and schooners lying in Boston harbor were wrecked and sunk and at least twelve lives lost. The Wilson liner Ohio is ashore at Spectacle Island, in the bay. No serious damage is expected. Only the barest reports were received tonight of the effects of the storm on the coast, but even those gave rise to the gravest fears for the safety of what little shipping may have been off Cape Cod last night or today. It will probably be two or three days before a complete list of the disasters can be made. All points south of this city and east of Providence were isolated early in the evening, New Bedford being lost to the outside world before eight o'clock, while Newport and Fall River disappeared into the night long after. Farther to the west at Providence and in other parts of Rhode Island, communication was intermittent and subject to great delay. Night trains over the shore line to New York reached Providence with only a few minutes delay, but beyond that point they met terrific drifts, and it was morning before either of the two regular trains reached New London. Here they were stalled nearly all day by freight wrecks in the road between that point and New Haven. AT OTHER POINTS Hartford, Conn, November 27. The storm in this city is the heaviest known since the blizzard of 1888. The snow is about two feet on a level, and is drifted badly. Trains on the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad were much delayed. The train from New York Saturday night reached here at 4 o'clock this afternoon, 14 hours behind time. Trolley travel has been entirely suspended during the day, but some short lines are being cleared up this evening. John A. Horn, an electrician, was killed on the Glastonbury line this morning while working at clearing the track. He was shifting the trolley bar when he was struck by a snow plow. Nyack, N.Y, November 27. A storm raged through Rockland County last night and today, doing much damage. The snow drifts are from three to seven feet high, and have made traveling through the county impossible on some roads. This has been the severest snowstorm since 1888. St. John B, November 27. Winter struck in with a rush this morning, a furious northeast gale prevailing all day. The wind blew down chimneys on St. Luke's and the Coburg Street churches, breaking valuable stained glass windows, overturning trees and sweeping down fences in many parts of the city. Only about three inches of snow fell, but the drifts steadily demolished the street railway service, which was caught napping. AS TO KING MENELEK British Policy Is to Compel Him to Stay at Home Not Much Credence Placed in the Story That He Has Taken to the Warpath With 100,000 Men London, November 27. There has been much wild telegraphing from Rome, Cairo and elsewhere about the mysterious movements of King Menelek. Most of these rumors come from Rome, where Menelek is somewhat of a bogey. The Daily Mail's correspondent at Rome says that Menelek has left Addis Ababa at the head of 100,000 men, which is an absolutely disproportionate force for the quelling of Ras Mangascia, who has only about 6,000 men. The suggestion, therefore, is that Menelek is making for Uuhr-el-Qhuzel. Menelek is certainly somewhat of a problem, but these stories are probably gross exaggerations. According to the best obtainable information, he has only 40,000 men in the field, while Mangascia is strong enough to find them employment. According to Lieut. Harrington, the British military representative in Abyssinia, Menelek is still sitting on the fence, endeavoring to play off one European power against the other. Such a policy is elementary and probable. It is unlikely that Menelek will interfere with Marchand's expedition through his country, and it is equally and even more unlikely that he is meditating the immediate provocation of England. If Menelek's object is to establish a kingdom, any premature trouble with England, he well knows, will spoil this. Meanwhile, British policy is determined that Menelek must stay at home. Under no circumstances will the Abyssinian frontier be allowed to extend beyond the Nile. THE WEATHER Fair, With Stationary or Slightly Higher Temperature Toronto, Ont, November 27. A severe storm covers the Maritime Provinces, attended by heavy gales and snow and rain. Pronounced depressions also exist in the Northwest Territories and the west southwest States. Minimum and maximum temperatures Victoria, 42, 50; Kamloops, 30, 40; Calgary, 18, 38; Qu'Appelle, 10, 20; Parry Sound, 6, 30; Toronto, 8, 28; Ottawa, 10, 28; Montreal, 12, 22; Quebec, 6, 20; Halifax, 30, 40. Ottawa Valley and Upper and Lower St. Lawrence Fair, stationary, or slightly higher temperature. Montreal observations taken at 11 a.m. The recent comparatively mild weather which has prevailed in Great Britain has been interrupted by a thorough blizzard in many parts of the country, especially in the North, where the snowdrifts have been several feet deep. Three men perished in the snow in the Highlands, a train was blown off the rails near Tralee, Ireland, numbers of fishing boats have been lost, many fishermen have perished, and the Irish mail boats and cross-channel mail services were interrupted or seriously delayed. The Belfast mail boat was twenty hours in making a trip which is usually accomplished in six hours, trains have been snowed up at several places, and, generally, the snowstorm is considered to have been the worst for many years. The severe weather reached as far south as the Mediterranean, where a French transport, bound for Tunis, was obliged to return to Toulon in a damaged condition. She also reported that some of the recruits on board of her were killed or injured during the storm. THE QUEEN Queen Victoria is taking keen interest just now in the progress of the scheme for connecting Cape Town with Cairo. She conversed with General Lord Kitchener on the subject during his recent visit to Her Majesty, and she expressed the hope of living to see it carried through. The dislike of the Queen for the late William K. Gladstone was well known, but since the death of the great statesman Her Majesty has given several proofs of her kindly regard for Mrs. Gladstone, the widow. She has written frequently to the latter, enquiring very compassionately regarding her health, and expressing the hope that her bereavement has now lost its keenness. Mrs. Gladstone has been greatly touched by the tenderness and sympathy which marked these epistles. Her health has improved during the last few weeks. There is some discussion this week as to whether the Queen will again go to the south of France next spring, in view of the Anglophobe feeling excited by the Fashoda dispute. An article by M. Paul Necassagnac, in the Autorité, has especially given offense here. He declared that the visit of the Queen to Cannes would be an insult, and he expressed the hope that Her Majesty would have more tact than to provoke a demonstration of ill-feeling by her presence on French territory at the present moment, when, he adds, Great Britain is doing her best to humiliate France. These outbursts on the part of the French newspapers are having a certain effect, and letters are appearing in the English newspapers urging that pressure be exercised in the proper quarters to induce the Queen not to go to the French Riviera, but to go to Florence instead. LAUNDRY AND CONFECTIONERS' WAX Lowest quotations furnished, apply to THE BUSHNELL CO. LTD, Board of Trade Building, Telephones, Bell Main Merchants. SPARHAM FIREPROOF CEMENT ROOF Protected by Trade Mark and Patent. The only reliable roof for our climate. Advantages, in filling drains (spouts), smooth snow blows off it. Any defects local, easily repaired. Guaranteed 10 years, price per square. Roofs guaranteed 6 weeks. Guarantee that the Sparham Fireproof Roofing Company, capital $100,000, will give a written guarantee with the roof and limits substantial. Apply 305 St. James Street. HALIFAX SNOW BOUND. Bulletin, November 27. The worst storm experienced for years in this region prevailed all this afternoon and evening and was still raging at a V. The storm began with a couple of inches between daylight and noon, when rain, mixed with snow and wind began to blow a furious gale from the east. The Allan steamer Parisian, due from England with the Canadian mail, and the Halifax, did not arrive. DOWN CANAL. November 26. Down Schooner Oliver Mitchell, lost 60 to 80 tons. Up Steamer Rosemount, Kingston to Fort William, arrived. Down Steamer J. R. Morris, with freight for Hamilton, ran in here this afternoon for shelter. Wind, easterly; gale and snow. Up Steamer Rosemount, Kingston to Fort William, arrived. Down Steamer Tashka, Chicago to Montreal.",1,1,1,0,0,1
+30,18981124,historical,Snow,"FIRST OF THE SEASON Severe Snowstorms in North Britain and the Midlands London November 23 Severe snowstorms prevailed today over the Midlands and North Britain, and heavy gales are sweeping the coasts. Train and mail boats have been delayed. In Sheffield the storm is described as a blizzard, and in Manchester the street and railway traffic is badly crippled. A despatch from Brussels says that the Belgian coast was swept by a storm yesterday, and that great damage was done. A despatch from Amsterdam says that the steamer Montenegro went ashore in the storm near Texel Island, in the North Sea. London, November 23 The fierce winds, accompanied by a sudden cold snap, have proved serious over the whole northern portion of the kingdom. The snow has caused many blockades and a number of accidents on the railways. Along the coast there have been numerous wrecks, and the lifeboats have been in constant requisition. The Channel traffic is practically suspended, and the hotels at Calais on the French side are crowded with travellers waiting to cross to Dover. Offer for Philippines PRESENT OPINION IN PARIS No Session of the Commission Was Held Yesterday Pending the Arrival of Instructions From Spain Paris, November 23 At the request of the Spanish peace commissioners, there will be no joint session today, pending instructions from Madrid. The date of the next meeting is not fixed. The postponement of today is regarded as a hopeful sign that the treaty will be signed. While the Madrid Government has not yet received the text of the American ultimatum, the Spanish ministers received quite enough by telegraph on Monday night to enable them to instruct their commissioners to retire, were such their intentions. Madrid, November 23 A semi-official note issued today contains an appeal to all Spaniards to furnish assistance to save the national credit, if they do not wish foreign capital to be withdrawn from Spain. The note adds: Some people believe Cuba ought to assume her own debt, no matter in whose hands is her sovereignty, because she herself possesses the security therefor in the form of the customs. If, however, nobody will assume the debt, Spain must pay what Cuba cannot, because Spain made herself responsible. Continuing, the note reads: With respect to the debt of the Philippine Islands, Spain must await a definite treaty of peace in order to know what conditions America will impose upon Spain through the Paris peace commissioners. London, November 23 The Madrid correspondent of the Daily Mail says: Ministers deny that the Americans have offered Spain equal commercial privileges in the Philippines. They declare on the contrary that the United States commissioners have only offered to negotiate after a peace treaty has been signed, a special commercial treaty with regard to Spanish commerce. The Americans have demanded Young Island, in the Caroline group, as a coaling and cable station. London, November 24 The Berlin correspondent of the Times, who remarks this morning on the scepticism of the German critics regarding the sincerity of America's intention to adopt the open door policy in the Philippines, and calls attention to German speculation on the prospect of protection in the American possessions in the Pacific, says: The Neuest Nachrichten draws attention to the treaty of 1877 between Spain, Great Britain and Germany, securing freedom of trade in the Sulu archipelago for Anglo-German shipping and says that Prince Bismarck at that time successfully contested Spain's claim to have the Sulu Islands regarded as belonging to the Philippine group. The correspondent draws attention to the fact that a section of the German press hastily assumes that America will claim the Sulus, and suggests that this is a point upon which an understanding with Great Britain, with a view to joint action, appears indispensable. London, November 24 The Daily News in an editorial reference to the open door policy in the Philippines and the constitutional difficulty it presents to America says: In the United States themselves opinion is sharply divided over the future of the Philippines. Enthusiasm for American expansion will be considerably abated if it means a proportionate extension of the Dingley tariff. EMPEROR WILLIAM Landed From the Hohenzollern and Started by Train for Munich Pola, Austria, November 23 The imperial yacht Hohenzollern, with the Emperor and Empress of Germany on board, arrived here today. She was saluted by the forts and Austrian warships. The latter were decorated with flags. The Archduke and Archduchess Karl Stephan, the naval commander-in-chief and the port officials boarded the Hohenzollern and officially welcomed the Emperor and Empress to Austria. After visiting the Austrian warships, the Emperor and Empress of Germany took lunch on board the Archduke's yacht and then boarded a train bound for Munich. Nominated for Nipissing North Bay, Ont, November 23 A Liberal convention was held here today in the district court house at 3 o'clock for the purpose of nominating a candidate for the coming bye-election for Nipissing. A large number of delegates were present, there being 119 votes or proxies. Mr. John Loughrin, the late member, was again nominated unanimously. FAIR AND COLDER, With a Few Local Snow Flurries, Say the Probs Toronto, Ont, November 23 11 p.m. The important disturbance which was centred over the straits of Mackinaw last night has completely dispersed, and high pressure is now spreading throughout the continent. The weather today has been showery in the Maritime Provinces, and light local snowfalls have occurred in the Lake region. Minimum and maximum temperatures: Calgary, 12 below, 8; Qu'Appelle, 13 below, 4; Winnipeg, 10 below, 4; Port Arthur, 2 below, 30; Purry Sound, 24, 30; Toronto, 22, 30; Ottawa, 2, 34; Montreal, 32, 36; Quebec, 32; Halifax, 50, 72. Ottawa Valley and Upper and Lower St. Lawrence Moderate to fresh westerly winds generally fair and colder, a few local snow flurries. MONTREAL OBSERVATIONS TASK AT McGILL COLLEGE OBSERVATORY NOVEMBER 23 S.W. Wind Weather. INTERNATIONAL GAME Toronto, November 21 The All-Ontario team that will play in Buffalo tomorrow will be chosen from the following: backs, Mackenzie, Varsity; King, Osgoode; Curtis, Elliott, McConville, Queen's; quarter, McDowell, Queen's; scrimmage, Hinch, Freeborn, McCarthy, Hamilton, Wright, Argonauts; wings, Mackenzie, Caldwell, Blackwood, Varsity; D. R. Mackenzie, King, Crawford, Argonauts; Kent, Fynte, Osgoode. Every man on the FACTS ABOUT BABIES What woman doesn't want a baby, a dimpling, laughing darling, dainty enough to be cradled in a snow-white lily? Every womanly woman wants one, but she doesn't want too dainty a baby. A baby's cheeks may be too waxen-white and its body too puny, and when that's the case, baby's cheeks won't dimple or its lips laugh, and death is in its eyes. Above all things a woman wants a healthy baby, and she may have one if she will but use the right remedy for weakness and disease of the delicate and important organs that make baby a possibility. Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is the best of all medicines for prospective or would-be mothers, it makes a woman's distinctive organism strong, healthy and vigorous. It allays inflammation, soothes pain and heals ulceration. It banishes the discomforts of the waiting time and makes the little newcomer's entree to the world easy and almost painless. It insures baby's health. In writing for advice to Dr. A. H. Brock, 811 Park Road, Hubwald, Minnesota, one man said: I have been married seven years and had no children, and after taking Dr. Pierce's treatment I had a child in a year. The other one was born within a year and a half, after going six years without having any children. I do not know how the third one came out, for we moved away. Torpid liver and constipation are surely and speedily cured by Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. They never gripe. They regulate, tone up and invigorate the liver, stomach and bowels. No substitute urged by merchants or secretaries is as good. C3 army supplied himself with red stockings, blue jerseys, and blue vests. Captain Thrift Burnside, of Varsity, will act as referee, as Jack Connell is on the sick list with a sore throat. The team left for Buffalo this evening. MISCELLANEOUS LOVE SPOUT In speaking of the new Governor-General, the London World says: As a thorough sportsman, you may be sure he will speak about the excellent sport he had with the hounds in the country around Montreal and Toronto, and now he is looking forward to having equally good sport with them again. He does not intend, however, to take any hunters with him, for one reason that very excellent animals bred from important sires can be purchased in the Dominion; while for another he has not kept up much of a hunting stud since the bad fall he got a year and a half ago with the Duke of Buccleuch's pack. When in Canada he had also very good salmon fishing on the Cascapedia, and although that river, where the fish average quite twenty-five pounds, has slipped out of the hands of the Government, yet that is not the only water in Canada, as Lord Minto remarks, with a smile, where good fishing may be had. The great skirt which Lady Minto possesses as a skater, and which she frequently displayed at the Prince's and Niagara Clubs, was acquired on her former visit to the country, where skating, tobogganing and ski-running can be enjoyed without stint. As regards ski-running your host expressed some curiosity to witness it, the sport being comparatively of recent introduction, when accompanying French's Scouts and Boulton's Horse, who were of such service in aiding the British expedition in the suppression of the Riel Insurrection, Lord Minto saw a great deal of the Northwest Territories. These provinces interested him greatly at the time, and are now, of course, deserving of still closer attention; and while he shows you some snowshoes, moccasins, and many other North American curiosities, not omitting a handsome quiver made of unplucked beaver, a native now covered with the skin of a rattlesnake, and a shoulder strap embroidered by hand with the most beautiful work to be seen outside a museum, he brings home a vivid picture by his description of the country at the time, the rapid strides these northern provinces have made in the last fifteen years. THE QUEBEC HARVEST The Official Report a Fairly Satisfactory One The principal Department of Agriculture issued a bulletin on the state of the crops at the end of September and in October. The 1897 harvest, it says, is very good and the figure which it represents is much higher than last year. Last year the general average of all the crops amounted to 66, while this year it has increased to 73; 67 represents an average crop. This year, clover shows the highest average and buckwheat, rye and potatoes the lowest. Fodders generally show a higher average than grains and roots. Last year grains and roots were better than the fodders. The average of the cereals is excellent and is represented by the figure 80. Oats succeeded best everywhere. The grain crop is particularly good in the counties of Chicoutimi, Saguenay and Lake St. John, as well as in the Lower St. Lawrence region; it is very good also in the first, second and seventh groups. It is in the third, eighth and ninth groups, and also towards Ottawa that it is weaker. In many localities grain has been damaged by the grub. In some places, damage has been done by rust and wet. In certain localities, owing to the rain, harvesting operations have not been conducted in as good conditions as was hoped for. Generally speaking, the wheat has been injured by frost. Nowhere is it fine. The crop of peas and beans is evenly good all over, except in Montmagny and online where it is bad. The Indian corn crop is good all over, except in Argenteuil North, Terrebonne North, Ottawa and Pontiac, where it is rather below the average. In Montmorency, Témiscouata and Saguenay, it is only a fair yield. NEW YORK New York, November 23 There was a disposition manifest to curtail operations on the stock exchange in the early hours of today's session, on account of tomorrow's holiday for one thing, and on account of one or two depressing influences in the market, which offered obstacles to the successful prosecution of the bull campaign. The snowstorm in the West, with its obstruction to traffic and reports of damage to livestock was a discouragement to advancing prices. There was rather less assurance felt also that the Northern Pacific-Oregon Navigation imbroglio was sure to be patched up, and Northern Pacific stocks and others concerned in the quarrel tended downwards. Weakness in a number of the specialties, notably Tobacco, on reports of the character of the opposition in the cigarette branch accentuated the prevailing tendency. People's Gas dropped off at one time 1 1/2, and Federal Steel continued to droop. There was a marked falling off in the recent activity in Atchison preferred, probably the reason for the depressing influences for the other stocks. There was a very marked bull spirit latent in the market, nevertheless, and it turned from these centres of depression and from the region of the snowstorm to other specialties and the eastern railroads. The movement was more marked in the coalers, and had its inception in the Reading issues. The buying of these securities was attributed to the banking interest, which yesterday advanced Southern preferred and which is dominant in Northern Pacific and has important interests in Federal Steel. How far yesterday's manipulation of Southern preferred and today's of the trading securities is designed to sustain the weak spots elsewhere in the common interest of the manipulator can only be a matter of surmise. Louisville, New York Central, Ontario & Western and a number of other eastern railways enjoyed their period of strength and aided towards the late recovery and the firm close at a level generally above yesterday's prices. Andrew McKinney & Co., members of the New York Stock Exchange, wired J.E. Fairchild, manager, 2 St. Sacramento street: The stock market was active, but irregular today, with prices towards an improvement. The delay in the reply of the Spanish peace commission was construed as favorable to an amicable settlement and a sharp advance took place. Manhattan rose about 2 percent, on rumors that a large short interest in the stock was forced to cover, and near the approach toward a change in the motive power. In the industrials there was very little of interest. The market has been very dull all day, with the usual closing up of contracts before a holiday, but without any pressure of long stocks as the feeling is very confident of an early and satisfactory settlement of our affairs with Spain. All conditions point to a better market and an advance in prices all along the list. Money easy, 2 percent.",1,0,1,0,1,1
+31,18820222,historical,Snow,"U Itoud lilp'k;Mlil-llfMvy drifla Trains delayed, Corswall, February 21 A terrible snowstorm from the northeast has raged all day! The roads in all directions are piled full of drifts. Trains late, Kingston, Ont, February 21 The trains on the K R were late today in consequence of the heavy snowstorm last night. Toronto, February 21 The snowstorm early this morning did great damage. The wires of the Toronto Telephone Company were blown down from the JO ail building. Their losses alone will amount to $1,000. Thorold, Ont, February 21 A storm of rain and sleet set in at midnight last night, covering the ground about three inches thick. Travel not impeded. St Catharines, Ont, February 21 Snow fell last night and this morning to the depth of four inches. A snowstorm set in at three o'clock this afternoon. Sleighing good; travel unimpeded. Brampton, Ont, February 21 A wild storm set in last night. The roads in the country are said to never have been worse. Chatham, Ont, February 21 Weather very stormy today. Heavy northwest wind, with snow. Roads muddy and almost impassable. Grimsby, February 21 The most violent storm of the season is now prevailing here. Ottawa, Ont, February 21 The severe northeast blizzard passed over this city today. About a foot of snow has fallen. The drifts are great, the country roads being almost impassable in many places. Plattsburgh, February 21 The sleet and rain storm has been succeeded tonight by snow. Telegraph poles between Middleton and Boston Corners are broken down by heavy loads of ice. Chicago, February 21 Snowing since early this morning. At Rock Island the storm raged so violently last night that part of the great Government Bridge was blown down. At Vandalia, Ill, the river is out of its banks; the bottom lands, comprising an area of four miles square, are inundated. An immense amount of livestock and lumber is swept away. At Carlinville, bridges and houses have been swept away and great damage done to farms. A sleet and wind storm extended all over Iowa, Missouri, western and southern Illinois, southern Indiana, Ohio and Canada. Telegraph lines are greatly damaged. KAN REVOLT An Austrian reverse Fort Ustipolina captured by the Herzegovinians. Raousa, February 21 It is reported that the Herzegovinians, after four days' siege, captured Fort Ustipolina, a commanding fort of the Upper Drina, between Footcha and Gorasso. The Austrian garrison was pursued with loss to Gorasso. Two cannon were captured. The whole population on the Upper Drina have joined the insurrection. Footcha is surrounded by three insurgent divisions. The commandant of the place is treating for a surrender. Vienna, February 21 Insurgents or robbers attacked Mottla on Friday night and Saturday and burned a number of houses. Ten women and six children were killed. Ultimately the villagers defeated the aggressors. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT Bradlaugh's constituency, London, February 20 In the House of Commons, Mr. Labouchere (Liberal) moved that a new writ be issued for an election in T, 7, disqualified by the resolution of the House. Lord Randolph Churchill (Conservative) moved in amendment that Bradlaugh was legally disqualified. The Attorney-General advised the House to vote neither for the motion nor for the amendment, but, as Mr. Gladstone had already advised, to permit Bradlaugh to swear, subject to subsequent legal liabilities. The motion and amendment were rejected, the former 307 to 189. Bradlaugh then took the oath, signed it without waiting for the clerk and declared, having taken the oath that he would take his seat. The Speaker told him he would obey, but would claim his seat. Midnight Despatches, a-aOBABIXLITEM; WASHINGTON, February 22 Lower Lakes: Cloudy, light snow, westerly winds, stationary or lower temperature, higher pressure. METEOROLOGICAL Toronto, February 21 Meteorological Office: Drums ordered up at Halifax, Liverpool, Yarmouth, N. 403 4405 NOTRE DAME ST, Corner of St. Patrick. Our respected neighbor the Laccman expects too much. With some people dollars and cents have first place and Temperance issues have to play second fiddle, and generally those who profess most are those who are found wanting when temptation comes in the way. The Chairman said that he regretted the thin attendance; no doubt the snowstorm was the cause, but he was of the opinion that if a dividend was payable they would all be there in crowds. However, he said that each shareholder would be supplied before the next gathering with a pair of snowshoes, and then no excuse would be taken for absence. He said that the last meeting left off where they began at the first meeting, so he asked them to proceed. The Secretary read a circular, which stated that the Society started for the purpose of buying and selling for cash; that they had taken all the cash they could get and also all the goods people would give them, and although things were a little mixed, still on the whole they had been remarkably successful in filling up their shelves, but that the till was empty. The thing appeared paradoxical that they should claim success, and yet be in such a mess, but it was so. A shareholder here asked what they meant by paradoxical? Several voices: It means just the other way. Another shareholder said that he had nothing to say. He wanted cheap goods and he did not care a straw who paid the loss. He went in for cheap goods. (This remark brought out loud and prolonged applause.) A telegram was read from the Ottawa man, stating that the Montreal men were getting a reference; that they got their drinks for nothing. This was denied, and several shareholders remarked that they always paid for what they got at list prices, which were less than half of Freeman's. The Chairman stated that it was contrary to law to drink on the premises, unless in the way of sampling. After a good deal of wrangling, the conclusion arrived at was that a few samples had a good effect in getting new stock, and they would in the meantime shut one eye and say nothing. A shareholder wanted to know if in the assets anything was deducted for bad stock. The man was refused an answer, and some even hinted that he was a spy, sent there by a well-known Dry Goods firm on Notre Dame Street. No other business offering, the meeting ended where it began, seven new shares ($35) having been subscribed for conditionally. The Largest and Best Assorted Stock of Fine Groceries, Wines & Liquors in the city to choose from at 221 St. James Street. COMMERCIAL Gazette Office, Tuesday Evening Inactivity still continues a prominent feature in the English wheat markets for cargoes in all positions, while spot offerings in Liverpool are quiet and steady. Maize was inactive for futures and firm for spot offerings. A later despatch, dated 2:30 p.m., quoted breadstuffs dull, except for corn which is firmer. The receipts of wheat in Liverpool during the past three days were 399,000 centals, 283,000 of which were from America. Beerbohm's Corn Trade List, dated January 27th, says: The annual reports received from Odessa and Nicolaieff this week show that the exports of wheat during 1881 have been very little larger than in 1880; the reason for this unexpected paucity of the shipments was the delay of about five weeks in the harvesting and thrashing operations, and the want of available means for transport. The stocks in the ports of Odessa and Nicolaieff do not show the increase over last year that might have been expected, as the following figures show: 1881, 1882. METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS Taken at the McGill College Observatory, Height above sea level, 1,000 feet February 21, 1882 Weather 6:30 a.m., 7:13 overcast snow 8:13 p.m., 7:13 11:13 Barometer reduced to sea level, 29.40 inches, temperature of 32 degrees Fahrenheit, humidity relative, saturation being 100%. Inflammatory temperature at the station was 32 degrees; minimum do, 12 degrees. St. Martin's Church Ash Wednesday- Service at 11 a.m. and 8 p.m. Acknowledgment: The Bishop of Montreal acknowledges with many thanks the receipt of $5 for the Mission Fund of the Diocese of Montreal, being a thank offering from A Friend. The funeral of the unfortunate man Patrick Cooney, the victim of the Custom House scalding accident, took place yesterday, and was attended by the Collector and several officers of Customs and a large number of friends. March Weather Parties who wish to have Vennor's Weather Bulletin for March will do well to leave their names at their bookseller's at once, as the demand is very large, and the issue will be bought up as fast as placed on the counter. Zion Church, Quebec's Hall We are asked to announce that on account of unavoidable circumstances, Mr. Bray is compelled to postpone his address on a trip to the Northwest, until next week. There will consequently be no meeting this evening. Recorder's Court Yesterday was rather a dull day at the Recorder's Court, where but few cases were brought before the notice of the Court. Horace Laramoe was sentenced to $5 or 8 days for vagrancy. Hildcvort Germain, drunk, was also given $5 or 10 days, and Hannah McCreary was given $10 or three months for the same offence. There is nothing more nourishing and warming in cold weather than a cup of really good Cocoa, but the difficulty has been to obtain it pure. This may be secured at a cost of one cent for a large breakfast cup by using Cadbury's Cocoa Essence, which goes three times as far as the adulterated and starchy compounds ordinarily sold, the smallest packet making fourteen breakfast cups of strong Cocoa. A Sad Event Yesterday morning the western train bound to Montreal contained a priest from Winnipeg, named the Rev. Father Petitot, who was suffering from mental disease, another priest and an attendant. Soon after the train left Belleville Father Petitot was missed from the car, and could not be found. It is supposed that he leaped from the cars into the snow, and up to last night nothing had been seen or heard of him. Police Court At the Police Court yesterday, Etienne Jagny, aged 20, a clerk in the employ of Mr. BY THE WAY, Vennor's """"coming storm"""" has come. The case of Dr. Thayer vs. Foley, for alleged abusive language, was dismissed by the Recorder yesterday. Fairbanks & Co. took out an action yesterday for $620 against the Montreal Abattoir Company for alleged debt. There was quite a respectable """"blizzard"""" in the city yesterday, and by night many of the roads were covered with snow to a great depth. There was a meeting of the Provincial Cabinet in the city yesterday, when all the members were present excepting the Hon. K.R., and a party of fourteen gentlemen from Boston and Saratoga arrived at the Windsor last evening for the purpose of enjoying our winter sports, and there is no doubt but that they were received by a good Canadian snowstorm. When undertaking a long journey, we advise you to take along a good supply of St. Jacob's Oil in case of an attack of acute rheumatism or other painful ailments. In this connection, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch relates the following: Under the title of """"Old Probabilities,"""" one of the most useful and valuable officers of the United States Government is most widely known. But quite as well known is Prof.",1,0,1,0,1,0
+32,18860123,historical,Snow,"C. Mrt, of this city, has been appointed vice-president of the American Society of Civil Engineers. The voting was by letter ballot by members all over the continent. This was as high an honor as could be conferred by the society upon a Canadian. Last evening His Excellency the Governor-General presented a number of the workmen at Rideau Hall, including the police and employees of every description, with a New Year's gift. The recipients were summoned one by one and received the presents from the hands of the Marquis. The presents took the shape of fancy pipes, tobacco, clocks, etc. It is generally understood that Parliament will meet for the dispatch of business on the 25th of February. It is said Mr. Patry will also succeed Mr. Johnston as commissioner of customs, a position which he has held for many years. The country roads are reported to be badly blocked with snow. The family of a prominent lumberman in town have been scandalized by one of its youthful scions eloping with the cook, rather a prepossessing young woman. The Deputy Minister of Marine is preparing a circular for distribution among the agents and others on the Atlantic coast, instructing them in the details of a scheme which is being perfected by the Prince of Monaco and the French admiralty, by which it is hoped to determine the direction and force of the Gulf Stream. It is proposed to have constructed a number of buoys, of iron or some such material, which will be launched at intervals in the Gulf Stream, and as they are likely to be washed ashore by the current and the action of the wind and sea, the Marine department's agents are instructed to be on the lookout for them, and to report each one found at once to the department. It is thought this scheme will furnish some valuable data upon a subject on which there is a wide divergence of opinion at present. When the lighthouse and fog signal at Cape Race, Nfld, pass into the hands of the Dominion Government on July 1, all light dues will be abolished. The Imperial Government, by whom the lighthouse is now controlled, has a surplus of $90,000 from the collection of past years, and this will be handed over to the Dominion authorities. LATENT FROM QUEBEC Proposed Address to the Pope The Electoral Election Baseless Rumor Employees Discharged. Quebec, January 22. The Roman Catholic citizens are to present an address to His Holiness Leo XIII on the occasion of the encyclical Immortale Dei. A committee has been appointed to draft the address and the following gentlemen have been elected members of the committee: Hon. 35 W, the steamer Sarnia, with her steering gear disabled. Governor of Eastern Soudan. London, January 22. Gen. Sir Charles Warren has started for Suakin to assume the office of Governor of the Eastern Soudan. The Murdered Prefect. Paris, January 22. The Soleil says Madame Darrein, widow of the prefect of the department of the Seine, who was assassinated in a railway carriage while en route from Paris to his home, has denounced one of her relations as the murderer of her husband. The Bulgarian Salon. Sofia, January 23. The Bulgarian Foreign Minister has left for Constantinople to negotiate with the Porte for the union of Bulgaria and Eastern Roumelia. A Formidable Plot. Dusseldorf, January 22. The Judge, in opening the trial, commented upon the lamentable list of desperate crimes against property and persons to engage the attention of the court. Died in Prison. London, January 22. Madame Louise Montcy, who, with Mr. Stead, editor of the Pall Mall Gazette, and others, was convicted in November, died today in Millbank prison of Bright's disease. Gone Back to Balbirnie. London, January 22. The Queen has returned to her palace at Osborne, Isle of Wight. Minor and Personal. Madame Bernhardt will start for America on April 15. Typhus fever is prevalent to an alarming extent in the Government of Jarorda. Continuous snowstorms, accompanied by floods, which threaten the destruction of the crops, are reported in Southern Russia. The French army is agitated over a rumor that Gen. Boulanger, minister of war, intends to dismiss from the service all officers who are suspected of being in sympathy with the Monarchists. Colonial Inquiry Promised by Lord Randolph Churchill. London, January 22. The Times' Mandalay correspondent says: A Burman, who was suspected of being connected with a conspiracy, was placed among the corpses of five Dacoits who had just been executed. The provost marshal then threatened the man with instant death by shooting if he did not confess all he knew of a supposed conspiracy in which certain Burmese ministers were alleged to be implicated. A squad of soldiers were drawn up in line and presented their rifles at the man. This frightened him into making a confession, in which he implicated several of the Burmese ministers. His testimony was written in a book borrowed from a newspaper correspondent and was taken to Mr. Bernard, the British chief commissioner, who, after learning the circumstances under which it had been given, indignantly declined to receive it. Col. Sladen, the British police inspector, has made a report of the affair to the chief military official. Advices from Mandalay say that Lord Dufferin has ordered the publication of a circular warning Europeans not to expose themselves either singly or in small parties. London, January 22. Lord Randolph Churchill, secretary for India, was asked in the House of Commons this evening what truth there was in the story of the cruel treatment of a Burman by British soldiers at Mandalay. He replied that he was unable to believe that the provost-marshal had been guilty of the monstrous and inhuman conduct charged against him. He said an immediate inquiry would be made, and if the story proved to be true, exemplary punishment would be meted out to the provost-marshal. VINCINC. Railway Generally Blocked and Delays in the Coldest Weather Ever Known. Marshaltown, Iowa, January 22. A blizzard struck this section at 2 o'clock this morning and everything is snowed in. The thermometer at 6 a.m. was 21 below zero. On the railroads the cuts are all filled and the snow is packed hard and solid. No trains can reach here for twenty-four or forty-eight hours. Des Moines, Iowa, January 22. The mercury here is 12 to 15 degrees below zero and it is still falling. The railroads are blockaded worse than at any previous time this winter. No trains on the Illinois Central here to Sioux City were moving. The snow blizzard and blockade, particularly on the western half of the road beyond Fort Dodge, was the most severe ever experienced. The passenger train which left Sioux City on Thursday evening was caught near Remsen in a drift, 3,000 feet long and 20 feet in depth. Its engines are """"dead"""" and no provisions for those on board the train are obtainable. The thermometer in that portion of the state is 23 to 25 below zero. Along the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul a passenger train and three freights are in the snow near Winona west of McGregor. Two passenger trains are blockaded at Calmar. A negro minstrel company is snowed in near Marcus, and are giving performances on the train. The snow has fallen to a considerable depth, but is very light in weight and has drifted easily. Buffalo, January 22. The thermometer has gone down to 12 above zero and is falling rapidly. The wind is blowing forty miles an hour and increasing in velocity. Sioux City, Iowa, January 22. The mercury here was 24 degrees below zero this morning. Trains on nearly all the roads are several hours behind, and the Illinois Central is still blockaded. Elkndale, Dakota, January 22. Last night came the coldest weather this winter. It snowed all night, with a strong northerly wind, drifting the snow badly. The thermometer this morning was 40 below zero. The storm has now passed and it is clear. St. Peter, Minnesota, January 22. Another storm has been raging since last night and all the trains on the Winona & St. Peter road have been abandoned. The thermometer is 30 below zero. Austin, Minnesota, January 22. The worst storm of the season is raging here, commencing early this morning. Travel is entirely cut off by drifting snow and trains are abandoned. The mercury stands 33 below zero. Sioux Falls, Dakota, January 22. Last night's blizzard let up today, though the temperature has fallen from zero to 25 below. The snow drifted badly and packed hard. Fargo, Dakota, January 22. The mercury this morning stood at 33 below zero. There is no wind. Trains were delayed but little by last evening's storm. St. Paul, Minnesota, January 22. The blizzard, which has been raging since last night, is the worst known among the railroads for years. In every direction it is very cold and blowing at a terrific rate, filling cuts and in the southern part of the country making it impossible to keep them clear long enough to run trains. Trains on the Southern Minnesota division of the Milwaukee road have been abandoned. It is 57 degrees below zero at St. Vincent. The Burlington and Northern is also badly blocked. Minneapolis, Minnesota, January 22. For suddenness and severity the present blizzard has no superior and few rivals within the memory of the oldest inhabitants. At sunrise this morning the mercury was 33 degrees lower than at 1 o'clock last night, or 23 degrees below zero. At 9 a.m. it reached its minimum, 28 below, and at noon it had returned, under the influence of the sun, to only 22 below, making the extreme for twenty-four hours ending at noon today 3 degrees. The protection afforded by the buildings of the town reduced the sensible force of the blizzard considerably, but a few farmers who fought their way in from the country reported the storm to be one of terrible severity. Chicago, January 22. Although no snow fell in the vicinity of Chicago today, the drifting of very fine snow was such as to make railroading very hard and to delay trains. The same state of affairs, from dispatches received by the railway mail service, exists in Iowa, Wisconsin and Minnesota, and the signal office predicts that tomorrow's mails from the West and Northwest will be from ten to fifteen hours late. The mercury at 11 p.m. was 10 to 12 below zero, and still falling. SWEEPED AWAY BY SNOW. Disastrous Results of Snow. Slides in Colorado Many Persons Killed. Denver, Colorado, January 22. Specials from Aspen, Colorado, report numerous snowslides. On Tuesday an entire party of eight men and eighteen mules were engulfed in snow. At Bertsloper, Ira Hall, James Hungerford, David Patten Hall and two others unknown were taken out dead. Salt Lake, January 22. A miner named Therstrom was caught in a snowstorm near Park City last night and was killed. This morning another slide near the same place swept away a cabin, killing A. O. Patterson and wife. Ouray, Colorado, January 22. A huge snow-slide struck Dutton mine and four miners were swept away. The houses and machinery of the mine were totally wrecked. A miner on the Genesee mine was also carried away. The Gilpin County Mining Company's buildings are gone. Five feet of new snow has fallen in the mountains since Sunday. The loss of life and property will be great. OBITUARY. Toronto, January 22. Prof. Kingston, late director of the Magnetic Observatory here, died last night. He was sixty-nine years of age, and retired from the position at the observatory in 1870, owing to ill health. A popular clergyman recently related the following thrilling incident: A gentleman shaving cut off his nose; startled at this mishap he let his razor fall, and in falling it cut off his toe. A doctor was summoned, and in replacing the dismembered limb he made a mistake, putting the nose on the toe and the toe on the nose. This transportation is now causing the man much inconvenience; when he has need to blow his nose he is obliged to take off his shoes. Shoe and Leather Reporter. G. Dun & Co., number for the United States 303, and for Canada 26, or a total of 329 against 332 last week and 336 the week previous. More than two-thirds of the whole number are reported from the Southern, Western and Pacific States. A Double Chicago Tragedy. Chicago, January 22. Charles A. Clowes, secretary of the Biverton Alcohol Works, a wealthy and handsome young married man, murdered his sweetheart, Blanche Grey, in a house of ill repute early this morning and then shot himself, both dying almost instantly. There was no witness to the deed and no motive is assigned. Clowes was intoxicated. In Favor of Reciprocity. Washington, January 22. The National Board of Trade has adopted a resolution favoring reciprocity treaties with Canada, Mexico and San Domingo, provided they are mutually reciprocal in their provisions. Good Palace Weather. St. Paul, January 22. Today is the coldest day of the present season. The mercury this morning ranged from 28 to 35 degrees below zero, and at noon marked 20 to 35 below with a high wind blowing. The railways are experiencing a loss in traffic from drifting snow. The Tariff Question. Washington, January 22. Mr. Breckenridge, of Arkansas, a member of the Ways and Means committee, will today state that no tariff bill would be reported till late in the session. About 100 bills relating to the tariff have already been introduced and referred to the committee. Chinese Want Damages. San Francisco, January 22. A number of Chinese have begun suit against the city of Eureka for $132,000 damages sustained at the time of their expulsion from that city last February. Minor Items. New York, January 22. The Farmers' Union meeting broke up yesterday in a scene of wild disorder. The organization is practically dead. Colonel Sprout, of Prince Albert, is making a survey of the lands occupied by French half-breeds at Batoche and his colleague de Landevin. A survey will be made on a plan satisfactory to the half-breeds. Mr. Buck, of the land department, is also at Batoche taking evidence in support of the half-breed claim for patent to land held by them. Donald Grant, a well-known railroad contractor, is in the city in connection with the preparation of estimates for the construction of the Hudson Bay road. EXTRACT FROM THE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. Yakima, January 22. The county of Prescott Agricultural Society met on the 20th instant, when the following officers were elected: President, Albert Hagar, M.P.; Auditor, Elisha Hargreaves. After the farmers had rested a little the prizes were distributed by Mr. Troke and Mr. Shields, and then the evening was devoted to amusement in the usual jolly snow-shoeing way. TORONTO SNOWSHOE CLUB. Practically the first tramp of the season of the Toronto Snowshoe Club took place last evening. The members were out on what proved to be such hard going to make snow-shoeing a mockery. Last night the boys had a rattling time. There was a large muster, the gun in the park being the rallying place. From the ex-Russian artillery piece Archie McKinnon, the leader, showed the way over to Rosendale and thence to Eglinton. The snow was rather soft, making the tramping somewhat heavy. From Eglinton, after resting at John Gilcott's, the boys snowshoed it back again, arriving downtown all aglow, but yet apparently able to recover the distance if time had permitted. George, the secretary member of the club, was whipper-in. WORLD SKATING. Say the Ottawa Citizen, The Frontenac Snowshoe Club will be four years old tomorrow, having been established on January 22nd, 1882. Tonight the club will tramp to Gatineau Point, where the anniversary will be celebrated by a supper. The start will be made at 8 o'clock from the club hall corner of York and Dalhousie streets. THE HUDSON YACHTS. A Poughkeepsie despatch says: The race for the Challenge pennant of America is the next great ice yachting event on the Hudson. It may be sailed any day within the week if the weather should turn out favorable. The first contest for the flag took place March 6, 1881, competing yachts being the Magic, Phantom, Snow Flake, Halcyon, Zephyr, Sophia, Flyaway and Meteor, of the New Hamburg Club, and the Bolus, Avalanche and Oracle, of the Poughkeepsie Club. It was a very unsatisfactory race, a sort of push and sail contest, the Phantom winning over the twenty-mile course in 67 minutes. On February 6, 1883, the pennant was raced for again and was won by the Avalanche, of the Poughkeepsie Club in 57 minutes. The boats of the Shrewsbury Club came up the Hudson to compete for the trophy in 1884 and the race was sailed on February 10. The Haze, of the Poughkeepsie Club, won in 1h 8m 30s. The last time the flag was raced for was on February 10, 1885, the New Hamburg Club having challenged the Poughkeepsie Club for it, and sending to the starting point the yachts Quickstep, Whiff, Whistler, Phantom, Zero, Zephyr, and Mischief. The Poughkeepsie yachts defending the flag in this race were the Haze, Avalanche, Icicle, Northern Light, Jack Frost, Grade and Jessie B. The Zero fouled on her first trip up the river. The Haze won, and after the race the sailing master of one or two of the New Hamburg boats put in a claim of foul against the Haze, as also did the master of the Jack Frost. The Regatta committee disallowed the claim and awarded the prize to the Haze, which resulted in the rupture of the Poughkeepsie Club, out of which grew the Hudson River Ice Yacht Club, which now has fifty-seven members and owns twenty-six first-class yachts. The coming race for the ice yachts' challenge pennant of America will be between boats of the Poughkeepsie Club and those of the Hudson River Ice Yacht Club, the latter having formally challenged the Poughkeepsie Club. The Hudson River Ice Yacht Club has also challenged the Poughkeepsie Club to sail for the Poughkeepsie challenge pennant, the next prize of importance, which was presented to the club in 1872 by General W. Kid I, of New York. The challenge has been accepted. A MATCH FROM IRELAND. There is a man in Nevada named Angelo Catelli, who claims to be the strongest in the world. He is part Italian, aged 31, and stands five feet ten inches, weighing 275 pounds. His spinal column is double the ordinary width, and his bones and joints are unusually large and genuine. He has lifted a man of 250 pounds with his middle finger of his right hand. The man stood with one foot on the floor, his arm outstretched, his hand grasped by two prods to sustain his body. Catelli stooped down and pierced the third finger of his right hand under the man's foot, and with steady perseverance raised him to the height of four feet and deposited him on a table near at hand. ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION. The Brooklyn Athletic Association has decided upon the following dates for next season's outdoor games: Spring meeting, May 31; Summer meeting, July 10; Fall meeting, September 11. The six athletic events are expected to be prominently interested next summer in all kinds of outdoor sport, including track and field athletics, baseball, lacrosse and football, with the possibility of a first-class all-star team. The membership is rapidly on the increase, and in the point of athletics the club promises to be exceptionally strong. Among those who have applied for membership is Mr. Malcolm W. Ford, the amateur champion runner and jumper. At the last meeting of the Board of Managers it was decided to do away with the initiation fee until the limit of 500 members is reached. Y., January 23. The score in the walking match at 12:30 o'clock this morning was: Guerrero, 130 miles; Golden, 122; Hoagland, 110; Gaughen, 105; Driscoll, 95. Khtite left the track after completing 12 miles. Smith, Cyr the giant Frenchman appears at Gu Lambert this evening in his marvelous feat of strength. A SYRACUSE DISPATCH. The Courtney-Ross programme has been temporarily broken up by the serious illness of the Union Springs sculler, who took a bad cold at Lockport on Monday. Their last appearance with Courtney's new rowing machines was at Auburn last evening Ross and Courtney rowed a two-mile race, Courtney winning. The latter was so sick that he was obliged to go to his home in Union Springs. Ross came to this city. Their manager says that Courtney is a very sick man and cannot resume work for several weeks. They will carry out their engagements at present by putting the pedestrian Hoagland against Ross. They have telegraphed to Teemer and Plaisted to get one of them to substitute for Courtney. MIXED ITEMS. The Caledonian curling club of Buffalo will play a match in Toronto on Wednesday next with the Toronto curling club. Four rinks of Toronto curlers played a match at Brentford yesterday with the local curlers, the Torontonians winning by 10 points. Under date of January 20, Mr. J. I. Case writes from Racine: """"Ed is giving Jay-eye-see and Phallas gentle exercise in the snow, and they seem as sound and smooth as they did before being put on the track. I intend to put Jay-eye-see in training when spring opens, and hope to see him lower the magnificent record of Maud S. Phallas will be in the stud at Hickory Grove, Racine."""" THE LIBERAL CHRISTIAN UNION. Lecture on """"Socrates"""" by Rev. Mr. Williamson Last Evening. Last evening the first of the series of lectures under the auspices of the Liberal Christian Union was delivered by the Rev. John Williamson in the Church of the Messiah. The subject chosen by the lecturer was a discourse on """"Socrates."""" Mr. Alexander Manson occupied the chair, and there was a large audience. The rev. gentleman, after referring to the life of the great philosopher, concluded as follows: All classes of citizens felt the power of a mind that unmasked their hypocrisy and exposed the half-truths which they held as whole truths, and the miserable prejudices which in their sublime conceit they mistook for knowledge. Socrates, however, was more than this. Although he left no system of philosophy, like his illustrious disciple Plato, his work was more than critical. He made havoc with ideas which had never been passed through the fire of the mind and formed into a man's moral and spiritual nature. But it was with the further aim of having what elements of truth they contained reset in a higher form. Socrates was a great doubter in order that he might become a great believer. He was the first to attempt to get behind the vague general terms and hypotheses that were afloat regarding good and evil, justice and injustice, right and wrong, etc., to the principles beneath them. In an especial sense he was the first philosopher; he attempted to bring men from the dim, uncertain light of the ordinary uncritical thought, into the strong, steady light of a clear self-consciousness. Life, he said, was a whole. There was an end to be realized, though he did not clearly define what that end was. Hence """"Virtue is knowledge;"""" the only virtuous life was that not guided by the impulse of the moment, but by one well-defined principle, which as an end it would seek to realize, and which would give it unity and completeness. The result of his teaching to himself was inevitably accusation, trial, death. The charges against him were trumped up for the occasion. He had been laying up for himself a store of angry feeling which would some day recoil upon his head, and he was bound to become a martyr to the bigotry and intolerance he denounced. That he was innocent was beyond question. Socrates had studiously observed the current religious forms. To his master mind the symbols of the popular faith were, no doubt, instinct with a life and meaning which the common eye had not seen, and pointed to a far-off transcendent reality which they attempted dimly to shadow forth. Yet it was wholly untrue that he neglected the gods of the city and introduced new ones of his own. The second charge was equally false. Through his influence, young men would, doubtless, come to think differently from their fathers, but it was a baseless calumny to charge him with being a corruptor of Athenian youth. In the development of Greek thought, Socrates exercised a profound influence. He was a center of intellectual life and activity, and, through Plato and the school of philosophy that followed him, his influence had become a permanent factor in shaping the thought and life of the world. A Carlyle had well said: """"The great man is always lightning out of heaven; the rest of men mustered for him like cattle, and then they, too, would shine."""" Socrates was a leader for the truth, and his life in this respect had a universal bearing. In life was his philosophy. More than that of any system was the influence of a man's life, when the energies of his nature had been transmuted into action, and produced a vital force in the great life of the world. Systems rose, grew old, decayed and perished with the ever rushing tide of life and thought, but the spiritual force of a great life never died. It was so with Socrates. D. Parker, Miss Mercer, Miss De Witt, Miss Warren. Medical adviser Dr. Molson. Solicitor Mr. Leo H. Davidson. The meeting then adjourned. DEATH OF A PIONEER. An old Northwest pioneer, Mr. John Glenn, has just passed over to the majority. He was a native of Ireland and entered the Northwest from British Columbia in 1871 and was the oldest settler in the territory. Mr. Glenn's farm at Fish Creek was a model one. The Marquis of Lorne and other distinguished visitors to the Northwest were always taken to see John Glenn's homestead. The deceased was 64 years old and leaves a wife and five children. THE INTEREST OF THE FARMERS. The following interesting letter, exposing the business methods of the secretary of the Farmers' Union of Manitoba, appears in the Winnipeg Free Press of Monday: """"Sir, I understand the annual business meeting of the Farmers' Union is to be held next week in Winnipeg, and I ask your permission to publicly state what I consider gross mismanagement on the part of Mr. Purvis. The facts are these: In the month of September I met Mr. Purvis in Brandon, and told him I had a quantity of wheat for sale. I showed him a sample of it, and, after some conversation, arranged to consign a carload to him. He told me he thought it would realize about 62 cents. On my return to Alexander, Mr. Billiard, a grain buyer from Ontario, offered me sixty-five cents for the carload. As there was some uncertainty as to the exact price Mr. Purvis would give me, I immediately wired to him that I was offered sixty-five cents at Alexander, saying that if he could not do better I would sell at Alexander. His reply was: """"Disposed to pay higher than anybody. Ship as arranged, you will find it satisfactory."""" Writing, """"As a member of the Farmers' Union wishing to support its work, and having confidence in Mr. Purvis, I decided to transact my business through the union. It is now more than three months since I shipped my wheat, and though during that time I have written repeatedly to Mr. Purvis pressing for information regarding the disposal of this wheat, he has not deigned to reply. To say the least I consider this most extraordinary conduct for one holding the position Mr. Purvis does. Through the treasurer of the union, Dr. Fleming, I have drawn $100 on the wheat. Within the last few days I learn from Dr. Fleming that Mr. Purvis can only pay me 50 cents in final settlement, which means a clear loss to me of 14 cents per bushel on a carload of 1,000 bushels, or about $90. In the light of the telegram I received from Mr. Purvis, and considering I cannot get any information from him, the transaction appears to me to be a deliberate fraud. For my own sake and the sake of others, I ask you to give publicity to this letter. It may elicit information. I am a member of the Farmers' Union, and wish it every success, but I protest against such collusive transactions as these being carried on in its name."""" John F. Hiesl, Haluton Farm, Alexander Station, Man., January 10, 1888. THE WEATHER. Toronto, Ont., January 23, 1888. The depression, which was near Lake Superior last night, has developed into an important storm which now central over the Ottawa Valley. The anti-cyclone is moving southeast, and is central over Iowa. A westerly gale prevails in Ontario. The weather is cloudy and mild in Quebec, and heavy rain is falling in Nova Scotia. The temperature is rising in the Northwest Territories. Probabilities: St. Lawrence Valley: Fresh to strong westerly winds, fair very cold weather, with a few snow flurries. MONTREAL'S RECORD. OBSERVATION TAKEN AT MONTREAL, JANUARY 22. Wind: Weather: Cloudy Overcast, N, 7, was 1, till Snowing. Height of snow level, 17 feet. Barometer reduced to sea level and to temperature of 32. Relative humidity 100, maximum temperature of the day was 0. Minimum temperature of the day was -15. Total rainfall on the 21st was 0.1 inch. The barometer at 11 o'clock on the 21st was 29.5 inches, not much wind yesterday. MARINE INTELLIGENCE. THE GAZETTE, MONTREAL, SATURDAY, JANUARY 23, 1886. THE PREMIER IN LONDON. Interesting Sketch of the Banquet at the St. George's Club. London, January 6. Londoners have had this week a rare spectacle, an event to be met with only once in a blue moon or so. Not since 1881 have we had such a downfall of snow and even then it remained so long with us in the present instance. The consequence in the let in the town has been covered for only a few inches and our many vestries and public bodies are at once thrown into a state of great excitement and confusion in their attempts to deal with the unwelcome visitor. What has happened this week happened in 1881, and will be again whenever snow next visits us. The snowfall having ceased, our local governors, in their respective districts, sent out a few small boys with brooms and pans and a few carts and by a gigantic effort the snow, which has by this time been a brown dirty slush, is cleared from the middle of some of the principal roads and heaped up on each side. Thus ends the first day in misery alike to those driving and a king. Then comes a frost and the streets become a kind of pea soup and crossing a road is like fording a swampy bog, like in the old days crossing the Wandsworth Main street, where the mud is thickest. The second day brings with it a slow thaw best. And thus the third morning dawns and the streets become mere slimy ponds from which the soupy substance is exuded upon the passers-by as each vehicle ploughs its way along. Meanwhile the ever active officials cause what once was snow to be carted in a leisurely way from the mounds to the river, and thus after three or four days' continuous labor, a few only of the principal streets are made just fit to walk in, the rest and nearly the whole of the great part of London outside the city boundaries remaining in a state of indescribable filth. And this is London, supposed by other than tourists to be the very heart of civilization. Surely if aught were needed to show the utter absurdity of our present system of metropolitan government, the experience of the past few days has amply supplied that want. One thing is certain, the sooner we get rid of these meddling little vestries and petty vestrymen and place all London under one supreme control the better it will be for all concerned. D. of Logan Co., Ohio, says: """"Allen's Lung Balsam not only sells rapidly, but gives perfect satisfaction in every case within my knowledge. Having confidence in it, and knowing that it possesses valuable medical properties, I freely use it in my daily practice and with unbounded success. As an expectorant it is most certainly far ahead of any preparation I have ever yet known."""" WHITMANIA. All hail the snow! Crystalline, gelid, henceforth hailing from the Arctic! Offspring of the zero, dandruff from the head of the too warm poet! All hail! And yet, come to think of it, not any hail, but just snow, hoary, frigiform, tossed from the wind in winter, around January! Boasting of continuations and generally epidemic scenarios of goods, and general of the disorganizing snow-shovel, I greet thee! I greet thee with mouth, arms, hands, feet, and all, including overshoes and umbrellas! I greet thee as the herald of the toiling, the boasted and the exorbitant, every mile! And also of the chilblains, catarrh, bronchitis, lecture season and other adversities, for which and kindred reasons not set forth in this indictment you are especially besought not to hum yourself too much during the season of """"B."""" Yonkers Gazette.""",1,0,1,0,1,1
+33,18830321,historical,Snow,"E. I. Mr. Ruteman will attend to all Hydrometallurgical questions, and Mr. Clark to all railway work, surveys, etc. M City & District News, reported at the Montreal railway wharf, where water was brought above level, March 20. Wind: 1, 3. Weather: 7, 18, 2D, 888, 12, 3 (67 degrees N), barometer reduced to sea level and to temperature 820 Kahr. Thursday relative, npiut, n, u, h. Maximum temperature of the 20th: 7. Total snowfall of 23rd and 24th: 3 inches. STUART, MARLER & McLENNAN, Notaries Public and Commissioners, 115 St. Francois Inviter Street. W. Henshaw, President of the Board of Trade, and Messrs. Allan, Murray, Torrance and other shipping firms, are moving in the matter of obtaining an increase of the Harbour Police, and a memorial to that effect will be prepared and forwarded at an early date to the Minister of Marine. The merchants claim that there is an evident necessity for increased protection this year, as, aside from the announced intention of the ship laborers to hold out for higher wages and their determination not to give in to their demands, which may result in trouble, the accommodation of the harbour is being increased and the force at its present strength is not adequate to the protection of the shipping along the extended line of wharves. Trains Delayed. The heavy snowstorms of the last day or two have seriously impeded the train service, and most of the trains have been greatly delayed. The Western yesterday morning was six hours late, and the New York trains on the Vermont Central and Delaware & Hudson, about three hours. The Ottawa train on the Canada Atlantic, due at 8:55 on Monday evening, did not arrive until 8 o'clock yesterday morning. The North Shore line was reported clear last night, and the service will be on time today. The trains arriving last night were not so much delayed. The Western train was two hours late, and the Canada Atlantic one hour. The South Eastern and the English mail train had not arrived at two o'clock this morning. A Tremendous Excursion. One of the most delightful excursions ever organized has just been arranged by Messrs. Leve Aman, the oldest established and most reliable tourist agents in the United States, who have their branch offices in all principal places. The growing popularity of a trip to California and a desire to visit the attractive points in Colorado have prompted this firm to arrange an excursion accordingly, and they being ever alive to the wants of the public will certainly give satisfaction. It consists of a spring visit to San Francisco via New Orleans, through Texas, Mexico, New Mexico and Southern California. The excursionists will have the privilege of traveling singly to New Orleans, from which point the grand excursion will start on April 18th, under the care of Mr. W. Campbell, of Quebec, and Colonel Turnbull, of the Canadian service, also well known in England. These gentlemen have applied for and obtained a charter from the Canadian Government as the """"Military Colonization Company of Canada,"""" in order that, if necessary, in the future they can extend their operations beyond the territory they have now acquired. This territory has its northern boundary six miles south of latitude 51 and the western boundary is six miles south of longitude 114. Much of its southern portion near the Bow River is wooded; the remainder is in soil grasses, the climate is admirably suited for grazing, and the valley lands of the river for agriculture. The beautiful Bow River, watering the whole tract, is fed from the perpetual snow of the summits of the Rocky Mountains; the hotter the beats of summer the more abundant the supply of water. There is plenty of evidence that the land has been clear of snow all this winter, the warmest ever known over the northern parts of America. The winter temperature is modified by the prevailing warm winds from the Pacific Ocean, locally termed Chinook. There is an abundance of good coal in the vicinity, and the Canadian Pacific Railway will within two years pass along the northern limit of the property within a distance of six miles. The Indian reserve in the neighborhood is an advantage, as they are tractable and are already supplying cheap labor on a near Government farm. The Government of Canada knows how to treat the Queen's Indian subjects; these are not left to the mercies of rapacious dealers in rum and whiskey as in many parts of the United States, where they are permitted to be plied with drink for which they pawn all except what enables them to plunder for more. Then comes punishment from the American authorities, followed by revenge from the savages with horrible atrocities. There is nothing of this allowed in Canada. The Northwest Mounted Police, a select body of cavalry which might pass anywhere as red jackets, watch over the Indians and their source of temptation and evil drink. These fine soldiers are dressed in scarlet, so that all the Indians may know they are the soldiers of their great mother, the Queen of England. The lance and its flag can be seen a long way off; thus the quick-eyed Indian discovers one of the Queen's soldiers miles away, and the power and authority of that single soldier are known and felt throughout the district. One glimpse of him tells the vile whiskey dealer, with his schemes, James Barron, found guilty of carrying a revolver, was then called to the dock to receive sentence. His Honor said he had communicated with the American Consul about him, and had come to the conclusion that the imprisonment he had already suffered was adequate to the offense. 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. The key to this success lies in the independent position of these officers. They have a certain work to do and are actuated by feelings of justice and honor, backed by the unlimited power of the Government. These qualities are those best understood by savages, though they do not practice them. We cannot in justice to American officers avoid saying that if they were treated by their Government as we treat our officers, with regard to influence and power, they would doubtless also bring their Indians into a corresponding state of repose; but American officers have not a fair chance. Major General Hango and his friends appear to have made a fair start. He writes with regard to his undertaking: """"Half the stock is taken up and 25 percent paid in, and I shall be glad to have more. I believe there are very few young fellows with little capital who will lose it on this continent in all sorts of swindles and mad schemes. Cattle raising is slow but steady. I would not wish to be the means of inducing old officers to take to such a life; but young fellows with capital who join me will, I believe, do well. Young men without capital - say $1,000 to invest had better not try cattle-raising, or come out at all. They would have no future beyond $30 or $40 a month orders. I have thought over this matter for some time and have traveled some 5,000 miles to see for myself. Why should I recommend young fellows to farm? Because this location is wasted and they can be beaten by any immigrant without a cent. Looking after cattle is not hard grinding labor; it is a hard life, requiring pluck, a minimum, and brains. The I have a pleasant message. JAMES I. K.A., Auctioneer. Fine Crystal & Platedware, Household Furniture & Effects. Sale at the Uptown Salesrooms, 1412 St. Catherine St., Friday afternoon, 23rd instant, at two o'clock. JAMES I. K.A., Auctioneer. THE UPTOWN Auction & Commission Salesrooms 1413 St. Catherine Street, (NEAR PEEL). Having leased the above large and commodious premises for the purpose of carrying on an auction business in this city, I am prepared to consult with those desirous of disposing of their stock or goods by auction. Special attention will be given to sale of real estate, household effects at private residence, farm stock, horse and carriage, sale for trustee and underwriter. Weekly sales at the rooms of furniture and household goods, live stock, books & general merchandise. LEGISLATURE NOTES in the summary. Tired members on Mr. P. Yuich. FROM HIS OWN CORRESPONDENT. Qristc, March 20. In the Private Bills this morning consideration of the Montreal bill was postponed until tomorrow, owing to the non-arrival of an important deputation, known to be on board the delayed North Shore train. There were no meetings of the Committees on Privileges and Elections, Railways and Public Accounts, owing to the absence of quorum in consequence of the late hour at which the House adjourned this morning. Seven or eight witnesses, summoned from Montmagny, were, however, in attendance on the first-named committee to give evidence in the petition matter, the investigation into which was adjourned until tomorrow. Owing to the snowstorm, Crown Lands Commissioner Lynch was only able to leave this morning for Knowlton to attend his father's funeral. The Premier intends to move a resolution respecting the employment of official stenographers. He has also given notice of certain resolutions respecting railways. The possibility of proroguing this week is no longer in question, the Premier virtually admitting, towards the close of tonight's sitting, that the necessities of business still before the House might necessitate the prolongation of the session into next week. COMMERCIAL. Gazette Office, Tuesday Evening. The wheat markets in England today did not evince much improvement, cargoes off coast being quiet but steady, and cargoes on passage and for shipment were inactive. There was more inquiry for Liverpool offerings at the opening, but later advices quoted the market flat. Maize was very dull, depressed and lower; mixed maize for shipment during present and following month was down to 29s 3d, and off coast to 30s. Spot offerings in Liverpool were dull and 2d per cental lower, mixed maize being down to 6 8d. Canadian peas were quiet and steady at 7s 9d. The weather in England continues cold and snowy. The following were the stocks in Chicago on the dates named: March 17, March 10, March 18, 1883, 1881, 1882. Wheat, bush: 5,087,421, 5,811,182, 8,760,870. Corn, bush: 5,445,915, 4,006,461, 6,281,500. Oats, bush: 1,636,401, 1,628,468, 62,980. Rye, bush: 772. The Buffalo Courier on Canadian Annexation. Fauk 8 Parliament of Canada; Legislature of Quebec. EPITOME OF THE LATEST NEWS. Mayne (Parnellite) has been elected to Parliament from Tipperary. Bismarck threatens to increase the duty on German goods by 60 percent. The autopsy on the body of Gortschakoff showed that he had not been poisoned. A New York despatch says detectives are scouring that city in search of No. 1. The Home Cabinet is said to be divided in opinion on the Channel Tunnel question. Hurley’s troubles between union and non-union workers are reported at Limerick, N.B. Over two hundred arrests of suspected Nihilists have been made in St. Petersburg within a week. Von Waldeck, Minister of Worship and Schools, has been shot at Gotha by a disappointed applicant for office. The Governor of Moscow has received a communication threatening to blow up the Kremlin on the occasion of the Czar's coronation. The Grand Jury at Belfast has returned true bills against Nugent and twelve other members of the Armagh Assassination Society. A large employer at Birkenhead has discharged all his Irish employees, declaring he would not pay people who fostered assassination. The Dean of Canterbury has received a letter threatening to blow up the Deanery on the occasion of the enthronement of the new Archbishop. The North German Gazette confirms the recent statements of the Russian Foreign Minister regarding the relations between Germany and Austria. Lord Carlingford has taken the post of Lord President of the Council in the Imperial Cabinet, also assuming the duties of Minister of Agriculture. The New York State Senate has passed a bill compelling all telegraph and telephone companies to place their wires underground in the cities of New York and Brooklyn. Mr. O'Donnell, M.P., at a meeting in Glasgow, repudiated the charges of Mr. E. O'Connor against the Land League. He also advocated the organization of the Irish people in England and America for the attainment of their demands. Dominion News. OTTAWA, March 20. In the Supreme Court today the case of Worthington vs. McDonald was argued, judgment being reserved. There is now on exhibition in the Library of Parliament the series of models sent in for competition in response to the invitation of the Government for designs for the proposed statue of the late Sir George Cartier. The models number eighteen, and are the work respectively of L. W. Gooderham, President of the Credit Valley Railway, Mr. S. Barker, solicitor of the North & Northwestern Railway, and Mr. Bosworth, General Freight Agent of the Canadian Pacific Railway, who are in the city today. Mr. Wiggins, the storm prophet, has received a large number of postal cards, one from Chicago promising him a drubbing, should he visit that city. The snowfall yesterday in this district will average about six inches. Snow fell in the city until 3 o'clock this morning. The trains today were all late. Major-General Strange, of Kingston, is in the city. The missing grocer, Frederick Plunkett, not having turned up, his store, known as Cregan & Plunkett's, was this morning attached by the sheriff's deputy for the sum of $300, due the estate of his late deceased partner, John Cregan. Plunkett, who is now gone a fortnight, is said to be in Boston. The number of his creditors is not large, but the goods left in his shop will hardly cover the liabilities. The bonds for the construction of the Pontiac Pacific Junction Railway have been successfully floated on the English market. This insures the construction of the entire road between Hull and Pembroke. Work will commence immediately on the disappearance of the snow. FROM QUEBEC. Personal chatters here rally around. Grimsby, March 20. Mr. Graham of the Montreal & Toronto Railway. The snowstorm of last night and this morning has interrupted railway communication. Two mail trains are fast in the sand at Three Rivers. The English mail per S.S. Circassian, at Halifax, and the western mails per Grand Trunk were delivered here at 4:30 p.m. The storm is said to be the worst of the season. The Lower Town Street Railway Company carried more passengers last year than in any year since they have been running. The Quebec Chess Club meets tonight for the purpose of arranging a return match with the Toronto Chess Club. Mr. B., March 30. A very heavy rainstorm has prevailed all day, which had the effect of clearing off most of the snow. The rain is a great boon just now, as the water in the river supplying the city has been unusually low of late. Toronto, March 30. A fire in Porleh's auction rooms, Yonge Street, early this morning, damaged the building and stock about $1,000, partially insured. March 20. Ten inches of snow fell last night, and this morning a hard snowstorm still prevails. At Plattsburg ten inches, at Ausable Forks eight, at Port Henry six, and at Whitehall five inches fell. Collision and loss of life. Calhoun, March 20. During a heavy wind the other night the oyster pungie Jasper and Industry collided at the mouth of the Wicomico River, Virginia. The Jasper sank. Boats were unable to reach her in the darkness, and in the morning the captain and two men were found lashed to the rigging, one frozen to death. Four others of the crew had dropped off during the night and were drowned. Business failure. New York, March 20. James Pendergast, ship broker, has assigned; liabilities, $75,000. Schuloss Heilbronner, woolens, have also assigned; liabilities, $50,000. Happenings abroad. St. Louis, March 20. Leading jewelers have been notified from New York that an organized band of daring thieves is about to raid Western cities. Claiming fortune. Des Moines, March 20. Reports from this section show that the apple orchards have been killed by the severe winter. One farmer lost two hundred trees. The estimated loss on the apple crop in this county alone will be two million bushels. Small fruits are also damaged. Wheat crop impaired. Chicago, March 20. Reports from various parts of the State indicate that the frequent cold spells have injured the winter wheat crop 30 to 60 percent. Railway collision. Richmond, Vt., March 20. A snowplough collided with a train on the South Eastern road this afternoon. Several persons were badly injured. There has been no train from Montreal since Sunday noon. The Boston express is stuck here tonight. Secretary Klerr, New York, March 20. A Washington special says there seems to be a general breaking down of Folger's system. The stomach refuses to accept almost any kind of food, and there is a general inactivity of the vital organs. His friends are apprehensive that his health is much more impaired than he will admit. There is a good deal of speculation as to whether he will again be able to assume the burden of his position. It is said the reason for the urgency of his movements was to enable him to escape the Wall Street broker and other agents who have given him no peace in their incessant demand for something to be done to relieve the market by anticipating interest, or making a new bond call. Folger was scarcely less importuned by the Custom House broker in their efforts to obtain rulings on the new tariff law. Unclogging the fund. New York, March 20. It is reported that some fifteen million dollars are stuck up by a broker who is in trouble. The Manhattan Elevated Railway declared a quarterly dividend of 1 percent, to be paid on the preferred stock, payable April 1st.",1,0,1,0,1,1
+34,18870329,historical,Snow,"ANN H WARD, Aid, Patrick Kennedy asked the chairman of the Road committee if he could kindly send some men and carts out to Forfar and Conway streets, point St. Charles, to have the piles of snow removed. Residents of the locality were put to great inconvenience by the huge piles of snow now accumulated on the streets. He also asked that the snow should be removed from Grey Nun and King streets, as it interfered with the traffic to the merchants' stores. Aid Laurent said that there were mountains of snow all over the city. Already $30,000 has been expended in removing it, and they did not know what to do even now. Seven hundred and fifty men and 450 carters were employed and the Road committee could not please everyone. Aid Kennedy complained that snow and ice taken from the streets should be dumped on St. Patrick's square. He believed some more suitable place could be found than this. Aid Laurent said he would do his best in the matter and endeavor to carry out Aid Kennedy's wishes. Aid Cunningham then said he was on four committees: the markets, fire, health and light. The latter two he could not attend to and he tendered his resignation on them with a motion to the effect that Aid Kennedy should be appointed in his place. Aid THE QUEEN'S JUBILEE On motion of Aid Stevenson, a committee was appointed to report on the best means of celebrating the Queen's jubilee in the city. The council adjourned. A MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE A McGill Medical Student Visits the Back River and is not Seen Again Foul Play Feared Certain Houses at the Back River to be Searched. A medical student of McGill University named Albert Hamer, of Grantfold, Out., residing at 123 St. Alexander street, has disappeared in the most mysterious manner, and notwithstanding a most diligent search by Chief Detective Cullen and Detective Lapointe no trace as yet has been found of the young man. It appears that on Thursday last, in company with three fellow students, Hamer drove to the Back River, and on the return journey they stopped at Mr. Frigon's hotel for refreshments. After stopping a short time Hamer went out and did not return. His companions naturally supposed that he had walked into the city, so they drove in to catch up with him, but saw nothing of him. On making enquiries at his home they learned that he had not come back. They then drove back to the hotel, but Mr. Frigon informed them that the young man had not come back again. The students again returned to the city, and driving to the Central Police station laid the facts before Detective Lapointe, who then proceeded to Mr. Frigon's hotel, but with no better result. The detective then went around to all the neighboring farm houses until he came to the first clue at the Priest's farm. The occupant told him that a young man of the description of Mr. Hamer had come to the house on Thursday afternoon and asked the way to the depot. A little boy showed him to the hotel and left him there. The detective returned to Frigon's, but he denied absolutely having seen the young man after he left the house early in the afternoon. A search party was then organized, and the snow for miles around examined in every direction with no result. A party of students also organized a search party, and every little hillock and elevation was turned over to no effect. The students then went to Frigon's inn and cross-questioned him, when he stated that Hamer had showed $100 when in the bar, and that someone might have seen the money and followed and made away with him. The missing gentleman is only 22 years old, of small stature and of a very genial character, which made him the friend of every student. Just before the trip to Back River he had a $100 cheque cashed in one of the city banks. Today at convocation he was to receive the doctor's degree. The case is a very sad one, causing great anxiety and consternation both among the students and the faculty. The opinion of some is that he has taken the wrong train, while others think that he has met with an accident, or been the victim of foul play. Chief Detective Cullen and Detective Lapointe have a search warrant and are searching all the neighboring houses. THE NEW BOARDER Attempts to Relieve the Others of Some of Their Belongings. There is a very respectable boarding house on St. Constant street, kept by a French-Canadian, in which resides six lodgers, who have all been there for several years and who get on well together. About a month ago another boarder took up his quarters there who, for some reason or other, did not get on well with the others. Yesterday afternoon one of the boarders came home early and was considerably astonished to find the new man going through a trunk belonging to one of the others. He detained him until the owner of the trunk came in, which he did at 6 o'clock, rather the worse for liquor. On his asking the new man what he was doing in his trunk, the only reply he got was a punch on the nose. A row ensued and the new man was mastered and Chief Detective Cullen sent for. On arrival they wanted the trunk riller to be arrested, but said they would not prosecute, so Cullen refused to make the arrest, the trunk's owner then settled matters by kicking the other man into the street. THE SNOWSTORM Again Demoralizes Railway Travel on Certain Routes A Slight Accident. With the exception of the Delaware & Hudson and Central Vermont trains, all incoming trains arrived nearly on time last night. The Delaware & Hudson is stuck between St. John and Rouse's Point. The Central Vermont is reported an hour and a half late. The Canada Atlantic ran off the track on the way in, and one of the cars was upset in a snowbank. Mr. THOS. QUESTIONS Mr. Faucher de Saint Maurice Does the Government intend to put into operation the conclusions of the first paragraph of the second report of the Committee of Agriculture, submitted to the Legislative Assembly at the sitting of the 5th of June, 1886, and unanimously adopted by the Legislature at the sitting of the 14th June, 1886? This paragraph reads as follows: """"""""Your committee has the honor to report that it is of the utmost importance for colonization and the development of the province of Quebec, which comprises the counties of Dorchester, Bellechasse, Montmagny, Lévis, Kamouraska and Wolfe, that a careful and well-directed survey should place your honorable house in a position to pass a measure which will essentially develop the great resources of this region, an exploration which will show the nature of its mineral, forest and agricultural riches, and also the possibility of constructing a railway through the above mentioned counties."""""""" Mr. McShane Yes. Mr. Faucher de St. Maurice - Does the Government intend to continue the publications of the Jugements et Délibérations du Conseil Souverain de la Nouvelle France, and of other important documents to be found in the Department of Registrar of the province of Quebec? Mr. Gagnon Under consideration. Mr. Nantel To what printer or printing company has the Government given the contract for the sessional printing during the present session? Did the Government ask for tenders before giving the contract to such printer or printing company? Mr. Mercler The sessional printing has been given temporarily to J.M. Another Windy Day to Add to Winter's Record. Toronto, Ont., March 20, 1 a.m. The depression central over Lake Erie yesterday is now over the Maritime provinces, where it is causing high winds and rain or sleet, and has also given during the day high winds, with snow, in Quebec. The pressure is now increasing in the Lake and St. Lawrence districts, with fair, cold weather. There is a depression setting in over the Northwest, with milder weather. St. Lawrence Northwest and west winds; fine weather; lower temperature, more especially at night. MONTREAL'S RECORD P. Sherwood, of the Dominion police, Ottawa, that he was detained by the snowstorm and could not be present until the next day. In consequence of this Mr. Charles Buise's bail bond was discharged and his parole of honor taken to appear thereafter. H. McNeil, John Kay, Wm. Kay, Daniel Robertson, Montreal, June 17, 1789, flood the property around and a deposit of filth will be left to fester in the sun. Dr. Laberge, some time ago, reported a number of these cases, saying that it was very dangerous to public health, and the matter was referred to the Road committee and there it rests, for the road department claims it is the duty of the police to look after the nuisance, and the police claim it is the duty of the Health department. Mr. Ethier, assistant city attorney, gives it as his opinion that every policeman has the right to take cognizance of such a nuisance. The city by-law provides a penalty of $20 or two months for depositing dirt, dust, refuse, etc., in any vacant lot or public square or street. Those who have suffered damage by their property being flooded by the melted snow can recover from the owner of the lot, who can also be obliged to remove any refuse that may have been deposited with the snow, besides being prosecuted for causing a public nuisance. A MEETING OF THE PROTESTANT MINISTERS Meeting of the Ministerial Association Yesterday. The regular meeting of the Protestant Ministerial Association took place yesterday in the V.O. Crout. TOM BOULT A BOURNE, Agents, 7 St. Francois Xavier St., Montreal. """"""""WHERE ARE THE POLICE?"""""""" TO THE EDITOR OF THE GAZETTE Sir, May I ask of you the favor to insert the following few remarks: 1. Where are the police? and 2. Where are the poor foot passengers to walk? At noon today I was walking up McGill street when I had to move off the sidewalk in front of a small retail hardware store which was blocked with a large railway team and two horses delivering some goods, and having to return shortly after, I had again to move off into the middle of the road in front of a seed store lower down, where I found two large teams on the sidewalk, which it was impossible to pass. How, Mr. editor, if we poor foot passengers are in danger of being run over in the middle of the road and complain of the fast trotters, we are told to """"""""keep on the sidewalk."""""""" If we go where we are by law and reason and common sense allowed and supposed to go, we are told by the teamsters to """"""""get into the middle of the road."""""""" I have come to the conclusion that the police force here is simply a delusion and snare. I never saw one yet where he should be, and the general opinion now is that they are of """"""""no use,"""""""" and unless our excellent Mayor, Mr. Abbott, will take up this matter and give us at least some place where we can walk, I will get up petitions asking that the police force be abandoned. It was only the other day that I saw a swell tandem driven by a swell driver, going down the sidewalk of St. James street, and no policeman to interfere. Verily the taxpayers of Montreal are a long-suffering people. Yours respectfully, NO PLACE TO WALK. """"""""WHAT AN OBJECTIONABLE STORY."""""""" The following is peculiarly unfortunate in the choice of his good and, so far as I know, new. A political company if he does not agree with PUBLIC DUMPS. Owners of Vacant Lots, who Permit their Lots to be Used as a Dumping Ground, Responsible for Damages to Adjoining Properties. It appears that certain parties are routing out vacant lots owned by them as public dumps, and in those is dumped all the dirty snow taken from yards, the owner of the lot receiving as compensation about two cents a load. The residents in the vicinity very naturally complain of this, as when the hot weather comes the melted snow will probably cause a nuisance. The Spinal Column is the seat of a variety of diseases many of which terminate in paralysis. A host of nervous disorders are caused by disease of the spinal cord, many of which are so obscure as to be diagnosed with great difficulty. The faculty of the Erie Medical and Surgical Association of Buffalo, N.",1,1,1,0,0,1
+35,18870301,historical,Snow,"E. FAIRCLOUGH, of the Royal College of Music, London, Associate of the College of Organists, London, and Organist and Choirmaster of St. George's Church, Montreal, will receive pupils for instruction in organ and piano playing, singing, harmony. Mr. Fairclough is kindly permitted to refer to eminent English musicians. Residence - 10 PHILLIPS SQUARE, Montreal. CHILDREN'S PICTURES IN SNOW mis-a specialty. Cantleman, a passenger conductor employed on the Grand Trunk Railway, yesterday morning was in charge of a snowplough employed in clearing the track between the city and Rouse's Point. The plough, with Cast Icm in charge and three working hands, left at 4 o'clock in the morning. About 5 o'clock, at Krosseau, it became stuck in the snow. Castleman leaped off with the intention of warning the trains which would shortly be passing. Before he had got clear of the plough, the latter took upon him, struck him on the head and killed him almost instantly. The remains were conveyed to St. John, Que., where an inquest was held yesterday forenoon, and the remains were brought back to the city in the afternoon. The deceased was about 35 years of age and lived at 62 Charron Street. He had been in the employ of the Grand Trunk for several years, and was a steady, hard-working man. He leaves a wife and two children, for whom great sympathy is manifested in their sudden affliction. THE SNOW BLOCKADE. The inconvenience caused by the snowstorm of Saturday and Sunday is now becoming painfully palpable. Mails are delayed and trains are run with such an utter disregard of timetables as would be charming were they not so ambiguous. With the exception of the Canadian Pacific Railway, all outgoing trains started on time last night, but how they succeeded has yet to be learned. The only arrivals of incoming trains during yesterday were the Central Vermont from New York, and the Grand Trunk Railway from the West. The Canadian Pacific Railway promised to send out their trains about 2 o'clock this morning. To the light receipts, only 138 head having been received during the whole week, on account of the heavy snowstorm which has blocked the roads. Indeed there was not a single bullock on the market this morning, but prices may be quoted steady at 8c to 10c for choice, 3c to 4c for good, and 2c to 3c for inferior to common per lb, live weight. Sheep were steady at 4c per lb, live weight, hogs 4c to 5c per lb, live weight. The New York Mercantile Bulletin says: """"In quinine no business of any consequence has transpired the past few days. There are holders of good foreign brands who are yet prepared to accept 60c for quantities, though for the most popular makes up to 57c is asked, but large buyers are indifferent to the offers made, hence important trading is at a standstill. The domestic makers continue to report a fair movement into consumptive channels, and maintain former prices steadily."""" For quinine there has continued a quiet market, but holders manifest no anxiety to sell, quoting $3.70 for single cases, $3.70 to $4.80 for jobbing lots, and $4.50. Huntingdon, of Nipissing, who said that one thing that struck him was the contrast between the treatment accorded to missionaries only four years ago and the kindly consideration they now received. Four years ago when attending conference he found it exceedingly difficult to interest leading men in the subject of missions, especially in the missions of the district of Nipissing. Four years ago the country which he represented was almost an unbroken wilderness, its wealth of timber, mineral and other resources being unknown until the advent of the Canadian Pacific Railway, some few years ago. When first he took charge of his present mission he was staggered by the tremendousness of the work, and he asked himself can we ever evangelize this race, but he remembered that there was one who had said """"Go ye into all the world, and lo, I am with you always."""" The speaker then detailed the difficulties which the missionaries encountered at the outset of their work, principal among which was the utter demoralization of the people through contact with the white men. He wondered how it was that men coming from Canadian lands and Christian homes could ever sink to such a depth of degradation as do some of those young men, the sons of pious parents, well educated and fully equipped for the battle of life, when removed from the restraints of home and society. The speaker strongly denounced the system of licensing now prevailing in the Northwest, and gave some amusing descriptions of the dodges resorted to get whiskey into the country surreptitiously. Another difficulty was the great distances in his territory, the only means of travel being by bark canoes in summer and on snowshoes in winter, it never being safe at either time to travel without a compass in one's pocket. He then spoke of the successes which had been accomplished. Four years ago there was but one missionary in the field, today there are three ordained men and four others, making a total of seven, while at intervals throughout the country there are mission churches. After a lengthy description of the scenes in which he worked, the work done and the successes attendant upon his efforts, in which was included a number of remarkable and sudden conversions, the speaker concluded with an urgent appeal to liberal-minded Christians to give of their means abundantly and so help along the Lord's work. Rev. Dr. Douglas being called upon, said that at such a late hour he would not detain the audience. He would merely express the pleasure he had experienced at listening to the excellent practical addresses from which he had gathered quite an amount of new information. The Rev. Doctor then pronounced the benediction and the meeting dispersed. STANSTEAD. To believe our adversaries, a terrible defeat awaited Mr. Colby in Stanstead, but there, as elsewhere in the Eastern Townships, the electors showed their good sense and their recognition of faithful service. The following is the vote: Majority for Colby, Majorities in the following: 87 Barnston, 9 Stanstead, 27 Compton, 60 K 1. THREE RIVERS. The following was the state of the polls at the close of the Three Rivers election, according to Le Journal de Trois-Rivières: Langevin, 640; Premier, 610. Majority for Sir Hector Langevin, 30. Le Journal says that the majority would have been 200 or 300 but for the despicable means to which the opponents of Sir Hector resorted to injure his cause. All the foes of the Government had concentrated their efforts, the provincial authorities lending their aid to prevent the return of Sir John Macdonald's colleague. Of the 900 who signed the requisition to Sir Hector, less than 700 registered their votes in his favor, so rancorous was the influence brought to bear on the electorate. MR. COTTIHAN SNOWED UP. The following telegram was received from Hon. Mr. Costigan at the Inland Revenue Department: """"Grand Falls, N.B., February 20. Roads and highways completely blocked by a tremendous snowstorm. Will start on snowshoes today."""" This will give the millinter twenty-six miles of snowshoeing to reach the nearest railway. H. I. V. Yundicutt telegraphed to the Secretary of State to say that he would be happy to meet him, but the roads were impassable owing to the storm. The gentleman left for Ottawa last evening. EMIGRATION OPENED IN THE NORTHWEST. The snow has done farmers will soon begin work. Winnipeg, February 28. One hundred and thirty-one emigrants arrived last week. Most of them were well-to-do farmers from the old country who intend going into farming on an extensive scale. The Manitoba Government emigration agency opens tomorrow. The thermometer registers 50 above zero in the Northwest Territories and the snow has almost disappeared. Farming operations will probably be in full blush in a few days. THE FIRE. The fire in the club building at 83 Wellington Street. The furniture and personal effects of the club were damaged to the extent of about $1,000, covered by insurance. The building, which is owned by ex-Mayor Manning, is damaged to the extent of about $4,000, covered by a policy of $4,000 in the Northern. There was only the steward and his assistant in the club at the time, but it is supposed that they must have been smouldering for hours before it broke out. How it originated is at present a mystery. CLOUDY WITH COLD. And High Temperature Promised for Election Day. Toronto, Ont., March 1, 1 a.m. - The pressure has increased in Eastern Canada with fair decidedly colder weather and decreasing winds. High pressure also prevails eastward to the Lakes, but is decreasing again west of Ontario. The weather is fair and cold in Quebec and eastern Ontario, but is moderating in western Ontario, where light snow is falling. Lawrence, Upper. Moderate winds, partly cloudy weather with light local snow falls; rising temperatures. B. Hocher, whose commission has been revoked. There have been no mails since Saturday from the West, all the roads being blocked. Maurice Grau's opera troupe, en route for Quebec, is snowbound near Acton, on the Grand Trunk Railway. THE DOMINION CAPITAL. New Northwest Judges appointed. Rumored New Military Reserves - The Snow Blockade. Ottawa, February 28. The Canada Gazette, issued today, contains the proclamation dividing the Northwest into judicial districts and the appointment as judges of the Supreme Court of the Northwest Territories of Messrs. It is understood that the Government will ask Parliament at the coming session to vote $75,000 in the military estimates to be devoted to the purpose of establishing a permanent company of infantry at Lorne, N.B., and a battery of artillery at Victoria, B.C. The battery, as it will probably be called, will be devoted to garrison purposes, the barracks will probably be erected at Esquimalt, where the celebrated dry dock is located, and where the British naval squadron in the Northern Pacific calls for coal. Not a train has left or arrived in Ottawa all day, both the Canada Atlantic and Canadian Pacific railway lines being blocked. The Canada Atlantic was cleared this afternoon, but just afterwards an engine and snowplough ran off the track, renewing the blockade. The city council this evening appointed a deputation to wait upon the Ontario Government concerning the school of practical science, which it is asked, should be established in this city in connection with the Provincial Normal School.",1,1,0,0,0,1
+36,18890408,historical,Snow,"A SPRING SNOWSTORM, Washington and Other Cities have an Unusual April Experience, Washington, April 6, A heavy snow, wind and rain storm has prevailed here since early this morning. The rain, which began falling some time before daylight, at about 8 o'clock changed to snow, and from that hour until after dark tonight the air has been dense, with great flakes driven before a strong north wind. But the weather being mild, it melted as it fell. Several times during the day heavy peals of thunder were heard and sparks of lightning frequently darted across the switchboards in the telegraph offices. The telephone and fire alarms throughout the city are more or less demoralized, and telegraphic communication with the South and West is wholly cut off. Washington, April 7, Yesterday's storm interrupted electrical communication. There are 84 poles down between Alexandria and Fredericksburg, Va. In other sections south, it is thought, the wires are in no better condition. CHARLESTON, W. Va., April 6, A snowstorm prevailed here last night and today. Heavy snow is reported from the mountains. PITTSBURGH, April 6, The heaviest snowstorm of the season prevailed in this section today. CHARLESTON, Va., April 6, A heavy snowstorm is prevailing here today. Raleigh, N.C., April 7, A driving snowstorm began here this afternoon at half-past four. CHARLESTON, Va., April 7, The snowstorm which began early yesterday morning continued through the night. The wires are down and all trains delayed. Richmond, Va., April 7, The worst storm of the season prevailed here today. It commenced with thunder and lightning and was followed by rain, hail and snow, augmented by high wind. At nine o'clock the snow and wind show no abatement and reports denote the storm general throughout the state. THE KAISER'S AMBITION To make Germany one of the foremost naval powers, Berlin, April 6, On Tuesday the Emperor will go to Wilhelmshaven to inspect the new naval vessel before that vessel sails for Samoa. His Majesty's letters to Admiral von der Goltz, chief of the admiralty, expressing confidence that the recent disaster at Kautz will not hinder the prosperous development of the navy do not represent the real state of his mind. He keeps the Admiralty busily engaged in supplying him with reports, minutely detailing the construction and condition of every warship. Since the English Parliament voted the addition of 70 ships to the navy, His Majesty's attention centers exclusively upon Admiralty affairs. The officials expect that the recently advanced scheme for the reorganization of the navy will be made and arranged. The Emperor firmly expresses a determination to make Germany a naval power of the first rank. LONSDALE THE LONELY, An Interesting Story of His Rambles in the Land of the Unknown, PHILADELPHIA, April 6, The Inquirer today prints the following interesting story of Lord Lonsdale's travels: The erratic Lord Lonsdale, who was recently reported dead in the Arctic regions, is on his way home to England again. The first authentic news from him in months was printed in the Inquirer yesterday morning. It was derived from a letter just received at Bethlehem from Mr. Wolf, the Moravian missionary stationed at Nushagak, near Fort Alexandra, on Bristol Bay, Alaska, in latitude 60° north, longitude west. Further details from the same source give an interesting account of the Earl's travels. Lord Lonsdale arrived at the Niohnauk mission December 15 of last year and after a long and tedious journey of 4,000 miles overland from Banks Land, in latitude 75° north. This was the furthest point north that he reached. He was hospitably entertained at the mission and remained there until January 14 of this year. His outfit at this time consisted of eight sleds and seventy team dogs in charge of Eskimo drivers and some Indian servants. He was quite exhausted from hardships and hunger. The country he had traversed from Banks Land was rough and open, with very little patrimony upon which to draw for provisions. The snow was terribly drifted, and the sledding so bad that most of the journey was made on foot, the dogs barely managing to drag the sleds loaded with the camp outfit and provisions. The cold experienced was intense. On the first of December the thermometer registered 105 below the freezing point. Men and animals were exhausted, and progress was very slow. Frequently stops were made for a week in favorable localities, and all hands went out to hunt hares and reindeer for food. Terrible blizzards swept across the country continually, and the utmost exertions were necessary to keep the sleds from being scattered and frozen to death. Eleven dogs died from overwork and many of the remaining seventy were in bad condition. Lord Lonsdale remained a month at the mission, enjoying the society of Mr. Wolf, who was the first white man he had seen for years, with the exception of the servant who accompanied him. He estimates that he traveled by dog sled and on foot all but 10,000 miles, from Winnipeg in a little more than a year. In the Hudson's Bay region, where the snow and ice were smooth, the dogs frequently carried them over 200 miles a day. The Earl had no particularly exciting adventures to relate other than those necessarily incident to Arctic travel. Of three he had his fill share. Cold, hunger, scurvy and other misfortunes beset him constantly, but his courage kept up all the time and he was in excellent spirits, notwithstanding he could not make the North Pole as he originally intended. He left the mission at Nushagak January 14, and with his dog train started across the peninsula to Katmai on the North Pacific. From here he crossed to Kodiak, on Kodiak Island, where there is a whaling station. From Kodiak he sent back a shipload of items to Mr. Wolf with his compliments. The Eskimo party were to start at once from Nushagak to their homes in the Unuk Bay country. The Earl sent word that he would sail for England at once, but no news has been received of his arrival at any American port, and it is possible that he has turned winter to escape some new experience. A JHO BULLETIN, Of More or Less Interesting News from our Prairie Country, WINNIPEG, April 7, A difference has arisen between the Hudson's Bay Company and the Northern Pacific and Manitoba Railway Company. Mr. Brydges, the late land commissioner for the former company, agreed to give a block of land on the Hudson's Bay Company's flats, twenty acres in extent, for $10,000, and wrote a letter to that effect. Some time afterwards Mr. Brydges intimated to the Northern Pacific & Manitoba that the board in England had declined to ratify this arrangement and recently Macdonald and Tupper, acting for the company, wrote to the City Council, stating that no sale had been made to the Northern Pacific & Manitoba Railway, and requested that solicitors be consulted before any streets were closed in that section. The supposition is that the Hudson Bay Company have repudiated the transaction because the price was not large enough. The Northern Pacific & Manitoba Railway consider that Mr. Brydges was empowered to make the sale in question, and will fight the matter out in the courts. It is just possible that these developments may interfere with the prosecution of work on this property pending a settlement. A rumor is now current that Mr. Colcleugh, the member for St. Andrews, will succeed Treasurer Jones in the local cabinet, and that he will be opposed by Robert Bullock, a leading merchant of Selkirk. Gabriel Dumont, whose visit to Winnipeg was kept very quiet, remaining with friends up the Red River, has gone to see his brethren on the Saskatchewan. The number of immigrants arriving here in March was 6,015, the largest number in any month on record. Last week's arrivals numbered 1,403. At tomorrow evening's meeting of the City Council a resolution will be passed asking Mr. Hearth, W.T. has been incorporated as a town and polling for mayor and council took place yesterday. Bank managers report that money is not coming in very rapidly, but the financial condition is just what they expected it would be at this season of the year. The oldest son of Webb, who was hanged for wife murder at Brandon, is wandering about that place without anyone to look after him and is losing his reason, owing to the terrible affliction through which he passed. Mr. Cumming, of Brandon, succeeds Mr. Colcleugh as bursar of Selkirk Asylum. Land Commissioner Smith returned from the East today. The river is rapidly rising. A Hamilton Mystery Solved, Hamilton, Ont., April 7, Miss Louisa Mackelcan, whose sudden disappearance on Monday last caused much suspense among her relatives and friends and aroused considerable interest among citizens, was found on Saturday morning in A. Frid's brick yard, in the extreme west end of the city, by Mr. Leonard Foster. Mr. Foster was going through the brick yard when he was attracted near the kiln by his dog, who was making an unusual noise. He discovered the lady, who when questioned acknowledged that she was Miss Mackelcan and accompanied Mr. Foster without showing resistance. There is no doubt her mental affliction has caused her to wander to the brick yard and since Monday she has spent most of her time in and about the kiln. When found Miss Mackelcan talked rationally and said she had not tasted food since she left home and had lived in the kiln for three nights and the other night had slept out in the snow. She had on her feet only her overshoes and in the kiln near the warm ashes her shawl and shoes were found. Miss Mackelcan said she thought someone was pursuing her and she went to the brick yard to avoid them. She seemed to be in good condition physically and was taken home by her friends who were the recipients of congratulations from sympathizers from all parts of the city when the news of Miss Mackelcan's being found and well had spread. A PANAMA, April 7, Since the suspension of work on the canal over 5,000 laborers have been repatriated from the Isthmus. A consular investigation shows that there are still over 5,000 persons on the line of the works who are destitute. Some deaths from starvation have already been reported, and it is feared that many more will occur if prompt measures are not taken by the West Indian Governments to send the people back to their homes. Negroes and women and children are the worst sufferers. Despite the great distress good order prevails. GENEVA, April 6, The Meteorological Service report of the weather and ice in the river and gulf for the past week is as follows: The figures in brackets signify the number of miles below Quebec: TAIROUAC Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday Northwest wind: clear. Wednesday and Saturday (W) warm with light south wind; no ice all week. From Monday to Saturday clear and cold; strong wind; light snow in store. Monday and Tuesday clear; north wind; no ice. Wednesday (W) east wind; rain; no ice. Thursday to Saturday clear; northwest wind; no ice. SUNDAY, THE 1st; clear; strong southwest wind; light open ice distant. Monday clear; north wind; light open ice everywhere, still. Tuesday clear; west wind; light close packed ice in shore. Wednesday snowing; strong east wind. Thursday cloudy; east wind. Friday clear; northwest wind; no ice. Saturday clear; northwest wind; light close packed ice inshore. PORT MAHONEY (40H) Monday clear; strong northwest wind. Tuesday snowing; east wind. Wednesday clear; west wind. Thursday clear; southwest wind. Friday clear; northwest wind. Saturday clear; west wind. The bay has been covered with heavy packed ice all the week. MANITOBA TO THE SEA, April 7, Monday clear; north wind; light open ice everywhere moving south. Tuesday clear; northeast wind; light close packed ice inshore. Wednesday heavy snowstorm; no ice. Thursday and Friday clear; north and northwest wind; no ice. Saturday clear; northeast wind; light close packed ice moving southwest. AKLONKETT Monday clear; variable winds; no ice at Death Point; light at distant off other stations. Tuesday cloudy; south winds; light open ice everywhere. Fox BAY closed. Wednesday snowing; strong north wind. Thursday generally light; open ice everywhere. Friday clear; north wind; no ice at West and Mouth Point; light open ice distant off other stations. Two sealing steamers were seen on Death Point on Thursday and Friday. HINDS, MANITOBA, April 7, The weather has been cloudy; north wind; heavy close packed ice everywhere. Tuesday cloudy; strong southeast wind; no ice; a large flock of harp seals close to Bird Rocks. Wednesday cloudy; heavy open ice off Bird Rocks close packed around Magdalen Islands, none on Meat Cove. Thursday cloudy; strong south wind; light open ice distant off Bird Rocks and Magdalen Islands, none at Meat Cove. Friday cloudy; north wind; heavy open ice off Meat Cove, light open ice at all other stations. Saturday clear; strong north wind; light open ice everywhere. The Newfoundland schooner Alouette was crushed by the ice on to Bryan Island reef last Saturday, but the crew were saved. CAYUGA, April 7, Sunday cold; gale from west. Monday northwest wind. Tuesday clear; southeast wind. Wednesday hazy; northwest wind. Thursday southeast wind. Friday clear; north wind; light open ice distant all week. Saturday clear; northeast wind; no ice. NAVIGATION, Chicago, April 7, The grain fleet will start out on its trip down the Great Lakes at the first favorable wind. The start has in fact been made by the schooner Kaimah C. Hutchinson, but the brisk northeaster yesterday brought her back to port. Up to last night the room chartered in the lift was for 200,000 bushels of corn, 230,400 bushels of wheat and 67,100 bushels of oats. The total corn capacity wintering here was about 1,000,000 bushels, and just half has been chartered. The rates have ranged from 1 cent early in the winter to 2 ½ cents yesterday on corn to Buffalo. In contrast with previous winters comparatively few boats have been loaded until along toward the opening of navigation. ABSOLUTELY PURE, This powder never varies. A marvel of purity, strength and wholesomeness. More economical than the ordinary kinds, and cannot be sold in competition with the multitude of low test, short weight alum or phosphate powders. Sold only in cans. ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., 10H Wall Street",1,0,0,1,0,0
+37,18860205,historical,Snow,"TUB GAZETTE MONTREAL FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1896, SNOW-BOUND STATES, The Heaviest Fall of Snow for Over Thirty Years, A CANADIAN SCHOONER WRECKED, Trouble in New York Freighting Materials to the Death of Washington Many Railways Worked, Palham, K, February 4, The late fall of snow was much the heaviest ever known in this region, In Indian Territory snow is said to be two feet deep on the level, Reports from Western Kansas indicate great suffering of people and heavy losses of stock, Farmers in this vicinity have experienced considerable loss of stock, principally in hogs and sheep, Wagon roads are completely blocked, RAILWAY TRAFFIC SUSPENDED, St. Louis, February 4, The great snowstorm which prevailed yesterday in the South blockaded trains on the Iron Mountain railroad between Poplar Bluff, Mo., and Little Rock, Ark., and caused much detention to trains on other sections of the road further South, The St. Louis and Cairo narrow gauge road in Southern Illinois is also blocked, Traffic on other roads in that part of the route is much impeded, NEW YORK IN MISERY, New York, February 4, 1896 The snowstorm which prevailed yesterday continued all night, It is a regular western blizzard, and undoubtedly the worst storm New York has experienced since 1882, The streets are filled with snow and the streetcars are pulled along with great difficulty by double teams, What adds to the difficulties of the situation is the strike upon the Broadway and Seventh Avenue railroads, the Sixth Avenue railroad and the Fourth Avenue railroad, Many business men have been compelled to walk down to their offices, All mails are delayed, THE WEATHER FOR THIRTY YEARS, Baltimore, Md., February 4, The snow is seventeen inches deep here, the fall being the heaviest since Washington, February 4, The railroads to the southward have suffered great interruption from the snowstorm, No trains were sent out from Richmond northward yesterday afternoon and last night, Luray, Va., February 1, Snow falling since Wednesday is twelve inches deep, All railroad communication is interrupted, Reports from the southwest portion of the state indicate an unparalleled snowstorm, and here the snow is from two to three feet deep, GALE IN THE EAST, Provincetown, Mass., February 4 A severe northeast snowstorm set in last night and continues with unabated fury, When darkness came on there were ten schooners off Highland Light, Part of them succeeded in making this port, The British schooner Laura Brown, from New York for St. John, N.B., ALL ROADS BLOCKADED, Harrisburg, Pa., February 4, Three inches more of snow fell last night, The pike across the mountain to West Virginia is so blockaded as to be impassable for a month, There is great suffering among stock, The mercury has fallen 23 degrees since noon and is still going down, I, February 4 Newport is experiencing the heaviest snowstorm known for several years, Since yesterday afternoon, from ten to twelve inches has fallen, and has drifted badly, The thermometer fell to within a few degrees of zero today, FROZEN TO DEATH, Sad Death of a Huntsman Worth of Lake Superior, Ottawa, February 4, A most extraordinary report of death by freezing comes from Chapleau, a station on the Canadian Pacific railway, north of Lake Nipissing, A party, on entering a deserted blacksmith's shop near Chapleau a few days ago, discovered the dead body of a man standing with his back to the wall, his legs spread wide apart and eyes opened, It appears that two men, who had been working together on the Canadian Pacific railway during the summer, had saved some money, and after hunting in the neighborhood through the winter, intended to start for British Columbia in the spring, One Saturday about three weeks ago, they started out on a hunting expedition, and after crossing a small lake, concluded to go into camp for the night, After building a fire and making other necessary preparations, one of them complained of not feeling well, and said he would go back to the starting place, intending to return when he felt better, His companion concluded to stay and continue hunting, After hunting for two days, the latter started back for the settlement, and, upon reaching the lake, where they had crossed, he was horrified at finding the body of his chum lying on the snow, covered with ice, with the legs wide apart and the limbs rigid in death, A moccasin and stocking were off one of the feet, and the remains of a small fire were nearby, While crossing the lake, which was slushy, he had evidently wet his feet, being chilled with the cold, made to dry them and warm himself, In doing this, his hands and arms probably got numbed and powerless with frost, and, after pulling off the moccasin and stocking, he was unable to put them on until the intense frost then gradually overcame him, till it finally held him motionless in death, when he sank back into the snow, His companion then made his way back to the settlement, placing it in the deserted blacksmith's where it now remains, The friends of the deceased, residing at Chapleau, were notified of what had occurred, and in reply requested that the body be embalmed and sent home, but owing to the frozen condition of the limbs, which rendered it difficult to place the corpse in a coffin and for want of funds, nothing was done, THE WEATHER, Toronto, Ont., February 4, The pressure continues very high throughout the Lake and St. Lawrence districts, It has decreased in the Maritime and Gulf districts, owing to a depression off the coast, which is causing a fall of snow in southern Nova Scotia, Elsewhere, the weather continues fair and very cold everywhere from the Lakes to the Atlantic, It has moderated in the Northwest and is blowing a southerly gale in Manitoba, with temperature at home, whilst in Assiniboia and Alberta the temperature varies from 3 to 19 above zero, PROBABILITIES, St. Lawrence, Winds mostly fresh from northeast to northwest, continued fair, very cold weather, THE LOWEST TEMPERATURES, The following were the lowest readings of the thermometer at the places unreported yesterday as received by telegraph: 18 below zero, Quebec 3; 11 below zero, and 7 above New York City; 4 below Louisville, Ky., 14 above, ON SOME BIG THINGS, Since """"Adam delved and Eve span"""" we have traveled a long distance on the road of what we are pleased to call civilization, Spade and distaff are buried together, the cultivator and the spinning jenny have replaced them, and we bear not on our escutcheons those rude reminders of our beginning, The race for greatness absorbs all our energies, and if we do not achieve it we gain bigness, bulk, expansion, Like the frog in the fable, we first supply a laughing stock to each other, then burst, and as we lie down beside the forgotten spade and distaff, other froggies take possession of our boots, or our moccasins, to go through the same course with additions, We are for big fortunes, big factories, big farms, big houses or hostelries, In our imitations of the big Indian, whose love is for bigness in toboggan, snowshoe, bow and arrow, pelts and pipe (we leave out his love for scalps), we have reason; they are the symbols of his manhood, the only man that he knows, the lower man, and his consolations, Our exercises on snow-clad slopes, and their imitations in wood, and on our native ice, are profitable to us as they are to him, and doubly so, as we know that they promote the twofold soundness of body and of mind, So much cannot be said of many of our more serious """"swellings,"""" The tradesman or """"man of business,"""" in the infinite variety of modern forms, is not content to earn a living or to save a trifle for his family; his aim is to make a fortune, and when we see the men who achieve this bigness (the biggest example has lately been well advertised on having lost his grasp of things), we are reminded of the primitive man who judges what the Christian God thinks of wealth by marking the kind of man on whom He bestows it, and we can understand how the unfortunate helot of our own race, or, yet more, the unfortunate man of education who happens to be """"down on his luck"""" comes to look upon property as being more akin to rob, buy, Need we wonder that the question is raised of the right to food and raiment for at least as many as are willing to work, or that the question arises if the growing pile of the new world is any better for, or less injurious to mankind than the monopoly of the soil of the old world by the accidental owners, In this connection is it not worth while for the middle-aged men of commerce and affairs who continue to toil for the increase of their store to consider whether the present is the best for their declining years, or if they are preparing for their families and securing the best possible career, Steam, the giant power of our day, has done much, perhaps much good, for man, but it has disturbed many economies that have not yet become righted, """"How painful,"""" says Mr. Hagshead in one of his brilliant essays, """"Is the conclusion that it is dubious whether all the machines and inventions of mankind have yet lightened the day's labor of a human being, They have enabled more people to exist, but those people work just as hard, and are just as mean and miserable as the elder and the fewer, Is such a life worth living? Does it bear any relation to the ideal man to whom appeal is made in our public teaching and preaching? Has it a soul, my brother and sister, of the same value, as yours and mine? Steam carries us, and we are proud of having made a way for it, to our vast fields that are waiting for the occupation and toil of man, and when we get there the power that bore us there is set to the work of delving, and in due time harvesting, It is soon found, however, that this process cannot be carried on, Our mother earth, more beneficent to her poor ones than their big brother man, refuses her treasures to this sort of industry, The primeval law, """"In the sweat of thy brow shalt thou eat bread,"""" is inalienable, and family life, that life necessary for social improvement, proves necessary for economical development, We abandon the modest shelter of our """"several house"""" to take refuge in a huge hostelry, Weary of getting upstairs, or of the strange sensation of being carried up by a machine, we are dazzled by the light of coal gas, repeated in multitudinous mirrors, subdued (if anything can subdue a nineteenth-century man or woman) by the contemplation of painted wall and ceiling, and polished column, and marble tile and varied ornament in wood and stone, and glass and tissue many of them pleasing to a degree, But it all is little to the """"bill of fare;"""" it is fearful to contemplate in view of the obligations recognized by the average economist, to go through it or let it go through him in order that he may be """"even with the house"""" or with the other """"bill;"""" upon reading, more upon trying it, one ceases to wonder why so many well-to-do people live out but half their days, I hear of a notable instance of self-possession: A manager who resists the general inflation, who is said to be at his ease, natural, careful, kindly attentive, in fact, the ideal host, In too many cases our big undertakings have proved too big for profit; there is a wide resounding cry of """"no returns,"""" Is it the Nemesis of spade, and distaff calling us back to lesser things? It may be well if we give ear, 28 ST. GEORGE Snowshoe Club, SATURDAY, the 6th inst., VLH starting from McGill College Gates at 3:15 p.m. sharp, Cross-country Steeplechase will be run, Five prizes, As this will probably be the last cross-country tramp this season, a good muster is requested, F. L. Paho, Tex., February 4, The feeling in Arizona and New Mexico in favor of the summary execution of Geronimo, the Apache, and surviving members of his band is rapidly growing into a demand, People will demand that the same punishment be meted out to Geronimo and his followers as Kid and his band received at the hands of the Canadian Government, direful estimates place the number killed by these bands during the last raid at 170, many of whom were women, having highly respected connections in the east, Mrs. Herring, who was captured and then murdered near Douglass, was once a belle in Sedalia, Mo., The Mexican consul here is endeavoring to induce the Mexican authorities to make a formal claim for Geronimo and his band from the United States on the ground that the Indians surrendered to Lieut. Mans on Mexican territory, It is stated that there is nothing in the treaty with Mexico to cover such a case, SERIOUS AFFAIR IN A PRISON, PITTSBURGH, February 4, A serious affair occurred in the Riverside penitentiary this morning in which Deputies Mulvan, Greaves and Edwards were injured, the former dangerously, A prisoner named James Clarke, who is serving a sentence of seven years for burglary, had been ordered to the dungeon for an infraction of the rules, McKinney and Greaves repaired to his cell to escort him to the dungeon, He promised to go quietly, but in an unguarded moment he turned upon the men with a large knife, which he had secreted in his coat, He first made a desperate lunge at McKinney and plunged the knife into his neck and then stabbed him in the right temple, Turning from McKinney he thrust the bloody weapon into Greaves' right shoulder blade twice, Deputy Edwards, hearing the noise, came to the aid of McKinney and Greaves, but before he could render them assistance Clarke felled him to the ground and, jumping upon him, beat and kicked him in a frightful manner, By this time the guard had been alarmed and Clarke was overpowered and placed in the dungeon, The injured men were removed to the hospital, where examination showed that McKinney was probably mortally wounded, STREET CAR STRIKERS VICTORIOUS, New York, February 4, The car drivers on the Fourth Avenue, Broadway and Seventh Avenue and Sixth Avenue horse railroads struck this morning and no cars are running on any of the lines named, John G. Caville, general auditor of the Knights of Labor in this city, last night said: The Executive board of the Empire Protective Association and myself have spent two weeks trying to settle the car drivers' difficulties with the presidents of the New York street railroads, but they have made fools of us, We have offered every inducement to them and even accepted their compromise but all to no purpose, Snow is piled up in the streets and a strike at this time will greatly inconvenience the public, A later dispatch says: The directors of the Broadway road held a meeting this morning and instructed the Superintendent to notify the strikers that within a week a schedule would be arranged in accordance with their wishes, It is rumored the men will all go to work this afternoon, The directors of the Sixth Avenue line have decided to concede to the terms demanded, There was great rejoicing among the employees, The difficulty with the Fourth Avenue line was arranged this afternoon, and at 2:30 p.m. the cars started running, This ends the strike, THE EVICTIONS IN THE COKE REGIONS, Pittsburgh, February 4, There were no evictions in the coke regions today, Sixteen additional writs of ejectment were issued this morning, but no efforts were made to serve them, Tomorrow, however, another attempt to force the strikers to vacate the houses will be made, At the same time a strong effort will be made to break the strike, Between two hundred and fifty and three hundred German and Irish laborers were sent into the region from here today, and in the morning several works will be put in operation, Richard Barton, a miller, was present with a team and wagon when the evictions took place, As fast as the sheriff's officers took the furniture from the houses he told them to put it in his wagon, Then he hauled it to his mill and his dwellings, where six of the evicted families are now quartered, The people of Uniontown and the farmers in the surrounding country are aiding the strikers with food, THE CABINET AND THE SILVER QUESTION, Washington, February 4 The Cabinet meeting today was attended by all the members except Secretary Lamar, who is not in good health, The principal topic of discussion was the action of the House of Representatives yesterday in adopting Mr. Bland's resolution calling on the Secretary of the Treasury for information in regard to his past and future policy on the silver question, The propriety and expediency of disclosing the future policy of the administration on this question was considered at length, It is understood that the conclusion reached was that the Secretary could best reply to that portion of the resolution by a reference to the views expressed by the President in his message to Congress and by the Secretary of the Treasury in his annual report on the subject with an explanatory statement that their sentiments in regard to silver remain unchanged, CHICAGO CORRUPTION TO BE TESTED, Chicago, February 4, Police Justice Meech today brought suit in the Circuit Court to recover $27,000 from the Rev. E. Kittredge, who, he claims, libeled him in his sermon of Sunday last, Kittredge is pastor of the Third Presbyterian Church and, after alluding to the alleged maladministration of justice in the courts of the city, referred directly, it is said, to Justice Meech's action in disposing of the cases of 225 gamblers, who were arrested in gambling houses a week ago, He said: """"All fear of law is rapidly passing from the minds of wicked men; lawbreakers are only arrested to be set free at the solicitation of some aldermen or in return for a handsome bribe, as was true this past week when one justice, by the name of Meech, discharged a company of gamblers at the request of the latter, changing the offense from gambling to disorderly conduct and asking only the fine of $1 from each,"""" Dr. Kittredge's sermon was correctly reported; that he will meet the suit fully, but that he will see that a careful scrutiny is made into police court matters, BELL TELEPHONE SUIT, Washington, January 4 Solicitor General Tillman has indicated that he will test the validity of the Bell Telephone patent, which was filed in the manner recommended by the Department of the Interior, The Solicitor has selected able counsel to fight the Department of Justice and intends them to prepare the bill of complaint, which will be finished and filed and the place selected to try the case made public this week, It is said the suit will be tried in some court outside the District of Columbia, probably in Ohio, Indiana or in some court where similar cases have not been tried, THE ICE CARNIVAL, St. Paul, Minn., February 4 This was the greatest night of the ice carnival, Forces stormed the parade held by the snow king, The pyrotechnic display was the most varied and brilliant ever seen in the Northwest Among the participants in the parade were over 200 members of the St. George and Winnipeg snowshoe clubs and other citizens of Winnipeg, Including Premier Norquay and W.",1,0,1,0,1,1
+38,18950515,historical,Ice,"KOTES BY THE WAT' The depth of water at Borel on the 13th was 34 feet 8 inches; in the Montreal harbor channel yesterday it was 32 feet 8 inches. The steamship Ipsden, Capt. Cousins, has cleared for Glace Bay with mine supplies. She will return with a full cargo of coal. The steamship Wandsworth, Captain Watkins, arrived in port yesterday with a cargo of coal from Sydney, consigned to Kingman, Brown & Co. The Beaver line steamship Lake Superior, Captain Stewart, will arrive in port this evening with a general cargo and passengers from Liverpool. The steamship Kecalona, Captain Baxter, arrived in port last evening from Bordeaux and Charente with a general cargo, consigned to R. Reford & Co. The Allan line steamship Sarmatian, which sailed yesterday morning for Glasgow, had, in addition to a large cargo, 400 head of cattle and 113 horses. Before the steamship Rutherglen sailed for London yesterday morning, some standards of deals had to be taken off her deck load to keep her from being too heavy. The steamship Avlona, Captain Baxter, arrived in port late yesterday afternoon with upwards of 17,000 boxes of fruit from Mediterranean ports, consigned to R. Reford & Co. The Thomson line steamship Gerona, Captain Stooke, is making her way up the river from Newcastle with a general cargo consigned to R. Reford & Co. She is expected to arrive in port tomorrow. The Dominion line steamship British Prince, Capt. Freetb, arrived in port yesterday, just before noon, with passengers and a general cargo. She sailed from Liverpool with 50 passengers on May 1 and made a favorable trip across. The Allan line steamship Buenos Ayrean, Captain Vipond, arrived in port last evening from Glasgow with a general cargo. She sailed from Glasgow on May 2, and has made a good passage. She will probably sail on Sunday next. The steamship Ben Gore Head, Captain Brennan, which arrived in Quebec on Saturday last in ballast, is still moored there, taking on board a portion of her cargo. She will come to Montreal to complete loading, and will sail for Dublin on May 17, consigned by McLean, Kennedy & Co. The steamship Montevidean, Captain Fairfull, arrived in port yesterday afternoon with a general cargo from London. Captain Fairfull reports that he sailed from London on April 27, and had strong headwinds the whole of the passage, and was detained by fog in the channel and off the Banks. The first ice was seen in lat. 47, but no field ice was sighted until they were inside of Cape Bay. OCEAN STEAMSHIPS MOVEMENTS Arrived May 14, Steamer At Prom, KurrifRSia, New York Havel, Southampton, New York Teutonic Queenstown, New York Lake Superior Father Point, Liverpool Georgia, New York, Shelburne, Father Point, Hamburg Hardiulin Moville, Montreal PORT OF MONTREAL On the top of the Harbor Commissioners' building is a timeball which is dropped every weekday at 12 o'clock noon of 7 6 in meridian or Eastern standard time, which is precisely five hours slow of Greenwich time. Arrived May 14, steamship British Prince, Freetb, Liverpool, May 1, Torrance & Co, general. Steamship Montevidean, Fairfull, London, April 27, H A Allan, general. Steamship Avlona, King, Burranla, April 9, R Reford & Co, general. Steamship Kecalona, Baxter, Charente, R Reford & Co, general. Steamship Buenos Ayrean, Vipond, Glasgow, May 9, H A Allan, general. Steamship Wandsworth, Watkins, Sydney, Kingman, Brown & Co. Cleared May 14, steamship Ipsden, Glace Bay, Kingman, Brown & Co, mine supplies. Vessels In Port, STEAMSHIPS, Parisian, Kitchile, H A Allan, Memphis, Williams, F. Idor, Lembitier & Co, Sydal Holme, 12118, Brown, McLean, Kennedy & Co, Turonia, 3150, Yule, R Reford & Co, British Prince, Freetb, Torrance & Co, Montevidean, Fairfull, H A Allan, Avlona, King, Burranla, R Reford & Co, Kecalona, Baxter, Charente, R Reford & Co, Buenos Ayrean, Vipond, H A Allan, Wandsworth, Watkins, Kingman, Brown & Co. SNOWFALL AT NIAGARA As Keenly as the Small Fruit Crop Is Wiped Out but Little Damage Done in Quebec. Toronto, May 14, Special. From all parts of Ontario come reports of great damage done by the recent cold snap. In some parts frost was so severe that ice formed on standing water to the thickness of half an inch. Farmers and market gardeners who were in the city today said that, besides fruits and vegetables being destroyed, the pea crops in many places were badly nipped. Other grains have escaped. The weather that has followed the big drop in temperature is most favorable. The cold rain removes the chill, but had a hot sun followed, the crops that now look healthy would have turned black. Niagara Falls, Ont., May 14, Snow fell to the depth of four inches this morning, followed during the afternoon by drizzling rain. The grape crop in this locality has been almost totally destroyed, which means thousands of dollars loss. Strawberry patches look as if they had been swept by fire, and cherries suffered severely, as did the peach trees. Corn, potatoes and other vegetables are lying flat on the ground. The season being fully three weeks ahead of last year, the frost Sunday night means hard times for the fruit growers and farmers in the Niagara district. Edytk, Ont., May 14, The frost has done considerable damage to fruit trees, but grain, especially barley and peas, suffered the most. Plmhuokk, Ont., May 14, No damage to crops or fruit by frost in this locality. Smith's Falls, Ont., May 14, Very little damage has been done to crops or gardens by frost in this vicinity. Plantagenet, May 14, Heavy frost last night, but no damage to crops as yet done. Puslinch, Ont., May 14, No damage is as yet apparent from the frost, but it is feared it will do so in a day or so. Shawinigan, Ont., May 14, The frost has completely destroyed fruit and early vegetables of every description in this neighborhood. Fall wheat and barley are also badly injured. Snow has been falling for over two hours this morning. Avonmore, Ont., May 14, There was a slight frost last night, but nothing was damaged to any extent. Hawkesbury, Ont., May 14, Light frost here. No damage done worth mentioning. Bknfiusw, Ont., May 14, Frost has not damaged crops to any great extent. Fruit has escaped fairly well, not being far enough advanced to suffer permanent injury. The plum crop may be affected to some extent. Montkuf, Que., May 14, No frost here on Sunday night. Last night's will damage small fruit, etc., but grain is not enough advanced to have been seriously injured. Cameron Park, Ont., May 14, The slight frost last two nights does not seem to have done much injury in this locality. Aylmer, Ont., May 14, Frost has not hurt crops in this locality, not being sufficiently advanced, but grapes and fruits generally are very badly damaged. Thermometer fell to 28 degrees. St. Stanbridge, Que., May 14, Gardens were not far enough advanced to be damaged by the recent frosts. Some slight damage was done to apple and plum trees. Kazabazua, Que., May 14, Very heavy frost last night, but little damage done to crops around here. Wakefield, Que., May 14, The frost was quite heavy here last night but no damage reported, although fruit trees and tender plants must certainly have been nipped. Hemmingford, Que., May 14, Nothing was damaged by the frost here except cherry and plum blossoms. St. Isidore, May 14, There was a heavy frost in this vicinity last night. The fruit crop, if not lost altogether, is seriously damaged. Brossard, May 14, There was a heavy frost here last night which seriously damaged the fruit crop, if it did not ruin it altogether. Huntingdon, Que., May 14, Garden stuff generally suffered pretty severely from frost last night. Grape vines, cabbage and tomatoes are especially frost bitten. It is a question whether or not fruit trees will be affected. Vaudreuil, Que., May 14, Frost did no damage in Vaudreuil. Across the Lines, St. Paul, May 14, Reports indicate that there was another severe frost last night all over Minnesota and South Dakota. It is feared the damage was even greater than on Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights. Omaha, Neb., May 14, Railway officials have been conducting an exhaustive search for damage done by last night's frost, and the damage is found to be insignificant; it is chiefly confined to orchards and garden stuffs. KpwNOFisiLD, Ills., May 14, Central Illinois was visited by a heavy frost last night. Grapes and other fruits were badly damaged, corn, which was well advanced, is bitten off close to the ground. Potatoes are killed to the roots and garden vegetables are generally badly damaged. Grand Rapids, Mich., May 14, Reports from various portions of the fruit belt of Western Michigan are to the effect that more damage was done by the gale than by freezing. AN ASSISTANT ENGINEER Knights of Labor Complain That Outsiders are Employed on the Improvement Works. Mr. Henry Bulmer, chairman, presided at the open meeting of the Harbor Commissioners held yesterday afternoon, the other members in attendance being Major Villeneuve, Messrs. Hudon, Hurteau, Morin, Torrance, Ogilvie and Allan. The sub-committee on harbor expenditure reported in favor of the chief engineer, Mr. Kennedy, being authorized to employ an assistant engineer at a salary of not more than $75 per month, and the engagement to be from month to month, so that should the development of the inquiries now going on seem to warrant it, he might be dismissed at any time without involving more than a month's salary. The recommendation was made on the statement of Mr. Kennedy that it was important, in connection with the efficient carrying on of the work, that he have such assistant at once. Mr. Bulmer did not concur in the report, and wished his objection to be recorded, on the ground of economy. He considered that the present staff was sufficient for the work to be done. The report was adopted. The chief engineer, Mr. Kennedy, submitted his monthly report as under: Openings in the winter ice on the harbor began to form in the main channel below the Victoria bridge on the 2nd of April, and in the current St. Mary somewhat earlier. The openings enlarged and joined, and by the 8th of April the main channel was clear from above the Victoria bridge to the foot of the current St. Mary, and a few shoves had taken place. Shoving continued at intervals outside the guard pier and at Windmill point until the morning of the 11th, when the main body of the ice moved off the greater part of La Prairie basin and the part of the harbor outside the guard pier. The space inside the guard pier, and the greater part of the river below Longueuil Point, remained covered until the 21st, when a final movement took place, leaving the whole clear, and navigation opened. Very considerable quantities of ice were left lodged upon all the wharves above the canal entrance and below Victoria pier. The following are the estimated areas and depths: Sections B and 7, Windmill point, 1,000 feet in length by 100 feet in width, was covered to an average depth of 1 foot. Sections 8 to 10, Windmill point, 1,600 feet in length by 75 feet in width, was covered to 6 feet thick. From the mouth of the canal, section 11, to the Richelieu pier, section 17, no ice remained except an occasional lump. Section 17, Richelieu pier, about half the pier, or 100 feet square, was covered to an average thickness of 3 feet. Section 18, Island Ferry wharf, about 800 feet by 100 feet of the pier was covered to an average depth of 1 foot. Section 19, La Prairie ferry wharf, about half the pier, or 60 feet by 180 feet, was covered to an average depth of 2 feet. Section 20, Victoria pier, the downstream end, 600 feet in length by 110 feet in width was covered to an average depth of 7 feet. Sections 21 to 22, a length of 1,000 feet from the Victoria pier downwards, by a width of 100 feet, was covered to an average depth of 5 feet. Sections 22 to 28, a length of 1,200 feet by 100 feet in width, was covered to an average depth of 8 feet. Sections 29 to 30, a length of 1,300 feet by 60 feet in width, was covered to an average depth of 4 feet. Sections 31 to 35, a length of 1,600 feet by 80 feet in width, was covered to an average depth of 6 feet. Sections 36 to 42, a length of 3,900 feet by 76 feet wide, was covered to an average depth of 8 feet. Section 43, new pier, the old pier, or 730 feet by a width of 20 feet, was covered to an average depth of 6 feet. Section 40, sugar refinery pier, on the outer end about half the pier, or 300 feet by 180 feet, was covered to an average depth of 4 feet. The usual clearing of the lodged ice from sites of the freight sheds and other parts of the wharf most urgently needed was commenced on the 17th of April with a force of 160 men, which was increased to 625 men by the 25th, and reduced to 60 men by the 6th of May, when the special work of ice clearing was stopped. Expenditure, including the cost of working a clam-shell derrick eight and a half days, $4,797. On the clearing away of the ice it was found that a piece of cribwork wharf, 194 feet in length, in section 9, Windmill point, built in 1864, was damaged by being undermined by the winter currents, and also that some of the top timber of the unfinished pier in section 44, Hochelaga, had been displaced and lodged on shore; otherwise the wharves suffered no material injury during the winter. The guard pier, although subjected to violent outside shoves, was unharmed; the derricks, locomotives and other working plant wintered upon it were untouched; there was no unusual shoving and no flooding on either south shore or north; the ice inside remained no longer than upon the ship channel, and the adjacent wharves were left practically clear. If HARBOR REPORTS The replacing of mooring posts was commenced on the 18th of April; roadway repairs were commenced on the 22nd; the ordinary cleaning of roadways and wharves was commenced on the 23rd, and repairs to the woodwork of the wharves was commenced on the 24th. The quarrying of macadamizing stone was finished on the 6th of April, and greasing on the 16th. The quantity got out and broken by the Commissioners' men during April was about 60 tons, and the total for the winter was 953 tons. NEW WORKS The making of some additional bents for the temporary trestle of the guard pier was commenced on the 16th of April, and the re-erection of the trestle was commenced on the 24th. A tugboat and two floating derricks, which were wintered in the lower new basin of the canal, were freed as soon as the ice cleared off, and commenced work on the 24th of April, one derrick being set to work to assist in clearing off ice from the wharves and the other to assist in erecting the guard pier trestle. On the 1st day of May the other vessels of the dredging fleet were released from winter quarters and brought into the harbor, after which they were fitted up with their spuds and set to work as quickly as possible. The building of the new tug is being continued by the contractors. At the end of the month the frames of the hull were all set up and the shell and furnace of the boiler were well advanced, but the engine remained practically the same as at last report. The new drill boat was launched on the 2nd of April, and the machinery is now about ready for work. As the contractors for the new drill boat were somewhat behind time with their work, the Chief Engineer was instructed to see into the matter. On the recommendation of the Chief Engineer it was decided to purchase, at a cost of $180, one of the steam winches of the wrecked steamship Naverton. C. Landre and Mr. Willett. Miss Georgie Learned was heard to advantage in """"Pierrot,"""" the pianissimo portions being finely rendered. Mr. Hodgson thoroughly caught the audience with his singing of """"In Night's Still Calm."""" Mrs. Landre gave a good interpretation of Tchaikovsky's """"Ave Maria,"""" and Mr. Willett acquitted himself well in his solo, """"Willow the Wisp."""" Gounod's """"Ruth,"""" the interpretation of Gounod's """"Ruth,"""" given in the Church of St. James the Apostle last evening, in aid of the choir fund, might justly be termed a musical treat, and to say that it was enjoyed by the large audience present is expressing the appreciation of its patrons very mildly. To Mr. Raynor, the organist, upon whom has devolved the training of the choir for the event, the result must have been very gratifying. The choruses went with a vim, that commencing """"Rejoice, for blessings round us fall,"""" being exceedingly well rendered; indeed, the entire interpretation of the cantata was such as to leave no room for fault-finding. The soloists were Miss Raynor, Miss Munro, Miss Macartney, Mr. Frank Ibbotson and Master Blair Russell, all of whom acquitted themselves finely. """"The White Squadron"""" will be seen at the Theatre Royal next week. One of the novel features will be a representation of the American Navy under sail and steam. During the action of the third act over 150 people appear upon the stage. L. HARKINS (88 years' practice), No. 1 1 St. James street opp. Post Office, Evening office, 489 St. Lawrence. Ladies and Gentlemen waited upon at their residence. FOR SALE Hotels, Saloon, Groceries, Dry Goods, Cigars, Confectioneries, Boarding Houses and all other kinds of business. Also, houses, stores, rooms and tenements furnished or unfurnished, to let in different parts of the city. Apply to L. HARKINS, real estate agent, 115 St. James street, opp. Post Office, Evening office, 43 St. Lawrence. GENTS MAKE $5 Daily. Marvelous Invention. Retails 50 cents; to 6 sold in a house; sample mailed FREE. FOR HICKOK & McMAKIN, Cincinnati, O. Rodgers' Cutlery, SPOONS FORKS, STERLING SILVER NOVELTIES, AND PLATED WARE, Watches, Clocks, Jewellery, etc. Special value can be had from H. A. IDIOICSON & CO. Articles for Wedding Presents in great variety. 1791 NOTRE DAME STREET, Cor. St. Peter. Delicious Ice Cream Soda and Ice Cream (fruit flavors), Water Ices, Phosphates, and many other Fruit drinks at WALKER'S St. James and St. Catherine Streets, JOHN H.",1,0,0,0,1,0
+39,18850404,historical,Ice,"Y, April 4, The situation in the Delaware at Callicoun is quite serious tonight. The river is rising rapidly tonight, backing upon Callicoun Creek, endangering the Erie Bridge. At 11 p.m. the river at Cochecton is breaking. The flats are covered with several feet of water, and no one dares to go near enough to find out the exact state of affairs. All residents on the flats escaped to higher ground. It is believed the gorge will hold for some time. Great excitement exists there. Leci HiVK, Pa, April 3, There is great anxiety here on account of the ice jam in the Susquehanna, which extends from the boom two miles above the city to Wethain, a distance of sixteen miles. All trains west on the P & E railroad have been held here since yesterday. Several miles of track are covered by ice and water. Fears are entertained for the safety of the railroad bridge at Queens Ban should the jam break. A heavy jam exists at Pine Creek, the water being up to the doors of the houses. Wilkes-Barre, Pa, April 3, The Susquehanna is now twenty-five feet above low water mark. The low lands on the west side from here to Kingston, nearly a mile wide, are submerged. Solid Comfort: Everyone likes to take solid comfort and it may be enjoyed by everyone who keeps Kidney-Wort in the house and takes a few doses at the first symptoms of an attack of Malaria, Rheumatism, biliousness, Jaundice or any affection of the Liver, Kidneys or Bowels. It is a purely vegetable compound of roots, leaves and berries known to have special value in kidney trouble. Added to these are remedies acting directly on the Liver and Bowels. It removes the cause of disease and fortifies the system against new attacks. Scott's Emulsion of Pure Cod Liver Oil with Hypophosphites is prescribed by Physicians all over the world. It is a remarkable remedy for Consumption, Scrofula and wasting diseases, and very palatable. Skin Diseases: Swane's Ointment cures Tetter, Salt Rheum, Pimples, Eczema, all itching skin eruptions, no matter how obstinate or long standing. H. Melhuish, West of England's worsteds and diagonals my selections are beyond compare. FLOODS AT ISLE PERROT: Considerable damage to property on Isle Perrot on account of flooding is reported by Mr. Louis Lesage, superintendent of the Montreal waterworks, who has returned to the city from a tour of inspection at the junction of the Ottawa and St. Lawrence rivers. The western portion of the island, for a distance of four miles long and a considerable width, had been completely inundated and all the houses and farms in that strip flooded. The first rise took place at midnight, on the 18th of February, when the worst storm of the season was at its height, the ice below the Cascade moving suddenly en bloc towards the island. Striking the shore it piled up in many places thirty feet high. The front was torn down from a large stone house where some fifty people, men and women, were assembled celebrating the feast of St. Valentine. They were all driven into the storm and made their escape through a perilous lake to some houses on an elevation about a mile away. All the stock in the stable, consisting of four head of cattle, a valuable horse and some smaller animals, were drowned in their stalls. The river continued to rise until by noon the next day all the people at that portion of the island were driven from their houses to find refuge on higher ground some distance off. About the 10th of last month the second rise took place, also in a heavy night storm. It came on suddenly, but the people were more prepared for it, and the loss was consequently not so serious. Numbers of cattle, however, perished, and the people, especially the sick, suffered much. The loss by both floods is estimated in aggregate at about $12,000. The people whose property has been damaged are said to be well off and it will not be necessary to adopt any measures for their relief. SNOWSTORM YESTERDAY: A heavy snowfall for April delayed trains. Yesterday the city and district were visited by a severe snowstorm which would have been more seasonable in January or February than in the month of April when people are anxiously looking out for the springtime. The snow fell heavily all day and vehicular and pedestrian traffic was impeded to a large extent. The streets were pretty much deserted and what with the war news and the storm business was very dull. The trains coming into and leaving the station were remarkably well on time. The Canada Atlantic, due from Ottawa at 11:35 a.m., was only thirty-five minutes behind. No. 4 east, due at 12:02 p.m., was twenty minutes late. The Delaware & Hudson and Central Vermont trains were on time. The western train due at eight in the morning was two hours late, the delay being through the alleged failure of other trains to connect west of Toronto. The drivers of all the trains report deep snow on the track in many places, especially south. Snowplows, however, were put into requisition throughout the night, and the track kept open. Some difficulty was experienced in moving the cars for the making-up of trains at the station early in the morning, the snow drifting on the shunting tracks nearly as fast as it could be removed, but all eventually went right through the energy of the station officials. The Canadian Pacific trains were also on time, the authorities announcing that the storm has not in any way interfered with the transport of the troops to the Northwest. The effects of the storm may most conspicuously be seen on the river opposite the city. The roads to St. Lambert, Laprairie and intermediate points are completely blotted out in places for some hundreds of yards distant, and their places filled up by snow-drifts many feet high. A motion was made for leave to appeal from a judgment dismissing a demurrer to a claim filed by the Cunard Steamship Company. The contestation of the application was on the ground that the Cunard Steamship Company had no interest whatever in the matter. It resulted from the opposition that the company had an interest in the claim, and the judgment was not one that deprived the party of any right which necessitated an appeal at this time. The motion for leave to appeal would be rejected. H. Tait et al., (plaintiffs below) appellants, and the defendant below, respondent. The case arose from a judgment dismissing the appellant's action. The facts were that in 1882 the respondents, who are contractors, resolved to tender for the construction of a cotton mill at Valleyfield, and they appointed a number of lumber merchants, including the appellants, to furnish them with statements of prices and qualities of wood required for the building. No precise amount was specified, but the approximate quantity was mentioned to the merchants, and price being obtained, a tender was put in by the respondents, and the contract was awarded to them. The appellants, on respondents' order, furnished lumber, and were paid for what they sent. The appellants complained by their action that the respondents had not purchased from them all the lumber mentioned in the approximate statement of quantities, but had obtained elsewhere part of what they required, and the sum of $1,039.91 was claimed as damages. The defense was that the respondents never bound themselves to take any specific quantity, and that they had got all they wanted from the appellants with the exception of a small quantity of a kind which the appellants were unable to furnish. The court below held that there was no contract for a specific quantity, and that the respondents got all they required from appellants with the exception of $39.99 worth which was bought from Henderson Brothers. The purchase from appellants amounted to $34,000, which was duly paid. Under the circumstances, the action was regarded as vexatious and was dismissed. H. Tait, J., dissenting, was of the opinion that the judgment should be reversed. The respondents asked for tenders, and the appellants' tender was accepted, and certain kinds of wood were taken, but not all that was required. The appellants sued the respondents for what they failed to gain by the contract, and in answer to this action it was pretended that the respondents took all that they required. The court below dismissed the action. The majority of this court appeared to be for confirming this judgment, not on the ground that an approximate quantity cannot be the subject of a contract, but because the tender had not been accepted. Now an acceptance may be implied as well as express. If a man calls for tenders, and accepts the articles tendered for, and pays for them at the prices given, it amounts to a contract. There could be no doubt that there was an acceptance in this case. The appellants should have judgment for at least $149, which amount of loss was clearly proved. H. Tait, J., concurred in the dissent. Cross, J., Hurteau et al., lumber merchants, sued Lawrence et al., builders, for the recovery of a sum of $1,039.91, which the former alleged the latter were bound to pay them by way of damages for having failed to accept and pay for a certain quantity of lumber which Hurteau et al. alleged Lawrence et al. had agreed to purchase from them. It appears that early in the year 1883 Lawrence et al. had obtained a contract to furnish the woodwork of an extensive cotton mill to be built at Valleyfield, in the County of Beauharnois, and had requested Hurteau et al. to give them prices at which they could furnish certain specified quantities and descriptions of timber of which it appears that a specification was furnished although it has not been produced. Thereupon Hurteau & Bro. wrote to L. & Bro. in the following terms: """"We have the honor to send prices for timber, etc., which we will sell you at the prices mentioned, hoping to be favored with your order, etc."""" There was no acceptance of this letter in whole or in part. Lawrence & Bro. afterwards during the progress of the work ordered from Lawrence & Bro. considerable quantities of lumber, in fact the principal part of the lumber by them required for the fulfillment of their contract, notes being given for each special order of lumber as received, which were paid at maturity. Towards the latter part of the work, not being able, according to what they say, to get a particular parcel of lumber from Hurteau & Bro. as fast as they required it, they gave an order to Henderson & Bro., Montreal, for some 16,328 feet, on which Hurteau & Bro. pretend they would have made $195.93, although Henderson & Bro. make out the difference between their purchase and that of Hurteau & Bro. to be only $122.46. Hurteau & Bro. pretend to be entitled to their profit on a much larger quantity, but have not succeeded in proving that Lawrence & Co. purchased any more of the like timber they expected to furnish from anyone else. When all the deliveries were made the accounts were made up, Lawrence & Co. closing Hurteau & Bro.'s account with a note. Hurteau & Co. up to that time made no additional demand, but on the account being closed they notified Lawrence & Bro. of the demand for which the present action has been brought. Lawrence & Co. defended the suit on the ground that they never made any contract with Hurteau & Co. for the whole of the timber they required; that they only inquired the prices at which they could procure the different descriptions of lumber, and gave special orders for the amounts they required from time to time, which they had a right to do from whomever they pleased, but voluntarily gave Hurteau & Bro. the advantage of furnishing the most of the timber they required, and would have given them the only remaining order given to Henderson had they been ready to fulfill it promptly, but they were not. The question at issue is whether there was an actually completed contract for the whole of the lumber closed between Hurteau & Frere and Lawrence & Frere. For this it of course required the concurrence of assent of both parties distinctly given to an undertaking on one side and an acceptance on the other. Now the letter of Hurteau & Frere is merely a specification of prices at which they were willing to furnish particular kinds of lumber, which was never accepted as a whole, and was only binding on Hurteau & Co. so long as it was not withdrawn. I cannot see how the requisition for any particular portion of the lumber contained in such an offer was in any respect a condition of the whole. Mo and Tussisa, J., concurred. Judgment confirmed, Harnsay and Baby, JJ., dissenting. Present: Chief Justice Dorion, and Justices Monk, Cross and Baby. Likd et al. (defendants below), appellants, and Davyso (plaintiff below), respondent; and C. Cross, J. This action was brought by the owner of the steamship Whickham against the charterers to recover £100 sterling for demurrage and £13 for dead freight on a voyage for which the vessel was chartered from the port of Montreal to a port in Europe to be indicated by the charterers. The Superior Court gave the ship owner judgment for the dead freight, but denied his right to the demurrage. Both parties have appealed. The charter is dated at Montreal from October, 1882. The ship, of the capacity of 1,121 tons, was then on its way from Burrow to England to the port of Montreal. The material provisions of the charter were that the ship should proceed to Montreal, and there load full and complete cargoes of grain or in part flour at rates specified in the charter for the different kinds of grain or flour that might be loaded, and having loaded should therewith proceed to a safe port in the United Kingdom, or a safe port on the Continent, calling at certain ports indicated, for orders, and to deliver her cargo at the port indicated. Ten running days to be allowed the merchant charterer for discharging commencing from the time of the ship being ready to deliver cargo. Ship to be loaded as fast as can be received in fine weather, and ten days on demurrage over and above the said lying days at forty pounds per day. The ship to have an absolute lien on the cargo for all freight, dead freight and demurrage due under this charter until the charterer remains responsible to ensure that the shipment of the cargo be worth the freight, demurrage, etc., on arrival at the port of discharge. Should ice set in during loading to endanger the ship the master to be at liberty to sail with part cargo and to have leave to call up at any open port on the way homeward for the ship's benefit. The steamer arrived at the port of Montreal on the 11th of November, 1882, and before noon on the 12th of November was ready to receive cargo, whereof notice was given to the shippers, accompanied by the necessary certificate of the port authorities. She received cargo up to the morning of the 21st, when she left having previously on the 20th by a note from the captain intimated to the charterers that on account of the threatening state of the weather and ice beginning to set in he had decided for the safety of his vessel to start the following morning the 22nd of November, thus availing himself of the privilege reserved in the charter to sail with part cargo in case of anticipated danger from ice forming. On the 15th of November the master of the steamer had a protest served on the charterers, in which it was asserted that the lay days commenced at noon on the 15th; he complained that no cargo had yet been shipped up to noon on the 16th, and protested for damages, etc. A like protest was served on the 18th complaining of insufficient diligence, but admitting that there was half a day of unsuitable weather for loading. The charterers defended themselves, alleging that by the custom of the port they were not bound to commence loading until noon on the 15th, nor at night nor in bad weather nor on Sundays; that they did extra diligence, working at night and in part of the bad weather and part of Sunday, but were interrupted by the master refusing to proceed on the afternoon of the 17th from apprehended danger to his vessel, loading too much into the forehold without a counterbalance in the other parts of the vessel, and by the fault of the master in not procuring a sufficient number of baggers to receive the grain into bags and have them prepared by sewing to be stowed away; that their extra diligence more than made up for any pretended loss of time. The proof made as regards diligence is contradictory, but on the whole leaves the impression that by the fault of the shippers the vessel may have been delayed two days at most, assuming that the shippers should have been ready at noon on the 15th. When the vessel left there was grain alongside sufficient to complete her cargo. It is satisfactorily established that ice was forming so as to endanger the vessel, and that she left at the very latest time she could have remained with safety. No serious question arises as to the quantum of dead freight claimed if it is to be allowed. The judgment of the Superior Court appealed from allows the dead freight in full, but refuses the demurrage or damages for delay in loading. As I read the charter the demurrage was expressly appended to the clause providing for the loading of the vessel as fast as could be received in fine weather, and so intimately connected with it that the two cannot be separated in the construction, and the ten days here given are in addition to the ten running days to discharge. """"As fast as can be received in fine weather"""" was inserted for the benefit of the ship as much as that of the shipper, it admits of a measure as to time, and in this respect differs from the clause in question in the case of Lockhart vs. Fulk, 10 L. It, Exch, 132, relied on by the ship where the provision was to load in the customary manner, language giving no indication of a measure of delay, besides the ship is estopped from maintaining that there are no lay days at the port of loading, because in his protest of the 16th of November, he expressly declared that lay days commenced at noon on the 15th of November, and in the protest of the 18th he declared that the vessel was to be loaded as fast as could be received in fine weather, and demurrage was stipulated at the rate of forty pounds per day, indicating clearly that he relied upon the demurrage clause as applicable to the loading of the vessel at the port of Montreal, and basing his claim thereon. Again, when he sailed his pretensions were contradictory of any claim for dead freight, he availed himself of his reserved privilege to sail without full cargo, having already asserted his claims. The question now at issue was not that in Lockhart vs. Falk; it was only the application and effect of the cesser of liability clause that was there in question, and without the exact language of the charter party in that case it would be impossible to judge whether it afforded a parallel to the present as to the application of the provision for demurrage. Again, suppose that the provision for demurrage is inapplicable, does it follow that the ship would have a right to the whole dead freight? If there had been no danger from ice getting in, would the ship have been entitled to leave the port of loading and claim for dead freight because she had been detained two days or longer? Were such damages under such circumstances in the contemplation of the parties to this contract? I should say that the shipowner neither contemplated them nor claimed them until by an afterthought he claimed them by this action. The setting in of frost to interrupt navigation exonerates a carrier from diligence in delivery, and the same reason would exonerate a shipper from the delivery of a cargo that could not be transported. True, it has been ruled in the English cases that a frost which delays or prevents the loading does not excuse the freighter, but if it occurs when the ship has been loaded the ship bears the loss; it would be the same if the freighter, as in this case, had the goods to load but the ship refused to receive them. It might have turned out that the captain was unnecessarily alarmed, and that there would have been ample time to get out with safety. A like uncertain event cannot be made the measure of damage. The privilege which the ship-owner in this case reserved to avoid detention was one stipulated for to be availed of in his own interest, for his own benefit, at his own risk and profit, and so far from its entitling him to dead freight, it operated as an express renunciation of such a claim, and provided that he would have in lieu thereof what freight he could earn by calling at any open port or ports on the homeward voyage. In my opinion the principal appeal should be allowed and the shipowners' action for dead freight dismissed. I would allow the cross appeal and give the ship-owner judgment for damages for two days' detention. The cesser of liability clause was urged in agreement and might have been a sufficient defense, but as it had not been pleaded it could not be applied. It is probable that it had been waived as a ground of defense. Dos, C. J., for the majority of the court. The question was whether the ship owner was entitled to damages or to demurrage. If he was entitled to damages they went as assessed at all amounts not to be distinguished. If, on the contrary, the shipowner was only entitled to demurrage, then the demurrage would be at most only £100, while the judgment was for £1,000. Demurrage was the sum to be paid for delays or detention beyond the fixed number of days for either loading or unloading. His honor was of the opinion that it was damages that the party was entitled to, and not demurrage. The judge in the court below held that he was entitled to £1,000. Perhaps this sum was a little too much, but this was corrected by the allowance for time of loading. The pretension that the time was made up by loading all night could not be sustained because the damages were incurred every day that the ship was delayed. The freighter had no claim for the extra work, for he did it in his own interest. If he had not performed that extra work the damages that he would have had to pay would be greater; it was to reduce the damage that he worked at night. The amount that he put into the vessel that less would be his damages. It was said that the ten days applied to the loading as well as to the unloading. His Honor thought not. Upon the whole case he had come to the conclusion that the damages had been properly allowed, and were not excessive. The result would be that both appeals should be dismissed. Muir, J., concurred with reluctance in a judgment awarding so large an amount of damages. Judgment confirmed, Cross, J., dissenting.",1,0,1,0,1,1
+40,18980321,historical,Ice,"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.",1,0,1,0,0,0
+41,18841107,historical,Ice,"61 TFIRINO AT LITTLE METIS, Little Metis, November 6 A most severe snow and windstorm visited this coast yesterday, clearing everything in its way. All the houses along the shore have been carried off, also boats, fences, bridges, etc. The shore today is strewn with debris and household effects. The suffering will be intense from cold and hunger to those left destitute. L'Islet flooded, L'Islet, November 6 The damage by yesterday's storm is considerable, amounting to nearly $7,000. All the principal streets and shops in all quarters of the village were flooded, some merchants losing heavily. All the wharves have been more or less damaged. The pavements in the streets have floated off. The whole village is in a very dilapidated condition. AT IIATAM AND TADOUSAC, Matank, November 6 The storm of yesterday was the most severe that has been felt for many years past. The tide rose upwards of two feet over the ordinary November spring tides. Two parts of the Prince Bros & Co. wharf were carried away and quite a number of deals floated out. Several persons here were obliged to abandon their houses. The damage will be about $3,000. Tadoussac, Que, November 6 The wharf at this place and other property have been considerably damaged by yesterday's cyclone. It is stated that there has not been so severe a storm for the past fifty years. The damage cannot be estimated at present. St. Thomas (Montmagny), November 6 The most severe snow and windstorm that has ever visited this town commenced yesterday afternoon and continued during the whole night. Considerable damage was done to the breakwater by the high tides. Ice is forming here very quickly. Car Rocs, Que, November 6 The steamer Champion, with five schooners in tow, bound for Quebec, put in here for shelter last night. One of her tows was cast adrift. The market steamers Etoile and St. Louis, with about 200 passengers on board, had also to seek shelter here, a most violent hurricane blowing. The tide rose about four feet above the normal spring tide mark, accompanied by a mild cyclone and snowstorm which lashed the waters into a fury. Part of the village was inundated; damage light. Two feet of snow had fallen this morning. Sleighing is excellent and the weather cold. FASRIVA, LC, November 6 Yesterday afternoon, at a point about three and a half miles east of Bic station, on the Intercolonial railway, the road of the Intercolonial for a distance of about a hundred feet was washed away by the extraordinary high tide. The damage was luckily discovered before the eastbound express reached Bic, and it was stopped at the station. A special train was then brought from Campbellton, with the intention of having the passengers and mails from the express train carted across the dangerous section, it being evident that the track could not be made passable for many hours. Unfortunately, about a mile east of the first was another and far worse washout, the lower part of the road for about three hundred feet having been swept away, but there was nothing on the surface to denote that such was the result of a previous washout. The engines and two cars jolted over the place safely, but the remaining cars of the train careened into the river. A brakeman named Perrin and a telegraph repairer named Lefrere were injured, neither seriously. A gang of men immediately set about building a temporary trestle, while another gang bored the track inward at the western washout. About two this afternoon both places were fit to traverse, and the express train, after its long delay, pursued its way eastward in safety. A Htbvkssos spoke of the interest and attractiveness of the curling last year, and stated that a deputation from the curling clubs would meet the committee with a view of providing matches during carnival week, to be advertised on the programme. All present seemed desirous of meeting such a proposal by offering prizes for contests. As soon as possible a sketch programme of the carnival will be issued and sent broadcast throughout America. The secretary was instructed to apply to the chairman and members of the road committee for Dominion Square as a site for the ice palace. It was unanimously desired that Mr. DOMINION The water famine still continues at Quebec and prices have gone up to $2.00 a barrel. General Middleton inspected the Queen's Own and Royal Grenadier at Toronto yesterday. Two feet of snow fell during Wednesday night's storm in some of the lower St. Lawrence districts, and ice is reported to be forming on the river. The damage to shipping by the gale in the gulf and the high tides does not appear to be serious, only three schooners being reported ashore. At Quebec, the loss to merchants by the flooding of their stores is stated at over $200,000. Two men who went out at Father Point with a pilot were washed out of their boat and drowned. Several football matches were played by Montrealers yesterday, the most important being that at Toronto, when the Montreal club defeated the Toronto champions of Ontario, and are now therefore champions of the Dominion. The Montreal second fifteen played the Ottawa college team at Ottawa, resulting in a draw in favor of our boys. The Britannia also played the Ottawa club, the first fifteen winning by 31 points to 2; and the second fifteen by 13 to 7. A match played between No. 2 Co. and No. 5 Co. of the Victoria Rifles was won by the latter by 6 points to 2.",1,0,1,0,0,1
+42,18960101,historical,Ice,"W. Campbell and another physician, Dr. Davidson, were on board the train and they attended to the man's injuries. These were of a most serious nature. The right arm was broken in two places; the left arm was broken, and there were also severe internal injuries. These were attended to as well as possible under the circumstances. The General Hospital ambulance was telephoned for, and met the train on arrival at the Bonaventure Station. The man was conveyed to the hospital, where he now lies in a precarious condition. His escape from drowning was a most miraculous one. Joseph Jimnet is a man of about 40 years of age, residing at No. 113 Quesnel street, Ste. Curie-gonde, and is married, with several children. Yesterday's terrific gale had a very marked effect on the river opposite the city. The ice, which had formed between the wharves and the Guard Pier, was completely honeycombed by the deluge of rain of the early morning, and large fields of ice were carried out by the force of the wind. As a result of the hurricane, the city supply of water was rendered very dirty in appearance, and, during the day, was anything but an inviting beverage. In many places along the wharves the ice and snow have entirely disappeared, and are, in places, as bare as in summer. The Harbor Commissioners' fleet of dredges, etc., which are moored at the foot of the canal, did not suffer any material damage from the fury of the storm. IN THE HEART OF THE CITY Saturday's wind storm was certainly one to be remembered in Montreal, and its severity has not been equalled in the city for many years. On Monday evening the storm was brewing, and gaining strength every hour. The pelting rain and uncomfortable atmosphere made it an unpleasant night to be outdoors. As the wind strengthened, towards the early morning hours, the rain ceased. From about one o'clock in the morning until about twelve noon yesterday, the storm was at its height. The gale howled through the trees, whistled down the chimneys and the windows ominously. By the morning all hopes that the gale would quickly subside were dispelled. Instead, the wind kept on increasing, and the greater part of the damage was done between the hours of eight and eleven o'clock in the morning. The most disastrous effect was noticed upon McGill street, which had a most demoralized appearance. Some fifteen of the gigantic telegraph poles were blown over; in front of the St. Ann's market alone, there were seven of the massive poles snapped in twain. Traffic was completely blocked all afternoon, from the market to the Albion Hotel; in many cases, parts of the broken poles and tops hung on the mass of wires and threatened to fall every moment and crush the number of men working below. It took some time to clear away the mass of wreckage, and tangled and broken wires, although a great many men were working. It seemed miraculous that no fatal accident had occurred on this busy thoroughfare. The huge poles, lying on the ground, completely blocked the way; the wires, glass and huge splinters made the sidewalks almost impassable. The iron swinging beams of the electric light also lay scattered around, broken into many pieces. At the corners of McGill and Wellington streets two poles had been snapped in two and destroyed. Looking up the street the scene was like that often seen after a fire. In one of the large wholesale warehouses on McGill street, the front door, with large glass windows, had been completely blown in and the glass shattered to atoms. In other places there were poles that looked as if very little would bowl them over, too, and some had the appearance of snapping at the base. Several other streets were affected to a less extent. On Cathedral street, where the wind has a fine sweep from Dominion Square, a good deal of damage was done to the telegraph poles. Just below St. Antoine street one had snapped in two, and the upper part had crashed onto the roof of a dwelling house, effecting considerable damage. At the corner of St. Antoine street, again, there were two poles broken in two, while, looking up the street, others were noticed in a very precarious position, leaning to one side and supported by ropes. Here and there, along the other streets, a pole or fence is noticed down, but no real heavy damage was done. The huge piles were blown down, and the tracks scattered like so many feathers. During the morning the employees in the top storey of the Canada Jute Company's Building, on St. Martin street, below William, had a great scare. Without very much warning, the entire roof seemed to come away and gently deposit itself in a lane at the rear. This was rather too much for the women employees, who decamped in a great hurry. The buildings of the Montreal Ice Exchange in the immediate vicinity also experienced considerable damage. One side and end of one of the old buildings caved in, but no one was hurt. The small building standing by itself at the western corner of Chaboillez square and Notre Dame street was considerably damaged. Part of the roof was blown off. In Westmount there are several cases reported where roofs have been hurled into adjoining yards. A small conservatory was also taken up bodily and placed in an adjoining field, to the complete demolishing of both conservatory and contents. No accidents are reported within the town. RACKET CLUB Results of the """"Blind"""" Handcap-Read Weather for Curlers Turf and General Sporting. The Shamrock Hockey Team will have its first opportunity of proving to the hockeyites what measure of strength it has, and to what extent it may be relied upon in the future, when its forces will meet the great Ottawa combination on the ice at the Crystal Rink on Saturday evening next, in a tussle for the championship. The visitors have at the opening of the season demonstrated most effectively, by the defeat they administered to the Victorias, that they are going to create no mere everyday kind of excitement in the coming season of the championship, and, as a consequence, the match on Saturday is arousing a very keen feeling of excitement amongst the hockey people. The Shamrocks will put a splendid team on the ice, and Stephens, who has just returned from Quebec, will be in his old place. The forwards will be the same as last year, with the exception of the late Willie Fairbairn, whose place will be filled by that level-headed and fleet skater, Sammy Lee. The position of cover-point is to be filled by a new man from the Morrisburghs, and those who have seen him play at the Beaver Rink last winter, unite in saying that he is a coming man, and, in the meantime, will serve the purpose of forming a formidable stonewall behind the advance sharpshooters of the team. Hob Wall is now in fine form, and from present appearances, he is going to be a prominent figure in hockey this season, as he has had quite a rest since the close of the lacrosse season, and says himself, that he never started out like a season worn in the same spirit as at present. Dave Brown, the man who takes more hard knocks and covers more ice than most of the players, is again to the front, and will do more good work, while Drysdale, White, Dwyer, Fyfe, Dobby and a number of others are standing in the rank and file to give the executive an opportunity of testing their power of discrimination in making selections for a place, and which will, no doubt, be the cause of a good deal of that kind of debating, which usually winds up by a protest from the proprietor who has to pay the gas bill. The Shamrocks have decided to renew the good arrangements of last year, when the final match of the season was played with the Victorias. Special reserved seats with ushers will be provided, and every possible attention will be paid to spectators. The Shamrock executive are bound to keep up the reputation they earned last season for the accommodation of the public. Victorias and Montreal Will Meet on Friday. The opening hockey match of the season for the championship will be played in the Victoria Rink on Friday next. A great deal depends on this match, as both clubs calculate that a defeat in the early part of the season means a great deal. It should prove a most exciting match, and, no doubt, it will be well attended. GOLF AS A PASTIME The Game In the West, but New York the Virtual Centre. Columbus Dispatch. Judging from the way golf has risen in the West, during the past year, it is more than likely Columbus will be seen in the field during the season of 1896. Golf has evidently established itself as a fixture in this portion of the world. Chicago boasts of no fewer than four clubs, the first of which, the Chicago Golf Club, was established two years ago, with a membership of only 20. This same club now boasts of 171 names upon its list. The Onwentensia, formerly the Lake Forest Club, has a roster of nine hundred or so. Both the Riverside and Illinois Clubs are yet young organizations, but they are counting upon large accessions in the spring. As to their ability, it is said that not fewer than a dozen men in their ranks entitle them to be classed with the top notchers in Eastern circles. New York is the virtual centre of golf, both in the number of matches played this year and in the quality of games. The season's work has been highly gratifying, although 1895 may be classed as the first practical season of the great society fad. That the game has come to stay is evidenced by the rapid accumulation of club revenues and property by the various golf clubs in existence. The Shinnecock Club, near New York, now owns 210 acres, and the club house has been twice enlarged. The Chicago Club has 200 acres, not over twenty miles from the city, and proposes to expend $60,000 next season in enlarging and beautifying its present quarters. The Lake Forest Club, which has recently changed its name to Onwentensia (the Indian for """"Kenton""""), has recently built a new club house, all at an expense of $75,000. Other clubs throughout the country are similarly situated, the latest being the new club at Ardsley, which contemplates expending over a quarter of a million dollars upon its site in 1896. Its club house at Newport is the finest to be found anywhere. While the size of the figures presented above means a heavy expense in the way of interest charges, it also demonstrates that a high rate of dues is to be kept up, and that golf, as it is played by the better element of society, must be classed as one of the luxuries of life. The game requires a large extent of territory upon which to play, and the cost of keeping the grounds in perfect condition is, by no means, inconsiderable. Still, this is our American way of doing things. We may be laughed at by our Scottish and English friends, but we have one thing in our favor: the sport of this country is confined to that class of society amateurs who do not seek to pattern by the foreign standard, but content themselves with the fact that they will have all the very best golfing advantages that enthusiasm can create or money can buy, at the same time taking into consideration the fact that it is not the position of the ball, but the man behind it that scores the winner. From the above it may be inferred that golfing is confined to the exclusive set, and not for people to be found in the ordinary walks of life. Such, however, is not the case. Golf is for the masses. The size of the exchequer is not to be computed, and it was never intended to turn the game into a """"shibboleth of snobbishness,"""" as one writer states. In the home of its nativity it is one of the most democratic of sports, and while there are plenty of """"swell private clubs"""" to be found, they are greatly outnumbered by the public courses, and, I may add, there are even courses for the workingman. There are opportunities in abundance for all who wish to play the game. The sport is the main object in view, so let us hope that these few remarks may serve as a beginning to encourage the great game in this city. The Dispatch will be ever ready to assist in carrying out the idea of making the sport popular and lasting among the masses. Golf should prove a welcome addition to our list of college sports and the formation of an intercollegiate Ohio association would meet with hearty support. Flood at St. Raymond. St. Raymond, Que., December 31. The river St. Anne is in flood at St. Raymond. The ice has jammed near the railway bridge, causing the water to flood the village. Several inhabitants had to move in boats to higher ground, on account of having from six to ten inches of water on the floors of their houses. The river bed is apparently taking another direction. The flat between the River St. Anne and the north branch is mostly all covered with water and floating ice. The land is cut to a large extent in several places, and about fifty feet of land has been washed away near the cemetery. The river has begun falling tonight, and cold weather is setting in. The damage is as yet unknown. Argentina Will Retort. Buenos Aires, December 31. It is said that the Senate has decided to impose light duties on all American products brought into Argentina if the United States reimpose a tariff duty on wool. Congress has passed a bill authorizing an issue of Government bonds for the purpose of paying the railroad guarantees. Four Children Burned to Death. Pittsburgh, Pa., December 31. By the burning of a small dwelling, last night, in the mining town of Frontrun, four boys, Hubert, Will, John and Archie McTavish, aged 1, 10, 11 and 14, lost their lives. CUSTOMS, December 31. The Customs receipts at the port of St. John for December show a decline of $3,605, compared with the same period last year, and the Inland Revenue receipts decreased about $7,000. Twenty-one steamers from foreign ports and forty-five coasting steamers arrived at St. John during December. The barque Pulchre and barquentine Primrose both cleared today for Buenos Ayres, with spruce lumber. Some time ago, a half-yearly dividend of 6 percent on the capital stock of the Bank of New Brunswick was announced. This morning the directors found that the funds were in such a healthy state they were able, in addition, to carry $5,000 to the rest, which is now brought up to $30,000. Today's gale was very severe along the crest. Signs and chimneys were blown down in various parts of the city. There is a large ice jam on the St. John river, about twelve miles above Fredericton, and as last night's rain swelled the river considerably, fears are felt for the safety of the two Fredericton bridges, in event of the jam breaking. Fourteen carloads of American grain arrived today, for shipment to England, and sixteen thousand bags of flour are now en route from Minneapolis. ICE IN THE HARBOR. Louis Cost Takes Issue with the Views of MP Kennedy-Pilotage Matters. At the weekly meeting of the Harbor Commissioners, yesterday, a petition from the Montreal pilots was received, asking that article 126 of the by-laws be modified so that the suspension of a pilot would only date from the day that judgment was rendered, instead of, as at present, from the happening of the accident; requesting representation on the Board of Harbor Commissioners when sitting as pilotage authority, and, also, that the tariff of pilotage fees be increased by 50 cents per foot for all vessels of from 2,000 tons to 2,500 tons, and $1 per foot on vessels measuring over 2,500 tons. The petition was referred to the Commissioners Committee on Pilots, Deacons and Lighters to consider and report. A letter was received from the secretary of the Montreal Bridge Company submitting a plan of the site upon which the company proposes to build the bridge which they are authorized to construct across the River St. Lawrence, and asking modifications as to the placing of the piers on both sides of the St. Mary's current, which was referred to the Chief Engineer for report. Tenders for timbers and planks for 1898, to the number of 17, were opened, and referred to the Chief Engineer for tabulation and report at next meeting. After discussion of a report from the Chief Engineer, the following resolution was passed with reference to the supply of fine-dressing stone for 1896: """"That the Chief Engineer be instructed to take out say 330 tons of stone by men regularly employed on the works as has been done in the past, 80 tons to be taken from the jail."""" The following letter was received from the Chief Engineer of the Department of Public Works: Department of Public Works of Canada, Chief Engineer's Office, Ottawa, 28th December, 1895. J. H. Buhner, Esq., Chairman Harbor Commissioners, Montreal: On the 18th instant I received from the Secretary of the Harbor Commissioners of Montreal, a copy of a report by Mr. Kennedy in connection with the movement of the ice in the basin within the Guard Pier. I was so astonished that Mr. Kennedy should so early in the winter arrive at the conclusion that the opening of 1,000 feet between the upper end of the Guard Pier and the Victoria Bridge abutment was too wide to give immunity from ice shoves inside the pier, and I immediately left for Montreal, where I remained two days (the 19th and 20th), investigating the statement made by your Chief Engineer. I am bound to admit, however, that I was unable to see any ice shove in the basin within the Guard Pier, and I cannot, therefore, understand what can have prompted Mr. Kennedy to report as he has done. It is quite true that the large field of ice within the basin cracked and moved bodily downwards some 25 feet, but I see nothing strange in that occurrence. Anyone can conceive that such a large surface of thin ice, when lifted 7 or 8 feet in a few hours, must, of necessity, crack, and then the movement downwards is easy to explain. The ice moved when it got above the wharves, until it butted against the main revetment wall of the Harbor. The conclusion of Mr. Kennedy's report is certainly not warranted by the facts, and his pessimistic views are not shared by me. I have never denied the possibility of some ice being shoved in the spring into the Windmill Basin through the 1,000 feet opening, but I have stated that, in my opinion, there was no danger of ice being shoved into that part of the Harbor below the Lachine Locks, and within the Guard Pier, unless the Guard Pier itself was carried away. Further, I have always insisted that the benefits to be derived by the opening were so great that the Commissioners were fully warranted in fully trying the experiment of not building the Guard Pier as far as the Victoria Bridge. Mr. Kennedy knows well that he could not have added one foot to the Guard Pier last autumn, and that, therefore, the opening was bound to remain during the present winter, affording him an excellent opportunity to study the movement of the ice next spring, and to ascertain the extent of the damage that ice shoves will make. Louis Coktk, Chief Engineer. FINANCE COMMITTEE Closing out the Year's Business A Number of Claims and Accounts Settled. The Finance Committee, pursuant to adjournment, held the last meeting of the year, yesterday afternoon, Aid. Rainville (Chairman), and all the members being present. Aid. Costigan, Chairman of the Water Committee, submitted an account for $9,500 for repairs to the high duty attachment of the Worthington Engine, No. C. Wallace discussed his position. Ice in the harbor. City Hall intelligence.",1,0,1,1,0,0
+43,18870822,historical,Ice,"FLOODS AND THE SOUTH SHORE St Lambert Council Asks the Government to Come to its Aid The following resolutions were adopted unanimously, on Friday evening, by the village council of St Lambert: Whereas, the municipality of the village of St Lambert has suffered serious damage during the past three seasons from inundations, resulting from ice gorges in the River St Lawrence; Whereas, in a report asked for by the Department of Public Works, Ottawa, the mayor of this village explained the damage caused by the ice and flows to property in general, and especially to the principal public roadway along the bank of the said river, which is worn dangerously narrow by the ice, and is liable to be totally destroyed if no protection is afforded; Whereas, certain protective works are being constructed on the north side of the river by the city of Montreal, the completion of which must, of necessity, largely increase the danger of damage and disaster to life and property on the south shore, by forcing the volume of water and ice in that direction; And as it must be admitted that the works required to give adequate protection to the village are of too costly a character to be undertaken by so small a community, on which heavy costs have already been entailed in repairing damages caused by said floods: Resolved, that a memorial be presented to the Federal Government praying them to erect such works as in their wisdom they may deem necessary to prevent or diminish said floods, and to erect a protection wall or ramp along the river bank to preserve said roadway, material for which can be obtained by the removal of Mount's Island and the wharf north of the same; Resolved, that a deputation composed of the Mayor (Mr. Cudlal) and Councillor T. Mallinson be appointed to proceed to Ottawa in company with the delegates from the town of Longueuil and the Federal representative of the county, to confer with the Minister of Public Works in order to secure Government action in this important matter without further delay. ALMOST DECAPITATED Fireman Sparling, of the Salvage Corps, has a Narrow Escape Rescued by a Comrade A telephone alarm to No. 2 station, quickly followed by a second alarm from box 7, brought out the central division of the brigade at 4:20 o'clock on Saturday afternoon for a fire in the Western House, corner of St Paul and McGill streets. The fire had taken from the furnace in the kitchen, and getting in between the lath and plaster and the brick wall, was difficult to get at. After some trouble it was extinguished by two charges from the salvage hose. When the salvage wagon was leaving the station an accident happened by which Fireman Sparling had a narrow escape for his life. As is well known, the harness is suspended from the ceiling by cords and hooks. After the harness was fastened on the horses something went wrong with the weight which pulls the cords back, and the result was that one of the loops caught Mr. Sparling (who was driving) around the neck, drawing him to the back of the wagon. If one of the firemen had not seen the occurrence and swerved the horses round, catching the wheel against the wall, stopping the wagon, nothing could have saved Mr. Sparling's head from being torn off. As it was, a nasty cut has been made round the front portion of his neck and the tendons badly strained. Notwithstanding that he could hardly hold his head up, Mr. Sparling gallantly responded to the call of duty. She scolds and frets, she's full of pets, she's rarely kind and tender; The thorn of life is a fretful wire I wonder what will mend her? Try Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. Ten to one, your wife is cross and fretful because she is sick and suffering, and cannot control her nervousness when things go wrong. Make a healthy woman of her and the chances are you will make a cheerful and pleasant one. """"Favorite Prescription"""" the only remedy for woman's peculiar ailments, sold by druggists, under a positive guarantee from the manufacturers, that it will give satisfaction in every case, or money will be refunded. See guarantee on bottle wrapper. Large bottles, $1. Six for $5. Mobs Necessarily True Love """"I love you,"""" he protested, """"better than my life, would die for you if necessary."""" """"Oh, nonsense!"""" replied the practical girl, """"swear to me that you will get up and make the fires and I'll consider your proposition."""" F. H. Clayton, who is to remove to another deanery, with a warm address and a testimonial from the brethren with whom he has worked for seventeen years. The address was moved by Rev. Canon Davidson and seconded by Archdeacon Lindsay. A fatal accident happened to Kenneth McLeod on the 7th Inst., about two miles from Bury village. On his way home one of the lines slipped out of his hand, and in endeavoring to reach it he lost his balance and fell out, receiving a severe shock. Dr. Wales was at once summoned, and after a careful examination entertained strong hopes of his recovery, but inflammation set in and he died the following Wednesday. The Missisquoi Record, to get a true idea of the crops in the district, issued circulars to representative farmers in Missisquoi and Brume, the replies to which, it says, in the majority of cases speak very encouragingly of the farmers' prospects, and although in some instances the crops will not come up to the expectations of six weeks ago, yet, taken as a whole, the husbandmen of the Townships have no reason to complain. Speaking of the harvest, the Ormstown correspondent of the Huntingdon Gleaner says: Harvesting may be said to be over, there being only occasional fields here and there uncut. Many farmers report the presence in their peas of a pest which this section has been free of hitherto, though it has been doing great damage in Ontario for years—the worm; the extent of the damage will be known on threshing them, which has begun. Grain is light in most places. The Waterloo Advertiser says: The Richmond Guardian points out that the Hon. Frank Gilman does not possess the necessary property qualifications to entitle him to sit as legislative councillor for the Wellington division! He should own four thousand dollars in real estate in the division which he represents. As the Hon. Frank is a wealthy man he should lose no time in supplying the little omission, or better still, he might gracefully retire and give the place to some representative Townships Liberal. MONITOBA'S HARVEST—A Magnificent Wheat Crop Now Being Gathered The wheat harvest began in dead earnest yesterday all over the province, and for the next two weeks or so there will be little rest for the farmers. The barley and oat crops by this time are nearly all harvested; and here and there over the province, particularly near Virden, Brandon, Morden and Gretna, wheat cutting has been going on more or less extensively for the past two weeks, and a good portion has been harvested. But speaking of the province as a whole, wheat cutting has only just commenced, but it is now underway in every section of the country and every fine day will see tens of thousands of bushels harvested. On the whole wheat has been from eight to ten days later in maturing this year than last, as by the 20th of August last year most of the grain was down. It will also take a good deal longer to gather in the harvest this year than in previous seasons. The acreage is considerably larger than ever before, and the yield is quite as heavy as anticipated, frequently running up to thirty-five bushels to the acre. Harvest help is also scarce, and in Southern Manitoba $45 per month, with board, is being offered for farm laborers. There also threatens to be a dearth of binding twine, owing to the vast quantities that will be needed. The Dakota farmers are even worse off. An implement dealer in the city went to the trouble the other day of getting quotations of binding twine at leading points throughout the Northwestern States. In St. Paul the price is 15c for sisal in carload lots, with the freight charges to add; at Fargo it is 18c to 20c for manila; at Barnesville there is no twine to be had at any price; at Crookston 18c to 20c for manila. The price in Manitoba is 15c at all points for manila. Winnipeg Free Press, August 17. """"It Meant to us"""" A sympathetic Kind Old Lady """"And so you are blind my poor man?"""" Poor Man """"Yessum; I was born blind."""" Kind Old Lady (shocked) """"Born Blind? Is it possible? How you must feel the loss of your eyesight!"""" """"Satinette CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY CHANGE OF TIME, commencing MONDAY, August 14th, THE NEW SHORT LINE of the Canadian Pacific Railway to TORONTO, Open for passenger travel. The train will leave Bonaventure Station, Montreal, as follows: For Toronto and the West, via New Short Line at 10 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. For Ottawa 8:00 a.m., 4:30 p.m. and 8:20 p.m. For Winnipeg and Vancouver 8:20 p.m. For Quebec, 6:30 a.m., 1:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. For Portland, Boston, etc.",1,1,1,0,0,0
+44,18860419,historical,Ice,"ST. PAUL STREET, between McGill and St. Francois Xavier Street, where the level is very low, was soon covered, it flowing into the cellars of the stores alone, filling them, coming as high as the window sills in some cases. Carts and express wagons were brought into requisition, and such goods as were exposed to danger and had not already been ruined were removed, some to higher ground and others to the upper storeys. On H'ALL STREET the water came up past St. Ann's market, which was surrounded, though the floor was not reached, and no damage was done in the battle of the building. The cellars, as well as those along Foundling and Grey Nun streets, were filled. So also were those in the blocks to the south. The Custom House stood like an islet and the clerks had to make their way out in carts and cabs. The Allan steamship office and the Harbor Commissioners' building were in the same fix. About 2 o'clock or a little later a slight fall took place and the water retired somewhat, but it was for a short time only. By 3 o'clock it was higher in the streets than ever. McGill was covered as far as the Albion hotel, and the water had risen and covered the sections of Wellington, William and intersecting streets. At 10 o'clock the state of things was worse at night than on the city side of the canal. In Congregation, Wellington, Hacdalen, Consol, Forfar, Grand Trunk, Richardson, Patrick and other streets the water rose to a height of two or three feet, according to the level. The sidewalks floated round and were used by the inhabitants as rafts to keep up communication with each other. At the Point police station there was five feet of water in the cellar, and the policemen had removed their coal to one of the cells for safe keeping. The fire station on Centre Street was cut off by several feet of water. There were of course many incidents, some of them laughable, some of them sad, connected with the flood. Men and boys constructed rafts and paddled round on them; express wagons were in use as ferries and conveyed loads of waiting people, men and women, to their homes, not a few of which were partly under water. Large crowds of people collected in the affected districts and stood in groups watching the water as it slowly crept up, bearing with it blocks of ice, which stranded on the street as it would ebb for a short time, only to return with greater volume within a comparatively short period. The chief cause of the flood was doubtless the breaking-up of the ice in the reaches above the Lachine Rapids. At Beauharnois on Friday night the lake ice began to move. From Vaudreuil on Saturday morning came the news that the ice was passing down taking with it wharves and buildings close to the shore. The mass, with the accompanying flood, piling up on an already jammed front of the city, continually aggravated the trouble, till the flood in Montreal exceeded anything in the memory of the oldest inhabitant, surpassing, it is estimated, by several feet that of the year 1861. The Lachine Rapids have obliterated, so high has the river risen. The country for miles on the south side of the river was covered. From the mountain top, far as the eye could reach, nothing could be seen on the south but a vast expanse of water spreading over the country. Prairie village must have suffered terribly though no detailed advices have been received as to the exact character of the damage done. It is said that over the low land between that village and St. Johns the whole country is covered. The water flows over the district south of the canal, the banks of which have heretofore formed a sort of safeguard to the section north of it. But this year, so high is the flood, that the water in the neighborhood of the sugar refinery flows over the walls into the canal itself, and then over the upper bank into William Street, down which it pours. In the city itself the water extends to districts never before affected. Craig Street and St. Antoine Street from St. Henri Street to St. Urbain Street is covered. Victoria Square is a lake. The low part of Vitre Street in rear of the drill shed is flooded, and the cellars of the houses in the neighborhood filled. Chenneville and St. George Streets are in the same position where they run into Craig Street. It is impossible at the present time to form any estimate of the damage that has been done on the flooded streets. It would be easier to say who had not than who had suffered. Coming higher than was anticipated, higher than was ever before known, the water reached many houses and business places that made no preparation for such an event, and it was in these that the greatest damage occurred. THE SCENES ON SUNDAY. About 1 o'clock on Sunday morning a sudden rise took place, filling many cellars that had hitherto escaped, as far from the river Craig Street, among these those of the Gazette and St. Lawrence Hall. At 11 o'clock another rise took place, and by 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon had flooded the low-lying parts of the central district of the city. The Central fire station, on Craig Street, was surrounded by water, and the firemen had to go in and out for a boat. The water extended along to Victoria Square and up to Jurors Street, and even those driving in cabs did not escape without wet feet, for the carriages were nearly up in the shafts. On Honavenltir Street, a little west of Victoria Square, the water suddenly made its appearance and spread along as far as the eye could reach. The street was also submerged from HUGH beyond the American building to some distance past Craig Street. St. Antoine Street was in a similar condition, which was flooded up to St. Maurice Street and the gallery of the Albion Hall was crowded all day by visitors, waiting on the busy street. There were three feet of water on the ground floor of the main building. The water was literally covered with rafts, boats and debris of all descriptions, and the streets were in constant communication with the main roads and accidents were numerous. One man, having broken up a raft and cast its remnants into the water, was laughing at the predicament he found himself in when he drove into the water, giving a sudden lurch that sent him into the water too. Accidents were numerous in the flooded streets and furnished a source of innocent merriment to onlookers. The district between Wellington and St. Peter Streets, which lies lower than the eastern part of the business section, suffered more, and in some places the water rose to St. Sacrament Street where two merchants were driving brisk trade, conveying merchants and their employees to and from the different stores at exorbitant prices. Quite a number of men were seen with rubber boots up to their thighs trudging through the water, rather than pay fifty cents for a seat of 200 or 300 feet. But in St. Paul Street and the adjacent districts the water was far too deep for pedestrianism. Numbers of men could be seen hanging around unable to reach their homes which they had left on Saturday morning to go to work, and some of those poor fellows had scarcely anything to eat in the interval. Their plight was pitiable in the extreme. Joe Leof's being flooded out, most of his customers could be seen sitting on the doorstep looking disconsolately at the waste of waters, flowing eastwards towards Jarry Park where the bank rises. The water did not extend so far, and people were able to go down as far as Commissioners Street. The ice was not broken up nearly so much as jammed, and presented the appearance of a solid sheet, slightly roughened on top, the only evidences of shifts having taken place being the encumbrance of ice along the revetment wall and the cronkedness of the river roads. 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. Urbain and Cote Streets were also submerged, and boats and rafts were plying here and there. The Central Fire Station on Craig Street was also invaded, and in a few moments the men's bedroom was under water and everything soaking. EXTENT OF THE AFFECTED DISTRICT. At 11 o'clock the water extended up St. Urbain Street, about fifty yards above Craig Street and from Craig up Alexander Street to Vitre, remaining the same; on Cote Street it was up to the Theatre Royal, and rose as high as the hubs of carriage wheels on Vitre, between St. George and Chenneville. On the upper side of Vitre Street a building, the foundations of which were completed, was filled to the level of the sidewalk. The water extended several yards above Vitre on St. George. In order to reach the western end of the lower portion of the city a detour had to be made by way of Palace Street to Cathedral, as the water covered St. Antoine to past Ste. Montpie, and fully flooded St. David's Lane. Driving along St. Antoine the stretch of water covering St. James West and the railway was clearly visible on passing every side street, and it was not till Fillfold Street was reached that a passage to Notre Dame Street West could be effected. On St. James Street West the flood almost reached the corner of Fulford, several yards of which latter street were under water, which flowed into many basements to the depth of four feet, covering the stoves and quenching the household fires. A room was impassable to foot passengers, and sundry express wagons, owned by enterprising drivers, ferried people across at the moderate sum of five cents per head. From halfway between Craig and Vitre, on Bleury Street, wagons were employed in transporting passengers to the higher ground on St. Peter, while a number of people were floating on improvised rafts, made from portions of sidewalks, on all the streets east from Victoria Square to Cote. At the corner of the latter and Craig incidents were numerous, some of which resulted in many people getting wet. Several photographers were observed taking views of the flooded streets. At night numerous boats flitted along St. Antoine, Bonaventure, McGill and other streets. AT POINT ST. CHARLES the suffering must be most severe. The water has risen to a height fully two feet higher than during the inundation last May. The wind is strong. At the Grand Trunk office the water came up to the desk at the innermost end. The works are, of course, stopped, only by last accounts communication is kept up. Several horses are known to have been drowned, and no doubt not a few cows have met like fate. The people are in a sad plight. Not only are they without means of communication, but many are without food or the means of obtaining it, for but few of the retailers in the affected districts are able to run. Even if it were still the waters recede, it would be impractical to reach it. At the station no trains arrived yesterday. The cars in the yard stand in the water. At Our Street an engine was caught by the rising flood, submerged and its course stopped. """"Bill AMATS!"""" Boatmen who have established their businesses at several points are evidently determined to make all they can of their particular situation, and exorbitant prices from whoever seeks to use their means of transportation. As much as ten dollars was demanded for the transport of a boat for half an hour, from someone who had to make a journey from necessity or chose to do it from curiosity. They did fair amount of business, too. The river is thought to be in the St. Mary's current. Advices from the shelters up to 1 o'clock say there has been but an imperceptible rise in the level of the river, while above it along the city front the rise must have been eight or ten feet since Saturday. ON THE SOUTH SHORE, a representative of the Gazette on Friday night commenced to the south shore to inquire as to the damage there, but owing to the high water interfering with communication he has been unable either to correspond with the office or return with his report. All trains have been shipped and washouts have occurred in several places. An unbroken is reported on the track at St. Louis, which village, or the greater part of it, is covered with water. The suburbs have suffered severely. The Gazette's press, engine and electric light rooms are five feet deep. The basement is affected in a minor degree. The Withee establishment on Bonaventure Street is surrounded by water and the cellar as well as those of other buildings in that vicinity flooded. The police station on St. Nicholas Street is in a like fix. All will, it is understood, be more or less dependent on their more fortunate rivals for assistance in making their regular appearance today. Proceeding to the riverbanks, a rumor was sent the rounds last night that an attempt would be made to start the jam which it was said existed at Longue Pointe. The name of Aid. Stevenson, chairman of the inundation committee, was mentioned as having the thing in hand and learning that the City Hall was to be made the starting point, a Gazette reporter went there. Joe Vincent, the well-known boatman, was on hand and was ready to place himself at the disposal of Aid. Stevenson. That gentleman arrived in the Central Station, accompanied by Captain Beckingham, of the salvage corps, who, acting on instructions, had roused the colonel from his sleep and brought him down. The theory was that the deep navigation cutting was the cause of the jam, and that it was loaded about Thibaudeau at Longue Pointe. Col. Stevenson proceeded to investigate, and as a result came to the conclusion that any attempt, such as suggested, would be fruitless. In the first place, Vincent gave it as his opinion that the placing of dynamite would be a most dangerous work, and that after it was placed it was ten to one that it would not do any good. The scheme was dropped as of no use, and the chairman of the inundation committee got home again. NOW THE RIVER. Saturday night's advices from down river ports were that at Three Rivers the lake ice was on the move since 2 p.m. Lachine reported a slight shove accompanied by a rise, and then a fall in the water. At Berthierville the ice was rotten and it was hoped the river would be clear by today. Looking down the river from Montreal at dusk no sign of a break-up was apparent; as far as the eye could reach was one stretch of rugged ice pack, unbroken except in one or two very small patches. Over towards St. Lambert the same view presented itself, the only extent of water visible being where Commissioners Street was five feet under water. Here the current swept along at the rate of four or five miles an hour. Many of the stevedores' offices, placed on the street for safety during the winter, have been upset and are liable to be crushed or carried off when the final rush takes place. The office and sheds of the R.K.O. Navigation Company at the foot of McGill Street have been demolished. AT LOCHUMDA. At Lochumda yesterday afternoon there had been no change for the past twenty-four hours, showing clearly that the jam existed above them. The channel was one mass of solid ice, the lake ice having come down and wedged itself between the surface ice and the bottom. Behind the rubber works a heavy mass of ice had grounded on the piers, leaving an open space of three or four acres below. The Canadian Pacific Railway track was unharmed, being at the lowest point four feet above water. However, every precaution was taken and men were set to watch the track and bridges. 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. The Royal Electric Lighting Company's factory was flooded last night, and the water having entered the gas pipes the submerged district was almost in total darkness. Many of the principal buildings were lighted by lamps or candles. Dr. Thayer called on the Mayor last night and informed him that the water had backed up until it was flush with the head of the Lachine Rapids, and that there was great danger of its bursting over the banks and sweeping down over the flats. He urged His Worship to have the jam at Longueuil blown up with dynamite. The Mayor, who was very sick, gave his authorization to anything that could be done, and referred Dr. Thayer to Aid. Stevenson, who, however, found that the project was not feasible. At 2 o'clock this morning Aid. Stevenson was making a raid on the St. Lawrence Hall for provisions for the men working at the pumps. Early yesterday morning, while the employees of Messrs. Robertson & Co. were removing goods out of reach of the water, a case on which one of the men was standing upset, throwing him into the water. The case fell on the top of him and he would in all probability have been drowned had not his fellow man come to his help. A peculiar scene was witnessed by Constable Magill and Sergeant Khoe yesterday afternoon. While walking down William Street they looked through a window and saw a table floating around the dining-room. The table was covered by a cloth, and on it was a meal, a lighted oil lamp, the remains of a breakfast, a cat and two rats. The rats were quietly eating the fragments and keeping close together, fearing an attack from the cat, while the latter was apparently wise enough to know that in the event of a struggle the lamp would be upset. The express drivers at Victoria Square relieved one of the drivers to the Derby by their exclamations of """"Right here, gentlemen; take your chance across the river for five cents,"""" and other like remarks urging to start across at once. """"Come along, gents; five cents per head."""" The police patrolled along St. Paul Street all yesterday forenoon, and turned out the street lamps. In some places they also did service in ferrying people across the street.""",1,1,1,1,1,1
+45,18860407,historical,Ice,"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. Several docks have been carried away and vessels damaged and part of Walton's ice house was blown down. CARTWINSUR, Ont, April 6 A heavy gale struck this village about noon and carried away the south end of the building formerly known as the Royal Exchange hotel, owned by James Flake, of Toronto, and smashed in the front window of a tailor shop. Toronto, April 6 A heavy gale has been blowing here since early this morning, accompanied by snow. It is feared that considerable damage has been done to the island and breakwater. About nine o'clock the scaffolding was blown from Manning's arcade, King Street, and struck John Green, coal carter, who was driving past at the time, on the head, knocking him off in front of the wheels. The cart passed over his right leg and abdomen, breaking his leg and inflicting internal injuries that may prove fatal. Exbtkii, Ont, April 6 The worst snow and wind storm of this year has been raging here all day. A number of large panes of glass have been broken in the store fronts on the west side of Main Street. Part of the drill shed roof was blown off. PiTaoi, Ont, April 6 Twelve to thirteen inches of snow fell here: the worst storm this winter. London, Ont, April 6 The worst snow storm for years visited London this morning and has continued until evening with unabated violence. The wind blew strongly from the east and northeast and leveled quite a number of fences and shade trees in the outskirts, it was the most unspring-like day of the season and even streetcar traffic was to a certain extent paralyzed by the storm. The storm had the effect of seriously retarding the traffic on the southern division and this afternoon the passenger trains were barely able to make any progress through the snow that is piled thick and high on the line, especially on the west end. The telegraph lines are down in a score of places. BUNTFOIW, Ont, April 6 Last night a very high northwest wind with snow set in and continued blowing and snowing a perfect hurricane all day. Some buildings have suffered badly by part of the walls being blown in. The snow has drifted from two to four feet and travel is almost stopped. Kingston, Ont, April 6 The most violent snow storm of the season commenced this afternoon and up to a late hour tonight shows no signs of abatement. Watkp, Ont, April 6 A terrific storm visited this locality last night and today. Snow is from two to five feet deep, the east end of the large reaper and mower manufacturing establishment here was blown in, together with about 200 feet of the south side, and is partially unroofed, with other smaller casualties, business being entirely suspended.",1,1,0,1,0,1
+46,18870425,historical,Ice,"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.",1,1,1,1,0,1
+47,18990114,historical,Torrential,"T. Time Gen Henry I. Abbott arrived here yesterday from France on the steamship La Champagne. He was accompanied by M. Charon, said to be connected with the new Panama Canal Company. Gen Abbott was a member of the International Technical Commission, composed of engineers of the United States, France, Kuaalat, England, Germany, and Colombia, which recently made an inspection of the plans and work and suggested changes in the route of the Panama Canal. He is on his way to Washington to submit to the Government the information he possesses regarding the Interoceanic waterway at the Isthmus of Panama. He said yesterday that the French Government has no longer anything to do with the proposed canal, and the new company could dispose of its interest in the work to the United States without opposition from any source, provided the terms offered were satisfactory. The new canal company, with the 65,000,000 francs which it possessed when it secured the control of the cut, has simply been doing the preliminary work necessary on account of the mistaken ideas of the old engineers. No obstacles, such as the overflow of the Chagres River during the period of freshets, have been arranged for, and the old idea of making connection between ocean and ocean a tidewater one has been modified, so that the part yet to be finished will be built on the lock principle. Two-fifths of the entire canal work is now actually completed, and the balance is under active construction, with 2,000 workmen and a large force of engineers. Thus far, a distance of about fourteen miles of the tidewater part of the canal on the Atlantic side has been completed and is navigable to vessels drawing not more than twenty-eight feet of water. There are a few bars that only need dredging to make it passable for vessels of greater depth. Beyond that point, there has been considerable excavation to the twenty-one mile line from the Atlantic. Over four miles of the tidewater work on the Pacific side of the canal have also been finished. General Abbott declared that the new plans are perfectly feasible, and that the canal can be completed in one-half the time and at much less cost than it will take to dig the Nicaragua Canal. """"Were the two routes compared today,"""" he continued, """"eight vessels to one would prefer the Panama route, because it is only forty-six miles across, and the Nicaragua course will be four times that length, and the windings of the San Juan River are very short and sharp. There is no reason why this country should not take hold of and finish the Panama cut."""" President McKinley has recently been furnished with a full report of the International Technical Commission, and the present status of the canal may be the means of the abandonment of the Nicaragua project by the United States in favor of the Panama route. The report of the commission is probably the most authoritative document ever presented on an engineering subject. It has been prepared with the greatest care, after the most thorough and competent investigation and examination, with the most exhaustive surveys before the members. The surveys cover every foot of the ground to be treated, and were prepared by the most experienced engineers of five different nations. At the present time, the topography of all the grounds involved in the project, and the character of the materials to be encountered, are accurately known and delineated, and no doubt is left as to the soundness of the materials through which the canal is to be dug to great depths, and on which the foundations of the locks, dams, and other structures are to be established. """"The original purpose of the old company was to build a canal without locks, freely open from ocean to ocean, but after several years of work, the plan was abandoned, owing to the enormous excavation necessary to cut through the central mass of the mountains (the Culebra) and the difficulty and expense of properly taking care of the occasional torrential flow of the River Chagres. The alternate plan which has been adopted by the new company is to reduce materially the depth of the central excavation and to establish therein a system of locks, to be fed from the Chagres River in order properly to regulate the flow of the river; two large dams will be erected. One of the dams will be situated at Bohio, at the last group of locks on the Atlantic side. This dam transforms the Chagres into a vast lake, which will extend to Obispo, a distance of thirteen miles, and will cover an area of over twenty-one square miles. The dam, besides acting as a regulator of the Chagres floods, will obviate strong currents where the canal traverses the bed of the river, an extremely important matter for ocean shipping. The other dam will be situated at Alhajuela, on the Upper Chagres, about nine and one-third miles from the canal. It will form a reservoir covering ten miles, which will be a feeder to the summit level of the canal and will assist in regulating the flow of the Chagres. It will also furnish hydraulic power, transmitted by electricity, for operating the locks and lighting at night the entire canal from the Atlantic to the Pacific. """"Both dams can consequently accumulate a storage of at least 68,000,000,000 gallons, which, with proper adjustable weirs, will be more than sufficient to control the largest freshets known. The time of transit for vessels through the canal will be less than a day. Merchant and war vessels of the largest size can be accommodated. """"The estimates of the cost of the completion of the canal have been established from the experience acquired during the last four years of actual work on the isthmus, and are reported by the Technical Commission as follows: Cost of the work proper under plans adopted, $87,000,000; add for contingencies, $15,400,000; total $102,400,000. If both locks be built with a width of 82.025 feet, the cost would be increased to $125,000,000. """"Such, in brief, is the present state of the Panama Canal, and if this Government does not take advantage of the chance now offered, the waterway at the Isthmus will be completed by private capital. It will then be in operation years before the rival scheme proposed across Nicaragua could be finished, and, being a shorter route from ocean to ocean, would be a financial success, while the other cut, if ever carried out, would be a failure in more ways than one."""" A NEW PICTURE ON WHICH BURNE-JONES WAS WORKING EIGHTEEN YEARS The chief topic of conversation in English artistic circles just now is the unfinished and never exhibited """"Arthur in Avalon,"""" the vast picture on which Burne-Jones was engaged for eighteen years, and which had not received the last touches when death called upon him to cease his work forever. It is a huge canvas measuring more than 10 feet by 11 feet. Burne-Jones always intended it to rank as the great work of his life, and in no picture did he expend so much thought and positive labor. Although it is catalogued as unfinished, and although he so regarded it, it had very nearly reached completion; to most judgments, indeed, it would pass as a finished picture, though the artist intended to put more work into the heads and some other parts of the composition. The design represents the king lying asleep on a couch in the midst of a marble cloister; over his head is a canopy of gilt bronze, adorned with designs from the history of the Holy Grail. The three queens are at the head and foot of the couch; maidens, with musical instruments, are seated in front; three squires standing to the right keep the king's armory while other figures on either hand are holding horns or trumpets, or waiting for the signal which is to awaken the king. Like most of the painter's latest creations, the picture suggests tapestry, just as his early work used to suggest stained glass; but it is lovely tapestry, and by those who appreciate the quiet key of color which characterizes his later works, this """"Avalon"""" will be found to be one of the most satisfying of any. In many ways, indeed, the last period of Burne-Jones was not so good as the period that came a little earlier; his types became exaggerated and he tended to repeat himself. But for all that, """"Arthur in Avalon"""" must always rank as one of his most important pictures, and the very dimensions of it seem to designate it for a public gallery. NEW CURES FOR CONSUMPTION Results of a Russian Surgeon's Injections of Natrum and Cinnamyllcum London Telegraph St. Petersburg December 25 Some interesting reports have been current recently concerning the discovery by a Russian physician of a new method of treating consumption, which is said to have already given brilliant results. As is well known, none of the new cures for consumption, not even excepting that of Prof. Koch, have been very successful, but it is stated that the experiments made by Dr. Lovsky with natrum cinnamyllcum have turned out very well. I am, of course, not a medical expert, and therefore I can only write of what I hear at a recent meeting of the Society of Medicine in this country, at which Dr. Lovsky presented an account of his discovery. He gave particulars of five cases upon which he had produced visible effects by injections of natrum cinnamyllcum. At the outset, the doctor stated that at the beginning of the treatment, all the patients were suffering from what the faculty regarded as the most painful form of tuberculosis, but that in the course of a short period their health was re-established sufficiently to enable them to return to work. He said that treatment by natrum cinnamyllcum in the form of balsam of Peru had been tried by Landerer in 1888 in cases of surgical tuberculosis. He used the balsam as an emulsion with gum arabic and tried it with success in 170 cases. Following Landerer, a whole series of medical men carried on experiments, trying also other preparations of the balsam, and in 1887 works were published on the subject by Dr. Goutcharenko and other doctors. In all cases, the results were favorable, and this circumstance induced Dr. Lovsky to undertake his essays, using injections under the shoulder blades. The invalids were divided into three categories: first, those with changes in the form of the lungs, both with and without hollows; secondly, those with changes, not only in the lungs, but in other parts of the lungs; thirdly, those with the dangerous form of miliary tuberculosis. The results obtained were mixed. One patient was in a desperate condition and died a few days later; another, having felt relief, came no more for treatment. The rest were present at the meeting of the society. Of these patients, one, a doorman, who had no regular nourishment, came to Dr. Lovsky in March of the present year. He had a strong cough, severe perspiration, and feverishness; diminution of vital power had prevented him from following his business, and the diagnosis clearly showed that he was suffering from tuberculosis. The injections of natrum cinnamyllcum were commenced on March 13, and were repeated every three or four days. For the first two months, there was no sign of amelioration in his condition, but afterward it soon appeared, and the symptoms subsided. He gained eight pounds in weight, despite his insufficient food, and he is now in good health and able to follow his occupation. From March 15 to the present time, he has received fifty-three injections in the region of the shoulder blade. Patient No. 2 was in a very bad way, and galloping consumption was even feared. In April last, he had four injections and was ordered to drink koumiss. His condition soon improved, and although bacilli are still to be detected, they are far less numerous, and he seems to be getting on well. Patient No. 3 was a young man twenty-eight years of age. His treatment began on September 15, and by November 22, his weight had increased, and although his state had been very grave, the bacilli had disappeared at the end of eighty days; he felt well and was able to work. The other cases were of similar character. ON THE CONTINENT Vienna, January 13 A terrible gale has been raging here since early this morning. Much damage has been done to property, and there have been many accidents. Berlin, January 13 Reports received here late this afternoon describe a violent gale in northern and western Germany, and thunderstorms and torrential rains in southern Germany. At Stuttgart, a large scaffolding was blown down and a man killed. Dieppe, January 13 The destruction of the locality here by the storm has blocked the channel with girders. The packet boat from England to connect here with the express for Paris was unable to enter the harbor this evening and was obliged to return to New Haven with her passengers. Immense damage has been done to the Plage Gardens and Casino here, and at Tourville the gale has worked similar injury, the beach being torn up and the valley flooded for an area of three kilometers. Ten chalets facing the sea have been destroyed, forty bathing boxes washed away, and the Casino wrecked. At Le Treport, sixteen miles northeast of Dieppe, the Casino was partly carried out to sea and many chalets have been damaged. The whole coast is strewn with debris. London, January 13 The gale appeared to be passing in the direction of Russia. There is still many hours' delay in telegraph communication from the continent, and it is feared that accounts of serious ravage there will soon be received. A dispatch from Brest says that along the Finisterre coast a large quantity of wreckage has come ashore with carcasses of sheep and cattle, and it is believed that a large ship has foundered. Heavy damage is already reported from Ostend, Blankenberge, about nine miles northwest of Bruges, and other coastal towns.",1,0,1,0,0,0
+48,18981019,historical,Torrential,"A GREAT STORM: Much Damage Done on the East Coast of Scotland, London, October 18. The sea fronts of the east coast towns have suffered severely. At Leith, the port of Edinburgh, the breakwater, the parade, and half the principal pier have been washed away. The Sunderland lighthouse, at the mouth of the river Wear, has been destroyed. At West Wemyss, on the Firth of Forth, north of Edinburgh, seven foreign colliers broke their moorings and all were wrecked. The torrential rains are interfering greatly with traffic on all the northern railways. A Norwegian vessel was wrecked on Salts Rock, near Leith, and thirteen were drowned.",1,0,0,0,0,1
+49,18990925,historical,Torrential,"S' Government building by the President, followed by a grand cavalry and military parade (Evening) Musical fete and banquet to the President October 10 (afternoon) Re-union of Illinois regiments and the army of the Tennessee and review by the President President October 11 (afternoon) Public reception to the President Lord Chief Justice Charles Russell, Lord Charles Beresford and the Right Hon. Arnold Morley of England will be Chicago's guests on October 9 They will be in New York at the time of the yacht races and will come to Chicago with the Earl of Minto The following will respond to the toasts: President McKinley, President Diaz, the Earl of Minto, Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Secretary of the Mexican Treasury Llmmanertour, Secretary of the Navy Long, Lord Chief Justice Russell of England; Gen. Miles, Admiral Dewey and John S. Runnells Heavy Rains In Russia Sebastopol, September 23 Torrential rains have done great damage to houses here, and the vineyards and orchards in the vicinity have been devastated Communisation is interrupted with many points """"Little Strokes Fell Great Oaks' The giants of the forest must yield at last to the continual blows of the woodsman When the human blood has become clogged and impure the little drops of Hood Sarsaparilla, properly taken, will fell the oak of bad blood Amusements Her Majesty's Theatre Mr. and Mrs. Frank Murphy, Prop, and Mgs. Week beginning MONDAY, OCT. OKQ Saturday Matinee only FRANK L. PEULEY will present the ALICE NIELSEN Tri a new comic Opera, The Strong Girl The Greatest Opera Comic Company in America this season Price 21, 35, 50, 75c, $1 and $1.50 Seats for this important event on Sale Thursday Morning at Star Library Club, 141 St, Fumes St, and Star Branch Office, Peel St",1,0,0,0,1,0
+50,18800623,historical,Torrential,"TURKEY, Bwsaltus snnwItloMs mt war, BrcnADHT, June 22, Russia has presented to Bulgaria another warship, also 16,000 rifles, Al baaia and rientenejrro, CossTAjmyoPL, June 22, The Porte declines to force the Albanians to surrender their territory to Montenegro, but is willing to use its persuasion, ARSTRIA-nTXGART, Klnteterial crisis, Yuxxa, June 22, A Ministerial crisis is imminent GEKJIAJY, ttiaaatrsnsi raiasu B kr Us, June 22, In the district of Lambar, in Breslau, Prussia, heavy torrential rains have killed 36 persons and destroyed 105 houses",1,0,0,0,0,1
+51,18961023,historical,Torrential,"CABLE NOTES Increased Turkish Taxation Snowfalls in Great Britain, CONSTANTINOPLE, October 22 An irade has been issued levying a poll tax of five piasters per head on all Mussulmans and in easing the rates on sheep, public works and education by one to one and a half per cent. These taxes, with the revenue from the five projected monopolies, will, it is estimated, produce 1,200,000 which will be used for military purposes. London, October 22 It is announced that the Dublin Freeman of today will contain John Dillon's appeal to Irishmen throughout the world for funds to carry out the intentions of the recent Dublin convention. Berlin, October 22 The Emperor and Empress returned to Potsdam at 8 o'clock this morning from their visit to Wiesbaden and Darmstadt. London, October 22 Heavy snowstorms are reported in the North of England and Scotland. London, October 22 A despatch to the Times from Melbourne, Victoria, says that experts have been sent to the United States by Queensland to report upon Texas fever in cattle, which is identical with a disease caused by a Queensland insect like a tick. ROME, October 23 Torrential rains have fallen throughout Upper Italy and all rail trains are delayed in consequence. High tides have prevailed in the Venice districts. The Grand Canal at Venice has overflowed into the Piazza St Mark, submerging it to the depth of two feet. Paris, October 22 The Grand Duke Vladimir, on arriving in this city today, received the following despatch from the Czar, who is at Darmstadt: """"We are enjoying well-earned rest under the hospital roof of the Tyrants of Hesse."""" (Signed) Nikolai. The French newspapers assert that this telegram throws valuable light upon the condition of the Czar's spirit and the newspapers add that it proves his brain is not taunted by grave considerations after talking with Emperor William of Germany at Wiesbaden. Peking, October 22 An American syndicate will advance 30,000,000 taels for the construction of the Hankow-Peking Railroad. The line will be 700 miles long and will cross 27 rivers, including the Whang Ho, all of which will be bridged. The entire works will be transferred to the syndicate, but the shares of the Company will ostensibly be held by China. Sydney, N.S.",1,0,0,0,0,0
+52,18971227,historical,Torrential,"THE SMITHFIELD SHOW: Details of Leading Markets The Putchers' Boycott Canadians at Glasgow (From our own correspondent) Liverpool, December 11 With fierce gales off the land and off the sea, with torrential showers, hail and rain almost daily, we have had a rough time of it during the past week. Business has not benefited thereby; quite the contrary. Our country markets have been filling up with cattle and sheep in anticipation of the Christmas demand, while the usual attractive shows and sales of Christmas fat stock have kept many buyers away from Birkenhead, who will, however, probably find their way back after the festive season is over. While the country demand has thus been cut off to a considerable extent, our London customers have been buying pretty strong, the supplies at Deptford for the past ten days having been below the average. The worst of this London trade, however, is they want to buy all our choice beef, and when they get served, there is some difficulty in selling out the secondary and third class bodies left. Still, things keep moving along, and salesmen would not feel comfortable if they had nothing to grumble about.",0,0,1,0,0,0
+53,18841107,historical,Snowstorm,"B, November 6 Information from reliable sources says that out of eight ships off Kamouroska yesterday two are missing, supposed to have lost their anchors or run for Quebec. Two schooners at the Brandy Pots broke their chains and went adrift. The old wreck of the Margaret M, which was lying about twenty yards from the house of Mr. Puize at this wharf, was washed alongside of the house, and quite likely this, with the help of some fifty men, is what saved the building. The steamer Union had a very narrow escape from being wrecked while lying at the wharf at Eboulements. The passengers were all landed at the commencement of the gale, but the cargo was more or less damaged by the rolling of the boat and the seas shipped. One schooner is aground at the wharf. WHARVES SWEPT AWAY; Trois Pistoles, Q, November 6 We suffered much damage here by the rise of water. Three yachts were partly destroyed and a schooner damaged. The wharf is nearly all destroyed; all that part made of stone and sand has been swept away, and the bridge and a lot of wood washed off. The loss is estimated at between $20,000 and $30,000. Green Island, Que, November 6 A heavy wind and snowstorm visited this place yesterday. Up till this morning about two feet had fallen. No casualties are reported. AT LITTLE METIS; Little Metis, November 6 A most severe snow and windstorm visited this coast yesterday, clearing everything in its way. All the houses along the shore have been carried off, also boats, fences, bridges, etc. The shore today is strewn with debris and household effects. The suffering will be intense from cold and hunger to those left destitute. L'Islet flooded; L'Islet, November 6 The damage by yesterday's storm is considerable, amounting to nearly $7,000. All the principal streets and shops in all quarters of the village were flooded, some merchants losing heavily. All the wharves have been more or less damaged. The pavements in the streets have floated off. The whole village is in a very dilapidated condition. AT MATANE AND TADOUSAC; Matane, November 6 The storm of yesterday was the most severe that has been felt for many years past. The tide rose upwards of two feet over the ordinary November spring tides. Two parts of the Prince Bros. & Co. wharf were carried away and quite a number of deals floated out. Several persons here were obliged to abandon their houses. The damage will be about $3,000. Tadousac, Que, November 6 The wharf at this place and other property have been considerably damaged by yesterday's cyclone. It is stated that there has not been so severe a storm for the past fifty years. The damage cannot be estimated at present. St. Thomas (Montmagny), November 6 The most severe snow and windstorm that has ever visited this town commenced yesterday afternoon and continued during the whole night. Considerable damage was done to the breakwater by the high tides. Ice is forming here very quickly. Car Rocs, Que, November 6 The steamer Champion, with five schooners in tow, bound for Quebec put in here for shelter last night. One of her tows was cast adrift. The market steamers Etoile and St. Louis, with about 200 passengers on board, had also to seek shelter here, a violent hurricane blowing. The tide rose about four feet above the normal spring tide mark, accompanied by a mild cyclone and snowstorm which lashed the waters into a fury. Part of the village was inundated; damage light. Two feet of snow had fallen this morning. Sleighing is excellent and the weather cold. FASSTIVA, LC, November 6 Yesterday afternoon, at a point about three and a half miles east of Bic station, on the Intercolonial railway, the road of the Intercolonial for a distance of about a hundred feet was washed away by the extraordinary high tide. The damage was luckily discovered before the eastbound express reached Bic, and it was stopped at the station. A special train was then brought from Campbellton, with the intention of having the passengers and mails from the express train carted across the dangerous section, it being evident that the track could not be made passable for many hours. Unfortunately, about a mile east of the first was another and far worse washout, the lower part of the road for about three hundred feet having been swept away, but there was nothing on the surface to denote that such was the case. The engines and two cars jolted over the place safely, but the remaining cars of the train careened into the river. A brakeman named Perrin and a telegraph repairer named Lefrere were injured, neither seriously. A gang of men immediately set about building a temporary trestle, while another gang bored the track inward at the western washout. About two this afternoon both places were fit to traverse, and the express train, after its long delay, pursued its way eastward in safety.",1,0,1,1,0,1
+54,18901203,historical,Snowstorm,"I, December 1 A terrible snowstorm visited this province yesterday. The wind blew 40 miles an hour and in many places there are snowdrifts from two to four feet in height. The tide last evening was the highest known here for years and all the wharves were flooded and the lower part of the warehouses thereon. Much damage resulted. Breastworks were carried away and the cellars near the wharf were full of water. Damage by the storm throughout the country is reported as follows: Two railroad bridges wrecked, railroad breastwork damaged and trains delayed; some of the principal shipping ports are closed, and thousands of bushels of potatoes and many vessels will be obliged to remain here all winter. The Island boat started for Pictou and after getting as far as Canso, was obliged to return. She was seventeen hours getting back to port. She had a terrible passage. The thermometer registered 3 degrees below zero. A stable owned by a Mrs. Tremaine, situated in the center of a wooden block, was set on fire during the height of the storm. Two buildings were burned with their contents and two horses also perished. The firebug was not arrested. There is hardly any insurance. The weather has moderated but is still very cold and everything looks wintery. Halifax, December 2 Reports of losses by Scatlcley's storm continue to arrive from various parts of the coast. The schooner Jeffrey Franklin, with a general cargo, was driven ashore on Meagher's beach, at the entrance to Halifax harbor. Her cargo will be saved, but the vessel owned by Murdock McLeod, St. Anns, C.B., is badly damaged; she is insured. A telegram from Whitehead announces the total wreck of the schooner Numbesem, from Sydney for Halifax, with a cargo of coal. The Sunbeam is owned by George Livingstone, of Port L'Isle, C.B., and is insured. At Canso three schooners and eight fishing boats were driven ashore. Three of them are total wrecks and the others are more or less damaged. The vessels ashore are the James Liven, Lida and Lizzie, Hector McKinnon. The Ryan got off with but little damage; the Hector with her top damaged by collision with the Lida and Lizzie. The Lida and Lizzie, laden with dry fish, from D'Escousse for Halifax, is still ashore leaking badly. The Enxine, produce laden, from Prince Edward Island for Halifax, is yet aground and leaking freely. Information has been received at Liverpool by cable from Jamaica announcing the total loss of the schooner On Time, Captain J.K. Kempton, owned by John H. Harlow and others, of that place. She was on her way to Colon to Halifax loaded with old iron. Her crew were saved. The American schooner Alice is ashore at L'Isle aux Coudres. The crew were saved. The following vessels are ashore on the Hunkestury side of the Strait of Canso: Ottawa, Granada, Leila Linwood, Admiration and Helen McCrosby. The Arizona and the brigantines Bessie Louise and Mattie Louise dragged anchors, collided and were damaged. The mails did not cross the straits of Canso today owing to the storm. The schooner Mary Euphrosyne, from Halifax, for Magdalen Islands, with a general cargo is ashore at Port Hawkesbury. The cargo is insured here. Every hour brings fresh reports of wrecks caused by the storm, which seems to have been most destructive on the Cape Breton coast. The schooners Bella May and Kexon are ashore at Gabarus. The Isabella, Captain Ferguson, parted her chains at Arichat and was driven ashore. The Native Lut, Captain McLeod, is ashore at Olawow harbor, Canso, and the Maggie Millard is ashore and full of water at Gabarus. The foregoing are all from Halifax bound to Cape Breton ports. The schooner Virgesco is also reported ashore at Lower Desbarats, C.",1,0,0,0,0,0
+55,18910310,historical,Snowstorm,"Y, March 9 David Beaunry, Romaine Van Wormer, and J. V. Wormer, fishermen at Coeymans, were drowned in the Hudson last night. STORMED BY WIND AND FLOOD Southern Rivers Overflowing Great Damage Done and MANY KILLED BY A CYCLONE Chicago Failure-Mr. Winthrop's clever Ad - Electric Light Works Cause $10,000 Fire. PIKKENS, Miss, March 9 This place has been isolated since last Saturday when the last train passed north. Continued raining in the area Thursday night has raised the water in Big Black River higher than ever known and it is still rising rapidly. The Illinois Central railway track is lifted bodily from its bed and deposited in the ditch for miles below and above here and the embankments swept away. Great damage has been done. A cyclone passed over this place Saturday without doing any damage, dropping over into Madison County, where it caused great destruction of life and property, passing from there into Attala County, near Newport, where houses were blown down and four negroes killed. MADISON, Miss, March 9 The cloudburst Saturday night did immense damage to all railroads entering this city. Knoxville, Tenn, March 9 Very heavy rains prevailed throughout this section yesterday and last night and all streams are out of their banks. A seven-year-old negro child and a negro named Hunter were also drowned yesterday. Chattanooga, Tenn, March 9 The Tennessee River here is rising three inches per hour. Experienced river men predict that it will reach at least 40 feet, which will overflow much of the city in low-lying places, cut off several railroads and for a time suspend the operations of several manufactories. Nashville, Tenn, March 9 The phenomenal rise in the Cumberland River continues. Much damage has been done. Probably between 1,600 and 2,000 people have been driven from their homes and goods in warehouses and elevators have suffered much damage. As viewed from the bridge the river is a vast angry torrent, spreading out over the lowlands. Nearly all of the lumber yards are overflowed. Merchants were busy all day Sunday removing goods from cellars and warehouses near the wharf to higher ground. Heavy Western Snowstorm Chicago, March 9 Despatches from various points throughout Minnesota, Northern Iowa, Central Illinois, Southern Wisconsin and Eastern Nebraska report that the severest snowstorm of the winter raged Saturday night and all day Sunday. There was a regular blizzard blowing and the snow is heavily drifted. Trains are running behind time, especially in Minnesota, and in some localities not a wheel is turning. Attempt at an Old Swindle VICKSBURG, Pa, March 9 The First National Bank of Pittston has received a letter from Spain signed by a priest stating that a vast sum of money is buried somewhere in this vicinity. The letter says that one of the most favored of the courtiers of the late Alfonso was given a large sum of money, said to be a million francs, while the King was on his deathbed in return for the performance of a dying wish. The Queen was jealous of the courtier and at the King's death instructed her ambassador to arrest the courtier for stealing a casket containing a number of jewels from the palace. He fled to America and buried his treasure, but returned to Spain and was arrested and put in prison, where he died. The plans of the place where the treasure was buried were in a satchel which was taken by the tribunal who, not knowing of the contents, offered to dismiss the suit on payment of costs. The priest asks for money to pay the costs and obtain the satchel and plans. A Determined New York Suicide NEW YORK, March 9 John Braum, aged 30, today jumped from the ferryboat James Waterbury, running from Houston Street, this city, to Grand Street, Brooklyn. When the boat had got well out into the stream Braum leaped overboard. Directly he came to the surface the passengers on the boat saw him raise both arms aloft and strike at his head. The Waterbury's engines were stopped, and with boat hooks the deck hands hauled Braum aboard. Strapped to his wrists were two sharp-pointed knives, and with these, while in the water, he had made several severe wounds in his breast, which accounted for the motions that the witnesses to his plunge had seen. The weapons were unstrapped and Braum, after the Brooklyn slip had been reached, was taken to the hospital. The surgeon who attended him said he was not likely to recover. The Fatal Electric Light Wire Albany, March 9 Wires from the Telephone exchange came in contact with the trolley wires of the Broadway Electric Railway tonight and the immediate result was a fire which completely disabled the telephone service and caused a loss of $30,000 to the Hudson River Telephone Company. There was a novel display of pyrotechnics as the telephone wires, unable to carry the current from the trolley wires, became red hot and fell to the ground in pieces. One of the horses of the fire department stepped on a fallen wire and fell dead. An engineer was badly injured. A man was also injured, but quickly recovered. The fire did not burn a great deal, but the valuable switchboard in the telephone office was destroyed, and this caused the loss. Was it a Royalty on Nickel Steel Washington, March 9 Since the United States has commenced to experiment with nickel steel for armor plating a syndicate of European capitalists, including Schneider & Co., of Le Creusot, the French armor makers, has set up a claim for a royalty of two cents a pound on all nickel steel armor made, claiming that its patents cover the process. This claim will be contested by Carnegie, Phipps & Co., of Pittsburgh, who have begun the manufacture of nickel steel, and claim to use processes not covered by the Schneider patents. In the contract with Carnegie, Phipps & Co., by the Navy Department it is stipulated that the Government shall retain the amount claimed as royalty pending the decision of the courts. Returned the Table Dalltim Chicago, March 9 Driven to desperation by abuse the wife of a salesman named Henry Akin attempted to kill her husband yesterday by shooting him in the head. Akin went home drunk and began quarreling. He seized his wife and was choking her, as usual. She had prepared herself for such an incident and jerking a revolver from her pocket fired it in his face. Their three small children screamed with fright and the police running in placed husband and wife under arrest. Akin will recover, but will be noseless and bear a scar four inches long across his cheek. Terrible Indiana Tragedy BATAVIA, Ind, March 9 Yesterday John Dirschure, a well-known hotelkeeper, while drunk and mad with jealousy shot his wife, inflicting a serious wound. Dirschure then placed the revolver at the back of his three-year-old daughter Myrtle and shot her through the heart. He also shot cook, Mary Jones, hitting her in the back and inflicting a flesh wound. While a crowd which had quickly gathered in the parlor was attending the wounded Dirschure re-entered and fell dead on the floor, having cut his throat with a case-knife. Mr. Wiman's Lecture Advertisement New York, March 9 The evening papers contain the following advertisement: The REPRODUCED Traitor, Mr. Erastus Wiman, whose prominence in the recent Canadian conflict has earned for him from the Tories this epithet, will lecture in the regular course at the Calvary Baptist Church, 123rd Street, near Sixth Avenue, on Tuesday evening, 10th instant. The occasion affords an opportunity to many in New York who desire to hear the kind of treason in which Mr. Wiman indulges, and which will have abundant scope in the subject of his address, which at this juncture has an especial appropriateness, viz, """"The Great North Land and Its Relations to the United States."""" Admission, 50 cents. Commercial Traveller In Boston Utica, N",1,0,1,1,0,1
+56,18911214,historical,Snowstorm,"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. 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. Terrible Ravages, London, December 14. Reports of the ravages of influenza in various parts of Europe are being constantly received. At Perpignan, France, twenty of the twenty-two nuns occupying the convent of St. Claire were prostrated with the disease. When the nuns finally consented to admit outsiders who for several days had vainly sought to offer them assistance, it was found that the poor women were in a starving condition, the only remaining food consisting of a small quantity of dried beans. Proper food and medical attendance were promptly supplied and the sufferers are now rapidly recovering. At Hamburg 2,000 cases of influenza have been reported during the past week and the death toll has not diminished. The famous pianist, Von Bulow, is a victim of the disease and is in a critical condition. Graceful Anglican Church Scene, Dublin, December 13. St. Mary’s church, in Newry, a Protestant-Anglican place of worship, was today the scene of a very disorderly occurrence. While services were going on eleven velvety men advanced to the altar and seized the communion cloth, on which were embroidered the letters, """,1,0,1,0,0,1
+57,18990109,historical,Snowstorm,"Snowstorm Revives a Drooping Business TRAINS SLIGHTLY DELAYED Street Car Lines Pound Active for All Their Giant Snow Sweepers, Montreal has been visited with a snowstorm, and fortunately, she has received little or no damage. It started on Friday night, and owing to the slippery state of the sidewalks, pedestrians were compelled for safety's sake to walk in the middle of the road. As the flakes got larger and more profuse, the wind also increased, until at midnight there was a half gale blowing. The velocity of the wind at times was so great that people who wished to turn a corner were compelled to make a herculean effort if they wished to succeed. It made the carters feel happy, and assuredly more courteous. It was predicted that a snowstorm would happen about the New Year, and as each day passed by and no snow arrived, the men were so grievously disappointed that the majority placed their sleighs in the stables and reverted to the wheeled vehicles. A carter told a Gazette reporter last night that the snow had not come a bit too soon, for business during the holidays was so bad that they had not made enough to defray expenses. They, however, reaped a good harvest on Saturday, especially at the close of the theatrical performances, very few sleighs going away without a load. It also made the hearts of the snowshoe men feel glad. As soon as the secretaries of the several clubs discovered that the beautiful snow had come to remain, they at once issued notices to their members to prepare for regular tramps. The members of St. George's Snowshoe Club have extended an invitation to the members of the """"Old Tuque Bleue"""" to join them in a union tramp and entertainment at their clubhouse tomorrow night, and a jolly time is predicted. Among those who do not look with favor upon snowstorms are the Street Railway officials. Although they carry a larger number of passengers, their service is greatly impeded, and the extra expense of running the snowplows and sweepers cuts deeply into the profits. The sweepers are a wonderful invention. Instead of carrying everything before them, they viciously cast everything to the side, with the result that the tracks are clear, but the bank is a great menace to those who drive rigs, and the bumps that one is apt to receive while driving over these innocent banks of snow are not soon forgotten. The importance of these snow sweepers has made many a driver who has the reputation of being a brave man, on seeing a sweeper approaching, suddenly remember that he had a business call on a side street. The sweeper makes it also bad for the passengers. The latter wait patiently for perhaps six minutes for a car at a corner of a street. They signal the motorman to stop, and the latter makes a great effort to oblige, but the rails are so slippery that the car refuses to stop until the wheels have propelled it about fifty yards past the corner. Then there is a frantic run to catch the car, and the half-winded passenger at once begins to abuse the conductor. The conductor, however, being accustomed to such little matters as """"rail down,"""" remains as mute as a sphinx, and pacifies the irritated passenger by calmly asking for his fare. The storm had a delaying effect on some of the incoming trains on Saturday night. At the Windsor station, the Vancouver train, which was due at 6:23, did not arrive until midnight, and the New York train, due at 9:20, was an hour late. At the Grand Trunk depot, the Intercolonial train from Campbellton, due at 10:10, was three hours late, and the Intercolonial from Riviere du Loup, due at 10:20, was an hour late. There were no accidents from the storm reported, and the telegraph officials report that their wires had sustained no damage. B. Taylor, so many of whom preceded him to the undiscovered country. To sum his sterling worth in one brief line, """"And honest truth with well-earned praise combine, The Spartan epitaph reversed must be His country had no worthier son than he."""" Funeral of Mr. Dalglish The funeral of Mr. Robert Dalglish took place on Friday, at 2 p.m., from his late residence, 86 Mackay street, and, notwithstanding the prevalence of a driving snowstorm, was attended by a very large number of the leading men of the city, with whom the deceased had long been on terms of great intimacy, and whose respect, confidence and goodwill he enjoyed in the fullest degree. The body was taken to the Church of St. James the Apostle, where an impressive service was held, Canon Ellegood and the assistant rector officiating. At its conclusion, the cortege reformed and proceeded up Bishop street, where many took sleighs and accompanied the remains to their last resting place at Mount Royal Cemetery. Among those who were present were Thomas Davidson, W. Wainwright, of the Grand Trunk Railway, who called upon Mr. Tarte and informally talked over with him the proposed Toronto-Collingwood line. It is too early yet to discuss definite proposals, but the prospect is that the scheme will rapidly assume practical form. Instead of diverging to Allendale, as is now done, the new road would have to be built as a straight line between Toronto and Collingwood. The idea of the Grand Trunk is that the traffic, upon reaching Toronto, might be divided, a portion being there transferred to vessels for transportation to Montreal, and a portion being taken direct by the main line of railway to that city. No doubt a question of subsidy would have to be considered if the construction of a new line were to be undertaken. The argument which will likely be advanced in support of the application will be that the new line would reserve to Canada a large amount of traffic that would otherwise go by way of the lakes to Buffalo, and that it would therefore be a work that would generally benefit the country. DECEMBER WEATHER Temperature Generally Below the Average During the Month The Dominion Meteorological Service weather chart for December says: The temperature was a little below average in British Columbia and throughout Ontario, except in the extreme eastern portion, where no damage was just maintained; in all the remaining portions of the Dominion it was above average, the excess being particularly marked in the Northwest Territories, and strikingly so in northern Alberta, where Edmonton reports as much as 11 degrees above average. In eastern Canada, Quebec reports the greatest amount above average, namely 3 degrees, and Halifax, Sydney and Charlottetown each give an excess of 2 degrees. The interior portion of the Lower Lake region gives the greatest general amount below average, Brantford and Lucknow each reporting a deficiency of 3 degrees. In the western and southwestern portions of the Lower Lakes region, also from the eastern portion of Lake Superior to about the Ottawa River and embracing the Georgian Bay district in Cape Breton, it was also above average, but seemingly local, whilst in all other portions of Canada it was below average, especially in the province of Quebec and over Vancouver Island. In the former province, there occurred at Quebec a deficiency of 1.5 inches, and at Father Point, 1.8 inches; Victoria in Vancouver Island records 4 inches less than average. In nearly all parts of the Dominion, the precipitation was largely snow, and in Ontario, Quebec, and the Maritime Provinces, some heavy falls occurred. The snowstorm of the 4th and 6th over Ontario was exceptionally heavy. During this storm, Orangeville reports that 28 inches fell, and Collingwood 24 inches. The snowfall during the month in the immediate neighborhood of Owen Sound was phenomenally heavy, the total fall at Owen Sound being reported as 8 feet 5 inches. In Quebec, the weather during December was stormy, and comparatively mild. The temperature was recorded on the 25th at Quebec. A strong northeast gale occurred on the 5th, with a maximum velocity of 62 miles per hour, snow fell nearly every day during the month, yet precipitation is under the average. Snow on the ground at the end of the month was five inches. At Richmond, the snow was from four to five inches in depth on the 31st, and teams have been crossing the river since the 28th. Dominion Line Regular lines of first-class steamships BETWEEN Portland, Me., and Bristol Avonmouth, consisting of the following first-class steamers, which have splendid accommodations for passengers at very reasonable rates.",1,0,0,0,0,0
+58,18820222,historical,Snowstorm,"R were late today in consequence of the heavy snowstorm last night. Toronto, February 21. The snowstorm early this morning did great damage. The wires of the Toronto Telephone Company were blown down from the JO ail building. Their losses alone will amount to $1,000. Thorold, Ont, February 21. A storm of rain and sleet set in at midnight last night, covering the ground about three inches thick. Travel not impeded. Peterborough, Ont, February 21. Snow fell last night and this morning to the depth of four inches. A snowstorm set in at three o'clock this afternoon. Sleighing good; travel unimpeded. Brampton, Ont, February 21. A wild storm set in last night. The roads in the country are said to never have been worse. Chatham, Ont, February 21. Weather very stormy today. Heavy northwest wind, with snow. Roads muddy and almost impassable. Grimsby, February 21. The most violent storm of the season is now prevailing here. Ottawa, Ont, February 21. The severe northeast blizzard passed over this city today. About a foot of snow has fallen. The drifts are great, the country roads being almost impassable in many places. Plattsburgh, February 21. The sleet and rain storm has been succeeded tonight by snow. Telegraph poles between Middleton and Boston Corners are broken down by heavy loads of ice. Chicago, February 21. Snowing since early this morning. At Rock Island the storm raged so violently last night that part of the great Government Bridge was blown down. At Vandalia, Ill, the river is out of its banks; the bottom lands, comprising an area of four miles square, are inundated. An immense amount of livestock and lumber is swept away. At Carlinville, bridges and houses have been swept away and great damage done to farms. A sleet and wind storm extended all over Iowa, Missouri, western and southern Illinois, southern Indiana, Ohio and Canada. Telegraph lines are greatly damaged.",1,0,1,1,1,0
+59,18981124,historical,Snowstorm,"FIRST OF THE SEASON Severe Snowstorms in North Britain and the Midlands London November 23 Severe snowstorms prevailed today over the Midlands and North Britain, and heavy gales are sweeping the coasts. Train and mail boats have been delayed. In Sheffield the storm is described as a blizzard, and in Manchester the street and railway traffic is badly crippled. A despatch from Brussels says that the Belgian coast was swept by a storm yesterday, and that great damage was done. A despatch from Amsterdam says that the steamer Montenegro went ashore in the storm near Texel Island, in the North Sea. London November 23 The fierce winds, accompanied by a sudden cold snap, have proved serious over the whole northern portion of the kingdom. The snow has caused many blockades and a number of accidents on the railways. Along the coast there have been numerous wrecks, and the lifeboats have been in constant requisition. The Channel traffic is practically suspended, and the hotels at Calais on the French side are crowded with travellers waiting to cross to Dover. NEW YORK New York November 23 There was a disposition manifest to curtail operations on the stock exchange in the early hours of today's session, on account of tomorrow's holiday for one thing, and on account of one or two depressing influences in the market, which offered obstacles to the successful prosecution of the bull campaign. The snowstorm in the West, with its obstruction to traffic and reports of damage to livestock was a discouragement to advancing prices. There was rather less assurance felt also that the Northern Pacific-Oregon Navigation imbroglio was sure to be patched up, and Northern Pacific stocks and others concerned in the quarrel tended downwards. Weakness in a number of the specialties, notably Tobacco, on reports of the character of the opposition in the cigarette branch accentuated the prevailing tendency. People's Gas dropped off at one time 1 1-2, and Federal Steel continued to droop. There was a marked falling off in the recent activity in Atchison preferred, probably the reason for the depressing influences for the other stocks. There was a very marked bull spirit latent in the market, nevertheless, and it turned from the centres of depression and from the region of the snowstorm to other specialties and the eastern railroads. The movement was more marked in the Coalers, and had its inception in the Reading issues. The buying of these securities was attributed to the banking interest, which yesterday advanced Southern preferred and which is dominant in Northern Pacific and has important interests in Federal Steel. How far yesterday's manipulation of Southern preferred and today's of the trading securities is designed to sustain the weak spots elsewhere in the common interest of the manipulator can only be a matter of surmise. Louisville, New York Central, Ontario & Western and a number of other eastern railways enjoyed their period of strength and aided towards the late recovery and the firm close at a level generally above yesterday's prices. Andrew McKinney & Co, members of the New York Stock Exchange, wire J E Fairchild, manager, U St, Sacramento street: The stock market was active, but irregular today, with prices towards an improvement. The delay in the reply of the Spanish peace commission was construed as favorable to an amicable settlement and a sharp advance took place. Manhattan rose about 2 percent, on rumors that a large short interest in the stock was forced to cover, and near the approach toward a change in the motive power. In the Industrials there was very little of interest. The market has been very dull all day, with the usual closing up of contracts before a holiday, but without any pressure of long stocks as the feeling is very confident of an early and satisfactory settlement of our affairs with Spain. All conditions point to a better market and an advance in prices all along the list. Money easy, 2 percent.",1,0,1,0,1,0
+60,18871229,historical,Snowstorm,"THE ANCIENT CAPITAL A Political Shuffle Talked of A Furious Snowstorm Does Much Damage A Big Mearilus Planned (From our own correspondent) Quebec, December 28 A furious snowstorm from the east set in this morning and still continues, raging with great violence. About 9 o'clock the steamer Pilot was at Barras wharf, Levis, when suddenly an enormous mass of ice caught it and pinned it to the wharf, causing considerable damage. It was torn from its fastenings and was being drifted away. It needed all the ability of the captain and crew to prevent a serious accident. Fortunately the steamer got safely up the river to its own wharf. It is said that a deputation from the Quebec Board of Trade will proceed to Ottawa in a few days to wait on the Premier and his colleagues on the ocean mail subsidy question. The deputation will be very strong and representative of the leading interests of the place. The people of the town of Chicoutimi and of Hebertville are organizing a great excursion to Quebec, via the Lake St. John railway, on the occasion of the opening of the Provincial Legislature. A number of merchants from Chicoutimi have been in town since the beginning of the winter, all coming by rail, although the distance from Chicoutimi to Lake St. John is so considerable. Goods to and from Chicoutimi are also sent by this route. There is a rumor on the street, which is given for what it is worth, to the effect that a swap is on the tapis by which Hon. Mr. Shebryn and Mr. Francois Langelier will change positions, Mr. Shebryn going to Ottawa to sit in the Commons, and Mr. Langelier assuming for the time being, during Mr. Mercier's illness, the post of Acting Premier of the province. Messrs. Shebryn and Langelier each represent Quebec constituencies so strongly Liberal in their tendencies that there would be no risk in making the proposed arrangement. NEW GRAIN STANDARDS For Manitoba Wheat Strongly Denounced by the Toronto Board of Trade Toronto, December 28 The grain and flour sections of the Board of Trade met this afternoon to consider the order-in-council changing the present standard of grain for Manitoba and the Northwest. After a warm discussion the following resolution was passed by the grain section and ordered to be telegraphed to Mr. Hull, Inland Revenue department, Ottawa: """"That, whereas an order-in-council has been passed changing the grades of Manitoba wheat, which will disarrange and cause endless trouble in carrying out contracts already entered into for future delivery on the basis of present grades, as well as necessitating the withdrawal of all samples now in the hands of foreign buyers and the furnishing of new standards, thereby causing great delay and cessation of business operations; therefore, be it resolved, that this board desires to express its strong feeling of disapprobation at the changing of grain standards by the governor-in-council without consulting the commercial interests of the country through their various channels; and would, therefore, move that the council of this Board of Trade take such action in the matter as they may deem best to obtain, if possible, the remanding of the order-in-council until such time as all interested are consulted and their views ascertained."""" The flour section passed the following resolutions: Resolved, """"That whereas an order-in-council has been passed amending the standard of Manitoba wheat, and which is fraught with most pressing import to all millers and flour dealers, any change at this time when the grades are fixed, approved and known, is undesirable and likely to obstruct business and also involve in litigation all contracts of sale fixed and still executed. Resolved that this section deprecates the fact that any change in existing standards of grain is not possible, not coming through the regular constituted board of grain examiners, who should be, in our opinion, the only authority possible."""" The council of the Board of Trade will meet tomorrow, and it is probable a deputation will be appointed to wait upon the government at Ottawa. A ZERO WAVE Very Cold Weather to Follow the Big Snowstorm How the Trains Were Delayed Toronto, Ont., December 29, 1 a.m. The depression nearing the Lakes yesterday has developed throughout into a severe storm, and is causing a gale throughout the Lake and eastern district. The weather is clearing in Ontario and becoming decidedly colder. It is snowing heavily in Quebec and the Maritime provinces with moderately cold weather. Storm signals will be continued in the Maritime district. St. Lawrence, gales from the west and northwest; clearing weather, becoming decidedly colder, temperature falling to below zero by night.",1,0,1,0,0,0
+61,18840128,historical,Snowstorm,"GALES IN GREAT BRITAIN, Hurricane damage to shipping, LOSS OF LIFE ON LAND AND SEA, London, January 27 The wind blew a hurricane all last night. Much damage was done here. Many persons were injured. The glass roof of the Westminster Aquarium was demolished, causing a panic among the audience, in which several persons were hurt. A printing office in the Haymarket was unroofed and a boy killed. Many vessels were wrecked off the coast, and a large number of lives lost. Reports from all parts of the kingdom agree that the gale was one of almost unparalleled severity. At Hastings the seas dashed over the streets, making walking dangerous. At Monmouth, the Wye and Monnow Rivers overflowed and the highways were flooded, and Southampton and Eastbourne suffered severely. At Torquay there were many casualties. Trees were uprooted and many boats swamped. 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. Martin Theatre by the sudden quenching of the gas light. Cries were raised of """"Turn off the gas."""" The slamming of doors by the wind and the roar of the tempest drowned the voices of the actors. Mme Bernhardt's foot was wounded by the fragments from a broken window.",1,0,0,1,0,1
+62,18840303,historical,Snowstorm,"THE EHOWSTOBX, The delay to the train service stranded bound passengers. The snowstorm which began on Thursday evening and which did not abate until Saturday was one of the severest that has been witnessed in this part of the country for many a year. The train on the Canadian Pacific Railway which left Montreal at seven o'clock on Friday morning managed to reach Ottawa at half-past two o'clock in the afternoon, being three hours behind time, but strange to say the fast express which left the city at 8:45 the same morning did not get any further than St Martin's Junction and the passengers were obliged to return to Montreal on Saturday night. The departure of the fast express from Ottawa on Friday afternoon was delayed for an hour, and at 1:20 a start was made, two engines being attached to the train, and a snow plough having been sent on ahead to clear the track. Before the latter reached Buckingham, however, some twenty miles from Ottawa, it had been so badly damaged that it was useless to send it any further. With the train everything went well until L'Ange Gardien was reached, being then a quarter of an hour behind the regular time limit. Here several of the passengers, fearing that the train would not be able to reach Montreal that night, as the train which left Montreal in the morning had not yet been heard of, alighted and stopped overnight. The train then proceeded on its way but got stuck in a snowdrift within a mile of St Augustine. The shovellers were at once set to work, and after a delay of three hours and a half, the train got through and proceeded until St. Andrew was reached. Here another delay occurred, which was accentuated by the fact that the snow-plough which had been left at Buckingham was observed struggling in the snow-drift through which the train had just safely passed, and it was thought that it would be better to let the plough go ahead of the train. After waiting for over two hours, however, it was evident that the plough was not equal to the task, and the train actually got under way but had only seen a couple of miles when a most annoying snowdrift was encountered, it being then about two o'clock Saturday morning. The drift at this point, which was heavily packed, was five or six feet deep and extended for over a mile, so there was no help for it but to camp there overnight. In the morning, the conductor, Mr. Dwyer, drove to St. Therese, a distance of about five miles, where he secured an additional gang of men, who at once went to work and shortly before twelve o'clock they had sufficiently cleared the track to permit the train to proceed. On reaching St. Therese, however, still another drift was met with, which took the shovellers about four hours to get rid of, when the train again proceeded on its way and reached St. Martin Junction about six o'clock, after having experienced several short delays on account of minor drifts. At St. Martin the passengers on the train which left Montreal at 8:45 the previous morning were taken on board and the train again got under way. Before coming to the bridge across the Back River at Sault aux Recollets, another drift was encountered, occasioning a delay of about an hour, and the train came in contact with another very heavy snow drift within about two miles of the Mile End Depot, which occasioned a delay of about four hours. At this point several of the passengers discussed the advisability of attempting to walk to the city, but all finally decided to remain on board. About eleven o'clock the shovellers had cleared the track and the train again proceeded, reaching the Dalhousie Square Depot about 11:30 on Saturday night, having taken thirty hours to make the journey. Much credit is due to the conductor, the engineers, and the other officials of the train for the manner in which they acquitted themselves under the circumstances, the opinion of all being that it was one of the worst storms they ever had experienced. Many of the shovellers were completely exhausted; in fact, some of them were so fatigued that they were unable to work when the last snow-drift was reached. The snow in several places blew into the railway cut almost as fast as it was shovelled out. ON THE CANADA ATLANTIC, matters were not much better. The trains which left the city on Friday did not reach Ottawa until early Saturday morning. The early train from Ottawa on Saturday was cancelled or rather its departure was delayed until eleven o'clock, when the conductor expressed a belief that he would make the usual time to Montreal. Everything went well as far as Glen Robertson, the track being clear and the regular time limit being observed. At that point it was ascertained that the train which left Montreal in the morning was stuck a short distance west of St. Polycarpe. The train going east got orders to meet it, and, if possible, help it through. About halfway between Glen Robertson and St. Polycarpe a serious snow drift was encountered, the snow being heavily packed. The shovellers went to work, and after a delay of about an hour and a half the train got through and proceeded until it reached within about a mile of St. Polycarpe. At that point the locomotive of the train which had left Montreal in the morning was found frozen stiff in the drift, which it had attempted to break through, and to do which it had left the passenger cars at the station at St. Polycarpe. The drift at this point was six or even seven feet deep and packed very heavily. The shovellers had been at work and had so far cleared the track that the locomotive of the eastern bound train was able to get up to the other, but that was found to be so firmly frozen that it took fully two hours to move it, several ropes being snapped in the operation, and at one time the prospect being that nothing could be done until greater locomotive power was obtained from Montreal. By dint of perseverance, however, the track was at last cleared, and each train was enabled to proceed on its way, that for Montreal reaching the city about 8 o'clock, having taken nine hours to make the journey. All the testimony of the railway hands is to the effect that no such storm has been experienced for years. Another train was despatched from Ottawa at 9 o'clock yesterday morning, arriving here at two in the afternoon, so that the road is now clear, and the regular trains will be run today.",1,0,0,0,0,0
+63,18940213,historical,Snowstorm,"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 feet 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, Sabana Lake, Y, 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. Dispatches 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. Fhf, mont, 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.",1,0,1,1,0,1
+64,18910127,historical,Snowstorm,"Pennsylvania Clippings, """"Si Hantor, PA, January 20 The most devastating snowstorm in years hit last night and this city is stormbound. The snow blanketed telephone and telegraph wires and this morning the streets were impassable. One huge pole directly in front of the Western Union office was broken off short by the unusual strain and service entirely cut off. The storm also extended to the cities of Wilkes-Barre and Carbondale. A Holiday For Telegraph Operators, Kittatinny, NJ, January 20 The storm here has been the most disastrous in years. The telegraph service has never experienced such interruptions. All communication was badly interrupted. The Western Union office is entirely closed to customers and employees have a holiday. Patterson, NJ, January 20 This city yesterday found itself back in the late twenties in some respects. The heavy weight of wet snow on the hundreds of overhead wires that stretched over the principal streets pulled down scores of poles all over the town. Of the seven interurban lines in the city only two run any cars. The rest are hopelessly blocked by fallen poles and wires. New York, January 20 No traces of the snowstorm of Saturday night and yesterday morning, which played such havoc with wires, remained in the air at least today. After a beautiful moonlit night, clear and cold, the atmosphere was delightfully fresh and bracing this morning. It was not cold and the sun shone brightly. It was a pleasant winter's day in every respect save underfoot. The work of repairing the broken telephone and telegraph wires, which was begun yesterday as early as possible, continued through last night in accessible places and went on with renewed vigor this morning. The Minimum on the Jersey Coast, Exmouth, NJ, January 20 As far as can be ascertained there are no vessels ashore between here and Sandy Hook, although several have been seen about half a mile offshore. The rumor that a three-masted schooner was stranded a mile south of Point Pleasant City is erroneous. Asbury Park, NJ, January 20 The wires here are all down with the exception of those of the Electric Light Company. The surf has cut out the beach and undermined the bathing houses. Long Branch, NJ, January 20 The storm has wrought great damage along the New Jersey coast between Sandy Hook and Point Pleasant City. The surf cut into the bluff here and tore out the beach. Several houses were unroofed and signs and chimneys blown down. All telegraph and telephone wires are down and the coast cut off from communication with the railways. All trains are being run on signal and are behind time. A GENERALLY FAIR DAY, moderately cold and mild. Local snow fall today, Toronto, January 20, 11 p.m. The pressure is comparatively high along the St. Lawrence Valley and in the Southern states and below normal elsewhere. Light falls of snow have occurred in Ontario, Manitoba and portions of the Northwest Territories. Minimum and maximum temperatures: Calgary, 12, 42; Winnipeg, 12, 24; Toronto, 30, 35; Montreal, 4, 26; Quebec, 4 below; Halifax, 22, 32. Weather Moderate winds partly fair; comparatively mild; light local falls of snow. St. Lawrence Light to moderate winds; generally fair; moderately cold; light local falls of snow.",1,0,0,1,0,0
+65,18940410,historical,Snowstorm,"B, April 9, St. John today experienced the worst April snowstorm it has known for thirty-four years. The streets were blocked and business largely suspended. The storm, which began about midnight Sunday, raged with unabated fury all day. The air was full of snow, which was whirled into drifts five and ten feet deep. The schools suffered severely, and the few scholars that turned out were sent home at the noon hour. Over sixteen inches of snow fell during the day and it was of that wet kind which stuck wherever it touched. All attempts to clear the sidewalks were abandoned towards nightfall as useless. Tonight it is colder with a high wind. The street railway did not have a car out, and the Bay of Fundy and Boston steamers did not leave their moorings. The Short Line railway did not send out any trains, but the other railroads are running fairly well on time. The storm was confined to a small area, being comparatively light at Fredericton and Moncton.",1,0,1,0,0,0
+66,18940217,historical,Snowstorm,"B, February 10, Yesterday's heavy snowstorm blocked almost every branch railway in the province and seriously interfered with the trunk lines. To-night a furious gale is blowing in St. John and throughout this section of New Brunswick with the mercury down below zero. The snow is drifting into large piles and is filling up railway cuttings faster than the ploughs can be operated against it. A train which left Fredericton yesterday morning only reached here to-night, and between Fredericton and Woodstock several passenger trains are stalled by the snow. Reports from many parts of the province state that this last snowfall has practically put an end to operations in the lumber woods, the snow being too deep for hauling. There is much suffering in many districts, through the highways being impassable for teams, the food supply for both animals and man being very short. Despatches from St. Stephen to-night state that the Canadian Pacific railway branch to that town is totally blockaded and like reports have come in from St. Andrew's. So far the Intercolonial has got through much better than its great competitor. The Kent Northern railway management is trying to dig through twenty-seven miles of snow drifts.",1,0,0,0,1,1
+67,18981128,historical,Flood,"LEGAL INTELLIGENCE SUPERIOR COURT JUDGMENTS THE GRADING OF CITY HALL AVENUE JUDGMENT AGAINST THE CITY Montreal, November 26 By Mr. Justice Archibald C. 8 Helnhardt vs The City of Montreal Montreal - The action concerns damages 1 II iltntlH MY City Hall and Fortier streets, Mr. Justice Archibald, in renue 'ThVltTrbrewer' and occupied on what was formerly called German street, just at the foot leading to Sherbrooke street. The name of this street is now City Hall street. This street was not graded previous to 1893 beyond Ontario street but ran from the latter street towards Sherbrooke street, nearly on a level and ended against the steep face of the bluff forming the Sherbrooke street plateau. Wooden stairs for foot passengers were placed to enable them to communicate with Sherbrooke street. The plaintiff's brewery was constructed upon this hill face. In 1893 the defendant graded the street, so as to make it practicable for traffic up to Sherbrooke street, and in so doing raised the level of the street, abutting plaintiff's brewery from 2 to 8 feet above its old level. Plaintiff's property extended up the hill and was bounded by a street named Fortier street, running at right angles with City Hall street, practically on a level with Sherbrooke street. The grading of City Hall street necessitated the filling up at the foot of the hill, and an excavation, when the hill was reached. This excavation was of considerable depth when it crossed Fortier street, and necessitated a cut also in Fortier street in both directions. Previous to this work being done very little water from the Sherbrooke street level came down City Hall street. It was carried westward on Fortier street and discharged into the St. Lawrence street drains. The cut made in Fortier street changed the grade, and brought large quantities of water down City Hall street. Plaintiff had a drain in City Hall street which he made himself, and which was sufficient for his needs. The defendant opened gullies into this drain, and it proved to be quite insufficient in anything like a heavy rain to carry away the water, which, in consequence, backed up and flooded the plaintiff's cellar. In addition to this, much of the water could not find an entrance into the drain, and it was thrown against the plaintiff's walls and injured them very materially. Before the works mentioned, plaintiff had a good frontage on Fortier street for his vacant land on the top of the hill, but by the lowering of Fortier street this land was left at an elevation, and would require to be carried away to enable plaintiff to utilize his land. One side of plaintiff's building abuts land belonging to the defendant, upon which it has erected a police and fire station, and used plaintiff's wall without paying for it. Plaintiff's claims for damages are as follows: Cost of reducing the level of Fortier street so as to make it conform with the new level of that street $2,000. Depreciation of value of the brewery buildings, by raising the grade in front of them $6,000. Damages suffered to the brewery by reason of the inconvenience and extra cost of handling the products, owing to the change of grade $1,000. Damages resulting from the flooding $2,000. Damages resulting from defendant's action concerning plaintiff's wall $1,000. Forming a total of $12,500. The defendants at first pleaded a general denial, but afterwards were allowed to plead a supplementary plea, of which the following are the material propositions: 1. If plaintiff has suffered any damage, it is compensated by advantages gained by plaintiff, by the works in question. 2. That plaintiff had himself solicited that the works should be done, and had given his full consent thereto. The first of these propositions had been, in my judgment, entirely rebutted by the proof. The street opened is so steep that although a horse with an empty wagon can go up, it would be quite impracticable to go up with a load. It is not quite clear whether the work benefits anyone, but it is certain that plaintiff reaps no advantage from it. As to the second proposition of the supplementary defence, it is only proved to the extent that the plaintiff knew of the works and did not put any obstacle in their way. The defendant did not need the plaintiff's consent for these works and had the right to disregard any opposition which plaintiff might make. There is nothing proved on this head which forms any answer to plaintiff's action. Plaintiff has proved that when his brewery was built his architect got a level from the defendant and built conformably to it. If then he has suffered damage by the change of that level he has a right to indemnity. Taking first his first claim of $2,000 for reducing the level of his vacant property, it must be remarked that plaintiff, building as he did against the face of the hill on a level which would preclude any idea of the subsequent opening and use of City Hall street, cannot base his claim on this head upon the cost of reducing the level of that of City Hall street. Before, however, the works were made he had a frontage on the level of Fortier street, and he has the right to an amount sufficient to put himself in the same position with respect to Fortier street as he was in before. Plaintiff's witnesses, as well as some of defendant's, consider 80 cents per cubic yard as a low price for the removal of that earth. Although one witness of defendant declares the work could be done for 50 cents, I think he was relying on the likelihood of finding a near place where the earth could be dumped. I am disposed to grant the plaintiff 75 cents per cubic yard, making for the 357 cubic yards necessary to remove to reduce the land to the Fortier street level the sum of $267.45. The second item of plaintiff's demand, $1,500, includes damage done to plaintiff's property by water, and work necessary to prevent the continuation of that damage and also depreciation of the value of the property by being buried to a certain extent in the ground. The proof with regard to the damage by water is uncontradicted, and is moreover founded upon precise specifications of details. It is proved that the plaintiff's drain was quite sufficient before the change to carry away all the water; that the effect of the change was to increase enormously the quantity of water coming down the street; that the city, without right, made gullies admitting this water into plaintiff's drain; that transversely the grade of City Hall street opposite plaintiff's brewery showed a fall of 18 inches from the opposite side of the street to plaintiff's wall, thus throwing the water against the wall; that the mortar of the wall was completely disintegrated by the action of the water and that it would be necessary to excavate all along the outer face and put a coating of cement as well as point with cement the inner face; that the cellars had been frequently flooded and the brick and cement floor destroyed by the action of water; that the raising of the level of the street had immersed the stone foundation and part of the brick work in the ground, and it would be necessary to raise the stone work of the foundation so that it should come above the surface. The cost of these works is proved as follows: Sixty lineal feet of new string course $1,500. Repairs to brick work (say 2,500 bricks) $1,000. Works necessary to repair the foundation wall $30,507.50. In addition to this plaintiff claimed $2,060 for a puddle wall to be constructed outside the foundations to prevent the water from continuing to damage the wall. This item, I refuse because the puddle wall would not be necessary if the defendant constructs properly, and if it does not do so it will be liable further in the future. With regard to diminution in value of the property, I found the proof insufficient and I appoint experts to report on that point. They report unanimously that the property has been diminished in value by the raising of the level of the river two feet to seven feet, along a line of 60 feet, whereby the appearance of the building is materially affected, and they assess damage at $2,507.50. Amount above detailed Total under this head $3,057.50. The next item claimed by plaintiff for damages as a brewery by the increased difficulty and expense of handling the product amounts to $2,000. The proof establishes that the loading of the mash became very difficult by reason of the change of grade, and also that the grade was so steep at the place where this product was loaded that buyers refused to come, and a considerable portion thereof could not be sold and had to be thrown away; also that the beer, which before the change of level was simply rolled into the express wagons, had now to be lifted, causing a considerable extra expense. The plaintiff's proof indicates that the extra costs under this head would amount to between $200 and $400 per annum. If this be the case, and the defendant has led no evidence to contradict it or to show that remedy could be applied to avoid or diminish such extra cost, I cannot think that the sum demanded by the plaintiff is excessive. I therefore grant the plaintiff the sum of $1,000. The next item, namely, for damages from flooding, for which the plaintiff claims $2,500, must be understood to refer to the costs of cleaning after the various floodings, as the other damages by water have been already taken up. I am disposed to think that this item has not been satisfactorily proved, beyond the sum of $100, for which plaintiff must have judgment. There remains the item of $1,000 claimed by plaintiff for half the value of the mitoyen wall used by defendant. The proof offered by plaintiff brings this item up to $195.50. The defendant has offered proof on this point, which reduces this item to $116.97. I am disposed to adopt this latter figure. There is another item which I think it is reasonable to award to plaintiff. The circumstances of the case were such as to require an examination by experts before bringing the action. This plaintiff did and the value of these services is proved in the case as follows: $365.00. And then, that plaintiff is entitled to judgment as follows: 1. Earth removal $267.45. 2. Damages to building by water $2,507.50. 3. Damage to building by diminution of value by being sunk in the ground as reported by experts $550.00. 4. Damage by inconvenience in handling products $1,000.00. 5. Costs of cleaning after flooding $100.00. 6. Half cost mitoyen wall $116.97. 7. Costs of examination and plans by experts $365.00. Total, with interest and costs of $4,906.92 from date of judgment. By Mr. Justice Curran The Prairie Pressed Brick Company v Margaret Pillard et al - Judgment for the defendant, beger, for $4,500. The London & Lancashire Assurance Company vs Tremblay - Judgment for $1,000 and costs.",1,1,1,0,0,0
+68,18860423,historical,Flood,"L J NOTES OF THE SESSION, Government Inquiry Into the floods Proposed, THE NORTHWEST REPRESENTATION Mr Job introduced the Remuneration Bill and Resolution Opposition sometimes in Supply-Payments to the High Commissioner, OTTAWA, April 22, Pursuant to arrangement the House adjourned at 6 o'clock to-day, to allow members to leave by the evening trains for their homes for the Easter holidays. The attendance was small, many of the members having anticipated the adjournment by going away earlier in the day. The only discussion of interest took place on the Government bill and resolution to give representation in Parliament to the Northwest Territories. Sir John A. Macdonald, who was in his place for a short time, introduced the bill and explained that it was proposed to give two seats to Assiniboia, and one each to Alberta and Saskatchewan, the other, the Territory of Athabasca, not being sufficiently populated as yet to entitle it to representation. The resolution, which was also moved by Sir John, was for an address to the Imperial authorities to empower the Parliament of the Dominion to give such representation, there being no provision in the existing Imperial act whereby this can be done in the case of territories. The resolution was reported and concurred in with little debate. THE OPPOSITION OBSTRUCTION, The remainder of the sitting was spent in supply and on the single item of contingencies, which even was not passed. Mr Blake was absent, but his followers wasted hours objecting to petty laundry bills and gratuities to telegraph messengers, in violation of the distinct agreement on which the adjournment was arranged that there should be some progress in supply. Sir Hector Langevin reminded the Opposition of this arrangement, but it was all to no purpose and the house adjourned without a single item having been passed in supply. PAYMENTS TO THE HIGH COMMISSIONER, The Toronto Globe of March 2 makes the following estimate of the payments to the High Commissioner during the year: Salary, $10,000; contingencies, $1,611; travelling expenses (immigration), $250; travelling expenses (Antwerp examination), $487, a total of $14,348. To arrive at the sum received by the High Commissioner for salary and contingencies, according to the Globe, there should be deducted travelling expenses (immigration), $230; travelling expenses (Antwerp), $481, when there remains $13,611. Deducting the amount for salary, $10,000, there remains for contingencies, according to the Globe, $3,611. To arrive at the actual sum paid to the High Commissioner for contingencies the undermentioned payments made by official cheques must be deducted from the last estimate of $3,611, viz: 18K, October, W. Hall, water rates on official residence (before High Commissioner moved in 1884, October, T. Raynolds, insurance on official residence 31 December, W. McVoy, purposed 11 rates v lfeHS, January, B. E. CHAMPOTON, CUDLING'S STOVES Section Damaged Goods the Flood, The subscribers have been instructed by M. e, to sell at No. 101 Metcalfe street, on FRIDAY, the 23rd instant, a large lot of goods damaged by the flood, consisting of part of Hitlem tree, Combs, Cases, Shirts, Blankets and Household Goods, etc. TERMS-CASH, Sale at 11 o'clock, BENNING & BARSALOU, Auctioneers, Damaged Goods by the Flood, We have been instructed by Messrs. B. T. H. & Co., to sell at their store, corner of St. Catherine and St. Antoine streets, on Saturday Morning, 27th instant, a very large lot of goods damaged by the flood, consisting of Checks, Sheetings, White and Colored Cotton, Woolen, Cotton Yarn and Wraps, etc. Terms cash, Sale at 10 o'clock, BENNING & BARSALOU, Auctioneers, Damaged Goods the Flood, The subscriber will sell at their stores, No. 118 and 120, near St. Antoine, ON TUESDAY, the 27th instant, a large lot of Royal goods damaged by the flood, 40 rolls of Checks, 5 pieces 1 yard wide, White and Colored, 1 pair of fine Shirts and Trousers, Miscellaneous Goods, etc. Terms cash, Sale at 10 o'clock, BENNING & BARSALOU, Auctioneers, Damaged Goods the Flood, The subscribers will undertake sales of all descriptions of goods damaged during the flood, Moderate commissions charged only, Prompt returns, Advance made when required, without the necessary qualifications and without naming any financial obligations in this province. M. & M. U. are plaintiffs' attorneys, St. Jean Baptiste, At a largely attended meeting of St. Jean Baptiste Society, held on Wednesday night, it was decided that owing to the recent epidemic and the more recent floods, no public demonstration take place this year, but the members should rather try and relieve some of the distressed families. The next annual demonstration will take place in June, 1887, when it will be celebrated with great pomp. A HANNISSE, THE THEATRES, In the afternoon yesterday """"Engaged"""" was produced, and both the play and the way it was produced were worthy of better patronage. Gilbert and Sullivan have become so Damon and Pythias-like in matters theatrical that it is almost with difficulty one realizes that he is listening to Gilbertian dialogue and not have wafted to his ears from afar off some little bit from """"Pinafore,"""" """"Patience"""" or the rest of them. It is difficult to place this production in any category of dramatic nomenclature. Like most of Gilbert's works, it depends for its attractiveness on the wild absurdity of what, from lack of another word, may be called plot. This absurdity requires to be presented in a peculiarly nice manner, for which no guide can be found for comparison in the flood of modern plays, with which all are familiar. If not done enough the thing falls flat; if overdone it is made ridiculous, but not in the sense in which the ridiculous is funny. As the performance went yesterday it was a very fair interpretation indeed; but some of the dialogue left the auditor in doubt as to the nationality of the speaker. It is not often we have an opportunity of becoming acquainted with Gilbert's own work, and it is a pity that a greater number did not avail themselves of the performance at the Royal yesterday. In the evening """"As You Like It"""" was excellently presented, with Miss Pomeroy as Rosalind. THE RECENT INUNDATION, What the Relief Committee are Doing in the Aftermath of the Flood - The Health Department on the Qui Vive, In the districts recently inundated many deplorable sights are still to be seen, though the inhabitants have been very hard at work to put things in their former shape. Everywhere the sidewalks have been displaced, and it will be some weeks perhaps before these are replaced, and the cost to the city will be heavy. The warm weather will soon dry up those streets that are still in a muddy condition and, with the exception of the displaced sidewalks, matters will soon resume their wonted appearance. The water in the river is now fully a foot below the wharves and navigation will probably open to-day or tomorrow by the running of the Longueuil ferry, though reports have been received that the Longueuil and Laprairie have been somewhat damaged at Boucherville, but these will soon be repaired. Water still remained yesterday in some of the very low-lying portions of Point St. Charles, where the sewers are partially choked. Men are engaged in removing the ice on Commission street and the wharves. At the Point the schools will all be opened by Tuesday next. The St. Gabriel village school was very badly flooded, the water having reached to the tops of the desks. The Health department are watching very closely in order to prevent any evil results from the floods from a sanitary point of view through the sale of damaged flour and meat. Already nearly 6,000 pounds of meat which had been under water has been seized and carted away by the dead animal contractor. Parties whose houses have been flooded will be supplied with disinfectants by application at the Health office. Relief measures have been pretty fully carried out, and it is safe to say that little, if any, suffering now exists. Merchants and storekeepers on Craig street report an aggregate loss of nearly $11,000. On Mill street the loss is reported as not at all heavy. The Richelieu & Ontario company's sheds at the canal basin are demolished. The Great Northwestern Telegraph company have five wires down on the south shore, and poles are down and wires broken between Brosseau's and Laprairie. Men are repairing the damage. The wharves will no doubt require considerable repairing, and the revetment wall has been damaged in several places. The ice is fast disappearing under the effect of the sun and wind. Mr. B. Brown says that more than fifty years ago, standing with Mr. Tulloch, then an old man, at the bottom of St. Lawrence Main street, he said: """"I remember a great flood when a man went with a bark canoe from this point to Lachine."""" He added: """"There was then a small mill at the east corner turned by water from the mountain, and whenever they excavate for new buildings there they may find the old foundation."""" The ravine, now Ontario street west, may have been the mill pond. The late Captain Brush used to tell that in the year 1817 he wintered near Boucherville, when the spring flood submerged all the country up to Longueuil to a depth that has never been known since. The ice shove of 26th April, 1836, filled up the lower end of St. Francois Xavier street to the height of a three-storey building. Above Port street, where there was then no revetment wall, the ice stove in part of the front of a three-storey store and buried a one-storey dwelling house adjoining to a great depth, crushing a family inside. A gentleman who has copious notes in his diary on flood matters, in conversation with a representative of this paper, mentioned the following incident, which he called: At 2 a.m. this morning the water was still falling, though at a very much lessened rate, and, as far as could be judged, it is probable that the water will maintain its present level for a few days. The next rise in the river will occur in about a month, when the waters from the wood come down. This usually occurs between the 24th May and the 1st June. A FLOOD CATASTROPHE, So many of Montreal's spring floods have occurred in the month of April that, after the fashion of """"Old Moore's Almanack,"""" a calendar prepared for Montreal might well bear the stereotyped phrase in the month named, """"About this time look out for flood;"""" thus, for example, we have April 18, 1836; April 14, 1861; April 4, 1878; April 27, 1885; April 17, 1880, and a few others of which we have not the exact data at hand. Our object at present is to recount an accident which occurred on Monday, April 18, 1898, during the flood of that year. The following disaster, caused by an ice shove on that day, occurred on Common street, a little west of Port street, just above Kilbride's. The whole family was overwhelmed. About mid-day the ice shoved, and the Lake St. John, president of the St. George's society, said: """"There is great interest being taken in the proposition now before the house at Ottawa to construct a levee or dyke from the south bank of Victoria bridge to the Pavilion Road and to place a railway on this dyke to connect with the Grand Trunk at Point St. Charles and St. Henri, so as to utilize that dyke in some manner."""" It is said that among business men there is an idea that the proposed railway along the bank of the river between the Victoria bridge and the Pavilion road is intended by its promoter as a connecting line between the Grand Trunk railway and the Canadian Pacific, which it will meet eventually at or near the point selected for the site of the bridge across the St. Lawrence. However this may be, if the embankment will protect the city against floods, and at the same time prove of service to any or all railway companies, so much the better. INCIDENT OF THE FLOOD, An incident that might have had a very deplorable ending occurred to one of the employees of Messrs. Rogers & King, who live in Crétin town. It seems that he and his mother were seated at the supper table when the water rose so rapidly that they were obliged to take refuge on top of the table previous to making their way upstairs. To do this necessitated the securing of several chairs from the water to step on to reach the stairs. He stopped to the end of the table to do this, when the table tilted and he was plunged into the water, which in rising had lifted a trap door. Through this he went into at least ten feet of water, and with great difficulty managed to get out again, as the trap door was small and it took some time to find it under the water. Mr. B. Brown, of St. Lambert, lost by death on Wednesday a son of great promise, who was only 18 years of age. The deceased caught a severe cold while endeavoring to save some of his father's property during the recent floods. His death is much lamented by a large circle of friends. Not less true are those reductions on the origin of the American nation: """"The history of America does not really begin with the colonization alone of the Atlantic coast; the line of her Eastern families settling in the far West in one sense begins a history then; but no small part of what led to it and shaped the new life grew up in the place left behind; and there are ties still kept unbroken. So we in the New World, Norse, German or Italian, all one in kindred back in the past, look to an old home over the sea where a part of the race tamed for a look while, where another part has lived longer, and read its stone chronicle."""" Let us now see how Mr. Hunnewell has done the reading that he set himself. He begins as near the beginning as any hope of deciphering the ancient characters could justify. But with Early Britain he did not find much excuse for lingering long. After a comprehensive survey of the physical features of the island, he gives a brief account of Stonehenge and the other Celtic or pre-Celtic remains of the ancient Britons. He then turns his attention to Roman Britain, of which the treatment is much fuller. """"The scattered fragments of the Roman work that are now known, and scanty histories, show that the conquerors spread their arts and institutions through the country; that the population was considerable or was large; that there was peace, and a prosperity sufficient to support it and produce degrees of luxury. The native races, wild or slightly civilized, were Romanized, imperfectly, it may be, but made not unwilling or unprofitable subjects of the empire. Many of the ruling race were mingled with them and maintained the Roman usages and manners. Extensive forests and marshes that abounded were diminished, and the fields for crops or herds increased. Good roads for military or civil use reached to numerous points. There were strong forts, large towns and country seats. The great requisite was military strength and strong works were erected at intervals along the eastern and southeastern coast. Of these were Regnum, Fortus Adurni, Teveni, Lyne, Dover, Richborough, Heculver. Of some of these stations, the ruins are grand and impressive, and both, by letterpress and illustration, Mr. Hunnewell tries to convey a just notion of what they are and were. The Roman wall is described in its various details and the relics of Roman towns and villas have also due attention from the author's pen and pencil. A map of Britannia from Hubner the Vallum Hadriani being presented on an enlarged scale enhances the beauty and interest of this part of the work. """"Eagle and Swan in England"""" is discussed rather summarily there being few visible memorials of unquestioned authenticity of the 600 years from the departure of the Romans to the Battle of Hastings. This scantiness of the record is in marked disproportion to the influence of that period on the """"making of England."""" The centuries of Saxon and Angle predominance and of Danish power were not, says Mr. Hunnewell, """"times when the arts could flourish or that, as has been observed, produced enduring material monuments. Like far greater events that have transformed the structure of the world, they were those of preparation, showing, when ended, that, from the flood and fire and agitation, a superior place for man has been formed. No cathedral, wall or castle of importance now dates from them. We grope through their dimness; but we find that then an English people had been gathered and established in its home, and that the deep foundations of their character and power had been laid. What greater monument could rise from all the struggles of these six centuries? Mr. Hunnewell is much more moderate than Lord Macaulay in the share which he ascribes to the Normans in the civilizing of England. But, though he does not indulge in such glowing panegyric of the invader as, coming from the pen of that brilliant historian, offended Dr. Vaughan, he believes that to them the Saxons were indebted for that improvement in arts, letters, and manners which distinguished the later from the earlier England. Other writers of eminence hold, nevertheless, that the progress in those respects was due quite as much to the Saxons as to the Normans, and that the latter had gained as much by intercourse with their unwilling hosts as these by contact with the aggressors. They maintain, on the other hand, that whatever of excellence the Normans produced in either art or literature was posterior to their arrival in England, with the older settlers in which the credit must be shared. Possibly also hardly enough has been made of the effect of the Roman sojourn in Britain among the people whom the Romans, they largely dispossessed, also largely intermarried with. This is well brought out by the Rev. Prebendary Scarth in his excellent little volume on Roman Britain. Mr. Hunnewell has some interesting pages on the military architecture of the Normans who even, he says, surpassed the Romans by the grandeur of their mighty towers. He gives detailed descriptions of Pevensey Castle (a marked example of the manner in which they made the works of their Roman predecessors subservient to their purposes), Rochester (whose history reaches back into the years of fable), Dover (another adapted Roman work), Colchester (dating from about A.D. 43), and a copious index will also be appreciated by the reader. (Boston; Ticknor & Co.) A Story of the West, Mr. William O. Stoddart, whose story, """"The Talking Leaves,"""" charmed the hearts of so many boys, again offers his hand to the adventurous lovers of western life and scenery, and invites them to set out, under his guidance, for the mountain wonderland where the Indian still roams in cherished freedom. He assures us that there is still plenty to see and learn, and he takes it for granted that we are curious enough to wish to be of his party. He carries us at once in media res that is to a camp of very hungry Nez Perce Indians. They had been searching for their stampeded ponies, had failed and were in despair. Only one of the band had retained a spark of fortitude, and he, a boy, would not yield to circumstances. Instead of sinking into despondency, he went off on a hunting expedition, all by himself, and had the satisfaction of shooting two fine buffalo, and winning for himself a name. And it is after him that the book is called """"Two Arrows: a Story of Red and White."""" The white actors in the drama are not far off. By a coincidence, a mining expedition was just then nearing its destination, and what more natural than that Kyle Parks, the judge's son, should come face to face with Two Arrows? Their intercourse was to the advantage of them both. Kyle's apprenticeship in the mountains was followed, in response to the Judge's generous invitation, by Two Arrows' apprenticeship in civilized life, his sister also shared his advantages, and there are still others, we are told, in every band among those tribes of the west, ready to follow the example if only they are asked in the right spirit. (New York: Harper Brothers; Montreal: Dawson Brothers.) A Story of Atlantis, Mrs. Gregory Smith, of St. Albans, has for years been a diligent student of ancient races and creeds, which, with the aid of vivid imagination, she loves to clothe in the flesh of actuality for the instruction and entertainment of the modern world. In a work, once reviewed in this journal, """"Dawn to Sunrise,"""" she gave a series of sketches of the different types of religion which in various ages have swayed the human mind. In """"Atlantis: a Story of the Lost Island,"""" she raises from the depths of the legendary past that long submerged continent of which we read in Plato, and to which, a few years ago, the Hon. Ignatius Donnelly attempted to give real existence on the grounds of science and history. What matters it, reasons the latter author, that for thousands of years the legend was considered a mere fable? So was the tradition as to the burned cities of Herculaneum and Pompeii, and sceptics cast doubt on narratives of Herodotus which modern discoveries have confirmed. There is nothing improbable in Plato's story; it is paralleled by what Vericott says of Peru. Mrs. Smith has a still ampler faith. She is convinced that in the far-off past there throve a civilization of Atlantean or American origin to which even our latest inventions such as the telephone were familiar things. Of this abandoned civilization she has endeavored to present a picture in the book before us. The story of Atlantis begins in the closing years of the reign of Kronos and ends with that awful cataclysm which, according to Hindu geology, took place eleven thousand four hundred years ago. It is told with considerable skill and, though it is not easy to be interested in parties so utterly shadowy, even from the standpoint of fiction, Mrs. Smith has managed to make unreal stage with a great deal of probability. The plot is well worked out, and some passages show a good deal of power. On the whole, """"Atlantis"""" is not unworthy of a place in that library of mythopoeic romance of which the works of Lyton, Kingsley, Melville, and Ebers may be deemed the masters. Mrs. Smith has the distinction of having written earlier than any of her predecessors for the creatures of her fancy to act their parts in. (New York: Harper & Brothers; Montreal: Dawson Brothers.) THE BOARD OF CHAIRMEN Blame the Harbor Commissioners for Causing the Recent Flood, A Deputation of Aldermen to Interview the Government - Ald. Granular's Opinion of the City's Committee, A meeting of the Board of Chairmen was held yesterday afternoon, when there were present A. P. W. Renton (chairman), Stevenson, Dubuo, Holland, Gray, Hennville, Beauvallet, Laurent and Eulrbalm. The Chairman, at the opening of the meeting, said it was a painful duty to call their attention to the fact that within the past twelve months the city had been flooded three times. The council had not done their duty in the matter. Though his firm was one of the sufferers, he was not speaking from a personal motive. He was of the opinion that before the legislature at Quebec closed, the City council should go to them to borrow money enough to forever put a stop to the floods. He also thought that a commission of eminent engineers, independent of their civic officials, the engineers of the C.P.R., the U.S., and the Harbor Commissioners should be appointed. What was needed was the best engineering talent of the age. He was pleased to see that in Parliament Mr. Curran had introduced a bill in connection with the floods. He was convinced that the parties to blame were the Harbor Commissioners, who had put obstruction in the form of wharves, etc. This question had more than a local aspect; it was a federal one. The City Clerk then read the following communication: OFFICE OF THE MAYOR, Montreal, April 21, 1886. I have been instructed by the Board of Trade to inform you that, at a meeting held yesterday afternoon, the destructive overflow of the river St. Lawrence here was the subject of very earnest consideration. It was very gratifying for the council to know that the Mayor and aldermen had taken some steps towards alleviating the personal suffering and destitution which have been caused by the distressing calamity, but the council of this board, in representing commercial interests, naturally gave special attention to the other consequences of the unparalleled and disastrous overflow, involving as they do untold loss to the business men of the city, and seriously interfering with our manufacturing and commercial industries. The council therefore begs most respectfully to recommend, as formulated in the annexed resolution, that His Worship the Mayor and the aldermen take prompt action in the matter of the portion of inquiring as to the cause of these consecutive inundations, and for the devising of a remedy against their recurrence. While the council is aware that economy in managing the finances of the city has to be carefully considered by the Mayor and Aldermen, it considers that in the face of such a calamity as has happened to the commerce and industry of Montreal liberal expenditure for its future prevention is an absolute necessity, and the council is convinced that it reflects the sentiment of the business community, when it says that any increased taxation, consequent upon such expenditure, as may, after mature deliberation, be decided upon, will be cheerfully borne thereby. I have the honor to be, sir, Your obedient servant, W. J. PATTERSON, Secretary. The Chairman quite concurred in the petition of the Board of Trade, and stated that he had been blamed for opposing the blowing up of the river by Dr. Thayer. (Laughter.) One thing the council must face was the immediate borrowing of about four millions of dollars to stop these floods. Ald. Laurin thought $500,000 would be sufficient. Ald. Fairbairn had been inquiring for half a century, and was convinced that the flood was caused by the accidental jamming of the ice. Ald. Gray moved that a report be made to council that a committee of three eminent engineers be appointed to investigate the cause of the floods and prepare a report thereon. Ald. Holland thought that Messrs. Lesage, St. George and Champagne had been taking information. Ald. Gagnier said these men had reported for years, but had never devised any remedy. The only thing possible was an independent committee. Ald. Stevenson referred at length to what the inundation committee had done, and to the success of their pumping operations. Ald. Usher suggested that a delegation of the aldermen be sent to interview the Dominion Government, as he held that the prevention of the floods was a matter for the whole country and not particularly for the city. He was of the opinion that the only remedy would be a system of piers on Lakes St. Francis and St. Louis. The Harbor Commission must also straighten the channel of the river; the Long wharf was a great obstruction and must be done away with. He was of the opinion that the civic engineers were perfectly competent to deal with the matter, but they had enough to do to mind their own business. Ald. Laurin moved that a Joint committee, composed of aldermen and members of the Provincial Parliament, be appointed to interview the Federal Government on the subject. Ald. Beausoleil said that the committee of chairmen were the most intelligent aldermen and that they ought to form the deputation. They ought to at once go to Ottawa and get an answer direct. The Chairman said it was no use going to Ottawa unless they had a good case against the Harbor Commissioners. He for one was not prepared to be laughed at. He was of the opinion that the most sensible proposition was that of Ald. Gray. Ald. Dorval said it was a well-known fact that the level of certain streets was too low, and the best method was to raise them. He thought that they should meet the Harbor Commissioners and together draw up a grand scheme and then approach the Government. Ald. Gagnier was convinced that the first thing to be done was to have a competent body of men to advise them. Ald. Stevenson said the members of the Harbor Commission were only mortals like themselves. There was one competent member on that board, the one appointed by the council. The Chairman was of the opinion that all other members of the board, except those appointed, were generally useless. He protested against the committee wasting their time in useless talk. The vote was then taken, and Ald. Laurin's amendment carried. Ald. Gray referred to a report in one of the papers where a reporter was stated to have quarreled with Dr. Larocque at the City sergeant's committee, for not producing the new provincial health bill. The doctor was perfectly right, as the bill had not yet come before the Legislature, and the copy in his possession could not be made public without the permission of the Government. The Chairman said it would be his duty at once to put the proceedings of the City committee in the City hall. They had always been a nuisance and more than ever. It was two or three individuals trying to run the city, and he trembled they would be bolder at home tampering with their own business. It was resolved to petition the Legislature to give the Council power to regulate the liquor traffic. The committee then adjourned. Communications, and supported by Mr. Lawson, and was carried unanimously, as was also a resolution authorizing the chairman to sign a petition to the House of Commons in favor of the bill. BLOCKED AGAIN, Washington, April 22, In the house Mr. O'Neill, of Missouri, again attempted to secure the adoption of his resolution declaring that the house sympathizes with Mr. Gladstone and his associates in their effort to secure a free Parliament for the people of Ireland and congratulating the people of that country on the prospect of an early and successful termination of their long and patriotic struggle for local self-government, but Mr. Swope, of Pennsylvania, interposed the fatal objection and though he subsequently withdrew it a demand for the regular order prevented action on the resolution. SERIOUS ANECDOTE IN THE AIR, Denver, Col., April 22, A special from Trinidad says: The steady rainfall of the last few days has increased the volume of water in the Purgatory river that it broke through the bank, flooding the lower portion of the town and destroyed many dwellings, the occupants having barely time to reach places of safety in their night clothes. One Mexican was drowned. The water works were flooded and the city's water supply cut off. The loss to property is $18,000. Father Ryan Very Ill, Louisville, Ky., April 24, """"Father Abraham J. Ryan, the poet priest of the south,"""" is lying critically ill with brain fever at St. Boniface church in this city. VIGER & CO., Wine Merchants and Grocers, 1718 St. James Street, INJURED BY THE FLOOD! Pictures of Ortranni damaged by the flood must be removed without delay to save such cut and damaged works as that of 1886, J. K. ATWATER, for Insurance. The longer they are allowed to remain water soaked, the less chance there is of their being repairable. DR. ZOF, A. ATWATER are at 3 Heavener Hall. Their Telephone number is 101. ATLANTIC RAILWAY, Notice is hereby given that the Annual Meeting of the Shareholders of the Canada Atlantic Railway Company will be held at the head office of the company, 892 Bridge street, city of Ottawa, on THURSDAY, the 30th day of MAY, A.D. 1886, at the hour of TWO o'clock in the afternoon, for the purpose of electing directors for the ensuing year, and for the transacting of such other business as may be brought before the meeting.",1,1,1,1,0,1
+69,18860125,historical,Flood,"ONTARIO DESPATCHES, early Killed while Coasting Floods at Belleville, Belleville, January 23, The water in the river is rising rapidly, and not only extending the area of the flooded district but causing great inconvenience to merchants, many of the cellars on Front and Bridge streets having been flooded to such an extent as to put out the fires in the furnaces. The city buildings suffer the same inconvenience. Hamilton, January 23, Norman Counsell, the 12-year-old son of C.M. Counsell, banker, was coasting down the mountain today, when, in passing a team, one of the horses kicked out and struck the lad, fracturing his skull. The boy is not likely to recover. An agitation is being started to do away with coasting in the city limits. D. Sylvester, who left Halifax, N.H., early last week, having a number of unpaid bills, had received and accepted a call to the trusteeship of St. Luke's Church in this city. He had begun work here when his credentials were withdrawn by the Bishop of Halifax. Bishop Paret prohibited him from further work in this diocese and he will take the next steamer for England. He admits leaving a number of unpaid bills in Halifax, but says his salary was small and his expenses heavy on account of sickness. Fire in New York, New York, January 21, The firehouse of the West Shore Railroad Company and of the Weehawken Ferry Company at the foot of West 2nd Street was destroyed by fire this morning. Though the two-story building was entirely covered with corrugated iron, it was entirely consumed. The fire originated in the boiler room. The smoke was notably dense, and almost as soon as the fire was discovered the employees in the building were forced by the smoke to flee, leaving clothing, tickets, money, and everything else behind. The ferryboat Oswego was in the slip at the time but she steamed away before the flames reached her. Had she remained she might have furnished a vantage ground for the firemen, for the fire started on the riverside, and a stiff breeze from the west forced men away from the building on the land side, by sweeping the smoke and flames to the street. Hook and ladder companies stormed the building, but were driven back. Two lines of hose were lost and James H. McGowan, one of the hook and ladder men, suffered a broken leg. The weather was intensely cold, and the men and engines soon became coated with ice. The building, despite the fire inside, became sheathed with ice and when the interior fell there was a remarkable spectacle, as though a conflagration was going on inside an iceberg. A tank of naphtha at the works of the Manhattan Oil Company adjoining was also destroyed. The total loss is placed at $75,000. An adjoining slip is being used by the ferry boats. Seven Insane Brothers, St. Louis, Mo., January 21, Seven brothers, all raving maniacs, en route for the Jacksonville, Ill., asylum, passed through this city yesterday. The commissioner in charge of the lunatics states that prior to the war a wealthy farmer, by the name of Anson Arnold, settled in Hickory County, Md., with a large family. The acquirement of money seemed to be their highest aim in life, and the whole family of seven sons and five daughters deprived themselves of the necessities of life in order to gain it. About three years ago a stranger visited their home, and after convincing them that they could in a short time largely increase their wealth, imbued them to invest their all in what proved to be a mythical silver mine in Nevada. After months of anxiety they learned that they had been imposed upon, and all seven of the brothers, upon receipt of the news, immediately became afflicted with a violent form of insanity, which is the cause of their present trip to Jacksonville. The Florida Crops Damaged, Jacksonville, Fla., January 23, The Times-Union says from reports received, authenticated by a personal investigation, it appears that the actual money value to the growers of oranges rendered unmarketable by reason of being frozen on the trees is about $1,100,000. Young nursery stock in the northern part of the state is badly damaged. Bearing orange and lemon trees nearly down to the line of the South Florida Railway are injured to the extent of losing a large part of the fall growth on which the bloom comes, so that the crop of 1846 will be largely reduced. Pineapples in the same region, with guavas and other tender tropical fruits, are killed to the roots and will require a year to recuperate. Early vegetables have been badly damaged, but can be replaced. The whole spot money damage to the fruit and farm interests of the state will not be less than $2,000,000. The Colliery Catastrophe, Newburg, W. Va., January 23, It is now stated that there are thirty-nine men imprisoned in the mine in which the explosion of firedamp occurred yesterday. The bodies of Daniel Miller, Isaiah Timmons, acting pit boss, and his son were taken out of the shaft this morning. Their faces were badly blackened. Newburg, W. Va., January 24 Since yesterday the bodies of eleven more victims of the mine disaster have been recovered, making fourteen in all. They have been identified. A Fatal Boiler Explosion, Madison, Wis., January 23, The boiler of a locomotive in the roundhouse at the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul depot exploded last night, wrecking the roundhouse. He leaves a large family. Two others were injured, two seriously. No reason can be assigned for the explosion. The roundhouse and several engines were damaged more or less. Heavy Floods Predicted, Bismarck, Dak., January 23, Hunters who have been in the Rocky Mountains several weeks report in many valleys snow over twenty-five feet deep. Trappers and hunters who have been in the mountains for years state they never saw as much snow before. They predict heavy floods in the spring and an immense rise in the Missouri River. Fatal Fire in a Workhouse, Jackson, Mich., January 24, The county poor house was almost entirely destroyed by fire at one o'clock this morning. There were forty inmates and all escaped but five, who perished in the flames. The Apaches Driven Out, Albuquerque, FLOODS IN CALIFORNIA, A Great Storm Does Much Damage to Life and Property, Los Angeles, Cal., January 23 The rains of Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday, supplemented by a cloudburst in the San Fernando Valley on the last named day, caused the Los Angeles River, almost without warning, to become a raging torrent and soon flooded the southern central part of the town. The water also covered 2,000 acres of orchards and vineyards, and rose two feet higher than the flood of February 1884. Over fifty houses were washed away or completely wrecked. Every bridge across the Los Angeles River was swept away, also several hundred feet of the track of the Southern Pacific and local roads. For three days the city was cut off from telegraphic and railroad communication with the rest of the world. Mrs. Kate Lyttle and Theresa Whitney were drowned while being taken from partially wrecked houses. It is thought a number of other lives were lost. A large quantity of livestock perished. Later telegraphic dispatches say that a woman and two children were drowned. The first train from the east arrived on Thursday night, via Denney. It will take a week longer to get trains north. The damage to the Southern Pacific Railroad is $150,000. There is no connection yet with San Francisco, where a heavy storm is raging. All the telegraphic wires between San Francisco and San Jose are down. The destruction of the wires is much worse than in the flood of 1884. The persons drowned were Theresa Whitney, aged 6; Mrs. Kate Lyttle, aged 33; and a Mexican named Refugio. Mrs. Lyttle had left the house, but went back after her jewelry. A floating house struck her, and she was drowned. An old rag picker named John Blank, living near the river, died of fright when the flood came down. Several hundred families had to leave home, but have mostly moved back. The damage has been done to the surrounding country. MARINE INTELLIGENCE, A NIKAMMIIIR HtVI, THE BRIGADE SHORT OF HOSE, Is it the case that for some days after the fire most of the reels had only about 200 or 300 feet of hose instead of 500 feet, the remainder being frozen up? I don't see how that could be as we have more than a double supply of hose, but at that time there were two or three fires every day, and the hose had to be properly thawed out before it could be used. In the new station we are to have a tower heated by steam pipes, and we will be able to thaw out and dry hose almost immediately. Do you think a water tower would have prevented the St. Dizier Street fire from spreading? Not at all, the water towers have been condemned by good authorities as utterly useless, for, although they may flood a room, they can only throw the water in a straight line, and cannot wash the ceiling as the men can do with the hose. If they had had No. 12 engine they could have got four good streams from it which would have been much better than a water tower. The streams the men had could not reach the flames as too many streams were taken from the one main. But the firemen are not altogether to blame in that affair. The fire took in an ugly spot and buildings are so high in some places that an 85-foot ladder, the longest made, cannot reach to the top. There ought to be iron fire escapes outside all high buildings with landings on each flat, the same as at the Gazette office. Then there should be water pipes running alongside the escape up to the roof with couplings on each flat. This system has been found very successful in Chicago. But the insurance men should not grumble whenever they have to pay out anything. They must expect to meet a few losses. They want to have everything their own way, and if they don't get it they say, We will put you down in class B, which would add considerably to their revenue. They have invited me to attend their meeting tomorrow, when I will give them every information in my power. They will send a petition to council in the afternoon asking (From the Tribune), We have very lately had a clear exemplification of the truth of an old saying, One must go from home to learn news. To our friends in the older provinces, we must long ere this have become a source of much uneasiness if not positive alarm. The eastern papers have for some time past been teeming with articles all more or less calculated to create the impression that the Blackfoot nation is on the verge of rebellion, if indeed the law has not already been set at defiance. All this cannot but be received by us as something more than news. In many quarters it has created much amusement. We too should crack our little joke, lunch and pass on to other matters which at first sight would appear to have more legitimate claim for consideration. But we cannot forget that the subject has been discussed in downright sober earnest; and as it affects us much more than the older provinces, we feel bound to give it full and public ventilation. In doing this, we presume and not, we think, without reason that our views would carry more weight and be accepted as more authentic than those expressed by the eastern press (not excluding Winnipeg, which have accepted the statements of unreliable correspondents). Our readers will be surprised that a reverend and possibly well-meaning gentleman residing at Winnipeg has asserted that the Blood and Peigan Indians can at a moment's notice put 20,000 warriors into the field. If this were the case what enormous proportions the Government returns would have assumed, and how mercilessly the Canadian ratepayer would have been taxed for the payment for Indian supplies. The residents of this southern country might well tremble in their shoes in momentary fear of total annihilation. There is no space for jocularity on this point and we would express, with all earnestness, our pity for our uninformed eastern contemporaries. A newspaper which, merely for the sake of making political capital, prophecies an Indian outbreak, is criminally culpable and so too is a correspondent, who to gain notoriety makes false statements of a sensational nature. Mr. Thomas R. Clipsham, formerly a teacher under Rev.",1,0,1,1,1,1
+70,18970625,historical,Flood,"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",1,0,1,0,1,0
+71,18930314,historical,Flood,"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.",1,0,1,1,1,1
+72,18860426,historical,Flood,"CARD The late disastrous and unprecedented flood numbered us amongst its victims, but did us less damage than might have been expected, and where so many have suffered, perhaps, more severely than ourselves, we ought not to complain. We are, however, again at work in all departments, PATTERN, CASTING, MACHINERY, FORGINGS and BOILER WORK, and thanking our friends and customers for their confidence and patronage in the past, we beg to assure them and the public that no effort shall be wanting on our part to secure and merit a continuance of the same. We have on hand several STEAM ENGINES AND BOILERS, WHICH WE OFFER AT Unprecedented Low Prices. We make a specialty of HAND and POWER HOISTS for WAREHOUSES, AND Improved Hydraulic Goods and In-eager Elevators, AND SOLICIT ORDERS FOR SAME. Engine, Boiler and Machinery repairs promptly attended to and carefully executed by skilled and experienced men. Telephone No. 438. GEORGE BRUSH, Eagle Foundry, 13 HENRY STREET. Station alc$, """"By the Resuming Transition"""", Damaged Goods by the Flood. The undersigned will sell at their stores, No. 50 and 51, Pier street, ON TUESDAY, the 27th instant, large lots of goods damaged by the flood, such as Blankets, white, the finest Knitting Yarns, V run HMrUiiicI drawers, fine Shirts and drawers, Muffler, Gloves, various assorted goods, A lot of Fruits, such as Currants, Figs, Patents, Raisins, Nuts, etc. Parties having odd lots to sell should embrace this opportunity to dispose of them. Sale at TEN o'clock. BUNNING & BARSALOU, Auctioneers. STOCK OF TIN, Steel, etc. The undersigned will sell for account of the estate of the late L. H. Florine, at No. 41A St. Lawrence street, on THURSDAY Morning, 30th instant, Stock of Tin, Sheet Iron, Copper, etc. Very fine Safe, Counter, Shelving, etc. Sale at TEN o'clock. Arnton goods in various OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS, Damaged by Flood. The undersigned will undertake sales of all articles damaged during the flood, Moderate Commission charged only. Returns made when required. W. Johnson and V.L. Cotby, was also passed: That the Board of Trade of the city of Belleville desire to express the sympathy of its members with the citizens of Montreal, who have recently suffered through the disastrous flood of that city, and expresses the hope that we may A Ak. E. Thurber said the bill was substantially in the line of the bill introduced by Senator Warner Miller and Congressman Scott, and he believed it to be the only practical and wise attempt that has been made for regulating the manufacture and sale of imitation butter. """"The trouble heretofore has been,"""" he said, """"in the fact that much of the legislation on the subject has savored too much of discrimination against one product in favor of the other. It is to permit the manufacture of oleomargarine and other substitutes for butter, on condition that it is to be sold at the factory under the revenue law, will deal in regulating the manufacture and diminish the chance of consumers being imposed upon."""" Dealers in genuine dairy products complain that the market has lately been flooded with butterine and other bogus butter from the U.S. They have been scattered among dealers throughout the country to a greater extent than ever before, despite the recent activity of the dairy commissioner and others. When distributed it is almost impossible to find it. The only way to check the evil, they say, is by imposing a tax, as the new law proposes to do. TORONTO, Ont., April 31, 1888. An area of depression, now central in Iowa, is moving towards the Lake region. The weather has been cool and showery in Manitoba and fair and moderately warm in the Northwest Territories. Light local rains have occurred in the lower Lake region, while further east the weather has been clear. Cautionary signals are displayed at ports on lakes Erie and Ontario. Forecast: For St. Lawrence: Increasing easterly winds, fair to cloudy slightly warmer weather, with local rains. W. FLECK, Sec.-Treas. Ottawa, April 19, 1888, with THE GURNEY HOT WATER HEATER AND HALL. Our own importation of novelties will be displayed in every department during EASTER WEEK. It is impossible to call attention to our stock in detail, but we invite public inspection and feel confident that for variety, novelty and value our stock cannot be surpassed. PARASOLS AND SHADES An immense stock, the latest styles, the richest goods and the lowest prices. LACES AND LACE FLOUNCINGS! The best value in the trade. HOSIERY! The finest goods for the money. Children's Stockings a specialty. BEADED APRONS AND PANELS! A large assortment in new designs. Our value in these goods is admitted to be the best. COMMUNION VEILS! All fresh and new, at very low prices. White Gloves, Hose, Sashes, etc., for first communion. MANTLES AND JERSEYS Spring Novelties at moderate prices. Perfect fitting and moderate charges. LIGGET & HAMILTON 1883 and 1885 Notre Dame Street. 500 PHOTOGRAPHS of THE FLOOD! Now Ready, in Wrappers, suitable for Mailing, AT ARLESS', 261 St. James Street, Next door to Henry Morgan & Co. April 23rd, 1880. AUCTIONEERS AND General Commission Merchants 183 ST. JAMES STREET. INJURED BY THE FLOOD! Pianos or Organs injured by the flood should be removed without delay to some such complete workshop as that of I.K. ZOUCHE & ATWATER for instance. The longer they are allowed to remain water-soaked the less chance there is of their being repairable. I.K. ZOUCHE & ATWATER are at 63 Havelock Hall. Their Telephone number is 600. H J THEATRE ROYAL, SPARKS & Jacobs Props, and Man. M. V. R. A. A. and Evening DON'T MISS IT FOR WORLDS! The Most Unique Show In America! The Entirely New and Incomparably New RENTZ - SAINTLEY Burlesque and Comique Novelty Co. 100 dainty features, too. 40 Pretty Girls 40. THE DAY HAS COME, Beautiful Brilliant Burlesque, THE GRAND CARD, full of exquisite New Fancies, brimming with """"Chic"""" and piquancy. A Great Company of Specialists. """"A Royal Show, my Masters."""" Admission, 10, 20 and 30 cents. Mr. Cloles Harris' Band Concert, QUEEN'S HALL, FRIDAY, May 7th. S. Stone, one of the society's chaplains. It is hoped there will be a large attendance. RESCUED at Timbs Sergeant Lagniat, who was out at Lepine's grounds the other day, while walking through a field between six and seven o'clock, noticed an old man coming towards him. He suddenly saw the man disappear apparently through the ground. On running to the spot Lagniat found that the old person had fallen in a gully or rivulet and was besmeared with mud and almost suffocated. He lifted him up and carried him about forty acres to Mr. Lepine's, where he was recognized as William McLean, aged ninety years. The old man was in a critical condition and was taken to his home by the Maisonneuve police. The Late Mr. James Leishman The notice of the death of Mr. James Leishman, which appears in this day's Gazette, will be read with very great regret by a very large circle of friends of the deceased gentleman. Mr. Leishman went to Pembroke for business during last week in his usual good health, and while there he was attacked with what he supposed was an ordinary cold, but, feeling worse on Saturday, he returned home, when, possibly from additional cold caught in the journey, the trouble became aggravated, and he died at his residence, St. Antoine street, about 10 o'clock yesterday. Mr. Leishman was a very old Montrealer, and his widow and family will have the sympathy of a very large circle of friends in their great bereavement. The Recent Flood A walk around the recently inundated districts yesterday showed the vigor and effectiveness with which the Road department are repairing the damages done to the sidewalks. The general manager of the Grand Trunk railway, the chief medical officer, chief engineer and the superintendent, accompanied by the various inspectors of the line, on Saturday morning met at the Bonaventure station for the purpose of thoroughly looking into the sanitary condition of the different premises, platforms and surroundings generally of the place after the inundation. Vigorous sanitary measures in view of the approaching summer season will be taken. The chief medical officer, Dr. Rodger, reports the flood to have not left the ill effects which it was surmised would likely result. RECORDER'S Court Before the Recorder on Saturday Elizabeth Williams charged Mrs. Newbury with assault and battery. The evidence went to show that on the night of the 12th Mrs. Williams was proceeding along St. James street. She was attacked by Mrs. Newbury and violently used by being kicked several times. Mrs. Williams, who is only 19 years of age and a prepossessing young woman, applied for and obtained a warrant for the arrest of Mrs. Newbury. The Recorder found Mrs. Newbury guilty of the charge and fined her $5 and costs. Magloire Cadleux, backman, for driving without lights, was fined by the Recorder 1 for eight days. Antoine Deroche and Israel Naitcel, for the same offence, were each fined 1 for eight days. Kate Nelson, St. Charles Borrommee street, for refusing to pay a carter the sum of $1.50, was sentenced to pay a fine of $5 or one month in jail. Magor, Lesage, Kennedy and M.H. Gault, M.P. The Chairman, in opening the proceedings, said that it would be unnecessary for him to enlarge upon the misery, destruction of property and depreciation of real estate. Those who were present were as well able as himself to form an estimate of this, as he to speak of it. The council of the Board of Trade had not been idle in this matter in the past. Early last winter they had come to the conclusion that the matter had passed entirely out of reach of amateur effort. It was a matter which could only be efficiently dealt with by competent engineers. The problem of the cause of the floods was one of the most obscure ever submitted to any man. Evidently the first duty is to obtain a competent professional opinion as to the means of keeping the water out. In his own opinion there were three things that must be done: first, by an embankment to keep the river out of the city; second, to clear the river of its drainage; third, to employ dynamite to break up the keystone of the dam. Whatever opinions might be held on one point, all would agree that eternal disgrace would rest upon this city if something were not done at once to prevent all risk of the occurrence of another such flood. The following resolution was moved by Mr. Silkhous, seconded by Mr. Julian, and carried unanimously: That this meeting recognizes with much satisfaction the declaration of the Dominion Government that the St. Lawrence inundations are to be made the subject of enquiry, and trusts that this enquiry will be made by a commission of first-class engineers, and be prompt, speedy and complete. Mr. Watt suggested that the other resolutions prepared by the council should be laid before the meeting at once so that they might know what they were there to do. The first resolution gave a great deal of praise to the Government. He wanted something more; he wanted to ask the Government for the funds to carry on the work. It ought to be distinctly urged and understood that the prevention of the floods was a matter for the Dominion Government. Mr. Clokholm thought that as the Government had given a decided promise to aid the city, this promise might be relied upon. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Lykas thought the Government had not treated Montreal with that generous consideration it had a right to expect. The Government should let it be known at once whether they were really going to cooperate with the city in preventing the floods or whether they were only going to give advice and moral support. (Applause.) Mr. Gollib moved a resolution calling upon the City council to cooperate with the Government and furnish the funds for the works, which must be undertaken for the protection of the city. He spoke of the large and valuable portion of the city which had become of but little value through the flood. Property in St. Ann's ward and Point St. Charles had depreciated 50 percent in the last ten years. We would soon notice an exodus from the inundated district. Those tenants whose houses have been flooded will be sure to leave so soon as their leases shall have terminated. The city must decide to pay for the works needed. It was well known that taxation was less in Montreal than in any other city of equal importance. The money for the works needed might even be raised by a special tax on the injured quarter of the city. It was better for the proprietors to lose 25 percent by taxation than 75 by inundation. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Would seconded the motion. The Mayor approved of the spirit of the resolution, but thought it was too much to ask the city to pay all the cost. The floods were getting to be a national affair. The banks of the river for miles were being flooded. Montreal is a port of transit; it is the port of the whole country and it is in the country's interests that the goods passing through here should not run the risk of being destroyed by the flood. He suggested that the wording of the resolution should be changed so as to let the Government understand that they were expected not only to give advice, but to give help. A deputation would be going to Ottawa next week to urge the case upon the Government. He hoped all present would join in this, so that the delegation might be as influential as possible. The motion was then altered to read as follows, and carried: That this meeting strongly recommends the Mayor and Aldermen of this city to confer with the Government in this matter, and to provide an equitable share of the funds for carrying out the works which are necessary for the protection of the city and localities affected by the flood. Mr. McLia then moved, and it was resolved: That the Board of Trade and Council representing the commercial and municipal interests of this city should be permitted to appoint one member of the commission, which in the opinion of the meeting should consist of not more than three members. Mr. Houghton moved, seconded by Mr. Alex. Marcus, and it was resolved: That not an hour should be lost, as it is hoped that arrangements may be made with the works for the protection of the city before the next season of next winter. A vote of thanks was tendered to the chairman. The Mayor announced that a public meeting of citizens would be held some day this week to consider the whole question. The proceedings then terminated. J. Deschamp, J. Guovillou, A. Courteau, J. Raccttu and B. Groulx. Mr. N. Dufort showed a nine months' pig, fattened by L. Hotte, of Ste. Rose, which tipped the scales at 870 pounds. The supply of poultry, eggs and butter was of excellent quality, and prices were exceedingly reasonable. There was a large quantity of maple syrup and sugar disposed of, and it is a satisfaction to note the superior quality of the present supply of this article as compared with that of former years, when it was a dirty black mass of stickiness. This improvement has been affected by the use of evaporating pans instead of the iron pots, and of tin sap pails and syrup boilers in place of the former wooden utensils. That old standard, Canadian tobacco in rolls, was in great demand. Altogether the visit to the Bonsecours market was somewhat disappointing. The display of meat at St. Ann's market was not up to that of former years, owing partly to the floods and partly to the late season of the year, the butchers being unwilling to expose any more than they could dispose of. On the whole the quality was good. There was very little attempt at decoration. Messrs. Leo Demers, jr., Alex. Courville, E. Charters & Sons, and Robert Nicholson may be specially mentioned for their fine display of beef and veal, and George Fisher and Masterman Bros., for their pork. The display of Easter beef in St. Antoine market was not up to the usual mark here, but the quality looked excellent. At Papineau market there was an excellent display of lamb, beef, veal and pork, salt junk. The market wore the usual decorations adopted by the butchers for the occasion and looked very pretty, which reflected much credit on all concerned. At St. Lawrence market the display of meat was inferior to that of former years, both as to quantity and quality. The stalls were tastefully decorated with roses, tinted paper, etc., and presented a very pretty appearance. PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE Mr. Mason, of Boston, is at the Windsor. The Rentz-Saintley troupe is at the Richelieu.",1,1,1,0,0,0
+73,18850427,historical,Flood,"5 THE DISASTROUS INUNDATION, Mater Rising Last Night at Point St, Diaries, DISTRIBUTING AID TO THE SUFFERERS Bridges Swept Away in the Quebec District, HOODS UP THE OTTAWA RIVER, A Man Drowned in the Storm-Several Firms Lost, Heavy Loss-The Business of Trade Has Been Disrupted, There has been no material change in the river since Saturday morning, for while the water would suddenly drop at one time it would quickly rise shortly after, and at a certain point last night the condition of affairs was very alarming, The leaving reached the highest point and steadily rising, The suffering among the poorer classes of Point St. Charles is very great and will not end immediately the subsidence, as it will take some time to have the houses thoroughly dried, and a situation serious as this may still All day Saturday the Point was the center of attraction for sightseers from the city and boats were in great demand, The price of passage was always above par and those lucky enough to be the happy possessors of boats did a rushing business in the passenger transport trade, The police in that district have been worked almost to death rowing people about from place to place, Some of them have been on duty for from 24 to 48 hours on stretches and have not received any remuneration, nor are they likely to, They have also been engaged the whole time in the laudable work of supplying provisions and fuel to the THOUSANDS OF HOUSEHOLDS, and they were much annoyed by crowds of individuals who, knowing that the police boats were free, hailed them on every occasion and with all sorts of excuses merely for the purpose of having a row through the flooded district for no other purpose than to satisfy their curiosity, But very little change was observable in the submerged portion of the city all day Saturday from the state of affairs already published in the Gazette, At noon the water was about ten inches lower than on the previous night, It then began to rise again until the evening when in front of the city it stood at 18 feet 0 inches, The appearance of the river changed very little, and with the exception of an open space of water above the bridge and another opposite St. Helen's island, nothing could be seen but huge piles of hammock ice, At an early hour on Saturday night about six full loads of ice came down from Lake St. Louis, and failing to force its way much further than the foot of the Lachine rapids, jammed against the edge of the stationary ice where it remained, thus closing up the space of open water, At the waterworks the hydraulic machinery was stopped by the """"backwater"""" caused by the rise in the tail-race, and all the steam engines had once more to be set to work, At the wheel house the water was sixteen feet above its usual level, The water is deepest on Centre, Magdalen, Grand Trunk and Favard streets, while on Wellington street from the bridge west to Turner's grocery store the depth of the water is on the average about five feet, Although the inconvenience of the residents of the Point has been very great since the commencement of the flood, no real suffering was experienced until Saturday, when it began to be much felt by the poorer residents of Magdalen and Centre streets, most of whom were completely shut up in their houses, unable to obtain the ordinary necessaries of life, A great many of these depend on their month's pay for their supplies, and pending this payment they have accounts at the grocery and butcher shops, and were without the ready cash to send to the city for what they needed, and as nearly all the places of business at the Point are submerged, and the contents either ruined or seriously damaged, the condition of these families is painful in the extreme, Alderman Tausey has been indefatigable in his endeavors to help the sufferers, and has done everything in his power to alleviate their distress in the way of purchasing and distributing provisions, but the number of boats at the disposal of the police at the Point is altogether inadequate for the task in hand, The members of the police force at No. 1 station are nearly worn out from overwork, and the authorities should engage both more men and boats to work in the relief of the distressed citizens, All day yesterday thousands visited the deluged district, and the boatmen again had a bonanza, The police boats were engaged from early morning distributing bread, meat and fuel, The condition of things is now terrible, and still the waters continue to rise, in the police station there is now about two feet of water on the main floor, although the station is on high ground, Fences, outhouses, etc., are floating about in all directions, and the bodies of fowls and other small animals are to be seen also floating in many places, THE LOSSES, No estimate that will come at all near the correct result can be made of the losses of the sufferers by the flood, but the fact is certain that every resident at the Point will lose in a greater or less degree by this serious disaster, Among the principal losses so far as known are Messrs. Pillow & Hersey, who had 15,000 casks of nails stored in their manufactory on St. Patrick street; their loss is estimated at $10,000, The Messrs. Ogilvie lose a large quantity of flour, and the Grand Trunk are also heavy losers, and they have issued posters notifying their employees that the workshops at the Point will be closed until the 1st of May in order to repair damage done by the flood, Mr. Harry Lomas will also be a heavy loser, as not only the basement, but also the parlors of his fine hotel have been flooded, The Point St. Charles school buildings are all more or less damaged, as are also the Methodist and Grace churches, NOTICE, Most of the houses in St. Lambert are deserted, the inhabitants having taken refuge either inland with their more fortunate neighbors, A large number of cattle have been drowned and thousands of bushels of grain destroyed, In Papineau things are in about as bad a condition, and the trains have been stopped, The water rose suddenly when the lake ice came down, and it is reported that considerable damage was done, but nothing reliable was ascertained, The farmers were all prepared beforehand, and most of them had removed their cattle, Several houses in La Tortue are reported to have been carried away, causing loss of life in some instances, but in this case also nothing definite has yet been learned, The water is rising fast at Ottawa, and it is feared the boats of the Ottawa River Navigation Company will be damaged, The bridge over the North river between St. Jerome and St. Adele has been carried away, also the railway bridge at St. Lin, Reports of similar accidents have come in from different places, The New York train was started out Saturday evening via Moore's Junction, and the Boston train by way of the Southern Eastern, The rising of the waters again yesterday, however, will interfere with the trains today if they do not recede, On Saturday afternoon a man was standing on the gallery of his house on Shearer street, gazing wistfully over the waste of waters, thinking mournfully of that little game of draw he was to have had with his neighbor over the way, when a cow came sailing past, A brilliant thought struck the genius, and he inveigled the animal near enough to the house to get on its back, and boldly set sail for the other side of the street, The bovine, however, had no interest in the game and was deaf to the allurements of the lack pots in perspective, so she stubbornly persisted in wending her weary way down the street, The gallant rider protested with his heels, but the fiery untamed was determined and finished up by discharging his rider into the swollen stream, whence he emerged a wetter and wiser man, On Saturday a horse attached to one of Mr. Clarke's field beef wagons strayed into a yard in rear of the Leahy property on St. Patrick street, and came very near drowning before he could be extricated from the wagon and taken to a place of safety, From one o'clock yesterday until eleven o'clock last night the water in the flooded districts had made a further rise of two and a half feet, AT LACHUTE, Messrs. C. Wilson & Co. have received the following telegram from Lachute: White's bridge is gone, Lane's bridge is broken, Fish's and Harron's bridges are in danger of going at any moment, The bridge on the West river is also gone, The North river was never known to be so high, the depth of water going over the paper mill dam eight feet thick, Last night, a mile below Lachute, Bannerman's flume and Karl's dam were washed away, Point Fournaise, April 25, The river is very high here and bids fair to rival the flood of 1870, The inhabitants were aroused at an unusually early hour this morning by ice from above the dam coming down, displacing in its course three guide piers and carrying away nine booms, Reaching the village it wrecked the wharves, scattered cord wood, dislocated a stable and a storehouse and coming in contact with the ice here, which is still firm, it created a great jam, which naturally increased the height of the water at this point, Water street east is flooded, and the inhabitants are moving, The steam ferry Nil Desperandum, which has been completely rebuilt, has taken shelter in Water street, Grain had to be removed from the granaries, Further damage from ice and rising water is feared, Business is at a standstill, CLEAR WATER AT QUEBEC QUEBEC, April 25, This morning the ferry company's three steamers commenced breaking up the ice bridge, moving in every direction, The whole mass moved down with the ebb tide, and the river from the Grand Trunk depot, south of Quebec, downward will be clear of ice tomorrow and the ferry service resumed on Monday, Quebec, April 28, A strong blow from the east set in last night, breaking up another large portion of the ice-bridge to a point a little below Cap Rouge, Large masses of ice are held stationary opposite the city by the strong wind, The water is covered with an immense quantity of saw logs and other lumber, which has evidently been carried down the Etchemin and Chaudière rivers by the floods, Numbers of men are out on the ice picking up the driftwood.",1,0,1,1,1,0
+74,18830607,historical,Flood,"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.",1,1,1,1,0,0
+75,18971130,historical,Flood,"GREAT LOSS OF LIFE Hundreds of Seamen Perished in Numerous Wrecks PROPERTY LOSS IS IMMENSE The Storm Is Described as Being One of the Worst in Many Years Part of London Flooded London, November 20 The latest reports from various points along the coast show that the gale which swept English waters yesterday and last night and which had not abated its fury up to noon today was one of the worst storms of recent years In many places it was almost cyclonic in its violence and the long list of disasters includes a large loss of life, many wrecks of large vessels and the loss of scores, if not hundreds, of smaller craft, with serious damage to property ashore at many important towns In the north the wind was accompanied by blinding snow and hail that hid the lights and immensely increased the difficulties of navigation Many ships are known to have foundered, in most cases, it is feared with all on board Scarcely a town on the coast has escaped without more or less injury, falling walls and flying debris adding to the loss of life There have been rocket and lifeboat rescues almost without number Stories of thrilling escapes come from all points On the Norfolk coast, between Bacton and Happisburgh, five vessels, as yet unidentified, went down and the crews of all perished A number of bodies have been washed ashore near Yarmouth The British brig Ruby was wrecked off Hemsby The coast guard service made desperate efforts to save the crew and succeeded in getting a line on board A dying woman was """"rocketed"""" to safety; and then the brig capsized, all the rest of the ship's company perishing A large steam collier dashed upon Flamborough Head, the famous promontory on the North Sea coast, floated off and then foundered with all on board A steamer not yet identified was wrecked on Bridlington sands with her entire company Last evening the ship Rose of Devon, Captain Davis, went on the rocks near Redruth, Cornwall, where she pounded all night long, her crew of twelve perishing This morning the bodies of the captain and five seamen, all wearing life-belts, were washed ashore Phenomenally high tides are reported in many localities The district near the mouth of the Thames has suffered severely, several townships being partly submerged, The Sheerness dockyard and the Woolwich arsenal were inundated At Scarborough, the fashionable watering place, the sea wall was washed away At Yarmouth, Lowestoft, and other coast towns of Norfolk, the esplanades were flooded At Liverpool, the squalls blew off the roofs of several houses, threw down chimneys and tore up trees The Mersey flooded its banks on the Chester side and deluged the shore district for miles Similar disasters occurred at Holyhead where a number of valuable yachts were sunk at their moorings Scarcely a vestige remains in sight of the wreck of Lord Nelson's old flagship, the Foudroyant, long fast in the sands off Blackpool There is a great deal of wreckage near the Goodwin Sands The British ship Larnica, Captain Burgess, was driven ashore near Fleetwood, at the entrance of Morecambe Bay, about eighteen miles northwest of Preston The crew were saved, but the position of the vessel is dangerous She left St John, N.B., on November 1 for Fleetwood The scenes at such popular resorts as Yarmouth and Margate were of great grandeur; but the damage done was terrible Tremendous seas still invade the gardens of the hotel and residences wrecking the parades and buildings, while debris is floating about Immense damage has been done to the Government property at the Sheerness dockyard, and the Woolwich arsenal Seven thousand troops were hurriedly ordered out today to remove thousands of pounds worth of ammunition and stores from the wharves and sheds to places of safety The tide continued to rise and invaded almost all the workshops, quenched the engine fires and stopped the electric lights The workmen were obliged to go home, wading knee deep Despite all the precautions, damage to the amount of many thousands of pounds has been done At Sheerness and Queensborough, two miles away, hundreds of acres have been submerged, scores of cellars flooded, and 200 yards of the Sheerness pier have been swept away The boom of distress guns from Goodwin Sands has been almost continuous Below London Bridge, the low-lying houses and cellars are flooded and all work is temporarily suspended along the Thames, even as high as Charing Cross The continual rising of the river is looked upon as ominous, though as yet no damage has been done above London Bridge Six vessels were wrecked between Yarmouth and Bacton, only a few miles apart, on the Norfolk coast, and twenty-five lives lost The brig Vedra, stranded at Bacton, The storm tore out her masts; and when the rocket line was fired the crew were unable to haul it in Finally, the line dragged them into the surf and three out of seven were drowned Rochester and Strood on the Medway, about thirty miles southeast of London, have suffered severely At Rochester, the gas works are flooded and the town is in darkness, The gale is now travelling southward and traversing various parts of the continent Very rough weather is reported along the north coast of France 1893 Smith drew $9,220.74, but he only deposited part of this money in the Banque du peuple During the last illness of Smith, defendant was obliged to see to the completion of the buildings which were being put up on the lot, and the only amount she had drawn was to provide for payment on these buildings Defendant pleaded that she was not accountable to the heirs of Smith, but that the latter were accountable to her as Smith had drawn much more than half of the money The court held that it was incumbent on plaintiffs to establish that the money or some portion hereof belonged to them, and that defendant had control of the same in some capacity which rendered her accountable to Smith, the plaintiffs' author The plaintiffs had utterly failed to prove that Smith, personally had any right or ownership in the money in question, or any right whatever therein save in so far as a presumption of right thereto or therein resulted from the fact of the same forming part of a joint deposit to his credit and to that of defendant, made in the bank Smith had drawn more than half of the money, and plaintiffs would be bound first to account for the larger portion drawn by Smith, before bringing the present action Action dismissed Menard vs Monk et al The plaintiff, by the present action sought to revendicate a promissory note for $250 The defendants severed in their defense, and each pleaded a demurrer to the effect that there was no obligation on their part to return the note; that it had not appeared that the note had ever been discounted, or any claim thereto made on plaintiff Proof had been ordered before adjudging on this law issue It was further pleaded by Monk that the note in question was never delivered to him, but to the other defendant, as plaintiff's agent, to be discounted for the accommodation of the estate of the late John Monk; that defendant Monk never had possession of the note; that it never was discounted, but remained until past due in the hands of the other defendant The other defendant, Hetu, pleaded that the note in question was not delivered to him as plaintiff's agent, with instructions to have it discounted for the accommodation of the estate John Monk; that he had not succeeded in discounting it; that he was always willing to return the note to plaintiff if requested, but that he had never been so requested, and he had not considered it of any value The court held that plaintiff had a right, in the event of defendant's failure to return the note to ask that they be condemned to pay the face value thereof, or to ask for a complete indemnification for any liability for the amount thereof, and that he could only be completely indemnified by the payment of the amount of the note But the note in question being now prescribed, the defendants should not be condemned to pay the face value thereof, but they might be condemned to pay a certain amount by way of penalty and to indemnify the plaintiff for any trouble to which he might be exposed from the non-return of the note The court gave judgment against the defendants jointly and severally, ordering them to return the note to the plaintiff, or in default of doing so within 15 days from the present judgment, to pay the sum of $50 with costs of the present action, as brought De Beaujeu vs Shallow The plaintiff claimed the sum of $281 on an account, composed first, of a sum of $31 for printing an issue of the Journal, the Moniteur du Commerce, and, secondly, $250, amount of deposit in the hands of defendants The defendant set up a number of circumstances which he pleaded relieved him from liability The court held that the defendant had refused to pay plaintiff the amount due unless the latter would deduct from the account a sum of $50 for advertising in the Journal in question from December, 1895, to June, 1896 The defendant's pretension was that plaintiff was liable to pay this sum of $50, which represented advertising done by the Desmaulniers Printing Company which had previously printed defendants' Journal The court held that plaintiff was not subject to any liability incurred toward defendant by the company which previously did the printing, and judgment was given in favor of the plaintiff for the sum of $281 claimed by the action Rateau vs Robert This was an action against the drawer on a draft which it was alleged that the drawee had refused to accept The plea was to the effect that there was no allegation of protest or notice, or that there existed any reason for dispensing with such protest and notice The plaintiff answered that a protest was not necessary as against the drawer of the draft, and that notice of refusal to accept had been verbally given to the defendant by telephone It was admitted that the draft was dated and made payable at Montreal and that the drawee resided in the city The verbal notice of non-acceptance of the draft, alleged by plaintiff, even if proved, could not avail as replacing protest Therefore in the absence of a protest for non-acceptance and notice to defendant, drawer of the draft, the latter was discharged from liability and the action was dismissed Rose et al vs the City of Montreal The plaintiff claimed damages suffered in consequence of her premises being flooded by the bursting of a water pipe on the 29th of March, 1896 It was alleged that the bursting of the pipe was due to the action of the frost, and that this should have been foreseen, and the pipe should have been placed at a sufficient depth to protect it from the frost The court maintained the plaintiff's pretensions and gave judgment in her favor for $100 By Mr Justice Archibald Cossette vs Desjardins The evocation to the Superior Court in this case was held to be unfounded, and it was ordered that the record be remitted to the Circuit Court By Mr Justice Da Lormier Foos vs Irvine Judgment for $305.72 on an obligation By Mr Justice Oulmet",1,0,1,1,0,1
+76,18940612,historical,Flood,"FLOODS: A Good Deal of Damage Done and Thousands Homeless New York, June 11 A Herald's special from Vancouver, B.C., says: Mr. Lugene Tracey arrived here yesterday afternoon, coming through from Ashcroft on a hand car, steamer and a raft, twenty miles of the trip being made on a raft. He reports that cloudbursts have washed away the Canadian Pacific railway tracks at Pennys, Gladwin, and several other places, the greatest damage being done in the two towns named. Damage to the extent of half a million dollars has been done to Government bridges spanning the Thompson, Dow and Columbia rivers, in addition to wrecks along the Fraser. The Fraser river is still rising. It is estimated that eighteen thousand persons are on the hills homeless. Hehef steamers are running as rapidly as possible over farm lands and through orchards, rendering what succor is possible. Ottawa, June 11 From a telegram received by His Excellency the Governor-General yesterday from Lieut.-Governor Dewdney, of British Columbia, in reply to an enquiry as to the extent of the Red river flood, it would appear that the press despatches have been greatly exaggerated. Lieutenant-Governor Dewdney says that the effects of the flood had been overstated; that the greatest loss was in this season's crops; that no lives had been lost; that at the time of telegraphing there was little or no news of stock having been destroyed, and that the Lieutenant-Governor would wire to His Excellency any information that he might obtain. It is not, therefore, likely that the Dominion Government will think it necessary to ask for any vote for the relief of the sufferers, as the loss and danger would not appear to be more than the local Government can attend to. WMKAU, M li, 138 SU Dent street, Montreal. Secretary Montreal, May 10, 1894. """"B S"""" 375 ST. JAMES STREET, FOR THE FAMOUS RADJIT'S MICROBE KILLER. This remedy is now recognized the world over, as the only reliable BLOOD PURIFIER ever produced. It cures by destroying the disease germs in the blood and tissues, without harm to the human system. Beware imitations. Main Office for Canada, at Toronto, Ont. The Most Perfect Mill in Canada, Keewatin, 5,000 brls. per day, Portage la Prairie, 700 brls. per day. Elevator at all important wheat points in the Northwest. All grades of hard wheat flour in barrel and bag. Quotation and other information can be had on application, office, Board of Trade Building, Montreal. By Benning & Barthelou, BESHINO BARSALOC. At their salesrooms, No. 88 and 90 St. Peter Street, on Wednesday, the 13th June. Regular Weekly Sale of STAPLE AND FANCY DRY GOODS, etc., in lots suitable to the wants of the City and Country Trade, COMPRISING Dress goods, Prints, Cashmeres, Flannels, Cottons, Shirtings, Cretonnes, Tickings, Housekeeping, Table Linens, Sheetings, Mantle Cloth, Lace Curtains, Cotton Hose, Shirts and Drawers, Oriental Lace, Brussels Carpet, Stair Oilcloth, Table Covers, Oatmeal, Damask, Hack and French Towels, Table Linens, Holland, Kilbons, Smallwares, Notions, etc. F. W. Thomas, Treasurer, Montreal, June 11, 1894. The Waters are Receding. Encouraging news was received yesterday from the British Columbia flooded district. In conversation with Mr. Thus. Tait, assistant general manager of the Canadian Pacific, the Gazette was informed that the water had fallen six feet in the Kicking Horse Pass and that the repairs to the road had all been completed in that particular section, except a small gap at Golden. On the Pacific division the water had also fallen in some places, while at other points it remained at about the same level as a few days ago. The company's officials here have been informed that all timber, piles and all necessary material for repairing the damaged roadbed have been delivered on the spot and work will be pushed to completion with all possible speed as soon as the water recedes. Mr. Tait likewise stated that a large portion of the Empress of India's cargo, which had got as far as Donald and had been held there, would be released in a very few days. Two Small Fires. The services of the Ste. Cunegonde fire brigade were brought into requisition at six o'clock last evening to put out a fire which had broken out in the store of Mr. Jos. Lalonde, tailor, at 115 Notre Dame street. Chief Hebert and his men worked hard and in about fifteen minutes had conquered the flames. It is estimated that the amount of damage done is about $700. At 3:40 yesterday afternoon an alarm was sent in from box 151 for a fire which had broken out in a bedroom at the residence of Mrs. Barry, 113 St. Monique street. The flames were put out by two streams and a Babcock. The Salvage corps of No. 4 station saved twenty covers. The loss on furniture alone is said to be $3,000, but it is insured in the Alliance Insurance company. Thirty Years a Newsboy. Yesterday """"Pete"""" Murphy, the veteran newspaper vendor, was the recipient of many congratulations from those who knew his history, for yesterday he completed thirty years of service outside the St. Lawrence hall selling papers. """"Pete,"""" in a chat over old times, told how when he was a boy of nine years it was a different scene around the corners then. The post office was opposite, and where the present Post office is the Bank of Montreal then stood. In his time he has seen many a paper, but, as """"Pete"""" says, the Gazette is still on deck and selling better than ever. """"Pete's"""" opinion is that the people read a great deal more now than they did in the past. Even """"the kids"""" in the offices had to see the daily papers. He had no objection, however. Hunkard-McDougall, Miss Alice Maud McDougall, niece of Dr. William Patterson, V.""",1,0,1,1,1,1
+77,18880927,historical,Flood,"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.",1,1,1,1,0,1
+78,18990510,historical,Flood,"Revetment wall for flood protection original estimated cost $179,071; all of which is borne by the city. Macadamizing wharves original estimated cost $146,250; all of which is borne by the Commissioners. Macadamizing Commissioners street original estimated cost $41,125; all of which is borne by the city. Contingencies original estimate $13,250; city's portion $8,214, and to be retained by the city $6,036. Total original estimated cost $2,843,622; Commissioners' portion $1,709,468; city's portion to be paid to the Harbor Commissioners $389,084; city's portion for works constructed by it $244,072. On the motion of the Mayor, seconded by Mr. Joseph Contant, the report was approved, and it was decided, in view of coming to a final agreement with the city about the works to be executed, that a delegation from the Harbor Commission, accompanied by the board's solicitor, have an interview with the civic Finance Committee, and that any agreement entered into between the city and the Commissioners be in proper form, so as to be binding upon each party in question. The Chief Harbor Engineer reported concerning the erection, without leave, of poles by the Bell Telephone Company, near the C P. WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 1830 LEGAL INTELLIGENCE SUPERIOR COURT - JUDGMENTS (Montreal, May 8) By Mr. Justice Pagnuelo, The Canada Jut Company v. The Olobort Mitchell Company, the company plaintiff claimed damages resulting from its establishment by water that escaped from automatic fire sprinklers, which had been replaced by the company defendant on the ceiling of plaintiff's factory as a protection against fire. A fire had occurred, and the company defendant had undertaken to replace the sprinklers. Subsequently, an escape of water occurred without fire. The company plaintiff alleged that the escape of water was due to the bad workmanship of the defendant; that the sprinklers were constructed to operate automatically on being subjected to a certain temperature, and in the event of a fire in a building and the temperature rising, to open automatically and allow water to flow, thus extinguishing the fire; that a gong was attached to the system of sprinklers, which was intended to give an alarm outside and inside the building of the fact of the flow of water from the pipe serving the sprinklers; that on the 6th February, 1917, one of the sprinkler heads burst and allowed the water to flood the factory, as the gong did not work and give the alarm of flooding, and it was only discovered on the Monday morning; that goods were destroyed to the value of $658.50, which amount plaintiff claimed from defendant. The defendant admitted the fact that it had replaced a large number of sprinkler heads, including the one which burst on the 6th February, 1917, and had placed the gong, but defendant pleaded absence of warranty as to the gong; that defendant's work to the sprinklers and the gong was performed in a workmanlike manner, and when completed, was examined and accepted by the plaintiff, and that, thereupon, defendant's responsibility terminated; that the electric gong was under the supervision and care of the plaintiff and his employees, who had the means of testing the same constantly, and who should have done so. It was further pleaded that the loss suffered was not due to any fault on the part of defendant, but was due to the plaintiff's fault and negligence; and finally, that the amount of damages asked was excessive. The court held that the damage was caused, according to the evidence, by the sprinkler head opening of itself without any heat to start it, one of the links soldered by defendant having broken without any apparent cause; that no such accident had ever happened to any of the old sprinkler heads, but only to those refitted and replaced by the defendant. The court was of the opinion that the defendant was responsible although no special warranty was given. Judgment was rendered in favor of the company plaintiff for $658.50, amount of the damages established. Brown vs. Torrance. The action was on a letter of guarantee given by defendant to plaintiff for the payment of goods sold by plaintiff to one W. FALL WHEAT. The weather during the winter and the early spring has been exceedingly unfavorable for fall wheat, and as a consequence the crop, which promised well before the snowfall, has been greatly injured by the inclemency of the season, and practically a failure in many localities. The want of snow in most places left the ground exposed to unusually severe and protracted frosts, and the heavy rains formed pools of water which froze and killed the young plants in the hollows and flooded lands. The dry weather which has prevailed in some neighborhoods since the opening of the growing season has also wrought some injury. A considerable percentage of the area sown to fall wheat is being ploughed up. As a rule, this crop appears to have wintered better on clay or heavy land than on light soils. In many cases, it has been observed that the partial protection afforded by accumulations of snow near the fences, the rest of the field being bare, has saved the wheat plants thus protected. It is worthy also of note that the reports from Algoma, where there was a good covering of snow during the winter, are more favorable than those from the older settled counties. There are slight losses from insect pests reported, wire-worms and the Hessian fly having appeared last fall in a few localities in the western part of the province. At the time correspondents wrote, rain was urgently needed at several points to ensure the remaining crops. CLOVER. A large proportion of the clover crop in every section of the province has been winter-killed, owing to the scarcity of snow, the plants being either heaved or frozen in the ground by exposure to the severity of the weather. The damage appears to have been greatest in the Lake Erie and Lake Ontario group, while the most favorable showing is made by northerly localities, where the snow remained on the ground to a later date. Where the crop survived the winter, the fields are generally in a healthy and flourishing condition, and promise well, although, in some quarters, clover is beginning to suffer for lack of moisture.",0,1,1,1,1,0
+79,18950417,historical,Flood,"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",1,0,1,0,0,0
+80,18870423,historical,Flood,"MONTREAL SATURDAY APRIL 23 1887, GOING IN THE HER And a Flood in the Streets of Montreal, EVIDENCE, the Low Tides; Sections Under Water, ALMOST AT A STANDSTILL, Incidents In the Flooded District Relief Measures Adopted, The floods are once more upon us, The city is in a position only slightly less serious than when, a year ago last Sunday, the St. Lawrence left its banks, spread over the surrounding country, and filled the low levels of Montreal with a muddy deluge that rushed along the streets by the waterfront or banked up on those leading into the heart of the city. From early morning till late at night boats, improvised rafts and curious forms of watercraft plied from point to point where twenty-four hours earlier a busy vehicular traffic was carried on. Business was, perforce, suspended in a large part of the city specially devoted to commerce, and merchants and clerks spent the day in a disconsolate state, seated out of the reach of the tide that had invaded their premises, and watching it ebb and flow as the water numbered lightly the advantage over the icy impediment that kept it back from the ocean, or, when the temporary relief ended, came back a little further, and left its trace on the walls or roadway a little nearer the highest mark of 1886. This was in the city. In the residential quarter, in St. Ann's ward, the scenes were sad indeed. Factories were stopped, and the breadwinners of many a family spent the day in most unhappy frame of mind, counting up the damage that was done to their stock of worldly possessions, damage that was all the more felt because of the difficulty with which alone it can be made good. To relieve the temporary wants of these people the City Council has taken prompt measures, and food and necessaries will be distributed wherever required. THE BEGINNING OF THE TROUBLE, Shortly before 5 o'clock yesterday morning a large mass of ice came down from the lakes and crashing through the river ice caused a jam about the foot of St. Mary's current. The water backed up rapidly, and in a short time began to overflow the revetment wall and spread out over Commissioners Street. The pumping engines were kept at work until 6 o'clock, when the water had reached the height of the sluice and the men were compelled to leave their posts. Higher and higher the water rose, until St. Paul Street was submerged from St. Francois Xuvier to McGill Street, and clerks coming down to business found themselves cut off from the stores. The water rushed up McGill Street past St. Ann's market and the Albion Hotel, but the ground here being more elevated the rise of the water was much less rapid. It crept up, however, inch by inch until there was a depth of three feet opposite the door of the hotel and the office was flooded out. The water all the time was rushing westwards through Griffintown, until all the streets were submerged to a depth of three or four feet. A crowd of harpies hovered around in boats offering to ferry merchants to their stores at the rate of about $10 an hour. No matter how short the distance was asked. THROUGH THE BAD DISTRICT, Finding a boatman who was sufficiently reasonable to accept $2 an hour, a Gazette reporter proceeded to visit the flooded district. McGill Street was perfectly free from ice, but on turning into William Street a confused mass of floating sidewalk, ice, barrels, etc., was met, which was rather dangerous for such frail craft as were endeavoring to push through. The boatman, too, did not appear to be as skillful as he was reckless, and the consequence was that the boat had hardly left a lamp post before it came broadside on to a telegraph pole. This was rather startling at first, but after a little one became used to it, and did not mind it much. The streets in this vicinity were covered with about two feet of ice, and consequently the water was so shallow that the boat grounded every few hundred yards, and the boatmen had to stop over the side and tow it along until deep water was again reached. The current kept running faster and faster until it reached a speed of about two miles an hour, greatly increasing the difficulties of navigation. At every street corner boats would shoot out most unexpectedly, and collisions were innumerable, but accidents were remarkably rare. THE HOUSES along the street being rather low, the water reached in many instances to nearly the tops of the doors, and the inhabitants had retired to the upper flats, and every window was filled with anxious faces gazing despondingly at the rushing waters below. The younger people, more eager to get a good deal of amusement out of the general calamity, their ingenuity, sharpened by previous experience, enabled them to construct rafts or boats out of almost anything that came in their way. The commonest craft was a section of wooden sidewalk with barrels or chairs for seats, and propelled by poles. One young man, more luxurious or more ingenious than the rest, nailed two pieces of wood crosswise on each side of his raft and placed his oars in the forks. Seated on a cushion chair he rowed slowly down the street, stopping under a gallery here and there to call upon his friends. Two young men secured a section of sidewalk about twenty feet in length, and by placing forms on it provided accommodation for quite a number of their lady friends. Numerous other homemade batteaux were met with. These were constructed of rough planks, with flat bottoms, sloping up at each end. Some of these were fitted up with trim bows and the name smudged on with ink or blacking. Allowing the boat to drift along with the current the hay market was soon reached. The water pouring in from different points created whirlpools broken here and there by piles of hay which had to be abandoned when the water rushed in. The clerk of the market sat at the door of the office, smoking with the calm deliberation of Indians, and casting an occasional unconcerned glance at the surging waters beneath. The building is a substantial one, and there was no likelihood of the water coming up as far as the roof. A horse attached to a light cart had a narrow escape here. The owner had only just time to run to the stable and hitch up when the water rushed in. He drove up Duke Street, the horse swimming most of the time. On Astry Street at William Street, where the deposit of ice made the water much shallower, the horse attempted to climb up, but fell back repeatedly, and it was only after considerable trouble that the animal was rescued. A strange object was next seen floating down with the current and colliding with the street lamps on the way. It turned out to be an ice floe, with a vitriol cask in the center. Just as it reached the hay market it ran into a wall and the cask smashed. The hydrants around the market were all but covered with water, and boatmen had to keep a sharp lookout. A long piece of sidewalk floated down Inspector Street, and became stranded across William Street, blocking the way in this direction, and the water here was rather shallower, and all around were planks, empty barrels, dead fowls and dogs, ice floes and articles of clothing, making it somewhat unpleasant for the boatman. Whole families could be seen at every window, the men being prevented by the flood from going to their work. Everyone seemed desirous of going somewhere and every boatman who passed was delayed with supplications to take them on board, but in most cases the cries fell upon deaf ears. People who seemed to be in even equal poverty were eagerly offering 50 cents to be taken to McGill Street to make their purchases, but these offers were rejected contemptuously by the watermen. It was said that the police were out in boats, but if so no one seemed to have seen them. The families in the lower tenements had been taken in by their more fortunate neighbors upstairs, who did everything in their power to help them, but the water had risen so rapidly that they had only been able to save a very small portion of their belongings. """"WE ARE PRETTY CROWDED,"""" said a man from an upper window, """"I have two families here besides my own, little to eat and no means of getting more for the present. But we poor folks have got to help each other, and it might be my turn next,"""" he said with a resigning air. """"It's a good thing for us the weather is warm."""" This was the general feeling, and not a grumble was heard anywhere save at the authorities whom the people seemed to hold responsible for the calamity. Considerable amusement was caused by the frantic endeavors of three girls to navigate a huge barge along the street. When last seen they were hopelessly stranded on an ice sheet, and half a dozen of the gallant Griffintown gondoliers were hurrying to their assistance. At the corner of Ottawa and Murray Streets a dam had been formed by stranded icebergs, pieces of sidewalks and the other wreckage with which the street was littered. Over this the water rushed like a mill race and a rowboat which ventured too near was drawn into the vortex and swamped. Its occupants crawled out half drowned and managed to rescue their boat little the worse for wear. A policeman who seemed to know as much about a boat as it did about him was soon rowing laboriously along and to all appearances making a point of running into everything that he could possibly come within reach of. When he said he was going to the station an incredulous smile crossed the faces of the spectators, but in such little veneration are the police held in this district that no one would go to his assistance. A stop was made AT THE GAS HOUSE, where the manager, Mr. John Power, was seen. He stated that the valve on Craig Street cutting off the mains in the lower town had been completed that morning and there was no danger of the upper portion of the town being left in darkness, it being supplied with gas from the works at Hochelaga. The water was at that time (3:15 p.m.) three feet below their fires, and until these were extinguished there would be no stoppage of work and they would be able to supply the district with gas. The mains were perfectly clear of water and would remain so unless some of the lamps were knocked over and the pipes broken. The company had a steamer out to pump any water that might get into the mains. A visit was next paid to the works of the ROYAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, the manager of which reported that no damage had yet been done, and he did not anticipate any. The streets, he said, would be lighted as usual. Passing along to No. 3 fire station, Guardian Gilbert was standing at the door almost up to his waist in water. He had moved his horses and reel up to the Central station and fitted up one of the corporation barges as a fireboat with hose, axes, etc., and was ready for any emergency. The water extended as far as the Montreal Warehousing Company's building which was reported dry. Every attempt to get up to Notre Dame Street failed and the boat had to return the way it came. On the sidewalk opposite Mr. Loughman's store stood a poor man whose raft had been determined to go with the current and in the struggle had gone its own way, leaving the steersman in the water. He had crawled up on the sidewalk, and was kindly treated by Mr. Loughman until the arrival of the reporter, who ferried him to his home, a wooden shanty a little way down the street. The door entered from a back yard, and opposite it a raft was moored. The man stepped on the raft, which tilted over, landing him once more in the water in the presence of his whole family, who were watching him through two little windows. He got to his feet, however, and, half swimming, half walking, managed to work his way to the stairs, up which he scrambled. His better half had noticed meantime that the raft had broken from its moorings and was floating away, and straightway she ordered the poor man to go down and tie it up. Remonstrances were useless, and he had to go down once more and wade through the submerged portion of the house to catch the raft. """"This house is showing signs of giving way,"""" said the worthy dame; and in answer to the question why she did not leave it, she pointed to the water through which the husband had been compelled to wade, and said indignantly, """"Me walk through that? Not such a thing!"""" Stifling a quiet laugh the reporter departed. Part of Duke Street where the snow was unusually high was perfectly dry. In Queen, Prince and several other streets the sidewalks had been moored to the houses, and numbers of the residents had brought out chairs and tables, and were having a quiet picnic, while others were sitting on sofas in the genial warmth of the sun. A visit was next paid to the locks, where it was found that the river was almost on a level with the canal. There was a good deal of open water in front of the city and a few wild ducks were seen. THROUGH GRIFFINTOWN, Another reporter procured a boat on McGill Street and proceeded to investigate how the inhabitants of Griffintown were faring. The craft was named the Tourmaline, but it is needless to say did not resemble the gallant frigate of that name which once honored Montreal with its presence. Passing the Albion and Western Hotels, which were partially submerged, the imprisoned guests and employees gazing blandly on the lively scene outside, as all sorts of craft were thronging the turbid waters. Sulling down College Street, it was noticed that there was about six feet of water in the cellars of Messrs. H. & I. Leveridge & Co., and that the door of the office of the ashes inspector was halfway under water. On St. Henry Street there was still four feet of snow, and Mr. Chaffee, the proprietor of Lowe's Hotel, had utilized this as a roadway to his house, by placing a large plank into the doorway. Here there are five feet of water in the cellar. All the houses on College Street were partially submerged, and the hay market presented the spectacle of a large lake, the weigh house looking like an island in the center. The depth of water here varied from three to four feet, and navigation was rather perilous, in consequence of large blocks of ice, and the wooden sidewalks, which had broken adrift, floating about. Turning up Inspector Street into Chaboillez Square was like going into a miniature swamp. The stores were all closed, and those proprietors who had been fortunate enough to secure their sidewalks had manufactured them into floating pontoons. The floor of No. 4 fire station was quite under water. The scene was an animated one, with boats and canoes carrying people from their residences to terra firma, and express wagons carrying whole families. The water was all around. THE GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY STATION, but these standing high were at 4 o'clock quite dry. The track at the Lachine depot was quite under water, and it was learned that the cars had been removed and that trains would start from Fulford Street. In St. James Street, the water had penetrated and was pouring down Little St. Antoine and Little Craig Street, into Craig Street proper. At the Chaboillez Street police station were a number of boats, and the police, under the superintendence of Sergeants Kehoe, Carboneau, and Beattie were doing their best to render assistance to the imprisoned families. Rowing along Notre Dame Street the reporter's boat met with its first accident by running into a horse and nearly knocking it over, and many were the oaths vented on the heads of the oarsmen. Kennedy Street resembled a canal, and here again all the stores were closed and the houses submerged, as there were fully four feet of water, while the yard entrances looked like the mouths of gigantic sewers, with the filthy water pouring in, the effluvia from which was at times very unpleasant. An enormous amount of water was flowing into the houses, and it was rising steadily, notwithstanding that it had been propped up by beams. Turning into Ottawa Street at the corner of Murray, a stray sidewalk was found right across the street, which formed a sort of weir over which the water was rushing. When the boat hit the weir it nearly canted over, and sent both reporter and boatman into the surging flood. Happily, however, it righted, and they were saved for a better fate. Here the water was about four feet deep, and inside of the houses could be seen tables, chairs and other articles of household furniture floating about, while the residents had migrated upstairs, and with disconsolate faces were wondering what would come next; and it must be said that the City Council did not come in for their best wishes. Turning down McCord Street a similar state of things was observed. ST. ANN'S CHURCH and adjacent buildings stood like an island in an inland sea. A novel sight was witnessed here, a father paddling a raft, with his young family seated on chairs on it. The saloon at the corner of Murray and McCord Streets formed a bold promontory jutting out into the waters, and it seemed to be doing a roaring business. A young lad paddling a raft up Murray Street seemed to take the flood well, as he sent his craft along singing at the top of his voice the tune of """"A Life on the Ocean Wave."""" Sailing back along Murray Street, a detour was made into William Street, all the houses here also being partially submerged. Clondrimeng's foundry was under water and the works stopped. On the hay market A PARTY OF SWELLS, with yellow kids on, """"out to do the flood, the proper thing, you know,"""" was coming gaily along in a craft which was a cross between a gondola and a canoe, when they came into collision with a lamp post, and their boat toppled over in about four feet of water. The appearance of these (lately) swells as they emerged from the water, looking every inch like half drowned rats, called forth roars of laughter from a bevy of young damsels who were taking their seats on an adjoining house top. At the corner of Nazareth Street, a drunken man, whilst high in the water, had anchored himself to a lamp post and was frantically entreating to be taken away, but he was only advised to taste a drop of the strong liquor, with which he was surrounded. The current on William at the corner of Prince Street was so strong that it resembled a rapids on a small scale, and numerous were the collisions, though without any serious accidents. Standing near here on a raft, paddle in hand, stood John McKinnon, late boatswain of the Grecian, eyeing the crowds of amateur navigators with looks of disdain, which are the peculiar privilege of an old salt. On Queen Street Ives' foundry was found to be flooded and all work stopped, as was the case in the St. Lawrence Sugar Refinery. In the latter there will be very little damage, as the precaution had been taken to remove the barrels of sugar beyond the reach of the water. In Grey Nun Street the cellars of A. W. Tester & Co. were flooded, as was the wallpaper factory of John C. Watson. In the latter, Mr. Winter, the engineer, with commendable foresight, had kept the engine working to the last minute, and by removing most of the perishable goods to a place of safety, a piece of prudence on his part which will no doubt be duly appreciated. On Foundling Street barrels, straw and pieces of wood were huddled together floating about; while on the steps of several of the stores were clerks, anxiously awaiting for a boat to take them safely to town. There were about three feet of water on St. Paul Street, as far as the Custom House Square. From conversation with several proprietors of stores on this street, it was learned that the loss will not be nearly as much as last year, as they had not put much time in the blasting operations and had prepared for the worst. At Young Street police station there were three feet of water on the floor. There were five boats stationed here and the police were kept busy all day in transporting parties to and from their work. Turning along Commissioners Street numerous large ice floes were encountered, and it was impossible to get past the Custom House. The Examining Warehouse and the Harbor Commissioners were flooded to a depth of several feet and the Custom House was in a like plight. Two forlorn looking individuals were standing on the wooden sluice at the pumping station. They related in a doleful manner their experiences of the morning, and told with pride of how they had stuck to their engine to the last. In a glove store on St. Paul Street the clerks were seen standing on one of the tables waiting for a boat to take them off. In another store, not far off, the employees, more ingenious, constructed a raft of loose planks, buoyed up by four empty casks. Everywhere the inventive faculties of the people were taxed to the utmost. AT THIS POINT, Last night it was impossible to reach Point St. Charles except by boat, and as Wellington Bridge was not passable by the latter method a reporter chose his route via Seigneurs Street Bridge. At 8 o'clock it was found that on Craig Street the water had got as far as the Young Men's Christian Association building, so a detour had to be made along Latour Street to get on St. Antoine Street. Driving along it was noticed that all the streets, comprising Mountain, Aqueduct, Versailles, Guy, Richmond, St. Martin, Seigneurs, Chatham and Canning were flooded between Notre Dame and St. Antoine, the deepest part being on the railway track. Fulford Street was dry and at the railway presented an animated scene, as it has for the present been transferred into the depot. On each side were numerous vehicles setting down and taking away parties who had arrived or were starting by the cars. Proceeding down and turning into Seigneurs Street, the canal bridge was crossed, but halfway down Shearer Street the flood was reached, and when the cab wheels got two feet deep in the water Jean Baptiste, the driver, got so frightened that he declined to proceed any further, saying his vehicle would upset and he would be drowned. He did not seem to consider the valuable life of the reporter inside at all. However, there was nothing to do but to take a boat, and embarking on the turbid water the police station was reached in Grand Trunk Street. Here were stationed four boats, which were rendering good service, under the superintendence of """"Adjutant"""" Bilke and Sgt. Cambridge, in ferrying the inundated people from one place to another. Centre, Magdalen, Boucherville and Congregation Streets were all under water, and though numerous families residing on ground floors were rendered homeless, their more fortunate neighbors upstairs kindly accommodated them, and all seemed to be sinking the best of a bad situation. Expecting the flood, nearly all the small shopkeepers had removed their perishable goods to a place of safety. They then closed their stores, and were waiting patiently for the river to resume its normal condition. Wellington Street was dry, and so was St. Patrick Street, and the inundation here was greatest at what is commonly known as Goose Village, situated beyond the Grand Trunk offices, on St. Julien Street, and the little cluster of buildings about Conway, Forfar, and Britannia Streets were entirely inundated, and the water was still rising. The neighborhood of the Exchange Hotel and Horse Exchange was dry, and the numerous valuable horses in the custody of Mr. Kimball were all in excellent condition. The Grand Trunk workshops were closed, the furnace rooms being covered with water, though the yard was almost dry. ALONG CRAIG STREET, At 8 p.m., the water touched the highest mark, which was about eight inches below last year's flood. Craig Street was flooded from Victoria Square to the rising ground on St. Antoine Street, St. James from opposite Notre Dame from a mile down to Mr. Brouillette's store, a considerable distance past Chaboillez Square, and the intersecting streets were covered to a depth of several feet. The water had also risen on Craig Street at the corner of St. George, Bleury, Alexander and Hermine Streets. The water then began to subside, and by midnight had fallen nearly two inches. The cellars along Craig Street are filled. In the afternoon the engine room of Mr. Chanteloup's factory was invaded, and a little later the Gazette's office underwent a similar experience, necessitating a stoppage of work. The Herald also suffered in the same way. ST. LAMBERTO AND THE TIVULAPRAIRIE ROAD FLOODED, It is difficult to get much information from the south shore. The rise of the water has flooded the flat country adjacent to the river for 500 or 400 yards, and in some places further back, and the road to Laprairie is reported to be covered with ice. People living at St. Lambert, above the bridge, turned their cattle out and left their houses, coming to the village, which is in some places under water. From Longueuil it is reported that two houses have been carried away. In the south channel between St. Helen's Island and the shore the ice is piled up in great lumps, thirty or forty feet high, resting on the bed of the river, and blocking up the channel. A heavy shove took place in the afternoon, the abutments of the Victoria Bridge receiving the force of the shock, and heaping up the floes to a great height. DOWN THE RIVER, THE WATER MEANING SLOWLY MOVING AT SOME ANGLES AROUND, (Special to the Gazette) Longueuil, April 22, 8 p.m., Water rising slowly; ice not moving at all. Verchères, April 23, 8 p.m., The water is not very high, and people crossed on foot today from the village to the island. L'Assomption, April 22, 7 p.m., The ice moved this morning above the village. The water is rising slowly. Varennes, April 22, 7 p.m., The ice is firm here. The water went down a little yesterday. To-day the water is the same as yesterday. Sorel, April 22, 8 p.m., The ice is moving from tonight and water keeping very high. Gaspe, April 22, 7 p.m., The ice moved from here at 5 p.m. WHAT SOME THINK, The Editor of the Gazette, Sir, Allow me through your columns to draw attention to the fact that last year our fire engines were used for pumping cellars out. It seems we have two new forms for the public. If such work as pumping cellars is very beneficial to such good men, there are some old engines in the service perhaps not fit for much else. If cellar pumping is necessary, could not they be pressed? Respectfully yours, Citizen. A BELIEF IN THE DYKE AS THE ONLY POSSIBLE EFFECTIVE REMEDY, A contributor reviews the occurrences of the past year, and suggests an effective remedy as follows: """"The flood is on us once more. What used to be a very occasional annoyance is now established as a terrible annual visitation. Montreal is fast being known as a beautiful and prosperous city, but a city in which residence cannot be recommended, for a great part of our real estate is liable to be submerged on a few hours' notice. Now that we have waited, like good Montrealers, till the evil has reached its height, it behooves us to consider how it may best be prevented for the future. There is one remedy that is still untried. Theorists from Quebec and other places have pestered us with such medieval schemes as that of keeping our river open with tugs, something like facing a cyclone with a snow shovel. Government engineers have spent Government money in boring symmetrical rows of holes in the ice. Scientists in spectacles have covered manuscripts with theories as to the nature of frazil. While these and like ideas have been ventilated on the street, while the gentleman who wanted to blow up the Boucherville Islands has discussed with the gentleman who thought of building a boom across Lake St. Louis, the one simple and practical scheme has been kept in the background. This scheme was to build a dyke from Victoria Bridge to a point some two miles up the river, along the river bank. The dyke, being three feet higher than the highest floods, would effectually prevent any damage. It could be built in eight months, and thus be in time for the next flood. The scheme had one crowning defect in the eyes of a number of those who controlled the distribution of certain public assets. It would benefit property along the Lower Lachlue Road, and there would be no possible chance of """"boodle"""" in it. And thus, although every practical man has recognized what everyone says today, that this dyke is the only effectual remedy against the floods, it has remained untried, while the public ear has been open to every variety of chimeric and impracticable theory. It is time that this should cease. Our men of business are again losing heavily; our poorer fellow-citizens are again suffering untold misery; our fair city is falling into disrepute. Let us have a truce to discussion and theorizing and try the only practical measure of relief. THE RAILROAD WORLD, Work on the Duluth Line, and P. Inspection A Western Connection, Fully 600 men are now making the dirt fly on the Sault branch of the Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic, over a hundred Italians having been received from Buffalo this week, while the contractors are picking up all the men here that they can get. No trouble is being experienced from water, as some had feared, as the snow has been disappearing so gradually as not to cause anything of a flood in the lowlands there. All the work now is on construction all along the division, the right of way having been cut out from the junction to the Sault, and such good progress is being made that Mr. J.T. Cardinal, the president, in the chair. Many priests were present, amongst them Abbe Langlois, Fr. Blais, etc. After the reading of the minutes of the preceding meeting, the president introduced Mr. Archibald de Lery Macdonald, who read a very interesting paper on """"Le Major Closso,"""" one of the bravest lieutenants of De Maisonneuve in the founding of Montreal. He recited with great ability """"L'Adresse, La Bravoure, La Sagesse et Les Succès"""" of the brave major in the battle against the Iroquois. The director thanked the lecturer. The president then asked Mr. Rudolph Lemieux, of La Patrie, to give his commentary on """"La Vie et les Détours de la Politique."""" This was a very interesting description of the valleys of the Northwest, and included the relation of some very amusing incidents of the writer's tour in the Northwest country. As promised by him, Mr. Lemieux did not make any political allusions, and the president, in thanking the lecturer, referred to his delightful lecture, after which remarks the séance ended. A BROKEN TAIL often causes the death of a ruptured man, and is always cumbersome when unbroken. Sufferers from rupture, piles, varicocele, hydrocele, etc., should call on the members of the Kiln Medical and Surgical Association of Buffalo, N.Y. at the Albion Hotel. They cure these dangerous and painful affections by a new method of treatment. TO PREVENT THE FLOODS, The City Council has resolved on a Line of Action, THE FLOODS, His Worship stated that he had two matters to bring before the council, the one a letter received from the Department of Militia and Defence, relative to Logan's farm, and the other respecting the flood, which unfortunately had arisen. With regard to the latter, he said the insufficiency of blasting operations had been clearly demonstrated, and had also the fact that floods in Montreal were due to the premature breaking up of the upper ice. It had also been proved beyond the possibility of a doubt that the only way to prevent floods in the future was to retain the upper ice, by means of a boom, until the channel below was clear and a passage attained. This undoubtedly was a Government work, and as Parliament was now in session, no time should be lost, as if a grant were not made this session a grant next session would be too late to prevent a flood next year. LOGAN'S FARM PARK, The letter from the Department of Militia and Defence was then read, which set forth that by order-in-council, passed on the 20th April, the Government had divided Logan's farm into two parts, the one being reserved for a parade ground, the other having been leased to the city for a park for twenty-one years at a nominal rate of $100 per year, with right of rental for a further term of twenty-one years, provided the city expend upon it $5,000 per year for the first five years, and maintain the park to the satisfaction of the Minister of the Interior, the Government to be empowered to re-enter at any time, without recompense to the city, should the ground be required for Government purposes. Aid. J. Cukier, while disappointed that the whole plot had not been granted, said the thanks of the council were due to Aid. Laurent for his exertions in the matter. WITH REGARD TO THE FLOOD, if the advice of some old and experienced gentlemen h",1,1,1,1,0,1
+81,18860116,historical,Flood,"THE RIVER FLOODS TO THE EDITOR OF THE GAZETTE, Sir, It is plain that a large portion of our city will be permanently injured or the floods must be stopped. It is plain that the public are not now in possession of any reliable information upon which to base calculations to fix the cost. While the floods are upon us everybody tries to stop them; but when they pass away things go on just as formerly and nothing is done. Your published interview with Mr. TO THE EDITOR OF THE GAZETTE, Sir, A great deal has been said on the cause of the floods with which so many are painfully familiar, the proper course to pursue, the parties to blame for the present state of affairs, and as to who should initiate and execute remedial measures. Ald. Donovan speaks of draining the St. Paul street district into the Craig street sewer. Possibly the accession of the aldermanic robe has imbued him with a clear idea as to how best the pellucid waters of the St. Paul street level could be induced to climb the intervening hill on which St. James and Notre Dame streets are situated, or does he contemplate the costly expedient of relaying the whole system (when only the point of drainage is at fault) and leading it round by McGill street? My suggestion is to leave the sewers alone, they perform their office, except on abnormal occasions, and merely to protect them and those who use them from the action of these floods. A suggestion very similar to this was made to the council by the City Surveyor in 1884, and with the council rests the blame of having taken no steps whatever towards remedying this well-known devastating evil. It is compulsory on the part of property owners to connect with the public sewage; they have no alternative. It is the business of the civic authorities to see that their system of drainage is perfect, and by making the connection compulsory they take upon themselves the obligation of holding the property owners harmless against all damages from without, over which they can have no control. The remedy of the property owner is by an action at law for damages resulting from acts of negligence, in the same way as such an action would lie against a gas company if a leak from the mains led to an explosion. You say truly, sir, that dry rot is in the City Hall. It is too thin, this posing as our worthy alderman, this fussiness as the beneficent creature dispensing the ratepayers' money amongst the sufferers from his neglect of public duties; it is so much claptrap to catch votes, to gain cheap popularity, to divert attention from the real issue. This had never occurred had he done his duty. That Common and Commissioners streets require to be bodily raised some twenty inches is clear to anyone. There is no element of great expense about it. It would inflict little or no damage to contiguous properties, and if the drainage were stopped off, as before suggested, they would be safe from all damage by flood, and probably property owners would be well disposed and better able to bear a small special assessment distributed over a period of years. The great shove takes place in the direction of the current, and this determines the move that piles up the ice near Jacques Cartier square, when the current strikes the shore. Now, by deepening the eastern branch of the river, as I suggested in the Gazette last year, from the bridge toward Longueuil, the impetuosity and dangers of St. Mary's current would be greatly lessened; the volume of water being the same, would, by being more evenly distributed, pass more slowly; and, in the same way, the ice would be divided in the pack, and would exercise its force more towards St. Helen's island, whilst the sectional area of deep water being great, would allow more adequate space for flow after making due allowance for choking up by frazil. With regard to the embankment for protecting low-lying districts, and confining the river in its proper bounds, I venture to say that $25,000 per mile never would pay for all that is required; the stone for the rough facing and the filling behind would all be in situ by placing the bank a little beyond the limits of summer water level. I am, sir, Your obedient servant, THOS. 10 WANTED A MIDDLE SIZE STORE, or one good sized flat, first flat, for dry goods, wholesale, in a good commercial centre. Apply K. J. Fairbairn as follows: The boom in wheat on the curb yesterday showed up at the opening this morning with outside buying orders not as plenty as expected. The offerings by the local crowd became liberal and the market declined half a cent, ruling steady for the first two hours when there came a flood of selling orders from the seaboard followed by the announcement that half a million of gold had been taken for shipment, causing a panic and a rush of all classes of holders to sell, breaking the market to $1.50 May. It rallied slowly to $1.52 and ruled steady around that. We see no sufficient cause for the sudden break today and think it likely to be recovered quickly. Pork very strong, corn inactive. A special to Maclver & Barclay, 120 St. Francois Xavier street, gives the following receipts of wheat today: Milwaukee, 8,000 bushels; St. Louis, 5,000 do; Toledo, 2,000 do; Detroit, 18,000 do; Minneapolis, 101,000 do; Duluth, 17,000 do; Kansas City, 400 do. Showing a decrease of about 8,000 bushels compared with last Friday. The estimated receipt at Chicago for tomorrow are: Hogs, 20,000; wheat, 27 cars; corn, 270, and oats 100. At the seaboard wheat was weak and declined 1 to 2 cents, closing at 88 cents January; 89.5 cents February; 90.5 cents March; 92 cents April; 93 cents May. Corn fell off 1 cent, closing at 60 cents January; 48 cents February; 48.5 cents March; 48.5 cents May. Oats closed at 30 cents January; 30 cents May. Ocean freights to Liverpool by steamer were quoted 2d per bushel. The Toledo wheat market declined 1/4 cent, No. 2 closing at 88.5 cents cash; 92 cents May. Corn was firm, closing at 39 cents cash; 60 cents May. Oats were neglected. At Detroit wheat was strong, and advanced 5 cents; No. 1 white closing at 89 cents cash; 90 cents February; 91 cents March; 94 cents May. The Milwaukee wheat market was weak and dropped 1 cent, closing at 78 cents February; 84.5 cents May. H. Talbot in his original act """"Nobody home but me;"""" Cora and Nor, the Alpine vocalists, their first appearance in America, and Laroux and Wilton in their startling triple bar act. There are certain to be crowded houses at the Royal next week, indeed there has been for some time past. N LYTKELL'S OPERA HOUSE, The variety company which has been performing before delighted audiences at the Lytell Opera house this week, give two more performances today, one-half of the receipts of this afternoon's matinee will be given to the sufferers by the recent flood and there should be a packed house, so that the donation to the sufferers may be a liberal one. QUEEN'S HALL, A grand musical matinee will be given in the Queen's Hall this afternoon, when the Musin Concert company, consisting of M. Musin, the eminent violin virtuoso, Miss Minnie Ewan, prima donna soprano, Mr. Henry Duiiman, tenor, and Mr. Leopold Godowsky, the distinguished Russian pianist. There should be a large audience to hear these talented artists.",1,1,1,1,0,0
+82,19980109,modern,Rain,"THE GAZETTE, MONTREAL, FRIDAY, JANUARY 9, 1998 A3 THE BIG FREEZE Transportation falls victim to weather Freezing rain turns highways into rivers of slush and railway lines into sheets of ice AARON DERFEL The Gazette Most trains, planes and automobiles ground to a halt yesterday as the second ice storm in a week battered the Montreal region's transportation network. Freezing rain turned highways into rivers of slush and rail lines into sheets of ice. Many motorists chose to stay home rather than venture out in the treacherous weather. Major airlines canceled flights in and out of Montreal, bus trips were delayed by as much as 45 minutes and train service was disrupted. At Dorval Airport, hundreds of commuters sat forlornly in the food court for hours on end, waiting to catch one of the few flights out of the city. """"It's like Siberia out there!"""" Taline Kabadjian, 38, said as she picked at a half-eaten pastry. Kabadjian, who lives in Nice, flew to Montreal last week for a family visit. """"But I can't wait to go home,"""" she said, tears streaming down her cheeks. """"I've done nothing here but stay indoors and watch TV."""" Ben Yankson, 21, arrived at the airport from Calgary a day late and was lounging in the terminal for hours, hoping to be picked up by his girlfriend. """"The problem is I can't reach her by phone,"""" Yankson said. """"I don't know where she is and I'm hoping she'll come and get me. I'm a patient guy, but this is too much,"""" he added. The airlines canceled 255 flights in and out of Dorval, up from 200 on Wednesday even though the runways were clear. The ice storm forced Transport Quebec to close 30 highways for most of the day and 13 were still off-limits late last night. Montreal Island highways, however, remained open and work crews were busy de-icing them overnight. Via Rail canceled its train routes west of Toronto in both directions because of fallen debris on tracks. """"The bus drivers are being very careful on the road because of the icy conditions,"""" officials said they expected some lines would stay shut this morning. """"This is probably the first time that service from Toronto to the east coast has been canceled in a single day,"""" Via spokesman Malcolm Andrews said. Commuter-train service was also hampered. The Montreal-Rigaud line has been closed until further notice, while there will be no service between Dorion and Rigaud until Monday. The other commuter lines should run normally. West Island commuters who thought they'd get to work early yesterday morning by rushing for commuter train No. 10 had another think coming. After pulling into Beaconsfield station about 20 minutes late, the 7:42 a.m. Montreal-bound train ground to a halt one kilometer short of Dorval station, when live electrical wires were spotted on the track. As many as 400 passengers were then told to disembark and walk to Dorval, where they could board buses bound for the Lionel Groulx metro station. At the Montreal bus station, trips to New York and Boston were canceled, while passengers had to endure delays for up to 45 minutes on all other routes. """"The bus drivers are being very careful on the road because of the icy conditions,"""" bus terminal official Patricia Papineau said. The Montreal South Shore Transit Corp. cut 40 of its rush hour bus routes in the afternoon, leaving commuters with only the 21 major ones to get home. The transit system could no longer keep up after three days of blackouts at all three of its garages, which left only backup generators to provide power for lighting, vehicle-repair equipment and a few fuel pumps, communications director Raymond Allard said. The Sureté du Quebec reported fewer highway accidents than in normal weather conditions because most motorists chose to stay at home. """"The rush hour was quite calm,"""" Constable Francois Dore said. """"Fewer and fewer people are taking to the road and we expect that to continue today."""" Debbie Parkes and Claude Arpin of The Gazette contributed to this report. Storm bringing people together Kahnawake elders look on bright side LYNN MOORE The Gazette Gratitude for an ice storm that has walloped their region hard, knocking out power to about half a million South Shore residents, is about the last thing one might expect from residents. But Joe Deer, his wife, Josie Deer, and other elders of Kahnawake figure that the storm has provided a set of opportunities that might come once or twice a generation. """"It's getting the people back together and it reminds people of their relationship with other people,"""" Joe Deer told visitors to his Kahnawake home yesterday. An estimated 60 to 70 percent of Kahnawake's homes and businesses were without power yesterday afternoon. Evidence of the enduring storm was inescapable in the region. 200 COTS READY In Chateauguay, ice-laden trees partially blocked some riverside roads while Longueuil officials warned motorists, especially truck drivers, to avoid secondary roads and low-hanging, ice-laden power lines. Kahnawake's emergency shelter provided about 300 suppers last night and 200 cots were at the ready to serve as beds. """"We are prepared,"""" community-services committee member Rheena Diabo said. And word of the shelter had been spread. About 15,000 notices had been distributed, advising people of the shelter set up at the Knights of Columbus hall. Local radio station K103, using an emergency generator, alerted residents to news of the shelter and conservation officers had traveled in trucks and all-terrain vehicles to outlying homes, offering those residents a lift into town. But about 55 elderly or infirm people who had no power or heat refused to leave their homes, Diabo said. """"They grew up during the Depression and take this in stride,"""" she said. """"They are tough and they know what to do."""" They do have wood-burning stoves and light sources, Diabo added. And authorities or family members check on them regularly, she said. Deer, who is pushing 76 and breaks out the ceremonial tobacco when visitors arrive at his home, understands the stand taken by his contemporaries. So does Kellyann Meloche, who turns 23 next week, and uses computers, cellular telephones and fax machines in her job as coordinator of emergency planning for the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake. """"They (the community elders) have been through tough times. For them, this is not difficult. And they have wood stoves. Now everyone is gathering around the stoves in their homes and talking. They like it that their children and grandchildren can come and sit around the fire and talk about things,"""" Meloche explained. Among the items on Meloche's agenda yesterday were meetings with other emergency workers and council members to determine whether a state of emergency should be declared in Kahnawake. Another item was what the community's response would be to any possible offers of assistance from the Canadian Forces. It was a topic that Meloche approached gingerly yesterday. (During the 1990 Oka crisis, emotions ran high as armed Mohawks blocked the Mercier Bridge in solidarity with Mohawks in Kanesatake locked in a 78-day standoff against provincial police and the army.) """"These are certainly different circumstances,"""" Meloche said. """"I know that a lot of people have put '90 in the past. For instance, we have got cots (for Kahnawake's shelter) from the Red Cross and there was a time in '90 when it refused to come in here because they deemed Kahnawake a war zone. But now we are working with them."""" Damage from ice will be most costly GEOFF BAKER The Gazette A senior insurance official now says the ice storm that has ravaged southern Quebec this week will cost more to fix than any other winter weather disaster in Canadian history. """"I think this is definitely the worst storm where insurance was involved in terms of winter storms,"""" said Raymond Medza, general manager for the Quebec region of the Insurance Bureau of Canada. Medza said that from the initial reports he's been getting, the cost of storm damage should rise well into the tens of millions of dollars when his umbrella association, which counts about 140 insurers in Quebec, starts getting financial estimates from members next week. Costly winter storms are unusual, he said, since the biggest inconveniences are usually limited to traffic chaos and not physical damage. The insurance bureau began tracking storm costs after the July 14, 1987, flood in Montreal that resulted in payouts of about $70 million. Financial damage from storms before that would have trouble cracking today's Top-50 list because of inflation and Medza said none of the winter ones - including Montreal's so-called """"storm of the century"""" in March 1971 - come even close to what this week's will cost. """"I was in this same office I'm in now back in 1971 and I was stranded here for two days,"""" he said of the storm that dropped 47 centimeters of snow in Montreal on March 3 and 4 of that year. """"We actually had a pretty good time here. While the streets were blocked and you couldn't go anywhere, you didn't have power failures or tree branches crashing down on cars and homes."""" The most expensive winter storm recorded in Canada from an insurance perspective was a March 1991 tornado that tore through Sarnia, Ont., and caused $25 million worth of insurable damage. None of Montreal's previous ice storms made the insurance bureau's list of the most costly Canadian natural disasters. """"Two people who work with me had tree branches crash through their roofs,"""" Medza said the heaviest storm damage occurs during the summer months, when high winds can cause tornadoes and excessive rain brings sewer backups and floods homes. Of the 48 most costly Canadian storms, 31 of them occurred during the months of July and August. But it was on Sept. 7, 1991, that a severe hail storm rained down on the city of Calgary, causing $342 million in insurable damage to homes and cars - the highest total recorded by any natural disaster in Canada's history. Quebec's worst insurance bill was for $212 million after the July 1996 flooding in the Saguenay - although about $108 million of that total came from one company reporting three commercial-property claims. The cost of disaster Most expensive storms Cities Claims Amount paid Calgary, Alta. (hail) Sept. 7, 1991 116,311 $342 million Saguenay (flood) July 19-20, 1996 6,461 $212 million Edmonton, Alta. (tornado) July 31, 1987 58,506 $148 million Calgary, Alta. (hail) July 16-18, 1996 21,918 $103 million Calgary, Alta. (hail) July 24-25, 1996 17,337 $75 million Montreal (flood) July 14, 1987 NA $70 million Montreal and Quebec City (flood) Nov. 9, 1996 9,094 $65 million Southern Ontario (various storms) July 13-15, 1995 23,836 $53 million Calgary, Alta. (hail) July 17, 1995 18,839 $52 million Medicine Hat, Alta. (tornado) June 7, 1988 21,764 $50 million Most expensive winter storms Sarnia, Ont. (tornado) March 27-28, 1991 14,608 $25 million Ont., Que. fighting the ice Ottawa declares state of emergency; parts of Vermont, Maine in the dark JONATHON GATEHOUSE The Gazette It may be cold comfort to the millions of Quebecers left shivering in the dark by a series of freezing rain storms, but they are not alone in their misery. The same weather system that has dumped more than 50 millimeters - and counting - of icy precipitation on southwestern Quebec this week has also wreaked havoc on eastern Ontario and several U.S. states. More than 200,000 Ontario Hydro customers in the areas of Ottawa, Kingston and Cornwall were left without power yesterday, and officials said it may be days before service is re-established. """"It's difficult to tell how long this is going to take, the weather is really working against us,"""" said Ontario Hydro spokesman Al Manchee. """"It could be a matter of hours for some and a matter of days for others."""" In Ottawa, more than 30,000 of the 110,000 Hydro customers in the city were without power yesterday morning, and the storm was again blamed for wiping out progress made earlier in the week. """"We're right back in the thick of things now,"""" Hydro spokesman Dan Ralph said. City officials declared a state of emergency, and Ralph said it will be at least another 24 hours before the damage is repaired. The weather and Ottawa airport delays have forced Prime Minister Jean Chretien and the provincial premiers to postpone from Saturday to Sunday their departure on a trade mission to Latin America. While storm-struck people in Ottawa and Montreal scramble to find flashlights and friends with electricity, people living in the surrounding countryside are facing other challenges, like helping their animals survive and dealing with isolation. At the Claire farmhouse in Vankleek Hill, Ont., the phone was ringing off the hook - just about the only appliance that is still working since the ice storm hit. """"No, I don't have a generator, I need a generator,"""" Lorie Claire explained to a fellow dairy farmer on the other end of the line. """"We've been out since Monday. Oh God, it's terrible."""" NOT GOING ANYWHERE """"I'm staying as long as it takes,"""" Benita Greenspon of Notre Dame de Grace said early last evening, as she stood in the lobby of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel on Sherbrooke St. This is Greenspon's first stay in the ritzy Ritz. She booked in Wednesday, and says she's having a great time. """"I've brought my dog, and I'm trying to make a mini-vacation of it all,"""" she said. She's taking advantage of a special $98-a-night, ice-storm rate introduced by the hotel on Tuesday afternoon. Greenspon, a businesswoman, is staying in a room that would normally go for $150 in winter and $250 in summer. """"Most of our local guests are from Saint-Lambert."""" THE GAZETTE, MONTREAL, FRIDAY, JANUARY 9, 1998 F7 Across 1 Kind of wrench 7 Venomous, as a snake 13 Do well 14 Not real 16 Reducer 17 Eavesdropped 19 With 49-Across, underlying theme of 24-Down 21 Prefix with stasis 22 only 23 Appropriate, in a way 25 School sub 26 Hall of fame 28 Brine-cured cheeses 30 The skeptic 32 Hairy-chested 33 With the worst consequences 35 Convictions 36 Foods, Inc. 37 Frequent 24-Down subject 38 Picture 39 Public relations interpretations 40 Undermine 41 Vituperates 43 Oft 47 Site of temptation 49 52 54 55 56 57 58 See 19-Across Nice work if you can get it James Russell Lowell, for one Freshens, in a way Bow out Illegal race track workers Secret fraternity ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE Down Put on """"Goody!"""" Desire Wind-up toys? Incessantly Arctic Very much Climb Wallop Some investors' income: Abbr. 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. Windchill -15 tonight, 100 chance of ice pellets. Forecast issued at 5 p.m. yesterday covers highs for today and overnight. High -6, Low near -13, Snow Laurentians High -2, Low near -8, Ice pellets Eastern Ontario High -1, Low near -8, Freezing rain Southern Ontario High 2, Low near -4, Cloudy Quebec City High -5, Low near -8, Ice pellets Eastern Townships High 1, Low near -2, Rain Northern New England High 2, Low near -1, Showers Gaspé High -9, Low near -10, Flurries. The Gazette, MONTREAL, FRIDAY, JANUARY 9, 1998 A9 NATION Binnie named to Supreme Court STEPHEN BINDMAN Southam News OTTAWA - A highly respected but little-known Bay Street lawyer and constitutional expert is the newest member of the Supreme Court of Canada. But Prime Minister Jean Chretien's surprise appointment yesterday of Ian Binnie is being criticized as a missed opportunity to appoint another woman to the country's top court. """"It's absolutely mind-boggling,"""" said University of Calgary professor Kathleen Mahoney. """"Fifty percent of the people in Canada are women and there are so many good women on the bench that they can no longer justify just two women out of nine on the Supreme Court of Canada."""" University of Ottawa professor Ed Ratushny agreed that, while Binnie will make an excellent judge, several strong female judges on the Ontario Court of Appeal could have received the nod. Fifty-eight-year-old Binnie, a partner with the country's largest national law firm, McCarthy Tetrault, replaces Justice John Sopinka, who died suddenly late last year. He is Chretien's second appointment to the high court - New Brunswick Judge Michel Bastarache was appointed in October to replace retiring Gerard La Forest. Mild-mannered and publicity-shy, the Montreal-born, Cambridge-educated lawyer has represented a wide variety of clients during his 30-year legal career, ranging from large corporations to Guy Paul Morin, who was wrongfully convicted of killing his neighbor. Binnie is also no stranger to Ottawa, having spent four years as assistant deputy minister of Justice in the 1980s, responsible for all litigation by or against the federal government. He has appeared before the Supreme Court more than 25 times, arguing both for and against the federal government on issues ranging from gay rights to cruise-missile testing. He has represented the media in several important cases, including challenges to the publication ban in the Karla Homolka case and to a law that restricts the reporting of opinion polls in the days before federal elections. Binnie has extensive constitutional experience. Besides arguing numerous cases involving the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, he recently represented Newfoundland in its bid for constitutional reforms to its religious-based education system and was counsel to a Senate-Commons committee on the Meech Lake accord in the late 1980s. Chief Justice Antonio Lamer said Binnie will be sworn in Feb. 2 and will spend the following few weeks preparing for the hearings on Quebec's right to secede unilaterally, which will proceed as scheduled on Feb. 16. He said Binnie's appointment from private practice will help keep the court in touch with the society it serves. Chretien defended the appointment even though there are only two women on the top court - Claire L'Heureux-Dubé and Beverley McLachlin. He said Justice Minister Anne McLellan recommended a lawyer from private practice to replace Sopinka. """"It's not a question of numbers. We do not select based on sex and language and religion and color. We try to have the best person available,"""" said Chretien, who as justice minister appointed Bertha Wilson as the first woman on the top court. Ontario lawyer is called sharp, funny Binnie steps into late John Sopinka's shoes JIM BRONSKILL Southam News OTTAWA - The magazine article featured prominent lawyer John Sopinka, but the accompanying photograph was of colleague Ian Binnie. It was an easy mistake to make: the two legal eagles, with neatly trimmed mustaches and wide-rimmed glasses, looked strikingly similar. The 1988 mugshot mix-up eerily foreshadowed events to come. Binnie, appointed yesterday to the Supreme Court, fills the vacancy left by Sopinka's untimely November death. Both men made the rare leap from careers as practicing lawyers to the country's highest bench. And the similarities do not end there. Associates say Binnie possesses two of Sopinka's finest traits - the ability to distill complex arguments into simple language and a warm sense of humor. """"The late John Sopinka, in the opinion of most, is irreplaceable,"""" said Ottawa lawyer David Scott. """"But Ian is certainly a worthy successor, tragic as John's departure was."""" A constitutional expert, Binnie has handled cases on a wide range of subjects, including freedom of expression, pharmaceutical regulation, free trade, aboriginal issues and international boundaries. As a young man, Binnie's formidable intellect led him to England's Cambridge University, where he earned a law degree before returning to Canada to continue his studies. After establishing a track record in private practice, he served four years as associate deputy justice minister in the federal government. In 1986, he joined the law firm McCarthy Tetrault. Peter Russell, a law professor at the University of Toronto, said the Supreme Court will benefit from Binnie's solid experience in constitutional and international affairs. """"A lot of the court's most challenging work ahead lies in those fields."""" Binnie hinted that joining the court will not prevent him from occasionally wading into debates about how the law applies to current events. """"I certainly think that judges are accountable, because they exercise a lot of authority on matters that are important to individuals,"""" he said. """"I don't think they should be immune from criticism and I don't think that they should pretend that their views are of no importance and, therefore, not speak out."""" Binnie said he was """"astonished"""" when he was approached last month to see whether he would be a candidate. """"I had not applied for any judicial position and there was certainly no lobby,"""" he said. """"The process that produced it is something that I don't know about."""" He said, """"I've been to the Supreme Court often enough as a lawyer and it's going to be interesting to see it from the other side of the bench."""" Binnie said he is a fan of the Charter and is prepared to use it to strike down laws. """"I think when the Charter was brought, it was intended to be used constructively and creatively, and I think that's what the court has done. The elected legislators gave the courts the tools by which they have invalidated some laws."""" It's not as if the courts have usurped the power that the parliamentarians never intended to confer. """"I don't know that I can pigeonhole myself as a conservative or liberal or activist. I think those concepts are applied by others to judges when they see what kind of track record is developed. That will emerge over time."""" Binnie has four children with wife Susan, who works for the Law Society of Upper Canada. Daughter Alexandra is a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University in England. Although he typically has a full legal plate, Binnie has made time for gardening, skiing and sailing. He is invariably described as kind and personable, but not to be taken lightly in the courtroom. A colleague remembers a 1992 boundary dispute with France in which Binnie, representing Ottawa, boiled down a confusing point into an amusing analogy about a joint bank account. The story not only clearly explained the point, but had the French lawyer and the judge in gales of laughter, recalls the associate. """"Not an easy thing to do. It's certainly one of the key features of his approach to difficult issues, to get at the essence of them and to express that in very simple, very matter-of-fact but very persuasive language."""" Binnie was often called in to rescue floundering cases on appeal - for example, last year he persuaded the Supreme Court to let three Nazi war-crimes cases proceed despite a secret meeting between a judge and a senior federal lawyer. """"He's one of the best lawyers in Canada and he's the kind of person we need on the Supreme Court of Canada,"""" said Osgoode Hall law professor Patrick Monahan. Scott sees Binnie intellectually as something of an iron fist in a velvet glove. """"One should not confuse his very gentle appearance and approach as any timidity or absence of focus or purpose,"""" he said. """"He knows exactly what he's doing."""" STEPHEN BINDMAN OF SOUTHAM NEWS CONTRIBUTED TO THIS REPORT. The Montreal Urban Community Police Service has added extra police patrols around the dock patrolling our streets. Officers in their local community stations are helping local citizens handle crisis situations. The Montreal Urban Community Police Service is encouraging all citizens to be especially careful and vigilant when approaching non-functional traffic lights. Police officers will be paying special attention to those who are driving dangerously, speeding and not conforming to proper road ethics. The Montreal Urban Community Police Service is advising citizens to avoid parking their vehicles under trees. CRIME PREVENTION TIPS DURING WEATHER WARNINGS Before leaving your home: Verify with your neighbors or your family who is staying and who is leaving. Be discreet about your emergency plans; inform your neighbor/family where you will be staying and the telephone number where you can be reached. Indicate to your neighbor approximate times you will be passing by to verify your abandoned home. If possible, leave your neighbor a house key so they can make occasional verifications inside your home. Turn off all appliances so that your system will not be overloaded when electricity is re-activated. Giving your home that lived-in look: Inquire if your neighbor can park a car in your driveway. Ask your neighbor to make occasional verifications inside your home. Make sure all newspapers and mail are removed from the mailbox. Put away all tools and items that can help someone enter your home. Lock all doors and windows prior to leaving. We are asking that all Montreal citizens lend a helping hand and show a community spirit in this crisis! Please contact your neighborhood police station for further information. A message from The Gazette and your MUC police service. COMMUNAUTÉ URBAINE DE MONTRÉAL Police An advisory regarding your telephone service. The freezing rain storms have affected some telephone lines interrupting service in your region. Some further disruption is possible. Rest assured that we're doing everything in our power to provide service as conditions permit. Thank you very much for your understanding. DAVID SIDAWAY, GAZETTE Snap, crack, crash; Thousands of trees in parks across the island are succumbing to ice build-up and wind. Mount Royal ravaged People ignore danger to visit the 'beautiful' mountain MICHELLE IALONDE The Gazette Standing in a branch-littered clearing on Mount Royal yesterday afternoon and looking up at the ice-glazed trees was like watching fireworks in reverse: The silver explosions would start, static in the sky, then a terrible crack, and a spectacular crash to the ground. Dozens of people were on the mountain yesterday, despite a city directive that all city parks are closed because of the danger of falling trees and branches. Nowhere was the damage as heavy as on Mount Royal, because of its height and exposure to the wind. 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. Those winds were whipping up at about 4:30 yesterday afternoon as Armand Acedevo brought his two daughters, 4 and 9 years old, down from a careful walk on the mountain. """"I went in the clearings, where there were no trees above us. We just came to look at it, it's so beautiful,"""" Acedevo said. Mount Royal Park, along with the city's 715 other parks, was officially closed by decree of the city's emergency-measures committee yesterday. Pariseau said it's impossible to put fences up around all the parks, but police can order pedestrians out and the city accepts no responsibility for injuries caused by falling branches. A length of police tape, along with a more effective clump of fallen branches, blocked the path up from Park Ave, but that didn't stop dozens of mountain enthusiasts and their dogs from taking their chances among the falling timber yesterday. In fact, many of those hiking on the mountain in the afternoon had no idea the park was officially closed. Jason Cohen and Luc Lavoie emerged from a dense canopy of trees, cameras in hand. """"We are taking disaster shots; we took photos of the same trees last fall and they were so beautiful,"""" Cohen said. Sean McCutcheon was walking his two dogs on the mountain yesterday as he does every day. The crashing all around him did not seem to faze him, although one of his dogs was obviously skittish. CALCULATED RISK """"Nobody stops me. I come here every day. I love these trees. I love this forest,"""" he said. He said he had a couple of favorite old trees he wanted to check on, to see how they were doing, and was willing to take a """"calculated risk"""" to do that. He said he was being careful not to walk directly under the trees, and listened carefully for that telltale, warning crack. Paul Richardt, strolling with a companion as night fell on Mount Royal, said it was painful to see the trees breaking. """"There are emotions; it's not just trees. They are living things and it's hard to watch this, I find,"""" he said. About 20,000 of the city's trees have been damaged so far by the storm. Stadium readied for Stones Big O maintenance workers check roof, remove ice, snow KATHRYN GREENAWAY The Gazette Mick Jagger's throat isn't the only thing that needs to be clear if the Rolling Stones are going to play the Olympic Stadium Sunday night. A crew of around 30 Olympic Stadium maintenance workers has been visiting the roof on a daily basis to chip away any accumulated snow or ice. Down below, meanwhile, the stage set is ready and plans have been laid to remove snow and ice from the ramps, walkways, and entryways to the massive building. MEASURED FOR SAGGING Every day the tension of the cables holding up the stadium's roof is measured with a specially designed instrument to make sure no part of the roof is sagging under a dangerous strain. As of yesterday, all the cables registered well under the danger mark. """"It's hard to say how long (the cleanup process) will take because this is an exceptional situation which involves many variables,"""" Olympic Installations Board spokesman Francine Saucier said yesterday. """"We have to consider things like how strong the wind is blowing, how much more frozen rain is still on the way, or will the rain turn to snow?"""" None of the workmen were available for comment yesterday, but Saucier said they use nothing fancier than plastic shovels to get rid of ice on the roof. No chemicals, just shovels with edges rounded to prevent perforating the flexible roof. Is it dangerous work? """"Men are working on a slanted, flexible surface which is slippery with ice. So far things are going well,"""" Saucier said. Jagger, the Rolling Stones lead singer, canceled two shows this week - at Toronto's Skydome and in Syracuse, N.Y. The Old Brewery Mission is at 866-6591. A listing of food banks did not include the Share the Warmth Foundation, which operates a food bank in Point St. Charles, servicing Montreal's southwest sector Little Burgundy, Point St. Charles, St. Henri and Verdun. Phone 933-5599. As well, a single telephone number was given for the Gai Écoute and Gay Line listening services. Although the two lines share a phone-message system, each service has its own number. Gay Line, for English-speaking callers, is at 866-5090. Gai Écoute, for French-speaking callers, is at 521-1508. Bouchard accepts Canadian Forces aid BLACKOUT Continued from Page A1 Environment Canada is forecasting another 10 millimeters of freezing rain for Montreal today, but they expect it to end in the late afternoon. Tomorrow and Sunday, it will be cloudy with a few sunny breaks and a 30- to 40-percent chance of flurries. Monday's forecast calls for up to 5 centimeters of snow and Tuesday is expected to be cloudy with a chance of flurries. 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+83,20001106,modern,Rain,"Residents of rain-weary Cape Breton will have to wait a few more days before the province determines if flooded basements and businesses qualify for financial assistance. Jamie Muir, the minister responsible for emergency measures, took a first-hand look yesterday at some of the areas hardest hit when a month's worth of rain soaked the island last week. After a tour that included collapsed culverts on the outskirts of Sydney, a heavily damaged basement in the town of Dominion, and a swamped store in Glace Bay, the minister said it will take days to place a dollar figure on the damage. """"We've seen damage in all areas,"""" said Muir, a Truro resident who experienced the massive flooding that took place there a few years ago. Muir said there was a """"significant amount of damage,"""" but didn't speculate on the total cost. """"Each case is different,"""" he said. MUST TALLY DAMAGE While the province has a disaster-relief plan, Muir said individual homeowners will have to tally the damage and apply for assistance. The policy, which carries a $1,000 deductible, covers uninsurable damage to homes and small businesses up to $50,000. The overall damage must also trigger a national relief policy before the provincial plan kicks in. In Nova Scotia, that means roughly one dollar per capita, or $942,000, worth of damage must be incurred in any area of the province before relief is offered. """"There are a number of factors and it doesn't take a long while to straighten out once things dry out,"""" he said. """"But until the water goes down and people get things dried out, it's pretty difficult to make an assessment."""" BRIDGE REPLACED Muir added that the province is already footing the bill for repairs to a culvert eaten away by a rushing brook in the Floral Heights subdivision near Sydney. Yesterday, crews replaced a walking bridge that was the only way in or out for about 150 families, with a 26-metre span. The new bridge was expected to be operating after midnight, emergency measures spokesman Debbie Rudderham said. Weather forecasters weren't offering any immediate relief from the wet weather. The same three low-pressure systems that drenched the industrial Cape Breton area with nearly 200 millimetres of rain between Oct. 28 and Thursday continued. An additional 33 millimetres fell Thursday, seven millimetres Friday and 52 millimetres Saturday. Between 5 and 10 millimetres were expected yesterday. Environment Canada meteorologist Mike Battson said no more heavy rainfall was in the forecast, but the system will continue to provide regular amounts of rain (from five to 20 millimetres) until mid-week. Woman shoved into path of train EDMONTON - A 22-year-old woman was shoved into the path of an approaching transit train yesterday but escaped death when the train was able to stop without hitting her. The train came so close to the woman that its front coupling cast a shadow over her, police said. """"She was very shaken up, obviously,"""" said Staff Sgt. Dick Shantz of Edmonton police. The woman suffered cuts and bruises and was undergoing X-rays to determine if she broke any bones in her 1.5-metre fall from the transit platform to the train tracks. Shantz said the attack occurred when a man """"ran up behind the woman and deliberately pushed her in front of the train"""" at a transit station at the University of Alberta about 4 p.m. An eyewitness tackled a suspect and held him until security arrived. Gordon Bernard Merrick, 38, of Edmonton is charged with attempted murder. THE ACES ON BRIDGE BY BOBBY WOLFF """"With foxes we must play the fox."""" -Thomas Fuller, M. D10 THE GAZETTE, MONTREAL, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2000 MONDAY SPORTS SOCCER ROUNDUP Udinese surprise Italian leaders MADRID - Alaves rolled to a 4-0 win. Ruben Wiki (centre) leads the New League World Cup match against Wales in Cardiff. Kiwis dominate rugby Crush Wales to capture group in League World Cup Associated Press LONDON - Canberra winger Lesley Vainikolo scored three of New Zealand's 11 tries in a 58-18 Rugby League World Cup crushing of Wales in the Millennium Stadium yesterday. Halfbacks Stacey Jones and Henry Paul repeatedly unlocked the Welsh defence and the powerfully built Vainikolo terrorized them with his fast bursts in the style of All Blacks winger Jonah Lomu. The result maintained the Kiwis' expected perfect record with three wins from three group games in the competition as all three powerhouse teams made it to the quarter-final. Australia crushed Russia 110-4 at Hull on Saturday and England scored a 66-10 victory over Fiji at Leeds. The defending titlist Australians will now meet Samoa, which beat Scotland 20-12 in Edinburgh yesterday to reach the quarter-finals. Cricket scandal sparks denials West Indies great Lara says he wasn't involved in fixing matches Associated Press PERTH, Australia - The West Indies cricket team closed ranks around an embattled Brian Lara as the visitors arrived in Australia for the start of a four-month tour. Lara, 31, together with six former international cricket captains, has been accused of match-fixing in a report released last week by India's Central Bureau of Investigation. Based predominantly on the testimony of an admitted illegal gambler, Mukesh Gupta, the report alleges that Lara took $40,000 to """"underperform"""" during two 1994 matches in India. The champion batsman, who has denied Gupta's claims, dodged the media on arrival in Perth. English not so Swede about Eriksson hiring """"It was as if Canada appointed a Finn to coach its national hockey team."""" When the English Football Association announced that it was hiring Swede Sven-Goran Eriksson, who has had great success coaching in Italy and Portugal, as its new national team coach, the outcry was tremendous. """"Disaster,"""" the tabloid London Daily Mirror headlined the news. """"England's humiliation knows no end. All that is left is for the football men of England to pull the sackcloth up over our heads and let the grave-dancers pile on the ashes,"""" wrote Daily Mail columnist Jeff Powell. """"We've sold our birthright down the river to a nation of 7 million skiers and hammer-throwers who spend half their lives in darkness."""" John Sadler of the Sun, a newspaper that has a well-deserved reputation for xenophobia, used words like """"humiliation"""" and """"climb-down"""" to describe the appointment. """"What a terrible, pathetic self-inflicted indictment,"""" he wrote. """"What an awful mess."""" Predictably, Gordon Taylor, a former manager who heads the Professional Footballers' Association, the players' union, and John Barnwell, head of the League Managers' Association, also condemned the move. """"I think it's a betrayal of our coaching structure,"""" Taylor said. """"When they talk about we've nobody here, suddenly Terry Venables is not considered, because they have put criteria down that maybe the Archbishop of Canterbury wouldn't meet."""" That might be the only time you'll see Venables, the former England manager whose shady financial dealings have landed him in frequent legal hot water, and the good archbishop linked in the same sentence. """"The appointment of a foreign coach beggars belief,"""" Barnwell said. """"This is another example of us giving away another of our family treasures to Europe."""" Then there was Jack Charlton, the former England player who was a mainstay on the World Cup-winning team in 1966, and a longtime manager in England and Ireland. """"The French are managed by a Frenchman, the Germans have a German in charge and the Italians have one of their own,"""" said Charlton, failing to note one key difference between those countries and England - they've had vastly greater international soccer success. And besides, I seem to remember that Charlton, an Englishman, was the Irish soccer manager for several years in the 1980s and '90s. """"What's sauce for the goose?"""" It was Paul Hayward of the London Daily Telegraph who put matters into the proper perspective when he wrote: """"Only if we keep repeating the discredited mantra that England is a great footballing power will Eriksson's appointment continue to be seen as an outrage."""" FOREIGNERS IN - Many Italian players and coaches, not least national team coach Giovanni Trapattoni, are advocates of strict limits on foreign players, even ones from other European Union countries, on Italian league teams. 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. Team owners love the verdict - increased competition will keep wages down - but Italian players were dismayed. """"If this ruling goes through, it would be absolutely crazy,"""" said Parma's Diego Fuser. """"This will help neither Italian football nor foreigners. With an entirely free market there will be no reason for clubs to invest in the youth sector."""" MARRIAGE MADE IN MERCHANDISING HELL - It was only a matter of time before Moneybags United - oops, that should be Merchandise United, no, sorry, Manchester United - got together with sportswear colossus Nike. The English kingpin signed a deal last week with the American company to supply its uniforms and kit, beginning in August 2002. That's when United's deal with England's Umbro runs out. The 13-year deal is worth up to an astounding $670 million Canadian. That eclipses the record deal between Nike and the Brazilian national team, worth a paltry $140 million over 10 years. The deal came into effect despite protests by some members of Shareholders United, the fans' pressure group, which was alarmed at reports of exploitation and child labour at some third-world Nike factories. Man U made the usual noises about watching the situation carefully, safeguards in place, yadda yadda yadda. In this case, money doesn't just talk, it screams. BLATTER BABBLE - An impressive climb-down by Sepp Blatter, the cement-skulled FIFA president. Blatter, alarmed at the Brazilian congress's investigation into soccer in that country, threatened to bar Brazil from international play, citing political interference. Brazilians reacted with outrage, suggesting that Blatter should welcome efforts to clean up Brazilian soccer, a notorious quagmire of corruption. Politicians suggested that the FIFA boss was badly informed and should go away and think again. Blatter quickly fired off a conciliatory email saying he now supported the congressional probe, as long as it confines its investigation to Brazilian soccer, which was the plan all along. SHORT PASSES - Free-spending Chelsea of England's Premier League has signed Danish midfielder Jesper Gronjaer from Ajax Amsterdam for almost $20 million. Guess those rumours of abolishing transfer fees aren't worrying the Blues. Astonishingly, the Football Association of Ireland says it is satisfied that Tony Cascarino was always eligible to play for Ireland, this despite the admission by Cascarino, who won a record 88 caps for Ireland, that he has no Irish blood. His mother, whose maiden name was O'Malley, actually was adopted, Cascarino wrote in his autobiography. Ireland actually does have a regulation that allows offspring of children adopted by Irish parents to assume Irish citizenship. Claudio Lopez, the striker expensively signed by Italy's Lazio from Valencia of Spain, will be out up to three months after tearing the outside ligament in his left knee in a game last week. Marseille, having its problems this season, is reported to be considering hiring Eric Cantona as its manager. Cantona, remembered chiefly for his fiery play with Manchester United, is trying to get his acting career off the ground. THE GAZETTE, MONTREAL, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2000 F7 EE SEE caosass 1 2 13, 14 lii 6 imnJ!Wj7 B B T3 f 111 ITS rra n - tz i7 18 i TiP jj T l!,' g """"-"""",- ?T 26 26 27 """" """" """"""""""""We"""" jSi 29 """" """""""" 30 """" 3 g"""" 33 """""""""""" 33 ' 35 """" ''"""" '""""v-ri SS- , """""""""""""""""""" T""""! 37 138 """" """""""""""" """" 39"""""""" """""""" """" 40 ' 41 """" 42 """""""" """""""""""""""" """" ' 43 44 """" 46 46 """" """" W"""" J7 33 J'""""' 49 So ':V ' '"""" 51 3 W'Im'"""" I&5 ' 35"""""""""""""""" """""""" """""""""""" """""""" 5T 68 69 """" """" 60 """" r , ; 3 5T """""""""""" """" """" - PlzzlE by Peter Gordon 11-06 ACROSS 1 Peanut in the South 7 Kitten's plaything 11 Magazine with a fold-in back cover 14 Richly decorated 15 Eminently draftable 16 Intense anger 17 Gab 19 TV room 20 A weather is opposite 21 Winning tic-tac-toe row 22 College application part 24 Piece next to a knight 26 Core group 28 Sound from a moving train 32 Winter forecast 33 On guard 34 Explosive stuff 36 Hardly neatniks 37 Dress with a flared bottom 39 Uncles, in Cuba 40 Doctors' org 41 Les Etats 42 Base stealer Lou 43 Darned 47 Novelists Ferber and O'Brien 48 Feedbag fill Answer To Previous Puzzle SNUF FeTQfxFSMUDGE E fluteh""""hehitage 49 Town square 51 Make a goof 52 Radio operators 56 Captain's journal 57 Important person 61 Bird that gives a hoot 62 French 101 verb 63 Aviator Earhart 64 Driving range peg 65 Calendar units 66 Stagecoach robber DOWN 1 """"Naked Maja"""" painter 2 Spoken 3 Give the over 4 Pastry shops 5 When the French fry 6 Seized again 7 Toy that goes """"around the world"""" 8 Santa, Calif 9 room (place to play games) 10 In an unprotected manner 11 Torso 12 Zone 13 Contradict 18 Oxen connector 23 Lanka 25 Halloween's mo 26 Shade of blue No 0925 27 Big garden size 28 Ascend 29 Top-notch lawyer 30 Chubby Checker's dance 31 Word repeated before """"Who's there?"""" 32 Health resort 35 Sound of disappointment 37 """"My Way"""" songwriter 38 Commits perjury 39 Sanitation workers 41 Not specified 42 Sandwich that usually contains mayo 44 Axlike tool 45 Time past 46 It grows every time you get a shot 49 Parcel of land 50 Actor Rob 51 Meagerly maintains, with """"out"""" 53 """"Lang Syne"""" 54 Early 12th-century date 55 Three-person card game 58 Actress Hagen 59 Weep 60 Singer Sumac TODAY'S FORECAST The Weather Network make the right call Montreal area 1-900-565-Weather Weather On Demand $1.50 min Wednesday Today's high 9 Tonight's low 4 Cloudy with sunny breaks, Winds northwesterly 20 km/h shifting to northerly 20 km/h. Tonight, cloudy with Thursday clear breaks. EXTENDED WEATHER: Tomorrow Partly cloudy High 10 Low 5 The Weather Network www.TheWeatherNetwork.com Regional synopses Partly sunny High 12 Low 3 Forecast issued at 5 p.m. 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. yesterday 8.9 measured in mm) 0.5 Month to date 1: Oct 2 to date Year ago today 10.4 0.7 Month normal 89 31.4 Normal this date 8.4 1.0 Today's normal 3.0 Today's Record Max 1948 21.7 1951 Temperature Yesterday 8.5 Partly sunny High 8 Low 3 Friday Partly sunny High 8 Low 2 Sun & moon 36 p.m. Moonset 12:30 a.m. Sunrise 6:41 a.m. Sunset Total daylight: 9 hrs, 53 min 0000 Nov 11 Nov 15 Nov 25 Dec 4 Full New Abltlbr-Temlscamlngue High 7 Low near 0 Mainly sunny Laurentians High 7 Low near 1 Variably cloudy Eastern Ontario High 8 Low near 4 Partly cloudy Southern Ontario High 10 Low near 2 Mainly sunny Quebec City High 5 Low near 2 Cloudy Eastern Townships High 6 Low near 2 Cloudy Northern New England High 8 Low near 1 Showers Gaspe High 6 Low near 3 Cloudy Canada today mm, 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. John's Showers 9 8 Rio de Janeiro P Sunny 30 19 United States today Stockholm Cloudy 8 2 Atlanta Showers 17 12 Sydney Showers 21 8 Boston Cloudy 9 5 Tokyo Sunny 19 11 Chicago Showers 12 7 Resorts today Dallas Showers 21 9 Max Min Denver Cloudy 2 -7 Acapulco Sunny 30 22 Las Vegas Showers 17 6 Barbados Showers 32 23 Los Angeles Windy 18 12 Bermuda Showers 25 18 New Orleans Thunderstorms 25 18 Daytona Cloudy 25 17 New York P Cloudy 10 5 Kingston Sunny 31 27 Phoenix Cloudy 22 11 Miami P Cloudy 27 22 St. Louis Showers 15 9 Myrtle Beach P Cloudy 18 10 San Francisco Windy 16 10 Nassau Sunny 28 22 Washington Sunny 13 5 Tampa P Cloudy 27 17 WORLD Divers enter sub saving quarters Associated Press MOSCOW - Russian and Norwegian divers entered the living quarters of the sunken nuclear submarine Kursk yesterday and found it badly damaged, but did not locate any more bodies of missing crewmen, a navy official said. The divers were able to penetrate one metre into the fourth compartment, and visibility was poor, navy spokesman Vladimir Navrotsky said. So far they have not found any bodies. The work is very difficult because of the damage. The Kursk, with a crew of 118, exploded and sank to the bottom of the Barents Sea on Aug. 12. A preliminary inspection of the fourth compartment with video cameras showed extensive damage to the partitions between the living and service areas, but the wall dividing it from the third compartment remained intact, Navrotsky said. On Saturday, divers moved their search for bodies toward less damaged areas after failing to enter a shattered third forward compartment earlier in the week. So far, only 12 bodies have been recovered. What's Up? Young people in politics Appearing on November 9. 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Source: NADbank 1999, Montreal CMA (Read yesterday: The Gazette, Le Journal de Montreal, La Presse, The Globe and Mail). DAVE KENOAU, AP Aston Villa captain Gareth Southgate (left) leads a charge by seven players for the ball after a corner kick in a soccer match against Everton played in teeming rain yesterday at Liverpool's Goodison Park. Aston Villa scored in the final minute for a 1-0 win. Story Page D10 Lone Quebec Tory runs into Bloc CANADA VOTES DAVID GAMBLE Gazette Ottawa Bureau VICTORIAVILLE - Fresh from a night at the bowling alley, Fernand Desy took a few seconds to size up Conservative MP Andre Bachand's shot at keeping his Richmond-Arthabaska seat after the Nov. 27 federal election. """"He is one of the good ones. But it will be hard for him. He's all by himself now,"""" the 59-year-old plumber offered sadly. Bachand is the last Tory member of Parliament in Quebec and the only one of the five Quebec Tories elected in 1997 not to quit to join another party. With almost no help from the once-mighty, now foundering Conservatives, the popular former mayor of Asbestos is in a fight for survival with Bloc Quebecois candidate Andre Bellavance - who is working hard to reclaim the seat the separatist party lost three years ago. Bachand also has the Liberals and the newborn Canadian Alliance nipping at his heels. Please see BACHAND, Page A8 PM makes pitch to women, Page A12 We'll be punching, Day says, Page A13 What if?: MacDonald, Page B3 Fruit-seller feels squeeze Strike by truckers means grocers are running short of imported delicacies ALLISON HANES The Gazette Michael Di Staullo craves Clementines. Normally at this time of year, the co-owner of Fruiterie Westmount sells as many as 100 crates a day of the succulent miniature oranges from Morocco for between $2.99 and $4.99 each. But because of an illegal strike by independent truckers who transport goods from the Port of Montreal, the shipment of Clementines Di Staullo is expecting is rotting on a pier. """"That's a couple of hundred dollars a day for me in lost sales,"""" he said yesterday as he unpacked produce at his fruit and vegetable market on Sherbrooke St.",1,1,0,0,0,0
+84,19980124,modern,Rain,"16-PAGE SPECIAL SIM SECTION Looking back on days of freezing rain and chaos: the stories of people caught in the tempest MONTREAL SINCE 1778 SPORTS FINAL JANUARY 24, 1998 $1 Weather expert Pommainville is one of the lucky. Power was restored to his home on Tuesday afternoon, even before he left the office. His house is warm and bright. Some of his colleagues, by contrast, have turned into surprised refugees. Worried employees huddle for a smoke in the lobby of the St. Laurent building. They expected dramatic weather. But they never anticipated weather powerful enough to snap Hydro pylons like chicken bones. The meteorologists are scrambling to keep up with the demand. As well as their regular forecasts to the general public, the media and the region's airports, they are now providing special forecasts to Hydro-Quebec. They also begin to make regular calls to the premier's office. By 11:17 a.m., the outlook has changed. It now seems clear that Wednesday will bring relatively little freezing rain to southern Quebec. Still, the new bulletin warns: A more important system will affect most regions tonight and Thursday. It will give important additional quantities of freezing rain. Bombardier Eric Steinkey brushes up THE ICE STORM OF '98 THE GAZETTE, MONTREAL, SATURDAY Rene Levesque Blvd, near Bleury St, on ties of freezing rain. Like Cassandra in the Trojan War, the weather forecasters can predict the ravaging future. But they're powerless to change it. Hydro launches a massive de-icing and repair operation of its distribution network. More than 770 crews, including those from private companies, are sent out to remove branches from lines and to chip ice away from wooden electricity poles that are still standing. The work proves frustrating to many linemen: ice-glazed branches continue falling on lines that have just been repaired. """"It's going to take a lot more than 24 hours to fix this,"""" Millette says. """"We need additional manpower."""" Millette calls Ontario Hydro, but that utility has run into the same problems in the Ottawa region and can't afford to send linemen to Quebec. He tries utilities south of the border and manages to recruit some crews. On Montreal Island, the number of disrupted lines has dropped to 100. At the police operations centre, the crisis committee has continued to survey the situation on the island and to develop a series of contingency plans in the event the blackouts are complicated by other problems. Because nearly all of the island has gone dark, the committee is authorized by police chief Jacques Duchesneau to declare a state of emergency. The Police Brotherhood is called and told that as per the collective agreement, management now has the power to change schedules, cancel vacations, and call in officers on any form of leave - even medical. A telephone network that transmits orders to all of the department's 4,100 officers is activated and off-duty personnel scrambling with the rest of the public for candles and batteries are told to report for work. There is surprise and some worry on the part of the rank and file, particularly when it comes to leaving their homes in the middle of a disaster that does not distinguish between those in uniform and those out of it. But this reaction is not entirely unexpected; after all, the MUCPD has not been completely mobilized since 1971, when a strike by Montreal firefighters left the city under the threat of being burned to the ground. The crisis committee orders all stations able to function to do so on a 24-hour basis until further notice. Meanwhile, Montreal's downtown continues to cast a pale glow on the rain clouds that hang but a few hundred feet above it, and a veteran police constable named John Parker looks around him at the lights flickering on the storefronts on Ste. Catherine St. He will recall later that if there was a feeling that existed at the moment in the neighbourhood, it was that nothing could possibly go wrong here in the city core. EARLY EVENING Craig Goral dons a hard hat and fluorescent vest to buy milk at the depanneur. The walk turns into an Indiana Jones expedition as he navigates among fallen tree branches, snapped wires and crashing ice in his N.S. weekdays. Gourmet dinner for two and continental breakfast included. Jacuzzi tubs, fireplaces, and fairy tale bedding. 1-888-525-3644 www.riortrflerrjfiouse.com SMUGGLER'S NOTCH Save money! Rent directly from home-owner of equipped condo (fireplace, deck, HBO), in award-winning family resort. Large unit sleeps twelve, efficiency available for four. Pool, hot tub, alpine, cross country skiing on site. Minimum two nights stay. Book early for January Specials. Call (514) 488-3521 Fax: (514) 489-4368. Canceling flights can lead to penalties TRAVELING RIGHTS PAUL UNTERBERG Many airlines, even charter airlines, are being pretty lenient with Quebecers who had to cancel or change their travel plans because they were too busy chipping ice off their cold, dark homes to catch the plane. Most are letting their passengers re-book without penalty, but the chaos of the last couple of weeks makes this a good time to review what your rights as a traveler are, as opposed to what the airlines are willing to do for you as a goodwill gesture. To know who is entitled to what, we must first examine the kind of contract and the type of product. A full-fare airline ticket on a regularly scheduled carrier is almost always fully reimbursable. APEX tickets or any other reduced fare tickets might have a cancellation or change-of-date penalty, but it's usually not very much. SEVERE RESTRICTIONS Charter flights and packages are very different. In exchange for a lower price, severe restrictions apply. These may, in cancellation cases, equal the total purchase price. Such severe penalties are valid on the condition that the traveler was made aware of them when he bought the ticket or package. These penalties are applicable against the traveler even though he has the world's best reasons for canceling - a death in the family, job loss, freezing rain and an icy home or other acts of God. Those who were prudent enough to have bought cancellation insurance will be happy to know that many (but not all) such policies have a clause allowing cancellation and the collection of a refund if the insured's principal residence becomes uninhabitable. Read your policy carefully and if necessary call your insurance agent for info. Don't forget that there may be delays you have to respect. VACATIONS CUT SHORT What about people, happy in the sunny south, who had to cut short their vacations because their home in the black triangle is without heat and light? The same principles apply. Package contracts have a clause stating that unused portions are not reimbursable. Such clauses are valid. Often cancellation-insurance policies have a clause covering trip interruption for things like the principal residence becoming uninhabitable. This might cover return airline tickets and perhaps even reimbursement of the unused portion of the package. Read your policy carefully. When you buy a package or a cheap ticket, you have to keep in mind that any cancellation penalties mentioned in the contract are legal and valid regardless of the reasons for canceling. That's why cancellation insurance is so useful. Such policies don't cover everything, but they often help. Paul Unterberg is a partner in Unterberg, Labelle, Lebeau, a law firm that specializes in class-action suits and travel-related legal problems. If you have such a problem, you can write to Unterberg at The Gazette, Travel Section, 250 St. Antoine St. WBE: $2,800. 1-Ruse Hanover G, Lamy 8 2-Gala Fantasia AMacdonald 6 8- 1 5-1 5- 2 4-1 6- 1 10-1 12-1 9- 2 3-1 3-EvrtezLa G, PtOurOe 1 4-Au Revon Contrme S, Feion 8 5-Seductnn De Mars G, Gagnon 5 6-Thalasso Queen M, Bameau 8 7-Tropical Rain A Cote 9 S-Conditonal Charm D, Stpierr 4 6 7 9-Armbro Nukette M, Baillageon 8 3 8 ncaxi-i-i, 1-O Centa G, Plourde 2-M I Premier M, Lalonde 3-Pnncetown Clipper S, Fkion 4-Vikage Advocate M, Bameau 4- 1 8- 1 6-1 9- 2 5- 1 5-2 3-1 Accent N, Bardierir STurenne M, Baikargeon 2 rHdrxl-74, G, you can phone the Eco-Quartier there and give your time to clean the parks. Mount Royal was still off-limits yesterday as tree-pruners sawed off dangling branches in the midst of a snowstorm. The parking lot near the chalet and small refuges or other places where animals might be suffering. This is not the SPCA, Bercovici said. She is just an incredible lady who loves animals. More help is on the way. The mission is sending bunk beds to house volunteers. And a foundation that helps poor people is trying to start a government program to pay welfare recipients to work at the refuge. The area was filled with thousands of branches, stacked in piles as high as 10 feet. The Parks Department estimates that about 160,000 trees were damaged by the ice storm this month. At least 2,000 were destroyed. Those figures don't include the damage to wooded areas. In the next three months, city crews plan to carry out an exhaustive inventory of the damage in all parks and streets. In total, Montreal has about 445,000 trees in public spaces. City officials were unable to give the number of trees damaged on Mount Royal. But Peter Howlett, president of Les Amies de la Montagne, said that 75 per cent of the park's 200,000 trees suffered minor to severe damage. About 35 per cent of them, or 70,000, were destroyed, he estimated. Freezing rain had coated branches with ice up to 2 inches thick, causing them to snap. The trunks of some trees even split in two. """"It's light-years beyond any stress, any damage, any experience that natural areas such as this have ever been exposed to in our lifetimes,"""" he said. """"It is only obvious to realize that it is completely beyond the responsibility of the city services alone to take care of this. The community has to step up. It's going to take a lot of collaboration from the public to make this work."""" OTTAWA - The city of Ottawa will look for ways to replace or restore thousands of trees damaged by this month's ice storm. """"One of my duties is to protect and preserve Ottawa's natural legacy,"""" Mayor Jim Watson said yesterday. """"The ice storm has put that legacy at risk and steps must be taken immediately to ensure that future generations will know a green and healthy Ottawa."""" Watson announced the creation of the Atkinson Fellowship in Public Policy, now entering its eleventh year, is an award designed to further the tradition of liberal journalism and commitment to social and economic justice fostered by Joseph E. Atkinson, former publisher of The Toronto Star. It will be awarded to a full-time journalist for a one-year research project on a topical public policy issue, culminating in the publication of results in a series of articles, which the journalist is then free to develop into a book. The Fellowship includes a stipend of $65,000. As well, a budget for research expenses up to $25,000 is also available. The research year begins September 1, 1998. Application forms will be available January 17. The closing date for entries is March 13, 1998. Sponsored by The Atkinson Charitable Foundation, The Toronto Star and the Beland Honderich Family. For Application Forms: Christine Avery Nunez, Coordinator Atkinson Fellowship Committee, One Yonge Street, Fifth Floor, Toronto, Ontario M5E 1P9 Telephone inquiries (416) 368-5152. To that end, Les Amies will launch a fundraising drive next week to restore Mount Royal's flora, Howlett said. The group also plans to organize a cleanup after the park is reopened. The city hopes to reopen sections of Mount Royal - Beaver Lake, the Belvedere along Camillien Houde Way and the chalet - by next Saturday. Among the districts that were hardest hit are St. Henri, Point St. Charles and Ville Emard (94 per cent of the trees were damaged); Notre Dame de Grace and Cote des Neiges (89 per cent); and Rosemont and Petite-Patrie (77 per cent). COST UNKNOWN Claude Jean Lapointe, commissioner of the Scouts du Montreal Metropolitain, said his troops will continue volunteering after the Angrignon Park cleanup. """"It's all part of our values; games, teamwork and nature,"""" Lapointe said. """"During the ice storms, some of the older Scouts helped out at some seniors' residences. After the freezing rain, we have to concentrate on the cleanup and we will be involved until it's all over,"""" Bourque said he doesn't know what it will cost to repair and replant the trees, but Quebec will foot part of the bill under its disaster-relief program. A task force of environmental and community representatives to look at the options available to replace and maintain the city's trees. A preliminary survey indicates that 45,000 of the city's 60,000 on-street trees suffered significant damage. It is estimated that 6,000 of those trees will have to be cut down because of the severe damage they suffered. It could cost millions to replace those trees, the city said in a statement as it announced a fundraising campaign to help pay for tree replanting. Andre Martineau is jolted out of bed when the phone rings. It's the overnight foreman at Hydro-Quebec. He's to report to work. Now. All hell is breaking loose. Freezing rain is still pounding on the windows of his Laval West bungalow as he dresses. It's pitch black, the street lights are out in places and the roads to the west sector's offices on Henri Bourassa Blvd are a sheet of ice. The morning shift isn't scheduled to start until 7 a.m., but there are dozens of teams already at their trucks when Martineau, 38, gets in. Others are still awaiting work orders. There are power outages all over the place. Wires down everywhere. Where to start? Fellow lineman Bernard Dagenais doesn't stumble in until after 8 a.m. He'd gotten a middle-of-the-night call, too. But he's been off on Christmas holidays and this is no way to get back in the groove. So the 17-year Hydro veteran rolled over and went back to sleep. But there's no avoiding this ice storm. It hits him like a ton of bricks. Schools across the island have canceled classes. His daughters, 6 and 8 years old, are romping around the house, celebrating. Ice and snow blanket the trees on Mount Royal around the Women's Pavilion of the Royal Victoria Hospital on THE ICE STORM OF '98. His wife books off work. By midday, Dagenais has climbed a dozen trees and dragged hundreds of ice-laden branches and downed wires from the middle of streets across Hampstead, LaSalle and Pointe Claire. It's gray and gloomy and the freezing rain still hasn't let up. He's getting pretty dexterous with the chainsaw. But it's impossible to keep dry, even with the big raincoat he wears over his Hydro Quebec parka. Behind the wheel of his Mazda, Millette glimpses signs of the devastation: ice-laden branches crashing to the ground, high-voltage transmission towers buckling under the weight of thick ice and loose wires dangling in the wind. In Montreal, Millette alerts Quebec's civil-protection authorities. """"We have to mobilize our resources,"""" he says over the phone. """"We don't know how long the freezing rain is going to last."""" THE GAZETTE, MONTREAL, SATURDAY JANUARY 24, 1998. On the 16th floor of a downtown office tower, Millette and his team work the phones all day long, dispatching linemen from across Quebec to the stricken areas. But the number of blacked-out homes and businesses keeps rising. The forecast was right, but Pommainville's home in Laval is still bright and warm when he leaves for work under a starless sky. His children can sleep late; their classes have been canceled. Soon after the scientist reaches the office, his house goes dark. The atmosphere in the Environment Canada office is tense. Pommainville and his colleagues sense that an exceptional weather event is underway. But the more unusual the event, the greater the pressure to come up with an accurate forecast. Their work, as a result, is not only scientific; it's also linguistic. If their words seem exaggerated, the forecasters will be criticized. But if the words appear to minimize a problem, the forecasters will come under equal attack. On the fifth floor of Montreal Urban Community police headquarters on Bonsecours St, in Old Montreal, about a dozen police officers file into a warehouse-like room filled with computers, electronic monitors and banks of telephones. The group consists of representatives of the MUCPD's planning, logistics and emergency-measures departments. Telephone hook-ups have been established with Hydro-Quebec and local fire departments. Two hours earlier, Hydro-Quebec had warned that its power-distribution system in Montreal - as well as that serving southwestern Quebec - was in imminent danger of collapse in a freezing rain storm. Reports are already coming in from two dozen precincts on the western side of Montreal Island that power has been lost and whatever traffic hasn't skidded off the road is beginning to tangle. But the police high command is hearing a different story from its precincts in the east end. Power is being maintained, and while the roads are slick, no one is hitting the panic button. One senior officer will later recall that the gist of the message sent from the east side of St. Laurent is that """"this is not the first time we've had freezing rain."""" The downtown core remains lit. The media are concentrating on the devastation wrought by the freezing rain on the South Shore, but Montreal, while battered, has not broken down. The operations centre monitors the situation until midnight, then closes. By now, more than 800,000 Hydro customers in the Monteregie, Laurentians and Montreal Island are without power. Near Drummondville, a high-voltage line collapses, blocking Highway 20. The weather bulletin this evening tries to give a ray of hope: """"The south of Quebec will experience a respite Wednesday, Jan. 7, this evening and tonight, as very little freezing rain is predicted."""" But, the bulletin continues, """"Another disturbance coming from the Great Lakes will give the south of Quebec more sustained freezing rain on Wednesday."""" A day earlier, 9 millimetres of freezing rain had fallen on Montreal - more than the usual amount for the whole of January. Today, the total will be 15.6. Tree branches are starting to buckle. People are starting to flee their homes. In the evening, when he leaves the parking lot outside his office, forecaster Pommainville has to scrape a thick layer of ice off his car. DAY 4 THURSDAY, JAN. 8 GAZETTE: Here comes Round 2 LAPRESSE: Encore du verglas LE JOURNAL: Un courant de solidarité LE DEVOIR: La météo fait craindre le pire. The precipitation ends, but not before dumping another load of freezing rain over parts of southwestern Quebec, creating even more havoc. As the crisis deepens, Premier Bouchard accepts an offer from the Canadian government to send in the army. The first 2,500 soldiers arrive at night from CFB Valcartier near Quebec City. They are joined by more than 800 tree-trim and line-repair workers from the northeastern U.S. It warns, """"will give many types of precipitation to the above regions into the night, and again on Friday."""" In the Montreal region, a mixture of freezing rain and ice pellets will persist until tonight and will resume on Friday after a brief period of calm. The forecast would prove correct, up to a point. Even so, it seems clear in retrospect that Thursday is the day when Montreal dodges a bullet. Over a 24-hour period, Montreal receives only 2.8 mm of freezing rain. In Ottawa, by contrast, the total is 19.6; in Saint-Hubert, 22.7. These totals are preliminary. Among the minor effects of the freezing rain is its ability to clog the sensors of the meteorologists' machines. MORNING The temperature in the Goral home has dropped like a stone overnight. THE ICE STORM OF '98. They get Marilyn Monroe, We get Mother Nature. Weaker wood pylons are only temporary. HYDRO Continued from Page A1. There were 6 kilometres of line left to connect before the Saint-Cesaire substation can be restarted, said Hydro spokesman Jean-Claude Lefebvre. Saint-Cesaire's intricate network of wires, pylons and transformers act as power brokers, breaking down the electricity that snakes into Saint-Cesaire along 230-kilovolt lines from a Boucherville station into the more manageable voltage of 120 kv. The 120-kv lines from Saint-Cesaire then supply the neighbourhood. Saint-Cesaire is dually important, Cliche said, because while it provides electricity straight to the Saint-Cesaire area, it also sends 230-kv lines out into wide swaths of the Monteregie, to be further broken down and then shipped to neighbourhood transformers. While freezing rain in the first days of the storm took a toll on lines leaving Saint-Cesaire, Cliche said, the real catastrophe for Saint-Cesaire came with the last dump of ice, which came Jan. 9. The final day of the ice storm killed Saint-Cesaire's power supply, which comes down from Manicouagan along 735-kv wires before passing through the Boucherville station, where its voltage is stepped down to 230 kv. Under normal circumstances, the work of repairing the lines from Boucherville down through the Monteregie and across the Richelieu River to Saint-Cesaire would take between three and four months, Cliche said. To complete the task in under three weeks, Hydro has had to do more than just import skilled help from south of the border. Wooden rather than metal pylons are being used to hold up the lines because they are faster to build. """"Normally, this would not conform with Hydro standards,"""" Cliche said. """"Right now, we will use wood, and then later we will replace them."""" Compromising standards also means compromising reliability, Cliche admitted readily. """"What will the performance be? We can't assure people it will be 100 per cent."""" """"Thunder is an enemy, wind is an enemy. Today we have wind,"""" Yvan Cliche said. The odds of major blackouts because of the new system's relative flimsiness """"can be reduced if people reduce their consumption of power,"""" he said. Mild weather would also help, he said. """"It's like a hockey player with an injury - you send him back out there and you see if he can stand it."""" For now, reconnecting the lines is like sewing, but with heavy wires rather than thread. The linemen are slowly pulling the wire through the pylons - some newly constructed out of wood to replace fallen metal ones - to link Boucherville and Saint-Cesaire. Atop the last pylon, across the road from the station, two linemen spent hours in the blizzard yesterday getting connections ready for the final pull. The wires feeding into the last pylon are hooked to a pulley system, which is controlled by a tractor on the ground. When it's time, the tractor will pull the whole Boucherville-Saint-Cesaire connection taut, and """"juice,"""" as the Hydro workers call it, will return to the triangle of darkness. It won't happen all at once, Cliche cautioned. Power will be reclaimed by Saint-Cesaire's control centre very slowly to make sure the equipment, which has been frozen and out of use for two weeks, can handle the flow. It will also be phased into the distribution system to avoid trying to warm up tens of thousands of freezing households all at once - a sure way to get another good power failure going, Cliche said. Even once the power is on full blast, between 60,000 and 70,000 Quebecers will probably still be in the cold because their distribution network is damaged, Hydro cautioned this week. But with the energy flowing, Hydro will have an easier time pinpointing local problems and fixing them, according to spokesmen. While Saint-Cesaire was still waiting for juice yesterday, the station itself was ready to go, chief Leo Quenneville said. It wasn't badly damaged by the ice, and workers were just fine-tuning operations yesterday. Hopefully, they'll get around to the light-bulb in the downstairs station bathroom. It seems to be out. IRWIN BLOCK OF THE GAZETTE CONTRIBUTED TO THIS REPORT Clinton plans public response TAPE Continued from Page A1. Lewinsky's deposition scheduled for today before lawyers in the Paula Jones sexual-harassment civil suit against Clinton, 52, was postponed indefinitely. Lewinsky's lawyer suggested she is in no condition to be making public appearances or precipitous choices on her legal options. """"She is devastated, concerned, upset and fearful,"""" said Ginsburg, adding that Lewinsky was in hiding with her mother. """"She does not know what the future holds."""" Lewinsky's options are constrained by a signed affidavit stating she did not have a sexual relationship with Clinton. Starr, a special prosecutor, is also restricting her choices by threatening to indict her if she does not cooperate with his investigation of Clinton. If Lewinsky stands by her affidavit, then she would also be admitting to inventing her allegations of an affair with Clinton, allegations captured in secretly recorded audiotapes of conversations with her co-worker Linda Tripp. Lewinsky's options include showing up for a deposition in the Jones sexual-harassment suit and using the Fifth Amendment to refuse to testify on the grounds that her answers may be self-incriminating. She could also choose to testify as a prosecution witness before a grand jury, but that would only happen if she is granted immunity from prosecution, her lawyer said. That could be lethal to Clinton's presidency, but any testimony would be vulnerable to attack by the president's lawyers. Transcripts of taped conversations posted on a Newsweek magazine Web site suggest Lewinsky cast doubt on her own credibility. """"I have lied my entire life,"""" she is reported to have told Tripp, according to the transcript. A Los Angeles Times source who listened to some of the tapes yesterday told the newspaper that Lewinsky said Clinton frequently telephoned her at home late at night, engaged in telephone sex with her and eventually devastated her emotionally by becoming involved with several other women. The source said Lewinsky is heard saying that she engaged only in oral sex with the president, and that Clinton told her he did not consider such an act to constitute a sexual affair. Yesterday, Clinton's press secretary, Mike McCurry, said the president feels """"empathy"""" for Lewinsky and hopes to publicly explain his relationship with her before his State of the Union address Tuesday night. McCurry said presidential lawyers and aides are working to assemble the information that Clinton needs to explain his relationship with the San Francisco native and to answer any follow-up questions that might arise. McCurry said Clinton would """"be better off"""" if he could address the nation prior to the State of the Union address and a trip the next day to Illinois and Wisconsin. White House officials said Clinton is weighing a variety of nationally televised formats to try to clear the air. A storm is approaching southwestern Quebec. The precipitation associated with this system will begin in the form of rain mixed with ice pellets, which will eventually change into freezing rain. The message goes out to the usual clients: radio and TV stations, airports, police. Gosselin glances up at one of the maps of Quebec that adorn the walls of the big, open-plan office. Soon, people all over the province will wake up to the forecast of what the heavens have in store for them. But no one - not even Gosselin - has any idea how catastrophic that low-pressure system will prove to be. DAY 1 MONDAY, JAN. 5 DAY 1 of the Great Ice Storm of '98 - and the first day back at work from the holidays for hundreds of thousands of workers in southwestern Quebec. It begins innocently enough - with freezing rain and the predictable morning traffic chaos. """"A nightmare,"""" says one radio traffic reporter. But the real nightmare is only beginning. Road crews are out all day salting and sanding, and the streets and sidewalks of the city of Montreal look like mashed potatoes. The city never cleared away the snow that fell during the Dec. 30 snowstorm. Tuesday, Jan. 6: Notre Dame de Grace's Hingston Ave. Isabelle Guibert of Outremont is framed by ice-covered branches as she and the freezing rain has begun to form a layer of ice on city sidewalks and poorly plowed side streets. Pierre Bonin, an official with the city of Montreal, says mild temperatures are forecast for Montreal this week. """"But if conditions deteriorate, and we get more snow in the next few days, then we'll probably begin a snow-clearing operation,"""" he says. Famous last words. """"We're in a state of alert. There are some blackouts and we have to follow things carefully,"""" - Pierre Millette, director of emergency plans for power failures. The highway down from Laval is crammed during a wet, slippery rush hour, but Pierre Pommainville pulls into the St. Laurent weather office by 7:30 a.m. His three children are on their way to the first of five days of school. PIERRE OBENDRAUF, GAZETTE John Abcarius cleans car windshield with shovel on Lincoln St. Or so they believe. At the young age of 37, Pommainville is the shift supervisor among all the meteorologists in the office. That means he's in charge of a team of scientists, most of them casually dressed, all but one of them men. With his big glasses, eager manner and thinning hair, Pommainville looks the part; he'd be only slightly out of place in Flubber. Sipping a coffee, he glances at the morning's papers. A front-page headline in La Presse announces: """"Ça va aller mal!"""" But the article has nothing to do with the miserable weather; it describes the fears of Quebecers for 1998. Now he studies the information in his computer. The data swirl there like a windblown cloud: air movement, temperature, humidity, pressure, fronts, precipitation. To a layman, the patterns would be hard to decipher. Fielding Ave. is blocked by fallen trees. As she scrapes her car's windows on Tuesday, Pommainville understands their meaning. He doesn't like what he sees. A high band of warm, wet air is moving northward from the Gulf of Mexico. At the same time, northeast winds have sent a mass of cold, dry air down the St. Lawrence Valley. Montreal looks fated to be the prime battleground between these two streams of air. The latest bulletin had gone out at 3:47 a.m., just as the battle commenced. """"The precipitation,"""" it announced, """"has begun in the form of snow mixed with ice pellets, and is rapidly changing into freezing rain. This zone of freezing rain is already affecting the Outaouais and the Montreal region. Over the morning, it will spread to the Eastern Townships, the Beauce and the centre of Quebec. The freezing rain will become intermittent in the afternoon."""" It's the conjunction of two distinct air masses - a higher, wet one and a lower, dry one - that serves as the catalyst for freezing rain. The moisture starts as snow in the highest clouds, melts into rain as it falls, but then solidifies in the final stretch down. Complicated, but not in itself abnormal: freezing rain affects Montreal a few times in most years. What concerns Pommainville is that such a conjunction usually has a short life span: one air mass or the other tends to get blown away. This time, however, the opposed weather systems look like they're settling in to stay. In the afternoon, Pommainville and his staff issue a new weather alert. It warns that although the freezing rain, ice pellets and snow may be weak this evening, they're expected to intensify overnight and Tuesday. JOHN MAHONEY, GAZETTE Jan. 6, South Shore. In Chateauguay, freezing rain topples a power line, cutting off electricity to 2,000 households. At 9 p.m., Millette calls Rejean Le-vasseur, Hydro's coordinator of maintenance crews. """"We're in a state of alert,"""" Millette tells Levasseur. """"There are some blackouts and we have to follow things carefully."""" Across the St. Lawrence River, near Jarry Park, Marcel Simard is working the night shift at Hydro's nerve centre for Montreal Island. Simard, a distribution operator, is monitoring computer screens that give him updates, every five seconds, of the power grid. DAY 2 JAN. 6 GAZETTE: More weather mess on the way LA PRESSE: Encore plus de verglas LE JOURNAL: Un temps de chien. By sunrise, large pockets of southwestern Quebec, the Outaouais region and eastern Ontario are without power as the freezing rain has turned into an escalating ice storm, downing thousands of tree branches and hydro lines. Every school board in and around Montreal closes. In Papineauville, east of Hull, the ice storm claims its first victim: 82-year-old Rolland Parent succumbs to carbon-monoxide poisoning while running a gas generator in the basement of h",1,1,0,1,0,1
+85,20040906,modern,Rain,"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.",1,0,1,0,0,1
+86,20080424,modern,Rain,"A8 MONTREAL QUEBEC THE GAZETTE, MONTREAL, THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 2008 Waters rise but runoff contained, officials say Lawyer acquitted of drug charges Would have faced second trial in fall RAIN POSES THREAT 'It was much worse about 10 years ago' ALAN HUSTAK THE GAZETTE Sandbagging operations along the banks of the Mille Îles River and the Rivière des Prairies continue as water levels are reported to be almost two metres higher than normal. Spring runoff has swollen the Ottawa River and its tributaries, but the flooding appears to have been contained and is not as severe as forecast, considering the winter's near-record snowfall, officials say. 'Even though the water levels are receding, we are still concerned about the threat of rain and possibly thunderstorms,' said Lucie Rene, a spokesperson for the borough of L'Île-Bizard—Ste-Geneviève. 'The warm weather (and no rain) in the last few days has helped, but the river is still a few feet above normal,' she added. Catherine Morsink, whose backyard in Pierrefonds is underwater, said she's no longer worried about her house being flooded. 'The landing is underwater, but the house is safe,' she said. 'It was much worse about 10 years ago. It looks like the river is about 40 feet wider, but our sump pumps aren't going like they were earlier this week.' 'We had them running every 10 or 15 minutes, but even when they were running I was more concerned about the pumps being overworked than I was about being flooded,' Morsink said. Climate change blamed as insurance payouts increase Insurance claims relating to water damage are the fastest-growing category of all claims in Canada. But those payouts involve water damage caused mainly by flash storms in summer that result in sewer backups and basement flooding. 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. The difference between water damage caused by sewer backup and water damage caused by floods isn't always clear, Chadirdjian said. Sometimes, people who live blocks away from a shoreline where there has been flooding will have sewer backup without any evidence of invading surface floodwater. Inspectors are very astute at being able to identify the factors, he said. Some of which means you can pick up beef bourguignon, cassoulet and lacquered duck on your way home and be eating dinner 15 minutes later. SATURDAY IN WEEKEND LIFE yesterday as the Rivière des Prairies Samuel Bernard, whose home sits alongside the Rivière des Prairies, said parking lots around several riverfront apartment blocks, like the Marina Centre on Gouin Blvd., are underwater. 'But hopefully the water won't Flood-relief schemes differ among provinces TAXPAYERS BEAR FINANCIAL BURDEN Quebec offers $100,000 maximum; Ontario doubles funds raised by committee Residential property owners can't buy flood insurance in Quebec—or in most of North America, for that matter. 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+87,19980114,modern,Rain,"PETER MARTIN, GAZETTE Workers from the Connecticut Light and Power Co were working to reconnect power lines on Oxford Ave in Notre Dame de Grace Just so everyone is clear on where these strangers in bright yellow trucks come from, they've draped unmistakable identification on the hood of the truck Below, map shows state of power lines around the city Main distribution stations From A Secondary distribution stations 735KV lines Saint-Cesaire Gazette Graphics Temperatures plummet; today's high minus-15C JONATHON GATEHOUSE The Gazette Winter is back with a vengeance After more than a week of freak weather and relatively mild temperatures, residents of southwestern Quebec have been plunged back into the deep freeze Overnight lows in Montreal were expected to drop to minus-16 Celsius last night and tumble as far as minus-30C on the South Shore, where more than one million people struggle on without power or heat The Weather Network is forecasting a high of only minus-15 today, despite sunny skies - even lower than forecast on the weather map issued earlier in the day (see Page F6) And with winds of 25-30 kilometres per hour from the west, the temperature will feel more like minus-30 across most of the region """"It's going to be a full seven degrees colder than the seasonal average, and that's a lot,"""" Denis Larochelle, a Weather Network meteorologist, said last night """"When you factor in the wind, it's going to be a real problem for those in unheated houses; plumbing will freeze"""" The winds should let up by nightfall, but the cold temperatures will continue overnight, with a predicted low of minus-18 in the city and minus-20 to minus-22 in the Monteregie A slow-moving high-pressure system from the Prairies will continue to bathe the region in cold, dry air until at least the weekend """"Systems like this have a tendency to stick around for a while, especially in winter,"""" Larochelle said The outlook for tomorrow is more sun and cool temperatures - a daytime high of minus-10 and a nighttime low of minus-15 Friday should be partially cloudy and slightly warmer, with a high near minus-8, before the thermometer again drops to minus-14 during the night Saturday's forecast calls for clouds and a slightly milder day with a high of minus-6 and an overnight low of minus-14 Civil-protection authorities were urging those remaining in homes without power to move into shelters Premier Lucien Bouchard repeated his plea for people to use common sense and put their health and safety before their possessions """"We have not exaggerated the dangers,"""" Bouchard said """"For God's sake, don't make what could be a fatal error"""" Attempt to lay line by chopper fails AARON DERFEL The Gazette Hydro-Quebec crews inched along yesterday, rebuilding collapsed high-voltage lines, and were still scouring the Montreal region to assess the ice-storm damage that has crippled the power grid The utility was also scrambling to procure hundreds of pylons and thousands of wooden electricity poles to replace those that had toppled under the weight of ice Four out of the five 735-kilovolt links that form the so-called """"ring of power"""" around greater Montreal were still down yesterday The utility has been forced to jury-rig the ring to boost its capacity The region normally demands about 12,000 megawatts at this time of the year, but the weakened ring can only supply up to 6,000 megawatts Hydro chairman Andre Caille acknowledged last night that the grid is still fragile """"The equipment that we have operating is not something that is normal,"""" Caille told reporters at Hydro headquarters """"It's more fragile than a normal system, obviously So we are managing the system with great care That's why we are asking people to reduce their usage of electricity"""" The extent of the ring's fragility was made starkly clear yesterday when repair crews failed to reconnect a major line from the South Shore to southwest Montreal DOWNTOWN UNDERPOWERED Freezing rain in the morning prevented crews from laying a 315-kv line by helicopter from Beauharnois to the Aqueduc transformer station in Montreal Hydro had never tried this before and will give it another shot today That line can supply southwest Montreal with 400 megawatts Without the line reconnected, downtown and the west end will still lack adequate levels of electricity For the first time yesterday, Hydro officials were able to say when they will be able to reconnect the 735-kv links on the power ring: The line between the Chenier and Chateauguay substations should be reconnected today, Hydro transmission-line specialist Elias Ghannoum said The Chateauguay-Hertel line, however, is much more damaged than previously known Repair crews discovered yesterday that 16 pylons had toppled on the line Hydro expects to have it back up by Jan 30 That line is critical because the Hertel substation supplies downtown with most of its power The Hertel-Boucherville line is too damaged to repair immediately Hydro has decided instead to put up a temporary 735-kv line between the two substations, grabbing an existing line nearby that was not damaged by the ice storms That temporary line should be up in a few days, Ghannoum predicted The line can supply Hertel with up to 2,200 megawatts NO ESTIMATE OF TOTAL COST """"It will act as a new loop between the substations,"""" he said """"We will be able to increase the capacity to Hertel If you have additional power, that's a welcome situation You can increase the power that goes downtown"""" The Boucherville-Duvernay line should be reconnected by Jan 21 Once Hydro repairs that line, electricity will be able to flow from Boucherville to the blacked-out Monteregie - the so-called """"triangle of darkness"""" Medium-voltage lines in that region are still down, however, and it could take at least two more weeks to repair them Authorities refused yesterday to provide a dollar figure on the damage to the power grid """"I have not received any evaluation of the damage to Hydro-Quebec,"""" Caille told reporters Ghannoum estimated that Hydro has lost up to 600 transmission towers and about 30,000 poles The average cost of a tower is $100,000 So it would cost at least $60 million to replace the collapsed towers, not counting the wires and labour involved And Ghannoum suggested that the worst might not be over """"Believe it or not, they are patrolling some lines in some parts of the network to check for more damage,"""" he said Caille confirmed the utility is studying some measures to strengthen the grid in the long term """"I have a few answers,"""" he said, """"but I don't want to make conclusions just yet"""" A9 THE POWER CRISIS to visit storm-tossed Maine THE GAZETTE, MONTREAL, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1998 PORTLAND, Mo - Foul weather has returned to northern New England and New York, and utility crews reported slow progress restoring electricity to the thousands left powerless by last week's ice storm Weather forecasters yesterday said the area would be hit with snow, sleet and rain, but little of the freezing rain that raised havoc last week on the electrical-distribution systems of four states and parts of central Canada and the Maritimes Maine, one of the hardest-hit states, estimated it had suffered at least $36 million THE GAZETTE, MONTREAL, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1998 B3 COMMENT Like sheep, we Once every generation, Montrealers seem to stumble into a royal mess - a time when our collective ambitions and appetites get their comeuppance It's like one of those Greek myths in which the gods, resentful of people's hubris and proud pretensions, take them down a peg But ultimately, these woes are self-inflicted In the mid-1970s, it was the Olympic Stadium Acquiescent Montrealers let their mayor build it Intended as the most glorious sports facility of its day anywhere, it was meant to shine as a symbol of Montreal's modernity, sophistication and emergence as a world-class city Just as the edifice itself has proved a bust so has the city since slid toward provincialism Today, it's Hydro-Quebec The crown corporation has enjoyed a long and revered run as the symbol of our engineering know-how and as the prestigious flagship of Quebec's economy The Montreal-based company will, of course, easily survive the ice storm, just as the man who dreamed up the stadium, Jean Drapeau, deftly survived the debt storm to win two more mayoral elections But as did Drapeau, Hydro-Quebec will become an ex-icon, humbled, no longer entitled to a widespread assumption that it knows what is best for the people Both the Big O and Hydro have become symbols of a naive infatuation El Nino: you're looking at it As power returns, ROSEMARY SPEIRS Toronto Star Climate experts are hesitating to blame the worst ice storm in recorded history on global warming But members of Jean Chretien's federal cabinet are privately conceding that this is more than a freak of nature It is weather of our own making We've had a year of evidence: last winter's floods in Quebec's Saguenay region, the rising of the Red River around Winnipeg in the spring, out-of-season forest fires in Alberta early this winter, and now a crushing ice storm across the east of the continent Common sense is forcing even the cabinet's doubters to admit climate patterns are changing and the so-called greenhouse effect is upon us At yesterday's cabinet meeting, Environment Minister Christine Stewart took a ribbing from fellow ministers who told her she's going overboard to convince the public she's right that we have to change our gas-guzzling ways """"Enough already, you've made your point,"""" one minister told her Chretien's cabinet was almost the only part of the federal government still on the job yesterday Four days of freezing rain turned Ottawa's streets into a shambles of broken trees and downed hydro wires, causing the mayor to proclaim the capital a disaster area Banks and federal departments told their employees to stay home, and Defence Minister Art Eggleton called out the armed forces Already, the Insurance Bureau of Canada said the costs of the ice storm will exceed even that of last May's Winnipeg flood In Environment Canada's Toronto offices, federal meteorologists said there's no direct proof that this particular Asia would echo with Suharto's crash JONATHAN MANTHORPE Vancouver Sun The 32-year dictatorship of Indonesia's President Suharto appears close to collapse, raising a dark spectre that civil chaos in the world's fourth most populous country, a pillar of regional politics, will seriously complicate Asia's economic woes In trading this week, the Indonesian rupiah plummeted again, losing as much as 12 per cent against the U.S. dollar.",1,1,1,0,0,0
+88,19960724,modern,Rain,"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. Defense and prosecution lawyers will meet Judge Susan Wright today to thrash out what instructions will be given to jurors, who will begin deliberations after closing arguments from both sides tomorrow morning. Swedish queen lashes out at kiddie porn REUTER STOCKHOLM - Queen Silvia launched a blistering attack on Swedish politicians yesterday for not taking firmer action against child pornography, surprising Sweden with the forcefulness of her comments. The queen, patron of the world's first congress against child sexual exploitation, to be held in Stockholm next month, said politicians should be compelled to watch at least one film depicting children forced into sexual acts. """"This would force them to act urgently to change Sweden's constitution, which allows possession of child pornography,"""" Queen Silvia said she has seen films found at the homes of Swedish pedophiles and was disgusted by the material. """"It was the worst thing I have seen. It shows torture of the worst kind,"""" she said during an interview on Swedish television and reported in newspapers yesterday. """"Every film that is made is a crime."""" Although Sweden has changed dramatically since the 1970s, when it allowed the commercial production of child pornography, possession is still not considered a crime. Sweden protects possession of child pornography under a constitutional law designed to guarantee freedom of speech. The queen, who will open the five-day World Congress Against Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children on Aug 27, said being faced directly with child pornography makes people realize the depravity of such acts. """"It is (politicians') duty to see, to understand the children's situation,"""" said the queen, who, like the rest of the Swedish royal family, rarely voices her opinions publicly. Although the Swedish parliament voted in late 1994 to change the constitution and outlaw possession of child porn, any constitutional change needs two votes and a second can't take place until after a general election. Sweden's next election is not due until November 1998. Queen Silvia has three children herself. Troops vs floods Soldiers line banks of Yangtze REUTER BEIJING - Chinese troops lined the banks of the mighty Yangtze River yesterday and factories deployed workers to plug leaks in embankments to prevent the rain-swollen river from bursting its banks, officials said. """"The Yangtze is now above the level at which the river broke through its banks in 1931,"""" said an official of the Flood Control Headquarters in the huge industrial city of Wuhan, capital of central Hubei province. """"We are guarding the banks with our lives,"""" he said. """"This is a critical moment."""" Along the river, Asia's longest, troops, paramilitary police, and workers mounted a round-the-clock watch on embankments holding in the rain-swollen waters in check. 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. Almost 4 million people across China had been cut off by flood waters, 810,000 homes have collapsed and 2.8 million homes have been damaged in eight provinces as of July 18, the Ministry of Civil Affairs said. Food-poisoning foil rises ASSOCIATED PRESS TOKYO - The food-poisoning outbreak gripping Japan struck at young and old yesterday, killing a schoolgirl and an 85-year-old woman, and bringing the death toll to seven. The deaths came as the number of cases mounted to more than 8,400 and government officials promised to step up efforts to trace the cause of the outbreak and teach residents how to prevent further infections. The woman died in the western city of Osaka after about 10 days of bloody diarrhea, a key symptom of infection with E. coli 0157 bacteria, said Satoshi Nakamura of the Osaka prefectural Environmental Health Division. Nose drops with lidocaine found to ease migraines for short time RIDGELY OCHS NEWSDAY NEW YORK - Nose drops that contain lidocaine, a common anesthetic, appear to help temporarily relieve migraine headaches, according to a study to be published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association. In a study of 81 people suffering from migraine headaches, doctors at Southern California Permanente Medical Group in Los Angeles gave 53 patients nose drops containing lidocaine. The other 28 were given nose drops without the anesthetic. Of those who received the lidocaine, 55 percent said their headaches were reduced, by half usually - most within five minutes - compared with 21 percent who received the placebo drops. But 42 percent of those who said the lidocaine helped said their headaches had returned within an hour. Lidocaine, used to relieve sunburn, in dental procedures and even in heart irregularities, has been used to treat cluster headaches, a rarer, generally shorter, but more painful form of headache than a migraine. Lidocaine nasal drops are not commercially available. Why it appears to help relieve pain from migraines is not clear, but Dr. Morris Maizels, the chief researcher, said it might numb a nerve called the sphenopalatine ganglion that is believed to be involved in migraines. Migraines afflict about 17 percent of adult women and 6 percent of adult men in the United States each year. Other headache experts said that while the study was interesting, lidocaine was unlikely to replace other treatments, including sumatriptan, which goes by the brand name Imitrex and works by activating serotonin receptors in the brain. 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. Francois Renault, a Boreale Assurances official in Chicoutimi as part of the company's emergency team, said it appears fewer than one in 10 commercial clients in the area had flood insurance. Some of the region's biggest companies said they expect to file multimillion-dollar claims for damages and lost business from closings. Ironically, many of the major companies who will lose production are suffering from a lack of water, after water-service facilities were washed away. The Stone-Consolidated Corp. newsprint mill at La Baie saw its water supply on the Ha! Ha! River ripped away, closing the plant for what is expected to be four to six weeks. """"The pipes and pumping station and all just plain washed away,"""" said company spokesman Denise Dallaire. The plant will lay off its 800 employees and lose production of more than $500,000 of newsprint per day. The losses still haven't been determined, but Dallaire said it will be more than $10 million. """"It's probably closer to $20 million to $25 million,"""" she said. Alcan Aluminium Inc. officials said they couldn't put a value on losses, but had suffered extensive damage to their rail network. Rain keeps people of Jonquiere on edge JONATHON GATEHOUSE THE GAZETTE JONQUIERE - Weary and flood-shocked residents of Jonquiere were left in the dark again last night, after a new storm hit the community, knocking out power for several thousand people downtown. The heavy rains, which dumped more than 10 millimeters in less than half an hour, weren't expected to significantly affect the still-swollen Riviere aux Sables, but they were an unwelcome reminder of the weather-driven devastation of the last few days. Municipal authorities said they expected power would be restored by midnight. For most of yesterday, however, bright sunshine and warm temperatures attracted hundreds of curious onlookers to the city's downtown. As the river's waters slowly receded, it was an opportunity to survey the damage caused by the worst floods in Jonquiere's history. """"It's a phenomenon of nature and we can't do anything about it,"""" said resident Simon Hebert. """"We're powerless in the face of this."""" Hebert was marveling at the remains of a downtown apartment complex on the river's heavily eroded east bank. One building tumbled into the frothing waters 20 meters below on Sunday afternoon. The only trace of the structure are its front balconies and one wildly tilted living room that dangles over the cliff face. A portrait of Christ hangs on the wall above a tartan sofa, and vertical blinds still cover the picture window. 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. In an interview, Jonquiere Mayor Marcel Martel estimated the cost of repairs would easily exceed $2.5 million. He said even though the province has already agreed to help with the reconstruction, the city stands to lose $800,000 in revenue it hoped to earn from the sale of the electricity. 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Scott Wentworth's Gunmetal Blues, which has just opened at Theatre Lac Brome in Knowlton, is part cabaret musical, part film-noir murder mystery complete with a fedora-wearing sleuth named Sam. But the mystery gets blown away in the second act, just when people are beginning to get comfortable with the theatrical conventions set up in the first. What's left are the music, the singing and the deliciously tongue-in-cheek dialogue. For a summer's evening in the country that's enough, especially when Jayne Patterson is doing the singing. Patterson, a Charlottetown Festival veteran who made her Montreal debut in Godspell a couple of years ago, is a star on the rise, already on her way to Broadway. She has a key role in the musical Jane Eyre, which is being presented by Mirvish Productions in Toronto this season, before its New York debut. In Gunmetal Blues, she plays The Blonde. Not surprisingly, her big song is called The Blonde Song, which she turns into a high-vamp show-stopper. Sam, played Bogart-cool by Al Goulem, sets the stage with, """"It was one of those gray days in the city. Gray rain out of a gray sky. I was waiting for a client."""" He and the piano player, Buddy Buddy Toupee (Robert Burns), keep the narrative ball rolling throughout this meandering evening. Robert Burns is light-fingered on the ivories and Jayne Patterson is a star on the rise. Burns is as adept on the asides as he is light-fingered on the ivories. His singing is a pleasure, right up to falsetto and back again. Sam is approached by a sexy blonde named Laura Vespers to find the murderer of her boss, Adrian Wasp, a fabulously wealthy man with an alcoholic mistress, an elusive daughter and plenty of enemies. Naturally, Sam has a little trouble keeping his mind on business. And judging from his inability to positively identify a woman he remembers as having """"a mouth that would have sent Shakespeare thumbing through a thesaurus,"""" he has to be legally blind. Exactly what more director Lise-Ann Johnson could do to shape and blend this quirky mix of song and irony into a fully satisfying piece of musical theatre is hard to say. The second act doesn't build on the first. The silly resolution of the mystery is what Stephen King's axe-bearing muse in Misery would call a """"cheat."""" But one must bear in mind that Gunmetal Blues was probably never meant to be much more than a witty talent showcase in the first place. Wentworth's blonde wife, Marion Adler, who collaborated on the music and lyrics with Craig Bohmler, starred in the first professional production of Gunmetal Blues at Theatre New Brunswick several years ago. No one involved had pretensions of usurping Andrew Lloyd Webber, we hope. At Theatre Lac Brome, Jennifer Cooke's discreetly art-deco set design, complete with vintage model planes hanging from the ceiling, is a radical chic approximation of a club called the Red Eye Lounge. And her circa 1940 costumes make three of our most talented young anglo actors look retro glamorous. Gunmetal Blues, by Scott Wentworth, Craig Bohmler and Marion Adler, continues at Theatre Lac Brome through Aug 3. Tickets cost $13 to $20. Call (514) 242-2270. McConaughey shows us he's one to watch CONTINUED FROM PAGE CS lead inevitably to the dramatic summation. In all this, the players shine. Jackson, especially, squeezes more from his role as the vengeful father than his lines deserve. Bullock is suitably feisty, Spacey is sneaky, the Sutherlands, Oliver Platt and McConaughey work the eccentric Old South over pretty good. The mobs act mob-like, and McConaughey shows why he's being touted as the new Newman-Brando screen idol. Despite one ludicrous situation after another, he maintains his coiled poise, then turns on the afterburners in the final courtroom scene. He's one to watch, which is perhaps more than can be said of this movie. To suggest it's the best of the Grisham adaptations is damning with faint praise. To say it will make dandy home-video viewing next winter is closer to the mark. To recommend you see it for the performances and turn a very blind eye to the inconsistencies, tired stereotyping, excessive violence and racial slurs is perhaps closest of all. A Time to Kill opens today at the Angrignon, Boucherville, Chateauguay, Cote-des-Neiges, Dorval, Eaton's, Famous Greenfield Park, Famous Pointe Claire, Lacordaire and Loews cinemas. Parents' guide: extreme violence, language. Shadowy characters: Al Goulem (left), Jayne Patterson and Robert Burns star in Gunmetal Blues at Theatre Lac Brome. Hysterically Multiplicity isn't just one of the funniest films of the year - it's one of the best. MICHAEL KEATON indie mcdowell COLUMBIA PICTURES Check CINEPLEX ODEON CINEMA GUIDE & FAMOUS PLAYERS LISTINGS for locations and showtimes. Also playing in French version. A 12 THE GAZETTE, MONTREAL, WEDNESDAY, JULY 24, 1996 Drinking tea might help fight cancer study says JOHN KALBFLEISCH THE GAZETTE Evidence is mounting that tea is not only good but good for you. A Health Canada study has found that tea might inhibit cell mutation caused by compounds known as heterocyclic aromatic amines (HAAs). These compounds are linked to certain chronic diseases, including cancer. The study was conducted by four researchers led by Bozidar Stavric of Health Canada's bureau of chemical safety. The results appear in the current issue of a British journal, Food and Chemical Toxicology, which was issued yesterday. Decaf, too Stavric's team looked at a representative selection of eight green, oolong and black teas and found that extracts from them stopped cell mutation caused by most HAAs. Decaffeinated and low-caffeine teas, included in the tests because of growing concerns over the safety of caffeine, had the same inhibiting effect. Green, oolong and black teas all come from the Camellia sinensis plant, though they are processed differently. Herbal teas In addition, the researchers looked at six herbal teas, including infusions made from chamomile flowers and ginseng. Here, the results were less conclusive: while some herbal teas had a moderately inhibitory effect on cell mutation, others had no effect and some actually were linked to an increase. """"Further experiments are needed to identify the compounds in common or herbal teas which either possess antimutagenic activity or may, in some circumstances, enhance the activity of mutagens,"""" the study concludes. Stavric and his colleagues also called for additional experiments to see whether their results can be duplicated in tests with laboratory animals. For updated weather information, please call the Garotte QuickUno, 514-1234, code 6000. Each call costs 60 cents. Montreal area Today's high Tonight's low J-0 Sunny with a few clouds, warm with a late-afternoon or evening shower a possibility. The chance of a shower overnight. Winds becoming southwesterly 15-25 km/h. Ultraviolet index Today's UVI level: 7. Toronto High: 27 Low: 16 High: 26 Low: 15 Forecast Issued at 8 p.m. yesterday covers highs for today and overnight lows between tonight and tomorrow. Hide 26 Low: 15 High: 27 Low: 16 Ottawa High: 27 Low: 15 High: 28 Montreal 28 Low: 16 Sherbrooke Low: 15 Showers High 25 Low 16 Cloudy High 23 Low 15 Partly cloudy High 24 Low 13 Regional synopses High 24 Low near 13 Afternoon showers High 27 Low near 15 Partly sunny, chance of an afternoon shower or thunderstorm. Temperature conversion 35 30 25 20 15 10 6 0 -5 -10 -15 -20 -25 C 9586 776859 504132 2314 3 4-13 Almanac Today's Records Max Min Precipitation 1963 33.3 1976 10.0 Rain (mm) Temperature Month 87 Normal 64 yesterday - 25.7 16.1 snow(cm) Year ago today 26.2 16.9 Month 0 Normal this date 27.0 16.3 Normal 0 Degree days to 2 am Yesterday 0 July 1 to date 2.4 Eastern Ontario High 27 Low near 16 Partly sunny, chance of an afternoon shower or thunderstorm. Southern Ontario High 27 Low near 16 Partly sunny, chance of an afternoon shower or thunderstorm. Quebec City High 26 Low near 15 Partly sunny skies. 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. Californian Powell, 9-5 with an earned-run average of 2.75, apparently has had the most to learn. Puerto Rican Vazquez, 11-2 with an ERA of 2.76 is more of a natural and has what those in the know call a quality feel for pitching. As members of the Delmarva Shorebirds they are tutored constantly by manager Doug Sisson and pitching coach Dean Treanor. While Treanor works on the physical end of the pitchers' development, Sisson drives the mental message home. """"As a rule, you find young hitters at this level haven't seen very much good breaking-ball pitching because they're coming out of high school and collegiate ranks,"""" Sisson, a former catcher in the Twins organization, said during a recent rain delay. """"They have difficulty with breaking pitches. Young pitchers try to take advantage of that. In order to make their records look good they tend to feed the hitters a dose of curves and changes. """"But young pitchers aren't doing themselves any good in the long run with a philosophy like that. We encourage them to be aggressive and use the fastball. We stress the importance of getting ahead in the count and establishing superiority. """"Sometimes that's more difficult than you imagine. We have to make the pitchers understand they're going to need the fastball - and a good one - if they're going to get hitters out at the next level. """"Probably the greatest improvement in Powell this year from last is that he is learning how to use the fastball."""" The 6-foot-4, 220-pound Powell was 5-5 with the Vermont Expos in the New-York-Penn League last summer. """"He is not an overpowering pitcher,"""" Sisson said. """"He can get his fastball up to 93 (mph) and averages out at 90-91."""" Back with Impact Didn't enjoy brief RANDY PHILLIPS THE GAZETTE Jamaican forward Onandi Lowe is back with the Montreal Impact after an abbreviated stint with Guadalajara of the Mexican First Division. """"I didn't like the environment. It was a different world and it wasn't really where I wanted to be at this point in my career,"""" Lowe said yesterday. Lowe was loaned indefinitely to Guadalajara in a deal concluded by Impact president Joey Saputo several weeks ago to give the talented 21-year-old striker a chance to play at a higher level of competition than in the A-League and to earn more money. A-League salaries range from $15,000 to $40,000 depending on performance incentives. Lowe stood to earn """"three or four times more"""" in Mexico. Under the terms of the agreement with Guadalajara, Lowe could choose to leave if he was unhappy. """"(My decision) had nothing to do with the money. Money wasn't the issue. It's just that for now I feel more comfortable here,"""" Lowe said. Because of commitments with the Jamaican national team, Lowe actual Bangers gamble on Berg Oft-injured forward gets a new deal APCP NEW YORK - The New York Rangers agreed to terms on a new contract with free-agent forward Bill Berg, the team said yesterday. Terms of the deal weren't disclosed. Berg, 28, began last season with the Toronto Maple Leafs before being traded to New York in February, along with Sergio Momesso, in exchange for Wayne Presley and Nick Kypreos. Due to a broken leg suffered in October, Berg appeared in only 41 games during the 1995-96 season, registering three goals, two assists and 41 penalty minutes. FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla - Only a month after the Florida Panthers played in the Stanley Cup final the team might be looking for a new arena. Panthers officials said yesterday the team will begin looking for a new home soon unless the Miami Sports and Exhibition Authority approves a new Miami Arena lease. The MSEA rejected a lease extension worked out in May between the Panthers and Leisure Management. PHILADELPHIA - The Philadelphia Flyers signed free-agent right wing Steven King, formerly of the Anaheim Mighty Ducks, yesterday. The 6-foot, 200-pounder appeared in only seven games last season with the Ducks, scoring two goals. PHOENIX - The Phoenix Coyotes yesterday hired Paul MacLean as an IAN MacDONALD """"But what's happening is he's learning how to use that fastball consistently. He's learning how to locate the ball. He's using both sides of the plate."""" Vazquez was 6-6 at this level last year and is dominating this season. The 6-foot-2, 185-pounder was scouted by Fred Ferreira, Expos director of International scouting. """"Vazquez is more of a natural than Powell,"""" Sisson said. """"We keep reminding him of what to do but he has a natural feel for pitching and just needs to get stronger."""" Ottawa Lynx (Triple-A International League, 38-58, fifth, 13 games out) - manager Pete Mackanin had a pep talk with the players Sunday, reminding them they still had a lot to play for over the balance of the season and had to play hard. Harrisburg Senators (Double-A Eastern League, 52-47, second, eight out) - Kirk Bullinger right-handed kid brother of the Cubs' Jim Bullinger is 2-1 with 16 saves and an ERA of 1.11 over 32 1/3 innings as the closer. Alex Pacheco, with the Expos briefly, is 4-1 (1. AARON DERFEL THE GAZETTE CAPT MIKE FABR0 Cpl. Bernie Lanteigne, a flight engineer, holds an unidentified girl who was in the first group of people rescued by his helicopter crew yesterday. CANADIAN FORCES BASE BAGOTVILLE - Capt. Jonathan Bouchard, one of the top pilots of 439 Squadron, had already completed a rescue mission by 9:30 a.m. yesterday when he received orders to fly to Grande-Baie. """"It's a medi-vac,"""" Bouchard said of the latest sortie as the CH-145 Griffon, a $6-million chopper, lifted noisily off the tarmac. Bouchard, at 23 the youngest member of the squadron, had logged more than 30 air hours during the previous four days carrying out evacuations of flood-ravaged towns in the Saguenay-Lac St.-Jean region. Bouchard is himself a flood victim since the Chicoutimi River burst its banks Saturday night and inundated his house in the town of Laterriere with two meters of water. But Bouchard, who is now living in a barracks at the base with his girlfriend, has been too busy flying to dwell on his predicament. """"I try not to think about it, but at the end of the day it starts sinking in,"""" Bouchard said, as we flew five kilometers east to Grande-Baie - the hardest-hit community in the region. On the approach to the town, lingering damage of the floods was everywhere in sight. Telephone poles had snapped in two like matchsticks, roads lay crumpled, a bridge was collapsed and many houses had been flattened to the ground by the raging waters of the Riviere des Ha! Ha! The river, swollen only two days ago, had receded considerably yesterday, but it had dumped piles of mud on what PLEASE SEE COPTER, PAGE A2 Chicoutimi mayor says dam levels might have been too high PAGE A3 How you can help the flood victims PAGE A3 Rain keeps people of Jonquiere on edge PAGE A4 Insurance won't cover most losses PAGE A4 Time to pitch in: editorial PAGE B2 inning scan U Restricted SainWFidaie-de-Mont-Murrayf MK6"""" at fk iEti' 7 """" Dangerous Sept-llesTf rg Arrows point to portions of the roads that are closed or have restrictions imposed, such as weight limits on vehicles. The dots on either side of the arrows indicate the length of the road affected. JONATHON GATEHOUSE THE GAZETTE CHICOUTIMI - Mayor Ulrich Blackburn is calling for an investigation of allegations that the Quebec government and local industries mismanaged dams controlling the region's water levels, and are largely responsible for last weekend's devastating floods. At a press conference yesterday, Blackburn responded to the anger of area residents, and asked why water levels in Lac Kenogami, which feeds the overflowing Chicoutimi and Aux Sables rivers, were kept so high before last week's torrential rains. """"In the 135 years of Chicoutimi's history, this is the worst flooding we've ever seen,"""" Blackburn said. """"And before we didn't have the dams, we just Heavy-rain warnings sent: weather agency MONIQUE BEAUDIN THE GAZETTE Environment Canada gave ample warning last week of the heavy rains that led to destructive flooding in the Saguenay region, a spokesman for the national weather agency said yesterday. """"We are very, very proud of the work that we did,"""" said Pierre Ducharme, head of meteorology at Environment Canada's Montreal office. """"It would be hard to get more accurate predictions than what we had."""" The agency reviewed its weekend procedures to see how it handled predicting the heavy rainfall that battered the Saguenay area. The Montreal office has a severe-weather team that watches for heavy rains, tornados and other extreme weather conditions. It sent out a first warning of heavy rain at 2:10 p.m. Thursday, saying there could be accumulations of more than 50 mm of rain. A second warning was issued on Friday. """"The warnings we sent out almost perfectly match the areas hit by heavy rainfall,"""" Ducharme said. But Environment Canada didn't warn anyone about flooding because """"that's not our job,"""" he said. """"Once we predict heavy rains, it's up to the dam-owner or a homeowner to make sure they can deal with it."""" The weather warnings were immediately sent to provincial civil-protection authorities, made available to media outlets and put on several other Environment Canada communication networks, including a radio service and weather-information phone lines, and a fax-like network tha",1,1,1,0,0,1
+89,19930731,modern,Rain,"THE GAZETTE, MONTREAL, SATURDAY, JULY 31, 1993 A9 Flooding, tornadoes sweep across Prairies 14-year-old becomes first casualty CANADIAN PRESS SOUTHAM NEWS WINNIPEG - A police diving team continued its search yesterday for the body of Shahid Husain, a 14-year-old boy who waded into a flooded creek in a Winnipeg suburb. And a series of tornadoes swept across north central Alberta late Thursday and early yesterday morning, causing damage to farms and silos. Husain became the first casualty of flooding in the Winnipeg area when he became stuck in the mud and was swept away by the strong current Thursday. """"We have what is normally a quiet little creek that has now become a raging river,"""" said Winnipeg police Sgt. Paul Johnson. It will be some time before streams like the one Husain disappeared in return to normal levels. Usually less than knee-deep in midsummer, Sturgeon Creek is now many metres deep and almost 10 times wider than normal at the spot the youth entered. The swollen Red River, which runs through the city, is expected to crest in the next few days but a floodway will prevent the river from flooding its banks. In all, more than 200 millimetres of rain have fallen in some areas. In Alberta, the 90-kilometre corridor from Holden to Vegreville to St. Paul was the scene of most of the serious damage. One twister followed a path that started 55 kilometres east of Edmonton and tracked northeast. The other hit just east of Falun, a village 75 kilometres southwest of Edmonton. The Sportsman Motor Inn and an Alberta Wheat Pool grain elevator in Smoky Lake, about 70 km northeast of Edmonton, were extensively damaged by another tornado early yesterday morning. Tim Aldie of Environment Canada said yet another tornado may have tracked up toward the Lac La Biche - Fort McMurray area. Wind speed in the Conklin area was clocked at 144 km/h. But the tornado that touched down northwest of the town of Holden was by far the most devastating, said Graham Blundell of Alberta Disaster Assistance. Several properties were levelled or severely damaged and two people were injured when the tornado touched down. Feed containers holding thousands of bushels of grain were thrown about in the maelstrom. One crushed a three-tonne truck. Insulation and debris was strewn in the branches of the trees that still stood. Disaster Assistance officials were surveying damage yesterday. West central Saskatchewan was also hit hard by severe weather from the same system. There, the wind uprooted trees, damaged homes and farms and pounded crops. """"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?"""" Teale was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to 12 years in prison in the killings of Kristen French, 15, and Leslie Mahaffy, 14. Her estranged husband, Paul Teale, is charged with first-degree murder and other offences in the same deaths. His trial isn't expected until 1994 or 1995. The bill proposed by Jackson would funnel any money paid to a criminal for an account of his or her misdeeds to Ontario's Criminal Injuries Compensation Board. Attorney General Marion Boyd said she's interested in the idea and has asked lawyers in her ministry to look into its implications. """"This kind of notion of a criminal profiting from his or her crime is very unpalatable to the general public,"""" Boyd said. But she said the government has to consider the fact there would likely be legal challenges from publishers who might feel such a law violates their rights. Meanwhile, it was reported in yesterday's Toronto Star that Karla Teale danced the nights away in the weeks leading up to her husband's arrest. The Star quoted acquaintances of one man who reportedly met Teale at a bar and began dating her. """"It was the ultimate pick-up nightmare,"""" one of his friends told the newspaper. One acquaintance told the newspaper that when the man, who worked as a salesman, saw Karla Teale's pictures splashed across newspapers, he broke off the relationship. """"My God, what have I gotten into?"""" an acquaintance quoted him as saying. Although spurned by the salesman, Teale wanted to keep the romance alive, the newspaper reported. She kept calling him and sent love letters, the newspaper said, adding she enclosed a topless photo of herself in one letter. The Star said the man turned over the letters and the picture to the Green Ribbon police task force investigating the slayings of Kristen French and Leslie Mahaffy. Clarkson free for weekend in Jasper JIM FARRELL EDMONTON JOURNAL EDMONTON - A Court of Queen's Bench judge said yesterday that millionaire Geoffrey Clarkson can spend the long weekend in Jasper. As part of his bail requirements, the businessman hadn't been allowed to go beyond Edmonton's city limits. He was released from jail July 22. Clarkson's lawyer told Justice Marguerite Trussler yesterday that he thought a weekend in the mountains would be good for Clarkson's health and state of mind and said Crown prosecutor Gary McCuaig had agreed. """"He just wants to get out of the city,"""" lawyer Sid Tarrabain said outside the courtroom. """"He loves the mountains. 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. """"This 5.5 per cent increase will help reduce poverty and will complement reforms of the social assistance system that are designed to help people on welfare to re-enter the job market,"""" Labor Minister Bob Mackenzie said. Ontario Premier Bob Rae promised in the 1990 election campaign to increase the minimum wage to 60 per cent of the average industrial wage and to eliminate the lower rate for younger workers. The rate was raised last fall by 35 cents an hour to $6.35. """"More than 60 per cent of Ontario's 294,000 minimum wage earners are women, many of whom work in small establishments not covered by pay equity. They will benefit from the increase,"""" Mackenzie said. The student minimum wage will also increase by 35 cents an hour to $6.25. Quebec's minimum wage for adult workers will increase to $5.85 in October from $5.70. H' L-4 Qn 'i CREE, X TREATED I 1 'ITU- , n TREATED WOOD fi69 L PCS I 1 vH BOARDS X$H y , i II ill"""" 8 steps VlvVVJ m 7W 7ZJ U 10.25 Pioneer 0f99 k k i TREATED WOOD STEP PI US If Ml 6 6 ' QJE SPjL 16' TRADING P0ST W 5.75 , f2E Treated wood included, S, A, TenipffatutetT aieoiventn degrties Celsius 35 95 30 86 25;, 77 i 20', 68 15 ' 59 10 50 5 41 0 32 -5 , :: 23 10, 14 i&:- 5 20 -4 25 -13 Moon v T First quarter 24 August O"""" 2 August TkLast quarter 10 August QNew 17 August Moonrise: 7:04 p.m. Moonset: 3:45 a.m. Sun Total length of daylight: 14hrs47min Sunrise 5:37 Sunset 8:24 Local forecast Today's high Mostly cloudy with a few scattered showers, chance of a shower this evening, then partial clearing overnight. Winds northwesterly 10 km/h. Ultraviolet index Today's UV level: 7, 2 33 ! Tonight's 4C low ID 0 - ' 1 2 3-LOW 3-LOW , Minutes to sunburn 4 5 6 1 MODERATE 7 8 i HIGH 1 20 1 : Almanac Record 1955 1978 Temperature Yesterday 25 Year ago today 19 Normal this date 26 Max Min Precipitation 20 13 16 (to 2:00 p.m. yesterday) Rain (mm) Month 90.2 Normal 85.6 Snow (cm) Month 0.0 Normal 0.0 1 1 130 1 20 '115 The ultraviolet index applies under sunny skies to light cloud cover. Heavier clouds or precipitation significantly reduce UVB levels. P sgionsl syncpsss Abltlbl-Umiscamingue """" High 25, Low near 14, Partly sunny skies, Laurentians V', High 23, Low near 14, Cloudy with scattered showers, Eastern Ontario '""""', High 25, Low near 16, Partly sunny skies, Southern Ontario 7- ''; High 26, Low near 16, Sunny and warm, Quebec City ' High 22, Low near 16, Cloudy with scattered showers, Eastern Townships iS'S High 22, Low near 16, Cloudy with scattered showers, Northern New England ' High 23, Low near 17, Cloudy with scattered showers, High 22, Low near 16, Scattered showers and thunderstorms, ' Lower North Shore High 17, Low near 14, Cloudy with scattered showers, lass Partly cloudy High 28 Low 16 Partly cloudy High 27 Low 19 Showers High 24 Low 16 Partly cloudy High 24 Low 14 ry v Rea r' S 1 Weather systems ilorecastforSp m this evening, ?s -; Temperatures are today's daytime highs, 1993 MTI Inc WARM FRONT , COLD FRONT STATIONARY Tnniifiu U HIGH FRONT '-- TROUGH ft pRESsuRE RAIN 1 : ! X 4 X : SNOW THUNDERSTORM i 0 00 0 0 0 FREEZING I 10W ri RAIN RESSURE Canada World Max, Min, Iqaluit Ram 12 6 Amsterdam PCloudy Yellowknife PCloudy 18 10 Athens Sunny Whitehorse Cloudy 21 10 Beijing Sunny Vancouver PCloudy 20 12 Berlin Cloudy Victoria PCloudy 20 12 Copenhagen PCloudy Edmonton PCloudy 20 10 Dublin Cloudy Calgary Sunny 21 8 Hong Kong PCloudy Saskatoon PCloudy 22 10 Jerusalem Sunny Regina Sunny 23 11 Lisbon Sunny Winnipeg Sunny 25 15 London Cloudy Thunder Bay PCloudy 27 13 Madrid Sunny Sudbury Sunny 27 10 Mexico City PCloudy Toronto Sunny 26 16 Moscow Cloudy Fredericton Cloudy 27 17 Nairobi PCloudy Halifax Showers 22 16 New Delhi Sunny Charlottetown Showers 25 18 Paris Cloudy St. John's Cloudy 25 15 Rio de Janeiro Sunny T ! T Rome Sunny United States Sydney Cloudy Max, Min, Tokyo Showers Atlanta Sunny 33 20 ; r- i Boston PCloudy 26 19 ; Resorts Chicago PCloudy 29 19 Dallas Sunny 39 26 Barbados Ram Denver PCloudy 33 17 Bermuda PCloudy Las Vegas Sunny 42 26 Honolulu Sunny Los Angeles Sunny 29 19 Kingston PCloudy New Orleans PCloudy 35 23 Miami PCloudy New York Cloudy 27 19 Myrtle Beach Sunny Phoenix Sunny 42 29 Old Orchard Cloudy St. Louis PCloudy 33 22 Nassau Sunny San Francisco Sunny 26 13 Tampa PCloudy Washington PCloudy 29 20 Wildwood PCloudy """"Mil ,Max"""" 19 14 33 20 28 22 24 18 23 17 17 14 30 26 29 19 27 20 21 15 32 18 25 13 23 15 25 13 38 25 22 16 25 17 ,29 19 15 9 28 23 : : , MaxrMih'r 31 23 30 26 31 23 35 26 34 25 33 21 25 16 34 26 33 25 25 18 Canada weighs joining U.S. Women's Hard Court Championships at Stratton Mountain, Vt. Seeded third, Hetherington and Rinaldi beat seventh-seeds Valda Lake and Clare Wood of Britain, 7-6 (7-3), 7-6 (7-4). In singles, unheralded Beate Reinstadler advanced to the semifinals with a 7-6 (7-3), 6-3 win over third-seeded Helena Sukova. Top-seeded Conchita Martinez cruised into the semis with a 6-4, 6-1 victory over Jolene Watanabe. Also advancing were No. 5 Zina Garrison Jackson and No. 4 Manuela Maleeva-Fragniere. Rain prevented play at the Dutch Open clay-court championships in Hilversum, postponing the quarterfinal matches until today. tore his left bicep during practice in Davie, Fla., and may miss the NFL season. Oflerdahl said he'll wait a couple of days until the swelling in his arm goes down before doctors decide whether an operation is required. Cleveland Browns wide receiver Hassan Jones has changed his mind and decided not to retire. The 29-year-old announced his retirement three days ago, saying he no longer felt capable of handling the day-to-day rigors of the game. The six-foot, 202-pound Florida State product was the third Browns player to retire this season. Miscellany Football Injury-plagued linebacker John Oflerdahl of the Miami Dolphins Florida businessman Les Alexander completed his $85-million purchase of the Houston Rockets yesterday and announced he had a major trade in the works. Alexander, who has promised to play a part in running the National Basketball Association team, called the deal significant, but declined to give details. Alexander, of Boca Raton, Fla., pledged to return the team to pro basketball glory. Robert Braknis of Chateauguay won his second gold medal at the Corel Canadian Summer Nationals swimming championship last night in the 100-metre backstroke to earn a berth on the Canadian team headed to the Pan Pacific championships in Japan, Aug. 12-15. Braknis edged out Gary Anderson of Brampton, Ont., with a time of 56.99 seconds. Joanne Malar of Hamilton, Ont., and Marianne Limpert of North York, Ont., took the top two spots in the women's 200-metre freestyle. Those performances, together with an impressive third-place finish by Tara Fullbrandt, 15, of Edmonton, were enough to claim all three a berth in the 4x200-metre relay at the championships. Quebec women's under-19 team beat the Brooklyn Black Magic 104-54 to advance to the semi-finals of the eighth annual Quebec Basketball Federation summer festival. The under-19 team now faces Nova Scotia in the 67-team tournament being held at CEGEP Vieux Montreal and Champlain College in St. Lambert. Quebec's men's under-19 squad takes on the men's Brooklyn Black Magic team tonight, 7:45 p.m., at CEGEP Vieux Montreal. The Nike West Island Running Circuit resumes tomorrow with the 15th annual Ste. Anne de Bellevue Classic. The event, run through the scenic Morgan Arboretum, starts and finishes at the Theese Casgrain Centre at John Abbott College. Four races will be held 20 kilometres (9 a.m. start), 10 km (9:20 a.m.), 5 km (9:20 a.m.), and 1.6 km (11:30 a.m.). Registration begins race day on site at 7:30 a.m. The provincial harness horsemen's association will hold a general meeting Monday to discuss contract offers from Blue Bonnets racetrack, which has been without live racing since July 14. MEMPHIS, Tenn. Jeff Maggert made up for a first-day blunder on the way to a 6-under-par 65 yesterday and led John Daly by a stroke after two rounds of the PGA's $1-million St. Jude Classic. Maggert, who was at 10-under 132, could have had a piece of the lead Thursday but for a triple bogey on the par-3 11th hole after going into the water. He settled for a 67 that left him three shots off the pace of Michael Bradley. Yesterday, Maggert birdied the 11th, sinking a 20-foot putt. """"There was a little revenge there,"""" Maggert said. """"Other than that one shot (Thursday), the past two days I've hit the ball really well."""" Daly, a former Memphis-area resident, shot a 66 that included four birdies and an eagle on the par-5 15th hole of the 7,006-yard Players Tournament Club at Southwind. 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.",1,0,0,0,1,1
+90,20000715,modern,Rain,"THE GAZETTE, MONTREAL, SATURDAY, JULY 15, 2000 NATION At least five dead in Alberta tornado Canadian Press PINE LAKE, Alta - At least five people were killed and 38 more were injured last night when a tornado touched down at a central Alberta campground. """"I can confirm at this time five fatalities,"""" said Jim Squire, public information officer for Red Deer County, adding that the numbers """"are obviously not final yet."""" Alberta Premier Ralph Klein was en route to the scene, joining fire, ambulance and emergency crews that flooded in from as far away as Calgary. """"We have all of the fire services in the area headed out there,"""" Squire said. """"There are also police and EMTs (emergency medical technicians)."""" Andrew Schultz, a weatherman for a Red Deer TV station, described the devastation. """"There were hundreds of people walking around with scrapes, bruises - people being carried out on stretchers,"""" Schultz told CBC-TV. """"The fatalities are countless at this time. It looks like something of a rescue camp right now."""" Several hundred trailers have been flipped upside down. """"The injured were being transported to Red Deer, 60 kilometres to the northwest."""" Fire chief Gordon Stewart said the city had sent two buses full of medical supplies. """"The area that was hit was a summer camping trailer park,"""" he said. """"These are small RVs and there was a lot of damage to them."""" Chaos erupted as soon as the tornado hit about 7 p.m. at the Green Acres campground on the southwest corner of Pine Lake. After hitting Green Acres, the tornado apparently moved diagonally across the lake and finished up in a forested area on the far side. Injured people were seen wandering at the side of the road, while others ran around frantically looking for friends and relatives. """"I have heard that the (Green Acres) owner's house is in shreds and that there are trailers strewn all over the place, up in trees,"""" said Carole Sawyer, customer service manager at the nearby Leisure campground. """"We got the hail and the rain and some wind, but we didn't get anything like what they got."""" Pat Yates was visiting her mother-in-law's cabin on the opposite side of the lake from Green Acres when the tornado touched down. """"Power lines were knocked down,"""" she said. """"I wasn't sure what it was, but a lot of ambulances were coming, cars were lining up in the ditches. It didn't look real bad until we kept going."""" """"When you looked in the lake there was a lot of floating debris, like wood - and it looked like parts of trailers."""" """"It was crazy - the wind was just incredible,"""" said Doreen Jorgensen, operator of Scotty's campground near the Green Acres site. """"It was just white. I don't know if it was sheets of rain or hail or what it was, but it was just wild, the wind."""" Jorgensen said the intense storm lasted about 20 minutes, but did not do serious damage at her campground. Witness Lee Urquhart said RCMP were not allowing people anywhere closer than four kilometres from the site. """"There's three city buses (at the campground) to try and transport some of the people who are less seriously injured into the Red Deer Regional Hospital,"""" he said. """"There's uprooted trees, there's these great big 1,500-pound hay bales that look like they've been tossed around like matchsticks."""" Sawyer said """"everyone within a 30-mile radius"""" has flooded the area in an attempt to help. """"Farmers have their tractors and are doing what they can,"""" she said. """"Everybody just pulled together and went down to do what they could."""" Rescue divers and police dogs from Calgary were called in to search for missing people, and a phalanx of tow trucks and ambulances descended on the area. Emergency officials from as far away as Calgary, as well as all those available in nearby communities, were called in to extricate people who were trapped in overturned vehicles and campers. Blair Morrow of Environment Canada said the weather system that spawned the tornado could be seen from Calgary, 150 kilometres away. """"Right now, we have two things,"""" he said. """"There is an upper low, and Red Deer has been moist and humid for the past couple of days, enough to give us a kicker for some convective action. That's like your boiling pot. This upper low, that is what kicked it, then blew the lid off."""" Morrow said a tornado warning had been issued for the area around the same time the funnel cloud touched down. A 1987 tornado in Edmonton killed 27 people and injured 300. BRIEFS Cabin a Trudeau memorial Fund would erect alpine hut where ex-PM's son died NELSON, B.C. vs Samoa At Markham, Ont Canada vs Japan RUGBY CANADA SUPER LEAGUE Today's Games E Ontario at The Rock Nova Scotia at Toronto Manitoba at Edmonton Valley Venom at Crimson Tide BASEBALL AROUND THE LEAGUES EASTERN LEAGUE (AA) Yesterday's Games New Britain 5, Harrisburg 1 Portland 8, Erie 6 New Haven 7, Bowie 3 Altoona 2, Norwich 0 Reading 3, Trenton 0 Binghamton at Akron, ppd, rain Thursday, July 13 Harrisburg 8, New Britain 4 Portland 4, Erie 1 New Haven 2, Bowie 0 Altoona 6, Norwich 5 (19) Reading 3, Trenton 1 (16) Binghamton 2, Akron 1 PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE Yesterday's Games Calgary at Tacoma Iowa at Albuquerque Las Vegas at Tucson Memphis at Colorado Springs Oklahoma at Nashville Omaha at New Orleans Salt Lake at Edmonton Fresno at Sacramento MAJOR-LEAGUE As provided by the American and National League, with position and effective date. Players are on the 15-day disabled list unless noted. (Through July 13) American League Anaheim: Michael Colangelo, 60-day, of, March 20; Jeffrey DaVanon, 60-day, of, March 20; Gary DiSarcina, 60-day, ss, May 9; Kent Mercker, lhp, May 14; Jason Dickson, rhp, May 15; Scott Schoeneweis, lhp, June 17; Tim Belcher, rhp, July 3. Baltimore: Brian Falkenberg, 60-day, rhp, March 22; Eugene Kingsale, 60-day, of, March 26; Rich Amaral, of, June 15; Calvin Madura, rhp, June 22; Cal Ripken, 3b, June 28. Boston: Tom Gordon, 60-day, rhp, April 2; Juan Pena, 60-day, rhp, March 29; Bret Saberhagen, 60-day, rhp, March 18; John Valentin, 60-day, 3b, May 31; Trot Nixon, of, June 24; Michael Coleman, 60-day, of, June 27; Darren Lewis, of, July 1; Mike Stanley, dh, July 5; Rod Beck, rhp, June 29. Chicago: Brian Simmons, of, March 31. Cleveland: Jacob Cruz, 60-day, of, April 30; David Riske, 60-day, dip, April 26; Charles Nagy, rhp, May 17; Ricardo Rincon, 60-day, lhp, May 17; Jaret Wright, 60-day, rhp, June 3; Tom Martin, lhp, June 13. Detroit: Seth Greisinger, 60-day, rhp, March 13; Gregg Jefferies, inf, May 30; Robert Fick, c, July 6. Kansas City: Orber Moreno, rhp, March 24; Jose Rosado, lhp, May 1; Carlos Febles, 2b, June 5; Christopher Fussell, rhp, June 8; Carlos Beltran, of, July 4. Minnesota: None. New York: Luis De Los Santos, 60-day, rhp, March 25; D'Angelo Jimenez, 60-day, ss, March 23; Roberto Kelly, 60-day, of, April 19; Nick Johnson, 60-day, inf, March 25; Ramiro Mendoza, rhp, June 25; Allen Watson, lhp, June 29; Shane Spencer, 60-day, of, July 10. Oakland: Omar Olivares, rhp, June 17. Seattle: Dan Wilson, c, June 15; Tom Lampkin, 60-day, c, June 26; Francisco Rodriguez, rhp, July 1. Tampa Bay: Wilson Alvarez, 60-day, lhp, March 25; Tony Saunders, 60-day, lhp, Feb 18; Damian Rolls, 60-day, 3b, March 25; Juan Guzman, 60-day, rhp, April 8; Dave Eiland, rhp, May 24; Jose Canseco, of, May 25; Bobby Smith, ss, July 6. Texas: Justin Thompson, 60-day, rhp, March 25; Mike Simms, 60-day, of, April 19; Mike Munoz, lhp, April 27; Tom Evans, inf, May 11; Danny Kolb, 60-day, rhp, May 27; Ruben Mateo, of, June 3; Darren Oliver, lhp, June 17; Ryan Glynn, rhp, July 2. Toronto: Joey Hamilton, 60-day, dip, March 21; Dewayne Wise, 60-day, of, June 6. TENNIS AROUND THE COURTS $600,000 UBS OPEN At Gstaad, Switzerland yesterday Doubles SECOND ROUND Jerome Golmard, Fra, and Michael Kohlmann, Ger, def Adam Peterson, U.S. Garage Sales 685 Computers ANSWERS TO PC PROBLEMS While taking my Masters in Computer Engineering, I'll solve your configuration problems, crashes, install software; and supply set up a personalized system, 24/7 in your home. G Delonffi 514-489-0941 PENTIUM board $39 333 MMX $79 Laptop $225 84 gig $169 VGA $19. Complete Pentium $249. Laser $99. 691 Garage Sales BAIE D'URFE July 15 & 16, from 8-4 pm 20770 Lakeshore, Gibbard mahogany bed, head & foot board, fridge, washer dryer, Hauser patio furniture, Panasonic computerized typewriter, tools and more, 514-457-3173 BEACONSFIELD 209 Antoine Vigeray (off James Shaw), Saturday, July 15, 9-3 pm, Toys, games, furniture, clothing, and other crazy stuff! C U THERE! Rain or shine. BEACONSFIELD Moving Sale, Entire contents of house for sale, Antiques, living room, dining room, office furniture, etc. 98 Celtic, Friday, Saturday, Sunday from 9 to 4. BEACONSFIELD 87 Midland, Garage estate sale, Everything must go, Entire contents of senior's home to be sold between 8:30 a.m. and 3 p.m. CARTIERVILLE 7830 Albert Lesage, moving sale, household goods, glassware, books, toys, gym equipment, patio furniture & much more, Rain or shine Sat & Sunday, 9 to 5 pm 514-335-6397 CARTIERVILLE 7790 Henry Dufresne Ave, North of Tuppin, Sat & Sun, July 15, 9 to 4, Patio screens, furniture, lamps, misc. BIG SALE! Ping pong table, bicycles, camping equipment, electrical items, clothes, books, etc. Saturday, July 15th 9-4 pm 2986 Avenue des Saisons, CHOMEDEV 1416 Eraser, corner Atlantic, bargains, housewares, toys, jewelry, Sunday only, 10 to 5 pm. 691 Garage Sales SENNEVILLE 19 Philips St, Sat Sun, 9-4 pm immense; Antiques, tools, wood stoves, furniture, small tractor with snow blower & trailer, old single iron bed, cast iron tub/sink, bric-a-brac, Rain or shine All must go. SNOWDON Sat Sun, Rain or shine, 10-2 pm, 4470 Circle, knick-knacks, fur coats, furniture, rugs, antiques, No early birds. 87 Viking Place, Saturday & Sunday, July 15-16, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Multi-family garage moving sale Great bargains! GREENFIELD PARK 906 Watson (cross street Money) Friday and Saturday run 9 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Great buys! Rain or shine! HAMPSTEAD 33 Cleve Road, Sunday, July 16, 9 am-2 pm, Toys, clothes, electronics, and more, No early birds, please. HUNTINGTON 1843 River Road, country Pack-Hat turns Arctic nomad Antiques, collectibles, Gramophone, war ration books, large freezer, etc., Saturday, 15th, 9 am-4 pm, Rain or shine. KIRKLAND Moving Sale! Lacey Green, 11 Ennmore St, Sat, July 15, 9 to 3, 630-9516, Kitchenaide top of the line, fridge/stove, unique dining room set, patio set, toys, and much more! LA SALLE 7688 Edward, Fri, 10 am-9 pm & Sat, 10 am-5 pm, Mega store front sale, Furniture! antiques, household items, etc. Piano, sofa-bed, books, games, etc. Saturday, July 15, 9-2 Rain date Saturday, July 22, 6595 Duncan (corner Prince of Wales, just south of Terrebonne), 484-9340. 4977 Coronation, Sat, Sun, June 15-16, 9-4, Rain or shine, Household items, jewelry, Knitting yarn, fabrics, etc. 5230 Coronation between Fielding & Chester, Sat 9-3 pm rain day Sun, household items (electric typewriter), quality men's suits 42 tan, women's and children's clothing, Books, toys, furniture. Williams, James Andronica, (2:00) 858001 (44) Movie Powder (1995, drama) Mary Steenburgen, Sean Patrick Flanery, The head of a Texas school for troubled boys takes interest in a pale-skinned teen with highly evolved mental abilities. (2:00) (CQ 79827 B Nature Alaska's intense Iditarod sled-dog race involves teamwork. (CQ 489001 GEE) Biography Diahann Carroll. (CQ 971399 IAPTN) From Hawaii The American government changed Hawaii from a sovereign nation to a state. (BID Sparks (CQ 986339 mm Book Television (CQ 331865 (SB) Histoires de lamer On ques-bonne les causes de la mutinerie sur le Bounty entre le premier officier et le capitaine. 4055827 (S) World Today (CQ 190317 (HHyTJSCTV 3085020 (CV) Cinema Dans les bras d'Oma (1997, drame) Louis Gossett Jr, Lonette McKee. (2:00) 5025310 CHS Wild Discovery Exploring the elephant (CQ 498643 (MSD Movie Love Leads the Way (1984, docudrama) Timothy Bottoms, Eva Marie Saint Blinded athlete Morris Frank acquires a German shepherd guide dog from Seeing Eye founder Dorothy Eustis. (1:40) (CQ 8750914 (FOOD) Emeril Live 4071865 (fjGTSD Garden Architecture (CQ 9965952 (BED It Seems Like Yesterday Fords; Marilyn Monroe; air-raid drills. (CQ 6395907 (HE) Things We Do for Love 6677469 (MMAX) Musicographic 5003198 CMP) ConcertPlus 245136 CNVV) Foreign Assignment Don Murray; Patrick Brown. (CQ 7444778 (BRW) Murder, She Wrote (R) (CQ 8545643 (fiDT) Grands reportages (CQ 6947391 CSBJD WWF Smackdown! (CQ 7431204 (SHOW) Power Play Frank Duskey's mother confronts Brett Parker about her son's accident (CC) 852827 I SPACE I Sliders Time progresses slowly on a world where Quinn meets and protects his younger self. (CQ fTLTn Survivor Science A teen survives a plane crash in a tropical rain forest 877117 (TTflD Bill Maher Be More Cynical (CC) 990399 CHONE) Fly Tales 8090335 CTOONFJ Capitaine Star (CQ 8090335 CffiHD Bear in the Big Blue House (CQ 3800310 CDBD Studio 2 (CQ 11827 CVB) On My Mind 9969778 CWGN) Movie Pretty in Pink (1986, romance-comedy) Molly Ringwald, Jon Cryer, Rich teen asks an unpopular one to senior prom. (2:00) 884407 WTN wtn.ca History of housework; David Foot; ballet controversy; Wendy Mesley. (CQ 95827 CDS) Student Bodies Kim tests the chemistry between Cody and Emily. (CQ 986223 &30 p.m. (3X0 Daddkt Chris feels inadequate when he must decrease his life-insurance policy; Linda begins to feel the pressure of providing the family's sole income. (R)(CQ 6676730 Ol!) Whose Line Is It? Questions; Scene to Rap; Weird Newscasters; Greatest Hits; Songs of the Chiropractor. (R) (CQ 27952 (53 Hometime Blending; matching bricks. (Part 5 of 9) (R) (CQ 6674372 GBUnpaese, 1000 cttta 33488 BED Amen 965846 CBBSB Movie The Sons of Katie Elder (1965, western) John Wayne, Dean Martin, Four sons attend their mother's Texas funeral and avenge their slain father. (2:15) 3341952 (COM) Just for Laughs Jimeon; Chris Finn; Richard Lewis. 3071827 (BSE) Pools, Patios and Decks 9951759 (BSD Great Crimes and Trials of the Twentieth Century Czar Nicholas II and his family are executed. 7840092 CLTO life's Weddings 6689204 (TOONE) Angela Anaconda (CQ 9545420 rnSSSF) Angela Anaconda 9545420 CTREE) Tekrubbles 3896117 CM) Ecrans du monde 586372 CZE) Judaism: A Quest for Meaning 9948285 COB Boy Meets World Cory changes his hairstyle and falls in with a new crowd. (CQ 965730 p.m. (T) City of Angels An athlete, destined for the NFL, faces permanent paralysis after an automobile accident; Ed O'Malley overdoses on pain medication; Ron Harris arranges a private surgery. for himself (R) (CQ 5391 CS) Will & Grace Will and Jack complain to the Today show's Al Roker after a scheduled kiss between gay men does not air (R) (CQ 8543846 OH) Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (CQ 65943 OC) Cttemag: En direct 82759 CD Nikita Madeleine apprend à Michael que Nikita est toujours en vie; celui-ci élabore un plan pour la ramener dans la Section One 42117 IB FX: The Series Rollie recreates a fateful day in 1979 to get a senator's assassin to lead him to fellow conspirators (CQ 37285 03 Cinema Mais qui a tué Hany? (1955, comédie dramatique) Edmund Gwenn, Shirley MacLaine (1:50) 8554204 g? Touched by an Angel (CQ 79865 (33) Mystery! An Unsuitable Job for a Woman: Playing God Cordelia investigates a young doctor; the doctor is found stabbed to death in his car (Part 1 of 2) (R)(CQ 4592681 CQ Frasier (CQ 326952) Si Nova A year inside a beehive shows an organized social life, rival queens, colony scouts and the defeat of enemies (CQ 409865 GB) Jungreb Show 49136 (A&E) Murder One A deranged fan of Avedon's confesses to Jessica's murder; Annie confronts Hoffman with a disturbing rumor (CQ 828653 CAPTR) Contact CBETJ Comlcvlew 409865 CCD) Biographies La vie de Frank Sinatra 4068391 (CUD) Larry King Live (CQ 295961) JOHN MAHONEY, GAZETTE Pointe Claire Canoe Club members (from left) Peter Mant, Anthony Toteda, Ross Martin, Ryan MacLean and Michael Hesletine swim a leaky banana boat back to shore off the club's dock yesterday Experts say the quality of water around Montreal Island has improved Hold off on the beach party Water's cleaner - but we still can't swim whenever and wherever we want JANE DAVENPORT The Gazette Mary Richardson remembers when a typical summer day for kids growing up in Pointe Claire automatically included a dip in the lake """"I used to swim at the bottom of the street, where they put the boats in at the launch,"""" she said """"We used to go down every day and swim Where we were there was a beach, and there was sand; you could see to the bottom"""" West Island beaches are a part of Montreal Island's yesterdays, long since replaced by a rocky shoreline and piers stretching out into the waters of Lac St Louis During the 1970s and 1980s, bathing in those waters - and any popular bathing spot in the Montreal region, for that matter - became less and less of a possibility Eventually, the practice of pumping raw sewage from homes into the waterways sent the fecal coliform count in waters around the entire island soaring, turning them into little better than cesspools But for the first time in years, evidence suggests that water quality around the island is not only improving, but may be acceptable for swimming in places And with water samples drawn from 132 sites offshore getting consistently high quality ratings in weekly tests by the Montreal Urban Community, it's hard not to wonder if a return to beach culture is far behind Sandy beaches crowded with bathers once stretched along much of the West Island shoreline, Richardson, who is in her 50s, said """"Everybody would go down to the bottom of their street, and they had swimming lessons,"""" she said """"At the pier, they had stairs, and swimming off all the different areas It was a daily activity for most of the kids that lived around here"""" In the summer of 1981, only seven of 49 public beaches in the area passed provincial government tests required to stay open for the summer Today, only three - Cap St Jacques, Bois de l'Île Bizard, and Parc Jean Drapeau - exist And although the region was once rich in beaches, there are a number of obstacles to their return The first is that while the water around some areas of the island appears cleaner, it isn't clean enough yet to allow people to swim and wind-surf whenever they want Scientists who conduct the MUC testing program have cautioned that a single sample drawn once a week from a former watering hole is not sufficient to declare the site clean or safe Second, although the water- and waste-treatment plant at the east end of the island has had a major impact on contamination of water around the island, there is still a good deal of troubleshooting to be done For example, Daniel Green, an anti-pollution activist with the Société pour Vaincre la Pollution, pointed out yesterday that water contamination can increase sharply the day after a rainfall """"Water quality can vary according to various factors, including rainfall,"""" agreed Jean-Philippe Lafleur, one of the scientists responsible for the testing program """"That's why on our website, we post the weather conditions if the samples were taken when it was raining, if it was one or two days after the rain or more than two days"""" Some West Island municipalities have separate drainage systems for rainwater and sewage, he added Rainwater is pumped directly into the river, while sewage goes to the treatment plant """"In sectors where all the water goes through one system, there are overflow mechanisms When the volume of water is too great (after a rainfall, for example), the overflow will spill directly into the waterway,"""" he said Overflow after heavy rain can affect municipalities with separate drainage systems for rainwater and sewage, he said, but not as often A final problem with the notion of beaches on the island is that the sandy stretches that graced the shores in the '50s just aren't there anymore, and creating new ones would be a complex undertaking Creating a public beach first requires a permit from the Régie des Bâtiments, said a spokesman at the Quebec Environment Department Facilities and supervision must meet the legal requirements stipulated by the Régie A new beach must also be tested and found to be safe for public use Finally, if the beach alters the natural environment in any way prospective beach-owners must prove that the alteration won't endanger existing fauna and flora before getting authorization from the Environment Department to proceed PEGGY CURRAN Questions crop up Bourque deaf to worries about China garden Pierre Bourque must have felt right at home opening Montreal's newest green space this week For one thing, he was, as he so often is, several thousand miles away, back in his beloved China, inaugurating the $5-million Montreal Garden, a park that the overwhelming majority of his constituents and taxpayers will never get to see And, again as usual, he brushed aside anyone who threatened to rain on his parade - in this case, by questioning living and working conditions of the crews who built the project """"They work and they have food, they live very well,"""" Bourque said of reports migrant workers had lived eight to a room in leaky thatched huts with dirt floors """"The weather is perfect there They have tables, benches In Shanghai, that's the way they do that"""" It was a predictable refrain from the mayor, who has made a political career out of nebulous replies When The Gazette's Linda Gyulai visited the site with Bourque a year and a half ago, she reported the mayor appeared to be blithely unaware of the stark conditions endured by workers, who were then - it was January - living in tents or makeshift lodgings sectioned off with strips of plastic sheeting """"We have followed all the bylaws,"""" he said in a conference call with reporters Thursday """"The working conditions in Shanghai are the best in China"""" The mayor may be right Perhaps working conditions really are better in Shanghai than they are in the rest of China Yet for all its historical allure and economic bustle, Shanghai is still part of a country stained by the legend of Tiananmen Square, where human rights are for other people Activists here and abroad argue, with good reason, that a project that bears Montreal's name, and which has been funded with $3 million in federal, provincial and municipal money, should have set a better example ANKLE-DEEP MUD According to the China Labour Bulletin, a Hong-Kong-based agency which monitors working conditions, crews on the Montreal project worked 12 to 13 hours a day, had to provide their own food and lived eight to a room in huts where rain transformed dirt floors into ankle-deep mud Carole Samdup specializes in globalization issues at the Montreal-based International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development Substandard housing, low pay and poor working conditions are a common problem in the developing world, she said But that's no reason why a project paid for with public money and purportedly promoting Canadian business interests must do the same """"If we don't do something about it when we have an opportunity, nothing will change What happened to the trickle-down economy?"""" 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in Toyota's Prius, the gasoline engine doesn't even start until the car is traveling 22 km/h To restart the Insight, simply flick the gear lever into first, the engine pops to life instantly and away you go The auto-stop feature is designed as much to reduce emissions as cut fuel consumption (the two obviously go hand in hand - the less you put in, the less you'll get out) The Insight isn't the fastest vehicle off the line You have to be prepared to work the gearbox to achieve a comfortable level of acceleration when pulling into traffic, but once rolling (on harder, low-rolling-resistance tires) the car motors along smoothly and quickly Digital gauges tell you the vehicle's speed, its current and historic fuel economy and the degree to which you ruined every picture she was in I hired a photographer whose work I had seen for my daughter's wedding I was sure he'd do a good job When I Sotomoni Mines 1985, action 7594405 (SB Universal Soldier: le combat absolu 1999, science-fiction) Jean-Claude Van Damme 8827973 (SPACE King Kong vs Godzilla 1963, science fiction) Michael Keith CUBS Mystery Men 1999, fantasy) Hank Azaria 7644221 (OHM) Thelma & Louise 1991, drama) Susan Sarandon 166757 10 PM Q Swann 1996, mystery) 30863 CD Une phile de pterins 1993, comédie dramatique) Bruce Jones 8675318 (HM) Gus 1976, fantasy) Edward Asner 2490950 S6JD Desperate Hours 1990, crime drama) Mickey Rourke 8375252 CDSD No Man of Her Own 1950, drama) Barbara Stanwyck 58863 10:25 (SB Loin de 1997, drame) Jeremy Irons 40944028 10:40 (POO Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold 1987, adventure) Richard Chamberlain 90518028 10:50 O Biais 1998, drame) Miou Miou 96751216 11 PM d ED Incognito 1999, romance) Richard T Jones 769689 (SPACE King Kong Escapes 1968, science fiction) 11:05 SrJHJD The Pillow Book 1996, drama) Vivian Wu 29648047 11:30 CffSK Colors 1988, crime drama) Sean Penn 984776 11:40 (Q Mere Indigne 1994, docudrame) Crissy Rock 18469009 (ESHJ To My Daughter With Love 1994, drama) Rick Schroder 48296080 Om Passion's Desire 1998, suspense) 48219931 11:45 (MAS) The Mirror Crack'd 1980, mystery) Angela Lansbury 8171134 11:50 CJLe Loin 1993, suspense) Dennis Quaid 9598028 SB Parfum d'Emmanuelle 1993, pour adultes) Marcela Walerstein 7236028 QSTJS The Road Warrior 1981, science fiction) Mel Gibson 36348641 12 AM nPure Luck 1991, comedy) Martin Short 91142 G3 Geronimo: An American Legend 1993, historical drama) Wes Studi 7854784 (MB Longitude 2000, miniseries) Michael Gambon 762790 G3B Los Ordres 1974, docudrame) Jean Lapointe 7530871 (SD Folio de mot 1995, comédie) Grace de Capitani 3480239 12:25 (PSD King Rat 1965, war) George Segal 66947697 12:40 SB Vendetta 1999, drame) Christopher Walken 57396516 1 AM fBBTI JFK 1991, docudrama) Kevin Costner 7645239 (SPACE) Quest for Odin 1985, science fiction) (WTtTI Thelma & Louise 1991, drama) Susan Sarandon 577448 1:05 O Manhattan Murder Mystery 1993, comedy) Woody Allen 5558697 1:30 C!Ty American History X 1998, drama) Edward Norton 466429 (BSD The Dark Wind 1991, crime drama) Lou Diamond Phillips 568871 1:45 tBRed Line 1996, acti",1,0,0,0,0,1
+91,20070626,modern,Rain,"THE GAZETTE, MONTREAL, TUESDAY, JUNE 26, 2007 I A3 KILLER WEATHER Intense heat, torrential rains plague Europe TT9 FOREST FIRES RAGE GLOBALLY Thousands of Pakistanis removed from coasts ahead of possible cyclone ATHAR HUSSAIN REUTERS PAKISTAN - People take shelter during a heavy rain shower in Islamabad yesterday (left) while a boy watches the downpour through a car window in Karachi (above). Authorities in Pakistan and India evacuated low-lying areas after weekend storms killed more than 350 people. GERMANY - That umbrella might come in handy, as a storm brews over the water at a beach at Norderney yesterday. DANNY GOHLKE AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE VIA GETTY IMAGES ALBANIA - Hold the hot wax finish: A boy ducks under a tree to avoid the water at a car wash in Tirana, where temperatures reached up to 42 degrees C. ENGLAND - No need for a car wash after driving through the floodwaters in Hull yesterday. AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS Athens - A heatwave has claimed four lives in Greece and Cyprus and killed six more people in Romania as temperatures soared to 46 degrees Celsius in parts of southeast Europe. Turkey also reported deaths blamed on the intense heat, while three people drowned in Bulgaria swimming in unsupervised dams and beaches during the weekend as temperatures climbed well above early summer averages. Greece, which has seen some of the highest temperatures, is set to record its hottest June. Athenians emerged from the city's subway clutching newspapers over their heads to try to stave off the blazing sun, while tourists with bottles of water took shelter under the few trees in the city centre. In Turkey, Istanbul Governor Muammer Guler said pregnant and disabled public servants would be given days off today and tomorrow because of the extreme heat. Twenty-five people have died in Romania during the recent hot spell, health ministry data showed yesterday. Hot weather is expected to last throughout the summer, affecting cereal crops and hydropower production, officials said. Forest fires were also reported near several prominent tourist spots on Turkey's Mediterranean coast. In Britain, torrential downpours left three dead and hundreds stranded yesterday as storms continued to batter Russia and a heatwave in southern Europe led to further deaths and sparked fires. Several hours of effort from rescuers including police divers was not enough to save a 28-year-old man in Hull, northwest England, who died after becoming trapped while trying to clear a flooded drain. Local police in nearby Sheffield said later they had recovered the body of an unidentified young man, though his body was found downstream from where a teenage boy was earlier reported to have been swept up by the floods. In Italy, helicopters and specially adapted aircraft joined firefighters on the ground yesterday to fight a series of fires in Calabria and on the island of Sicily, as a heatwave there continued. The situation was particularly serious in Sicily, where media reports said a number of hotels near the northwest coast had to be evacuated. In Pakistan, thousands of people were removed from southern coastal areas yesterday ahead of a possible cyclone, two days after a storm killed at least 235 people in the port city of Karachi, officials said. The meteorological department issued an alert saying a tropical storm forming in the Arabian Sea 150 kilometres south of Karachi was likely to intensify into a cyclone in the next six to 12 hours. Fishermen were advised to stay ashore until Thursday in some areas because of the likelihood of """"extremely"""" rough seas. At least 10 fishermen have been missing since the weekend, officials said. Karachi is still reeling from a deadly thunderstorm on Saturday, with parts of the sprawling port city of 12 million people still without electricity or drinking water. The shortages have led to several riots. In China, at least 155 people have died in flooding so far this year mainly in the south, while about 2 million people are suffering from drought in the north, the government said yesterday. Flooding has caused more than $1.3 billion in damages. SPORTS I TENNIS THE GAZETTE, MONTREAL, TUESDAY, JUNE 26, 2007 OPEN COURT WIMBLEDON Retractable roof for Centre Court won't help much STEPHANIE MYLES It only seems as if it rains all the time during Wimbledon. The statistics tell another story. The centerpiece event of tennis averages less than one complete washout every four years (one day in every 50). Of course, that's a rather dodgy number, since a rainout (meaning the very expensive tickets must be refunded by the All England Club) means less than one total hour of tennis in a day. The first year Wimbledon's Centre Court opened in 1922, the opening match was delayed nearly two hours and the tournament itself continued until Wednesday of the third week. The forecast for yesterday's opening day was terrible going in, and indeed the weather was awful around Britain. Yet, somehow, they got a lot of tennis in, even if the start of play was delayed 90 minutes on the two biggest courts and 2½ hours everywhere else. The weather supposedly gets much better as the English summer wears on; even a few weeks would make all the difference. But the tournament will never change the dates; instead, they'll have a retractable roof on Centre Court in 2009. That means fans with tickets there will get their tennis, but it won't do much for the seemingly annual backlog from which the event must recover. Yesterday, of 32 men's matches, seven were suspended because of darkness and 12 weren't started at all. Of the 32 women's matches, 14 never got on court and four were suspended. All of those, plus first-round matches in the bottom half of both draws, are scheduled for today. Here's the forecast from the official Wimbledon site; draw your own conclusions: """"Some areas dry for a time (Monday) evening, but rain soon returning, some heavy and prolonged. The rain gradually clearing eastwards with all areas becoming dry by morning with some cloud breaks developing, but becoming very windy. Isolated showers (today) but most places dry with sunny spells developing, the strong winds slowly easing down."""" That narrows it down. It's all being blamed, in that deadpan British way, on an """"incredibly persistent"""" ridge of low pressure. First on, first out: Aleksandra Wozniak, the only Canadian woman in the main draw, was scheduled first on Court 15 and, despite the late start, got through her match without a stoppage in play. Unfortunately, for the second time in two weeks, the Blainville native came out on the losing end, 7-6 (4), 6-3, against American journeywoman Laura Granville. Wozniak was up a break in the first set, gave it back when serving to go up 5-3, then had a set point while serving at 5-4, only to be broken as Granville converted her first break opportunity of the game. She fell down early in the first-set tiebreaker, got it back on serve, then gave up two straight points on her own serve to lose the first set. In the second set, serving to stay in the match at 3-5, Wozniak was broken at love. In tennis, love is nothing: Martina Hingis was always considered the """"black widow"""" of tennis. Every male player she dated, it seemed, immediately found his career going down the drain - coincidence or not. Remember Magnus Norman and Ivo Heuberger? Didn't think so. But now, since her engagement to veteran Czech pro Radek Stepanek shortly before the New Year, it seems she's turned the tables on herself. Rarely injured in her career, she has struggled with a left-hip injury that's still only 60-per-cent healed, missed the French Open because of it, and barely squeaked through her first-round match at Wimbledon yesterday saving two match points in the second set before rolling through the third against local favourite Naomi Cavaday. Hingis did well at the Australian Open, won a tournament in Tokyo right after that, but is 6-5 since, typically losing in the second round without putting up much of a fight. Nadal's good-luck charm: The first time the very private Rafael Nadal brought his girlfriend to a tournament was at last year's Wimbledon, where he reached the final. Francesca """"Xisca"""" Perello, a 19-year-old student also from Mallorca, is there again, hoping history repeats itself once more. No more knicker-picking: Speaking of Nadal, fans of the """"gaucho-pant"""" look might be in for a shock today when the No. 2 seed and French Open champion takes the court for his first-round match against American Mardy Fish. At an exhibition last week, Nadal ditched the clamdiggers in favour of more classic white shorts, thus sending Nadal fashion fans all over the world into conniptions. If you thought the young man had twisted steel for arms, wait until you see the quads, heretofore hidden underneath the knee-length pants. The good news is that one of his most annoying habits, that of """"disengaging"""" his ubiquitous wedgie before every single point (which has led the British tabloid press to anoint him with the most-unflattering nickname of the Knicker Picker), may be history with the looser shorts. smyles thegazette canwest.com TENNIS Chairs were finally provided for players in 1975 CONTINUED FROM CI In 1946, play resumed at Wimbledon and by 1949, the grounds were fully restored to their prewar state. The U.S. cursed his luck when he was drawn in the same half as Federer, but the big server was in fine form when he took the first steps toward a possible semifinal showdown with the top seed. He fired 16 aces en route to a 6-1, 7-5, 7-6 (3) win over compatriot Justin Gimelstob. A decade from her 1997 title triumph, Hingis seemed to have forgotten her status as ninth seed and twice came within a point of losing to a woman who had won only two Tour matches in her career. In the end, Cavaday lacked the energy to pull off the biggest win of her tennis career and bowed out 6-7(1), 7-5, 6-0. Hingis's chances of adding to her tally of five Grand Slam crowns looked rather bleak when she faced two match points. """"It was never on my mind that I'm going to lose,"""" said Hingis against the 232nd-ranked Cavaday at 4-5 in the second set. Cheered by a partisan crowd on Court 2, Cavaday's nerves got the better of her when it mattered. She scooped the ball into the net on her first match point and was outclassed by a Hingis winner on the second. Hingis appeared bemused by her great escape, but then showed her ruthless streak, rolling over Cavaday in the decider. Upon turning professional later that year, the LTA voted overwhelmingly to open the championships. In 1968, the first """"Open"""" championships were held, with Laver and Billie Jean King the first such champions. The following year saw Laver win the singles for the fourth time and - in one of the greatest matches of all time - Pancho Gonzales and Charlie Pasarell contesting a first-round match containing 112 games. The match was all the more remarkable given that it was not until 1975 that chairs were provided for the first time for players to rest when changing ends. In 1977, the championships celebrated their centenary, with Virginia Wade memorably providing a home triumph. """"It was never on my mind that I'm going to lose,"""" said Hingis, who missed the French Open with an injury. """"I know Court 2 is a graveyard of champions, but I've never lost there. I'm still in the draw. It's all that matters."""" Justine Henin and former champion Serena Williams overcame dank and distracting conditions to progress. French Open winner and top seed Henin began her bid to complete her set of major trophies with a 6-3, 6-0 humbling of little-known Argentine qualifier Jorgelina Cravero. Williams proved equally unstoppable and shrugged off a hamstring strain to overwhelm Spain's Lourdes Dominguez Lino 7-5, 6-0. Drizzle delayed the start of Federer's match by almost two hours. Once he stepped on to a chilly and roofless Centre Court, he seemed to be in a rush to slip back into his stylish new cream blazer and trousers. Federer ended 86th-ranked Gabashvili's Wimbledon debut in 93 clinical minutes. As shadows crept over Centre Court, Tim Henman made home fans run through the usual gamut of emotions before fading light forced postponed play with the Briton locked at 5-5 in the fifth set vs. former French Open champ Carlos Moya of Spain. Ladies' singles, the centenary of which was of course not celebrated until 1984. Two years later saw the introduction of tiebreakers at 6-6 in all except the final set of a match. Umpires also were issued stopwatches to ensure players did not exceed time limits when changing ends thanks to their new comfortable seats! An electronic service-line monitor - later known as Cyclops - was introduced in 1980, but did not prevent Bjorn Borg from winning the title for the fifth time in succession. The Swede was the first to do so since William Renshaw in the late 1880s, when there was a challenge round. Records continued to be broken almost every year, both on and off the court. """"Kaizen"""" is the philosophy of continual improvement. Let us show you how we do it. 3303 Cote-de-Liesse Saint-Laurent 514-747-7777 www.jabriel lexusca Lexus Gabriel - Winner of the 2005 and 2006 Pursuit of Excellence Award Top 10 moments on grass ALL ENGLAND CLUB. From wild Ivanisevic to skin-tight catsuit SPORTS TICKER London - Wimbledon has given the sports world some unforgettable moments. The following is a list of the top 10 occurrences at the All England Club: 10. White Out: Anne White caused an uproar when she turned out for her first-round match in 1985 in a full-length, skin-tight catsuit. Her match was postponed because of fading light, giving the authorities their chance to ban her attire for the following day's conclusion. 9. Giant Upset: The opening day of the Championships in 2003 delivered a huge upset when defending champion Lleyton Hewitt was hammered by 6-foot-10 Croatian Ivo Karlovic. """"There wasn't a whole heap I could do,"""" Hewitt said. 8. Bare Facts: The 1996 final between Richard Krajicek and MaliVai Washington was delayed when a female streaker raced across Centre Court during the pre-match photographs. """"She put a smile on my face and broke the tension,"""" said Krajicek, who went on to win. 7. Henman's Heave-ho: Tim Henman was hardly living up to his clean-cut image in 1995 when he was booted out of the men's doubles competition for inadvertently battering a ball at a ball girl's head during a moment of frustration in his match alongside Jeremy Bates. 6. Gorgeous Gussie: """"Gorgeous"""" Gussie Moran caused scandal at the 1949 tournament when she stretched the dress code to the limit by sporting clearly visible frilly knickers beneath her skirt. Organizers might have been in uproar, but Moran made the front page of newspapers and magazines across the world. 5. Magic Martina: At the age of 46, Martina Navratilova broke an eight-year title drought and drew level with Billie-Jean King by winning her 20th Wimbledon title when she teamed with Leander Paes to claim the mixed doubles crown in 2003. 4. Cliff's Chorus: As if a lengthy rain delay wasn't bad enough, spectators braving the elements on Centre Court in 1996 were subjected to an impromptu sing-along by Royal Box guest Cliff Richard, backed by an implausible choir of female tennis stars including Conchita Martinez and Pam Shriver. 3. The Tiebreaker: The fourth set tiebreaker of the 1980 final between Bjorn Borg and John McEnroe ranged over 34 points and 22 minutes and is regarded as one of the finest passages of play in the sport's history. McEnroe took the set, but Borg went on to clinch the match. 2. Tarango's Tantrum: American Jeff Tarango blew his top after a series of disputed line calls in his 1995 match against Alexander Mronz, storming off court and defaulting before his wife, Benedicte, marched up to umpire Bruno Rebeuh and slapped him in the face. Tarango was barred the following year. 1. Goran Wins: Hampered by a chronic shoulder injury, three-time runner-up Goran Ivanisevic arrived at the 2001 tournament with few expectations. After an unforgettable """"People's Monday"""" final against Pat Rafter, he became the first wild card to win the title. 5770 Taschereau Blvd Brassard 450-923-7777 www.prestige lexusca I fit it IIIJJJU Ill IIIIIIMI J II 1 J!- j ! r- ! ' ) I -V C """"A MUSICAL DESTINATION Montreal loves Marillion singer Steve Hogarth, so he's headed our way for a special solo gig next week. Hear him sing songs by Marillion and Leonard Cohen and read a complete transcript of The Gazette's interview. TECHNOCITE YOUR CALL IS IMPORTANT TO US Technology reporter Roberto Rocha examines the state of customer support in Canada's banking, telecommunications and wireless industries in his new series: To learn how your stories will shape his reporting, visit his blog, TechnoCite. UNDER THE HIGHWAY: Rust, rubble and lots of trouble. In our online video special, McGill engineering professor Saeed Mirza takes The Gazette to Montreal overpasses in need of repair and explains why the city needs to act fast to prevent further deterioration. ALOUETTES THE SNAP No one knows the Alouettes like Herb Zurkowsky. A Gazette sportswriter for more than 25 years, Herb is known for his football and boxing coverage. Read his new blog, The Snap, where he'll give you the latest scoop on Montreal's CFL team, on and off the field. CAST YOUR VOTE: Do you agree with the Anglican Church of Canada's decision not to allow priests to bless same-sex marriages? You can cast your vote in our daily poll all day long by logging onto montrealgazette.com. Your answers will appear in tomorrow's Gazette and on Global TV's evening newscast. Yesterday's question was: Are you satisfied with the fact the Canadiens selected only one Quebec-born player in the 2007 NHL draft? Yes: 78 of votes No: 22 LOTTERIES TUESDAY, JUNE 26, 2007 Quotidienne-3 $-5-8 (in order) Quotidienne-4 5-8-6-9 (in order) Banco 1-2-4-5-10-14-16-18-19-22-23-34-36-45-53-55-57-60-66-69 Extra 5-8-2-8-5-1-4 (in order) In the event of discrepancy between this list and the official winning list of Loto-Quebec, the latter shall prevail. Please recycle this newspaper. """"Everything's flying in there, frying pans. When you're spinning inside, you're wondering when and how it will end,"""" Ron Muskx, on a Manitoba tornado. Weather-beaten Manitoba warned: It's not over yet. RESIDENTS COUNT THEIR BLESSINGS About 80 tornadoes hit Canada every year, causing an average of two deaths. LARISSA LIEPINS CANWEST NEWS SERVICE WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Winnipeg - As residents in Manitoba counted their blessings and tallied the damage yesterday after a spate of weekend tornadoes, Environment Canada warned more severe weather was headed their way. Large hail, high winds and a """"torrential rainfall"""" of at least 50 millimetres or more was forecast overnight to pound the southern part of the province, where hundreds were still without power. Torrential downpours throughout the province have already resulted in several high water-level advisories, including the Red River in Winnipeg. Environment Canada said it received five reports of tornadoes touching the ground on the weekend. The twisters left a swath of heavily damaged cottages and downed power lines across the southern part of the province. Ron Mustek and three friends were on a weekend camping trip at a trailer park in southwest Manitoba when the tornado hit Saturday night. """"It hit without any warning,"""" said Musick, who was inside his camper with a friend when he felt the winds. """"We started feeling the trailer flipping over. We hit the floor and tumbled for about 30 seconds. It was unbelievable. It rolled two complete revolutions, about 25 to 30 feet. Everything's flying in there, frying pans. When you're spinning inside, you're wondering when and how it will end."""" Each man sustained cuts that required stitches at the hospital, and Musick said his trailer is a """"total write-off,"""" but he's hoping his insurance covers it. While they were inside, Mustek's friends Scott and Brian Baldwin were outside, trying to get their canopy down. """"Something hit me from behind, I have no idea what,"""" Brian Baldwin said. """"I slammed into something, it was probably the ground. Then, when I looked up, I was about five feet away from a tree, so I crawled over and grabbed it. It was so fast, so quick, you had no time to even think. We're just lucky to be alive."""" Manitoba Hydro crews were still working to restore power to hundreds of homeowners and businesses. As many as 600 cottages in Whiteshell Provincial Park remained without power after a tornado touched down in the area. It could be """"still a couple of days"""" before it's restored to the eastern area about 140 kilometres east of Winnipeg, said Manitoba Hydro spokesperson Glenn Schneider. It could take the utility company until the weekend to replace 200 hydro poles destroyed across the province. In the province's southwest about 11,000 homeowners and businesses went without power for varying lengths of time, Schneider said. About 200 rural homeowners in southwest Manitoba were without power yesterday. Costs not covered by private insurance might be picked up by the province's disaster financial assistance program, although it does not cover damage to vacation homes such as cottages that aren't principal residences. In Canada, about 80 tornadoes occur every year, causing an average of two deaths and 20 injuries, plus tens of millions of dollars in property damage, says Environment Canada. These are the reported numbers, but many more tornadoes strike unpopulated areas and go undetected. The odds of dying from a tornado are 12 million to one, but more than half of tornado deaths occur inside mobile homes. The coming downpour wasn't likely to help the situation. Early yesterday the Red River was at 4.5 metres in downtown Winnipeg, more than 2.5 metres above normal summer levels. Flooding is expected in some low-lying areas between Letellier and St. Jean, Man. Like it really hot? Here it comes. Today's forecast could break record. An oppressively hot weather system will be hovering over southwestern Quebec today and tomorrow. Environment Canada issued a high heat and humidity warning for Montreal and Laval yesterday that extends through tomorrow. The agency is forecasting a high of 34 Celsius today, which would break the record of 33.4C set in 2003. The Weather Network forecast a high of 32. A 30-per-cent to 40-per-cent chance of rain tomorrow could cut the humidity. The heavy, humid air could cause problems for anyone suffering from chronic illness, such as heart and respiratory ailments. Heatstroke, cramps and exhaustion are also possibilities for anyone who spends a great deal of time outdoors in this type of weather. Environment Canada suggests drinking lots of water, staying where it is air conditioned and avoiding physical activity outside. 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Send it to: mstachiew@canwest.com Previous columns can be read online at: www.canada.com/topics/technology/columnists/stachiew.html TODAY'S FORECAST The Weather Network Make the right call Montreal area Today's high 32 Tonight's low 22 Mainly sunny with cloudy periods Winds westerly 15km/h becoming southwesterly 20km/h Humidex 35 Tonight, clear Forecast issued at 5 p.m. yesterday covers highs for today and overnight lows between tonight and tomorrow Quebec T-showers StJovite Showers 31/21 Trois Rivieres T-showers 30/20 Sherbrooke Montreal Partly cloudy 32/22 Partly cloudy Ottawa Sunny 32/22 The Weather NORTH AMERICAN WEATHER SYSTEMS Edmonton 10 is v Toronto 1 New York Chicago (7 H Rain Warm Front Occlusion Cold Front High pressure Storms Low pressure Trough TEMPERATURE CONVERSION At 30 7 35 1 Los Angeles -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 -13 -4 5 14 23 32 41 50 59 68 77 86 95 F UV INDEX Low Moderate High 17 minutes to sunburn Temperatures are given in degrees Celsius ALMANAC Today's Records 2003 1970 Temperature Yesterday Year ago today Normal this date Max Min Precipitation 33.4 (to 2 p.m. yesterday 7.2 measured in mm) Yesterday 16 179 Month to date 41.8 20.0 Month normal 83 14.6 Today's normal 28.5 26 25.5 Josh Freed starts your weekends with a smile, Saturdays in The Gazette CLARICA Sunny days are here Clarica advisors are now known as Sun Life Financial advisors Sun Life Financial advisors represent Sun Life Financial Distributors (Canada) Inc, financial services firm (for insurance of persons, group insurance of persons and financial planning), and Sun Life Financial Investment Services (Canada) Inc, firm in group-savings-plan brokerage (for mutual funds) Both companies are wholly owned subsidiaries of Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada, one of the Sun Life Financial group of companies EXTENDED WEATHER: Tomorrow 40 chance of thundershowers High 30 Low 15 Thursday Variable High Low 25 12 Friday Mainly sunny High 22 Low 12 Saturday City 26/9 Partly cloudy High 22 Low 11 Sun & moon Swirls 5:07 a.m. Sunset 8:47 p.m. Moonrise 5:33 p.m. Moonset 1:50 a.m. Total daylight 15hrs 40 min June 30 July 7 July 14 July 22 Full New Canada today Max Min Iqaluit Sunny 10 3 Yellowknife Cloudy 24 14 Whitehorse Cloudy 18 7 Vancouver Sunny 20 13 Victoria Sunny 20 13 Edmonton Showers 20 9 Calgary Sunny 19 8 Saskatoon Cloudy 12 3 Regina Cloudy 15 5 Winnipeg Sunny 21 10 Thunder Bay T Showers 26 12 Sudbury Sunny 31 17 Toronto Sunny 33 22 Fredericton Sunny 27 18 Halifax Cloudy 24 16 Charlottetown Sunny 25 16 St. John's Rain 22 8 United States today Max Min Atlanta Cloudy 32 20 Boston Cloudy 32 22 Chicago Cloudy 30 22 Dallas Thunderstorms 26 22 Denver Showers 25 14 Las Vegas Sunny 40 23 Los Angeles Cloudy 26 15 New Orleans Thunderstorms 30 23 New York Cloudy 31 23 Phoenix Sunny 43 28 St. Louis Thunderstorms 30 21 San Francisco Sunny 18 12 Washington Showers 32 23 (Halifax) Atk 'A terms shown VL Snow Rain 0 Extreme Cooling Degree Have to 5 n m Yesterday 5.2 May 1 to date 88 A Clarica has become Sun Life Financial A bright and optimistic forecast if ever there was one For in bringing two Canadian success stories together under one brand, we have created something of significance for the people we care most about You, our valued customer Care to learn more? 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+92,20061203,modern,Rain,"QUEBEC NATION A9 L! THE GAZETTE, MONTREAL, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2006 Rail, winds storm into town TREES TOPPLED Two deaths blamed on slick roadway JAN RAVENSBERGEN THE GAZETTE Toppled trees, crushed cars, streets clogged with debris-these were scenes across Montreal Island yesterday that rekindled memories of the January 1998 ice storm. But the damage inflicted by Friday evening's freezing rain, and the violent winds that followed, was on a much less disastrous scale. The stormy weather was a factor in an accident about 40 kilometres east of Montreal that killed two people, police said. A driver and a passenger were killed late Friday in a head-on collision involving their vehicle and a large truck on a two-lane road in the town of St. Jean Baptiste, near Mont St. Hilaire. The road was slippery, police said. The freezing rain, working in tandem with heavy gusts of wind that swept through southern Quebec yesterday morning, created havoc on and off Montreal Island. Reports of at least 200 road mishaps flooded in from across the Surete du Quebec's off-island territory, SQ Constable Marc Butz said. No one was killed and no major injuries were reported. """"There were many cases of cars losing control, leaving the road and ending up in the ditch-everywhere there were heavy winds,"""" SQ Constable Manon Gaignard said. There were also many vehicle accidents in Montreal but no reports of any weather-related deaths or severe injuries, as well, Montreal police Constable Raphael Bergeron said last night. He said he could not estimate the number of fender-benders. The westerly winds at Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport in Dorval were blowing steadily at 63 kilometres an hour at 6 a.m. yesterday, gusting to 76 kilometres an hour by 7 a.m., Environment Canada said. By 10 a.m., they were still being measured at 63 kilometres an hour. Montrealers in residential neighbourhoods were left picking up the pieces, in many cases literally, often with the power out. In Notre Dame de Grace, a mature tree snapped off close to the ground and fell across Marcil Ave., shattering the rear window and damaging the trunk of Eric Longtin's BMW. The fallen tree completely blocked traffic near de Maisonneuve Blvd. A few blocks north of Longtin, several of his neighbours awoke with the same morning-after headache. Another mature tree, also at least 10 metres long, had been ripped out by its roots. That tight race to replace Klein SUPPORT SURGES Second-choice votes DEAN BENNETT CANADIAN PRESS Edmonton - Former Alberta finance minister Jim Dinning pulled away from his rivals in early vote returns in the race to replace Premier Ralph Klein, but appeared to fall short of the majority needed for a quick victory. With 60 of 83 constituencies reporting, Dinning was first with 40 per cent of the vote in the Progressive Conservative party leadership election. Veteran cabinet minister Ed Stelmach was second with 33 per cent and rookie backbencher Ted Morton was last with 27 per cent in the vote by party faithful. If no candidate commands a majority of votes, the third-place finisher drops off the ballot and his supporters' second-choice votes will be apportioned to the other two. There was concern in the Dinning camp that should his ideological foe Morton drop off the ballot, the majority of his supporters will have voted for Stelmach as their second choice. As the results were flashed on giant screens in an old airplane hangar north of the city's downtown, legions of Stelmach supporters in white T-shirts and blue scarves cheered, waved Ed signs and chanted """"Eddie! Eddie! Eddie!"""" It was a surprising leap in popularity for Stelmach compared to ground-roots and all. Police issued a warning early yesterday that wind-blown branches - and in some instances construction materials - made navigation of some roads hazardous. Montreal police Constable Olivier Lapointe urged motorists to be very careful. Shortly before noon, a green residential recycling box driven by the wind was spotted skittering across St Jacques St W near Cavendish Blvd, far from any residences. Today, Environment Canada is calling for cloudy conditions, a high of minus 1 C, and two to four centimetres of snow beginning late in the morning. Another two centimetres of snow is expected overnight tonight, with westerly winds of 20 kilometres an hour and a low of minus 5. The Weather Network forecasts about one centimetre of snow during today, with morning temperatures of minus 7 C, winds of five kilometres an hour and an evening low of minus 1 C. In eastern Ontario, about 33,000 homes and businesses remained without electricity last night after Friday's storms knocked out power and wreaked havoc on the roads. About half the customers without electricity were in the Vankleek Hill and Winchester areas. The storms were also blamed for a mudslide in the Durham region, east of Toronto. In the United States, thousands of people were without light and heat yesterday after the Midwest's first big snowstorm of the season. The storm was blamed for at least 11 deaths as it cut a swath from Texas to Michigan and then blew through the Northeast early yesterday. Canadian Press and Associated Press contributed to this report. With the first round of voting last week, when 97,690 party members across the province marked an X, Dinning was first with 30 per cent, four percentage points ahead of Morton and double the total of Stelmach. Although lacking the campaign war chest and headline-grabbing quotes of his rivals, the 55-year-old northern Alberta farmer from a rural constituency north of Edmonton made up for it with a down-home appeal to honour, integrity and common sense that garnered supporters on both sides of the rural-urban divide. Dinning had been organizing his leadership for some four years and was perceived as the front-runner since the start of the campaign. Despite being out of government for almost a decade, he had the support of more than half the Tory caucus. The leafless branches of trees on Mount Royal were still cloaked with ice yesterday morning from the freezing rain that pelted the city. A light snowfall is forecast for the Montreal region today. Thousands still without electricity. Almost 44,000 households and businesses across Quebec were still without power at 9 p.m. yesterday after 37.6 millimetres of freezing rain hit the Montreal region and the Laurentians on Friday evening. Those included about 12,000 on Montreal Island. More than 250,000 Hydro-Quebec customers had been left in the dark at the peak of the disruption, at 8 p.m. Friday. Of these, 105,000 were on the island of Montreal. Hydro-Quebec official Flavie Cote said in an interview last. Public health care wins PRIVATE FACILITY WON'T BILL PATIENTS Urgent-care centre in Vancouver agrees to compromise with provincial government ELIANNA LEV CANADIAN PRESS Vancouver - The British Columbia government won a showdown with a new urgent-care clinic, reaching an agreement with the facility that will bar the clinic from charging patients. But for the first time in Canada, the private clinic will also allow patients to get treatment for which they would normally have to go to a hospital. The high-tech False Creek Urgent Care Centre, which opened Friday, now will operate like any other walk-in clinic. It will charge the B. KOK. Trade Technics ELECTRICIAN Industrial, for a co-located in Lacnme, good salary and benefits, forward cv to Stuart Rosen, 514-634-4258 or call 634-3131 ext. 223 CAD Railway services inc., 155 Montreal Toronto Highway, Lacnme, que MACHINE shop in Pointe Claire requires qualified maintenance mechanic and bench machinist. Send resume to: 514-694-3935. HOROSCOPE JERALDINE SAUNDERS SUNDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2006 BIRTHDAY CAL: Actress Holly Marie Combs, born in San Diego on this date in 1973, may be best known for playing middle sister Piper on the TV series """"Charmed."""" She also served as a producer for the popular teen adventure. This birthday gal also starred in the series """"Picket Fences"""" and has appeared in such films as """"Dr. Giggles"""" and """"Ocean's Eleven."""" An avid animal lover, at present her menagerie includes three horses, five dogs, three cats, four rabbits and koi fish. VARIES (March 21-April 19): Rethink how you are handling a personal situation. Accept the circumstances that are outside your control. Minor frustrations will dissipate soon, so it isn't necessary to plan major changes. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Hold your head high. You have a lot to be proud of this week. Convoluted conversations might steer you in the wrong direction. Suspicions or fears have a tendency to dampen the fun. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Plots and plans, like pots and pans, can create a lot of noise but are only useful if you are cooking up something really satisfying. Hold off on making major decisions for the next several days. CANCER (June 21-July 22): Schemes and dreams don't mix. You may be overly sensitive to slights or easily offended by callous attitudes. When somebody """"tells it like it is,"""" just let it go in one ear and out the other. LEO (July 23-August 22): Slow and steady always wins the race. Changing course can land you in the drink during the first part of the week. Don't take criticism personally, even if it bruises a slightly sensitive spot. VIRGO (August 23-September 22): Something you hear might hit much too close to home. That doesn't mean that you must act on it. Put mental effort into crossword puzzles, instead of cross words with a lover or a mate. LIBRA (September 23-October 22): Be prepared. If someone is likely to rain on your parade, carry an umbrella. The true measure of your success. CONCIERGE (single), live-in, light cleaning and painting only, Exp, and ref essential, Jean Talon metro, 514-432-2113, SMALL animal wholesaler, needs employees with or without experience, Please apply in person at: 6312 Notre Dame W (Mon Thurs, 9-2) or by fax 514-932-3047, DRIVERS (class 3) and helpers needed for Lachine based local moving company, Call 514-637-0303 or 514-651-3826, DRIVERS wanted with minivan or larger, PT or FT immediately, Earn extra money for the holidays, call 514-630-3360, EDUCATOR with ECE qualifications needed, bilingual, Fax CV 514-273-5533, email lefuturdelenfant@bellnet.ca, HIRING Exotic Dancers, Busy entertainment bar in Alberta, Free accommodations, paid shows, travel cost, for more info email: BlueOasis@shaw.ca, Phone: 780-707-0418, HOLIDAY RUSH 4 positions available now, Make $800/wk, 5 days paid training, Work in Montreal, New York & Maritimes, If you like money, music & travel call now 514-934-2362, CV to trainandtravel@hotmail.com, JANITOR COUPLE (Handyman), mature, required for building on Park Avenue, near Van Horne, 514-630-9636, WAREHOUSE HELP WANTED Apply in person: 2975 Deminiac, Ville St Laurent, General Help Wanted, SUPERINTENDENT COUPLE Bilingual (French & English) - Experienced - For highrise Downtown - Apt supplied salary Fax, WINDSTORM KNOCKOUT Freezing rain and strong winds create chaos on and off island, A9, MONTREAL SUNDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2006, montrealgazette.com, SINCE 1778, SPORTS FINAL, STEPHANE DION 2,521 votes, MICHAEL IGNATIEFF 2,084 votes, From tears to cheers in 24 hours Red tide turns green as momentum shifts ANDY RICA and ELIZABETH THOMPSON THE GAZETTE Just 24 hours earlier, he had been standing on the same stage, dumbstruck, His speech had gone long, the microphone was cut off, music started - the speech of his life couldn't be finished, Stephane Dion looked on the verge of tears, But - surprising many, perhaps even himself - he would get another chance to make the speech of his life: a victory speech as the new leader of the Liberal Party of Canada, The 24 hours in between, however, would be tortuous, full of dramatic twists and turns, all watched intently by 5,000 Liberals crowded into the Palais des congrès, and by Canadians following along on television, On Friday night, the speeches over, Dion's light seemed to fade again, Joe Volpe, the first to drop from the race, walked to Bob Rae, Did Rae have momentum? Perhaps, but just after midnight a sign of things to come: Dion squeaked into third place, surpassing Gerard Kennedy. Please see VOTING, Page A3 MORE INSIDE, CHRIS WATTIE REUTERS Stephane Dion: I'm so pleased, I'm so happy, I'm so honoured to have the opportunity to help my party and my country, DRAMATIC FINALE Quiet deal struck with Kennedy called key to win ELIZABETH THOMPSON GAZETTE OTTAWA BUREAU Everything is possible in Canada - even the greatest of dreams, With those words, Stephane Dion took centre stage last night after he realized what many had thought was an impossible dream and won a dramatic fourth-ballot victory to become the new leader of the Liberal Party of Canada, Dion, whose leadership ambitions were initially written off, moved past presumed front-runners Bob Rae and Michael Ignatieff in multiple rounds of voting to garner 54.7 per cent of delegates to 45.3 per cent for Ignatieff on the final ballot, The key, say strategists from all sides, was a deal quietly struck between Dion and Kennedy over the past few weeks, The two men had talked extensively and realized they were on the same wavelength on many issues they cared about, Dion organizers explained, Divided, both were destined to fail, they realized, United, one of them would have a chance to make those dreams a reality. Kennedy dramatically quit the race after only the second ballot, instantly propelling Dion into first place on the third ballot - but shy of the magic 50-per-cent threshold needed to win, Caught in an unpredicted scenario, Bob Rae released his delegates - the lion's share of whom moved to Dion, Please see DION, Page A7 What's next? There's no time to rest for Dion's camp, Hubert Bauch writes, Page A4 Underdog no more Good for Canada Dion recalls being lumped in the """"others"""" category early in the campaign, Page A16 Editorial, Page A20 MORE ON Quick sketches: The kingmakers: Aislin presents an audio slideshow of his drawings from the convention, across the nation, Fears reinforced: Officials shut Viau Bridge to Laval after metal rods fall on road: CATHERINE SOLYOM THE GAZETTE Another route to Laval seemed on the verge of collapsing yesterday as metal rods fell from the Viau Bridge onto Somerville Rd. below, Montreal police shut the bridge in both directions for about five hours, starting around 9:20 a.m., not wanting to take any chances of a repeat of the Laval overpass collapse two months ago that killed five people. The Viau Bridge was one of the alternate routes to and from Laval that authorities suggested motorists take after the de la Concorde Blvd. overpass collapsed Sept. 30, closing Highway 19 for almost four weeks, Engineers with Transport Quebec yesterday took great pains to reassure the public that it was safe to drive across the span, which links Lajeunesse St. on the Montreal side to des Laurentides Blvd. in Laval, """"We did a detailed inspection of the structure and also analyses which allowed us to confirm there were no structural problems and the structure is solid,"""" engineer Fadi Moubayed said, """"It's twice as solid as the standards require, so there is no danger on a structural level as such,"""" Passersby alerted police that debris was falling, on the Montreal side, from the 50-year-old bridge that crosses Riviere des Prairies, Metal rods, known as """"rebar"""" - steel bars used to reinforce concrete structures - had fallen onto the roadway below, Please see BRIDGE, Page A8, Chavez seeks win Revolutionary zeal fills the air in Venezuela as President Hugo Chavez, the firebrand leftist and staunch critic of the Bush administration, seeks re-election today, Page A17 Cubans feel void Fidel Castro was a no-show at a military parade that capped week-long celebrations for the ailing leader's 80th birthday, Page A18 Doomed by geography Typhoon Durian, the latest storm to slam the Philippines, is expected to leave a death toll of more than 600 people, Page A12 Oscar for Eddie? Eddie Murphy's role as a James-Brown type singer in Dreamgirls is hailed as Oscar-worthy, Page A22 QUOTE OF THE DAY """"One measure of leadership is the calibre of people who choose to follow you,"""" Dennis A Peer WEATHER Cloudy with flurries High -1 Low -7 Page A29 INDEX Annies Mailbox, B17 Insight A16 Arts & Life, A22 Movie Listings A26 Best Bets, A23 Obituaries, A28 Bridge B14 Opinion A11 Classified, B9 Puzzles Page A27 Comics A30 Sports B1 Editorials, A20 Wonderword, B16 Horoscope, B16 World, A12 RP I Beyond metropolitan area: 11, 10 Qutbee City Region U, 32 TUES NOT INCLUDED Own a Kia Rio for only $139/month, Monthly payment for a 84 month term financing with $0 cash down, Plus extra fees, Kia Gabon or Kia Gabriel Montreal for full details, FASTEST MOVING AUTOMOBILE in the market, KIA MOTORS is the path to surprise! Another day in the life of typhoon territory Expected death toll 800-plus in latest battering of Philippines OLIVER TEVES ASSOCIATED PRESS PADANC, PHILIPPINES - Doomed by geography and hobbled by poverty, the Philippines has long struggled to minimize damage from the onslaught of typhoons it faces each year, But the high death tolls and destruction persist, with the latest storm leaving more than 800 people dead or missing in the northern Philippines, Typhoon Durian was the fourth major storm to hit the country in four months, It buffeted the Mayon volcano with so much wind and rain ash and boulders cascaded down in walls of black mud that swamped entire villages on Thursday. The Philippines' location in the northwestern Pacific often makes it the region's welcome mat for typhoons, """"We are often the first to experience typhoons before they go to China, Taiwan and Japan,"""" said Thelma Cinco, senior weather specialist of the Philippine weather bureau, Durian, named after a thorny fruit with a powerful odour that many find offensive, blew away roofs, toppled trees and power lines and sent tonnes of rocks and volcanic ash down Mayon, the region's most famous landmark about 340 kilometres southeast of the capital Manila, Rescuers scouring mountain villages buried under mud and boulders discovered more bodies yesterday and prospects for finding any of the 300 missing people alive were fading, The first funerals were held yesterday evening as bodies rapidly decomposed in the tropical heat, In Padang, only rooftops protruded from the mud and debris, Power pylons were toppled, a two-lane highway became a one-lane road strewn with debris and overturned trucks, Silangan Santander, 21, attended funeral services for her brother, Larry, whose widow was five months pregnant, Only his lower torso and legs were found near the sea, Another brother was missing, """"In the community where my brother lived, all the houses there were gone,"""" she said, """"There are only rocks, sand and water,"""" The sound of boulders crashing down Mayon's slopes """"were like thunder and the ground shook,"""" she said, """"We thought it would be our end,"""" The Red Cross appealed for food, tents, water, blankets, mats, mosquito nets and body bags, Canada donated $1 million, while Japan said it would send the equivalent of about $200,000, the Philippine government said, Across the Philippines, at least 2,892 people have been killed and 909 are missing in storms between 2001-05, the National Disaster Coordinating Council said, Damage has totalled the equivalent of $595 million, The calamities came despite preparations and measures to mitigate the damage, Anthony Golez, the council's deputy chief said the people of the Philippines need to be better informed about disaster preparedness, He said Filipinos should be """"bombarded"""" with disaster information, """"They have to get scared, or else,"""" he said, But beyond preparedness, Golez said too many people live close to danger zones like mountainsides or riverbanks, """"They are pushed there because they do not have any choice, If you develop their economy, then they would have more options,"""" he said, Senator Richard Gordon, who heads the Philippine National Red Cross, said better planning is needed, """"We have to break the cycle of disaster and poverty by being smarter, by being sure we can plan our community smarter,"""" he said, """"The big problem here in our country is we don't plan our communities, It's every man for himself,"""" program sets the stage to celebrate our country's most skilled students. This year, the top two spellers from each region will be rewarded with travel and events at the national final in Ottawa next April, and will also share in our new education awards: a total of $5000 in RESPs for our local winner and runner-up! Wxt&tt aircanada.com School Registration Form YES, we would like to register our school to be a part of CanWest CanSpell Spelling Bee. M-7A: WA'i ft! SCHOOL ARTS & LIFE A29L THE GAZETTE, MONTREAL, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2006 BROWNSTEIN This jargon book is sure to leave you LOL CONTINUED FROM A22 Could she be referring to such language as PowerPoint presentations, one of my favourite corporate buzzwords? You bet. In the Beckwith dictionary, this is the definition for bcc: 1) blind carbon copy 2) an option available in email programs that allows people to copy others without the recipient being aware 3) so nasty and passive aggressive; essentially a way of telling on someone, the act of a child who can't handle things on his own 4) can be useful for busting someone who is being a total jerk to you, in which case it's awesome; also a helpful way to tell your boss, Um, can you step in here, because I don't have the authority to rip this person a new one. Thanks. Also special is big picture: 1) overall view of an issue or matter 2) lofty rationalization that managers use to justify their inflated salaries and the need for their direct reports to do all of the actual work on a project; also conveniently relieves them of the responsibility of having to think about details. See also 30,000-foot view. How about hundo? 1) slang: one hundred 2) like one hundred is so hard to say. Dork. Beckwith brings new meaning to the phrase: I'm a people person, which she translates as something often uttered by extremely green job applicants who have no experience in the work world, as anyone who has ever spent time working has learned that most people are intolerable and annoying at best or just plain stupid at worst. Her take on we is priceless, too, and gets right to the crux of it all: 1) pronoun, meaning the speaker and the person or people spoken to 2) you, as in, We really need to make sure this doesn't happen again or We're gonna have to put in some long hours to meet this deadline. Fittingly, the last entry in the dictionary is for Zyban: 1) another antidepressant that might aid in your attempts to not go ballistic and threaten your ability to make mortgage payments. Beckwith's dictionary provides the straight goods. Also, LOL, sorry, """"laughing out loud"""" for those out of the loop. Okay, but Webster's was never this hysterical. bbrownstthegazette.canwest.com Six Quebec films get green light Quebec's film-funding agency has announced that it is helping finance six forthcoming Quebecois films, including a much-anticipated biopic of notorious 1960s Montreal gangster Lucien Rivard. The money to support these films comes from the special one-time grant of $10 million that Culture Minister Line Beauchamp gave film funder SODEC (Societe de developpement des entreprises culturelles) in October following intense lobbying from local producers who complained that they were facing a film-financing crisis. Rivard, the film on the life of the Montreal criminal, will be directed by Charles Biname (The Rocket) and written and produced by Fabienne Larouche and Michel Trudeau. Les Invasions barbares star Remy Girard will play the title role, and the film will be released by Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm. Other films announced on Thursday for SODEC funding are: Serveuses demandées, written and directed by Guylaine Dionne and produced by Kevin Tierney (Bon Cop Bad Cop); Adam's Wall, written by Dana Schoel and directed by Michael Mackenzie; Borderline, based on the novel by Marie-Sissi Labreche and directed by former rock-video director Lyne Charlebois; La ligne dure, directed by Louis Choquette; and Tout est parfait, the feature directorial debut from Yves-Christian Fournier. Do you think my butt looks fat in this? Read about fashion and fitness every Tuesday in Arts & Life. Words matter TODAY'S FORECAST The Weather Network Make the right call Montreal area; Today's high J Tonight's low -7 Mainly cloudy with a few flurries in the morning, flurries in the afternoon. Winds light. Tonight, variably cloudy. EXTENDED WEATHER: Tomorrow Variable High -2 Low -13 The Weather Network thtwtatMrntlwork.com Regional synopses Tuesday Partly cloudy High -5 Low -10 Wednesday Abltibl-Temltcamingue High -7 Low near -16 Light snow Laurentiani High -3 Low near -10 Flurries Forecast issued at 5 p.m. yesterday covers highs (or today and overnight lows between tonight and tomorrow. Quebec City Flurries -4-8 St Jovile, Flurries -3-10 Trois Rivieres; Flurries -3-7 Montreal, Flurries -1-7 Sherbrooke Light snow -1-6 Ottawa - Flurries -1-9 The Weather Network 2006 NORTH AMERICAN WEATHER SYSTEMS Variable High -1 Low -13 Thursday Partly cloudy High -7 Low -12 Sun & moon Sunrise 7:16 a.m. Sunset 4:12 p.m. Moonrise 2:48 p.m. Moonset 5:47 a.m. Total daylight: 8hrs 56 min. -20 J -Edmonton. Vancouver. Winnipeg. Los Angeles. Dallas. Chicago. Weather systems shown are for 2 p.m. today. Eastern Ontario High 1 Low near -9 Flurries Southern Ontario High 1 Low near -5 Flurries Quebec City High -4 Low near -8 Flurries Eastern Townships High -1 Low near -6 Light snow Northern New England High 2 Low near -1 Partly cloudy Gaspi High -2 Low near -9 Warm Front LL Occlusion H Cold Front High pressure Trough. 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 (X Moderate High Extreme more than 2 hours to sunburn Temperatures are given in degrees Celsius ALMANAC Today's Records Max Min Precipitation Heating Degree 1982 1976 Temperature Yesterday Year ago today Normal this date 13 5 4 -2 8 0 4 Aavi tn 9 n m (to 2 pm yesterday Yesterday 23 9 measured in mm) Yesterday 0 2 -2 Month to date 454 Oct 1 to date 7 Month normal 85 7291 -7 1 Today's normal 3 0 Dec 5 Dec 12 Dec 20 Dec 27 R Full New Canada today World today Min Men Min Iqaluit P Cloudy -15 -17 Amsterdam Rain 12 9 Yellowknife P Cloudy -22 -26 Ankara Sunny 10 -8 Whitehorse Snow -12 -14 Athens Cloudy 18 8 Vancouver P Cloudy 5 4 Beijing Sunny 2 -5 Victoria P Cloudy 4 2 Berlin Cloudy 11 3 Edmonton Flurries -7 -11 Dublin Rain 14 8 Calgary P Cloudy -1 -10 Hong Kong Sunny 22 17 Saskatoon Flurries -12 -25 Jerusalem P Cloudy 23 7 Regina Snow -10 -20 Lisbon Cloudy 17 11 Winnipeg P Cloudy -17 -27 London Showers 13 11 Thunder Bay P Cloudy -6 -15 Madrid P Cloudy 12 5 Sudbury Flurries -6 -14 Mexico City Showers 17 9 Toronto Flurries 1 -5 Moscow Cloudy 3 Fredericton P Cloudy -2 -4 Nairobi P Cloudy 24 15 Halifax R Cloudy -1 -4 New Delhi P Sunny 23 7 Charlottetown Flurries -1 -4 Paris Rain 12 11 St John's Flurries 1 -4 Rio de Janeiro P Cloudy 26 22 United States today Cloudy 8 Atlanta Cloudy 13 -2 Sydney Showers 16 16 Boston R Cloudy 6 2 Tokyo Rain 7 7 Chicago Flurries -4 -11 Resorts today Dallas Sunny 8 -2 Min Min Denver Sunny -1 -6 Acapulco P Cloudy 34 25 Las Vegas Sunny 11 -1 Barbados P Sunny 30 24 Los Angeles Windy 22 8 Bermuda Cloudy 23 21 New Orleans P Cloudy 15 1 Daytona Showers 26 13 New York P Cloudy 8 3 Kingston Sunny 33 12 Phoenix Sunny 20 5 Miami P Cloudy 27 20 St Louis R Cloudy -1 -9 Myrtle Beach Showers 13 & San Francisco Sunny 17 7 Nassau Sunny 29 23 Washington P Cloudy 9 0 Tampa P Cloudy 27 16 Your Morning News Update K f lit ll S f Right at Home weekdays Andrew Peplowski This nerd has his charms National Lampoon sequel rides on Kal Penn's capable shoulders KATHERINE MONK CANWEST NEWS SERVICE There's no fighting the appeal of nerd revenge, especially when the supposed hipsters are complete snobs who use their influence and inherited power to deride, humiliate and destroy those of lesser looks and lesser fortune. The Rise of Taj - a National Lampoon sequel to the entirely forgettable Van Wilder - gets maximum mileage out of the nerd-revenge idea. Despite the built-in misogyny of the National Lampoon shtik, the film even manages to find a quiet charm. Don't get me wrong, this is far from a good movie. But thanks to lead actor Kal Penn (star of Harold and Kumar go to White Castle), The Rise of Taj escapes a head-on collision with good taste and intelligence. Unlike other actors who have worn the geek mantle over the years, Penn refuses to play up the easy nebbish. National Lampoon's Van Wilder 2: The Rise of Taj Starring: Kal Penn, Lauren Cohan and Daniel Percival Playing at: AMC, Brossard, Cavendish, Colossus, LaSalle cinemas. Parents' guide: Sexual content markers. For instance, he does not wear glasses, flood pants or a bow tie. He's also tall, dark and handsome. Penn has natural screen charisma, and that puts him well ahead of the mouth-breathing pack. Though Penn doesn't have an accent, he's forced to acquire one for the role of Taj because we need some excuse for his outsiderism, and pathetic as it is, racial difference is a no-brainer reason for social alienation in American cinema. In the big picture, this boils down to a formula story about ALLIANCE ATLANTIS Kal Penn (left) is Taj and Ryan Reynolds plays Van Wilder, a group of privileged inbreds duking it with outsiders out for campus superiority. It all begins with Taj and his acceptance letter to Camford University in England. He's told he has been accepted into the exclusive Fox and Hounds fraternity, but when he shows up, he's told it was a typographical error, and is sent to the campus building where the social rejects hang out. Taj makes it his mission to build their self-esteem. Despite the National Lampoon banner - not to mention the gratuitous cleavage shots and visual gags about male arousal - the movie has the surprisingly benign tone of a kids' movie. In fact, it's really little more than a string of juvenile pranks strung together with music, party montages and tepid one-liners. The only thing this movie has going for it is Penn, who proves himself capable of carrying a film on his own shoulders - which may have some shock value in some Hollywood circles, but feels decidedly passe and a little corny in the world of horny youth culture. kmonkcanwest.com",1,1,1,0,0,1
+93,19990108,modern,Rain,"A4 THE GAZETTE, MONTREAL, FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 1999 MONTREAL It was like Sarajevo without bullets A scary drive down to Washington calls to mind the horrors we lived through a year ago When the ice storm last January finally ended, the question everyone asked was: """"How long were you without power?"""" Anyone who had the good fortune not to lose electricity was always quite sheepish about it, and quick to point out that family, friends and even total strangers had been invited over to share the warmth. Anyone who didn't lose power for a minimum of three days was later considered more a spectator than a survivor of the storm. It was a threshold of respectability. If you wanted to share in the experience, you had to have lived through it. At its worst moment, Black Friday, it seemed the infrastructure of Montreal was collapsing, even as the people of the city held themselves together. It was the fourth consecutive day of freezing rain and ice, and army trucks were rolling through the streets of the city. The airports were closed, the metro shut down and bridges off the island were somewhere between treacherous and dangerous. On Ste. Catherine St., merchants closed because they couldn't scan sales. For that matter, they didn't have burglar alarms. Yet there was an almost complete absence of looting, as if it would have been indecent, given the circumstances. It was nearly impossible to get cash, since most ATMs were shut down. Not that you could buy anything, except bottled water, in stores that let people in five at a time. Walking along Ste. Catherine in the icy gloom of that afternoon, I thought Montreal looked like Sarajevo without bullets. A radio station was even knocked off the air that day, when its transmitter buckled under the ice. I'll never forget the ashen look of CJAD program director Steve Kowch as he stood in his darkened master control at the end of a professional day from hell. His storm-central service was off the air, his morning man was on a cruise and his drive host had just quit because management refused to commandeer its FM sister station. Just another day at the office. Until that Friday, most Montrealers had made an attempt to carry on business as usual. On the Thursday, I was finishing chatting with a colleague, Anthony Wilson-Smith, national affairs columnist of Maclean's magazine in Toronto. """"How bad is it?"""" he asked. """"Let's put it this way: I saw a driver help a passenger off the 24 bus on Sherbrooke St."""" """"That sounds really serious,"""" """"So what have you got on the cover next week?"""" """"Alan Eagleson."""" I burst out laughing. """"Of course, if this was happening in Toronto,"""" said Wilson-Smith, a native Montrealer, """"we would be putting out a special issue."""" In the end, Maclean's had the good sense to put the ice storm on the cover, with a picture taken on Wilson Ave., in Notre Dame de Grace, Tony's part of town, and gave him the assignment of writing it against a crazy deadline. There is a saying in golf, local knowledge. When the rain finally stopped on the Saturday morning, people came out of their darkened homes to marvel at the damage and destruction. You weren't even supposed to walk in midtown, a zone of yellow police tape, because of the danger of falling ice. There was the bizarre sight of pedestrians wearing hockey or bicycle helmets, as if they were protection against a sheet of ice falling off a 30-floor office building. For some reason, in my part of town, the lights didn't go off in Westmount Square. Like a lot of people in the neighbourhood, I stood in a darkened window, wondering why they had power and I didn't. It was almost like a scene from a movie. Out the train window, parts of New England looked just as Montreal did a year ago, with trees bent under ice. We finished a rewrite on the spot, as if it was a perfectly normal business day, and got the CEO's sign-off on her speech. We even managed to have a conference call with Toronto, the centre of the universe. Someone at the other end made some impossible demand in a Toronto sort of way, and the CEO barked into the phone: """"I don't think you realize the seriousness of the situation here."""" VIP PARKING SCANDAL Union claims vindication as case dropped PAUL CHERRY and MICHELLE LALONDE The Gazette The union representing the city's Green Onions says its members implicated in the VIP parking scandal have been vindicated because the Crown has dropped its case against them. No fraud charges will be laid against the 75 parking-meter attendants who were suspended by the city last fall. Yesterday, the union's president accused the Bourque administration of blowing a situation city officials supposedly knew about for years out of proportion to generate publicity before the municipal election last November. """"It's what we knew all along,"""" said Daniel Papillon Demers, head of the Montreal municipal employees' union, part of the Canadian Union of Public Employees. """"Our members were not responsible, in either a criminal way or in a way where they should have been disciplined."""" The city handed three-month suspensions to 75 attendants last fall. Through an agreement, the employees were able to return after being off the job for a month. The suspensions are now under arbitration, which the union estimates will end in March. """"What remains is the arbitration concerning the disciplinary actions that were taken against our members,"""" Papillon Demers said. """"We hope we'll come to the same result: that there was no basis for disciplinary action."""" CITY'S OPINION UNCHANGED City executive committee chairman Jean Fortier said the Crown's decision does not change the city's opinion that its employees committed serious professional offences that merited the firings and suspensions. """"The Crown had to decide whether there were grounds for criminal proceedings, but that doesn't change the disciplinary actions we have taken. Regardless of the decision of the Crown, we think there has been a serious breach."""" Vandalism is continuing, fire department contends Conciliation talks between the city of Montreal and its firefighters' union are to resume this morning amid more complaints by the fire department of """"irresponsible"""" pressure tactics. Fuel filters on two fire trucks were punctured Wednesday night and another vehicle has to be repainted to cover graffiti that proved impossible to remove, said Martine Primeau, a spokesman for the fire department. """"These were acts of vandalism on the part of firefighters,"""" she contended. Fire trucks that had been painted a variety of colours and daubed with graffiti as a pressure tactic in the dispute. We almost gave her a standing ovation. In this week for memories of the ice storm, mine were brought back by a scary drive down to Washington last weekend. Freezing rain had turned Interstate 95 between Baltimore and Washington into a skating rink, with dozens of cars in the ditch. Even worse weather was forecast for the next day, and the drive home, after dropping off my daughter with her mother, I remembered driving into the first day of the ice storm in northern New York. Interstate 87 between Pittsburgh and the border was one long parking lot, but I managed to get over to the soft shoulder and off at the last exit. THE GAZETTE, MONTREAL, FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 1999 A15 WORLD Will 'Sloaney Sophie' be the new Di? ALLIEEN McCAII Southam News LONDON - The British tabloid press is now seriously auditioning Sophie Rhys-Jones for the vacant role of royal superstar. Prince Edward's fiancée needed a police escort to push her way through the phalanx of photographers waiting for her yesterday outside her central London office. And she must have needed half the morning just to scan the reviews of her engagement announcement Wednesday. She made every tabloid front page, save one, and pictures of her and stories about her filled the next seven or eight pages, too. The Daily Mail outdid everyone, however, producing a 12-page """"special souvenir pullout."""" In addition to four full pages of news and photo coverage of the engagement, tabloid circulation fell in Britain after Diana, princess of Wales, died. She was a cover girl whose picture sold newspapers and she has been missed sorely. It is not clear whether she can be replaced. Or whether Rhys-Jones has the """"royal jelly"""" to do it. Royal writer Una-Mary Parker told the BBC that no one could replace Diana - no matter how much the media wanted another royal star. """"(Rhys-Jones) does emulate Diana in many ways with her clothes and her hair, but it is not going to work,"""" Parker said. """"The public won't buy another Diana. There was only one."""" Rhys-Jones doesn't have the young Diana's fairy-tale prospects, either. She's not going to be queen one day. 'Monty' submitted racist plan for Africa Reuter LONDON - Britain's most famous World War II commander, Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery, submitted a racist masterplan for Africa that so embarrassed the postwar government it kept watch on him to ensure he did not repeat his opinions in public. Public records released yesterday reveal that Montgomery - who was revered as a hero for leading British troops to victory over the Germans in North Africa - planned to turn the continent into a white supremacist bulwark against communism. A secret, two-month-long tour of 11 African countries in 1947 led him to conclude that the African """"is a complete savage and is quite unable of developing the country himself,"""" the official papers revealed. His attitude to African independence movements was shown in a recommendation to the government that said, """"We should have no nonsense with the United Nations Organization about Tanganyika; it should be absorbed into the British bosom."""" Tanganyika, which now makes up part of the nation of Tanzania, became independent from Britain in 1961. Montgomery, affectionately dubbed Monty by his troops, was particularly scathing about Ethiopian leader Haile Selassie, whom he called a pathetic figure. """"To give the emperor any more lands would be utterly absurd,"""" he reported. His confidential report was rebuffed by the postwar British Labour government, whose official policy was to build self-government in Africa. TOUR KEPT SECRET Senior ministers were so concerned about the report that Montgomery's lectures were watched to ensure he did not repeat his racist views in public. His African tour was kept secret from all but a handful of top officials. The release of the secret papers under Britain's 50-year rule may tarnish Montgomery's image - glorified in numerous films - as a war hero. Lord Chalfont, a former Labour foreign minister and biographer of Montgomery, said an icon had tumbled. """"A lot of people will find it extremely surprising. His reputation is irredeemably damaged. I find it very disappointing and depressing,"""" Chalfont said. Montgomery's official biographer, Neil Hamilton, said Britain would still remember him as a brilliant strategist, but conceded that in politics he was """"unbelievably naive."""" Hamilton said that Montgomery's description of Africans as savages was """"the kind of schoolboy terminology that Monty used to rally his troops, the equivalent of urging them to hit Rommel for six."""" Montgomery reacted stoically and with humour to the government's rebuttal of his plan, the records show. """"When I wrote my report I was fully aware that you would not agree with it; in fact I said so to my staff! It is obvious that we disagree fundamentally on the whole subject; time will show which of us is right,"""" he said in a letter to the colonial secretary of state at the time, Arthur Creech Jones. Sophie Rhys-Jones is escorted by police as she arrived at work in Mayfair, London, yesterday. Indeed, as some of the less-gushing journalists pointed out, as wife of the queen's third son, she's going to be a rather minor royal. In its editorial, the Guardian commented: """"Numerous precedents suggest that it cannot be an easy thing to marry into the royal family, even at such an inconsequential level. The less she and Edward make of it the better."""" It counseled: """"No pomp, circumstances or PR. No interviews, no street parties, no bunting, no fuss."""" The cheeky tabloids are unlikely to let attitudes like that rain on their parade, particularly if they think they are on to a winner. Certainly the Daily Mail sees potential. Its 12-page pullout featured 49 pictures of Rhys-Jones. It did, however, note that her sense of style still needs work. It made quite a fuss about her fashion """"mistakes"""" in a feature headlined, Can Sloaney Sophie Become a Style Queen? And it deemed the """"round-toed, dumpy-heeled"""" shoes she wore for the engagement photos """"her usual fashion faux pas."""" """"Sloaney"""" is a uniquely British put-down. The reference is to Sloane Square where well-bred ladies who lunch from the horsey set shop in staid stores for timeless fashions. Diana was one of the early Sloane Rangers. She found Versace and grew out of it. Rhys-Jones, with her middle-class background, certainly wasn't born a Sloaney, but even the conservative Telegraph noted that she has adopted the style. It wrote that she sticks to """"Gucci-style pumps with snaffle chains across them, the true sign of the Sloane."""" It is difficult to predict how Rhys-Jones, a sophisticated 33-year-old busy running her own public-relations business, will react to this kind of scrutiny. In the early years, it nearly did in Diana. But there may be sterner stuff at play here. Asked by reporters if she was looking forward to going under the media microscope, Rhys-Jones surprised everyone and replied: """"Yes, I am."""" Mother gets 15 years A Dallas jury sentenced a woman to 15 years in prison for forcing her teenage daughter to have sex with her stepfather to produce a son for the couple. Karen Gay Iheduru, 42, pleaded guilty Wednesday to sexual assault. Her husband, 47-year-old Chris Ahamefule Iheduru, was convicted of the same charge in October and sentenced to three years in prison. Iheduru and the girl's mother signed a contract before their marriage agreeing that the girl would have sex with her stepfather in order to have a baby. Oregon plane crash kills 4 Investigators yesterday picked through the wreckage of a twin-engine plane that crashed about 50 kilometres southwest of Portland, Ore., killing all four people aboard and narrowly missing a farmhouse and barn. The six-seat Beechcraft Baron BE-58 went down in the wooded hills of Yamhill County about 6 p.m. Wednesday, said Debbie Taylor, a Federal Aviation Administration spokesman in Seattle. The cause of the crash wasn't known. Killer executed in Oklahoma A twice-convicted murderer who said he likely would have killed again had he remained free was executed by injection early yesterday. John Walter Castro Sr., 37, was declared dead at 12:22 a.m. at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary. He was the third killer executed in Oklahoma in a month and the 14th since the death penalty was reinstated in 1977. Juries condemned Castro in the unrelated murders of two women, but one death penalty was later overturned. ENGLAND Child-porn suspects in court Eight men accused of distributing thousands of indecent images of children over the Internet appeared in a British court yesterday. The eight were brought before Hastings Magistrates in southern England and were released on bail on condition they return to the court for another hearing on March 5, police said. The men were among a group of more than 40 people arrested in 12 countries last September in what police called the biggest worldwide swoop on pedophiles operating on the Internet. REUTER, AP Union Jack burned South African Muslims protest against Blair visit London Times CAPE TOWN - Hundreds of South African Muslims burned the Union Jack outside the British High Commission in Cape Town yesterday and pledged to disrupt British Prime Minister Tony Blair's visit to the """"Mother City"""" after being dispersed with stun grenades and tear gas. Protesting at the American and British air strikes against Iraq, the demonstrators waved banners and screamed """"One Blair, one bullet,"""" an adaptation of the apartheid-era protest slogan """"One settler, one bullet."""" Police fired tear gas and stun grenades to force the crowd away from the High Commission, which stands opposite the South African Parliament where Blair is due to speak today. The group behind the demonstration, Muslims Against Global Oppression, allegedly took responsibility for the bombing of the Planet Hollywood restaurant in Cape Town shortly after the U.S. invasion of Iraq. THE GAZETTE, MONTREAL, FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 1999 Amnesiac has bail hearing Several questions linger about the alleged memory loss of Honeycutt, aka Brighton today MONIQUE BEAUDIN Gazette Crime Reporter The case of Montreal's amnesiac man seems to hinge on one issue: Does he have amnesia, or doesn't he? According to his lawyer and people who befriended him in Montreal, Matthew Honeycutt - or James Edward Brighton, as he's been calling himself for the last three months - has amnesia and doesn't remember anything about his life in Tennessee or crimes he is alleged to have committed before turning up here in October. But Montreal police don't believe he has amnesia, and have charged him with mischief and obstruction of justice for using a false name. The only person who really knows for sure is behind bars at the Rivière des Prairies detention centre, waiting for a bail hearing to be held today. According to his family, Honeycutt has been treated for mental illness. Montreal police said he was treated for schizophrenia. The Montreal General Hospital psychiatry department, where Honeycutt was tested for more than a month and received outpatient treatment, refused for the second day to comment on the case, except for a terse three-sentence statement made public yesterday afternoon. """"Ever since the patient James Brighton, alias Matthew Honeycutt, arrived at the Montreal General Hospital, our purpose has been to provide him with the appropriate care for his clinical presentation,"""" the hospital statement said. """"The recovery of his identity was the priority. We are pleased with the information that has come to light, which hopefully will help in his recovery."""" Psychiatrist Richard Montoro, who treated Honeycutt, did not return calls left by The Gazette at his office yesterday and refused to talk about the case when contacted at home last night. """"I really don't want to speak to you at home,"""" Montoro said, adding that he would discuss the case today. Before Honeycutt's arrest, Montoro told reporters his patient suffered from a rare condition called dissociative amnesia, perhaps caused by a robbery in which he was assaulted by two thieves in his home. Yesterday, Honeycutt's lawyer said Montoro told him Wednesday that Honeycutt's amnesia was not linked to schizophrenia. """"The psychiatry department laughed their heads off on Wednesday,"""" Michel Lussier said. """"Dr. Montoro said Honeycutt did not behave like a schizophrenic."""" A Montreal memory expert said Honeycutt's symptoms sound as if his memory loss is rooted in a psychological disturbance, as opposed to being caused by a brain injury. Someone who has amnesia because of a brain injury retains long-term memory and can remember such information as his own name and the names of his brothers and sisters, but loses short-term memory, cognitive neurologist Howard Chertkow said. """"To forget your own identity - which is something you've known since you were 3 years old - and to have a complete memory loss essentially never occurs due to brain damage,"""" said Chertkow, co-director of the memory clinic at the Jewish General Hospital. Since he turned up in Montreal, Honeycutt, 28, said he believed his name was James Edward Brighton and he was from New Jersey, and began to remember other information: he smoked, he's gay and he had visited Niagara Falls on a family vacation. Honeycutt's case is like """"Hollywood amnesia"""" - in which people wake up one day and can't remember who they are, or any details of their lives, Chertkow said. """"Unlike true amnesiacs, they're able to remember things they've learned since the amnesia began,"""" he said. Honeycutt's memory loss could be a psychological disorder called hysterical paralysis, in which a person suddenly develops numbness, or paralysis. PIERREFONDS SCHOOL TORCHED PETER McCABE, GAZETTE About 500 students are out in the cold after a deliberately set fire destroyed or damaged three classrooms yesterday at École Primaire Murielle Dumont in Pierrefonds. Police said the fire started in three places at 4 a.m., and they are investigating to determine whether burglary was involved. The building is being checked for safety, and students were told to stay home today. FLASHBACK ICE STORM 1998 A YEAR AGO TODAY Over the next few days, The Gazette will run a daily feature on what was happening a year ago at this time. TEMPERATURE: High of minus-3C Low of minus-5 PRECIPITATION: 35.8 millimetres of drizzle and rain. The second round of freezing rain hits. The number of homes without electricity doubles to one million. Three more people - all elderly - die in their powerless homes. A fire kills two; the third dies of hypothermia. Premier Lucien Bouchard agrees to let the army get involved. All trains stop running through Montreal, and hundreds of flights into Dorval are canceled. About 150 shelters are open in ice-ravaged areas. Panic hits the city when the RDI French-language news station wrongly reports that Hydro-Quebec will shut down all power in Montreal at 3 p.m. Many companies send thousands of workers home early. QUOTE OF THE DAY """"We had a warm building and decided to share it with others,"""" said Rev. Eric Maclean, president of Loyola High School in Notre Dame de Grace. like Sarajevo without bullets: MacDonald, Page A4 Ice and snow disasters: Chambers, Page B3 Galleries give best ice-storm shots, Page D1 Full bus service resumes Monday AMANDA JELOWICKI The Gazette The Montreal Urban Community Transit Corp. is ordering mechanical checks and small changes to its entire fleet of 360 low-floor Nova buses, meaning passengers will have to wait until Monday morning for a normal full-service bus schedule. Thirty of the controversial buses were put back into service for yesterday afternoon's rush hour after they underwent a one-hour maintenance inspection. More buses are to be on the road today, but the MUCTC could not specify how many. The 10 bus routes that were canceled are not expected to be operating again until Monday morning. """"We decided to integrate more frequent checks on our buses,"""" said Serge Mathieu, chief of operations at the MUCTC. """"We are investigating every bus. Basically, the bus is a good bus, but it's a new bus, so we just have to check them more frequently."""" The MUCTC said at a press conference yesterday that the low-floor buses would undergo a three-part cleaning before going back on the road. The transit corporation is also taking the added precaution of installing an extra spring to the throttle system to help reduce the buses' deceleration time. The Nova buses were pulled off the road Monday, after the MUCTC driver's union deemed them unsafe and insisted checks be made. On Dec. 31, one driver reported his gas pedal stuck to the floor. Six other incidents were related to deceleration problems, with drivers complaining their buses would not decelerate for about five or six seconds after pressure on the gas pedal was eased. Six buses were taken to a test site in Sainte-Thérèse-de-Blainville, where similar weather conditions were simulated to try to recreate the problems. After four days of testing, MUCTC director-general Jacques Fortin said yesterday, technicians said the incident involving a stuck gas pedal was an isolated event, but the deceleration flaw was resolved. """"The problem of the delay was fixed,"""" Fortin said. """"The delay is very short; we're not talking about five seconds. Even with the deceleration problem, the buses are still safe. But we wanted the time reduced."""" Dennis Tallon, president and chief executive officer of Nova Bus Corp., said the addition of the extra spring will reduce the decelerators' response time by about 0.2 seconds. He said in extreme weather conditions, response time will be reduced to 2.6 seconds from 2.8 (the time it takes to start slowing the bus), and in normal conditions to 0.6 seconds from 0.8. """"The added spring is being implemented at the MUCTC's discretion. It's something we're recommending to other transit authorities to do."""" The three-part cleaning procedure includes cleaning the acceleration-deceleration linkage, checking the control valve's pressure and inspecting the pneumatic system. Tallon insisted the Nova buses are safe for passengers to use, and said that if there was a significant problem, """"they would not be on the road."""" or amnesia with no physiological explanation. """"It's a defense,"""" Chertkow said. """"It's a way of dealing with stress or anxiety or fears, usually seen in people with quite severe disturbances of personality."""" Police investigators are trying to piece together what happened between Oct. 8, when Honeycutt was last seen in Tennessee, and Oct. 12, when he showed up at a Park Ave. hotel, telling a night clerk he had just woken up naked near an Old Montreal garbage bin. In Tennessee, police officials have been trying to find Honeycutt since he apparently sneaked out a back window of his mother's home on Oct. 8, after allegedly using his brother's ID to obtain a fake driver's license and buy a car. Detective Jim Albanese, a fraud investigator with the Knox County Sheriff's Department, said Kevin Honeycutt filed a police report contending his brother had used his credit cards, got a $1,221.80 loan from a credit company in his name, tried to rent an apartment under Kevin's name and got a fake driver's license that he used to buy a car in Kevin Honeycutt's name. """"(Kevin) got in touch with his brother, whose attitude was that some third person had committed the fraud,"""" Albanese said, adding that the two men were supposed to go to the car dealership to straighten things out when Matthew Honeycutt disappeared. No doubt about it 'Fill-in Mom' absolutely believes mystery man Gisela Maier has never met Matthew Honeycutt. It was """"James Brighton"""" she knew; or thought she knew - that engaging lost soul she befriended and welcomed into her Hudson home. On Wednesday, Montreal Urban Community police said her 28-year-old protege was an imposter, charged with mischief and wanted for fraud and forgery in his native Tennessee. Relatives, co-workers and former lovers who watched Tuesday's broadcast of Hard Copy identified him as Honeycutt, a gay man who suffers from schizophrenia and who vanished Oct. 8, after using his brother's social-security card to get a fake driver's license and buy a car. Yet Marler said yesterday she still believes """"absolutely"""" the story he told when he was admitted to the Montreal General Hospital 12 weeks ago, apparently suffering from dissociative amnesia. """"He is no criminal. Whatever he did, he did in a state over which he had no control. Was it really necessary to have four police officers come in the middle of the night to put shackles on him? This guy is a good human being."""" There was no sense ever that he was dangerous,"""" said Bruce Walsh, co-ordinator of the Gay Line information service, who helped launch the international search to track down the mystery man's family. Like Marler, who first contacted The Gazette, and Gregg Blachford, a Gay Line volunteer who offered Honeycutt a place to stay when he was released from the hospital, Walsh says he believes the man they called James Brighton was """"too consistent"""" to have been playing an elaborate con game. """"James allowed me to read parts of his journal,"""" Walsh said. """"It's a horrible tale of no identity, desperation and loneliness."""" At first, Walsh was understandably wary of Honeycutt, who claimed he had woken up naked beside a garbage bin in a downtown parking lot Oct. 12, yet had no idea how he had got there. He said he dressed in clothes he found strewn nearby and wandered the streets until he reached the Quality Hotel on Park Ave., where he told his story to night auditor Marc Dagenais. """"It was the first time I had seen somebody this lost. He was not faking,"""" Hotel auditor Marc Dagenais PEGGY CURRAN """"He looked very nervous and his hands were shaking,"""" Dagenais recalled in late November. """"He was white as a ghost."""" Dagenais said Honeycutt asked the way to the hospital but didn't understand his directions. """"Then I asked his name. He responded nervously, 'Hap Hip I.""""""",1,0,0,0,0,1
+94,19980912,modern,Rain,"I: Record floods The calamitous flooding across a vast area of the Indian subcontinent became more dire as monsoon rains battered the region and caused overflowing rivers to engulf areas previously unaffected by the worst summer flooding in history. Swollen rivers across eastern India and Bangladesh were still rising and posing even further threats to millions of residents weary of more than two months of incessant inundations. The massive floods have inflicted an appalling amount of damage across both countries, where more than 14 million people have been displaced by rising waters. Although floods regularly ravage the region, this year they have swamped vast areas far from the usual courses of the Ganges and Brahmaputra rivers and their tributaries. Earthquakes Several regions of southern Italy were rocked Wednesday afternoon by a powerful temblor that killed two people and damaged numerous buildings. The quake struck near the regional capital of Potenza and was felt from Naples to Calabria at the southern tip of the mainland. In an otherwise quiet week for worldwide seismic activity, earth movements were also felt in northeastern China and Taiwan. Tropical storms Torrential rains and severe thunderstorms associated with developing tropical storm Javier unleashed flash flooding across southern Mexico on Tuesday that killed at least 31 people. Swollen rivers churning with mud and debris swept away houses, bridges and huge trees from Chiapas state in the south to Campeche along the Gulf Coast. Tropical storm Frances drenched the Texas coast with more than 12 centimeters of rainfall. Saudi water crisis Summertime temperatures soaring to almost 50C during the previous week along the Red Sea have caused a water shortage in the Saudi port of Jeddah. Prince Me-shaal ibn Majed ibn Abdel Aziz, governor of Jeddah province, called on the population to limit consumption, but said the water crisis might be almost over. Families in the city have been without running water for up to two weeks. Eruptions White Island Volcano in New Zealand's Bay of Plenty quieted down following several days in which eruptions made the island look like it was hit by a nuclear bomb, according to one tour boat operator. In Mexico, Popocatepetl produced another smoky eruption that sent a plume of ash soaring high above the suburbs of Mexico City. The Stromboli volcano, located just north of Sicily, caused tourists to scurry down its slopes to safety as an exploding lava dome produced a rain of incandescent rocks over the volcanic island. Monarch threat Poisonous caterpillars in an important preserve for the migrating monarch butterfly in west-central Mexico threaten to destroy part of the winter habitat of the distinctive butterflies. The plague began more than a month ago and has affected about 1,500 trees along the border between the states of Michoacan and Mexico, where the monarchs are due to arrive next month. Nearly 20 percent of the trees in the preserve have already been killed. The environment ministry plans to fumigate the forests before the butterflies arrive and to replant the affected trees. Monkey raids Singapore residents are complaining to officials about an increased number of attacks by marauding monkeys, which are breaking into condominiums and trashing kitchens. """"I am very worried for the children, because the monkeys don't seem to be afraid of humans,"""" Kimberly Brenner told the Straits Times. She recently had to fight off two monkeys that had invaded her balcony, while other residents in her 400-unit complex said the troublesome primates swing from windows and even show up in bedrooms. National Parks officials told reporters that the monkeys are probably living in a nearby forest and venture into the residential areas in search of easy food. The problem is probably being aggravated by some residents intentionally feeding the animals. A new map called Eco-Montreal is designed to make the city as livable as possible, as well as provide geographical and geological information. MARK ABLEY The Gazette Maps show us where to go. They prevent us from getting lost. They enable us to plan with confidence. These are truisms. But not all maps have the same goal. Some maps aim to educate; a few even aim to transform. Such maps assume that we are lost, that we don't know where to go, that we can no longer plan with confidence. Such maps hope to change our lives. One such map appeared this year in Montreal. It's called Eco-Montreal, and it's available in both a small-scale paper format and a more detailed version online. The creators of the map are affiliated with the School of Urban Planning at McGill University and are environmental idealists. """"The mapping is really a tool for citizens,"""" says Douglas Jack, the coordinator of the Eco-Montreal map. """"It's a means of layering a lot of different kinds of information - something that people across a whole range of disciplines can use."""" On their bilingual website, Jack and his colleagues express the desire to """"encourage a new vision."""" A vision of an economically sound, ecologically sustainable future in a livable city. """"Such a vision must transcend politics, language and traditional planning. It must be grounded in respect and knowledge of the bioregion, people, cultures and diversity of species that share this place with us. This vision can only come from the people that call this place home."""" That mention of """"the bioregion"""" is key. Behind the Eco-Montreal map lies a belief that the solutions to many of our problems must be locally based - that loyalty to the region we call home should take precedence over the more usual loyalties and enmities that fill our front pages. This belief is either very old-fashioned or very avant-garde; possibly both. As you scroll and click your way down the computer version of the map, some fascinating bits of information spring to life. In the event of a serious earthquake, it appears, you'd be better off living on Ile Perrot than in Laval. There are no fault lines crossing Ile Perrot, but no fewer than five cross Ile Jesus. A detailed geological map shows, too, that Montreal Island is built mainly on limestone, shale and dolomite. The geology a few miles west is entirely different: by the time you reach Hudson, you're standing on the gneiss and quartzite of the Grenville and Morin formation. But the map also shows what we have made of our inbuilt geology and geography: the patterns of sewage discharge, the toxic chemical sites and refuse dumps. """"We'd like to add more detail in terms of people's own back yards,"""" says Jim Banks, president of the map's sponsor, the Sustainable Development Association. """"We also want to raise the level of discussion at a civic level. The basic question behind it all is this: 'How can we go about making this a better place to live?'"""" While they want you to think locally, the mapmakers are also thinking globally. Their website is linked to a fast-growing worldwide network of Green Maps. A few more clicks can take you into electronic versions, or visions, of places from Copenhagen to San Francisco, Adelaide to Kyoto (where special icons identify the best vantage points for fireflies and cherry blossoms, not to mention the preferred habitat of the white-cheeked giant flying squirrel). """"The power of maps is certainly on the upswing,"""" says Wendy Brawer, director of Modern World Design in New York and a pioneer in the eco-map movement. """"Not only are they important for the discovery of new places, but also for their ability to change people's perceptions about a place."""" Brawer played a large role in designing the Green Apple Map - an inspiration for many other cities around the world. She emphasizes that green maps enable a lot of micro-ventures to join together in some larger sense of community: """"New York covers 321 square miles, so we've got a lot of everything. Through the map, we can see a lot of the small projects as part of an interconnected whole."""" Like so much that the Internet offers, however, the green map of Montreal needs to be taken with a few grains of salt. Its information, both visual and verbal, is imperfect. The map of water aimed at helping people make their ecologically and economically sound choices reveals significant differences between the St. Lawrence and Ottawa Rivers - but it neglects to explain the units of measurement, leaving a viewer uncertain what the different colors mean. Jack is sensitive to criticisms of the Eco-Montreal map, some coming from environmentalists who have lamented the absence of various possible entries. """"Nine thousand hours of volunteer labor have gone into this,"""" he says. """"But in the environmental movement, I think we've been so critically focused on trying to stop the bad guys that even when people are doing good things, our first impulse is to attack."""" The Montreal map's list of """"green businesses and services"""" includes many firms that specialize in soil analysis, water treatment, decontamination and the like. But it also includes the corporate giant SNC-Lavalin - a company that has engineering projects in about 100 countries, and that carried out a feasibility study for China prior to work on the controversial Three Gorges Dam. Is its inclusion unfair? Hard to say. For SNC-Lavalin has also helped to create rapid-transit systems that are environmentally healthy. No clear standards exist on how to define """"green;"""" no consensus exists on where to lavish praise. """"The business issue is the toughest for all of us mapmakers,"""" admits Brawer in New York. """"You can say that everything represents a different shade of green."""" Despite the promise of green maps, it's debatable whether they really have the transformative potential that enthusiasts like Banks and Jack believe. John Tromp, a research scientist in McGill University's department of chemistry, was involved with the Eco-Montreal map at an early stage. A veteran of the Green Party and the Sustainable Development Association, Tromp says that the nagging question behind much of his activism has been, """"What can we do that's effective?"""" The green map is a good idea, he says. But it has not fulfilled all his hopes. Perhaps the hopes themselves were exaggerated? Tromp has gone back to the grassroots - literally. Today, his environmental activism takes the form of helping to run his local community garden. Wendy Gorchinsky is active in a community garden, too. She also teaches composting, sells organic food, distributes fairly traded coffee - and, with two like-minded colleagues, spent the summer working on a detailed eco-map of Notre Dame de Grace under the auspices of the NDG Community Council. The map, which should be ready by the end of October, will highlight about 35 businesses in the district that promote social justice or sound environmental practices. """"We want to build a sense of community pride in NDG,"""" Gorchinsky explains. """"There's a high concentration of these businesses here, and the public doesn't know about a lot of them. Of course, we also hope that the map will encourage other businesses to do the same thing."""" The NDG map is the most advanced in a series of micro-maps that Jack is keen to encourage. Mapping groups are active, he says, in Kahnawake, Vaudreuil, Pointe Claire and elsewhere. Their work may ultimately feed and enrich the larger map of Eco-Montreal. An example of the map's potential can be glimpsed from what happened in a literature class at John Abbott College this year. The students had been reading different versions of Utopia. Their teacher, Patricia Gordon, wanted """"to bring the issues down to our own locality, and have them imaginatively revisit the island of Montreal."""" Gordon asked the students to buy the paper version of the Eco-Montreal map. """"Then, as well as the creative writing, they had to redraw the map to match their vision."""" Some of the results were, in Gordon's term, """"magnificent."""" They revealed a keen sense of the city, not just in terms of its problems but also its possibilities. Gordon is now thinking about using the map in a wholly different course. """"I think it has a tremendously powerful use,"""" she concludes, """"and not just for nitty-gritty scientific stuff."""" To contact Douglas Jack, call 695-3845 or send an E-mail to eco-montreal@mcgill.ca. The website for Montreal is www.mcgill.ca/sup/EcoMontreal.htm. The website for the worldwide green-map network is www.greenmap.com. ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT Dolly Parton - Hungry Again evokes her beginnings and proves she's one of country music's best singer-songwriters. THE GAZETTE, MONTREAL, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1998 DOLLY PARTON - Hungry Again Ddcca/Universal INFO-LINE: 738-8600, CODE 8001 When she wants to be, Dolly Parton is one of country music's great singer-songwriters. Some of her early hits, """"Tennessee Mountain Home,"""" """"Jolene"""" and """"Coat of Many Colors,"""" remain timeless classics. Unfortunately, maybe two decades ago, Parton the artist lost out to Parton the larger-than-life personality. Since then, so much of what she's released has been ordinary and very forgettable; to the point that Parton herself now says she """"needed to write and sing like I was hungry again."""" """"Hungry Again"""" is one of the best records of Parton's career. Certainly, it's the best thing she's done since """"Trio,"""" her 1987 collaboration with Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris. As the title implies, Parton is again writing songs and singing them with the conviction of an artist with an innate need - rather than a contractual obligation - to express herself. Oprah starts 13th season on high note RICHARD HUFF New York Daily News NEW YORK - Amid declining ratings and a fall from her decade-plus perch as the top-rated daytime show, Oprah Winfrey kicked off her new season Tuesday with a new set, new theme music and a renewed vow to use TV in a positive way. Winfrey told viewers that after watching television this summer, she had seen inspired to go in """"the opposite direction of down the tubes,"""" and wants her show's 13th season to """"raise ourselves to the highest vision possible for our lives and those of you watching."""" Appearing in a long black dress on a set highlighted by candles and warm colors, Winfrey said the television world was getting """"stoop to sleaze,"""" """"crazier"""" and that she wanted """"to try to do TV that inspires us to make positive changes in our lives."""" The multiple Emmy-winner said there are shows on the air that are """"like mental poison,"""" adding, """"I ain't mentioning no names."""" She didn't need to. She was clearly alluding to The Jerry Springer Show, which last February - fueled by in-show fisticuffs - became the first program in more than a decade to unseat Winfrey from the top of the Nielsen ladder. Winfrey reaffirmed her vow not to stoop to the lowest common denominator. She's given her show a """"Change Your Life"""" title and intends to offer a series of appearances by self-help gurus. During Tuesday's show, which also included an appearance by soon-to-be-talk-show-host Roseanne, Winfrey gave viewers a glimpse of how she relaxes, complete with shots of her taking a bubble bath. """"Unlike every other show, hers has the most variety,"""" said Dick Kurlander of Petry Television, a company that advises stations on program choices. Of all talk-show hosts, he said, """"she is the broadest by far."""" Kurlander said Winfrey can comfortably remain in second place and still finish far ahead of Springer in quality. Annual Outdoor Art Festival presented by The West Island Association for the Intellectually Handicapped, Inc. featuring The Lakeshore Association of Artists September 12 & 13, 1998 Saturday and Sunday, 10:00 am - 5:00 pm Pointe Claire Cultural Centre Stewart Hall, 176 Lakeshore, Pointe Claire, QC (just off John's Blvd). An event for the whole family, rain or shine. Refreshments will be served on the veranda. COUNTRY COOKIN' MIKE REGENSTREIF One of the most moving songs is """"Blue Valley Songbird,"""" a beautiful ballad about a talented singer-songwriter who never hits the big time, but continues to make great music. The unstated subtext here is that the songbird is the artist that Parton might have been, had big-time show biz not intruded. Other highlights on this disc include a couple of almost-bluegrassers in """"The Camel's Heart"""" and """"Time and Tears,"""" and """"Honky Tonk Songs,"""" a woman's barroom lament. Here's hoping Parton's music stays hungry. MOLLIE O'BRIEN Big Red Sun Sugar Hill/Koch INFO-LINE: 738-8600, CODE 8002 Some of Nashville's superstars have proven time and again that it's easy to make insignificant albums with huge budgets. The antithesis, as Mollie O'Brien has proved before and does again on """"Big Red Sun,"""" is that it's also possible to make great albums on a small budget. O'Brien, like her brother Tim (with whom she's recorded several albums of duets), has a great voice with a natural sense of phrasing. She also knows how to pick strong material and the taste to not drown it in overproduction. Although her roots in traditional country music always shine through, there's a blues base to many of the songs that O'Brien has chosen for this disc. Some of them, like Memphis Minnie's """"In My Girlish Days"""" or Willie Dixon's """"Little Baby,"""" are from the classic blues repertoire. Others, like Steve Goodman's """"Looking for Trouble"""" or Randy Newman's """"Rollin',"""" capture the spirit of the blues. On the traditional """"Gambling Man,"""" O'Brien proves that she can tingle spines with the best of them and she turns in a spectacular Cajun-inflected version of Lucinda Williams's """"Big Red Sun Blues."""" 98V-5556 691: Garage Sales BAIE D'URFE 33 Oxford Road, Sept 12, rain day Sept 19, 9-4pm, Many interesting items, IBM 486 computer with color printer, Thomas organ, exercise equipment, stereo, electric snowblower & numerous household items. BAIE D'URFE Big garage sale, 43 David Kennedy, Sat Sept 12, 8-2pm, Furniture, paintings, clothes, and lots more. BAIE D'URFE 83 St Andrews, Sat, Sun 9-4pm, If rain, next weekend. BAIE D'URFE Corner Beachwood-Chestnut, Sat, 8-3, Multi-Family, Bargains. BEACONSFIELD 2 family sale, 234-240 Allancroft Cr, Sat, 9-4, Toys, bike, golf clubs, household goods, domes, carpets, books, hand-made crafts, lamps, more hidden treasures. No early birds. BEACONSFIELD 145 Hampshire Rd, Sat, 9-4pm, Rain or shine, Bedroom sets, kitchen sets, bicycle, fireplace screen, bed spreads, frames, jewelry & miscellaneous household items. BEACONSFIELD 3 family garage sale, Furniture, toys, adult & children's bikes, baby miscellaneous, clothes and much more Saturday, Sept 12, 9-2 pm, No early arrivals! 5883 Stephen Leacock, corner Mackle, Saturday & Sunday 9 to 4 pm, Rain or shine, """"Moving, Everything must go,"""" Fashion accessories, scarves, hats, gloves, bags, sunglasses, custom jewelry, cosmetics, bath & body products, nail polish, body products, Fridge, TV, video, kitchen table & 6 chairs. Yard sale, Sat, Sept 12, 9-4pm, 585 & 591 Smart Ave, via Radcliffe Rd, antiques, odds & ends, books, kids' clothing, collector plates, etc. No early birds. Rain date Sept 19. Saturday 9-3, rain or shine, 124 Evergreen (cross street Beautoro) 2 family sale, household and sporting goods, baby items, toys, records, furniture, clothes and much more. 8MB RAM, hd 334MB, 8, 4"""" color, modem 14 4bps, $450, Mike 489-5881. USED computers, Dell Notebook, 15"""", Notebook, desktops Win and Mac, Digital camera, Jason 862-6576. 233 MX loaded, $799; K6-300 With EPOX MB, $999; Pentium II, 350, $1499 or $50mo. PC zone Bkr, 685-4242. COMPUTER PROBLEMS? Call The PC Guy! Reasonable Rates, 10 years experience, 364-9506. FREE INTERNET 514-624-5038 www.amtekcenter.com. 'ASSAD' traced the cab - have the surveillance video, should I call the police? 284-2222 x 2553 BACK-UP HD to CD, Copy CD, set up & teaching, scanning, web design, graphics, Ron 488-6634. Garage Sales 691 Garage Sales HAMPSTEAD Sat & Sun, 9-4pm, 27 Glenmore Road, Moving, HUGE VOLUME SALE! Incredible designer clothes, household items, no junk, too much to mention, something for everyone. HAMPSTEAD 45 Heath Rd Sat 9 to 2 pm, Fridge, white, side by side; daybed, tables, oak card table, typewriter, lamps, small electrical appliances, clothing, knick-knacks, etc. No early birds. HAMPSTEAD 81 Finchley Rd, Sat-Sun 9-4 pm, Big Garage sale! Furniture, TV's, VCR, lamps, bikes, clothes and more, Rain or Shine. HAMPSTEAD Bicycles, skates, children's toys, clothes, and more, 8 Minden Rd, (cross street Fleet), Sun, 9-2:30pm. HAMPSTEAD Sunday, Sept 13 from 10-2 pm, Multi-family, wide assortment of merchandise, 5355 Dufferin. HAMPSTEAD All you can want garage sale, Sat, 9-4pm, & Sun 10 to 2 pm. HAMPSTEAD 5872 Femcreft, Saturday 8:30-5:30 pm, clothes; bikes, kitchen appliances, etc. HAMPSTEAD 91 Dufferin, Sat 9-2 pm, Kitchen set, portacrib, toys, lamps, etc. Great deals!!! KIRKLAND 196 Niagara cross Street House, Saturday, 9-3pm, Rain date Sunday, Everything must go, Furniture household, dishes, children's goods, skates etc. Bargains galore. KIRKLAND 15 Reginald Brown, (on Niagara) Sat, 10-2pm, stroller, exercise bicycle, bathroom wall unit, furniture, etc. KIRKLAND 105 Monsadel, Sat 10-4 pm, Clothes, desk, baby items, and much more. KIRKLAND 20 Saratoga (exit St Charles north), Sat, Sept 12, 9-5pm, Spectacular multi-family, Gigantic garage sale, Thomasville dining room set including: enma carpet skis, bicycles, skates, fur coat, toys, games, tiffany lamp, oil paintings, chairs & other furniture, computer & lots of other interesting pieces. KIRKLAND 25 Silverpine Rd (Timberlea), Sat, Sept 12, 9-4pm, Rain date Sun, Sept 13, 3 families, something for everyone. KIRKLAND 46 Charlevoix, Sat & Sun, 8-2 pm, Toys & preschool games 0 to 5yrs, very good prices, everything must be sold. LACHINE 255 56TH AVE, Sat 8:30-3pm Rain or Shine GREAT BARGAINS OLD & NEW AND DECOYS. LACHINE 392 51St Ave, Sat Sept 12, 10-5, Lazy-boy, antique dining room buffet, exerciser. LACHINE 710 47th Ave, Sun, Sept 13, 9-4pm, Toys, books, clothes, & household items. LACHINE 845 51st Ave, Sept 12, 9-3 pm, Rain date Sept 13, 9-3pm, Bargains galore! Little Tykes, freezer, clothes, toys, chairs, car storage unit, knick-knacks & more! LACHINE Moving Sale, Furniture, books, garden tools, and much more, 235 56th Avenue, Sat 9 to 4 pm If rains: Sunday. LACHINE Moving, Tons of bargains, Everything must go, Saturday & Sunday, 9-4 pm. LACHINE Sat, 8; Sun, 9 to 6, 593 5th Ave, Antiques, sports equipment, something for all. LASALLE 219 Gerald, Sat, 9 - 4 Household items, sporting goods, toys and crafts. LASALLE 7519 Oulmet corner Lachante, Sat, Sun, 8-2pm, Oxylite Oxymatic model 301 electronic portable oxygen system 3 mini bottles; 180 Litres, Medigras Pulmo-Aide, aerosol compressor model 5650C, TVs, furniture, kitchen & household. LASALLE 759 44th Ave, Sept 12 & 13, 9-4 pm, used printer, Mac computers, books, toys, etc. LASALLE Mega Sale! Everything must go! Fri 10-9pm & Sat 10-5pm, 688 Eglinton. LASALLE Moving sale: Everything must go! Books, kids toys, leather jacket, clothing, furniture, office desks, household articles, & misc, Sat-Sun 9-5pm (no early birds), 1456 Maurice. LASALLE, Moving sale, 9646 Jean Miiot on Des Bois, Furniture and household items, washer dryer, Kitchen set, tables, lamps, ceiling fan, records, etc, Sat 9 - 4pm. LASALLE Start your XMAS shopping early at the poor persons garage sale, 939 Bishop Power 11, Sat-Sun 12pm-9pm, Mon-Tues 2pm-9pm. Please, Thank you. MONTREAL WEST 89 & 91 Northview, multi-family garage sale, collectibles, books, ladies' & children's clothing, auto parts & many household items, Saturday, September 12, 9-3 pm, if rain Sunday. 685 Computers BUY -SELL -TRADE Mac M Notebooks Pbooks! PROGENI 855-9550 486 color, keyboard, mouse, $195, 386 color, Keyboard mouse, $125 Eddy, 374-5835, COMPAQ Laptop loaded, extended warranty, Paid $3500 Sell $2500, 434-4077 530-6538 COMPLETE 233 MMX $975 15"""" svga 56k Modem 32 SD Ram, Office 97, Games, W98, 487-6662 CYBERAGE PC 254-7700 300MMX multimedia, $3494, West Broadway. This is our first garage sale this season! You know what we have, like to see you again, Sat, Sept 12, from 9-3 pm, if rain Sunday. 4594 Hampton, Sun 9-2, Furniture, lamps, fireplace accessories, household items, CD's, books, etc. Rain or shine. 4616 Oxford Ave, (Somerled/Terrebonne), Sat, 9-3pm, Household goods, collectibles, china, cutlery, books, records, 2 electric sewing machines in tables and more. Rain or shine. ST. LAURENT Game boards, chess set, clothes, etc, 2515 Badeau (Bertrand), Sat-Sun 10-5. ST. LAURENT, mega sale, for kids 0 to 5 yrs, 80 Leduc corner de l'église, Saturday, Sunday. ST. LAURENT Moving sale, 930 Hills, Sat 10-4pm, Furniture, etc, Everything must be sold. ST LEONARD 3 family garage sale, moving sale, Everything must go, Dishwasher, books, household goods, etc, Rain or shine, Sept 12 from 9-4pm, 9052 Chambelle, near corner Honore-Mercier and Lacordaire. Sunday 9-5pm, Giftware, copper, brass, GE Mixmaster, baking equipment, dishes, cutlery, dressmaker supplies & materials, knitting yarns, paper products for X-Mas, beautiful fall clothing, size 12. WESTMOUNT Charity Garage sale, 3rd view, kitchen supplies, jewelry, books, posters, furniture, etc. Money used for research into Huntington's disease. WESTMOUNT Moving Sale! Saturday & Sunday, September 12-13, 9 am to 2 pm, Antiques, furniture, paintings, china, glassware & much more! 433 Victoria Avenue. WESTMOUNT moving, lots of great kitchen stuff, antiques, antique dining room, electronics, home office supplies, lots more, Sat ONLY 9am-5pm (No early birds) ALL MUST GO! WESTMOUNT Queen size waterbed, double bed, exercise bench and weights, aquarium, artwork, angel-wing begonias, clothes, books, housewares, etc, 156 Metcalfe, Sat 10-3pm. WESTMOUNT Adjacent 4660 Roslyn, near Sunnyside, Sat 8-3 Bargains Galore, Household items, toys, accessories, clothing, books, jewelry, and much more, come Make a Deal. WESTMOUNT 10 Bellevue Saturday-Sunday from 10-4 pm, Tables, Jennair stove, dishwasher, bicycle, dishes, clothing, books, drapes, many household articles. WESTMOUNT 44 Roxborough Ave, Sunday only September 13, 9-2 pm, Group Sale, Clothes, toys, books, sporting goods, all kinds of household items, and much more, Rain or Shine. WESTMOUNT 319 Prince Albert, corner Burton, Sat 9-3 Bargains in housewares, clothing, books, cameras, videos, birding and garden supplies, bicycle, toys, etc, Rain or shine. WESTMOUNT Adjacent 4779 Grosvenor, Rain or shine, Saturday, 9-1 pm, Household, clothes, books, toys, Nintendo 64 game, love-seat, ski boots, skates and much more! WESTMOUNT York St, 10 to 4 pm, Many items, Beanie Babies: Flip, paid $200, sell $75; snowman, $50, Zip, $50, and many more. WESTMOUNT adjacent 4641 Victoria Ave, Saturday, Sunday, from 10-6pm, Old furniture, household items, Reel cassette recorder, doors, etc. WESTMOUNT 485 Roslyn (above Sherbrooke), Sat, Sun, Sept 12, 13, 10 am - 3pm, No early birds, wonderful treasures for everyone at bargain prices. WESTMOUNT Moving Sale, Rain or Shine, Sofa, chairs, carpets, stove, beds, household items, tools, books and lots more, 315 Olivier, Sat 9-4pm. WESTMOUNT Tools, dishes, pots & pans, furniture, 484 Strathcona, Saturday 10am-4pm, No early birds. WESTMOUNT 148 Abbott Ave, (below St. Catherine), Saturday; 9-2 pm, Lots of good stuff in excellent condition, No early birds. WESTMOUNT 212-214 Prince Albert Ave, Sat, Sept 12, from 9-3pm, Clothing, lamps, books, antique trunk, skis & more. WESTMOUNT oriental rugs, many interesting items, 9-2pm, Sat, Sun, 4222 Dorchester, apt 1. WESTMOUNT Sat, 632 Victoria, 1-4pm Moving: Loads of everything for the house & more. Household Goods ABSOLUTELY DIMINISHED! Come and see our 20,000 sq ft of tables, mattresses, chairs, beds, wall units, sofas & anything you might be looking for! FURNITURE DEPOT 4036 Jean Talon W, Metro Namur, 343-0200. APT dryer, bdrm set desk, stroller, coffee table, treadmill, aquarium, wing chair, 624-3689. ARE you looking for a bargain on appliances? Free delivery guarantee we pay taxes, Electro usage Plus, 278-8314. ASH bedroom, 5 pieces, $625 Oak dining table and 6 chairs, $350, 672-0053. AT Westmount Thermador oven, GE oven, washer/dryer, Reasonable, 594-4444, message. ATTENTION ALL BUYERS (DEALERS) Here it is! On Thur, Sept 24, 10:30am, Canada's Biggest garage sale auction. Featuring: Antiques - furniture - paintings - coins - carpets - fixtures - lamps - trades - toys - watches - stamps - dishes - silverware - clocks - crystal - jewelry from a St. Catherine Street store Liquidation - sports cards - fountain pens - toys - TVs. All items will be sold, no items held back. No minimum bids. All items sold as is and where is. Your consignments are welcome and the commission to sellers is flat fee of $10 per lot. You get paid the day after auction at 2 pm. We also accept close outs, commercial & bulk lots (same commission). Viewing: Day Before Auction EMPIRE ARCADE 5500 PARE (downstairs) Ask for Garry Rouimi, 737-6586. BABY crib and mattress, white wood & brass, excellent quality. OUTINGS 400,000 visitors are expected to crowd Saint-Tite for bucking broncos, dancing, parades and music when cowboys turn the town into the biggest western rodeo in eastern Canada meets west. THE GAZETTE, MONTREAL, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1998 East MICHELLE GAGNON Special to The Gazette Linda Faucher and Luc Gauthier are getting married today. But it's not a private affair. At least 2,000 people will be there. Their wedding is one of today's main events at Saint-Tite's 31st annual Western Festival. """"I always told myself that if I got married, I'd do it at the festival,"""" Faucher said. """"We've been going for 10 years. We love western music, horses, the ambiance, everything."""" Faucher and Gauthier are not alone. Another 400,000 like-minded visitors are expected at the 10-day festival that started yesterday. Saint-Tite's Western Festival is one of Quebec's five largest festivals. With offerings as diverse as line-dancing lessons, two-step showdowns, a horse-drawn parade and country bands all day, every day, it's no surprise it's so popular. But in recent years, the rodeo has been the key attraction. """"This is the biggest rodeo in Quebec, and the second in Canada after the Calgary Stampede,"""" said festival spokesman Guy Berthiaume. """"We don't have the Stampede's prestige, but we've been improving the quality of the competitions by importing better livestock."""" Better beasts mean a bigger challenge, and that means more cowboys from other provinces and the United States stiffening the competition for Quebec cowboys. """"This is the rodeo of the year for us,"""" said Benoit Gauthier, a festival veteran since 1980 and three-time winner of the pickup race. """"It's the end of the season. The horses are in top shape, and so is the competition."""" The scenery on the way there shouldn't be too bad, either. Saint-Tite, located just north of Trois-Rivières, is a small town of 4,000 people. It sits in a picturesque region where the steep, craggy landscapes of the North Shore meet the Laurentians. So untouched is it that its rolling hills have figured as the bucolic backdrop for such celebrated Quebecois tele-romans as Les Filles de Caleb and Marguerite Volant. And just as the region is used for such historical fiction, the western festival is a result of the region's history. Traditionally, the town was the center of Quebec's leather industries. In 1967, cowboy boot makers G.A. Boulet ran a one-day rodeo as an advertising campaign. The company converted the town's baseball field into a ring, and although rain fell over the field all day, no one could be driven away. Today, the festival has its own bleachers, and represents revenues of $5 million for the town and $15 million for the region. But probably the best symbol of its size can be seen during the opening ceremony when Saint-Tite's mayor hands the keys to the city to the festival's president. """"The town doesn't exist once the festival starts,"""" Berthiaume said. This is what gives the fest all its allure. """"I've been to rodeos in all 48 continental states, and Saint-Tite is probably my favorite rodeo in the world,"""" said Jason Runfola, a 24-year-old professional rodeo rider from Tennessee. """"You take a small town and cram thousands of people in there. It makes for a real positive, fun, happy atmosphere."""" When you drive into town, everyone has their Christmas lights on, and you can feel everyone's behind it. That's special. Today's main event, the Extreme Rodeo, starts at 1:30 pm and features bucking broncos, wild horses, calf ropings, and pickup races. Country dancing competitions run from 6 to 8 pm, when a show by the US country music band Bl",1,1,0,0,0,1
+95,20080105,modern,Rain,"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. Rain and strong waves have """"made the search for the plane more difficult,"""" said General Antonio Rivero, who heads Venezuela's civil protection agency. 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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",1,1,1,1,1,1
+96,19951006,modern,Rain,"South, the storm has ravaged beaches and coastal highways, and has left more than a million people without power. The heaviest damage from the storm occurred along a stretch of the Florida Panhandle, from Pensacola east to Panama City. Roofs were torn off houses and boats were tossed up on highways where the storm surge - high water driven ashore by strong winds - left roadways buried beneath tonnes of sand. Early estimates put insurance-covered damage alone at $1.8 billion in Florida, and at another $1 billion in Alabama and Georgia. The damage estimates made Hurricane Opal the third most costly storm in terms of insurance losses after Hurricane Andrew in 1992 and Hurricane Hugo in 1989, insurance officials said. Opal weakened to a tropical depression by late morning, moving north after its Wednesday night landfall, down from peak sustained winds of more than 240 km/h. It headed for the Great Lakes. In Toronto, Environment Canada meteorologist Phil Chadwick said it's shaping up to be a big storm. Some areas along Lake Erie and Lake Ontario could receive up to 70 to 80 millimetres of rain by this morning. Opal was expected to deliver up to 50 millimetres of rain last night and this morning in the Montreal region, with most of the precipitation occurring at around 8 a.m. Environment Canada meteorologists also predicted winds of up to 70 km/h - almost half the speed of minimum hurricane force. """"That's quite a lot of rain within a 12-hour period,"""" said Francois Gagnon of the Environment Canada office in St. Laurent. """"But everything should diminish and return to normal by the afternoon."""" Hurricane Opal is the 15th storm this season to be named; it was downgraded to a tropical storm 10 hours after hitting land. The eye of the storm came ashore at Destin in Okaloosa County, Fla. Hurricane-force winds extended east and west, affecting a stretch of coast from Pensacola to Panama City. Emergency planners in Florida said early warnings and the evacuation of more than 100,000 people on Tuesday and Wednesday from vulnerable coastal areas had kept the death toll low. A 1990 1984 Temperature Yesterday 15.6 Year ago today 12.4 Normal this date 15.7 Degree days to 2 am Yesterday 7.1 July 1 to date 156.0 Dorval 24 hour observation to 5 p.m. yesterday Mm Precipitation (to 8 p.m. yesterday) -38 Rain (mm) Month 2.5 QQ Normal 11.7 9.8 Snow (cm) 4.6 Month 0.0 6.1 Normal 0.4 Moon Moonrise: Moonset: 5:21 p.m. 4:40 a.m. First quarter Full a O Showers High 17 Low 8 8 Oct. Last quarter New moon (Dt-0 23 Oct. Time Weather Temp. Hum. Winds C km/h 8 p.m.: Cloudy 11 93 WSW 7 P:m, 'Icjp'yd7ri7I12r""""95 SW"""" 2 a.m. """"'loudL I1 ?II"""" 95 WSW 9' 5 a.m. Cloudy 96 tmW 8 a.m. Cloudy 11 92 """"NET"""" 11 a.m. Cloudy 13 84 NET, 2 p.m. Cloudy 15 74 NE 7 5 p.m. Cloudy 15 66 NE 13 Temperatures are given in degrees Celsius 3530 25 20 15 10 5 0 -5-10-15-20-25C I I I I I I I I I I 'I I I-9586 77 68 59 50 41 32 23 14 5 -4-13F Regional synopses Abitibi-Témiscamingue High 11, Low near 8, Windy with periods of rain. Laurentians High 12, Low near 8, Rain and brisk winds. Eastern Ontario High 14, Low near 9, Morning rain, brisk winds. Southern Ontario High 19, Low near 12, Intervals of afternoon sunshine. Quebec City High 11, Low near 8, Rainy, windy and cool. Eastern Townships High 13, Low near 8, Rainy, windy and cool. Northern New England High 18, Low near 13, Rain tapering to afternoon showers. Gaspé High 11, Low near 6, Morning sunshine, afternoon clouds. North Shore High 11, Low near 4, Sunshine with a few clouds. Showers High 13 Low 6 4 6 6 Cloudy High 12 Low 5 Sunny 13 Low 2 Weather systems forecast for 9 p.m.; temperatures are today's minimum. Canada today World today Max. Mill Max. Iqaluit Cloudy -1 -6 Amsterdam Cloudy 17 9 Yellowknife Showers 5 2 Ankara Sunny 19 2 Whitehorse Cloudy 6 2 Athens Sunny 24 13 Vancouver Cloudy 14 7 Beijing Sunny 18 5 Victoria Cloudy 15 6 Berlin Cloudy 19 12 Edmonton Cloudy 10 2 Dublin Cloudy 17 9 Calgary Cloudy 11 2 Hong Kong Cloudy 28 23 Saskatoon Sunny 13 1 Jerusalem Sunny 19 6 Regina Sunny 14 2 Lisbon Cloudy 21 12 Winnipeg Cloudy 12 -1 London Cloudy 19 11 Thunder Bay Cloudy 9 2 Madrid Cloudy 22 12 Sudbury Rain 10 6 Mexico City Cloudy 25 12 Toronto Showers 19 12 Moscow Cloudy 13 7 Fredericton Rain 11 8 Nairobi Cloudy 28 14 Halifax Rain 12 9 New Delhi Sunny 37 24 Charlottetown Cloudy 11 6 Paris Cloudy 20 11 St. John's Cloudy 8 3 Rio de Janeiro Cloudy 28 21 Rome Cloudy 24 12 United States today Stockholm Cloudy 14 8 Max Mm, Sydney Sunny 22 9 Atlanta Cloudy 28 14 Tokyo Cloudy 23 16 Boston Showers 23 17 Chicago Showers 15 6 Resorts today Dallas Sunny 23 7 Denver Sunny 16 2 Barbados Cloudy 31 25 Las Vegas Sunny 29 12 Bermuda Sunny 27 23 Los Angeles Sunny 32 18 Honolulu Sunny 32 25 New Orleans Sunny 28 14 Kingston Cloudy 31 24 New York Cloudy 28 19 Miami Cloudy 32 26 Phoenix Sunny 34 19 Old Orchard Rain 15 10 St. Louis Cloudy 19 8 Nassau Cloudy 31 25 San Francisco Sunny 25 12 Tampa Cloudy 31 24 Washington Cloudy 29 19 Wildwood Cloudy 25 20 One In Series People are the ultimate assets at both BDM International and DMR Group. This is yet another reason why BDM's tender offer for DMR deserves careful consideration by all those who care about the future of DMR. The importance which both companies attach to their people assets can easily be seen in the two companies' most recent annual reports. See if you can guess which of the following quotations is from which company's report (answers below). Rain washed out first-round qualifying for the NASCAR Quality 500 for the second consecutive day. B IN BLACKBURN, England, Norwegian international Lars Bohinen completed a $1.1 million (U.S.) Dateline World: Ceasefire set for Bosnia Young boys in the front-line Sarajevo suburb of Dobrinja flash the V-sign. In Washington, President Bill Clinton announces a ceasefire is to take effect in Bosnia on Tuesday. PAGE Bl Pope packs Giants Stadium A rain-soaked but exuberant crowd of 83,000 squeezes into Giants Stadium to participate in a mass celebrated by Pope John Paul II. PAGE B8 Montreal MMFA director urged to resign Reports that the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts is heading for a record deficit of about $2 million this fiscal year prompt a call for the resignation of director Pierre Theberge. PAGE A6 The Nation Cop ignored: lawyer One of Paul Bernardo's lawyers says the last part of Karla Homolka's plea bargain with the Crown was struck against the advice of the chief detective investigating her and Bernardo. PAGE A10 Business Banks hike service charges The Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce and the Royal Bank of Canada will increase their service charges Nov. 1 on commonly used services like withdrawals and fund transfers. PAGE CI Preview Comedy To Die For Actress Nicole Kidman is the astonishingly accomplished star of an astonishingly controlled Gus Van Sant movie, John Griffin writes. The movie is called To Die For. 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+97,20020821,modern,Rain,"A14 THE GAZETTE, MONTREAL, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, 2002 WORLD A flood of tears in Europe WILLIAM J. KOLE Associated Press ROTTENEGG, Austria - This is the summer of Rottenegg's discontent. Tight-lipped and teary-eyed, Henrietta Karl leaned on her shovel and pitchfork yesterday amid the tangle of muddy debris that trashed her home and offered this requiem to Europe's worst flooding in well over a century: """"Now the real work begins: rebuilding a life."""" As the waters ebb, the enormity of the destruction is starting to sink in. Hundreds of thousands of Austrians, Czechs and Germans are struggling to mop up an estimated $31 billion worth of damage and salvage what they can. """"It was very, very bad,"""" said Karl, 62. """"Everything, and I mean everything, was under water. All of my flowers, all of my shrubs - they're gone. I'm lucky I still have a house."""" It's what Ernst Strasser, Austria's interior minister, meant when he told the nation a few days ago: """"The worst hours are behind us, but the most difficult days lie before us."""" Germans know the feeling, as the swollen Elbe River continues to inflict fresh destruction on dozens of towns and villages. In Dresden and other places where waters were receding, residents crept cautiously back to their homes yesterday to examine their sodden belongings and determine which might dry out - and which were ruined for good. Sabine Wilmer's home in Dessau on the rain-engorged Mulde River was spared, but the 38-year-old teacher was blinking back tears after trudging through knee-deep water to the flooded school where her son studies. """"All the things that he loved there are under water,"""" she said. """"Who knows if any of this is insured?"""" Mingled with the despair was relief among some that it could have been much worse. """"I was so lucky,"""" said Nicole Aurich, 25, hauling debris from the basement of her four-storey apartment building near the Elbe, where the water line was still visible about a metre up the outside wall. """"I lost only a backpack, some books and things in the basement - nothing important,"""" she said. Heartbreak also played out across the flood-stricken Czech Republic, especially in Prague, where the worst flooding in 175 years has driven at least 150 families from their homes in the capital. Jitka Zichova, 60, who fled her Prague apartment with just a few clothes after floodwaters reached the second floor, spent yesterday rummaging with long, blue rubber gloves through a large pile of mud-caked trash containing her belongings. """"We lost our wedding pictures,"""" she said, bursting into tears. """"Now we are beggars. I never want to have any possessions again."""" A few houses away - down a foul-smelling street lined with mud-caked mattresses, waterlogged books and ruined electronic equipment - Karel Hajek, 73, stood in front of the home he built 40 years ago. """"I didn't have insurance,"""" he mused sadly. Back in Rottenegg, a sleepy hamlet of fieldstone houses and winding lanes fringed with geraniums about 220 kilometres west of Vienna, villagers pitched in yesterday to help Anna Gattringer gather what's left of her nursery. Twice over the past week, torrential rains pumped a nearby creek into a raging, snaking torrent that tore Christmas trees from the earth as though they were dandelions and peeled the asphalt off the parking lot like it was the skin on an orange. """"It was wild water, and it tore up my business,"""" she said, choking back tears. """"Look at this. I lost millions. I lost everything. You spend 30 years building a business, and overnight, a stream gone crazy sweeps it all away."""" Anton Cech, who runs a nearby stand that sells beer and bratwurst, peeled potatoes while waiting for an insurance agent to assess the damage to his stall. """"Am I afraid it will happen again? You bet I am,"""" he said. """"But it's hard to move. And it's so easy to forget what that little stream can do when it becomes a raging monster."""" It happened before, in 1954, when rain hung like gauzy curtains over Rottenegg for two weeks. The Rodl River - normally a placid trout stream - boiled over the same way it did last week, taking out everything in its path. """"But people are coming to help, even though they have their own problems,"""" Cech said. """"That's how we fight this catastrophe. It is the spirit of our people."""" CMSMLOMM On Gold & Diamond Jewellery 5 Net Interest ALSO We buy gold and diamond jewellery UNIQUE JEWELLERS 1255 Phillips Square, Suite 1111 281-6551 Chinese brace for flooding AUDRA ANG Associated Press BEIJING - Rising floodwaters in central Hunan province menaced embankments that shield more than 10 million people, as China's second largest lake swelled to the verge of overflowing, state media reported yesterday. Hunan has been one of the provinces worst hit by flooding, with 108 people killed this month alone. Across China, this year's floods have reportedly killed close to 1,000 people and caused $3.6 billion in damage. The China Daily newspaper said thousands of residents near Hunan's Dongting Lake were mobilized to bolster flood defenses. Water in the lake had risen to 32 metres by Sunday, 45 centimetres over the flood-warning mark. According to Hunan's water resources department, thousands of residents and workers have been asked to reinforce 1,800 kilometres of embankments and keep a 24-hour watch on dams along the lake and the Yangtze River. The embankments protect more than 10 million people and 1,648,150 acres of farmland. Flooding on the Yangtze and in northeast China in 1998 killed 4,150 people. SALE PRICES END SATURDAY, AUGUST 31, 2002 Great prices on Kenmore, KitchenAid, Frigidaire, GE, Maytag, Viking, Jenn-Air, Amana, Whirlpool major appliances and more! Registered Trademark of KitchenAid USA, KitchenAid Canada licensee in Canada 599.99 MAYTAG ELECTRONIC DISHWASHER Quiet Pack sound system, Automatic rinse aid dispenser, 97252. Also available in Bisque and Black now 899.98, SAVE AN EXTRA $30 WHEN YOU BUY TEAM KENMORE EXTRA-LARGE CAPACITY WASHER AND DRYER Save $100, 2.45-cu. ft. washer. Acquisitions fall considerably,"""" Nixon said on a conference call in May. Nixon, who earned $2.1 million last fiscal year, promised to cut $30 million in costs from RBC Dain Rauscher this fiscal year and another $30 million in 2003 to make up for the unit's losses. Royal Bank stock rose 2 per cent in the past year, compared with 6.5 per cent for the index of Canada's eight publicly traded banks. TODAY'S CROSSWORD PUZZLE ACROSS 59 Before 1 Patio block 60 Not be 6 """"No way!"""" swayed (2 wds) 10 Add brandy 65 Berg 14 Part of PABA 66 Diner coffee 15 Vessel 67 On a leash (2 wds) 16 A Karamazov 68 Evergreens 17 Carries on 69 Leprechaun's land 18 Stand up to 70 Wary 19 Null's partner 71 Mo's bill 20 Quick 72 Experiment temper (2 wds) 73 Curvy letters 22 Paris river DOWN 24 Made up one's mind 2 Bombay nanny 26 Monkey haven 3 Trattoria quaff 29 Paper quantity 4 Admittance 31 Caress 5 Roll-call lists 32 Ms. Thurman 6 Wave 33 Overindulge 7 Rushes off 34 Entertained 8 Hungry 38 Bugged out 9 Make bales 40 Hospital areas 10 Carouse (3 wds) 42 Window part 11 Shun 43 Dangerous 12 """"The Mutiny"""" 46 Have poison ivy 13 Ran its course 49 Rand of fiction 21 Dog parasite 50 Gazed upon 22 Hoax 51 Poi base 25 Acid rain 52 Howl at the moon watchdog 53 Hurries 26 Bantu language 57 Ugly cut 27 Shaman's quest 1 2 3 4 5 16 7 18 9 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 24 25 26 27 28 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 STEEL Trade body targets U NATURAL MAPLE FINISH DIMENSIONS: HEIGHT 36"""" HEIGHT 48"""" Sugg: 69 Sugg: 85 STUDENT DESK NATURAL MAPLE, NATURAL BLUE OR NATURAL GREEN FINISH UTILITY DRAWER DIMENSIONS: 40"""" W X 20"""" D X 28"""" H Sugg: 108.99 COMPUTER WORKSTATION AVAILABLE IN NATURAL MAPLE FINISH DIMENSIONS: 40"""" W X 16"""" D X 28"""" H Sugg: 144.99 COMPUTER WORKSTATION AVAILABLE IN AMBER PEAR FINISH DIMENSIONS: 38"""" W X 24"""" D X 36"""" H AVAILABLE IN BLACK AND ALDER FINISH KEYBOARD DRAWER 27"""" CPU SPACE DIMENSIONS: 48"""" W X 24"""" D X 5"""" H Sugg: 309.99 OPERATOR CHAIR AVAILABLE IN BLACK, BLUE, GREEN OR GREY PNEUMATIC HEIGHT ADJUSTMENT Sugg: 179.00 KNEELING CHAIR UPHOLSTERED SEAT AND KNEE PAD BLACK ONLY MANUAL HEIGHT ADJUSTMENT Sugg: 144.00 OPERATOR ARMCHAIR AVAILABLE IN BLACK, BLUE, GREY OR RUST PNEUMATIC HEIGHT ADJUSTMENT HEIGHT ADJUSTABLE ARMS Sugg: 228.99 OPERATOR ARMCHAIR AVAILABLE IN GREY, CLAY, BLUE OR BLACK PNEUMATIC HEIGHT ADJUSTMENT ADJUSTABLE SEAT AND BACK ANGLE HEIGHT ADJUSTABLE ARMS Sugg: 339.99 STORES AND SHOWROOMS BUYING A li i ll OH QUEBEC 1415, CHAREST BLVD (418) 682-3113 ST-JEROME 291, DE VILLEMURE (450) 438-4111 ST-HYACINTHE 1312, DES CASCADES STREET (450) 778-1212 SAINT-LAURENT 3500, COTE-VERTU (514) 332-7883 SOREL-TRACY 126, FISET BLVD (450) 743-0084 72, DURIOT STREET (450) 742-2706 TERREBONNE 1348, MOODY BLVD (450) 471-8704 TROIS-RIVIERES 2450, DES RECOLLETS BLVD (819) 376-2538 MONTREAL DOWNTOWN 499, VIGER WEST (514) 878-3777 ANJOU LES GALERIES D'ANJOU (514) 351-1055 BELOEIL 329, DUVERNAY (450) 464-1072 BROSSARD 7503, TASCHEREAU BLVD (450) 656-4840 GATINEAU 120, DE L'HOPITAL BLVD (819) 561-5611 LAVAL 2990, LE CORBUSIER BLVD (450) 687-8682 LONGUEUIL 2255, PLACE ROLAND-THERRIEN (450) 468-6319 OTTAWA 2500, LANCASTER ROAD (613) 739-8900 POINTE-CLAIRE 2355, TRANSCANADA HIGHWAY (514) 428-8044 OFFER VALID UNTIL SEPTEMBER 2002 SOME ITEMS LIMITED TO ONE PER CUSTOMER WHILE QUANTITIES LAST NO RAIN CHECKS ASSEMBLY REQUIRED LIMITED AREA FREE DELIVERY EVEN ON SATURDAY HALIFAX FROM MONTREAL ONE WAY FARES STARTING AT: ST. 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+98,19901112,modern,Rain,"C rainstorms cause widespread flooding, close roads, rail lines CANADIAN PRESS VANCOUVER More than three days of torrential rain in southwestern British Columbia forced families to evacuate their homes, destroyed buildings and caused millions of dollars in damage to highways and property. The most devastated area was the Fraser Valley east of Vancouver where hundreds of hectares of prime farmland were under water and the Trans-Canada Highway was washed out. Highways Minister Rita Johnston toured the area by helicopter yesterday and said flood victims will receive emergency help. Ministry officials said it will cost millions to repair washed-out roads and bridges. While water levels in the Fraser Valley began to recede last night, a Labrador helicopter from CFB Comox began rescuing about three dozen residents in the Sayward area of northeastern Vancouver Island. The evacuees were taken from their homes along the swollen Salmon River to a recreation centre in Sayward. In Abbotsford, dairy farmhand Dan Gilding, 25, saw a wall of water break over nearby railway tracks Saturday and made a run for it. """"The railway tracks broke and it came over the top like a river,"""" he said. """"Everybody piled into pickups and got out of there."""" More than 300 dairy cattle and 1,000 pigs had to be moved to higher ground along with area residents. Rain remained in the forecast until Thursday but the weather office said it will not be as heavy. That is good news for people who face flooded homes and farms or had to abandon their cars on impassable highways. On top of that, BC Rail couldn't operate to the Interior yesterday because of a washout near Whistler and another south of Lillooet. In some areas, about 200 millimetres of rain fell between Thursday night and yesterday enough to be over the top of an ankle-height rain shoe. The good news was that there were no reports of personal injury due directly to the flooding, although a passenger in a car that missed a curve drowned in a flooded creek. The bad news was that travel was disrupted and property damage may run into the millions. Fields were flooded and buildings damaged, basements swamped and highways blocked by mud and rock and, in some cases, underwater. Solicitor General Russ Fraser and Johnston toured the areas hit hardest by flooding, mainly of the Fraser River, the major waterway in the province. The 1,360-kilometre long river rises near Jasper National Park and winds its way through central British Columbia. Tory MP wants flag-burning declared illegal CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA A Conservative MP is working to keep the Canadian flag out of harm's way. Under a private member's bill introduced by Bob Hicks, anyone """"who wilfully burns, defaces, defiles, mutilates, tramples upon or otherwise desecrates"""" the Canadian flag would be guilty of a criminal offence. Hicks said he has followed events in the United States, where the flag-burning issue has sparked heated debate between staunch patriots and civil libertarians. The U.S. assistant secretary of state Adolf Berle said, """"Information has just been received from a confidential source to the effect that after the German and Russian invasion and partition of Poland, Hitler and Stalin met secretly in Lvov, Poland, on Oct. 17, 1939,"""" the letter said. The letter, which did not identify Hoover's source, said Stalin had reported to the Soviet politburo on """"his negotiations with Hitler."""" The meeting would have taken place two weeks after Britain and France declared war on Germany. NOTICE TO OUR CLIENTELE Please note the following changes in our """"Wrap it up Early"""" insert which was distributed in The Gazette of Monday, November 12, 1990: CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION 672-055 Remote Centre Rolling Thunder 62-053 Battery Charger 672-071 Remote Control Car Crusher 5R-117 S'ecK Thunder Sound Machine 732-065 Micro iOpe Kit 821-934 Sun Burner Palomino Fisher-Price McDonald's Restaurant Centre Item 692-244 We knew it was a great price for a quality toy. But we didn't know how overwhelming the demand would be for this item. Since our earlier ad, we have been working very closely with Fisher Price to fill all the back orders. We know, however, that they will not be able to fill any new orders from our """"Wrap It Up Early"""" flyer. Due to unavailability, no rain checks or special discounts will be issued for this item. Consumers Distributing apologizes for any inconvenience this may have caused. Weather Services Partly cloudy Sunny High 9 High 11 Low 1 Low 2 Canada Iqaluit Flurries Yellowknife Pcloud Whitehorse Cloud Vancouver Rain Victoria Rain Edmonton Cloud Calgary Cloud Saskatoon L snow Regina Flurries Winnipeg Cloud -3 Thunder Bay Sun 2 Sudbury Pcloud -2 Toronto Cloud 3 Fredericton Flurries 0 Halifax Flurries 1 Charlottetown Flurries 0 St. John's Cloud 1 in 2 21 22 15 14 3 8 8 -10 5 10 COLO FRONT STATIONARY FRONT HIGH PRESSURE LOW PRESSURE THUNDERSTORMS FREEZING RAIN United States - Atlanta Sun 21 Boston Pcloud 3 Chicago Sun 6 Dallas Sun 23 Denver Sun 20 Las Vegas Sun 26 Los Angeles Fair 31 14 New Orleans Sun 22 -2 New York Fair 5 9 Phoenix Fair 31 16 St. Louis Sun 15 2 San Francisco Pcloud 21 12 Washington Pcloud 10 0 World Amsterdam Athens Beijing Berlin Copenhagen Dublin Hong Kong Jerusalem Lisbon London Madrid Mexico City Moscow Nairobi New Delhi Paris Rio de Janeiro Sun Roma Sun Sydney Sun Tokyo Cloud Rain Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud Sun Sun Cloud Cloud Sun Cloud 4 5 8 1 7 10 16 7 9 5 11 21 18 15 10 20 12 10 6 18 9 22 11 4 -3 23 14 30 13 14 10 38 25 16 1 27 14 16 9 Resorts Acapulco Fair 33 25 Barbados Pcloud 30 24 Bermuda Fair 24 19 Daytona Beach Pcloud 23 12 Honolulu Sun 31 20 Kingston Fair 32 25 Miami Pcloud 25 17 Myrtle Beach Sun 17 1 Nassau Cloud 31 25 Tampa Sun 24 11 All-Stars end Japan tour with no-hitter Chuck Finley and former Expo Randy Johnson combined on a no-hitter and Greg Olson blasted a three-run homer yesterday, leading the Major League All-Stars to a 5-0 rout of the Japanese team in the final game of their tour in Tokyo. The major-leaguers wound up the eight-game series with three victories, four defeats and one tie. Finley, of the California Angels, fanned five and walked three in five innings. Johnson, of the Seattle Mariners, struck out four and walked two in finishing. Playing at the Tokyo Dome, which was packed with 56,000 fans, Olson of the Atlanta Braves ripped a home run off rookie Hideo Nomo in the second inning. Ken Griffey Sr. of the Mariners and Kelly Gruber of the Blue Jays smashed RBI doubles in the third to widen the lead to 5-0. Darryl Strawberry said yesterday that he has not fallen off the wagon and that the N.S. ROTHMAN-BEMIAIM Cote St. Luc Have we gone mad? What with all the hunger in the world, and the worry over pollution, acid rain, the ozone layer, the Middle East crisis, destruction of our rain forests, women-bashing and Canadian instability, we should concern ourselves with whether or not cheerleading is sexist (Gazette, Oct. 21)? Have we gone mad? If Janet Ouellette, principal at the Roman Catholic F.S. educated engineer, who was a top official of General Efrain Rios Montt's military regime in 1982, had been placed third by most pre-election public-opinion polls. """"These results are very preliminary,"""" Asturias said. """"But these elections could result in a surprise."""" Carpio, a publishing magnate who had run the best-financed campaign, had been leading by a narrow margin in pre-election polls. Despite its apparent poor showing yesterday, the ruling Christian Democratic Party is the best-organized political group in the country and one of the few capable of providing transportation to take its followers to the polls. The army, which has dominated Guatemala's political life for most of the past three decades, kept a low profile yesterday. BONN, Germany Amid growing controversy and scandal, the former East German Communist Party promised yesterday to give up 80 per cent of its vast holdings, estimated at more than $1 billion. """"The less there is, the less can be manipulated,"""" the party's beleaguered chairman, Gregor Gysi, told a news conference. The move comes just three weeks before the first free all-German elections in nearly 60 years. Polls have suggested that the party still may be able to win the 10 per cent of 12 million votes in eastern Germany that are needed to secure seats in the Bonn parliament. The decision yesterday followed a 16-hour overnight meeting in Berlin, where debate over how much to give away was sometimes interrupted by the sounds of revellers celebrating the first anniversary of the opening of the Berlin Wall. The party assets are to be turned over to a government trust that is overseeing the disposal of state property in what used to be East Germany. But exactly how much the party actually owns is the topic of much debate here. Some estimates put the party's fortune four times higher than its own account. Even after yesterday's move, the party, by its own accounting, is keeping about $300 million of its declared assets of $1.5 billion. Gysi said the $300 million is the minimum the party needs for its political survival. """"We are making a cut that really hurts,"""" Gysi said after the meeting. """"This clean cut will enable us to step into the political future with our heads held high."""" The party emerged last fall from the ruins of the corrupt Communist regime toppled in a bloodless grass-roots revolution. Renaming themselves the Democratic Socialists, the mostly young leaders of the restructured party touted it as the voice of opposition and reform. Critics have demanded the party be stripped of all holdings and be forced to start from scratch. But its """"new and improved"""" image was badly tarnished last month when three key officials admitted they smuggled $71 million out of the country to Moscow to avoid confiscation by Bonn after the two Germanys merged. Gysi denied any involvement in the secret transfer of funds, and he won a vote of confidence from the party when he offered to resign. The party also decided to slash its central staff from 212 to 75 paid members and to give a piece of its prime Berlin real estate to the civil rights groups that spearheaded last fall's revolution. Solar cars prove powerless in the face of Australian rain CANADIAN PRESS KATHERINE, Australia It rained on the world's top solar-powered cars' parade yesterday, the opening of a 3,100-kilometre race from Darwin to Adelaide. Torrential rain and thunderstorms forced many teams to stop and cover their vehicles at various times throughout the day. The race organizer, Hans Tholstrup, said a late start and the storms have ruled out a record time for the five-day race. Early leaders in the 36-car field were U.",1,1,1,0,1,0
+99,19901222,modern,Drought,"rPFTilfnir e i w -Lii tra i?n Finn ft3 It M t f 1 IM 3 r lie sview INSIDE Editorials Macpherson B3 1 1 S Water, water Is Canada quietly preparing the plumbing for a $100-billion plan to sell northern fresh water to the Prairies, the United States and Mexico? Global warming, droughts and depleted water reserves make the project inevitable, advocates of such sales say. Although it has been stalled by the timidity of politicians, the fears of environmentalists and the lack of vision of bureaucrats, individual pieces of the whole may be coming together, and Canadian water will find its way to those parched areas of Canada and the U.S. It is obligated to continue those sales as long as there is American demand. The federal government dismissed such interpretations, but it tried to calm fears by introducing legislation excluding water as a commodity under the agreement. That legislation died when the 1988 election was called. It was not reintroduced. It also announced a water policy in 1987 that stated large-scale water diversions to the United States will not be considered by the Canadian government under any circumstances. That policy has never been backed with legislation, Gamble noted, and glacier-fed abandoned mill town of Ocean Falls, 500 kilometres north of Vancouver. Each day, 5 billion litres spills over a falls higher than Niagara into the Pacific Ocean. Capturing just a small fraction of that to help slake the perpetual thirst of the United States is a dream held by Annett, president of 5-year-old Western Canada Water, and several rival entrepreneurs. American contract None has yet landed an American contract, but they claim that it is a few years at most before an armada of supertankers begin plying the West Coast, dousing drought-stricken California with B.C.'s most plentiful resource. Western Canada Water is the largest of six companies holding provincial licenses allowing the bulk export of water from isolated inlets along the province's mountainous coast. Spurred by the potential of California's four-year-long drought, the provincial water-management branch has been inundated with a further 19 license applications. Western Canada, and rivals Aqua Source of Vancouver and Sun Belt of Santa Barbara, Calif., recently lost out on a contract to supply fresh water by tanker to Santa Barbara, one of the cities hardest hit by the drought. Santa Barbara council voted instead to install an ocean-water desalination plant, if it passes a strict environmental review this spring. Western Canada already ships Link Lake water by tanker-barge to a Vancouver suburb where it is bottled for export to the U.S. demand, they claim. Native claims They say other issues have not been considered: the impact on nearby fish-spawning beds and water quality, native claims in some watersheds, and the setting of an adequate provincial royalty on water sales. I'm not against water exports, said Gamble. But I don’t understand why we don’t sit down and think it through from the beginning before we start to engage in this. Export proponents claim their critics are short on logic and long on emotion. There is a growing thirst. There is a world tanker fleet, hungry for business as its single-hulled vessels grow less acceptable for oil transport. We can wait, said Annett. We know it’s something of the future. Water is going to move globally, like oil does. Ocean Falls, an abandoned mill town at the base of Coast Mountains. CP Southern California's lush life: it's a facade hiding a desert KEN MacQUEEN SOUTHAM NEWS LOS ANGELES The headquarters of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California stands out like a green thumb on this particularly bleak stretch of Sunset Blvd. The front of the block-long building is a veritable oasis of lush greenery, a stand of fat palms, reflecting pools and fountains as befits the world's largest municipal waterworks. It is an illusion. A mirage. A lie. The lie, in fact, that built Southern California. By comparison, the false fronts of movie sets are mere fibs. Southern California itself is the great green lie: it is a facade hiding a desert. After four years of drought, 27 million Californians find the illusion increasingly difficult to maintain. Green fades to brown. Hot, dry Santa Ana winds howl through the cracks. The desert leaks in, relentless in its efforts to return these stolen lands to the grave. In some parts of the state, farther north in Santa Barbara and up to San Francisco, a madness set in this summer. People bought locks for their outdoor taps to curb water rustlers. It is already part of California folklore that the rich in Santa Barbara paid $200 a pop to have water trucked in for their lawns. The medium-rich paid $50 to have green vegetable dye sprayed on their brown grass. But what happened to the poor, the Latino gardeners, was not amusing at all. They were thrown out of work. Many were also evicted from their multi-family apartments as landlords tried to cut their soaring water bills. A Santa Barbara man with a leaking toilet got a water bill of $2,725. A gallon of drinking water at a California corner store costs more than a gallon of gasoline. It is also a California lie that gasoline is the lifeblood of the state. Bob Gomperz, a spokesman for the Metropolitan Water District, turned on the television news and sees the usual forecast: sunny and dry. The weathercaster says Today is another perfect California's thirst unquenchable In a relentless effort to hold the unforgiving desert at bay, the largely arid state of California has been laced with aqueducts and water canals to help supply the sprawling, densely populated major cities. Shasta Lake Dam, Aqueduct, San Luis Aqueduct Reservoir. CALIFORNIA California Los Angeles Pacific Ocean Santa Barbara Colorado, Metropolitan Water District service area. PAUL PERREAULT Southam News Graphics day in Southern California. Well, asked Gomperz, what does that really mean? On this day, it meant the water district was scheduled to deliver 2.63 billion U.S. gallons, almost 10 billion litres, of water to its 27 wholesale customers. These agencies, in turn, would use the water to meet just some of the needs of 15 million people in a dense, thirsty crescent that stretches from Ventura County north of Los Angeles to San Diego at the Mexican border. They live in an area where the average annual rainfall in a non-drought year is about equal to Kabul or Marrakesh. Yet they plant Kentucky bluegrass lawns and English country gardens. They look upon golf courses as essential and swimming pools as mandatory. Yes, we live in a desert, that’s one of the reminders we try to give everyone, said Gomperz. We made it artificially green. We made it artificially a paradise. Sustaining paradise is causing Metropolitan to set annual delivery records, even as the water table drops, reservoirs shrink and hundreds of kilometres of aqueducts strain to squeeze every drop out of a stone-dry state. Metropolitan showered enough water on the region last year to flood one million hectares to a depth of 30 centimetres. This year it will top that, abetted by the annual influx of 350,000 new residents into its five-county service area. The crunch will hit the Los Angeles-San Diego region this summer. Even if winter rains materialize, said Gomperz, It's not going to save us for next summer. It's just a question of how close we'll get to meeting demand, and who is going to have to take the cuts. In December, Metropolitan conceded defeat and imposed water rationing on its wholesale customers, a 10-per-cent cut. This comes on top of a voluntary 10-per-cent cut in 1989, a massive conservation program, a water studies course in the school system and a $220-million program in which Metropolitan underwrites more efficient farm-irrigation methods in exchange for the water saved. Rationing has already hit other water districts, including the San Francisco and Santa Barbara regions. San Francisco's water utility ordered a 25-per-cent cut in water consumption. Among other measures, it imposed a per-person ration of about 63 U.S. gallons (238 litres) per day. If that sounds plentiful, consider that shaving with the tap running would use one-third of a daily allotment. A full washing-machine cycle would use it all. In plush Santa Barbara, Mayor Sheila Lodge achieved national notoriety with her pledge to bathe just twice weekly until the rains returned. Hundreds of millions of dollars of landscaping were damaged by a ban on watering a ban that was only lifted out of fear, after summer brush fires destroyed 400 homes. Santa Barbara is an exception in California: it has always played close to the line, deliberately limiting its water supply to kill off unwanted urban growth. The drought, however, has triggered a frantic search for new water sources. Plans for an ocean desalination plant are currently before an environmental review. If that proves unworkable, at least three companies have proposals to use supertankers to carry British Columbia water to the city and elsewhere. But the real growth region of California, the Los Angeles-San Diego area, refuses to be stunted by a lack of water. The south of the state has relied since the drought of the 1930s on money, clout, deception, even armed confrontation to create a spectacular network of dams, reservoirs, pipelines and pumping stations. They carry the rains, snowmelt and rivers of northern California 1,000 kilometres south. They draw the Owens River 350 kilometres into Los Angeles water mains. They siphon off much of the distant Colorado River. But such engineering feats are the product of different times. The Pacific Northwest is no longer willing to surrender its remaining undeveloped rivers. Arizona is asserting its right for a greater share of the Colorado. Hard questions must be confronted. California's population is projected to hit 40 million within 20 years. If urban growth is sacrosanct, what about agriculture? About 85 per cent of the state's water, all subsidized, is poured onto the huge central valley and the arid Imperial Valley in the southeast. While it is the leading agricultural state and a major food source for Canadian tables does a desert really need to grow such thirsty crops as rice and cotton? California has long since faded to brown and olive-drab when a plane begins its descent from the north into Los Angeles. The freeways are a gray tangle of squid-ink pasta. Swimming pools flash through the haze like diamonds in the bank. The only bold color is the undulating ribbon of an aqueduct; a thin, blue line separating prosperity from chaos.""",0,1,1,1,0,0
+100,19931113,modern,Drought,"S O Le Parent eclairs 0 Movie Television fQ Profession prof Un professeur s'interroge sur sa qualité d'ouverture dans ses relations constantes avec chacun des enfants de la classe 83 Pédagogic 2000 (3J Movie The Rainmaker (1956) Burt Lancaster, Katharine Hepburn A Southwestern spinster's loveless life is rejuvenated when a swaggering con man descends on her father's drought-ridden ranch (2 hrs) 63 Les Pierrafeu (57) Movie Where Angels Fear to Tread (1991) Helena Bonham Carter, Judy Davis A British widow's affair with a young Italian sparks a series of tragi-comic events Based on an E H Flavors Technology develops hardware and software platforms used by manufacturers as well as government research programs Morley believes factories and just about everything, including people, should be viewed as chaotic systems, something like an ant colony Even though individual ants aren't great intellects and the colony doesn't have computer controls, it works well because the individual ants follow a few simple rules, said Morley This also is true of neurons in the human brain and individual cells Somewhere between order and randomness lies chaos Scientists use the term to describe the exquisitely complex systems that take in most of the natural world The theory, they say, can be useful in areas from medicine to business throughout the body, said Morley, who gave a chaos seminar at a recent meeting of the Instrument Society of America in Chicago Chaos allows us to change our thinking and take advantage of the world as it is, said Morley Rather than trying to rigidly control everything that goes on in a factory, he said, it is easier and more efficient to give individuals throughout the factory a few simple rules to follow and then turn them loose In a system Morley set up for a major automaker, seven robotic painting stations were given the same three rules to follow: first, do what's easiest; second, do what's needed; third, do something Thus, a robot loaded with black paint will search among vehicles lined up to be painted and look for any scheduled for black If there is one, that's what the robot paints, because it's the easiest thing to do If no vehicles are scheduled for black, the robot looks for red tags indicating that a vehicle needs priority attention The robot then purges its black paint and loads up whatever color the priority vehicle needs If there are no priority vehicles, the robot picks any vehicle at random and loads up the right color to paint so it has something to do When one of the seven robotic painters in the system breaks and stops working, as happens periodically, the system quickly adjusts itself to having six painters, because it is flexible and self-correcting, said Morley The more complex the problem, the better it responds to simple, decentralized controls, said Morley Using chaos theory can cut the amount of computer code you need by an order of magnitude And we've only just started to apply these ideas; there's a lot more to learn about chaos The main problem Morley has in talking to people about chaotic controls is philosophical, he said People want to understand everything and control everything, he said But I can't possibly follow the progress of every part that goes through my factory, so why try? Just set up the system and let it run like an ant colony When bottlenecks occur, this system readjusts itself I'm really getting to be a missionary in promoting chaos Besides chaos theory's usefulness to control factory processes, it might even be useful as a means to develop corporate strategy research by two physicists at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign suggests The physics professors, Alfred Hurler and David Pines, run computer simulations to test survival strategies for corporations They found that acting at the edge of chaos can be an ideal strategy, especially in a market where one player is dominant and the other has a minor market share If the market leader acts in a completely orderly and predictable way, his competitor is likely to understand the behavior pattern and look for ways to steal customers, the computer simulation suggests But if the leader's behavior is slightly unpredictable, it keeps the competition off-base enough so the two continue in a fairly stable relationship Totally unpredictable behavior tends to upset the competition so much that an unstable relationship develops This work grows directly out of studies in chaos control, said Pines If you're right on the edge of chaos, you can sort through a lot of different patterns very quickly and select the ones that give you most control Computer simulations hold lessons for politics and international relations as well as for chaos might aid international business, said El Nino: here today, gone tomorrow, and back again GARY BOBBINS ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER SANTA ANA, Calif - It might rain like the dickens in California this winter Then again, it might be dry Or maybe the weather will fall somewhere in between Who's to say for sure? Certainly not forecasters and scientists, who have been thrown into confusion by El Nino, a mysterious phenomenon that causes a global climate change capable of producing both heavy rain and drought Just when scientists appeared to be getting a fix on the phenomenon, the El Nino that was partly responsible for last winter's rain-induced mudslides in southern California unexpectedly has come back to life in the Pacific The ocean hasn't produced back-to-back El Ninos in more than 50 years None of our models predicted this It's pretty confusing, said Tim Barnett, an oceanographer at La Jolla's Scripps Institution of Oceanography The surprise isn't a welcome one It's possible the El Nino will produce heavy rains, triggering mudslides The anomaly also means scientists again have been fooled by the phenomenon, in which warm water in the equatorial Pacific Ocean drifts toward Central and South America, spawning global weather changes In September 1992, the federal Climate Analysis Centre in Camp Springs, Md, pronounced the 18-month-old El Nino dead, only to see it surge back to life In March, the same agency said the El Nino would die, only to see it strengthen, then fizzle Scientists say they erred because, while they generally understand how El Nino begins, they're not sure why it starts or how it will behave The mistakes have not made forecasters or scientists circumspect Quite the contrary In the past month, weather experts have let loose with a series of conflicting guesses Maybe we shouldn't be afraid to just say we really don't know what's going to happen, which is the case with El Nino, said Jerry McDufie, chief of the Los Angeles office of the National Weather Service About the only thing scientists are reasonably sure of is the way El Nino begins El Nino occurs when westbound trade winds in the equatorial Pacific fade and are replaced by eastbound winds The shift causes large pools of warm water near Indonesia and the central Pacific Ocean Those warm waters affect the jet stream, causing it to move into the eastern Pacific Ocean The warm water heats the air above, producing thunderstorms over thousands of square miles Thunderstorms can change the atmosphere, which in turn, can feed the jet stream and alter its path The jet stream helps create, transport and align storms In most cases, the moisture-laden jet stream will do one of two things: plow through Southern California, dropping heavy precipitation, or veer through Alaska and the Pacific Northwest, generally resulting in a dry winter down south El Nino greatly affects the jet stream The problem is, we don't know which way it will steer the jet, said Clerry Bell, a researcher at the Climate Analysis Centre AIR DUCT CLEANING WITH A SPECIAL BONUS! 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Improved relations between China and Taiwan might be jeopardized by a spate of aircraft hijackings from the mainland to the rebel island Yesterday, a doctor and civil servant forced a domestic flight to divert to the Taiwanese capital, Taipei - the third such incident in eight days It was also the seventh hijacking since April, when Beijing and Taipei began working toward an agreement that would see hijackers returned to the mainland where they could face the death penalty For now, planes and other passengers are returned promptly to the mainland but hijackers are kept in Taiwan, where the maximum penalty for hijacking is 10 to 12 years in prison How to deal with hijackers is high on the agenda for China and Taiwan in talks aimed at ending 40 years of animosity that followed the civil war between Mao Tse-tung's communists and Chiang Kai-shek's Kuomintang, which retreated to the island after its defeat But the surge of hijackings has led to sharp words between the countries Beijing accuses Taiwan - which used to offer rewards to Chinese air-force pilots defecting with their planes - of encouraging air piracy Taiwan - pointing out that it always puts hijackers on trial - retorts that Chinese airport security is a joke Yesterday, Dr Han Shuxue, 40, and Li Xianyu, 35, employed at a government economic institute, used knives and a case of medical equipment they claimed was a bomb to take over a morning domestic flight from Changchun in the north to Fuzhou in the south A flight attendant received a slight knife cut to the neck during the incident on the China Northern Airlines plane, carrying nine crew and 73 passengers The men claimed political asylum in Taipei, saying they had been involved in the 1989 Tiananmen Square pro-democracy demonstrations They were arrested and officials say they will face trial On Monday, pharmaceuticals salesman Wang Zhihua, 35, armed with a bar of soap he claimed was explosives, forced a flight to Fuzhou to divert to Taipei FORMAL WEAR RENTAL & SALES ANNOUNCES ANY TUXEDO RENTAL only New Formal Ensembles Many new different tuxedos guaranteed We also carry a wide selection of accessories QUALITY SERVICE GUARANTEED We clean all air ducts and registers We use powerful industrial grade equipment to do a thorough cleaning We clean all types and makes of heating and air conditioning systems We will schedule a convenient appointment including Saturdays Call Monday - Saturday 9:00 AM-5:00 PM 339-5420 Offer ends November 20, 1993 Drought leaves Athenians' reservoir parched PATRICK QUINN ASSOCIATED PRESS LAKE ILIKI, Greece - Theodoros Patsalis watched his goats graze along the edge of one of Athens' main reservoirs, as dust blew across the dry bowl that surrounds what little remains of the Greek capital's water supply I remember the place I am standing on now was deep underwater just a few years ago, he said as the goats nibbled clover along the waterline Lake Iliki, 88 kilometres northeast of Athens, was once eight kilometres long, three kilometres wide and 80 metres deep Today, it is less than one-third that size A pipe snakes down a dusty plain for more than a kilometre from a main pumping station that once stood near the water's edge We no longer take water from Iliki but, instead supply it with water so it won't completely dry up and disrupt the local ecology, said Ioannis Stevis, a spokesman for the Athens Water Company In the 1980s, Iliki constituted the middle leg of a lake system that supplied 4 million people in and around Athens Most of the water originated at Mornos, an artificial lake in northwestern Greece, flowed through Iliki and into another artificial lake at Marathon on the capital's outskirts Nearly a decade of drought and failure to adequately forecast needs have left Iliki parched and Athens with enough water for about a month With emergency reserves, the city has enough until next year, said Stevis, but that's not the point A city this size needs to have adequate reserves for two years to be safe The drought has intensified There was no recorded rainfall last month, the driest October in 50 years The capital has also been unseasonably warm this fall, with temperatures in the 20s To discourage waste, water bills have increased 400 per cent in the past two years Watering gardens, washing cars and filling swimming pools are banned, and people using more than their allotted amount face fines In the campaign before the Oct 10 elections, the Socialists blamed much of the problem on mismanagement during the conservatives' three years in power But Costas Laliotis, the new public-works minister, discovered there were few radical solutions not already proposed Even the Greek Orthodox Church got involved, calling on its clergy to hold services to pray for rain Short-term solutions the government is considering include hauling water by tanker ship But months are needed to implement any plan A planned artificial lake in central Greece won't be completed until early 1995 Although Athenians have cut consumption by 30 per cent the past year, the government might have to ration water if it doesn't rain Stelios Psomas of Greenpeace said: Greece has had a 30-per-cent decline in rainfall the past 40 years and studies show that water supplies will continue to decrease because of global warming People just have to learn to save and think ahead Chinese-Taiwanese relations feel heat of rash of hijackings JONATHAN MANTHORPE SOUTHAM NEWS HONG KONG - Improved relations between China and Taiwan might be jeopardized by a spate of aircraft hijackings from the mainland to the rebel island Yesterday, a doctor and civil servant forced a domestic flight to divert to the Taiwanese capital, Taipei - the third such incident in eight days It was also the seventh hijacking since April, when Beijing and Taipei began working toward an agreement that would see hijackers returned to the mainland where they could face the death penalty For now, planes and other passengers are returned promptly to the mainland but hijackers are kept in Taiwan, where the maximum penalty for hijacking is 10 to 12 years in prison How to deal with hijackers is high on the agenda for China and Taiwan in talks aimed at ending 40 years of animosity that followed the civil war between Mao Tse-tung's communists and Chiang Kai-shek's Kuomintang, which retreated to the island after its defeat But the surge of hijackings has led to sharp words between the countries Beijing accuses Taiwan - which used to offer rewards to Chinese air-force pilots defecting with their planes - of encouraging air piracy Taiwan - pointing out that it always puts hijackers on trial - retorts that Chinese airport security is a joke Yesterday, Dr Han Shuxue, 40, and Li Xianyu, 35, employed at a government economic institute, used knives and a case of medical equipment they claimed was a bomb to take over a morning domestic flight from Changchun in the north to Fuzhou in the south A flight attendant received a slight knife cut to the neck during the incident on the China Northern Airlines plane, carrying nine crew and 73 passengers The men claimed political asylum in Taipei, saying they had been involved in the 1989 Tiananmen Square pro-democracy demonstrations They were arrested and officials say they will face trial On Monday, pharmaceuticals salesman Wang Zhihua, 35, armed with a bar of soap he claimed was explosives, forced a flight to Fuzhou to divert to Taipei FORMAL WEAR RENTAL & SALES ANNOUNCES ANY TUXEDO RENTAL only New Formal Ensembles Many new different tuxedos guaranteed We also carry a wide selection of accessories QUALITY SERVICE GUARANTEED""",0,1,0,0,1,0
+101,19900422,modern,Drought,"S 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 centre 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 kilometres 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 per cent 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 Naples 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, ibis 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 per cent 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 per cent 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 labelled 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""",0,1,0,1,1,1
+102,19910317,modern,Drought,"THE GAZETTE, MONTREAL, SUNDAY, MARCH 17, 1991 uses famine as weapon in war on rebels UN and Red Cross won't enter rebel-held areas with food aid XL B-6 Khartoum JONATHAN MANTHORPE SOUTHAM NEWS YIROL, Sudan As Michael Mabor displays his pitifully inadequate stores of bandages and medicines in his grotesquely dilapidated hospital, he remarks with a casualness from beyond despair that he is the only doctor for 1.2 million people in the area. The 42-year-old Mabor and a handful of assistants see at least 1,000 patients a month, all with serious illnesses such as malaria, meningitis or wounds from the eight-year-old civil war. Those are the ones who manage to make their way over the blistering, thorn-covered plains of south-central Sudan to his hospital, a relic of British occupation at the turn of the century. How many thousands of sick people cannot make or do not attempt the journey, Mabor has no idea. Neither does he know how many people are dying. There is, he said, no point in traveling to find out. The 60 beds in the hospital are under lock. Mabor cannot accept inpatients. He has no food for them. He would need 600 90-kilogram bags of maize for six months to look after the patients. And there is no immediate prospect of that. The sick cluster around the hospital in the dust or creep home to recover or die. In a macabre parody of reality, a line of vultures fidget on a roof in the old hospital compound that Mabor uses as a clinic. This town, 125 kilometres west of the White Nile River, has, in Mabor's words, """"fallen through the gap"""" of relief efforts for war and famine-ravaged southern Sudan. Yirol's plight is the result of the refusal of major international aid agencies, especially the United Nations and the International Committee of the Red Cross, to confront the Khartoum government's policy of using famine as a weapon in the civil war. Khartoum plays on the international organizations' reverence for the sanctity of legal governments and forbids them to travel in rebel territory. The situation in Yirol is also due, in part, to territorial competition among the aid agencies that are defying Khartoum to operate here. And it is in part, too, a result of faulty communications in the provisional rebel government that now controls most of southern Sudan. On March 7, Egil Hagen of Norwegian People's Aid brought Mabor the hopeful news that his group will operate a barge from Bor on the Nile, bringing about 60 tonnes of food and supplies a week to staging posts on the river. Mabor was skeptical about how much relief would get to Yirol. """"We feel we are nowhere,"""" he said. The two loads delivered in February were snatched up in Shambe and Adok with some going to the inland village of Ler. """"I wouldn't say too much support is going to Ler,"""" he said, but added: """"I think there is some measure of bypassing us somewhere."""" He knew, he said, that high-energy biscuits, perfect food for sick people, had gone to Ler. Why couldn't he have some? From the back of the room, Johan Hesselink of the medical agency working in Ler piped up: """"But those are our biscuits, not part of the food relief."""" Asked later about the apparent territorial protection, Hesselink said: """"Those are our cookies. I think he understands. We are looking out after our own programs here. That's the way it has to be."""" Yirol has received no food relief since November, when the Red Cross pulled out. The aid group has left southern Sudan entirely out of frustration with Khartoum. The group's much-vaunted code: Civilians are main casualties as Sudanese air force bombs relief agencies, food supplies and hospitals BOR, Sudan Government planes bombed this rebel-held town last Saturday, injuring 17 civilians and damaging a hospital building. According to officials of the rebel administration, which controls almost all southern Sudan except a handful of garrison towns, air raids against civilian targets are an almost daily occurrence. The bombing is extremely inaccurate but in most cases the targets appear to be installations of relief agencies attempting to bring food and medical aid to Sudanese threatened by disease and famine. On the same day the hospital was hit, there was an air raid on the town of Yirol, 125 kilometres to the west. A rebel official told Southam News the bombs hit a river bank and there were no injuries. Faced with the secession of southern Sudan, populated by black Christian and animist people mostly of the Dinka and Nuer tribes, the fundamentalist Islamic Arab regime in Khartoum has turned to unconventional and terror warfare. It is using legalities to hinder the international relief efforts to the 2 million southerners threatened by drought and famine. Khartoum is also using its air superiority to bomb civilian targets. But because of the limitations of the Khartoum air force, the military significance of the raids is minimal. The real effect is on civilians. The Khartoum government has no bombers. Instead it uses Soviet-built Antonov transport planes and crews simply push bombs out of the rear loading door as the plane passes over target areas. There is little attempt at aiming. Last September an attempt was made to bomb a barge on the River Nile at Bor. The barge was to take relief supplies to settlements down river. But the bombs fell in the town and killed a dozen people. The Sudanese have adapted to the daily threat of bombing, but there are signs that some relief workers are more intimidated than local people by the bombing. The broader picture is that the rebel Sudan People's Liberation Army controls almost all the historic homeland of the country's blacks south of the Bahr el Ghazal and Sobat river tributaries of the Nile. In an offensive last November, the rebels captured several government garrison towns. Government territory is now largely confined to the towns of Juba, Yei, Wau and Rumbek. These are all under siege and are cut off. Military sources in Nairobi say the SPLA has little difficulty in getting arms, which are donated by a number of African countries. SPLA leader John Garang is popular with heads of state in his war for secession and against the imposition of fundamentalist Islamic law. D Jonathan Manthorpe cannon fire in Saudi Arabia starts holy month of Ramadan REUTER DHAHRAN, Saudi Arabia A cannon was fired in eastern Saudi Arabia last night to signal the start of the holy month of Ramadan, when Muslims fast from dawn to dusk. Several muffled cannon booms, traditionally fired after sunset each day of Ramadan, indicated fasting would begin yesterday, Information Ministry officials said. While Muslims observe a total fast, non-Muslims are banned from eating, drinking or smoking in public places during daylight hours. """"On Wednesday, Saudi Arabia threatened to deport non-Muslims who failed to observe the strictures of Ramadan. It did not mention the 500,000 mainly western troops still in the kingdom following the Persian Gulf war victory over Iraq. New moon """"Those who do not abide by the law will have measures taken against them, including deportation,"""" a statement said. Normally the sighting of the new moon by a committee of religious authorities signals the start of Ramadan. The moon has not yet been sighted but the termination of 30 days for the previous month, Sha'ban, meant Ramadan would begin today, the Information Ministry officials said. Muslims normally rise early to eat before sunrise during the month and stay up late at night for traditional Ramadan meals. Working hours are shortened. In Saudi Arabia government offices will be open only between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. Iraq absent The Saudi press agency said King Fahd sent cables of congratulations to about 30 Muslim leaders on the start of Ramadan. They included Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and Libyan leader Col. Moammar Gadhafi. There was no mention of Iraq and its sympathizers, among them King Hussein of Jordan, Palestine Liberation Organization leader Yasser Arafat and Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh. Tunisian President Zineal-Abidine Ben Ali was also absent from the list. The Iraqi news agency INA, monitored by the BBC, said members of Iraq's ruling Revolutionary Command Council and Baath party Regional Command met Iraqi President Saddam Hussein yesterday night and congratulated him on the beginning of Ramadan. 7 members of singer's band die in crash of private plane ASSOCIATED PRESS OTAY, Calif. Nine people, including seven members of country singer Reba McEntire's band, were killed when their private plane crashed in a mountain area near the Mexican border early yesterday, officials said. The crash occurred about 1:45 a.m., shortly after the Hawker Siddeley aircraft had taken off from Brown Field, a private airfield about 25 kilometres southeast of San Diego and about 6.5 km north of the Mexican border. McEntire was not aboard, said her spokeswoman, Jenny Bohler. There were no survivors. Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Elly Brekke said. Bohler said seven band members and a road manager were on the plane. Two other band members and several of McEntire's road crew were on another flight that left before the one that crashed, she said. Bohler said McEntire and her band had performed in San Diego on Friday night. The singer stayed behind in San Diego and was going to take another flight yesterday. McEntire, 35, is the only singer ever voted female vocalist of the year four times by the Country Music Association, from 1984 through 1987. Her hit records include Whoever's in New England, Little Rock, Walk On and Rumor Has It. She is scheduled to play a nine-date Canadian tour between April 9 and 21, including stops in Moncton, Halifax, Fredericton, Ottawa, and Toronto. There was no word last night on the fate of the tour. Lighthearted Everyday Cooking Anne Lindsay New Release! 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Mabor talks about the messages he has sent to the rebel's provisional administration headquarters in Ka-poeta down near the border with Kenya. The plight of Yirol should be considered a priority, he said. But the message does not seem to have got through. """"When the (Red Cross) left we fell into a gap,"""" Mabor said. """"No one has been supporting us and we have nearly run out of supplies."""" Even the good news that the barge is now running on the Nile brings its own problems. Yirol has no workable truck to carry relief supplies from the river port of Shambe. There is one truck that can be repaired but there is no gas, oil or hydraulic fluid. Hagen asked for a list of what is needed and promised to fly it in. He also promised new trucks. But that will take two months. 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It's time to stand up,"""" said Anatoly Met, a 23-year-old radio technician listening to the anti-Communist speeches and Ukrainian folk songs. Leaders of Rukh, the Ukrainian independence movement, urged the crowd to give President Mikhail Gorbachev a humiliating rebuke by voting """"no"""" to the first question on today's ballot. It asks voters whether they favor preservation of the Soviet Union """"as a renewed federation of equal, sovereign republics."""" Movement split The crowd, estimated by police at 3,000 to 5,000 people, filled the square in front of the main stadium in the Ukrainian capital, Kiev. Despite the apparent unanimity at the rally, the independence movement has split on how to answer the ballot's second question, added by the Ukrainian legislature. """"Do you agree that Ukraine should participate in the Union of Sovereign States on the basis of the declaration of Ukraine's state sovereignty?"""" it asks. Ivan Drach, a poet and filmmaker who is Rukh's chairman, said he wished the second question were worded more clearly, asking voters whether they simply wanted Ukraine to be independent from the Soviet Union. But he still called for a """"yes"""" vote, which he said would make the """"no"""" vote on the first question stand out in contrast. Yes vote seen But leaders of the radical Ukrainian Republic Party, which had been closely allied with Rukh, called for a """"no"""" vote on both questions. Dmitro Pavlychko, a Rukh leader and member of the Ukrainian legislature, said the split in the pro-independence camp would make the results of the referendum impossible to interpret. Although the independence movement has been growing in Ukraine, the republic of 50 million people is expected to vote for maintaining the union. Israel charges newsman with helping Arabs NEW YORK TIMES GAZA, Israeli-Occupied Gaza Strip A Palestinian journalist recently released from prison under international pressure has been indicted on charges of aiding an illegal Arab group, principally because of his work as a journalist. The journalist, Taher Shriteh, complained in an interview of being held in prison under harsh conditions before he was charged. A charge sheet accuses Shriteh of """"failing to prevent a crime"""" by not reporting to the authorities a news source they suspected of leading an illegal Arab group. Shriteh is also charged with aiding the group by giving them the publicly listed phone number of the Reuters news agency in Jerusalem. Under military law, Shriteh also faces a charge of holding a fax machine for the same contact. Shriteh said he was taken from his home by the Shin Bet, Israel's secret internal security force, in January and held for five weeks without charge while investigators questioned him about his news contacts, his associations with Gaza Palestinian leaders and the fax machine. Fax machines are illegal in Gaza under a law regulating telephone and telegraph equipment. He was freed on $5,000 bail early this month. Famine darkens Sudan's war-torn horizon A quarter the size of Canada with about the same population (25 million), Sudan is Africa's largest country. Civil war, floods, droughts and economic mismanagement have kept it one of the world's poorest countries. Africa crosses Egypt Libya Khartoum El Obeid Sudan's Sobat Bahr el Ghazal Abwong Ethiopia patrol Wau Adok Ayod Central Shambe African Republic Bor White Nile River Juba Torit Kapoeta Yei Uganda kilometres Kenya Source: World Bank, CIA, Canadian World Almanac, World Resources Institute Population: Four in five people live in rural areas. Almost half of the population is 14 or younger. Almost half of the population are women of childbearing age. Ethnic composition: 52 per cent black (mostly in south), 39 per cent Arab (mostly in north). Religion: 70 per cent Sunni Moslem (in north), 25 per cent animist and Christian (in south). Government: Military government led by Prime Minister General Omar al-Bashir since he seized power in a coup on June 30, 1989. Political parties are banned. Geography: The Nile River runs up the middle of a flat plain with mountains in the east and the west. The climate is tropical in the south, arid desert in the north. Average annual inflation: 70 per cent (1989). Natural resources: Modest reserves of crude oil, iron ore, chrome and other metals. Exports: $500 million U.S. (1988), or $39 per capita. Total external debt: $12.3 billion U.S. (1989), 75 per cent of GDP. Life expectancy at birth: 50 years (1988). Infant mortality: 108 per 1,000 live births (1990). Literacy: 31 per cent (1986). TREVOR JOHNSTON Southam News Graphics Ugly barge on Nile River carries only lifeline for starving Sudanese JONATHAN MANTHORPE SOUTHAM NEWS BOR, Sudan The blunt, ugly barge moored against the reeds on the murky, swirling waters of the White Nile River seems an unlikely messenger of hope in this war- and famine-ravished land. But for hundreds of thousands of people facing starvation and riddled with disease on the endless arid plains spreading from the river north of here, the barge is the only lifeline they have. Rebel-held region The story of the barge is an extraordinary tale of the failure of international aid agencies to bring relief to this rebel-held region in the face of the Khartoum government's determination to use the weapon of starvation where its military have been useless. And it is the story of how one man and one organization, Egil Hagen and the Norwegian People's Aid, defied obstacles, to the point of piracy, to get the barge running. The barge was loaded on March 6 for its third 250-kilometre trip down the Nile to the staging posts of Shambe and Adok, with 60 tonnes of food and medical supplies. The town of Bor also presents a bleak picture of how relief efforts can become a failure. About 15 km inland, at the town's airstrip a short slashed clearing in the landscape of thorn bushes and low scrub stands a United Nations World Food Program tent warehouse stacked with 300 tonnes of maize. The food has been abandoned there for more than six months because of a bureaucratic foul-up and is now rotten. The sustaining of life for the 22 million people of the vast, sun-hammered bleakness of Sudan has always been a perilous business. And for hundreds of years there has also been sporadic fighting in the area. The latest civil war began in Bor in 1983 when a Sudanese colonel, John Garang, led a mutiny. Garang's rebel Sudanese People's Liberation Army (SPLA) now controls almost all southern Sudan. To the rigors of war was added a massive famine in 1985. When another drought loomed three years later, a number of aid agencies and non-governmental organizations jumped in. The UN tried to bring some order to the relief effort by setting up an umbrella organization, Operation Lifeline Sudan, early in 1989. It was at this point that the Khartoum government started expressing fears that the massive transportation of relief into the rebel-held territory would not only provide food for the SPLA, but also become a conduit for military supplies. Hagen has always been singled out by Khartoum, which fosters rumors that he runs arms for the rebels, something he hotly denies. Khartoum began the periodic banning of relief organization flights and setting rules for truck convoy transportation soon after Operation Lifeline started. """"Khartoum,"""" said Hagen, a former major in Norway's Special Air Services, """"is accomplishing more of its political and military ends by simply depriving the people of food than it could ever do with guns."""" 19 agencies involved The UN, because of the reverence for the sanctity of legal national governments written into its charter, has been reluctant to defy Khartoum's edicts. Of the 19 agencies involved in Operation Lifeline, 17 signed a letter dictated by Khartoum, tying themselves to the government's transportation bans. Hagen's NPA and the Dutch branch of Medecins Sans Frontieres did not. They have defied them. After days of negotiations in Khartoum and New York, UN officials succeeded last week in persuading the government of General Omar Hassan Bashir to allow limited relief flights. But the 46-year-old Hagen is scornful of the way the UN and other international agencies, especially the International Committee of the Red Cross, have bowed to Khartoum. Around Ler there are perhaps 250,000 Nuer tribesmen under threat of starvation or death from an epidemic of the AIDS-like disease kala azar. The barge's six-day runs from Bor two down and four back against the current now offers them hope. Until the barge's first trip at the end of January, Ler had been isolated for six months. The saga of the barge began last year when the Norwegian Red Cross decided to supply the vessel for its mother organization, the ICRC. The boat was built in sections in Britain and flown to Nairobi, Kenya, in July. The segments were then trucked overland to Bor, where the barge was assembled. Troops and tanks The Khartoum government became immediately outraged by the move, saying the barge could be used for the movement of SPLA troops, supplies and tanks. They forbade the ICRC to use it. So for six months the barge lay idle in the Nile. But this did not stop Khartoum from trying to destroy it. Last September the government tried to bomb it, but only succeeded in killing some dozen civilians. Raids have continued regularly since then. In growing frustration at Khartoum's intransigence, and the refusal of the UN and ICRC to defy the ban, Sudanese rebels and Hagen took over the barge in January. They obtained the keys for one of the boat's two engines and hotwired the other and camouflaged it with Nile mud. But even then, Hagen claims, there were attempts by the UN to stop the barge from operating. He says pressure was put on the UN to intervene. In an interview fiddlers, dancers and dance callers to determine how this old Gaelic fiddling style has survived to this day. A little farther afield, the adventurous and those interested in agriculture might opt to travel to the Himalayas with anthropologist Daniel Early, to study the Sherpa people and their diet. Early wants to study what role amaranth, a high-protein grain, plays in the life of the Sherpas. Growing methods will be explored and it is hoped that field workers will find new strains of amaranth that could feed people around the world. Amateur archaeologists might choose to travel to Cumbria in England to help Tom Clare study Hadrian's Wall, the greatest achievement of the Roman Empire in Britain. Today, 1,850 years after its completion, the wall is still plainly visible but the small forts built to help protect the area from invaders are hidden. Team members will excavate one of these forts and try to discover what the lifestyle was like of the Roman soldiers stationed there. By far, the most popular session of the Earthwatch meeting was one dealing with rainforests. This year, there are seven different rainforest projects studying everything from insects, to plants, to wildlife and how they interact with their co-inhabitants. Shortly after noon on March 8, the Department of Energy announced the blast had a relatively weak force of less than 20 kilotonnes. This type of small explosion has been known to be used to test devices such as X-ray lasers and other weapons associated with the Star Wars program. Tropical Storms Tropical storm Sharon packed winds of 70 km/h as it passed over Mindanao Island but caused no significant damage or any injuries. The out-of-season tropical storm brought needed relief to parts of the southern Philippines that were in their fourth month of drought, and were facing an invasion of locusts. Earthquakes A sharp quake broke windows and knocked items off shelves in the Australian gold-mining town of Kalgoorlie. Earth movements were also felt in the region. B-5 DIGEST Swallows of Capistrano are moving out to the 'burbs KEITH STONE LOS ANGELES DAILY NEWS Buildings and parking lots are replacing insect-rich fields and mud necessary for nest-building is becoming scarce. The swallows, which are not endangered, are thriving under bridges along the coast, on eaves in suburban Mission Viejo, on buildings at Pepperdine University in Malibu, on the coast northwest of Los Angeles, and at College of the Canyons in suburban Valencia. """"Probably 100 years ago there were clouds of these birds returning to the mission,"""" said Robin Smith of the San Juan Capistrano Chamber of Commerce. But not any more at least not March 19. Perhaps part of the problem is that swallows are not always that punctual. """"March 19 is no red letter day on their calendar,"""" Garrett said. """"It doesn't make any difference to them."""" But town boosters and swallow watchers work hard to preserve the legend. """"They return to the mission on March 19,"""" Smith said. """"That is what people want to hear and that is what we tell them."""" In 1939, the migration of swallows to Capistrano became a phenomenon of popular culture when Leon Rene wrote the song When the Swallows Come Back to Capistrano. Three million copies were sold forever linking swallows with the town. But legend has no place in science for retired zoology professor Henry Childs, who has spent decades trying to correct the record. As far as he's concerned, there is only one reason for perpetuating the legend: """"It is a business-oriented, promotional activity."""" In his scientific paper titled The Capistrano Caper: A Biological Myth, Childs says the swallows' arrival and departure depends largely upon the seasonal resurgence of insects. """"Perhaps,"""" he wrote, """"we should celebrate the return of the insects."""" UNITED STATES History Museum of Los Angeles County In fact, the thousands of swallow watchers sometimes outnumber the swallows, especially on March 19, when custom says the birds always return to Capistrano from their winter hiatus in Argentina. The shrinking flock is partly caused by fewer swallows everywhere. """"There is a general decline,"""" said Ken Fortune of the Audubon Society. """"You've got to understand, the birds come here for a certain kind of habitat."""" LOS ANGELES The swallows will come back to Capistrano this year and Malibu and Mission Viejo and Santa Ynez and Valencia. San Juan Capistrano, about 80 kilometres south of Los Angeles, never has held a monopoly on cliff swallows, but now fewer are nesting at its mission church, the victims of development and drought. """"Probably the bulk of those birds moved elsewhere,"""" said Kimball Garrett, ornithological collection manager for the Natural THE GAZETTE, MONTREAL, SUNDAY, MARCH 17, 1991 WORLD No ordinary outlaws: Aquino's big problem is a military run amok BEN TIERNEY SOUTHAM NEWS MANILA They rob banks, they deal in drugs, and now and then they murder a peasant or two. Or a mayor, or a journalist. But these are no ordinary outlaws. They are the officers and men of the armed forces of the Philippines, the soldiers who helped bring Cory Aquino to power five years ago, swore to uphold the law and defend her new constitution and then became her biggest problem. """"They have done enormous economic damage with their coup attempts and now they are factionalized to the point where there is an almost complete breakdown in military discipline,"""" said Francisco Nemenzo, chancellor of the University of the Philippines. """"These days the biggest and boldest holdups involve either the military or their agents. The people have lost faith in both the military and the police as their protectors."""" The headlines in Manila newspapers tell a large part of the story. One headline last July told of what police described as a drug bust. The police moved in on three suspected dealers doing a drop in a parking lot of the crowded Makati business district, killing all three. Two of the dead men were subsequently identified as army officers, one a colonel, the other a major. Another headline in January told of an incident in the sugarcane region of Negros in which police responded to complaints that several men were terrifying residents of a small town by firing their rifles indiscriminately in the marketplace. The men turned out to be soldiers, a confrontation resulted and five civilians died in the crossfire. """"The corruption is all over,"""" Manuel Flores, a retired general who heads an anti-graft board investigating the military's officer corps, told the Philippine Daily Inquirer. """"It is unabated."""" The man in charge of the Philippine military, Defence Secretary Fi del Ramos, insists things are not as bad as they have been made out to be in the newspapers. In a December speech, he said: """"In any organization as large as the armed forces there will always be some misfits and scalawags."""" But evidence continues to mount that more than just a few Filipino soldiers are involved in crime. During recent hearings in Manila, a former police captain facing murder charges arising from the July drug killings in Makati placed before members of the Senate the names of no fewer than 90 police officers and soldiers he said were involved in the drug trade. Not two or three, or half a dozen, but 90 two of them generals. The criminal activity is believed to be largely for personal gain, just as most of the human-rights violations in the Philippines are linked to power struggles aimed at controlling wealth in the country. """"Military leaders and the landowners build up their own private armies and they harass those who speak out in opposition to them,"""" Nemenzo said. Nemenzo and many others say Aquino has contributed to the lawlessness within the military by not being tougher on rebel ranks in the early days of her presidency, when her enormous popularity ruled out a military uprising against her. Gerry Barican, president of the Partido Pilipino, a new opposition group, said: """"She did not really reach out to some people she should have reached out to, and on the other hand she was not tough enough when she should have been tough enough."""" But many others also point the finger at Ramos, credited with saving Aquino from being overthrown on several occasions, but also responsible for imposing the light sentence of pushups on those who took part in the first coup. A man dressed in traditional Serbian clothing holds a candle during an anti-communist demonstration in Belgrade. Hundreds of thousands of protesters have demonstrated over the past week to demand the resignation of the Serbian government. Study in Contrast A woman clad in traditional clothing sits beside trash resulting from both looting during the Iraqi occupation and the lack of garbage collection since the liberation of Kuwait. Goodbye Leif, hello Columbus of Norway ASSOCIATED PRESS OSLO Norwegians have been miffed for centuries about Christopher Columbus stealing credit from Leif Ericsson for discovering the New World. But a Norwegian maritime history writer says it really makes no difference because Columbus may have been Norwegian. Tor Busch Sannes doesn't claim to have definitive proof. Instead, he cites a series of coincidences, historical fact and imaginative interpretation he hopes historians will investigate further. His book, Christopher Columbus A European From Norway? suggests Columbus was a Norwegian nobleman named Christopher Bonde who discovered America in 1477, not in 1492. Columbus undertook a voyage north of Iceland in 1477, the World Book Encyclopedia said. Sannes argues that voyage could have reached Canada or New England 15 years before Columbus laid anchor in the West Indies in 1492. """"America is getting ready to celebrate the 500th anniversary (of Columbus's discovery) 15 years too late,"""" Sannes said. The book has generated considerable news coverage, skepticism and amusement in Norway. Some see it as belated revenge for overlooking the Viking seafarer Ericsson's discovery of North America nearly 500 years earlier. Many Norwegians believe Ericsson Move to free market no laughing matter Even humor museum's budget gets cut to the funny bone CHUCK SUDETIC NEW YORK TIMES GABROVO, Bulgaria According to the local folklore, the residents of this town are renowned for their self-effacing humor and their tightfistedness. One typical story has it that Gabrovians are so cheap that it is not unusual for married couples to make do with a single wedding band, with the husband wearing it one day and the wife the next. Another tale of Gabrovian economy contends that townsfolk snip the tails off housecats to cut down on the heat loss each time they open the door to let their pets out during the winter. But the high-voltage """"shock therapy"""" of freely rising prices that Bulgaria's government has introduced to revive the foundering economy is testing even the Gabrovians' sense of parsimonious humor. """"You won't find new jokes in Gabrovo now,"""" said Galina Boneva, a curator at the town's showcase, the House of Humor, a government-operated shrine to world joviality that faces staff cuts because of a slashed budget. """"People are very tense. It's not the time for jokes. They are doing everything they can just to survive."""" In late January, Bulgaria's government loosened price controls, increased interest rates and took other measures to prepare groundwork for a free-market system. A new land ownership law is already on the books, and parliament is debating proposals for banking and tax reforms and privatization of state-owned enterprises. Long accustomed to a Soviet-style planned economy that, however unproductive, maintained an illusion of security, kept apparent prices low and forced people to leave decision-making up to a stifling, bumbling bureaucracy, the Gabrovians have yet to get over the shock the changes have brought. The town's shop windows and market stands, once nearly empty, have begun filling up, but prices have soared so high that the locals are having no trouble heeding government advice to delay buying even essentials until prices return from the stratosphere. A kilogram of coffee costs more than a quarter of an average Gabrovian's monthly income. Medicines, fertilizers and pesticides, toilet paper, petroleum products and other basics remain scarce, because trade agreements with the former Soviet-bloc states and Iraq have collapsed and Bulgaria does not have enough hard currency to buy them at world prices. Cuban sugar once so expensive that Gabrovians used to joke, """"Would you like sugar in your coffee or the money transferred directly into your account?"""" has also disappeared. Once guaranteed a job, if not constructive work, many of Bulgaria's 9 million people now face layoffs. African women and they don't see anything wrong with it. So far, Africa has produced few publicly known feminists, a word barely in the lexicon. In some countries, such as Zimbabwe and Uganda, women appointed to senior positions in government have found themselves free to express the need for an improved status for women. But those women tread a difficult path. Male chauvinism is ingrained and indeed, codified, in much of African culture. For example, Kenya is one of the few African countries to have a law, passed in 1981, that allows women to inherit and own property, said Kaduru, one of the minority of women in her law class to marry. But so few women knew about the law that many persisted in their beliefs that they didn't have property and inheritance rights.""",0,0,0,0,1,1
+103,19950630,modern,Drought,"90 MEXICO 2183, 53.9, 85 GOLD n v $388.50 60(t DOLLAR 72.70 0.05 Complete listings of today's stock trading will appear in The Gazette on Sunday. You can keep up-to-date by calling our Stock Quote Hotline at 841-8600, code 5000. THE GAZETTE FRIDAY, JUNE 30, 1995 Weather hurts shipping at Montreal port JEFF HEINRICH THE GAZETTE Drought and draft - ship's draft, that is - sure don't go well together. More than two weeks of no rain over Montreal have lowered the water level of the St. Lawrence River, and ocean ships headed into and out of the city's port are faced with loading light or shedding cargo to avoid hitting bottom. The larger container ships know the situation, Port of Montreal spokesman Michel Turgeon said yesterday, as the city sweltered through its 18th day of dry weather, the second-longest drought in memory. """"The inconvenience is they can't make use of their maximum capacity."""" And that has meant a loss of potential revenue for the larger ships - as much as $200,000 per weekly trip these days. That's potential only, because not all ships are full at this traditionally slow time of year, Turgeon added. Officials of the port's major shipping lines - Canada Maritime, Cast, and Orient Overseas Container Line - were unavailable for comment yesterday or wouldn't say if the low water level has affected them. The level yesterday was 36 feet, three inches - one or two feet shallower than it should be. The level has been worrisome since April, because there was little runoff from the dry, warm winter. It has become more acute in the last two weeks, Turgeon said. """"We would like to be at 37 or 38 feet at this time of year,"""" he said. Last year, at the end of June, the level was abnormally high: 40 feet, two inches. These days, any ship that holds more than 1,800 containers - there are 11 calling at Montreal, some of them twice a week - is faced with leaving 100 to 120 containers behind in order to travel safely. Shipping companies typically charge clients at least $2,000 for every container they ship. If they have to load light by 100 containers, they forgo more than $200,000 in revenue. The port itself also loses out, as it charges the companies a """"wharf"""" fee for loading and unloading their vessels - on average, $22 per container. Ocean-going ships that carry bulk cargo also face shedding some of it before they reach Montreal. That's what happened last Sunday: a Fednav ship coming from China unloaded about 850 tonnes of magnesite in Trois Rivieres to be light enough to get to Montreal safely. Although Environment Canada is forecasting rain today and through the weekend, it expects it will fall north of Montreal and the river - in the Laurentians, but not in the city or upstream. """"The rain won't change the water level in the St. Lawrence,"""" said weather office official Daniel Chretien. So far, the drought is Montreal's second longest. The worst was in July 1947, when it didn't rain for 21 days. The other record was in 1967, when it was dry for 17 consecutive days in May and June. DOWNTOWN DECAY Montreal's city core is looking a little shabby in places these days. But there are bright spots on our urban landscape. First in a series FRANCOIS SHALOM THE GAZETTE The notice, forlorn and a bit pathetic, still stands: Sign up, Occupancy Summer 1991. But there has been no development by the commercial real-estate company Taillon, and certainly no occupants. Instead, the rundown, boarded-up lot in the heart of downtown sprouted four-metre-high trees and the underbrush behind the poster-plastered plywood is a jungle. Nearby, a once-thriving retail strip that included landmark theatres and a seafood restaurant awaits the wrecker's ball. A bit further east, Simpson's department store has stood empty for years. Neighboring merchants call these eyesores les barricades and many wonder whether they've become a symbol for a dying downtown beset by the usual problems of large urban centres. MONTREAL Montreal (Ville Marie) founded: 1642 Shopping arcades downtown, often called the underground city: 10 Workers: 225,000 Students: 100,000 Parking spaces: 35,000 Big companies with downtown head office: Alcan Aluminium Ltd, Bombardier Inc, Canadian Pacific Ltd Office space vacancy rate: 22 per cent City population: 1.02 million CALGARY HERALD DAVE SIDAWAY GAZETTE Margot Lavigne, marketing director for Montreal's downtown Eaton Centre, counters some of the pessimism about the city's core. She points out that her mall is 90-per-cent full and she's anticipating a big tourism season with the low Canadian dollar. Indigents live in formerly genteel downtown areas, beggars are a common sight, and former Montreal fixtures like Pascal's, Steinberg and Birks have disappeared or changed hands. Many middle-class wage earners have left for the suburbs, followed by industrial and commercial activities and, eventually, by the new breed of retailers to serve them: Club Price, Toys R Us, Wal-Mart, Future Shop, Reno-Depot. It's easy to walk along Ste. Catherine St. between Atwater and Guy Sts. and despair at the boarded-up wasteland, the degradation of a once-vital neighborhood. But the long view holds that despite the blighted spots, Montreal's core is doing as well as ever, if not better. Visitors note the human and traffic jams on Ste. Catherine at 3 a.m. most days, the conviviality and feeling of safety, unlike most major North American cities. Poverty groups also note that not everyone shares in the festivities, that an underclass is growing downtown and swept under the rug, mostly out of sight. But economists, urban planners and civic boosters say retail trade is booming downtown and that the remaining 5.5 million square feet of vacant commercial space built in the 1980s is starting to be absorbed by paying tenants. PLEASE SEE DOWNTOWN, PAGE C4 DAVE SIDAWAY GAZETTE The downtown landscape in Montreal. This area of abandoned buildings is seen by some merchants as a symbol of a dying downtown. Compensation funded with taxpayers' money must show restraint. Politicians and central bankers live on a different planet from the rest of us, insulated from the grind of everyday life and blissfully unaware of what it takes to get by in the real world these days. Maybe it has something to do with living in Ottawa, a town that has never been accused of suffering a recession. The extraordinary insensitivity of these people is evident in a couple of recent decisions. This month, members of Parliament approved a new pension plan for themselves that is far more generous than most Canadians can ever expect to receive from their employers. Sure, the Commons voted to do away with some of the most egregious excesses of the previous plan, including the provision that allowed retired MPs to receive pension benefits while holding down a job in the public sector. But getting rid of double-dipping doesn't disguise the fact that MPs still have a retirement plan about four times more generous than the average private sector pension plan and seven times better than anything seen in the public sector. Their decision comes after a tough austerity budget from Finance Minister Paul Martin which asks Canadians to accept considerable reductions in public services. It was a courageous budget but support for it will be undermined by the pension decision. The MPs offered all the usual rationalizations for their behavior that they have to make big career sacrifices to go into politics: that the basic salary of $64,400 for an MP is a terrible injustice, etc. Only the Reform party seems to have understood that MPs are employed by Canadian taxpayers, who are already taxed to the eyeballs. For most Canadians, a $64,000 salary, plus perks and expense allowances worth more than $27,000, looks pretty good in today's economy. If they weren't baffled enough, they learned this week that the top executives of the Bank of Canada awarded themselves pay hikes of nearly 10 per cent last year. This came at a time when public sector wages were frozen. Never mind that the bank finally issued an apology and rolled back the increases yesterday afternoon. The damage to the bank's credibility has already been done. They don't seem to have a clue about the message they're sending to Canadians when they accept pay increases like these. These are the same people who not long ago were espousing zero inflation for Canada. Now they've loosened up a bit. Their current target range is 1 to 3 per cent for annual increases in the cost of living. But how does a 10-per cent salary increase fit under a 3-per cent inflation cap? How can the Bank of Canada """"dampen inflationary expectations"""" (a favorite phrase of theirs) when its own executives won't lead by example? Once again, we have been given a lame excuse for why the federal government is frozen by this decision. The Bank says that under a restructuring, Canadians in the private sector were getting a senior deputy governor and four deputy governors now share responsibility for monetary policy with bank chief Gordon Thiessen and should be compensated for the extra workload. Gee, I wonder how the thousands of Canadians who have already been affected by """"restructuring"""" in the private sector would react to that. Perhaps the bank isn't aware that many Canadians are being asked to work harder for the same pay. The unfortunate part of all this is that the Bank of Canada's inflation policy is the right one for this country. Sound money, stable prices and low interest rates are what we require, especially at a time when we are so heavily indebted. But it's a policy that is difficult to sell to Canadians at the best of times, especially when the bank leaders are caught lining their own pockets. Ray Mowling, Monsanto's vice-president (legal and public affairs), takes issue with Wednesday's column on the dairy cattle hormone BST. """"Contrary to what is written in your article, Monsanto maintains its position regarding its investment in Canada. We are not considering nor threatening to pull any research commitment in Canada related to Health Canada's decision on BST."""" CUSO, with a $30-million budget, sends money and about 300 Canadians a year to projects ranging from agricultural programs in Thailand to a corn-grinding mill co-operative in Nicaragua. CARE is different - and controversial - because of its size, its focus on emergency relief and its dependence on government financing. Critics call CARE an international ambulance chaser with a weak commitment to long-term development and an uncritical attitude toward the foreign policy of the Canadian government, which supplies most of its money. Defenders point out that the government turned to agencies such as CARE when emergencies proliferated during the 1980s. The non-profit agencies provided quick, effective help. Today, CARE International is a $600-million operation with branches in 11 countries. Last year, the Canadian division raised about $5 million from Canadian donors and received the rest of its $75-million budget from the federal government and international agencies like the United Nations High Commission for Refugees. Disaster response, including running refugee camps in countries like Zaire and Kenya and drought relief in Zambia, accounted for about two-thirds of CARE Canada's 1994 budget. Sample of Canadian charities in overseas development: 1994 Agency Senior Money raised Money from Money from Other revenue Executive from Canadian Canadian international Salary public government organizations Canadian Refused to $738,000 $8.1 million 0 $3,482 Hunger disclose Foundation Mennonite $51,000 $8.6 million $8.2 million 0 $4.1 million Central Committee World Vision $90,000 to $80 million $15 million 0 0 Red Cross $90,000 to $7.5 million $41.3 million 0 $441,000 International Service $108,000 Sleeping Children 0 $1 million 0 0 0 Around the World Oxfam $65,000 $5.7 million $4.8 million 0 $400,000 Canada Interpares $36,466 $920,000 $12 million 0 $978,000 CARE Refused to $5.3 million $39.5 million $28.7 million 0 Canada disclose Foster Refused to $32 million $4 million 0 0 Parents disclose Plan CUSO Refused to $10.4 million $19.6 million 0 $406,000 disclose Developing $60,000 $185,000 $240,500 0 $1,500 Countries Farm Radio Network Agency description Canadian Hunger Foundation: Rural development projects including introduction of sustainable farming methods. Mennonite Central Committee: The development service of the Mennonite church in Canada has health workers, teachers, agriculturalists and emergency relief workers in 55 countries. World Vision: International Christian humanitarian relief and development organization. Almost all Canadian-raised funds dispersed from the head office in California. Red Cross International Service: Channels money for relief operations to the International Committee of the Red Cross. Sleeping Children Around the World: All-volunteer group that each year buys about 30,000 bed kits for children in poor countries. Oxfam Canada: Supports overseas development projects and does development education and aid advocacy in Canada. Interpares: Works with Third World groups trying to achieve social and economic change in poor countries. CARE Canada: About two-thirds of its $75 million budget is spent on emergency relief, the rest is used for longer term development projects. Foster Parents Plan: Funds raised from child sponsorship programs are used for development projects in the child's community. CUSO: Sends about 300 Canadian volunteers overseas each year to work with grassroots organizations in developing countries. Developing Countries Farm Radio Network: Supplies thousands of radio scripts containing agricultural and basic health information to developing country radio stations. In addition to being unaware of the wide range of charities doing international work, the public often has no idea about the cost of running such organizations, says Gordon Floyd of the Canadian Centre for Philanthropy. """"The church basement organizations still exist and they do extraordinary work,"""" he said. """"But over the last 30 or 50 years, the charitable sector has become much more sophisticated and complex and, as in every other part of our lives, it has become very much more expensive."""" Floyd says it surprises most people to learn it can cost 50 cents to raise a dollar. In the absence of a large volunteer pool, paid help is required to lick stamps and other administrative work. High-tech equipment like computers is expensive and requires trained operators. The growing number of charities has created a sophisticated competition for donor dollars. CARE spent $1.3 million to raise about $5 million last year. And World Vision, the most successful fund-raiser among the development charities, spent close to $20 million in 1994 on the administration and fundraising costs associated with convincing Canadians to donate $80 million. World Vision is sending out packages of carrot seeds to 500,000 Canadians and asking them to return the seeds with a donation to help families in war-ravaged Mozambique. Toycen says the $20,000 campaign is directed at new donors and will raise up to $1.50 for each $1 spent. While that seems expensive, Toycen says World Vision expects it will pay off in the long term because many people will become regular donors. But fundraising expenses are just part of the story. Floyd says Canadians also tend to believe the best charities are those with the lowest administration costs. OTTAWA CITIZEN It's an impression reinforced by Money magazine, which annually gives the best performance rating to U.S. charities with the lowest overhead. There are charities that operate on a shoestring. Sleeping Children Around the World, for instance, is a 25-year-old charity that each year supplies beds to about 30,000 children in developing countries. The Toronto organization is the creation of Murray Dryden, the 83-year-old father of hockey great Ken Dryden. Dryden runs Sleeping Children from his house. He takes no salary and does not ask the government for money. Volunteers travel at their own expense to deliver the beds and extras like pyjamas or mosquito nets to children in eight countries, including India, Bangladesh and Colombia. The $1 million a year spent on the beds is raised through word-of-mouth fundraising. """"I got involved in this because it's about people helping people,"""" said Tom Belton, an Ottawa businessman who has made five trips for Sleeping Children since 1989. """"Everyone is a volunteer and not one penny is overhead. It's a labor of love,"""" said Belton, who says the bed kits help children in many nations. Using the money to run a school, he argues, would limit the benefits to just one region and one country. But does Sleeping Children's non-existent overhead make it better than CARE or any of the others? Aid experts like Draimin answer carefully: """"A lot of excellent development organizations we have today began with the tremendous generosity of people. But what they did may have been more beneficial to the donor than to the recipient because it makes people feel really good about what they do. """"In developmental terms, however, they may not be contributing to dealing with the structural reasons why problems (such as poverty) exist."""" Ian Smilley, an Ottawa consultant and author of The Alms Bazaar, a forthcoming book on non-profit international development organizations, also says Canadians shouldn't be too quick to judge charities on the basis of overhead costs. """"The whole notion that development or emergency aid can be done for next to nothing is crazy,"""" he said. In addition to costly fundraising activities, aid work is a complicated business that requires the services of people with professional and technical expertise. And more than likely they won't be volunteers. Dennis O'Brien is a case in point. The 39-year-old engineering technologist is a member of an international CARE team coordinating emergency drought relief for 100,000 people in southern Africa. O'BRIEN, who works in CARE's Ottawa office, has done road and drainage engineering in Zambia. He has helped run a refugee camp for 30,000 people. And like Belton, he cares about the people he helps. But O'Brien doesn't work for free. He says his salary is in the $27,000 to $50,000 range, roughly comparable to the salary he would earn in the private sector. Smilley says there is nothing wrong with healthy salaries for people running multimillion-dollar operations. """"To be in charge of any of these agencies today is much more risky than it ever was. There's lots of turmoil among staff because you have to hire fast and get rid of people when the emergency is over. You have to deal with a government that is cutting spending and demanding more and more accountability. """"The developing world is more dangerous to work in. And you've got to try to persuade donors in a highly competitive situation that you are doing good work."""" Still, the executives of many of Canada's larger development charities are uncomfortable about disclosing their salaries. Although they receive millions a year in public donations and government grants, the Canadian Hunger Foundation, Foster Parents Plan and CUSO refused to disclose the salaries of their senior executives. CARE won't say what John Watson earns and for the past four years it has not listed the total remuneration for executives on its Revenue Canada charitable return. (A CARE official says the top pay scale for executives other than Watson is $70,000.) Watson defends the salaries and the professionalism of CARE employees, saying volunteers have no place in the agency's emergency work. """"You spend so much time dealing with their shock on entering these terrible places that it's just an inappropriate way to respond. You really need highly trained professionals in logistics and warehousing to work in war zones. Plus, what would be done by (unskilled) volunteers is really the type of work that refugees or local people themselves could do."""" Last December, experienced relief workers in Rwanda questioned the usefulness of some low-budget U. APRIL LINDGREN OTTAWA CITIZEN The spectacle of one of the country's most respected international organizations heading to court to defend its reputation has prompted unprecedented soul-searching in Canada's aid community. While CARE Canada's legal fight to clear its name could go many rounds, a deeper crisis worries the community. Many Canadians believe church basements are the nucleus of international aid efforts. In fact, providing emergency relief and development aid is a difficult, expensive and professional business. This misperception has created an ever-widening credibility gap. CARE categorically dismisses allegations made in a CBC report of financial mismanagement and lavish spending. But the damage lingers. """"The whole thing has been very damaging in terms of the public because it raises concerns about whether you can really count on your money getting where you want it to go,"""" said Betty Plewes, president of the Canadian Council for International Co-operation (CCIC), an umbrella organization of 115 non-profit groups involved in foreign-aid work. """"We've been getting calls from people asking if they can trust this or that organization and who they should give their money to."""" Charities must take a share of the blame for the misperceptions Canadians hold about relief work. Simplistic fundraising campaigns - the kind that bombard donors with images of starving children - imply there are easy, cheap fixes for people trapped in refugee camps or urban slums. There is the potential for misunderstanding when contributions are made to a longer-term development project that donors don't really understand. They might feel betrayed to learn from the nightly news that part of the money was used to fly a Canadian well-drilling expert to a country rather than to buy a pump for a village. The problem is most pronounced in the case of urgent appeals during drought, war or other crises. For instance, part of the recent CARE controversy arose because the agency used money raised for the Somalia crisis to improve refugee camp security and to hire an information officer in Mogadishu, leaving sister agencies to handle food distribution. """"The more human and direct approach (focusing on human suffering) means people feel they are making a contribution. That has more appeal than a reasoned, nuanced explanation of the origins of global poverty,"""" said Tim Draimin, a senior policy analyst at CCIC. """"I personally don't think CARE is an errant agency. It isn't the only one with the problem."""" PLEASE SEE POLICY, PAGE B2 Course shows how to fight for human rights 120 people from 30 countries have gathered at John Abbott College MARK ABLEY THE GAZETTE A LAWYER from Tanzania is debating the meaning of """"legal personality"""" with a young counsellor from Romania. A human-rights activist from Gambia and a leading Pakistani feminist are pondering the concept of """"effective remedy for violation."""" The phrases seem dry. But even on a sultry afternoon, the conversations crackle with energy. For at the International Human Rights Training Program, now taking place at John Abbott College in Ste. Anne de Bellevue, words have power. When you're confronting an unjust, corrupt or abusive regime, words can be your only weapon. It's crucial to get them right. The intensive three-week course lasts until July 14, under the sponsorship of the Canadian Human Rights Foundation. Based in downtown Montreal, the foundation seeks to educate people about the nature and value of human rights. Some of its activities are aimed at Canadians. But for 16 summers, the last two in Montreal, it has also organized a bilingual training program that gathers participants from around the world - some of them from countries where """"human rights"""" are but a dream or a distant rumor. More than 1,500 people have graduated from the program, one of the few of its kind in the world. This year, 120 people from 30 countries have assembled at John Abbott. They are an impressive bunch. An 18-year-old student from Russia is the youngest participant, a 64-year-old Masai chief from Tanzania the eldest. Eastern Europe and Africa provide the most delegates, but a smattering have come from Asia, Latin America, the Caribbean and the U.""",0,1,1,0,0,0
+104,19990522,modern,Drought,"THE GAZETTE, MONTREAL, SATURDAY, MAY 22, 1999 MONTREAL Danyluk suggests Quebec agencies pay water eco-tax PATRICIA BAILEY The Gazette All Montrealers should pay a price for wasting water, public officials at the Great Lakes-St Lawrence Mayors' Conference agreed yesterday. And the punishment could range from a special tax to being forced to let your pansies wilt. The chairman of the MUC's executive committee, Vera Danyluk, said she thinks an eco-tax might discourage public institutions from wasting water. Private industry must pay a water tax and a tariff on pollution levels of water they pump into the system, but there are no such controls on public institutions, Danyluk said. But the mayor of Dorval has another plan to reduce water consumption. If there is a drought this summer, Peter Yeomans said he might send a patrol car around to ring the doorbells of anyone caught watering their lawn. And if they have a problem with that, they will just have to phone the mayor, he said. While Yeomans's summer plans might embarrass a few Dorval gardeners, Danyluk's demand that the province pay for the treatment of water used by its public institutions is more likely to spark controversy. Danyluk said that because public institutions pay no municipal taxes, residential taxpayers are funding the purification of water that government institutions use. The MUC estimates that 25 per cent of the 1,300 to 1,400 litres used in Montreal per day, per person, is actually by public institutions. As a result, Danyluk said, the MUC plans to lobby Quebec City to pay their fair share for the treatment of this water. """"We are building a serious case so the government will assume part of the cost."""" Throughout the conference, the negative impact of low water levels was discussed. A drought could overburden the filtration system because water tends to be dirtier the shallower it is. Although Yeomans estimated that Lac St. Louis is 4.5 feet lower than it was a year ago, he said his main concern is water quality, not supply. He said that when levels are down, water is warmer and this produces excessive plankton and algae, which can give water an unpleasant odour. """"It doesn't smell nice so we have to use more active charcoal to clean it, and this can be expensive."""" The license plate's validity is significant because the city's chief investigator, Claude Champagne, cited the number when he testified before the commission. The license was supposed to belong to the driver of a Honda Civic who cut him off in April 1998 on Christophe Colomb St. THE GAZETTE, MONTREAL, SATURDAY, MAY 22, 1999 GARDENING STUART ROBERTSON Special to The Gazette There's a garden in the country I visit that has flower beds that stretch for about a quarter-mile along a driveway. They're all in the full sun, and by midsummer they're producing a riot of colour as far as the eye can see. Such a sunny exposure soon weeds out the flower varieties that can't take the heat and the brightness, but the plants that remain just love the sun, and they thrive in it. The beds contain a lot of tall perennial flowers, providing a perfect hiding place for blooms less inclined to exposure. In his book The Complete Shade Gardener, author George Schenk wrote about a dozen types of shade you can find in a garden. They range from light shade to dense shade, from warm shade to high shade and many in between. This is a bit too complex for the average gardener to remember, so they usually limit the way they rate the shade potential for plants into three major groups: Deep shade, where there's never any strong light; Moderate shade, where there's at least exposure to bright conditions; and half shade, where the plants are exposed to some sun for up to half the day. This latter can be subdivided into places that get the cooler morning sun, and those that have the hotter afternoon sun. But one thing that Schenk really emphasizes is to use the shade provided by your garden as homes for the many plants that love some form of shade. The trick is to find the place where there's just the right amount of shade to suit the plant. So don't look at shade as an enemy, but rather as the perfect growing condition for certain plants. And there's a wide selection of plants available for those less-sunny spots. In really deep shade you can start with something big like rodgersia tabularis. Its giant leaves can float above a sea of shorter flowering varieties like mysotis (forget-me-nots), viola obliqua, or smilacina racemosa. If the soil stays quite moist you can put together a collection such as polygonatum (Solomon's seal) with astilbe, different hostas and various fern varieties. And you can always rely on the colours provided by annuals like begonias, impatiens and schizanthus. For drier areas in deep shade, like the ones you find under trees, you can rely on convallaria and other low-growing ground covers like pachysandra terminalis, vinca minor and ajuga reptans to do well competing with the tree's roots. In an area that has moderate shade you have a much larger choice, with a lot more flowering varieties to choose from. Try the low-growing pulmonaria along with the taller dicentra, alchemilla mollis and aquilegia for their colourful blooms as well as attractive foliage. Another combination that works well is hemerocallis (daylily), ligularia and rudbeckia to give you a display of bright yellow blooms. A lot of climbing plants do well in moderate shade, like the woody hydrangea and honeysuckle plants, and the flower-covered clematis montana. If you throw in hardy ivy and Virginia creeper, you can cover any shaded wall. And don't forget to try mixing different foliage shapes to make interesting groupings, like the combination of round-leaved bergenias and filigreed ferns along with sword-leaved iris foetidissima. In the brighter conditions that come with a half shade, either in the morning or the afternoon, you can plant almost anything at all. But just don't expect the plant to do as well as it would if it needs full sun. On the other hand, you can move up the moderate-light plants into the better conditions of half-shade, and most of them will respond for you with a better performance. Those that don't, just move back into a shadier location. For really early in the spring season, don't forget the spring-blooming bulbs. Even though they're not shade-tolerant plants, a lot of your shady places won't be so shady when there are no leaves on the trees in the early spring. So you can grow all of the bulbs like galanthus (snowdrops), crocus and the whole narcissus family to brighten up an area. After you've got the hang of choosing exactly the right place to put the right plants, the next most important thing that will allow them to perform to the best of their ability is to give them perfect soil conditions. For most of these plants, a spongy soil full of humus that has a high water-holding capacity is best, and it should be nice and fertile at all times. None of this crummy hardscrabble soil that's neglected all the time. You'll have to care for the shade-loving plants that are grown in containers, because even if you practice the best of garden management, pots and window boxes can dry out occasionally. So annuals such as petunia, alyssum, portulaca, mimulus and pelargonium (geranium) do particularly well in containers that are in the sun. The same is true for annuals that can be trained to hang or climb, either from containers or planted directly in the garden. Things like tropaeolum (nasturtium), lathyrus (sweet pea) and morning glory are great choices. One nice thing about annuals is that once they're in bloom, they usually stay that way for the rest of the season. Once they're planted in among your perennials, they will fill in with a lot of colour when the perennials are not in bloom. You can even find annual versions of familiar perennials such as rudbeckia, salvia, aster and papaver (poppy). If you need height in your floral displays, try the very tall althea (hollyhock), helianthus (sunflower), cleome, salvia digitalis (foxglove), cosmos and mirabilis. Slightly shorter are plants like heliotrope, lavatera, dahlia, calendula, antirrhinum (snapdragon), zinnia, marigold and centaurea. Annuals have their collection of low-growing plants too, like alyssum, iberis, dimorphotheca (star of Africa), matricaria (feverfew) and nemesia. Don't forget to give them a bit of room when you plant them in the spring, since each will cover a larger area as it spreads. Because of their fast growth, all annuals, whether planted in the ground or in containers, should be well fertilized at the start of the season and again just after the middle of the season. Use a slow-release granular organic fertilizer in the soil when you plant them, then boost them in mid-season with some liquid plant food in a watering can. It's a shame that some people feel the sunniest places in their garden are going to give them problems, with the soil drying out and plants not liking the location. In fact, these are prime bits of garden real estate, as long as you keep the soil moist by watering and mulching, and as long as you plant the sun-lovers there. If that's the case, either grow plants that don't mind drier conditions, or irrigate the area. So don't give up hope if, like nearly every gardener, your garden has its gloomy spots. You can fill them with interesting and attractive foliage, along with plenty of colour too. Remember, there are plenty of plants out there looking for a nice shady spot to put down roots. Stuart Robertson Dig around Web for tips. Page K2 THE GAZETTE, MONTREAL, SATURDAY, MAY 22, 1999 K3 HOBBIES One of the saddest calamities that can befall a photographer is to discover that some or all of the images on a roll of carefully composed photos have turned out completely blank. When confronted by a blank roll of film, your first response might be to blame the lab. Though the lab is unlikely to be the culprit, there's an easy way to find out. Look for the frame numbers along the edges of the film. If they are present, then the film was processed properly. Next you need to ascertain whether the film is blank because it was never exposed to light, or because the whole film was exposed to excessive amounts of light. The diagnosis depends on whether you're using negative film or slide film. When negative film - either black-and-white or colour - is unexposed, it remains totally transparent. If exposed to very large amounts of light, the film turns black. With slide film, the effects are reversed. Thus, unexposed slide film looks black; totally overexposed slide film is transparent. If your film is blank because of excessive amounts of light, you next have to figure out whether the whole film was totally fogged, or whether it's just the individual frames that have been excessively exposed. Total fogging of the film occurs when, for example, someone inadvertently opens the back of the camera while there's film inside. Total exposure to light causes fogging that extends right across the film. Thus, negative film that's been fogged in this way will be black from edge to edge, including the area around the sprocket holes. Slide film that's been totally fogged will come out clear and transparent from edge to edge. If you mistakenly open a loaded camera, close it again as quickly as possible. Provided you act fast, the fogging will likely affect only a few frames and the rest of your pictures will be OK. When an individual frame receives an excessive exposure, the effects will vary. BIRD'S EYE VIEW DAVID BIRD Falconer wants to kill lesser prairie chickens, a fairly rare bird these days. Allow me to explain. It all began with my 50th on April 23. To celebrate, my wife, Toni, and I rented a Chrysler Sebring ragtop (is there any better vehicle with which to spot birds?) and like a pair of rich brats, we headed out from Tucson, Arizona, to join my old friend on his ranch near Clovis, New Mexico. Certainly no hobby farm, Jim's spread stretches a tad over 4,000 hectares. As far as the eye can see, man! Jim Weaver and I go back a long way. Jim's main claim to fame is the successful breeding and release of literally hundreds of peregrine falcons from the Pink Palace at Cornell University back when the species was just about as rare in eastern North America as eskimo curlews today. I also credit him with teaching me everything I know about peregrines in Ungava Bay, plus a whole lot about life besides. Did I mention that he is also one of the world's best falconers? That's where the prairie chickens come in. When Jim retired from the Peregrine Fund after it moved to its new headquarters in Boise, Idaho, he decided to buy some land in New Mexico near the Texas border, the premier hotspot for the lesser prairie chicken. The idea was to accumulate enough land so that he and his friends could hunt them with their trained falcons in peace. Many a falconry meet has been held in that part of North America in pursuit of this ultimate quarry for large falcons. But no one counted on a nine-year drought. Within a few years the lack of water and ludicrous grazing practices by cattle ranchers changed the landscape and lesser prairie chicken populations plummeted to new lows. Oh sure, there are plenty of scaled quail running around for the falcons to catch, but as Jim pointed out, they don't really provide much sport in the way of spectacular chases. After all, falconry at its best is nothing less than a specialized form of bird-watching to use the exact words of Tom Cade, a retired ecology professor and Jim's former boss at Cornell University. Meanwhile, back at the ranch, it took virtually a whole day for Jim to take Toni and me on a tour of his farm. What really impressed us most was his detailed knowledge of not just the cattle and other animal forms making a living off that parched landscape, but of all the plants, both wild and cultivated. Jim knew virtually all of them like the back of his hand. He carefully explained his plans to rejuvenate the land so that when the drought ends and the lesser prairie chickens are faced with the prospect of a comeback, there will be shortgrass prairie habitat for them to do just that. Jim has about 300 head of cattle composed of several breeds, including black angus, but he firmly believes that the answer to efficient beef production is the mashona breed from Africa. Apparently they convert their energy intake straight into marbled meat and not hunks of fat that is generally wasted at the abattoir. We were fortunate enough, thanks to Caroline, an undergraduate student from the George Miksch Sutton Avian Research Centre in Oklahoma, to witness the agreement which the World Chess Federation (FIDE) is asking players to sign if they want to take part in the 1999 FIDE World Championship. It says the event will be held in July-August at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas, or at any other venue to be approved by the FIDE president in the United States, or at any other date! According to Quinn, nothing has yet been booked for those dates at Caesar's Palace. The contract states that the main sponsor of the championship is the World Chess Foundation. I had never heard of the foundation before but Quinn tells me it is simply something created by FIDE president Kirsan Iljumzhinov. In other words, Caesar's Palace provides the venue and Djumzhinov provides the money. According to Quinn, it is unlikely the championship will go ahead as scheduled, because of prior commitments by the players. The players have until June 1 to sign, but one has to wonder how a player can sign a contract that does not guarantee the dates and location of the event. The contract states that $3 million US will be distributed in prizes. That will certainly be enough information for some of the players! Another interesting clause in the contract is with regard to punctuality. Players will be fined $1,000 for being late. THE GAZETTE, MONTREAL, SATURDAY, MAY 22, 1999 A23 WORLD BRIEFS Belfast pub blasted A grenade lobbed by a suspected Protestant extremist exploded outside a pub in Catholic west Belfast at closing time yesterday, wounding three people in the latest bid to undermine Northern Ireland's peace accord. Witnesses said a white car possibly containing the attacker drove off toward hard-line Protestant turf a half-mile away, on the far side of Northern Ireland's major highway. Police said the suspect had earlier tried to force his way into one bar but was confronted by a security guard. He then lobbed what was believed to be a grenade containing ball bearings at a bar across the street that was crowded with up to 250 people. ARGENTINA Crash kills 23 A passenger bus and a truck collided head-on in central Argentina yesterday, killing at least 23 people, police said. The accident occurred around dawn on a curve in a highway near Villa Mercedes, a city about 725 kilometres west of Buenos Aires, authorities said. The bus was heading from Entre Rios in the east to Mendoza in the west. CZECH REPUBLIC Havel has bronchitis Czech President Vaclav Havel remained in the hospital with chronic bronchitis yesterday as doctors feared he might suffer another bout with pneumonia. Havel, 62, was suddenly hospitalized late Thursday after his viral infection turned into bronchitis and the president ran a mild fever. Havel, a veteran of Communist jails and a lifelong chain-smoker until he fell seriously ill, has been hospitalized five times since December 1996. Mother, shot daughter 'made peace' Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. - A paralyzed woman who won the right to be allowed to die made peace with her mother, who is accused of shooting her, a few hours before she was removed from life support, the mother's lawyer says. Georgette Smith spoke to her mother during a videotaped deposition from her hospital bed Tuesday, one day before Smith was removed from a ventilator at her own request. """"It was very emotional; they were at peace with one another,"""" the mother's lawyer, Bob Wesley said Thursday. Shirley Egan, 68, is charged with attempted murder in her daughter's shooting, and the charge could be changed to manslaughter or murder now that her daughter is dead. Wesley said he didn't believe a grand jury would indict Egan for murder once they see the deposition. Egan, who has emphysema and is blind in one eye, is accused of shooting her 42-year-old daughter in March after overhearing her discuss putting her in a nursing home. In asking a court for permission to be taken off life support, she said she could only wink and wiggle her nose and tongue, and added, """"I can't live like this."""" Smith died Wednesday after a court granted her wish. Egan supported her daughter's decision, but Wesley fought it to avoid the charge being upgraded to murder. Wesley said Egan didn't mean to shoot her daughter and didn't want to see her suffer. Smith was sedated before the ventilator was removed Wednesday night. Egan was told of her daughter's death by chaplain. """"It was a traumatic night for her,"""" Wesley said. Egan: accused in shooting. The bullet hit Smith's spinal cord, paralyzing her and leaving her unable to speak without effort and incapable of swallowing or controlling her bladder. MEXICO Drought disaster declared Mexico has declared five northern states disaster areas due to a drought that has wiped out corn and other crops. The states of Coahuila, Chihuahua, Sonora, Durango and Sinaloa will be eligible for federal relief funds under the decree, announced Thursday and effective yesterday. Reservoirs in northern Mexico are at an average 79 per cent below capacity and the rainfall from January through April was 93 per cent below the average for that period. GERMANY Terror suspect jailed A Frankfurt court yesterday ordered a suspect in a 1975 terrorist attack on OPEC headquarters jailed pending an indictment on murder and kidnapping charges. Hans-Joachim Klein was extradited Thursday from France, where he had been living in hiding for 23 years until his arrest in September. He was being held at the Weiterstadt prison near Darmstadt. Klein, a former leftist radical, allegedly took part in the attack at the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries headquarters in Vienna, in which 70 people were taken hostage and three people were killed. AFGHANISTAN Thieves lose hands The right hands of four young men, all convicted thieves, were cut off yesterday before a crowd of several hundred people in the Kabul Sports Stadium. The men sat on the rain-soaked grass, their legs bound by chains and their faces covered with their turbans, while three doctors wearing surgical masks performed the amputations. The Taliban religious army, which rules about 90 per cent of Afghanistan, has imposed a harsh brand of Islamic law in the area under its control. The Taliban publicly execute murderers, amputate the limbs of thieves and lash people for lesser offenses. SOUTH KOREA Prisoners freed South Korea freed 1,240 inmates yesterday in observance of Buddha's birthday. The move disappointed rights activists because political prisoners weren't released. Among those freed were about 100 people who had served more than 10 years for murder, robbery and other non-political crimes. NEPAL Centrists win The centrist Nepali Congress won a majority vote in the 205-seat parliament yesterday that is expected to end messy coalition politics in the Himalayan nation. Nepal's oldest party has won 103 of the 189 results declared so far by the Election Commission, and capitalized on a split in the party with which it now shares power in a caretaker administration. Results for all 205 seats are expected to be declared by this weekend, and the Nepali Congress is expected to assume power on its own early next week. MOUNT EVEREST Polish climber dies One of three Polish climbers who scaled Mount Everest was killed during the descent, the head of the team said yesterday. Tadeusz Kudelski, who was 44, fell Tuesday while descending after reaching the peak of the world's highest mountain earlier in the day, team leader Ryszard Pawlowski told independent Radio Zet by satellite telephone. Pawlowski, 49, said Kudelski died when he fell from a difficult rock face at 28,380 feet, less than 1,000 feet below the peak. ap loto-quebec mm Draw 99-05-21 NUMBERS 101145 01145 1145 146 45 10114 1011 101 PRIZES $50,000 $5,000 $250 $25 $5 $1,000 $100 $10 Draw 99-05-21 111141512 25 25 33 34 35 33 39 41 42 45 45 42 5155 Draw 99-05-21 3 4 050 9380 Draw 99-05-21 7 9 16 17 18 34 36 BONUS NUMBER 46 Draw 99-05-21 NUMBER 118935 Claims: See back of tickets. In the event of discrepancy between this list and the official winning list, the latter shall prevail. JonBenet's brother 'not a suspect': DA Associated Press BOULDER, Colo. - Authorities have denied a tabloid newspaper report that JonBenet Ramsey's brother is a suspect in the girl's death. """"Burke is not a suspect,"""" said Suzanne Laurion, a spokesman for Boulder district attorney Alex Hunter. Burke was 9 when his 6-year-old sister was found beaten and strangled in the family's basement in Boulder. He was the only person, other than JonBenet's parents, known to be in the house when she died on Christmas night in 1996. Police have said the parents, John and Patsy Ramsey, remain under suspicion. A grand jury has been investigating the case since Sept 15. Boulder city spokesman Leslie Aaholm said police want to talk more with Burke. """"We would like to talk to him, which is something we've said all along,"""" she said. """"We're simply trying to clarify that the police do not now nor have they ever considered Burke to be a suspect."""" THE GAZETTE, MONTREAL, SATURDAY, MAY 22, 1999 S3 GARDENING Making daylily decisions Vast variety makes picking a favourite difficult STEPHANIE WHITTAKER Special to The Gazette Howard Hackwell says when it comes to perennials, there's no contest. Daylilies are his favourites. """"They're so addictive, he's willing to travel far afield to buy new varieties. """"I love bearded irises, but the modern varieties of daylilies that are coming out are so beautiful with their colour combinations, they're becoming the flower of the day,"""" says the gardener from Cowansville. If you want to ask a horticultural expert a silly question, try: """"What's your favourite daylily?"""" """"There are easily 10,000 cultivars, so I can't tell you what my favourite is,"""" says Barbara Damrosch, a former landscape designer, author of two gardening books and co-host of television's Gardening Naturally. She says the range of choice makes selecting daylilies a challenge for even the most experienced gardeners. Daylilies are members of the genus hemerocallis, the best-known varieties of which are hemerocallis fulva, the common-as-muck orange daylily that populates fields and roadside ditches, and hemerocallis flava, the humble """"lemon daylily."""" In fact, the late Douglas Lycett had a pretty low opinion of daylilies when he asked a friend to accompany him to a garden centre to buy perennials for his Toronto garden. When the friend suggested daylilies, Lycett dismissed them, saying he didn't like them. Fortunately for plant-breeding in Canada, the friend prevailed and Lycett planted a daylily only to fall madly in love with it when it bloomed. It was the beginning of his career as one of the foremost breeders of hemerocallis in Canada, said his partner Henry Lorrain, who runs We're in the Hayfield Now, the mail-order daylily company he and Lycett founded in the mid '80s on their farm in Orono, Ont. """"Douglas had read about the hybridizing of roses and he thought it would be fun to do something like that. We started hybridizing daylilies in 1984,"""" Lorrain said. The two were mentored by Bill Munson, a top daylily breeder in Gainesville, Fla., and their business grew quickly. When trial plants began to spill out of the couple's vegetable patch into the neighbouring hay field, the company's name was born. """"We've introduced 30 new varieties of daylily this year, all of which are registered with the American Hemerocallis Society,"""" said Lorrain. """"We produce about 30 new varieties every year."""" Lycett died of a heart attack last year and Lorrain continues the work of his partner's horticultural legacy. For the uninitiated, here is a crash course on this wide-petaled, sublime plant: Daylilies are clump-forming perennials with strap-like, arching foliage and clusters of blooms at the top of leafless stems. Each flower, which resembles a lily, blooms for only one day. The fulvas and flavas are called diploids while the fancier new introductions are called tetraploids. """"The tetraploids have double the chromosome count of the diploids,"""" said Lorrain. """"They have heftier foliage and the blooms have more texture and intensity of colour."""" Colours range from beige and buff through the yellow and orange spectrum to pinks, purples and burgundy. According to Lorrain, daylilies were grown by the Chinese as early as 3000 BC for their nutritional and medicinal properties. Trendy food-lovers have recently reclaimed them for use in dishes that are as ornamental as they are tasty. Lorrain says he has 15,000 new daylily seedlings this year. """"It takes two years to get them to bloom from seed,"""" he said. """"We get rid of between 90 and 95 per cent of the plants we cultivate. The 5-to-10 per cent that remain are what we offer for sale."""" And what marvels they are. Queen Priscilla, a wine-red variety with a golden throat, named for the Australian film Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, and Sans Pareil, a creamy confection with ruffled petals and a burgundy throat, are but two examples. Every gardener who cultivates hemerocallis knows that these plants are as loyal as the family dog. Not fussy, they are hardy and resistant to pests and disease. They demand minimal attention and will withstand drought because their fleshy roots store water. Heat-lovers, daylilies bloom in July. Flower stems range in height from 12 to 45 inches. Barbara Damrosch praises daylilies for their ability to combine with almost every other plant in the perennial border. """"They're good vertical accents in low flower beds,"""" she said during an interview from the Maine farm that she and her husband, Eliot Coleman, cultivate for their market-garden business. """"Daylilies are wonderful at holding a steep bank because their finger-like roots quickly grab the soil,"""" she says. """"A border planted exclusively with daylilies can be interesting if you choose those that bloom at different times and span the season. Or, you can choose one kind and get a big, short blaze of bloom. I've seen daylilies in a band, flanking a driveway, and they look really good."""" Damrosch says she grows her hemerocallis in a parterre. """"There is a clump of daylilies in the centre of each quadrant in the parterre,"""" she said. """"They form a focus for each bed. They're melon-coloured and they tower over the lower plants. My style is to have a formal outline with cottage-garden plants inside."""" Because clumps of daylilies double their size yearly, they need to be divided every three years, says Lorrain. """"Some are more vigorous than others,"""" he said. """"If you don't divide them, they dwindle in their flower production."""" While some gardeners divide their daylilies by cutting them with a fork, spade or edger, Lorrain says he separates his by hand. When planting daylilies, he says, add compost, manure, blood meal or bone meal to the planting hole. """"It's also best to mulch them for the first winter to protect them until they become established,"""" says Lorrain. Hackwell, a retired nurseryman, says he favours Canadian-bred daylilies. """"A lot of hybridizing is done in the south, but you may be getting stuff from there that isn't overly hardy,"""" he said. He says there is no """"right"""" season in which to divide the plants. """"You can do that at any time."""" Hackwell says daylilies combine well with spring-blooming bulb flowers. """"As their foliage grows, they cover the old, dying foliage of the spring bulbs,"""" he said. Finding border companions for daylilies is easy, he added. """"You can combine them with a plant that has darker or lighter foliage. They'll go with lupins, oriental poppies and irises - anything, really. And they look good in mass plantings."""" He says he also prefers tetraploids to their simpler diploid cousins. """"The tetraploids have more flower buds on them,"""" he said. """"They also have much stronger stems and thicker flowers. And the new varieties have eyes that are of contrasting colours."""" Meanwhile, Hackwell is always on the lookout for new varieties of daylilies. He already owns hundreds. """"When you're at the stage I'm at, you're always looking for new ones,"""" he said. Having a garden full of daylilies can give any gardener an excuse to postpone the summer vacation and stay home throughout July. Carpe diem, just like each lovely daylily bloom. We're in the Hayfield Now Daylily Gardens ships hardy hemerocallis for Canadian gardens. To obtain a copy of its catalogue, send $2 to 4704 Pollard Rd, RR 1, Orono, Ont, LOB 1M0. A video in which Douglas Lycett and Henry Lorrain describe and demonstrate how to cultivate and hybridize daylilies is also available for $19.95, plus taxes and shipping. The photographs accompanying this story are from the We're in the Hayfield Now Daylily Gardens catalogue, except the Queen Priscilla, which is from the book Daylilies, by Norman S. Track, which costs $27, shipping and taxes included. To order, call (800) 595-1955.""",1,1,0,1,1,0
+105,19970419,modern,Drought,"homes flooded Page A23 - Judge berates bully Page A24 Drought plagues Britain Page D16 Even if the Canadiens lose tonight's Game 2 of their series against the New Jersey Devils, they can't say the trip has been entirely wasted. First, Devils coach Jacques Lemaire talked to my great and good friend Red Fisher for the first time since 1985, in a morning exchange that went something like this: """"Hello, Red."""" """"Hello, Jacques."""" """"Long time, no see, Red."""" At this rate, over another dozen years or so, Lemaire and Fisher could string together an entire conversation. That's the social news. The hockey news is that for one night at least, the Canadiens shook off a dismal 77-point season and proved to themselves, if not to the world, that they can play a little shinny. Unfortunately, moral victories don't go up on the scoreboard, where it says that the Canadiens lost their fifth straight playoff game, even though they skated the Devils into the ground, matched them hit for hit - and should have won it if not for a couple of bad bounces and a Don Koharski no-goal decision that was right out of Every Referee's Guide to Really Dumb Playoff Calls. But Shayne Corson hit a crossbar, and Corson's goal was stolen by Koharski after Stephane Richer was pushed into the crease, and the Canadiens will skate into the Continental Airlines Arena tonight on the short end of a 1-0 stick. Bottom line? They win tonight or they start booking tee times. Oh, there will be lots of brave talk about how the Devils have to win four, and it ain't over till it's over - but the guys doing the talking will be buttered toast. Proving you can play with the Devils is one thing. Beating them is another kettle of cuttlefish, especially in New Jersey, where the light-bulb joke says it takes two guys to screw in a bulb: one to turn the bulb, the other to murder the witness. Before yesterday's practice in beautiful downtown Bayonne, where the rain turned horizontal at times and the wind blew up a 5-foot chop in the harbour, Mario Tremblay talked a little about how he plans to pilot the good ship Canadien through some stormy seas. """"We were physical in the corners,"""" Tremblay said, """"but we have to be."""" Please see TODD, Page F3 INSIDE Expos fall again The Expos pitching, which has been in a sorry state for much of this lengthy road trip, continued to struggle last night, but got no help from the defence, which committed three errors as the Philadelphia Phillies took advantage for an 8-3 win. Page F2 Hitting the Net In sports, as in every other facet of modern life, the Internet has taken hold, with hundreds of sites geared to the sports fan. In his Nothing But Net column, which makes its debut today and will run every Saturday, Mitch Garber scans the Web for sports sites of interest Page F6 TOM PIDGEON, AP Blues' Harry York (37) checks Wings' Vladimir Konstantinov (16) after knocking down Detroit's Kirk Maltby last night. Fuhr solved Wings score a pair in third period to tie series against pesky Blues Associated Press DETROIT - Call him a playoff animal. Call him lucky. It doesn't matter to Kris Draper as long as he helps the Detroit Red Wings win. Third-period goals 3:04 apart by Draper and Larry Murphy brought the Red Wings back for a 2-1 victory over the St. Louis Blues, evening their Western Conference series at 1-1 last night. """"When you don't score too many goals, it's pretty exciting,"""" Draper said. """"I think it really gave us a lift."""" The best-of-seven series now shifts to St. Louis for games tomorrow and Tuesday. Draper, who underwent extensive surgery to repair his face after a vicious blindside hit by Colorado's Claude Lemieux in last year's playoffs, scored only eight goals this season. But he has 11 goals in 47 playoff games. Marc Bergevin scored for the Blues, a team that took Detroit to seven games in the second round a year ago. The Red Wings have gone 42 years without a Stanley Cup, the longest drought in the NHL. Draper finally ended five periods of dominance by St. Louis goalie Grant Fuhr with a short-handed goal at 4:05 of the third. Draper, taking a pass from Brendan Shanahan, skated up the right side, around Igor Kravchuk and snapped off a shot that got past Fuhr on the glove side for a 1-1 tie. """"As soon as I saw Shanny with the puck, I called for it,"""" Draper said. """"I knew I was going to get some kind of shot on goal. I had it on my backhand, then I shifted it and shot it and it went in."""" The goal electrified the Wings bench. """"We hadn't scored in five periods, and I can honestly say there was a little frustration,"""" said goalie Mike Vernon, who handled 23 shots. """"But the guys all said we can't quit. We had to keep skating hard and going to the net."""" That's how Draper got his goal. Murphy notched the go-ahead goal at 7:09 of the third. Fuhr blocked Martin Lapointe's shot from the right circle, but the puck went right to Murphy who put it over Fuhr's right shoulder. """"He was a little lucky on that one,"""" said Fuhr, who turned away all but two of 33 shots. Roy leads Avalanche Page F3 Senators loose for Game 2 Page F5 no-snow Penalties left flashy Finn idle RED FISHER The Gazette EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. and parts of Europe would disagree, but scientists say spring arrived a week earlier than usual in the northern hemisphere and that the greenhouse effect is responsible. Ranga My-neni of Boston University and colleagues said satellite observations showed plants in northern climes had started to spurt new growth seven days earlier than they did between 1981 and 1991. """"The regions exhibiting the greatest increase lie between 45 and 70 degrees north latitude, where marked warming has occurred in the springtime due to an early disappearance of snow,"""" they wrote in the journal Nature. Drought China warned that changing climate patterns across the Qinghai-Tibet plateau are threatening to dry up the upper reaches of the Yellow River. Reservoirs have fallen to record low levels and residents are being urged to use available water supplies wisely. Agriculture and industry in the region are said to be threatened by the shift in climate. Hydro-electric supplies in Chile were cut to accommodate a severe energy crisis caused by drought in the Andes. The extended dry spell might cost the country's key fruit exporters millions of dollars. Typhoon season The season's first typhoon in the western Pacific, typhoon Isa, formed over the Marshall Islands, then brought high winds and torrential rains to Guam. Earthquakes rocked western China's Xin-Ujiang region, killing nine people and inflicting further damage to quake-weary Jiashi County. Seven destructive quakes have struck the area this year. Earth movements were also felt in the southern Philippines, Russia's northern Lake Baikal, northern and central Japan, Taiwan, and the Mexican state of Colima. Hailstorm A shower of huge hailstones weighing up to 1 kilo each smashed property and destroyed crops worth thousands of dollars in eastern Nepal. Several villages in the Dhanusha district were pummeled by the storm, which left most of the houses damaged. """"Never in my life have I seen such big hailstones which did not melt for more than a day,"""" said one 70-year-old resident. Eruptions Thousands of people were ready to flee the area around the port of Rabaul, in Papua New Guinea, after the Tavurvur volcano began spewing ash and lava. An eruption in 1994 devastated the town and left the deserted port covered with a thick layer of ash. In Indonesia, a trail of lava more than 2 kilometres long flowed down the slopes of Merapi volcano. Residents around the central Java mountain were not considered to be in immediate danger. Radioactive boar Nearly 50 people living near the French town of Saint-Jean d'Ormont were tested for contamination after radioactive traces were found in wild boar caught in the region. The tainted animals were caught by a hunting party in February and were found to have three times the normal safety level of cesium 137 and strontium. The discoveries have caused concern that the nuclear cloud released by the accident at Chernobyl in Ukraine in 1986 could still be affecting the region. Meteor impact A 1.5-kg meteorite tore through the roof of a parked car in the French Alps town of Chambery, setting the vehicle on fire. Police said the small molten-basalt rock fell from the sky around 3 a.m. on April 11. The car's owner refused to believe it was a meteor and insisted on filing an arson complaint with police. S14,000, Call 355-9097. Snowmobiles 886 SKI DOO Formula in '96, excellent condition, reverse, 4000km, 694-9382, 941-2600. Motorcycles 880 OPEN TLjnDXK VS 10etm TO 5pm. BRANDS of MOTORCYCLE IMMEDIATE FINANCING HONDA KAWASAKI SUZUKI ROYAL STAR YAMAHA. OVER 100 MOTORCYCLES NEW AND USED IN STOCK 6695 ST-JACQUES, MONTREAL. TOLL FREE - 1-800-471-6664. Parking Storage 857 DOWNTOWN Monthly parking Easy access $85.00 per month; Tel: 875-0530 ext. 0 WORLD Soggy England? Not this year But sun draws complaints, too WARREN HOGE New York Times LONDON There hasn't been a rainy day, much less a foggy one, in London this spring, but the extended spell of cloudless blue skies and warmth hasn't stopped the English from complaining about their weather. """"Beautiful day, isn't it?"""" an American arriving for an academic conference said to a local resident in sunny Oxfordshire. """"Too beautiful,"""" the Englishman replied. Behind the glum comment lay more than just cultural stubbornness. Temperatures are up, rivers are down and there is a sense of uneasiness over evidence that this famously wet place may be drying up. There is an intensifying drought in southern and eastern England, and if it continues, the tightly rolled umbrella as national symbol will have to make way for less elegant emblems like the wall-mounted water meter or the brick Britons put in lavatory cisterns to reduce the volume of water flushed down toilets. The last 24 months have been the driest two-year period in England and Wales since reliable record keeping began 230 years ago. January was the fourth driest in all that time, March saw only a third of the usual rainfall, and the London Weather Centre sees no likelihood of significant precipitation the rest of this month. This is the third consecutive year of alarmingly dry weather, and the Environment Agency warns that this may become a long-term phenomenon because of global warming. The early spring has produced floral bursts of forsythia shrubs, apple and cherry blossoms and flowering daffodils, tulips, azaleas, violets and camellias. Green-and white-striped canvas deck chairs have reappeared in Hyde Park, and in the surest rite of the London spring, pub-goers are taking their pints alfresco. But the soft April showers of which Chaucer sang that """"pierced to the root"""" the """"drought of March"""" have not showed up this year, and any delight at the leafy liberation from the clammy grip of the London winter has been undermined by fears of the creeping desertification of southern and eastern England. The Thames is so low that tourist boats can navigate the passage to Hampton Court only at high tide, and mud flats have appeared downstream in mid-river. In addition, Thames Water has been shown to have the worst leakage performance of any water company in the country, losing 4 of every 10 gallons of drinking water through the Victorian piping system under the city. The water crisis has become an issue in the national election scheduled for May 1. The Labour Party, which is far ahead in the polls, has said that one of its first acts in office will be to convene a """"water summit"""" to study the performance of the newly privatized water companies suspected of siphoning off excessive amounts of water from rivers while diverting excessive profits to themselves. One water company in Kent, in the most afflicted eastern part of the country, is building a desalting plant, the country's first. Another is insisting that people obtain permits to water their lawns and is sending up spotter planes to catch violators. The rainfall in suburban Essex is now down to 24 inches a year, the level of some Middle East countries, and the area has been officially reclassified as semi-arid. Rain still falls in great quantities in the north - the Lake District registers 130 inches a year - but the population has been moving south and east, and tap-water use there has risen 30 percent in the last 20 years. Water is heavy to move and cannot be compressed, so the deluge that washes across northern England is of no use to residents in the south. Such is the reputation of England for being soggy that water would seem to be the last thing that people around here would want more of. But statistically less rain falls on London than on New York, Paris or Rome, and lots of activities and concerns dear to the English depend upon water. Gardeners worry that the drought could bring about a ban on the use of hoses and sprinklers. People are being urged to water plants late in the day to reduce loss through evaporation and even to shift to Mediterranean plants more accustomed to subsisting on little rain. Animal-protection groups are upset that hedgehogs are going hungry because they cannot dig through the sun-baked soil to get at the earthworms they eat. Crayfish, lamprey and trout are disappearing from depleted small rivers and tributaries. This year's cereal harvest is threatened, and some vegetables are flowering early because of heat stress and will be lost or see their yields greatly reduced. English farmers have become more dependent on water supplies in recent decades as they have turned to irrigated crops that can be timed and grown to the kind of uniform perfection demanded by supermarket chains. Fires have run rampant across the dead gorse and heather of the heaths and grasslands in national parks, destroying insect, plant and bird life. Protected only by rural wardens whose sole recourse is to set up fire breaks, these areas lack the sophisticated aerial equipment found in places where forest fires have been traditional. Some people have been ignoring the doomsayers and celebrating the sunny and warm weather by going to English Channel beach resorts like Brighton and Bournemouth and running up their own records in purchases of tanning lotions, dark glasses and ice cream for this time of year. But doctors, citing rising rates of skin cancer, have pointed out that the harmful rays they encounter on their Spanish holidays are now beaming down upon them from their own friendly English skies. Bulgarian reformers poised for landslide election win Reuter: SOFIA - Bulgaria's anti-communist opposition was poised for a landslide victory today in parliamentary elections being held two years ahead of schedule as a result of a wave of unrest they led three months ago. Two opinion polls gave the Union of Democratic Forces around 50 percent support, enough to win an absolute majority and a mandate to press ahead with market reforms demanded by international lenders in return for aid to rescue the devastated economy. Gallup International gave the UDF 54 percent, compared with 24 for the former Communist Party, now the Socialists, which handed power to an interim government after a midwinter explosion of discontent at rocketing inflation and mass poverty. Bulgarian pollsters Sova-5 gave the UDF 47 percent and the Socialists 19, still more than enough to give the UDF the most deputies in the 240-seat parliament. Its outcome a foregone conclusion, the election has failed to ignite passions in the formerly communist country amid a demoralized public who in January and February besieged the Socialist-dominated parliament and took to the streets to demand a new election well ahead of schedule. The Socialists, who won the 1994 elections, stand accused of economic mismanagement that has fueled inflation of more than 2,000 percent a year. But they still command loyalty among many older people who lived most of their lives under Communist dictatorship until 1989. Support for the UDF, in contrast, is concentrated among the under-40s, Sova-5 said. A UDF victory is expected to herald a crash program of economic reform, years after most other east European countries took the same route. But the expected privatizations and closings of money-losing state firms will cause even more hardship among impoverished Bulgarians, at least at first. REFERENDUM POSSIBLE Also on the agenda might be a referendum on restoring the country's long-exiled monarchy, an idea bitterly opposed by the Socialists. King Simeon visited the country this week and lent his voice to reform. Monarchists are represented in one of three small coalitions hoping to attract more than the 4 percent of votes required to win a place in parliament. The National Salvation Union, which also represents the country's ethnic-Turkish minority, scored as high as 6.5 percent in one poll, while the Euro-Left, a new grouping including some defectors from the Socialists, registered as high as seven percent. The Bulgarian Business Block ranged between 4 and 5 percent. EB Rumours Ancestors Tracing genealogy via computer. Bob Vila's Horn Again Cabin: electricity; plumbing; creative use of materials; Adirondack cabin. 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+106,19980502,modern,Drought,"THE GAZETTE, MONTREAL, SATURDAY, MAY 2, 1993 H3 BOOKS Our two books examine the conduct of Casual Slaughters and Accidental Judgments Canadian War Crimes Prosecutions, 1944-1948 By Patrick Brode University of Toronto Press, 290pp $39.95 Conduct Unbecoming The Story of the Murder of Canadian Prisoners of War in Normandy By Howard Margolian University of Toronto Press, 268pp $34.95 JAMES MENNIE The Gazette If war is hell, it's a hell we've decided has to have rules. These rules were first established informally, promulgated on the battlefield by soldiers who realized that only those in the rear echelon seriously expect an army to fight to the last man. The quality of mercy may have been involved in the process, but it's more likely that pragmatism was the dominating factor. Propagandists notwithstanding, no one nation is favoured by the fortunes of war, and commanders who gave quarter to an enemy who raised the white flag might be reasonably certain their troops would receive the same treatment once they had to wave it themselves. It wasn't until warfare stopped being a face-to-face affair, and millions could be killed on the battlefield (and off), that it was decided this code of military conduct needed to be formalized into international law. The Geneva Convention and Conference at The Hague in 1899 and 1907 distilled soldierly pragmatism into a moral code ready for use (along with machine guns and mustard gas) in time for World War I. Henceforth, killing prisoners of war was no longer merely professionally unsound or ungentlemanly, it was morally wrong—a crime. And between June 7 and 17, 1944, crimes were committed. It was then that 156 members of the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division were captured and systematically murdered by members of the German 12th SS Panzer Division as both units clashed in the days following the Allied invasion of Normandy. Why, You Had To Be There An Intimate Portrait of the Generation That Survived the Depression, Won the War, and Reinvented Canada By Robert Collins McClelland and Stewart, 309 pp $32.50 DAVID HELWIG Special to The Gazette This book could be seen as the world's longest letter to the editor. Robert Collins seems to have been annoyed at remarks made by those two or three decades younger, and to have set out to explain the lives of an older generation. One generation telling its story to another is how he might put it. Now, myself, I think the word """"generation"""" is one that we could pretty much do without. There is no doubt that the changing economic circumstances make a difference in how men and women organize their lives, in the nature of the challenges they face, but thinking in terms of generations leads quickly to thinking in generalizations, and all generalizations are untrue. Except that one, of course. What Robert Collins did, in his attempt to explain his own time, was interview a great many people of more or less his own age, and the best part of his book is the recounting—sometimes in his words, sometimes in their own—of the stories they told him. The most apparently ordinary lives are astonishing, at least in moments. That's the source of the fascination of oral history—narrative that has the directness of simple speech and is without the false sophistication of journalism. There is a story about how the Kleeberger family of Saskatchewan packed everything into two canvas-covered old wagons and a car and moved to Alberta. Another tells about how the Schienbein family lost their farm to creditors, including two greedy doctors who sent the RCMP after the family to collect a hand-turned curtain rod, the one memento that the father, who had made it himself, had carried off with him. One of the best stories in the book is about the attempted baptism of a boy named Wendell who didn't take to water. Great stuff, but it is punctuated with preachy asides that make the book infuriating, until you learn to ignore them. There are lines about how the Depression tempered their souls, gave them real values. Now, I was born lucky, at the end of the Depression, but my parents were hit by it at the worst possible time, the beginning of their working lives. I don't believe, and I boys' shot in cold Brigadier-General Kurt Meyer of the SS (centre) stands ramrod straight in court in December 1945, with Major Arthur Russell to his right and Captain Elton McPhail on his left. Most of the killings took place well behind the front lines and appear to have been carried out as part of a """"no prisoners"""" policy adopted by the 12th SS, whose recruits were culled from the ranks of the Hitler Youth. An investigation by Canadian military authorities resulted in the arrest and prosecution of Kurt Meyer, commander of the 12th SS and a man suspected of having also ordered the execution of prisoners while he served on the Russian front. Meyer was sentenced to death by a Canadian war-crimes tribunal but saw his sentence commuted to life imprisonment. Within a decade of his arrest, he was repatriated to Germany, a free man. How Meyer not only cheated the firing squad but also the justice sought by the families of the men whose murders he apparently ordered is now the subject of two books. Jobless men swarm boxcars for the stock-market crash of 1929, they don't think they believed, that it did anything good for them. It was, in the phrase Barry Broadfoot made the title of his book about the period, 10 lost years. It was a bad, bad time, and I'm glad I didn't have to go through it, but it's also worth remembering that it wasn't the first occasion when working people went through hard times, though the Great Depression was exacerbated by the drought on the Prairies. Though Collins's account of World War II begins in defensiveness, a lot of talk about how younger people don't understand it or know about it, the section is less preachy than the pages about the Depression, but it still makes no attempt to be an accurate history. The book is like a stone skipped across water, bouncing lightly from point to point. Its version of history is personal and mythological. Don't expect an account of the importance of the battle of Stalingrad. Collins gives a good sense of how the war began a process of social change in Canada, which led to a more mobile class system, new sexual attitudes, and a readiness to explore the comparative riches of the years after the war, but given his love of generalization, we are soon into a quick explanation of what sociologists like to call the end of deference, being told that most children were spoiled, one way or another, and turned into the self-indulgent creatures that the young are. How not, one might ask, in an era of economic growth and overproduction? Or did it in my day? Canadian war-crimes prosecutions In Conduct Unbecoming, Howard Margolian traces the steps taken by the men of the 3rd Division and the 12th SS that would lead them to their meeting in Normandy. He then analyzes, sometimes in graphic detail, each of the incidents where Canadian troops were slain by their captors. Some were simply murdered where they stood and their bodies thrown into a street to be pulverized by passing tanks. Others were slaughtered like cattle, either bludgeoned or shot as they entered the garden of a Norman chateau. A total of 35 were machine-gunned on a country road, Meyer was tracked down by Canadian authorities and stood trial before a war-crimes tribunal composed of officers equivalent in rank to the accused. He was charged with five counts stemming from the murders, but convicted of three—one count of inciting his troops not to give quarter to the enemy. """"On to Ottawa"""" protest shortly after the beginning of the Great Depression, happen at all or in such a universal way? Perhaps ideas, human eccentricity and traditional class loyalties sometimes stand outside the forces of economic life. One would hope so. We seem to live in an era of generalizations. The voracious daily and weekly and monthly pages of newspapers and magazines, the empty screens of television, demand constant commentary, quick analysis of everything, premature wisdom. Robert Collins is often aware of the precariousness of his sweeping statements and will offer exceptions. He knows that trying to write for a whole generation is a difficult business. When he says """"we,"""" as he usually does, he is sometimes speaking for himself, sometimes attempting to catch the tenor of an ensemble of opinions, and sometimes quoting statistics. From time to time, he offers the expertise of a single man or woman. One of these he talked to was Gildas Molgat, the speaker of the Senate. As always, the individual voice is the most interesting. You read a letter to the editor, and sometimes you agree, sometimes not. The conclusion of Robert Collins's long letter to the editor of the world is a suggestion that people now in their 70s can offer a certain amount of wisdom and idealism that should be attended to. OK, I'll drink to that; I'll be there soon enough myself. David Helwig is a writer in Prince Edward Island. CP emy and two of being in command of troops who had killed prisoners of war. Condemned to death, Meyer had his sentence reviewed by the senior Canadian officer in charge of the war-crimes prosecutions and commuted to life imprisonment. Margolian, who spent seven years as an investigator for the Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes Section of the federal Justice Department, suggests there is evidence to support the theory that the commutation resulted from British pressure not to antagonize the Bonn government, a potential ally on the eve of the Cold War. However, author Patrick Brode, who chronicles the Meyer case and other war-crimes prosecutions conducted by Canada, suggests another reason. A member of the legal department at Windsor city hall, Brode writes that Major-General Chris Vokes, the Canadian officer in charge of deciding the truths at the heart of madness Stories zero in on the men and women we tend to shy away from on the street Desert Thirst By Margaret Gibson Exile Editions, 170pp $19.95 MONIQUE POLAK Special to The Gazette Readers will recognize the characters in Margaret Gibson's short-story collection Desert Thirst. They're the kind of people who, when we see them, make us want to cross to the other side of the street, or change metro cars, or firmly grasp our children's hands and say, """"Don't look at him, honey. Just keep walking."""" A former psychiatric patient and the author of two acclaimed books, Gibson unflinchingly—and unapologetically—portrays the world of mental illness. There's Suzy Tan, a schizophrenic, whose drug cocktail leaves her mouth permanently parched; Rhoda, who hopes to meet her Other Self on the streets of downtown Toronto; Barbara-Ann, who can't speak above a whisper because she used up all her screams during episodes of unthinkable childhood abuse; and Edward, who looks back with some nostalgia at his days in a mental institution where """"you got three square meals and all the de-caf you wanted."""" The title story, Desert Thirst, is the most compelling of this volume. Its lyrical language is at once poetic and slightly mad. Suzy Tan's tongue is likened to """"a dry spiky cactus pushing, pushing, pushing struggling its way up out of hot desert sand with a very few drops of water given to quench the cactus's thirst."""" Married to a hardened ex-con, Suzy's life is hellish. Relief takes the form of apple juice she likes to sip from a baby's training cup—until her husband cruelly tosses it in the garbage. Only the couple's daughter, 13-year-old Kee, a musical prodigy, provides an angelic beneficence to temper her parents' misery. When she plays the harp, her father """"feels his soul."""" Innocently, but with an irony that won't escape readers, Kee is grateful for her """"wonderful parents."""" The Button Factory is the tender and tragic love story of a couple who meet after World War II. Whether to commute Meyer's sentence, was himself a veteran combat officer who had led his men through the bloody Sicilian campaign and is reported to have observed to a fellow officer that he didn't know """"a general or a colonel on the Allied side who hasn't said 'Well, this time we don't want any prisoners.'"""" Brode also writes that some of the senior Canadian officers who convicted Meyer may have realized that by making a commanding officer responsible for the actions of his troops—and backing that responsibility with his life—they had written a new page in the rulebook of war. """"There were serious implications to this decision to shoot commanders whose men had breached the laws of war,"""" writes Brode, adding that Vokes aired his concerns about the effects such a ruling could have on commanders """"in any future war."""" Brode also notes that there was evidence—much of it anecdotal, but nevertheless disturbing—that Canadian and other Allied troops may have themselves killed prisoners of war. Some such actions might have been carried out in retaliation for the murders committed by the 12th SS, but other incidents—cryptic references to """"huddles"""" on the beaches of Normandy that occurred before those killings—place those bloody days after the landings in a grim perspective that casts a pale light on both sides of the battle lines. Nor does Brode limit himself to the Normandy killings. Casual Slaughters and Accidental Judgments also examines war-crimes prosecutions for the murder—sometimes by German civilians—of downed Canadian pilots. Two chapters are also devoted to the trials of Japanese soldiers and officers involved in the battle for Hong Kong as well as the running of prisoner-of-war camps, shedding overdue light on a chapter of our history that has been overlooked for far too long. Brode notes that while 4 per cent of those Canadians captured by German troops died in enemy hands, 290 Canadians—20 per cent of those captured—died through malnutrition or ill treatment in Japanese custody. James Mennie is a reporter at The Gazette, at work on an assembly line. Edward is a psychotic who has trouble controlling his violent impulses; Cynthia remembers being told by a guidance counselor that she has a borderline IQ. But Cynthia is """"smart enough to know what that means. That means she's stupid."""" The story demonstrates that IQ has no bearing on the ability to love. In spite of his flaws, Cynthia loves Edward without reservation: """"Oh that cool green light, its softness and sweet bruise in her heart that is Edward."""" In A Slipping Away Kind of Life, readers eavesdrop as the narrator confides a childhood trauma to her psychiatrist. She's haunted by the memory of a burning seagull she stoned to death. A heartless boy had doused the gull in gasoline and set it on fire. The bird """"had gone wild, mad, out of his mind with the pain. Whirling wings of fire."""" These words are not restricted to the bird's anguish; in Gibson's stories, madness, too, is born from unbearable pain and suffering. Not all of the stories in this collection work so well. Though the narrative voice in Stalker is tense and intriguing, the story, about a pregnant woman stalked by a mysterious shadow, is insubstantial and inconclusive. And the story's mood is broken by clumsy lines like this one: """"Sometimes she suspected it could be otherwise but did not like to think about that too much so did not."""" There's little that's uplifting in Gibson's stories. Hope comes only in strange small glimmers. Rhoda, the protagonist of The Empty, takes comfort in a """"slippery bit of orange peel."""" Yet Gibson can't be faulted for the bleakness of her vision. Rather, she succeeds in capturing the torment of mental illness. Her stories force us to meet the people we'd prefer to turn away from. And though her characters live in rooming houses, line up at food banks, and wander through alleys littered with cigarette butts and broken bottles, their struggle to make life meaningful is also our own. Monique Polak is a Montreal writer and teacher. MAY 2, 1993 MR EAElTiH MATTERS Fierce flooding Heavy El Nino rains that lashed northern Argentina during much of April have led to the worst flooding in the region for decades. At least 18 people have died in surging waters that are also putting a dangerous strain on a strategic dam. The Argentine-Paraguayan Yacyreta hydro-electric facility in Misiones province is now holding back more water than it was designed for. At least 35 people were killed by heavy floods that have struck eastern Afghanistan since the weekend, while heavy rains also raged across western and central parts of the war-ravaged country. The inundations were made worse by a rapid spring melting of a heavy snow pack that accumulated during a very stormy winter. Deadly hailstorms Hailstones the size of baseballs pounded the central Chinese city of Changde, killing nine people only a day after a similar storm killed 12 people along the country's eastern coast. The Changde hail was accompanied by high winds and a tornado that wrecked houses in the city and destroyed crops in surrounding areas of Hunan province. The hail rained from the skies for 30 minutes, pounding deep holes into the soil and destroying a 16-kilometre-wide stretch of cropland. Cyclone disaster Late reports from French Polynesia tell of extensive damage and several deaths when cyclone Alan tore through some remote islands. At least eight people are known to have perished in the torrential rains and winds gusting as high as 105 km/h. Such storms generally strike this region only during years of strong El Nino ocean warming. Brazilian drought Officials in drought-stricken northeast Brazil are accelerating efforts to provide food and fresh water to areas where starving farmers are migrating into population centres. The severe dry spell has wiped out all of the crops and livestock in some areas, and severely damaged agriculture in surrounding districts. The plight of some subsistence farmers has become so grave that they have resorted to raiding local grain reserves. Earthquakes Japan's Izu Peninsula, south of Tokyo, was shaken by several more tremors—part of continuing swarms of earthquakes that have occurred since mid-April. Earth movements were also felt in eastern Indonesia, northern Afghanistan, southern Greece and the Los Angeles area. Conflagration's end Most of the huge wildfires that have raged across Borneo for the past several months have finally ended. Recent rains have helped to douse some of them, but officials say there are no more fires—mainly because there is nothing left to burn. Volcanic activity Mexico's Popocatepetl volcano continued its recent eruptive phase with another blast of ash and gases that soared 2.5 miles above the suburbs of Mexico City. Ash rained down on nearby villages, and a series of high-frequency tremors rattled the area. The Japanese Meteorological Agency warned that an increasing number of volcanic earthquakes at Mount Iwate in northern Japan could lead to a possible eruption. A total of 281 tremors have been detected since February. New bird Researchers in Brazil say they have discovered a species of bird in a forest 680 kilometres southwest of Rio de Janeiro that was previously not known to exist. A team from the Federal University of Parana heard the song of the bird before it was seen, and knew they had stumbled across something very rare. The tiny gray-black bird they captured with a net is a member of the Scytalopus genus—the lowland tapaculo. Its new scientific name will be published later this year. The Dodgers have played numerous exhibition games in Asia. NEW YORK - Catcher Ivan Rodriguez of the Texas Rangers and pitcher Chuck Finley of the Anaheim Angels have won American League player and pitcher of the month awards for April. Rodriguez led the American League in batting average (.446), slugging percentage (.707) and on-base percentage (.495) for the month. His 41 hits and 12 doubles were second in the league and he had four home runs, 20 runs batted in and 21 runs scored. Finley went 4-0 and posted a league-leading 1.54. He had 44 strikeouts in 46 2/3 innings and held opponents to a .208 batting average. Other candidates for the player award were Juan Gonzalez of Texas, Hal Morris of Kansas City, Tino Martinez of New York and David Justice of Cleveland. Also nominated for the pitcher award were Aaron Sele and Rick Helling of Texas and Mike Jackson of Cleveland. BALTIMORE - Ozzie Guillen, batting only .063 in his first season as a utility player, was released by the Baltimore Orioles. Catcher Charlie Greene was recalled from Triple-A Rochester and Renteria singled to right and Zaun scored standing up. San Diego left the bases loaded in the 10th and the 11th against Jay Powell (3-2). Red Sox 5, Rangers 3 At Boston, Troy O'Leary hit a tiebreaking, two-run homer and the Boston Red Sox beat the Texas Rangers for their 16th American League win in 19 games. Aaron Sele (5-1), who spent his entire career in the Red Sox organization before a trade to Texas last November, entered the game with a 2.00 ERA and two complete-game shutouts in his previous three starts. Yankees 2, Royals 1 At Kansas City, Mo, Hideki Irabu combined with two relievers on a two-hitter, and Bernie Williams drove in both runs as New York beat Kansas City for its 17th win in 19 games. Irabu (1-0) gave up both hits and struck out eight in 7 innings, lowering his ERA to 1.47. At 18-6, the Yanks are off to their best start since 1958. Angels 7, White Sox 1 At Anaheim, Calif, Darin Erstad hit his first major-league grand slam and Paco Martin ended an 0-for-17 drought with a tiebreaking RBI single as Anaheim beat Chicago. Shigetoshi Hasegawa (1-0) earned the victory with four perfect innings in relief of emergency starter Omar Olivares, who got the call after Jack McDowell was placed on the disabled list Thursday with inflammation in his right elbow. Athletics 5, Blue Jays 2 At Oakland, Calif, Tom Candiotti pitched six strong innings. A THE GAZETTE, MONTREAL, SATURDAY, MAY 2, 1993 A 25 WORLD Ex-Rwandan PM pleads guilty to genocide Historic plea includes vow to co-operate FREDERIC BLASSEL Associated Press ARUSHA, Tanzania - The prime minister who led Rwanda's government during the 1994 genocide of more than 500,000 Tutsis pleaded guilty yesterday and promised to testify against other alleged ringleaders of the slaughter. The United Nations said Jean Kambanda was the first person in history to plead guilty to such charges before an international tribunal, including the one at Nuremberg. It also marked the first verdict for the tribunal, which was set up in November 1994 and has been criticized for being slow and bumbling. His voice clear and steady, Kambanda, 42, admitted to four genocide charges and two charges of crimes against humanity, the Swiss-based Hirondelle Press Agency reported. After each plea, murmurs rippled through the packed courtroom in the northern Tanzania town of Arusha. Many Rwandans, their memories of the massacre still fresh, welcomed the confession and hoped it would unleash more convictions. UN prosecutors hoped it would foster reconciliation in Rwanda, where Hutu rebels and the Tutsi-led army continue to fight. In the Arusha court, tribunal president Judge Laity Kama asked Kambanda if he understood the charges, and whether he had made his plea under threat or pressure. Kambanda replied that he made his plea """"consciously and voluntarily,"""" and assured the court """"My plea is not equivocal, I have understood,"""" Hirondelle reported. Kama then pronounced him guilty. The gravest penalty the tribunal can impose is life in prison. A pre-sentencing hearing was scheduled for Aug. 31. Deputy Prosecutor Bernard Muna said Kambanda was willing to testify against others accused of genocide. The tribunal has another 22 people in custody and has indicted 35 in all. The tribunal has agreed to give Kambanda's wife and two children special protection, but has not guaranteed him a reduced sentence in exchange for his co-operation, Muna told Hirondelle. But under the tribunal's rules, he cannot be tried again in Rwandan courts for the same crime. On April 24, the Rwandan government executed 22 genocide convicts by firing squad, the first executions for the slaughter. Hirondelle, a Swiss charity, is reporting on the genocide trials in an effort to provide Rwandans and others with unbiased information from this remote town. Canadian judge Louise Arbour is the chief prosecutor of the UN tribunals for Yugoslavia and Rwanda. She said Kambanda's plea could help heal the genocide's wounds. """"I hope that this admission of guilt will begin to bring some solace to the survivors,"""" Arbour said at her headquarters in the Netherlands. The tribunal has been severely criticized for its slow progress. UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan plans to visit it next week, and on Thursday, the Security Council approved a third courtroom to try to speed up trials. Kambanda is the highest-ranking former political leader in the tribunal's custody. He led a hard-line Hutu government after the assassination of Prime Minister Agathe Uwilingiyimana on April 7, 1994. She was among the first killed in a bloodbath sparked by the shooting down of President Juvenal Habyarimana's plane the day before. The indictment said as prime minister, Kambanda controlled government ministers and military officers during the massacres. The killing stopped only when Tutsi rebels seized power in July 1994. STAH LEHMAN Associated Press AFogados da Ingazeira, Brazil - The corn had withered long ago when Sebastião da Silva's parched fields at last produced some food: a rodent. Da Silva held up the fur-covered prey, an animal the size of a small rabbit, and a grin cracked his face. """"At least tonight, my family will have something to eat,"""" he said. Here in the country's vast northeastern outback—which has been without rain for six months—there isn't much else to consume. An estimated 10 million people are at risk of going hungry—and some have turned to looting government warehouses. SOCIAL UNREST DEEPENS Droughts occur here every few years, but this year's has been exacerbated by El Nino, a phenomenon that affects weather patterns, creating dryness in some areas and heavier-than-normal rain in others. The drought also has created friction between the federal government and peasant groups backed by the Catholic Church. As social unrest deepens, the misery takes on political tones. Cattle carcasses dot the dusty scrubland near Afogados da Ingazeira, a town 2,000 kilometres northeast of Rio de Janeiro. Officials say 60 per cent of Pernambuco state, where the town is located, is without water. Desperate families try to stave off starvation by eating cactus—and by looting. Last month, 700 men, women and children raided a government warehouse, carrying off almost 13 tonnes of rice, beans, flour, manioc. Simpson's former neighborhood, but police said the knife cannot be linked to the killings of his ex-wife, Nicole, and her friend Ron Goldman. """"The evidence that we have is basically that there is no detectable evidence to show that this knife was related to any particular crime whatsoever,"""" said police Lt. Anthony Alba. The latest knife was found encased in mud April 24 by a residential construction crew in the area of Rockingham Estates, a small section of Brentwood that includes Simpson's former house on Rockingham Ave. The precise location wasn't disclosed. Former LAPD Detective Mark Fuhrman and then-partner Brad Roberts said they saw an empty Swiss Army knife box in Simpson's bathroom while they were investigating the killings. with 120 packages of pasta and 73 of corn meal. Mrs. Nascimento said she kept half and gave the rest to neighbours who also needed food. """"I was scared, but if I have to, I'll do it again,"""" she said. Local authorities are reluctant to prosecute. """"There may have been one or two agitators among them, but most of the looters were honest, hard-working people who had nothing to eat,"""" said warehouse manager Carlos Alberto Jose Brasil. The Landless Rural Workers Movement has endorsed looting as a tactic to pressure the government for aid, and the Catholic Church was quick to defend the action. """"It is not a crime to resort to this kind of action when in extreme need,"""" Catholic Bishop Francisco de Mesquita Filho of Afogados da Ingazeira told a meeting of the National Conference of Brazilian Bishops in Campinas. President Fernando Henrique Cardoso called the remarks """"immoral,"""" but the bishop's words had an effect: The government announced it will distribute one million food baskets in 1,236 cities and towns hardest hit by the drought. The estimated $123 million U.S. relief program also will finance projects to dig wells and build roads, dams and bridges. The food handouts have calmed things down for now, said Mayor Maria Giselda Simoes. But with no end to the drought in sight the situation could get uglier. """"Handing out food is a palliative,"""" she said. """"The government must have the political will to solve the problem. And this, unfortunately, it doesn't."""" MORE WORLD NEWS Battles mark May Day, Page A27 """"Considerable stretching"""" need for breakthrough: Israel, Page A28 Canadian firm to foot bill for Spanish spill cleanup, Page B7 Astronomers detect galaxy 12.3 billion light-years away, Page B8 Less drinking, more fighting follows bar smoking ban, Page E8 IRA pressed to disarm, Page G11 Ex-Panther Cleaver dies, Page G13 Thousands of Cambodian refugees head to Thai border, Page G16 Renovating Safely Spring will soon be here and you're probably already thinking about this year's outdoor renovation jobs. Be sure to play it safe, though! Seemingly simple jobs can be very dangerous if they're done within 3 metres (10 feet) of any medium-voltage power lines. Don't put your life on the line, Call Hydro-Quebec. Call on a professional if you have any trees that need trimming, because power lines are often hidden by leaves. One-third of all electrical accidents happen to people trying to prune or cut down trees. 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+107,19920330,modern,Drought,"W, Montreal, H2Y 3R7 All rights of publication reserved Publications Mail Registration number 0619: A lesson for Hydro New York's cancellation of its $17-billion hydro-electricity contract has rocked the Bourassa government back on its heels. The blow was hard, but far from a knock-out. Quebec's hydro development depends much more on domestic needs than on exports, and will for the foreseeable future. The New York decision may even have some salutary effects. It may force Premier Bourassa and Hydro-Quebec to undertake a much-needed review of the methods, timing and magnitude of Hydro-Quebec's projects. Conservation programs have been effectively reducing demand everywhere, while other energy forms (like natural gas) are giving hydro power stiff competition. That is why New York concluded that the 21-year Quebec contract, with deliveries to begin in 1999, would cost too much. 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. Patience and compromise will be needed to restore confidence in hydro-electricity, which remains Quebec's major economic asset. New York cancelled the long-term contract when Quebec refused to agree to a 30 percent cut in the price. Quebec was right to do that. This is not a garage sale. Hydro-Quebec has an excellent product, one of the cleanest and most economical sources of energy in nature. New Yorkers may live to regret their growing reliance on gravely polluting fossil fuels. Mr. Moi, meet King Canute. Under obvious pressure from Western aid donors, Kenya's President Daniel arap Moi has taken several steps toward democracy in recent months. The biggest was last December's legalization of opposition parties. But now Mr. Moi seems determined to make sure that things don't go too far. This month, the government declared a nationwide ban on political meetings, ostensibly in an effort to cool down the ugly inter-tribal violence in western Kenya that has taken about 60 lives in recent weeks. Mr. Moi has long used the prospect of inter-tribal warfare as an argument for maintaining a one-party state. But according to many credible observers, including Kenya's Roman Catholic bishops, the violence is hardly spontaneous. They accuse the authorities of fomenting the violence, which seems to have been sparked by members of Mr. Moi's small Kalenjin tribe who attacked members of the Luo and Luhya tribes. Many prominent members of the Forum for the Restoration of Democracy, the major opposition group, are Luos or Luhyas. Mr. Moi seems to be looking for an excuse to delay holding multi-party elections indefinitely. Presumably, he fears he would lose. In addition to banning political meetings, the authorities have resumed their old habit of cracking down on public protests. Earlier this month, police viciously attacked a group of women hunger strikers and their supporters in a Nairobi park. Several were badly beaten, including Wangari Maathai, 53, a prominent environmentalist and opposition supporter (but not one of the hunger strikers), who was knocked unconscious. The hunger strikers, who are calling for the release of their sons in prison on what they say are politically motivated treason charges, have since taken sanctuary in a church. That is in disappointing contrast to the authorities' tolerance of a massive anti-government rally in January that many hoped was the beginning of an official commitment to pluralism. Whatever the government's intentions, pressures for political change are building, internally and externally. Within Kenya, economic conditions seem to be worsening; unemployment is high, there is a drought, prices for major exports are weak and the vital tourism industry is suffering as crime increases. As well, expectations of political change seem to be increasing. Meanwhile, external pressure continues from Western aid donors, who say they will suspend aid if Kenya fails to make political and economic reforms (such as cleaning up high-level corruption and instituting austerity measures). They have set an April deadline. A tide of democratization is sweeping Africa. It already is lapping at Kenya's shores. Mr. Moi may be able to slow its progress, but it is hard to see how he can resist forever. EDITORIALS FROM OUTSIDE CANADA The Kansas City Star, March 23 Apparently, Lee Iacocca would have been content to continue as Chrysler Corp. chairman until the next ice age. As late as a week ago he had asked to stay on, but the board of directors declined. The members decided it was time for a change. Indeed, Iacocca has seemed increasingly out of step with the times. His controversial appearances in TV ads struck a discordant note; his message was tantamount to questioning the wisdom of consumers who bought foreign cars, a strange way to build goodwill for Chrysler. He has helped encourage the delusion that America's problems can be blamed on Japan. """"I'm a protectionist,"""" he admitted in a published article last year. """"In any kind of competition, the first thing you do is protect yourself."""" It was a startling admission, given that one person's protection is another's excuse for cousins. Make no mistake: Detroit profited handsomely at the expense of consumers from trade barriers imposed in the early 1980s. An International Monetary Fund study estimated that between 1981 and 1984, the artificial shortage created by import quotas cost consumers $17 billion in higher prices. By 1991, Iacocca had become a caricature of the boorish plutocrat. His salary exceeded $4 million. His blustering performance during and after President George Bush's Tokyo trip was a national embarrassment, especially in light of Detroit's continuing failure to build right-hand-drive cars for the Japanese market. Give Iacocca credit for his triumphs: He developed the hugely successful Mustang during his days at Ford. He pioneered the minivan. He led Chrysler to profitability after the federal bailout in the early 1980s. He repaid government-backed loans seven years early. And with several new models ready for introduction, analysts say Chrysler is now well positioned to profit from the economic recovery. The new chairman will be Robert J. Eaton, who headed General Motors' successful European division. Even after Eaton takes over, however, Iacocca will continue to lurk around corporate headquarters, where he will carry the title of executive committee chairman. 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). I was dismayed, however, that Prof. Taylor has allowed himself to fall into the trap so carefully laid by many separatists who claim that English-speaking Quebecers would be better off in an independent Quebec because of the increased international attention that would be focused upon an independent Quebec and the pressure that would be brought to bear upon the government of the new state. I for one fail to see how international pressure, which fails so miserably in so many cases, would have any more effect on an independent Quebec than it already has. If there is one thing English Quebecers have come to realize, it is that they can depend only on themselves when it comes to protection of their rights. The federal government is prepared to sell us out to save the country. The Quebec Liberal Party has shown that it will sell us out to appease the nationalists, and brags of it. And, above all, the Parti Quebecois is fewer better when it comes to constitution talks? It's a rare occasion when a reader finds himself defending a government, especially the present federal government, against a journalist. Norman Webster's March 21 column provides one. Mr. Webster made the critical statement, """"In Ottawa, the parties at the constitutional negotiating table have been increased officially from 11 to a ridiculous 17,"""" and went on to bemoan the representation of the territories and four native organizations. Apparently, Norman Webster feels that The Group of Eleven first ministers ought to hold forth, as in Meech Lake, unencumbered by troublesome """"process."""" It is, admittedly, an efficient method, but some don't see it as terribly democratic. Some might say that, at last, thanks to Joe Clark, Bob Rae and Ovide Mercredi, this Canada Round is beginning to take on the character of its name. At last, it is not just another re-enactment of the Plains of Abraham, with only two players in the drama: the English and the French. (In fact, the French are absent without leave.) Joe Clark just may have made his smartest move yet. With the premier of Quebec still sulking over Meech Lake, the rest of the country has a wonderful opportunity to address constitutional questions at least as deserving as the Quebec question. A 12 THE GAZETTE, MONTREAL, MONDAY, MARCH 30, 1992 Famine and food riots begin as drought settles in southern Africa JONATHAN MANTHORPE SOUTHAM NEWS HARARE, Zimbabwe As the worst drought in more than 100 years settles its grip on the 85 million people of southern Africa, the first signs of serious famine and social breakdown are beginning to show. There are already reports of deaths from starvation and malnutrition-related diseases in a region that has been largely able to feed itself until now. It is estimated that Africa south of the equator will have to import between 12 million and 15 million tons of food in the next 12 months. While the food can be obtained, there is serious doubt the region's transportation system can handle its distribution. And distributing the food will require a high degree of cooperation among countries more used to rivalries and jealousies. There are indications that there may be long-term consequences for the region's agriculture. Beef and dairy herds are dying or being slaughtered in large numbers because of lack of water and feed, and it will take many years to rebuild them. The drought follows a decade of poor rains and meteorologists speculate it may herald a semi-permanent climatic change. In Zambia and Zimbabwe, the drought will undoubtedly affect the government's plans to move away from quasi-socialist economies to free-market systems. Diplomats say they do not believe Zimbabwe's World Bank-sponsored economic adjustment program will survive the drought. Already food shortages are having dramatic psychological effects on people used to plentiful and regular supplies of basic foodstuffs. Riot police were called out in central Harare last Thursday when hundreds of people besieged a supermarket rumored to have taken a shipment of sugar and maize flour, known as mealie meal, the region's staple. It was the third time riot police were called to quell food-seeking mobs in Zimbabwe in the last few weeks. The besieging of shops and mobbing of delivery trucks are almost daily occurrences in Zimbabwe, where President Robert Mugabe declared a national emergency three weeks ago. Delivery companies now call for police protection for their trucks as a matter of course. Already 2.3 million people, nearly a quarter of the country's population, require food aid. The country will need to import more than 2 million tons of maize in the coming 12 months following the almost total failure of this year's crop. The country also needs 340,000 tons of wheat, 150,000 tons of rice and 160,000 tons of oilseed. Prices of most foodstuffs are rocketing as the government removes ceilings on payments to producers in an attempt to encourage production next season if the drought lifts. On Thursday, the Zimbabwe government announced a 25-percent increase in the price of gasoline. The price of milk jumped 34 percent this week and about 30 percent of the country's 60,000 dairy cows have been slaughtered because of low producer return and lack of water and feed. The situation is similar throughout the region. In South Africa, the Transvaal is a desert littered with stunted maize and sunflower plants shriveled by the sun and lack of rain. In this region alone, 2 million people are going to need food aid by April. In the Eastern Cape, the drought is worse than it has been in nearly 120 years and 2,000 farmers have gone bankrupt. A traditional food exporter, South Africa will need to import 5 million tons of food this year. Namibia has lost its entire maize crop and, like Zambia, needs to import a million tons of maize. In Zambia, people have begun moving to the cities in search of food and water. Cholera is rife because water and sanitation facilities cannot cope. Tanzania has also been severely afflicted and on Wednesday the United Nations said that Kenya in East Africa faces famine. The two countries where starvation has been common for more than a decade, Mozambique and Angola, have had good rains and good crops. But famine in those countries has been caused mainly by prolonged civil wars and the problem will be getting food to the people who need it. The United Nations estimates 500,000 people face starvation in Mozambique's central provinces. Charles Bassett, the Canadian high commissioner in Zimbabwe, said Thursday that people are already dying in Zimbabwe as a result of malnutrition. And the worst is yet to come. The dry season is at its peak in July and August and the already critical water shortage will become dire, Bassett said. """"Already there are many communities that are 40 kilometres from the nearest water. It is going to be a massive task to take water to isolated communities,"""" he said. The Zimbabwe government has a $40-million plan to buy 600 water tankers and to drill 2,600 holes, but it's uncertain the plan can be activated quickly enough. The crisis has led to corruption, profiteering and petty jealousies between government departments throughout the region. Hoarding of sugar, cooking oil and mealie meal is rife in Zimbabwe and the black market price of a 20-kilogram bag of meal has doubled beyond the reach of rural people. There are confirmed reports of customs officials at both the Beit-bridge crossing to South Africa and the Plumtree crossing to Botswana taking mealie meal from trucks entering Zimbabwe. In both cases, the officials claimed the trucks were overloaded. Zimbabwe's Grain Marketing Board and the country's National Railway are blaming each other for the slow distribution of maize being shipped in through South Africa. """"The shame of it is what we are seeing here is a tremendous amount of fighting among departments to take the lead,"""" a source said. """"They seem to be more interested in taking the lead than in keeping people alive."""" The 1992 Trans Sport The other high-performance vehicle There are other high-performance passenger vehicles that look like ours. Some shapes just seem to take off better than others. 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Patterson is to become prime minister this afternoon. Father of princess of Wales dies LONDON The father of Diana, princess of Wales, died yesterday afternoon of a heart attack. He was 68. The eighth Earl Spencer had been suffering from pneumonia. Diana and her husband, Prince Charles, cut short a skiing vacation in Austria to return to London. The earl, born Edward John Spencer on Jan. 24, 1924, suffered a stroke in 1978, which left him somewhat unsteady when he walked with Diana down the aisle of St. Paul's Cathedral in 1981 for her marriage to Prince Charles. """"There are times I wish she was marrying an ordinary chap,"""" he said after the engagement, """"so I could have her and my son-in-law living here with me in the park."""" Clinton admits trying marijuana as a student, PAGE A10 Why the """"race card"""" isn't in British election, PAGE A11 Famine and food riots follow drought, PAGE A12 South Koreans defying family-tree rules, PAGE A14 French prime minister wins regional runoff, PAGE B8 Libya defies Arab states over accused bombers, PAGE C8 Saudi king rules out free elections, PAGE D14 Demjanjuk prosecutor to look at KGB file, PAGE E8 World, INSIDE Ombudsman 3, Classified B4. Foreign minister urged to form new party, but says he'll remain in Likud, CLYDE HABERMAN NEW YORK TIMES JERUSALEM Foreign Minister David Levy, brooding for weeks about his faction's decline within the governing Likud Party and under pressure from angry supporters to do something about it, announced last night that he was resigning. However, Levy, the most openly enthusiastic supporter of the Arab-Israeli peace process in the hard-line Israeli government, said he will stay in the party and remain a candidate for a seat in parliament, although it is not clear what role he will take in the campaign. The announcement by Levy has left the party divided and perhaps seriously hobbled at the threshold of a campaign for national elections in June. """"I think the most satisfied person today is Yitzhak Rabin,"""" a senior government official said last night. He was referring to the new leader of the opposition Labor Party, which recent opinion polls have given the edge against a Likud stumbling over an economic slowdown, difficulty in absorbing a tide of new immigrants and stagnation in the peace process. Levy's resignation as foreign minister came as a surprise in that his followers had been urging him to quit Likud, not necessarily the government, and form his own party. His resignation does not take effect until two days after he submits it to the cabinet, and that is not scheduled to take place until it meets next Sunday. So there is a probable nine-day waiting period, and some officials and neutral commentators predicted that Levy would use it to wring concessions from his main enemy of the moment, Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir. Levy has staked out a centrist position in the Shamir cabinet, the most right-wing government in Israeli history. Among ranking ministers, he has been not only the one most favorably disposed toward the peace process but also the most consistent exponent of restraint in the present tensions between Israel and the United States. Before announcing his resignation to a rally in Herzliya, near Tel Aviv, he rebuked Shamir and other ministers for severely attacking Washington after the collapse of Israel's request for United States loan guarantees. """"Sometimes everyone is foreign minister,"""" he said. """"They are all experts. Everyone is declaring war on America. This certainly was a fundamental mistake."""" But last night's announcement had less to do with public policy than with the moodiness that enveloped Levy, the most successful Israeli politician among Sephardic Jews, and his Likud supporters after internal elections several weeks ago that shut them out of prominent spots in the party's lineup of parliamentary candidates. After his candidates fared poorly, the foreign minister accused Shamir of conspiring against him. Many of his followers saw an anti-Sephardic conspiracy by Ashkenazim, those who, like Shamir, came here from Europe. Sephardic Jews came from North Africa and elsewhere in the Middle East. ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY THE LOS ANGELES TIMES Give up, Moldova tells separatists Defiant rebels call for help from Russia MICHAEL PARKS LOS ANGELES TIMES MOSCOW The secessionist """"Dniester Moldavian Republic"""" appealed yesterday for help from Russia as leaders of the former Soviet republic of Moldova gave them 48 hours to disarm themselves and surrender or face attack. Although Moscow does not recognize the Dniester Republic's self-proclaimed independence, the Russian Foreign Ministry in response called on Moldova to """"act strictly in accordance with the norms of international law, legality and respect for the rights of the individual and ethnic minorities."""" The Dniester crisis, more than two years in the making, poses a serious challenge for Moscow, which has recognized Moldova's borders as those of another member of the Commonwealth of Independent States but which sympathizes with the 600,000 Russians and Ukrainians who live on the eastern bank of Dniester River and fear the republic's reunification with neighboring Romania. """"Two-thirds of Moldova's population are ethnic Romanians, and if they want unification with Romania that is the right of the majority,"""" a senior Yeltsin adviser said yesterday. """"But if the move is forced, rushed or bloody, if Russians, our people, are killed, I doubt that we could stand by idly."""" Moldovan Prime Minister Valeriu Muravschi, speaking in the capital Kishinev, said that the time for negotiations was over and that the republic's government was prepared, following its weekend declaration of a state of emergency, to reassert its authority through military force. Muravschi gave officials of Dniester Republic two days to submit to Moldovan authorities or be ousted, and his deputy, Constantin Oboroc, said that the government was moving to """"take concrete steps to disarm and liquidate these gangs of bandits.""""""",0,1,1,0,1,1
+108,19980404,modern,Drought,"APRIL 4, 1993 J MATTERS Los Angeles Times Answered prayers Torrential rains fell over the burning rain forests and savanna of northern Brazil just hours after two native shamans conducted an ancient ritual intended to end the region's worst drought on record. Nearly all of the massive fires that have been sparked in recent weeks were doused by the regular and heavy rain. The shamans were flown in by the government from Mato Grosso state and they performed the ritual on a dried-up riverbank, using plants from their Xingu region. Philippine infernos The El Nino drought in the Philippines sparked massive wildfires that razed 12,000 acres of virgin forests and forced mountain villagers to flee in the south of the country. The fires also threaten endangered species in an area set aside for indigenous tribes in the remote mountains of Palawan Island. Palawan is known as the Philippines' """"last frontier"""" and is home to rare plants and such animals as the tarsier, the world's smallest primate. Tropical storm Tropical cyclone Zuman formed just to the east of the island nation of Vanuatu in the South Pacific. The storm skirted Espiritu Santo, an island that was inundated by torrential rains from cyclone Yali just over a week ago. Maximum winds near Zuman's centre increased to more than 160 km/h as it entered the Coral Sea. Earthquakes A powerful temblor rocked Indonesia's southwestern Sumatra Island, but there were no immediate reports of any damage or injuries. Earth movements were also felt in Bali, Africa's Lake Tanganyika region, western Turkey, Interior Alaska and Utah. Heartland twisters A swarm of tornadoes tore through parts of southern Minnesota for two hours, killing a 6-year-old boy and wrecking an estimated 635 houses. Debris from one of the tornadoes was carried 100 kilometres away to the Minneapolis suburbs of Apple Valley and Eagan. Ethiopian swarms Ethiopia's ministry of agriculture announced that aerial spraying to control a growing plague of locusts began in the regions of Jijiga and Dire Dawa. The insects first appeared in the country's Somali region, and have spread to cover an area of 3,700 acres. An aircraft was donated to the impoverished country by the East Africa Desert Locust Control Organization. Popo plumes Mexico's Popocatepetl Volcano spewed a column of super-heated ash and gas in one of the mountain's most intense recent eruptions. A thick cloud of ash soared to more than a half-mile above the suburbs of Mexico City. Vulcanologists advised the public that the latest activity does not indicate the mountain is about to produce a major eruption. LOS ANGELES - In the movie Good Will Hunting, an impoverished South Boston kid who scrapes by mopping floors at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology astonishes prize-winning professors with his ability to solve at a glance math problems that have stumped the experts. How likely is this scenario? Could a person with no specialized education instantaneously see his way through intellectual thickets impenetrable to the top people in the field? Even if he is a natural-born genius? Conventional wisdom has it that science today is the province of experts bedecked with degrees and weighty with wisdom acquired through experience. It might come as a surprise, therefore, to learn that amateurs and outsiders have made substantial contributions to math and science. This week, it was reported that a 9-year-old schoolgirl designed an experiment that challenged the technique in alternative medicine called healing touch. A San Diego homemaker working at her kitchen table discovered dozens of new geometric patterns that experts had thought were impossible. A Texas banker came up with a formal conjecture (a kind of mathematical hypothesis) that amounts to an expansion, or """"sequel,"""" to the famous Fermat's Last Theorem, which defied proof for more than 300 years. Amateurs can't compete with professionals when it comes to high-tech equipment, university connections, academic prestige and funding. But in some ways, their status as nonprofessionals can be a plus. """"Amazingly, lack of formal education can be an advantage,"""" said mathematician Doris Schattschneider of Moravian College in Pennsylvania, who helped """"discover"""" the San Diego homemaker now hailed by mathematicians for her work. """"We get stuck in our old ways,"""" Schattschneider said. """"Sometimes, progress is only made when someone from the outside looks at it with new eyes."""" There was nothing unusual about amateur scientists 200 years ago when science was something people did in their parlours and back yards. Science was not yet sequestered in its own private world, with obscure language and strict academic requirements barring all but highly trained experts. """"If you go back far enough, everybody was an amateur,"""" said UCLA chemist Charles Knobler, who uses methods developed by amateur Agnes Pockels in his work. """"John Priestly, who discovered oxygen, was a minister."""" Benjamin Franklin was perhaps the ultimate amateur. The 18th-century statesman not only discovered that lightning is electricity, he also invented the heat-efficient stove and bifocal eyeglasses. However, as science has become more specialized, the occasional breakthrough by an amateur has become much more surprising. That's one reason the work of San Diego homemaker Marjorie Rice caused such a stir. A mother of five, Rice made a habit of getting her hands on Scientific American magazine, to which her son subscribed, before the rest of the family. She was a particular fan of Martin Gardner's long-running column, Mathematical Games. In July 1975, Gardner, an author and perhaps the best-known mathematical amateur of all, published a column about tiling patterns. A branch of mathematics that lives up to its name, tiling is concerned with determining what kinds of shapes can fit together perfectly without any overlaps or gaps. Since all solid matter, from brains to crystals, is made of tightly packed clusters of molecules, studying the possible ways that shapes can arrange themselves has many scientific applications. In his column, Gardner mentioned that only certain types of pentagons could perfectly tile a plane, or flat surface, and that all of them were known—or so the mathematicians thought. After reading the piece, however, an amateur named Richard James III thought he found some pentagons that the experts had overlooked. As it turned out, he was right, and Gardner published James's results in his December 1975 column. The minute Rice saw that, she was off and running. """"It made me wonder,"""" she said recently from her home in San Diego. """"If he could find one, maybe I could."""" Since she had no formal training in mathematics, Rice developed her own notation, listing various combinations of sides and angles of pentagons on 3-by-5 cards. She worked on the problem all through Christmastime 1975, drawing diagrams on the kitchen table when no one was around and hiding them when her husband and children came home, or when friends stopped by. By February 1976, she was confident she had found new kinds of pentagons that could tile. She sent them off to Gardner. """"I'd never written to anyone who wrote articles in magazines,"""" she said. Gardner forwarded Rice's drawings to Schattschneider, an expert in tiling patterns. Schattschneider at first was skeptical. Rice's peculiar markings seemed odd, like """"hieroglyphics,"""" the professor recalled. """"I was probably condescending."""" Eventually, however, Schattschneider verified the results. By October 1976, Rice had come up with 58 pentagon tilings, most of them previously unknown, and arranged them into 12 classes. Over the next 10 years, she discovered many more tiling patterns and three more types of pentagons, all of which were important contributions to the field. """"And she's still working on it,"""" said Schattschneider recently. """"That woman doesn't stop."""" Mathematicians tend to think that someone like Rice is an anomaly, Schattschneider said. """"A lot of them get so wrapped up they don't even entertain the idea that someone without credentials could make a real contribution,"""" she said. """"I wanted to show that the contributions of amateurs can lead to something serious."""" Although amateurs might not speak the professional lingo, Schattschneider said, their passionate will to know, intense concentration and fresh perspectives can make up for lack of specialized training. """"Just because someone doesn't have the technical language is no reason to dismiss their work,"""" she said. Recently, an amateur making big news has been Texas banker Andrew Beal—in part because he has put his money where his math is, offering a $50,000 prize for the solution to a problem he devised. Known as Beal's problem, it is similar to Fermat's Last Theorem, whose proof also carried a cash prize of about $30,000 by the time it was claimed in 1994. Fermat's Last Theorem took more than 300 years to prove. It took 200 pages of nearly impenetrable arguments and calculations for mathematician Andrew Wiles of Princeton to prove that Pierre de Fermat, a French lawyer who lived from 1601-65, had been right. Beal has been working on similar problems for many years, teaching himself the field—known as number theory—as he went along. Now he has proposed his own problem, which is taken quite seriously by mathematicians, who say it is a more general version of Fermat's Last Theorem. """"If you could prove Beal's conjecture, then you would immediately prove Fermat,"""" said mathematician Keith Devlin of St. Mary's College in Moraga, Calif., east of Oakland, praising Beal's work. """"And let's not forget that Fermat was an amateur."""" Beal's day job is running the bank that he founded in Dallas. But he believes that amateurs like him bring to some fields a fresh perspective that professionals lack. Beal said that being isolated from the professional community of like-minded thinkers can be a benefit. """"When you're in a business or profession,"""" he said, """"we all start to look at things similarly. It helps to start with a clean slate."""" Both Rice and Beal made their contributions in areas of mathematics that are relatively open to amateurs. In Rice's case, the visual aspect of tiling makes it accessible; Beal's work in number theory doesn't require heavy-duty mathematical machinery. Discovering new prime numbers is also part of number theory and therefore attracts a lot of amateurs. Money can't buy this kind of dedication. Only untamed curiosity, fueled by passion, seems to do the trick. As the late physicist Frank Oppenheimer used to say: """"Understanding is a lot like sex; it's got a practical purpose, but that's not why people do it normally."""" It's not your imagination: time is flying faster. El Nino update Ocean temperatures off the coast of Peru are nearing normal levels as the El Nino phenomenon continues to wane. Sea surface temperatures are now only 2 degrees Celsius above normal for this time of year compared to nearly 5 degrees higher than normal last December. Hooked hens A group of battery hens being tested in England for the possible calming effect of watching videos actually became hooked on the images after only a few days of exposure to television. Researchers at Scotland's Roslin Institute had shown the hens and their chicks videos for 10 minutes each day to see if it would calm their self-destructive behaviour. The New Scientist reported that the project was funded by the government to find ways of reducing animal alarm and aggression, which causes some commercial losses for chicken-raising operations. SANDRA BLAKESLEE New York Times NEW YORK - Can it be April already? Didn't they play the Super Bowl just last week? It sometimes seems that with each passing year, the days and weeks zip by more quickly. If you have ever had this feeling, you are not imagining it. Studies of human time perception show that age-related changes in the nervous system alter one's sense of time; it really does seem to move more quickly with age. At a meeting of the Society for Neuroscience in New Orleans in November, a psychologist, Peter A. Mangan, reported on a study in which he asked people in different age groups to estimate when three minutes had passed by silently counting one-one-thousand, two-one-thousand, three-one-thousand, and so on. People in their early 20s were accurate within three seconds, and some got it exactly right. People in their 60s estimated that three minutes were up after three minutes and 40 seconds had passed. Middle-aged subjects fell in between but, like the older people, all underestimated the passage of time. This phenomenon has led some researchers to suspect that the brain contains a special clock that tracks time intervals in the range of seconds to minutes. A Duke University neuroscientist, Warren Meek, and a graduate student, Matthew Matell, have now proposed a model of this clock based on studies of human brain anatomy. According to their theory, a cluster of neurons in the midbrain collects time signals from all over the brain and coordinates those that occur at the same time and involve singular events or perceptions. The neurons also establish the start and finish of various time intervals that the brain is interested in measuring, such as how long it should take before a red traffic light turns green. Moreover, a brain chemical called dopamine regulates this clock. Add dopamine and the clock runs faster; take it away, the clock slows down. Defects in this clock could help explain human ailments like dyslexia, hyperactivity, Parkinson's disease and schizophrenia. It could explain why, in an automobile accident, three seconds can feel like three minutes, why old people in nursing homes are often confused about time, and even how some drugs like cocaine and amphetamine give the sense of """"speed"""" while others, including marijuana, subjectively slow down the passage of time. An American psychologist, Hudson Hoagland, first suspected the existence of an interval clock in the 1930s, when his wife ran a high fever. Mrs. Hoagland complained that her husband had been out of the room for a very long time when he had actually been gone for moments. Curious, Hoagland asked his wife to estimate when a minute had passed. After 37 seconds, she said the time was up. And as her temperature rose, she counted faster. In further experiments, Hoagland found that he could retard an individual's sense of time by 20 percent by applying heat to the person's brain. Other researchers later found that lowering a person's body temperature by two or three degrees could speed up the subjective sense of time. The idea that there is a clock measuring intervals in the range of seconds to minutes (in addition to the circuits that measure tenths and hundredths of seconds and the circadian clock that tracks the length of the day) makes a lot of sense. The ability to estimate short durations of time is critical for learning and survival, said John Gibbon of the New York State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University. The human interval clock is running all the time as people unconsciously monitor the timing of external events and respond to them. For example, Meek said, """"suppose you are sitting at a red light, waiting for it to turn green,"""" adding: """"At a certain point, based on past experience, you will begin to put your foot on the gas in anticipation that the light is about to turn. Unconsciously, you are counting the seconds, without looking at your watch. But if the light fails to turn green in the expected amount of time, you start fretting, wondering if it is working properly. If enough time passes, you may decide to run the red light."""" THE GAZETTE, MONTREAL, SATURDAY, APRIL 4, 1998 WORLD Rain-forest heroes Indians' mysterious ritual ends threat of catastrophe London Daily Telegraph RIO DE JANEIRO - Kukrit and Mati-i are the new heroes of the rain forest. It took the illiterate Kaiapo tribesmen from the Mato Grosso half an hour of mysterious ritual on a river bank this week to break a five-month drought in the northern Amazon region of Roraima, which had been turned into an inferno. Their ancestral powers ended what was rapidly turning into one of the world's largest ecological disasters. Within hours, torrential tropical downpours had put out over 90 percent of the huge jungle fires that had run out of control and destroyed thousands of acres of savannah and rain forest in an area the size of Wales over the past two weeks. Kukrit and Mati-i—they are unsure about their age as tribal forest Indians count only up to two, all the rest is """"very much""""—were flown from their tribal village 2,400 kilometres away by the government's Indian Foundation. It was a desperate act which defied all the latest technology and white man's science. The official forecasts were gloomy. Data sent by channel 2 of the NOAA-14 weather satellite and interpreted by the high-tech computers at the Brazilian space centre in Jose dos Campos, thousands of kilometres away in the far south of the country indicated rain in the region was still """"at least two to three weeks away."""" Hundreds of firefighters were engaged in a hopeless battle against the advancing flames, United Nations emergency aid was offered and considered, army helicopters were dropping """"waterbombs""""—all to no avail. Enormous tracts of virgin rain forest were being devoured and no one could stop it. Kukrit and Mati-i were unperturbed by their first flight. After they had crossed hundreds of kilometres of jungle they settled in a three-star hotel in Boa Vista, capital of Roraima state in the extreme north of Brazil, took a shower and had a leisurely dinner. Then they went out to the banks of the nearby Curupira River, carrying cipo leaves and taquara branches from their homeland. They were worried that their tribal brothers of the local Yanomami nation would be """"eaten"""" by the flames. """"We will make water fall,"""" they promised as they asked to be left alone to perform their ceremony in the dark. Satisfied, they returned to their hotel 30 minutes later and went to bed, a novelty to them as they are used to hammocks. """"It will rain,"""" was all they said before sleeping. Less than two hours later, the first reports came through on the radio at the army fire task emergency centre in Boa Vista. """"It started raining here,"""" an almost incredulous voice said from the jungle town of Cacarai. An hour later, similar reports came in from Apiau, in the region between the Sururu and Majari rivers in the north. When dawn broke, Boa Vista was hit by one of the heaviest downpours in living memory. People danced in the rain in the streets before breakfast and the airport, closed several times in the past few weeks because of smoke from the forest fires, was shut again—this time because of poor visibility caused by the impenetrable rain curtain. By the end of the day, 25 millimetres had fallen. The fires petered out and humidity rose back to its """"normal"""" 97-percent level. Satisfied, Kukrit and Mati-i returned to the Mato Grosso. They did not give an explanation. All they said was that they had talked to Becororoti, a famous ancestor gifted with divine power, who, when he died, went to heaven and was turned into rain. Outlet, """"Came to where the values are as fabulous as our jeans, jackets and tops. Come to where it's fun to save on end of lines, one-of-a-kinds and Levi's irregular jeans, so close to perfect you have to hunt for any difference."""" Levi's Outlet, """"It's where selection and service are a cut above at much below."""" Philippines asks for fire help MANILA - The Philippines called on its neighbors yesterday to help it douse forest fires erupting in several parched areas across the country, days after it sought help from Canada and the United States. """"I've given the directive to invite ASEAN countries, particularly those with fire-fighting expertise, to help us,"""" disaster coordinating chief Fortunato Abat told a press conference. For the last two weeks, fires have been raging on the southwestern island, Palawan, but the island's governor Salvador Socrates said the fires are nearly extinguished. However, Abat said new fires erupted in other areas. Indonesian experts who fought fires that razed thousands of hectares of forest and farmland on Borneo island last year could be asked to help put them out, he said.""",1,0,0,1,1,1
+109,19921010,modern,Drought,"S agency's climate-monitoring laboratory Last year we saw comparable reductions around Sept 15 Climatologists believe the hole is poised to deepen far sooner than ever before Part of the reason is increased chlorine loading of the stratosphere by CFCs but the main cause is the volcanic eruption of Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines in June 1991, which sent 20 million tonnes of sulphate aerosol into the stratosphere Satellite observations showed that the aerosols have spread throughout the atmosphere and theorists believe that they will accelerate ozone destruction throughout the year Antarctic ozone depletion is particularly acute because of the unusual atmospheric conditions there During the wintertime, air over Antarctica is cut off from the general circulation by winds that form a vortex over the pole This sets the stage for chemical and dynamic interactions which destroy ozone THE GUARDIAN Maggot-infested fruit was birds' meal of choice For over a decade, ecologists have debated whether birds and mammals have a predilection for maggot-infested fruit Now, Lisa Valburg of Washington State University has found that maggot-infested fruit is especially attractive to the fruit-eating bird community of the Costa Rican cloud forest She constructed artificial bunches of the small, sweet, orange fruits of Acnistus arborescens, a tropical member of the potato family Fruit-eating birds visiting a clearing in the Monteverde cloud forest were offered the choice of either fruits from uninfested bunches, or bunches that contained an equal mixture of maggot-ridden and uninfested fruit After six days it was clear that maggot-infested fruits were at a premium and that mixed bunches of infested and uninfested fruits were preferentially eaten So it seemed likely that maggots in the fruit pulp added value to the birds' diet, probably by increasing the nutrient content, and that the birds could detect and select the food with the additional animal ingredient It also seemed that a few infested fruits in a bunch might benefit the plant, by acting as an extra attraction for seed-dispersing fruit eaters Valburg refined her experiments by offering infested and uninfested fruits from a wider variety of different plant species to captive bush-tanagers These forest birds, which normally live on a mixed diet of insects and fruit, proved to be highly discriminating in their diet Some maggot-laden fruit species were rejected, while others were preferred THE GUARDIAN House cats are terrorists of the wild, preying on up to 70 million birds a year in Canada, studies suggest DEAN BEEBY CANADIAN PRESS House cats allowed to roam outdoors quickly become wildlife terrorists, needlessly killing millions of birds and small mammals each year, some biologists say There are renewed calls for restrictions on domestic cats to ease the pressure on wildlife populations Canada's 5 million domestic cats may kill between 42 million and 70 million wild birds each year, says biologist Bob Bancroft of Nova Scotia's Lands and Forests Department The estimate is based on an American study suggesting that cats bring home only half their catches and a British study indicating that the 5 million domestic cats in that country drag back 70 million limp creatures each year - up to half of them birds Ensuring that house cats are well-fed is no solution because the instinct to kill is overwhelming Bancroft says One study in Michigan found that a single cat, given plenty of food, nevertheless killed 1,660 mammals and birds over 18 months And recent research at the University of Wisconsin suggests domestic cats in the United States kill an estimated 47 million rabbits each year Stanley Temple, a wildlife ecology and conservation professor who made the estimate, called the number shocking and warned that grassland birds living near farms may also be at risk While we rightfully fret about overwintering songbird habitat disappearing with the rainforests of South America, we turn a blind eye to what our cats do to the same birds while they are here during the vulnerable breeding season, Bancroft wrote in a provincial conservation magazine It doesn't matter if your pet is well fed; cats will kill anything from robins to grouse Bancroft says some ground-nesting birds song sparrows and juncos, for example are particularly vulnerable in Canada, especially in spring when there is little ground cover But cats will kill anything, from the rough grouse or partridges down to the robins, he said in an interview By killing small mammals, domestic cats may also be reducing the prey of wild predators - foxes, coyotes, bobcats, owls and hawks - leading to population declines higher up the food chain Some environmentally conscious communities have begun to fight back Prospective homeowners in a subdivision at Sadieville, Ky, near Lexington, must sign an agreement requiring them to put bells on their household cats to alert wildlife And a community near Melbourne, Australia, imposed that country's first curfew on animals last year Cat owners must lock up their animals from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. or face a $90 fine The measure was taken to preserve wildlife in the nearby 80-hectare Sherbrooke Forest In May this year, the southern Australia state of Victoria launched a campaign to control local cat predations The state's environment minister, Barry Pullen, called on residents to bell their cats and neuter them to curb the maiming or killing of an estimated 25 million wild animals each year Bancroft says cat owners concerned about the environment should prevent their animals from roaming freely You've got to take the cat from the kitten stage and you've got to keep it restrained, keep it indoors And instead of letting the cat out all night, let it out but get it back Bancroft also recommends neutering cats, male and female, and keeping the animals on a leash Rain queen reigns despite drought, modernity, upheaval LIZ SLY CHICAGO TRIBUNE MODJADJI - High in the pine-clad mountains of this remote corner of South Africa lives a legendary rain queen of ancient lineage who hasn't been having much luck lately Not only is southern Africa in the grip of the worst drought this century but its sacred rain-making forest has burned down, with worrying implications for next year's rainfall But more than the drought, which has withered crops and reduced the waterfalls of this normally lush region to a trickle, it is South Africa's changing political landscape that threatens to undermine the role of traditional leaders like the rain queen Western civilization, political upheaval and the social disruption caused by apartheid have already begun to erode many of South Africa's ancient traditions But in some areas, people continue to live in accordance with the customs of their ancestors, though with a few nods to modernity, as a visit to the kraal of Queen Modjadji V, the reigning rain queen, made clear A mystical, reclusive figure, the rain queen is in principle not allowed to be seen by ordinary mortals In practice, however, it is easy to meet her Queen Modjadji lives in a hut in the village that bears her name in the mountains of Lebowa, one of the nominally self-governing territories and homelands in which blacks were forced to live under apartheid To get there, you leave the tarmac roads of modern """"white"""" South Africa and drive some 13 kilometres along the unpaved dirt roads of the impoverished homeland, past the traditional thatched huts of the local Lovedu tribespeople bustling with goats and chickens At the first junction, marked by a small gas station whose ancient pumps must be worked by hand, there is a narrow track that twists up the mountain to the queen's kraal, a collection of some 60 thatched huts with a commanding view of the valley below A plump, matronly woman in her mid-50s dressed in a woolly beret and stout men's loafers Queen Modjadji V doesn't look much like one might imagine a queen of such mythical stature would look But she receives her gift regally and insists on being greeted with a low bow to the floor, in accordance with custom Modjadji rain queens have wielded their secret rain-making powers from this little village for two centuries Their ability to make rain or prevent it was legendary throughout southern Africa, and at the height of her powers, in the late 19th century, the rain queen ruled over one of the most powerful empires in the region Unlike other tribes, the Lovedu owed their success not to conquest or trade but simply to the fear their queen's powers inspired Even Shaka Zulu, the great warrior king, did not dare attack Modjadji, but paid her tribute instead Around her rain-making and other magical attributes there grew an aura of mystery, secrecy and even awe, which made many enemies fear to attack her, said Eileen Krige, South Africa's foremost expert on the Lovedu tribe, in a 1978 lecture She was the most extraordinary, most powerful, most mysterious female the South African homeland of Lebowa, Queen Modjadji remains, in theory at least, a mystical, reclusive monarch of her times But times have changed In days gone by, tribal chiefs, kings and even European farmers would journey to Modjadji at times of drought to seek the advice of the rain queen and pay her tribute No one comes now, she complained, settling back into one of the La-Z-Boy recliners lining her thatched hut In the past, yes, many people came, but now people lead the lives of Western civilization and they forget the traditional ways The small round hut shows that the queen herself has fallen prey to some Western influences The walls are covered with photographs of her wearing ceremonial leopard-skin robes interspersed with pictures of Jesus and his disciples I only bought them because they look nice, she said A dining room table, a stereo system, a large deep freeze and six brand-new La-Z-Boys, their price tags still attached, take up most of the floor space Although there is electricity, there is no running water: The development of the black homelands was not high on the agenda of the white South African government These days, the water that comes out of the communal taps on the edge of the village is brown and slushy because the dam at the bottom of the valley is almost empty But Queen Modjadji says there is nothing she can do about the drought I do not know what the problem is, she said Maybe it is a punishment for all the violence in this country It might seem odd that the guardian of centuries-old rain-making powers should absolve herself so utterly from responsibility for such a major rain-related calamity as the current drought But it is normal for leaders with secret powers to escape blame when things go wrong, said Deborah James, an anthropologist at Johannesburg's Witwatersrand University There's always an out, she said There's always an excuse of some kind, some ceremony that wasn’t performed properly, or someone who did something wrong, so that the traditional powers remain beyond dispute The views of local tribespeople bear this out It's not her fault, said a local farmer who would not give his name for fear of offending the tribal authorities Her sacred forest burned down, so there's nothing she can do Queen Modjadji, however, does not blame the burning of the forest, in which she holds her annual rain-making ceremony, for the drought Traditionally, the rain queen committed suicide at 65, after conveying her secrets to her successor But shocked Christian missionaries in the 1930s persuaded Queen Modjadji III that this was a bad idea, and she continued to rule until she died of natural causes at 56 Johannesburg GAZETTE TO PROTECT the matrilineal line from jealous male usurpers, the Lovedu developed a complex system of childbearing for their revered queen For the purpose of procreation, she was regarded as a man who took wives from among the local people These wives lived around the rain queen's huts, as the wives of a male leader would They mated with the tribe's noblemen, but their offspring were regarded as the queen's children She thus became the father-in-law of the leading tribesmen, a socially stable system that gave just about anyone a shot at being royalty while preventing any one man from getting too much power The rain queen herself was supposed to remain a virgin I may not have a husband or even a boyfriend, said Queen Modjadji It doesn't bother me, it's the custom She has, however, given birth to two natural daughters, one of whom will inherit the throne Under apartheid, the white government installed local tribal authorities in the homelands where blacks were forced to live It was a socially and economically disruptive system for many communities: the population increased to 120,000 from 40,000 The tribal authorities, formed from local chiefs and headmen, were paid by the government to ensure their compliance: the rain queen, who used to collect tribute from kings and chiefs throughout the region, now earns her keep with a salary from the South African government No wonder she is suspicious of the changes taking place No good will come of it, she said It will be an opportunity for one tribe to take over and dominate all the others national anthem singers last night: 11-year-old Christina Aguilera from nearby Wexford, Pa Interestingly, one of Aguilera's neighbors is Sid Bream, the former Pirates first baseman who now plays for the Braves Aguilera not only sings at Penguins games, the elementary school student also sang last week at the dedication ceremonies for the new Pittsburgh International Airport The Braves are trying to become the fifth straight National League West team to win the NL playoffs The streak began with Los Angeles in 1988, and continued with San Francisco (1989), Cincinnati (1990) and Atlanta (1991) The NL East won three straight from 1985-87 Overall, the NL West has won 13 of 23 NL playoffs PIRATES Put an end to home scoring drought CONTINUED FROM PAGE C1 three straight playoff series, with the Pirates in 1990 and against them for the Braves in 1991 and '92 Wakefield nearly was out of the inning the pitch before, but Slaught couldn't hold a foul tip on a 2-2 pitch Slaught made up for the foul-up one inning later with his homer, just the wakeup call the Pirates' offence needed Shut out in the final three games of the '91 series by 1-0, 1-0 and 4-0 scores the Pirates hadn't scored at home in the post-season since a solo run in the eighth inning of their 5-1 victory in Game 1 last year No major-league team has ever gone scoreless in so many consecutive post-season innings at home But then, few teams have ever had their big guns go so silent as Van Slyke and Bonds have for most of the last two post-seasons, at least until this one Bonds and Van Slyke are still a combined 3-for-21, but at least one did deliver Earlier, the Pirates were desperately in need of some momentum and some runs to get back in the series, and they thought they had it in the first when leadoff hitter Redus tripled to left Pittsburgh hadn't led in the playoffs, but this seemed to be a sure thing, even with the troubles that Van Slyke and Bonds have been having It wasn't Jay Bell bounced out to Glavine, with Redus holding Van Slyke hit a rope down the first-base line, but Bream fielded it, got the out and managed to hold Redus at the same time And, with the third-biggest crowd in Pirates history standing and waving their hooks their answer to the Braves' tomahawks Bonds grounded out weakly to first Fans, media too hard on Gaston: La Russa CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO Tony La Russa, a shoo-in for manager of the year for the way he got the oft-injured Oakland A's into the AL playoffs, can't figure out why Cito Gaston seems to be so maligned Gaston is regularly harassed by some fans down the third-base line near the Toronto dugout and second-guessed at every move by the Toronto media One writer went so far as to say Gaston should be fired if the Blue Jays fail to make it to the World Series La Russa was quick to come to Jays' defense There are mixed feelings along New York's Madison Ave today as CBS executives ponder the significance of the Toronto Blue Jays' win over the Oakland A's Thursday night In one respect, it's good news for the embattled U""",0,0,0,1,1,0
+110,19940219,modern,Drought,"FEBRUARY 19, 1994 B3 Jansen pumps his arms in the air after setting world record, hmm finally gets his second gold medal Ends 10 years of Olympic frustration HAMAR - Dan Jansen was at the 700-metre mark of the men's 1,000-metre speed-skating event when he felt his left leg slip. His hand went down to the ice and he had a feeling of déjà vu. """"It was just like the 500 metres,"""" said Jansen, recalling the slip which cost him a shot at the gold medal everyone expected to be his. That slip cost him precious time but it was different yesterday. """"This time, I recovered quickly. I had another small slip a few strides later and I concentrated on not pushing it. I was surprised that I came out of that corner with good speed."""" Good speed? Make that great speed. Nobody was faster yesterday. There has never been anybody faster. Jansen ended 10 years of frustration at the Winter Olympics and set a world record of one minute, 12.43 seconds en route to a gold-medal performance. """"It's an incredible relief,"""" said Jansen, who had never finished better than fourth in his previous Olympic races dating back to the 1984 Winter Games in Sarajevo. The drought included disastrous falls at the 1988 Games in Calgary where he competed in the 500 metres hours after learning that his older sister, Janes Beres, had died of leukemia. It appeared that Jansen would again go home empty-handed after he placed eighth in Monday's 500 metres. He was the world-record holder in that event but the slip proved costly. He wasn't expected to win the 1,000 metres. Seven skaters had faster times going into the race and, while he had won four World Cup races at the distance earlier this winter, he had been fourth in the two races immediately prior to the Olympics. And Jansen said he didn't feel good about his chances as he warmed up. """"I didn't feel comfortable,"""" said Jansen. """"When we race the World Cup circuit, we skate a 500 before we race the 1,000 and you're loose. I had to get on the bike to warm up because I wanted to feel a little tired. I was having trouble gripping the ice. But once the race started, I felt better. I had a good start and I got my speed up. And the important thing is that I kept my speed after I had that slip."""" The result was a world record that was more amazing because this was not a day marked by fast times. Jansen, who had never broken the 1:13 barrier, broke the mark of 1:12.54 set by Calgary's Kevin Scott earlier this winter. He was 29/100ths faster than runner-up Igor Zhelczosky of Belarus while Sergei Klevchanya of Russia was third in 1:12.85. They were the only skaters under 1:13 and Jansen was one of only three in the top 10 to establish a personal best. For most of the skaters, the record was far more impressive than the medal. That wasn't to say his rivals weren't happy to see Jansen win. """"He's a great guy and I'm happy for him,"""" said Quebec City's Sylvain Bouchard, who was happy with his fifth-place finish at 1:13.56. """"I was hoping a Canadian could win but if that's not possible, Dan is the best guy to win."""" """"I was overwhelmed by the crowd and by the Olympics,"""" said the 23-year-old Scott. """"I'm happy for Dan and I hope to learn something from him. He was here four times before he won. I'll be back."""" The standing-room-only crowd at the Viking Ship Olympic Hall was happy for Jansen but nobody in the stands was happier than his wife, Robin. She jumped out of her seat in the first row of the grandstand, threw her arms in the air and then ran to rinkside. """"It's finally over,"""" she said to a television commentator. """"We got what we came for."""" Later, as the gold medal was draped around her husband's neck, she broke into tears as she hugged the couple's eight-month-old daughter, named Jane Danielle after his sister. """"Daddy won the gold, Daddy won the gold,"""" she said to the child who would never understand the torment and disappointment that led to the moment. Jansen admitted to shedding a few tears of his own. """"Right now, I have trouble explaining how I feel,"""" said Jansen. """"I've always felt I was the best and it is a little bit ironic that I won the 1,000. Finally, I feel like I've made other people happy instead of having people feel sorry for me. In previous Olympics, I've gone home knowing that I'm the best but without a medal. Now, I'm the best and I have the medal. It's taken a while but at last we have a happy ending."""" WAYNE SCAXLAN SOUTHAM OLYMPIC BUREAU HAMAR - American Dan Jansen carried the weight of the world to a world record and Olympic gold. Canada's Kevin Scott carried the weight of a world record to 10th place. The tale of two men in speed skating's 1,000 metres. Dan's Day was not Canada's day. With a legitimate medal hope in Scott, Canada's best was the fifth place of Sylvain Bouchard of Loretteville, Que. """"Awesome for my first Olympics,"""" said Bouchard. Pat Kelly of Toronto was sixth. Sean Ireland of Winnipeg was 16th. There wasn't a soul at the Viking Ship oval yesterday who didn't feel a goosebump for Jansen, whose 10-year saga of Olympic anguish has been chronicled to death. Dan was on a deadline. He exorcised his Olympic demons in the final Olympic race of his career, going out in style by clocking in at one minute, 12.43 seconds. """"I feel unbelievable relief,"""" said Jansen, 28, of Greenfield, Wis. """"Finally a happy ending. I'm so happy for so many people besides myself. The world record is the best part. Now I have the 500 and 1,000. I was the best without an Olympic medal. Now I'm the best and I have one."""" Flip the coin and you get Scott, the 24-year-old from Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., who entered the race with the world's fastest official time in the 1,000 - 1:12.54 seconds. Scott had a fraction of Jansen's pressure, but wasn't up to it. In December, when Scott posted the world mark, the general reaction in Canada was, """"Kevin who?"""" Suddenly, he was lining up for the 1,500 and especially the 1,000. LILLEHAMMER - For someone nobody but Myriam Bédard and her inner circle knows, her coach sure was a hot topic of conversation in these frigid parts yesterday. For the past three years, Bédard has been guided by a """"mystery coach,"""" someone she refuses to identify who has managed to help her come up with a game plan that netted her an Olympic gold medal yesterday in the women's 15-kilometre biathlon event. Bédard said the mystery man wasn't at the Olympics, but that during the season she talks with her coach by telephone and receives faxes from him. Asked at her news conference whether she wouldn't like to reveal his identity now so he could share the limelight, Bédard didn't bite. """"He doesn't need the credit. I think he's very happy today,"""" she said, adding he had asked her not to say anything. """"It's an arrangement I have with him and we won't say it. It's just between us two."""" Bédard has talked in the past about getting help from European coaches, who no doubt would not want it spread around they might be helping an outside athlete. There is also speculation the mystery man is a former Olympic biathlon champion. But Canadian head coach Nikolay Kolitzerov, who professes to having no problems with Bédard's arrangement, said yesterday there is no mystery coach. """"It's not mystery,"""" said Kolitzerov. """"Just most of the time she gives to one of the Italian wax technicians her skis. It's not mystery. This man has a lot of experience and she has good relations with the (Italian) team, and all the time he prepares her skis."""" RAKOVY STARKMAN SOUTHAM OLYMPIC BUREAU - Bédard Difference between gold and silver was one shot CONTINUED FROM PAGE El The final difference between Bédard's winning time of 52 minutes, 6.6 seconds and that of runner-up Anne Briand of France was 46.7 seconds. Missing the final shot would have cost Bédard a one-minute penalty - and the gold. """"I could have missed two,"""" a relieved Bédard said. """"My legs were too tired."""" Ursula Disl of Germany won the bronze. Tonya Harding's press conference knows how to overhaul a transmission, fire a rifle and turn double axels around the FBI. For all this and continued speculation she played a major role in the attack on Nancy Kerrigan, Harding has become the biggest attraction at the world's biggest sporting event. And when she agreed to meet with the media yesterday, it sparked a journalistic frenzy not seen for at least what? Three days now? Wearing a fixed smile, a Team USA outfit and a silver crucifix, Harding jammed the auditorium of the Main Press Centre, a room built for 1,100 people, three dozen TV cameras and an extra assignment of Norwegian police. Not only was it a record-breaking turnout, shattering the previous attendance record, but it was also a chance for Harding to hit for the cycle. Sylvain Bouchard was the top Canadian, finishing in fifth place, as a serious medal contender. Despite having competed internationally since 1989, including three events at the Albertville Games, Scott found Norway to be a whole new ball game. """"My heart rate must have been 180 or 190 and that was before I did my race,"""" he said. Myriam Bédard was on target yesterday in winning the gold medal in the biathlon. One longtime member of the biathlon circuit said Italian wax technician Fabio Cavagnet began preparing Bédard's skis about three years ago, when the Italians were barely fielding their own women's team. It is believed it was Cavagnet who came to Bédard's rescue in Albertville when Biathlon Canada officials botched her ski preparation the day before the race. Bédard said the most important thing for her is she has total faith in her coach. """"If he told me you won't feel good at this race, I believe him,"""" she said. """"If he told me, you will feel good at the Olympics, I believe him. That's what is the most important."""" Veteran Lise Meloche, 33, of Chelsea, Que., enjoyed a good race, finishing tied for 18th in 55:27. Kristin Berg of Calgary was 51st in 59:44. While she had an agonizing wait for the other competitors to finish before being confirmed an Olympic bronze medallist in Albertville two years before, Bédard didn't have to delay celebrations this time. Third last to start, there was no question she had become Olympic champion by the time she crossed the finish line. Kerrigan's news conference of a week ago, it was a pretty good indication people everywhere are still hot-wired into Tonya and her story. Journalists from China asked her questions. Journalists from Scandinavia wanted to know how she felt. One guy from Japan asked a question that defied interpretation. From Jere Longman of the New York Times: """"You lied to us about your smoking. You lied to the FBI. You've failed a polygraph test. Why should we believe anything you say?"""" Diane Rawlinson: """"I think we're here to talk about Tonya's skating."""" Harding: """"I agree with my coach."""" A CP anything,"""" said Scott, dead honest about his case of the yips. """"I have my best races when I'm relaxed. I wasn't and it did me in."""" Scott was also out of sorts in Wednesday's 1,500. The crowd noise bothered him, he said. He had trouble focusing and finished 28th. Canadian team biathlon leader Mike Baker, an assistant coach with the team, said they weren't concerned by the fact their star athlete is working with a coach whose identity is kept secret from them. """"If that's what's going to work for her, then that's what's good for us,"""" he said, adding they hope to put the past controversy between Bédard and the association behind them. """"I think everyone's going to bask in the gold medal and now we're going to see what happens. She's going to do well by this and I think it's going to be good for the sport."""" Bédard said she hadn't decided about any future plans beyond the Olympics. Her first reaction was to look for her parents, who mercifully no longer had to remain mute. """"That's when I had the greatest moment in Albertville, is when I saw my parents,"""" Bédard said. """"I think it's one of the greatest today, too."""" Bédard may not be done here yet. She'll race Wednesday in the women's 7.5-kilometre biathlon sprint, an event she claimed gold in at last year's world championships. """"I was very stressed the last couple of days,"""" she said. """"Now, the pressure is off. I might do well again. I don't know."""" Things have certainly changed since Bédard's school days when she talked her teacher out of placing her in the advanced group for cross-country skiing. """"I told her I want to stay in the slow group because I wanted to enjoy it and look at the trees and have fun,"""" she said. """"She could not believe that I did not choose to go with the fast group at the time."""" Well, Bédard's keeping fast company now - and she's the fastest. CP Harding may have wanted to talk skating, but she spent much of her time going over familiar issues - what she knew, what she did, why she lied to the FBI. She was well-rehearsed in her responses and never once lost her composure. Every time she rearranged her smile it was serenaded by the clicks from 100 motor-driven cameras. The conference lasted 40 minutes and allowed Harding to hit for the cycle. She thanked God, her team, her teammates, her country and she even spoke sweetly about the media, saying she respected its job and wished only that other athletes could receive the same attention she was getting. CALGARY HERALD Buying clunkers to limit California's air pollution SCOTT THURM KNIGHT-RIDDER NEWSPAPERS SAN JOSE, Calif. - Think of it as clunkers for cash - and clean air to boot. San Francisco Bay area air-pollution officials are considering allowing businesses to buy and destroy old, high-polluting cars instead of meeting strict smokestack emission limits or tough new carpool rules. The proposal, which could become final by the end of the year, is modelled on a year-old program in Southern California, where businesses have been paying up to $700 per car. But the Bay area version, which would be the country's second, would be much broader, allowing businesses to gain credits for a wider variety of anti-pollution rules. Only cars built before 1975 are likely to qualify. That's the year that new cars were required to have catalytic converters, which reduce emissions by improving the combustion of what would otherwise be unburned fuel. Pre-1975 cars emit up to 50 times as much pollution as current models. Here's the idea, pioneered by the oil giant Unocal in a 1990 experiment: motor-vehicle emissions are the principal source of smog-forming compounds. These old cars spew so much pollution that taking them off the road - by steering motorists to newer, lower-polluting models - will reduce those emissions. If businesses buy and destroy the old cars, they should earn credits toward meeting other pollution rules. """"To the degree that they accelerate the retirement of older cars, they speed up our progress toward clean air,"""" said Bill Sessa, spokesman for the state Air Resources Board, which supports the program. Businesses love the concept, because they sometimes find it cheaper to buy old cars than install expensive new pollution equipment. San Francisco Bay area ponders an experimental plan to clean up the roads. It would allow businesses that buy and destroy pre-1975 cars to earn credits toward meeting other pollution rules. The cost: $700 a car. Major Bay area companies are hoping to scrap old cars to reduce the impact of new rules that require them to increase carpooling and mass-transit ridership among their employees. Helene Sahadi York, vice-president of the Bay Area Council, a regional business group, called the proposal """"a terrific idea. It is an effective way to reduce emissions and improve air quality."""" Some environmentalists have raised concerns about the impact on a factory's neighbors by allowing the company to essentially buy the right to emit more pollution. But the program generally has been welcomed as part of a growing trend to use financial incentives - rather than strict regulations - to reduce pollution. In Southern California, eight businesses have bought and destroyed about 2,500 cars in the last year. Most were oil companies seeking to avoid installing pollution-control devices on terminals for unloading oil tankers. But Warner Bros. bought a handful of cars so it could continue using a high-emission coating in special effects. """"This is probably one of the most cost-effective ways of reducing air pollution,"""" said Barry Lane, spokesman for Los Angeles-based Unocal. Last year, the company spent about $300,000 buying and destroying 375 cars, earning enough credits to avoid spending millions on improvements at its marine terminal. If the Bay area begins a similar program, Lane said Unocal would look for ways to use it at its Rodeo refinery. The Southern California program includes elaborate rules to ensure that the cars being destroyed truly were being used and not sitting on blocks in a backyard. Cars had to have been continuously registered for two years, with insurance for one. Michael Murphy, a supervising environmental planner for the Bay area district, said the program will focus on about 200,000 cars built from 1972 to 1974 and still registered in the Bay area. Murphy said he would like to target cars that flunk the Smog Check test and don't have to be repaired; but this may not be practical because businesses generally can buy any older car to gain credit. Open 7 days, 7 evenings, every weekend: We reserve the right to limit quantities. Specials are valid for in-store shopping only. If one of our stores is short of an item, ask for """"Our Apologies"""" raincheck, maximum 3 items valid from February 19 to 25, 1994. The text will always prevail over the picture which serves as a guide only. No sales to merchants. UN conference supports cuts in greenhouse gases REUTER GENEVA - Delegates from 130 countries have agreed that there must be new cuts in greenhouse gas emissions if global warming is to be halted, participants at a UN conference said yesterday. Officials from Argentina, Canada and Britain said there was no consensus on new universal targets beyond the current aim for developed countries to stabilize emissions at their 1990 level by the year 2000. The conference chairman, Raul Estrada-Oyuela of Argentina, said it had been widely accepted that the target """"will not be sufficient to stabilize atmospheric concentrations of these gases at levels that would prevent potentially dangerous interference with the climate system."""" The two-week gathering of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee was called to discuss implementation of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, agreed upon at the June 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro. Greenhouse emissions, including carbon dioxide and many gases used in the chemical industry worldwide, are blamed for the increase in droughts, flooding and other weather-related natural disasters. The Rio treaty, signed by 160 countries and ratified by 55, goes into effect March 21. The INC is due to be replaced by a permanent body, the Conference of Parties, which will hold its first session in March 1995 in Berlin. THE RSP MULTI-RATER GO FOR THE BEST RATE AND MAKE THE MOST OUT OF YOUR MONEY! With Laurentian Bank's RSP MULTI-RATER, you're guaranteed a great interest rate for the next 5 years - a rate that grows to reach 8 by the fifth year! 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Pesticides: DDT, carbofuran and other sprays kill millions of birds each year in many countries. Lead shot: geese, swans, ducks, storks eat lead - and die. Hunting: more than 50 million birds killed each year in Italy alone. Urbanization: devastating for vulnerable species. THE GUARDIAN Mars exploration planned for 1996 NEW YORK - NASA is making plans for a new program of Mars exploration that will begin with the launching of two small unpiloted flights in November 1996. The program is an attempt to recover as quickly as possible from the failure of the Mars Observer mission last summer. The decade-long program would involve relatively low-cost spacecraft, including some designed to make scientific observations from orbit and others capable of landing on the Martian surface. The launchings would be scheduled every 25 months, taking advantage of each favorable launching opportunity that occurs as Mars comes into alignment with Earth. By the end of the flights, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration planners said, scientists should have a broad understanding of the annual climate cycles on Mars, the surface mineralogy and chemistry and the detailed topography of potential landing sites for humans. More immediately, they said, the surveys should set the stage for a robotic mission to Mars early in the next century to collect soil and rock samples and bring them back to Earth for study. NEW YORK TIMES Cave yields fossil teeth of both ape and man NEW YORK - Vietnamese and American anthropologists have discovered a jumble of fossils pointing to the likelihood that early humans and a surprising large number of other primate species lived in close touch with each other 250,000 years ago. The fossils, which include at least two previously unknown species, represent a period in human history long believed by many scientists to have coincided with a major decline in the diversity of hominoids, the primate group that includes apes as well as humans. Human beings themselves were suspected of having played a role in this supposed decline by helping to drive other hominoids to extinction. But the discovery that human beings of the species Homo erectus shared late-middle Pleistocene time with many other hominoid species might prompt a revision of this theory. The latest hominoid remains to come in tight consist entirely of disembodied teeth, were excavated from the Tuyet Muoi Cave, one of many similar caves in Lane Son Province in northern Vietnam. Initial results of the study were published last month by the American Museum of Natural History in New York. The fossil teeth finds included: those of orangutans similar to those living today; those of a previously unknown species similar to orangutans; nine teeth from the human species Homo erectus; three from the extinct ape Gigantopithecus blacki and some that defied description. NEW YORK TIMES There's no evidence the Sahara is expanding, according to satellite studies. Instead, desert and drylands move back and forth, mainly as the result of climate. WILLIAM K. STEVENS NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK - Common wisdom has it that the deserts of the world are on the march, steadily expanding, permanently converting pastures and croplands to sand dunes, and that human mistreatment of the drylands that flank the deserts is responsible. But scientists using the most up-to-date investigative techniques have found no evidence that this is true, at least in the case of the Sahara and its immediate environs, everyone's favorite and most serious example of what is called """"desertification."""" In view of the lack of evidence, many experts suspect that the threatening image of encroaching deserts may be more myth than fact. The findings, based largely on satellite measurements, are forcing a reassessment of just what is happening in the arid and semi-arid drylands along the desert's perimeter, which have turned out to be more resilient than once thought. Talks on a multinational treaty to deal with desertification continue next month in Geneva, with a global convention expected to be concluded in June. But some leaders of the international effort to halt drylands degradation have backed away from the idea that deserts are expanding. In fact, they and others say, the very term desertification confuses the issue and obscures what is really going on in the drylands. No one denies that what is taking place in the drylands is serious. As in much of the rest of the world, growing population and economic pressures are depleting the soil, damaging vegetation and natural ecosystems, depressing agricultural yields and threatening the future survival of those who live in the regions between deserts and more humid grasslands. Drylands' sparse rainfall and inevitable droughts make them more vulnerable than more humid regions. The degradation is serious enough to the 900 million people who live in these regions, which cover a quarter of the Earth's land mass. But are the drylands turning into permanent deserts? Not likely, according to the emerging scientific evidence. Images obtained by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration from meteorological satellites show that from 1980 through 1990, the boundary between the Sahara and the Sahel drylands region on its southern border - actually a vegetative transition zone rather than a sharp line - did not move steadily south, as conventional wisdom would have it. Rather, the vegetation line moved back and forth in conjunction with rainfall patterns, creeping northward in wetter years and southward in drier ones. The shifts from one year to the next ranged from 30 to 150 miles along the border, but no overall trend could be discerned one way or the other. Swedish scientists at the University of Lund, combining a variety of data collected by satellites and aircraft with ground observations, examined the Sahara-Sahel border in the Sudan for the period 1962 to 1984, when the border was thought to be moving southward. The studies found this was not happening. The Swedish scientists also found, contrary to what some had argued, no evidence that patches of desert were spreading outward from villages and water holes within the drylands area of the Sahel. And they found no changes in vegetation cover and crop productivity that could not be explained by variations in rainfall. Major oscillations between extended dry and wet climate patterns are a normal and governing fact of life in the drylands, said James Ellis, an ecologist who heads the Centre for Environment and Sustainable Agriculture, a research group in Morrillton, Ark., run by the Winrock Corp., a private voluntary organization. Long-term rainfall records show that the climate in Africa's drylands has shifted back and forth between periods of extended drought and higher rainfall for at least the last 10,000 years. On the basis of long-term studies in Kenya, Ellis believes that climate keeps the drylands in a continual state of disequilibrium, and is a bigger influence on the dynamics of drylands ecology than people are. While the evidence taken together suggests that climate is the major influence on crops and natural ecosystems in the Sahel, it does not yet prove the case. The scientific record is too sparse and short at this point, says Compton Tucker of the space agency's Goddard Space Flight Centre, who conducted the 1980-1990 satellite studies. Forty to 50 years of observations might be necessary to determine for sure whether the desert is spreading and, if so, whether climate or human activity is most responsible. The evidence does not mean that deserts are not spreading, but simply that """"we can't find it,"""" said Ulf Hellden, the leader of the Swedish team. Nevertheless, he said, """"our hypothesis is that climate is responsible for whatever land degradation is taking place"""" in the Sahel. """"We know we can explain 70, perhaps 80 per cent of the food productivity variability with rainfall statistics, which leaves another 20 to 30 per cent we cannot explain,"""" he said. THE prime candidate for explaining that 20 to 30 per cent is human activity, argues Franklin Cardy, a Canadian who directs the Nairobi-based desertification-control program of the United Nations Environment Program, which has led the struggle to halt drylands degradation. """"There is no doubt in my mind"""" that excessive grazing and cultivation are causing serious land degradation in drylands, said David Hillel, an environmental scientist, hydrologist and soil expert at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. One problem, Cardy said, is that it is extremely difficult to measure land degradation scientifically. """"It's invisible, essentially,"""" he said. """"The farmer knows he or she has less and less crop, knows that it's not going to be sustainable. The farmer will tell you, but not quantifiably."""" The proposition that deserts are expanding dates to the early years of this century. The idea that regenerating drylands on the edge of the deserts would stop the spread emerged at about the same time. Over the years, anecdotal evidence convinced many scientists, development experts and much of the public that deserts were indeed advancing. By the 1970s, this view had long since moved into the mainstream; in 1972, the U.S. Agency for International Development asserted that the Sahara was moving southward at 30 miles a year. But many scientists in time came to see the anecdotal evidence as unconvincing. Go to the drylands in the dry season of a drought year, they pointed out, and the land will certainly look like a desert. But in many cases, they added, that same land would look different in a wet year. Cardy calls the concept of expanding deserts and advancing sand dunes """"largely invalid."""" And he believes, along with Hillel and others, that the term """"desertification"""" should be jettisoned. It persists, Cardy and others say, mainly as a political artifact, a way to call attention to one regional expression of the global problem of land degradation, and thereby attract financial assistance. African countries, in fact, extracted the promise of a desertification treaty at the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro as the price of their support of other countries on other issues. And so the term desertification hangs on, though its definition was enlarged in Rio to encompass more than human activity as a cause of deterioration of drylands. The definition adopted by the Rio delegates reads: """"Desertification is land degradation in arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid areas resulting from various factors, including climatic variations and human activities."""" Definitions aside, Cardy said, the practical issue is what to do about human impact on the drylands, whatever the influence of climate and whether or not the desert is advancing. Some experts say that if the drylands are mostly hostage to climate, it might be best to concentrate resources and effort on improving wetter, more productive lands where the costs would be lower and the returns in terms of agricultural yields would be much greater. """"That's a good economic argument,"""" Cardy said, """"but where are the people who live in the drylands going to go? As populations grow, are we going to say that because it's tough we'll turn our backs on them? It doesn't make sense. People have been making a living in those areas for millennia."""" Egypt sets sights on developing the Sinai KIM MURPHY LOS ANGELES TIMES TAKADOM, Egypt - The peaked sands that fed and bewitched the chin their midst, clinging to a tenuous life, have sprung these few acres of new-sprouted olives, vegetables and tiny brick houses, battered by a chilly desert wind. The settlement is called Takadom, which means """"progress,"""" and it is one of Egypt's tentative assertions of national possession over the vast northern Sinai, an empty desert roamed by invaders since the dawn of history and lost to Israel for 15 years, booty of the last two Arab-Israeli wars. Here, in the northern Sinai southwest of Al Arish, a few dozen Egyptian families have settled in the one-room houses, fenced sandy lots and five acres of planted fields that the Cairo government is offering all university graduates mortgage-free for five years. Then, each family will have 30 years to pay off the $3,283 they owe for the land. For Egypt, it is a way of easing the burden of population in the teeming Nile Valley - where 96 per cent of the country's 60 million people live on the fertile land, just 4 per cent of Egypt's territory, that straddles the river. And politically, development of the Sinai asserts, once and for all, Egypt's hold on the strategic peninsula. Twelve years after Israel returned the 23,622-square-mile Sinai to Egypt with the historic Camp David peace accords, Egypt is taking the most ambitious steps in its history to finally populate the vast, mountainous desert that is the most important land buffer between Arabs and Jews. Last month, digging began on the second phase of the Salaam (Peace) Canal, a $1.4 billion project to carry 12.5 million cubic metres a day of fresh water from the Nile into the northern Sinai, irrigating 400,000 acres of new farmland and opening the way for 3 million or more Egyptians to eventually populate a region that is now, despite 12 years of sporadic development, home to only about 250,000 Egyptians. It is the second-largest public works project in Egypt's history - second only to the Aswan High Dam on the Nile - and a crucial part of Egypt's plans not only to call the Sinai its own but to capitalize on $2.5 billion in investment envisioned as taking place in the neighboring Gaza Strip and West Bank when a peace agreement is signed between Palestinians and Israel. Eventually, Sinai development will guarantee Egypt's place in the emerging Middle East market and open a trade and travel corridor - possible only with a final peace between Arabs and Israel - that will link Libya on Egypt's western border, through the Sinai, to Israel, Jordan, Syria, Turkey and finally Europe. """"We are trying to make our plans, taking into consideration the changes that are happening in the area and internationally,"""" said Hussein Gcbaly of Egypt's Ministry of Reconstruction. """"To the west we have the (North American Free Trade) Agreement, to the east we have the new tigers of Asia, and we have in our area the new Middle East market with its dimensions that are imposing change on us."""" The Sinai development plan, which has the highest priority in Egypt's five-year development projections, envisions new links between Egypt proper and the peninsula, either via a bridge across the Suez Canal or two new tunnels beneath it, an industrial zone straddling the canal at the city of Suez, expanded airports and power plants, mining development in the Sinai interior and a vast new network of housing, farmland and tourism along the pristine beaches of the Gulf of Aqaba. For years, the Sinai foundered under Egyptian control, in part because the Israelis destroyed much of the infrastructure they laid down during their 15-year occupation. The Israeli settlement town of Yamit, near the northern city of Al Arish, still lies in bulldozed ruins as it was left by furious Israeli settlers when they were forced out by the Israeli army. In the early years, Israeli experimental farms near Nuweiba, taken over by Egyptian Bedouins, fell into decline, and tourist villages built in the Israeli era languished along the Sinai coastline. Bedouin fishermen damaged the coral reefs of the eastern coast by dynamiting their catch, and a massive land grab by both Egyptian and foreign investors for tourist hotel development near the peninsula's southern tip at Sharm el Sheik threatened to irreparably befoul the pristine environment of the southern Sinai, with its untouched mountain valleys, clear turquoise waters and colorful underwater marine life. But in recent years, Egypt, under massive pressure from international environmental groups, has set up a controlled development plan that is maximizing hotel construction along the eastern coast while imposing strict requirements on water desalination, garbage disposal and sewage-treatment systems. The system should guarantee protection of the natural wonders that attract tourist dollars. Now, about 750 square miles of southern Sinai - or 52 per cent of the Aqaba coast - have been set aside as part of a national protected area that joins the Ras Muhammad National Park on the tip of the peninsula. """"They were convinced by the economic argument that you needed to protect the resources if you were going to develop resource-based tourism, and now they're very serious about it,"""" said Michael Pearson, project manager for the Ras Muhammad preserve.""
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+111,19900624,modern,Flood,"""Donations must include the mention """"Iranian Earthquake."""" All religions invited to mass to pray for unity. Members of two English-language Presbyterian churches on the West Island will attend mass today at a French-language Roman Catholic church in a gesture of intercultural solidarity as part of St. Jean Baptiste Day celebrations. Rev. Jim Patterson, of St. Giles Presbyterian Church in Baie d'Urfe, said the special mass is being celebrated for a fourth consecutive year so worshippers can pray for the unity of all Christians, just as Jesus Christ wanted. He said everyone is invited: """"French and English, Catholics and Protestants, regardless of politics, we want to demonstrate that in Jesus Christ we are all brothers and sisters."""" The gesture is intended to demonstrate the unity of all Quebecers, of whatever mother tongue, he said. St. Giles will cancel its Sunday service for that day so members can attend the 10 a.m. mass at St. Joachim Church in Pointe Claire. Members of St. Columba by the Lake Presbyterian Church in Pointe Claire, which holds weekly worship on Wednesdays during the summer, will also be urged to worship at St. Joachim, along with any other people interested. Members of different churches will pray from the pulpit during the mass. Because of long-standing theological difficulties regarding communion, Protestants will not receive communion during the service. I Love proves to be strongest language for bilingual duo DAVID JOHNSTON THE GAZETTE VALLEYFIELD Gerry Cherry answered the doorbell, but it was his wife, Dolores, who greeted the visitor first. """"Entrez, entrez, je vous en prie,"""" she said. """"Come in,"""" Gerry echoed. """"Est-ce que je peux vous offrir une petite liqueur?"""" Dolores asked. """"Une bonne petite liqueur? Will you have something to drink?"""" Gerry echoed. Meet Gerry, he's 79, anglophone, and weak in French. Meet Dolores, she's 78, francophone, and weak in English. They celebrated their first wedding anniversary last Sunday. Recalls summer of '31 If life were a soap opera, Gerry and Dolores would be stars in """"As Quebec Turns."""" For theirs is a love story that has come full circle. One day in June 1988, Gerry was up at his friend John Parker's lodge in Val David when he got to thinking about Dolores. He hadn't seen her in 57 years. A widower for two years, he was curious. He remembered the first time he had seen her, in the summer of 1931, up at Lac des lies in the Laurentians. He was sitting on a wharf with Parker. Dolores walked by in a bathing suit and Gerry thought she had great legs. He remembers turning to John and saying, """"Wow!"""" Gerry and Dolores dated that summer. He was 19, she was 18. Then their lives took different directions. Dolores married in 1939 and stayed married 47 years until her husband's death in 1986. Gerry married in 1940 and stayed married 46 years. And then, one day in June of 1988, Gerry met a man at Parker's lodge who used to know Dolores back in 1931. Gerry asked about her. The man had an address for Dolores in Valleyfield, but no telephone number. Parker had a friend look up Dolores's number for him. Gerry phoned Dolores the next day. The night before his call, Dolores dreamed of Gerry, even though she hadn't seen or spoken to him in 57 years. In his first phone call to her in 57 years, Gerry asked Dolores out on a date. """"I had a feeling we would come together,"""" Dolores said. Gerry and Dolores Cherry have been married for one year. THE GAZETTE MONTREAL, SUNDAY, JUNE 24 1990 A-3 HOMES FLOODED, HIGHWAY CLOSED AFTER RAIN STORMS IN LAURENTIANS Severe rainstorms hit the lower Laurentians around 8 p.m. last night, flooding basements and causing two minor accidents and a one-hour closure of the Laurentian Autoroute, Highway 15. """"About six inches of water accumulated beneath an overpass at kilometre 45 on the autoroute. We had to close it so work crews could pump the water out,"""" said SQ official Pierre Rochefort. St. Jerome, Ste. Sophie, Bellefeuille and Lafontaine were hardest hit by the rainstorm, which dumped about two inches of water in two hours. """"For 2½ hours you couldn't see the other side of the street,"""" said an SQ officer from the St. Jerome detachment. """"All our emergency crews are out working, pumping water out of basements and clearing the streets,"""" St. Jerome Mayor Maurice Prud'homme said. Prud'homme added that most of the homes affected were bungalows on Hourassa Blvd, which flooded when storm drains backed up. """"After a bit of time, not long, I was talking about moving out the next year and Gerry said, 'We'll move out together.' Dolores was looking for a new flat in Valleyfield at the time, and Gerry was living in Dorval. But Gerry didn't want to live with Dolores out of wedlock: """"He was too good a Catholic for that,"""" Dolores said. Instead, Gerry proposed marriage. Dolores said they should both take time to think. """"And then we both said yes."""" In the first few months of their marriage, communication was, well, interesting, given the language barrier and that both Gerry and Dolores are somewhat hard of hearing. Gerry's French is very limited, and Dolores had lost most of the English she spoke as a teenager. So they communicated in the universal language of love, in the language of smiles, hugs and tender gestures. Now they communicate more in English than in French: her little English is better than his French. Said Dolores: """"Maybe I am vain, but I want to perfect my English."""" Both Gerry and Dolores still miss their first spouses. """"But when you're old,"""" Dolores said, """"you look for someone who is sympathetic and who listens well. Our characters mesh. I can see this is working."""" Asked if there is such a thing as real love, or a secret to love, Gerry replied: """"Well, I started work in a bank before I turned 16. Not having graduated, I found it very necessary to try to understand everything and not get mad. Because you can learn more by asking questions nicely. And I've tried to keep that in my lifestyle, so you don't have to scream at anybody."""" And what about the fact neither he nor Dolores is comfortable in the other's mother tongue? Why is it they get along so well, when the founding peoples of Canada sometimes don't see eye to eye? """"I try to always analyze and put things in a proper light,"""" Gerry said. """"And I think you always have to look at the other person's side of things."""" Dolores nodded. That nod meant yes in English, and yes in French. GAZETTE, ALLEN McINNIS umbrella with his father, Michel, at open-air concert last night. PARADE MARK CELEBRATION ST. JEAN BAPTISTE DAY PARADE Today's parade is expected to end at Take the Metro to He Ste. Helene or a shuttle bus from either Papineau Metro station, or Man and His World. There will be no parking on He Ste. Helene. In case of rain, the concert will be postponed to tomorrow. The traditional St. Jean Baptiste mass will be held at St. Jean Baptiste Church, on Rachel St, near Henri Julien Ave, at 10 a.m. today. A fete populaire outside the church will follow, featuring the Ensemble National de Folklore les Sortileges. Taxi driver tacked robbers in Laval A St. Laurent taxi driver was injured early yesterday when an armed robbery turned violent. Michael McMahon, 22, of Candiac Taxis, said he's lucky to be alive after being attacked by his two passengers in a parking lot in Laval at around 4 a.m. He suffered several cuts from a butter knife and """"at least 15 punches"""" to the stomach. But McMahon was able to return home yesterday after spending the night at Sacre Coeur hospital. McMahon said he picked up the two men on the corner of Gouin Blvd and Grenet St, near the Lachapelle Bridge. There was no indication of trouble, McMahon said. """"They were very calm. The whole time they were in the car, they carried on a conversation in the back seat. I wasn't worried."""" The two men asked McMahon to take them to le Corbusier Blvd by way of Souvenir Blvd in Laval. """"When we got to the parking lot at the school beside city hall, one of the guys asked me to stop so he could, you know, have a leak."""" McMahon said he avoids dark parking lots, but this one was well lit and across the street from a high-rise. One of the men pulled out a butter knife and put it to his throat. McMahon said he gave them his money and cooperated until they ordered him to get into the trunk. He said he was afraid of what they might do to him and decided the man with the butter knife might hurt him but wouldn't kill him. McMahon said he struggled with the men for several minutes before they gave up, hopped into his car, and drove off. His car was later found in Cote St. Luc. PUBLIC FLOODS SPCA WITH CASH AND FOOD FOR 200 SICK DOGS Gifts of dog food and money poured into the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals yesterday to help care for more than 200 dogs seized in raids on two """"puppy mills"""" last week. The organization has more food than it needs, but still needs cash to pay for medication, SPCA director Jean-Louis Castonguay said. """"All these dogs are sick."""" Medication could cost as much as $200 per dog for about 175 dogs seized Thursday in Weedon, he said. The best thing people can do to help is become members of the SPCA, which receives no funding from government, he said. Thirty-two dogs seized Monday from a home in St. Samuel, near Victoriaville, have been placed in foster care. The SPCA's Jean Talon St. shelter was overflowing with dogs, about a dozen of which had litters. New car's value lies in radio, makeup mirror I was out car-shopping the other day and I saw a guy walk up to a brand new car and kick it right in the tires. """"What a lovely, old-fashioned gesture,"""" I said to my wife. """"Whaddya wanna bet he looks under the hood?"""" Sure enough, he did. I called the kids over. """"See that man over there?"""" They nodded. """"He's buying a car the way Grampa used to."""" The kids nodded sagely. The kids always nod sagely when they haven't got a clue what I'm talking about. I felt like taking the poor goof aside and telling him there's no point looking under the hood anymore. Just like Mom's. The engine's mounted sideways, they've done away with the carburetor, and the battery's probably under the back seat. I had a friend who was a touring country musician. He used to make dinner on the exhaust manifold of his '57 Buick. Sixty miles an hour for three miles and a can of Clark's beans was as hot and savory as Mom's ever was. I can't find the exhaust manifold on my new car. (What happened if you went that extra mile at 60 per? You splattered the underside of the hood with pork fat and tomato sauce. Almost as smelly as hitting a moose.) No, the key to buying a new car is accessories. You can kick the tires all you want, but the real test of your modern automobile is the makeup mirror. Is there one on both sides? Do they have lights? Can they be dimmed? Are they adjustable for daylight and candlelight? Is there a drink tray? There better be, otherwise sure as God made little apples, you're going to end up wearing hot coffee on your lap. And you'll do it when there's an 18-wheeler six inches off your bumper and a cement mixer on either side as you slalom through construction on the Metropolitan. Is there a change tray? Sure, Car buyer's dream: a rolling karaoke bar. Provincial police The Quebec Association of Provincial Police reached a deal Friday night with the administration of the Surete du Quebec. Public Security Minister Sam Elkas announced the new contract deal with the 5,000-member union yesterday. The deal brought an end to pressure tactics that began Thursday including Surete du More city or were pregnant. Most of the dogs from Weedon will be placed in foster care in the next week, he said. The SPCA pays for food and medication for the dogs while they are in foster care. The fate of the dogs will be determined only when the courts rule in the two cases, he said. The owner of the dogs seized in Weedon, Leo Jean, was placed on probation for a year and barred from keeping animals for two years after pleading guilty in a similar case in 1985. Castonguay said puppy mills are very profitable businesses that supply animals to laboratories, pet shops and flea markets. He said the dogs seized from Weedon yesterday were """"subdued and resigned,"""" and barely moved when veterinarians and technicians examined them. Some are as old as 10 or 12, he said. A change tray is still the one thing between you and the agony of finding a metered parking space without having the change to feed it. And you'll never have to tip a parking lot attendant again. They can just help themselves. Your gas tank. Can you pop the little door from inside the car? Does the little door have a little rack on it specifically designed to accommodate the little gas tank cap? This is important if you want to keep grimy hands and fuel-dipped gas tank caps off your precious pearlescent paint job. A cigarette lighter is vital. Nobody in their right mind smokes anymore, so throw away the lighter. You want the socket that you can use to plug in the computer, the phone, the fax, the photocopier, the television set, the Nintendo, the radar detector and the satellite dish. Glow in the dark. Your radio. Is it loud enough to make your ears bleed? If not, the car is not for you. Does the radio have lots of buttons? Distractions are important on a long drive. Mine glow real nice in the dark. Kinda like a flickering fireplace. A tap here and there and not only can I pump up the volume, I can scan for a new station, skip from track to track on the tape deck and the CD player and reset all the AM and FM presets when I hit a new town. Now if they'd just build a set of electronic drums into the steering wheel and run the car phone's microphone through the stereo system, I'd be a-happy man. Phil Collins in a karaoke bar on wheels. Accept contract Quebec officers' refusal to hand out speeding tickets. Details of the new agreement were not available, but the deal is expected to raise Surete du Quebec officers' salaries to be roughly equal to those of Montreal Urban Community police officers. A first-class constable with the MUC force earns approximately $45,000. news, Page F7. """"Zodiac"""" gunman shoots fourth New York victim NEWSDAY NEW YORK On four Thursdays in the last 15 weeks, the man who calls himself """"Zodiac"""" has shot and wounded four defenseless New Yorkers for no apparent reason. And according to a threat he mailed to police in November, he will continue until he has attacked someone from each of the 12 signs of the zodiac. Police have assigned a major task force to handle the case. And Chief of Detectives Joseph Borrelli has warned New Yorkers to beware of """"strangers who are curious about their birth date or birth sign."""" Zodiac's messages are so bizarre that police originally considered the threats a prank. On Nov. 19 he sent police a note calling himself the Zodiac and promising to kill when """"12 belts in the heaven are seen."""" As recently as last Wednesday after the gunman sent notes to a newspaper and a television network claiming responsibility for three shootings, police thought he might just disappear. But the gunman struck again the next day, shooting a homeless man sleeping on a bench in Central Park and leaving police another note. Target No. 1, Mario Orosco, 50, was walking home on March 8 at 2 a.m. when the gunman ran at him from across the street in the East New York section of Brooklyn. Orosco, who walks with a cane, said a man wearing a coffee-colored ski mask and carrying a gun in black-gloved hands came at him. The gunman shot Orosco once, lodging a bullet between two vertebrae. Orosco spent five days in hospital. Target No. 2, a 33-year-old man who wishes to remain anonymous out of fear the gunman will retaliate, was returning home from a party on March 29. The gunman hit the man on the back of the head and put a bullet in his side as he was walking in East New York. Target No. 3, Joseph Proce, 78, who walked with a cane before the shooting, is still in hospital. He was shot on May 31. Now he has only one kidney. The gunman asked him for a drink of water, then trailed Proce when he refused the request. The gunman shot Proce in the back, just across the border from East New York. The first three victims were light-skinned Hispanics or white. They were shot not far from each other. His most recent victim was a black homeless man sleeping on a bench in Central Park. Larry Parham, 30, woke up to find himself bleeding from a bullet wound to the chest. Parham told police from his bed in hospital that he met a man who resembled the shooter early last week. During their conversation, the man, a black who stands about 6 feet tall, weighs 180 pounds and has a beard and mustache, asked Parham when he was born. Parham told him. Borrelli remains confused about how the Zodiac learns his victims' astrological signs so that he can put them on his letters. """"He could be doing it many ways,"""" Borrelli said. """"Every piece of paper in your wallet with a date of birth on it is one possible way he could be coming up with people's signs."""" Typhoon kills 40 in Taiwan and Philippines REUTER MANILA Typhoon Ofelia killed at least 40 people as it swept through the Philippines and Taiwan, causing heavy damage. Ofelia triggered floods and landslides in the Philippines that killed 35 people and forced about 85,000 others to flee their homes, officials said. Thirteen people were injured and 16 were missing in the wake of the storm, which battered a wide area of Luzon island Friday and yesterday before heading for Taiwan. The hardest hit province was La Union, 170 kilometres north of Manila, where 23 people were crushed to death in landslides or drowned in floods, officials said. The storm killed five people and caused millions of dollars in damage when it smashed through central Taiwan last night, police said. At least 37 people were missing and more than 30 were awaiting rescue from areas threatened by rising waters. Ten people were injured, some seriously. Police in Hualien, 320 kilometres southeast of Taipei, said five people were killed when they were swept away by floods in a village. Taiwanese officials said damage from the typhoon could reach at least $30 million Cdn. East Bloc changes 'dangerous' to Cuba: leaders Alan Richardson's Cryptic Crossword: No. 116 Numbers in parentheses after each clue indicate the number of letters in the word or words for the required answer. Across 1 But it's not super-duper, weed-free topsoil (or is it?) (4,5) 6 He can easily get you stoned, this orderly fellow (5) 9 Do it together at a party (3) 10 Puckish type, though conservative (5-6) 11 A penitent is, as is the messy kind (5,5) 12 Coy architectural feature (4) 13 Involve in late disorder (6) 15 Winter problems for city workers are very deceiving (4-4) 18 If square, it's out of place in certain openings (3) 19 Sit astride the dart sled (8) 20 Usually this little spot is barred (6) 22 Some poor widow's only cash source? (4) 23 How manufacturing companies are known, but not their main output (2-8) 26 One of those non-paying, likable jobs (5,2,4) 27 It's average in Paris (3) 28 A sort of dust-up operation (5) 29 Sift dates happy now? (9) Down 1 Records for pipes in church (9) 2 Rubbish or a mechanical revolver (5) 3 Wormy type? (5,4) 4 Get back in here (6) 5 Dreaming up like little chicks (8) 6 Principal one of our streets (4) 7 Put on icing maybe, and sweeten up (9) 8 Oliver direction (5) 14 It often holds a record (9) 15 Observe a churchman's domain (3) 16 Reds sew in a strange quality (9) 17 The red spoons are paid for (9) 18 Icy kind of contests (8) 21 A test to sample (6) 22 Mother is followed by the French fellows (5) 24 An island in America principally (5) 25 Support for a theatrical gizmo (4) SOLUTION to last week's puzzle (No. 115) ANNE-MARIE O'CONNOR COX NEWS SERVICE HAVANA Cuba's ruling Communist Party conceded yesterday that changes in the Soviet Union and eastern Europe have placed the revolutionary government of Fidel Castro in an """"extremely difficult and dangerous"""" position. """"The historical setback in eastern Europe and the difficulties facing the Soviet Union modify the balance of world power in favor of imperialism and encourage the emboldened aggressiveness of the U.S."""" THE GAZETTE, MONTREAL, SUNDAY, JUNE 24 1990 B-7 EARTH WEEK: A DIARY OF THE PLANET By Steve Newman Tropical Storms Typhoon Nathan brought China's Hunan province some of its worst flooding in more than 40 years. Many of the casualties occurred in central Xupu county, which officials described as """"entirely under water."""" The People's Daily reported that 200 people were drowned, and the lives of 20 million others were disrupted by the severe weather. Heavy rains and high winds also lashed neighboring Guangdong province, where 15 people died. Before reaching China, the typhoon's fury triggered floods in northern Vietnam which burst dams, destroyed homes and washed out several roads and bridges. The Vietnam News Agency reported that the Central Highlands province of Dac Lac and the mountainous Son La province received the brunt of the storm. Typhoon Ophelia skirted the northern Philippines' Luzon province with winds of 145 km/h late in the week. Tropical storm Percy formed just south of Guam. Tropical storm Douglas moved harmlessly over open waters off western Mexico. Record Rains Bombay was inundated by its heaviest 24-hour rainfall since weather records began there more than a century ago. The 55-cm downpour left some neighborhoods under a metre of water. At least eight people drowned. Sunken Volcano Authorities in coastal Chile warned residents that a newly discovered underwater volcano is responsible for recent earthquakes and tidal waves in the region, and that similar activity is likely in the future. The existence of a volcano on the sea floor was suspected after a fishing boat notified authorities that waters 69 km west of Papudo were boiling within a radius of about 0.4 km. For the week ending June 22, 1990 Chronicle Futures -72 Vostok, (U.S.) seasons of spring tornadoes and flooding this century ended with the onset of a sweltering heat wave on the eve of the summer solstice. Since the beginning of this year, 726 tornadoes have been reported nationwide, compared with a 30-year average of 482. Severe flooding in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana has receded, but recent storms created floods in Nebraska, Iowa and Ohio. Earthquakes One of the world's most powerful earthquakes this year killed more than 25,000 people and wrecked towns and villages in northwestern Iran. Strong aftershocks also rocked the region. In northwestern Greece, one person was injured and some damage was reported from a moderate quake in the Preveza area. A strong quake in Pakistan's southern Balochistan province injured six people and caused a 13-metre-deep fissure to open near the epicentre. Elephant Rampage Herds of elephants frightened by noise from loggers' heavy machinery have destroyed many farms in southern Gabon. The Gabon News Agency said that many people face severe food shortages as a result of the stampedes. Farmers demanded the government chase the elephants away. Four-fifths of the Central African nation is covered by forest, providing sanctuary for thousands of elephants who would face slaughter elsewhere on the continent. Shrinking Glacier A Chinese scientific expedition has found that some glaciers on the Qinghai-Tibet plateau are melting and receding at a rapid rate. A glaciologist on the expedition attributed the phenomenon to the fact that global warming has caused the climate in that part of China to change since the glaciers were last measured in the 1970s. The glaciers on the plateau are an important source of water for the Yangtze River. Eight Lives Left A year-old ginger tom cat was recovering in an Auckland, NZ, animal hospital after being dragged behind a truck for 5 km. Horrified onlookers alerted police when they saw the feline being dragged along the road. When the police caught up with the truck at a pub, they found the driver unaware of the cat's plight. It had apparently snagged its mouth on a baited fish hook dangling from the truck and had become entangled in the line. Vets pronounced the cat, an immediate local celebrity, to be in stable condition and likely to make a full recovery. Wildlife losing battle A little research, experimentation can make ideal backyard habitat. This spring we had cardinals living in our cedar hedge. Not the clergy, the birds. The hedge is the result of a previous owner wanting a little more privacy. The birds apparently like it for the same reason. It was a perfect arrangement as far as we were concerned. The birds got the nesting site and my family and I got to wake up every morning to their melodious song. We also thoroughly enjoyed the sight of these spectacularly-colored birds flying back and forth to make their nest. Not everyone is blessed with such easy access to the world of nature as my family. But the greatest losers of all are the indigenous species of wildlife which are finding it harder than ever to find living space. Wildlife driven away Urban expansion is taking its toll on plants, insects, birds and animals. A growing human population translates into an ever-increasing need to turn meadow or forest into high-density housing, office buildings, malls and roads. Unless proper precautions are taken, wildlife almost always loses. Paul Griss, executive director of the Canadian Nature Federation, says, """"Our current approach to the urban landscape tends to drive away wildlife. Creating an environment where both people and nature co-exist peacefully can only be beneficial for all concerned."""" I think we have it all backwards. More and more people are buying cottages in the country to escape and enjoy nature. That translates into more roads, more habitat loss and more cars burning more nonrenewable fuel, polluting our air and adding to global warming. I believe we should be spending much of that time and money closer to home. By doing a little research and experimenting, we can effectively create """"country-ish"""" settings right in our own backyards. So while we cannot replace lost wetlands or return suburbs to their natural state, homeowners can encourage backyard wildlife and give them a safe place to live. First, we must understand that all forms of life have four basic requirements: shelter, food, water and enough space to provide the first three items. The trick to encouraging backyard wildlife is learning what combinations are needed for the species you wish to persuade to stay. A top priority is making your lawn """"toxin-free"""" by eliminating the use of pesticides and herbicides, regardless of your chosen species. Not only do these chemicals destroy many valuable and beneficial species, they also accumulate with disastrous results in the food chain of birds and other animals. Now, about the bugs in your life. While most are aware of the threat to larger species, few stop to think about the effects of urban sprawl on insects. Mention """"spiders"""" and many people get the heebie-jeebies. Along with snakes, they are among the most wrongfully despised creatures around. Yet spiders eat a wide variety of insect pests and there are few things as beautiful or intricate as an orb spider's dew-covered web. Also, avid gardeners should appreciate garter snakes because they feast on slugs. Many of us attempt to create picture-perfect lawns and gardens with exotic flowers and shrubs. But native insect and animal life need native species of plants and trees to live. Many naturalists and conservationists are now encouraging homeowners to let a piece of their property grow wild. A healthy ecosystem requires the two be kept in balance. Without the right leaf or shrub a given insect may not be able to reproduce, so when making new purchases, keep indigenous species in mind. This will help establish an area encouraging a wide variety and diversity of insect and plant species. More Canadians than ever are enjoying bird-watching. Because many species migrate during the fall and spring, creating an enticing place for them to stop can be an extremely rewarding adventure. Planting a good start. Planting trees, berry bushes and shrubs is a good start. Birds require this protection from their enemies rain, wind and sun. They are also a convenient place for our feathered friends to find the insects they like to eat. If you have neighbors with common nature goals, try working together to set up bird baths and feeders to encourage birds to take up residence. But make sure to keep everything out of reach of the local dog and cat population. To make the task a little easier, British Columbian Bill Merilies has written an excellent guide for nature-lovers entitled Attracting Backyard Wildlife (Whitecap Books, $12.95). It's time we started to share our world again with our co-inhabitants. A Taste of Quebec by Julian Armstrong, Gazette Food Editor A regional guide to the recipes of Quebec. Special Gazette Price for a Limited Time Only! In A Taste of Quebec, Julian Armstrong offers readers a unique opportunity to experience the rich tradition of authentic Quebec cuisine. Her book brings together culinary delights from every region of the province, and demonstrates how to prepare everything from the wholesome meals of Quebec's early settlers to today's calorie-wise recipes and microwave conversions. A Taste of Quebec also serves up a healthy portion of information about Quebec's inns and restaurants, historic sites, and indigenous foods. About the Author Julian Armstrong, The Gazette's Food Editor, has been reporting on food in Canadian newspapers and magazines for more than 30 years. She has won numerous journalism awards in Canada and the United States. To a great extent, A Taste of Quebec is based on her explorations as a food journalist in the province she has called home for 34 years. Special Gazette Price for a Limited Time Only! Available at The Gazette lobby, 245 St. Jacques, during regular office hours, and at The Gazette Fairview Pointe Claire boutique, outside on the south side, Monday to Friday between 9:30 and 5, and Saturday from 9:30 to 4. Or, simply send in the coupon below. Please allow 3 weeks for mail order delivery. YES! Please send me copies of A Taste of Quebec. I have enclosed a cheque or money order for $22.20 per book ($19.95 $2.25 postage and handling). Or, please bill my: Visa MasterCard American Express Acc. Exp. Signature - - Name Address City Postal Code Phone Mail to: The Gazette, Community Relations, 245 St. Jacques, Montreal, Quebec H2Y1M6. For a first look at the newest trends, turn to The Gazette's fashion pages every Tuesday. EXTRA FILL! TWIN DOUBLE QUEEN ALL SETS INCLUDE BOX SPRING AND FREE DELIVERY SIMONS MAXIPEDIC ALL SETS INCLUDE BOX SPRING AND FREE DELIVERY TWIN DOUBLE QUEEN $399 $469 THE GAZETTE, MONTREAL, SUNDAY, JUNE 24 1990 C-5- Berger takes pole in Mexico GAZETTE NEWS SERVICES MEXICO CITY Austrian Gerhard Berger has the pole position for today's Mexican Grand Prix motor race. Berger's Friday lap of one minute 17.227 seconds around the 4.42-kilometre track at 206 km/h held up through two qualifying trials yesterday. The 69-lap race will cover 305 kilometres. Yesterday, Berger's best lap time was 1:17.850. It is the 25th pole position of his career and his second this season for the McLaren Honda team. Berger was plagued by traffic, mechanical and tire problems yesterday. He spun once and had to make a pit stop. Riccardo Patrese of Italy, driving a Williams-Renault, qualified second in the 26-car starting field. He was timed in 1:17.498 yesterday. Berger's McLaren teammate, Ayrton Senna of Brazil, failed in a bid for his 47th pole and fifth of the season. He will start third after a time of 1:17.670 yesterday. Nigel Mansell of Britain in a Ferrari qualified fourth at 1:17.732 yesterday. Thierry Boutsen of Belgium in a Williams Renault was fifth in 1:17.883 yesterday. Berger complained that the lower portion of the double-S Peralta curve gets flooded by rain during the night. He said this """"can get more difficult and dangerous"""" if it rains during the race. Three Frenchmen suffered accidents during practice. Eric Bernard smashed his Lola Lamborghini into a safety wall out of the hairpin curve to the starting line straightaway. Bernard climbed out of the wreck unaided. The car was a wreck, its two left wheels off. Philippe Alliot skidded inside the double-S Peralta curve, sending his Ligier-Ford into a nasty spin before he managed to brake and get the car underway. Jean Alesi skidded off the track in a Tyrrell-Ford, braked onto the grass shoulder and walked back to the pits. Drivers and tire manufacturers complained about the track's bumpiness and lack of grip, and improperly banked curves that have caused problems. Toronto's Tracy leads field for Portland race PORTLAND, Ore. Paul Tracy of Toronto earned the pole position for the third time in four races this year, leading the qualifiers yesterday for today's American Racing Series event at Portland International Raceway. Tracy, the ARS points leader, set a track record for the class at 109.728 mph. Tracy, 21, won the first three races on the ARS circuit this year. His chances for a fourth straight victory last week in Detroit ended when he brushed the wall during a final-lap battle with the race's eventual winner, Tommy Byrne. He gave his crew credit for getting his car into top running order after a crash Friday morning. """"The car felt really good, better than this morning,"""" he said. """"But I owe a lot to the crew. After our accident, they worked hard to get me back out there. Today the car was very good. The steering was a little off, but it was minor."""" American P. Chretien wins Liberal leadership A M Y CP Jean Chretien gives thumbs-up in victory. Fleur-de-lis a holiday hit at concert. Buoyed by the death of the Meech Lake constitutional accord, thousands turn out wrapped in blue and white Quebec flags for downtown rock concert celebrating St. Jean Baptiste weekend. Page A3 Aftershocks rattle Iran. Strong aftershocks rumble through northwest Iran, panicking rescue workers and survivors of Thursday's earthquake that killed 40,000 people, injured 100,000 and left 500,000 homeless. Page B1 Gorbachev won't give up post. Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev hangs tough, rejecting suggestions from the radical right and left that he surrender chairmanship of the Communist Party, ending his dual leadership of party and state. Page B1 Births & Deaths F6 Books F5 Bridge B9 Business B10 Doug Camilli F3 Classified E1 Comics F8 Crosswords B8, E10 Entre Nous D1 Environment B7 Horoscope E10 Landers D2 Probe D5 Showcase F1 Sports C1 The Fridge Door D8 Wonderword E10 World Report B1 The morbid consequences to the nation of the death of the Meech Lake accord are already being felt. The most predictable is that the political future of Quebec in Canada is more than ever an open question. PAGE B2 Appeal brings a flood of dollars, doggy chow. A desperate appeal for aid for more than 200 homeless dogs has paid off in dollars and doggy chow. The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals made the appeal Friday for money, volunteers and foster homes after the dogs were seized in two """"puppy mill"""" raids last week. The animals were malnourished, filthy and in poor health. SPCA director Jean-Louis Castonguay said food has been flooding in but money is still needed to buy medication for the sick animals. Details PAGE A3 Outside metro area 60t 4; weather I n nnOfn CTYW wj aw n n 7 Rnaiedition X Low tonight 13 f s Details Page C8 PAGE ONE DESIGN DEAN TWEED PEGGY CURRAN GAZETTE OTTAWA BUREAU CALGARY For Jean Chretien, it was better the second time around. """"It is time for Canada to be great again,"""" a jubilant Chretien said last night after his handy first-ballot victory at the federal Liberal leadership convention in Calgary. Sharing the stage at the Saddledome with predecessors Pierre Trudeau and John Turner, Chretien held out his hand in friendship to his four rivals. And despite fierce attacks during the campaign, candidates Paul Martin and Sheila Copps were gracious in defeat, promising to stand by the new leader. Bourassa: """"Don't ask me to go back to the bargaining table."""" More stories about the Robert Bourassa's """"I shall not go to Winnipeg"""" won't go down in the historical quotation books, Don Macpherson says, but it will get him through the weekend. PAGE A4 The Parti Quebecois says sovereignty has always been inevitable and the death of the accord will quick-step Quebec's march to independence. PAGE A4 Newfoundland's Clyde Wells faced bitterness at the Liberal convention, but some loud It's a time to TERRANCE WILLS GAZETTE OTTAWA BUREAU OTTAWA Saying his is """"not a government of quitters,"""" Prime Minister Brian Mulroney rejected opposition demands yesterday that he resign over the failure of the Meech Lake accord. But, looking tired, he admitted his deep disappointment. """"While the world gears up for the 21st century, we have failed to resolve a debate that predates Confederation itself."""" In his noon-hour national address, Mulroney also sought to soothe jittery investors here and abroad about Canada's political stability in the wake of the accord's acrimonious demise. """"Canadians have always overcome challenges to our unity and we shall do so again,"""" he said. """"It would be unwise for anyone to underestimate this industrious and resource-rich nation of hard-working and productive people."""" In their televised speeches to the nation, all three national political leaders stressed the need for national healing and reconciliation. """"The prime minister has kept us too long in the pressure cooker,"""" Chretien said. """"Now it is time to turn off the stove and fire the cook."""" With wife, Aline, his children and grandchildren looking on, the former cabinet minister said Quebecers and English Canada can begin the slow healing process after the failure of the Meech Lake accord. One way to do that, Chretien said, is by travelling to other regions to get to know one another better. """"Go and visit your brothers and sisters, go and visit Acadia, New Brunswick and Newfoundland,"""" Chretien told Quebecers. CP bargaining table. """"Meech Lake accord cheering shows the premier wasn't a Judas to all the delegates in Calgary."""" PAGE A4 While hoping for national healing and reconciliation, Manitoba's Gary Filmon says he will forgive but never forget the way he was treated over Meech. PAGE A4 Some Quebecers are predicting a form of referendum will be held within the next 12 months to fill the political vacuum left by the accord's death. PAGE A4 heal wounds that the rest of Canada has not rejected Quebec. And they agreed some time for study is needed before constitutional bargaining resumes and then it must be in an open forum rather than behind closed doors. """"It is a time to mend divisions and heal wounds and reach out to fellow Canadians,"""" Mulroney said. """"There is much to reflect on before we try again to amend the constitution."""" The proposed constitutional amendment recognizing Quebec as a distinct society officially died at midnight last night because Newfoundland and Manitoba failed to ratify it. """"Quebec was never isolated and, in fact, was a member of the majority throughout,"""" said Mulroney, noting that eight provinces with 94 per cent of the population endorsed the move to bring Quebec fully into the constitutional family. """"Quebec's concerns, as eloquently stated by Premier (Robert) Bourassa, were supported time and time again by English-speaking premiers whose sensitivity was always in evidence,"""" he said. """"You will discover Canada."""" People from other provinces should do the same, Chretien said. By visiting Montreal, Quebec and the Gaspe, he said anglophones may understand that """"we can be different. We can be proud francophones and be Canadian at the same time."""" But the death of the Meech Lake accord and signs of a mutiny within the Liberal caucus cast a pall over the predictable hoopla in the Calgary Saddledome. There were boos when Chretien told the crowd that the Meech Lake accord was dead. PLEASE SEE LIBERALS, PAGE A7 Toughest fight is always next one. PAGE A5 The showdown in Quebec. PAGE A5 PHILIP AUTHIER GAZETTE QUEBEC BUREAU QUEBEC Premier Robert Bourassa slammed the door on further constitutional negotiations yesterday, saying he would not return to talks with Ottawa and the other nine premiers. """"Do not ask me now to go back to the bargaining table,"""" he said. """"Dignity will prevent me from doing that."""" """"It would have been so simple for Quebec and Canada to respect their word to ratify Meech Lake. We did whatever we could to achieve it, month after month, year after year but it has not been ratified. But we have to live with the consequences. And as leader of Quebec my first interest is with my people and it will be like that."""" The province will now deal with the rest of Canada on its own terms and with its own agenda, Bourassa said. He said Quebec will discuss administrative matters like communications, manpower and immigration with the federal government because Quebecers are still taxpayers and deserve their share of the federal pie. Such talks would be on a """"one-on-one"""" basis. Bourassa said Quebec will also have bilateral discussions with other provinces on matters of mutual concern. But the death of the Meech Lake accord means from now on Quebec will not be at the table when it comes to constitutional reform, Bourassa said. That rules out any further talk about aboriginal rights, the definition of a Canada clause and Senate reform because it's clear the system for discussing those issues set up in the constitution is not workable, he said. Bourassa also said he will not attend next August's annual conference of the premiers in Winnipeg. The premier said that since the failed Meech Lake accord was at the heart of the provincial Liberal Party's constitutional platform, it will now develop a new policy on what Quebec's role in the country will be. While he didn't say whether that policy will move Quebec toward sovereignty, he did say it will in no way """"affect the economic security of Quebecers"""" and will take into account the """"essential role"""" of the anglophone community. """"We came with moderate demands five years ago in order to turn the page and become a full partner,"""" an exasperated Bourassa said toward the end of a televised address and news conference. """"Quebec emerged from these negotiations with its dignity and its principles intact."""" The prime minister said his Progressive Conservative members will be back at work this week. """"We will initiate programs to bring Canadians together and bridge the solitudes in which so many English and French-speaking Canadians still live."""" New Democratic Party leader Audrey McLaughlin said a majority of Canadians supported the five demands of Quebec that formed the basis of the accord. The criticism of the accord was spurred by the exclusion of many groups, such as women and natives, in its formulation, she said. """"Let no one suggest that Canada is saying no to Quebec,"""" McLaughlin said. """"Canadians who have opposed the accord said no to the process of exclusion. They have not rejected Quebec."""" Herb Gray, still acting as interim Liberal leader hours before the election of Jean Chretien, said the party must now work to heal the wounds that the rest of Canada has not rejected Quebec. And they agreed some time for study is needed before constitutional bargaining resumes and then it must be in an open forum rather than behind closed doors. Mulroney tells the nation how they voted Jean Chretien 2,652 Paul Martin 1,176; Sheila Copps 499 Tom Wappel 267; John Nunziata 64. Switching to English, Bourassa had a special message for critics of Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, already in political hot water over the Meech debacle. In not respecting his signature, Newfoundland Premier Clyde Wells """"has no lessons to give on grounds of principle to the prime minister,"""" Bourassa said. He also assailed former prime minister Pierre Trudeau and new Liberal leader Jean Chretien. """"Do not forget that the source of the problem is the fact that in 1981 the premier of Quebec was put aside by the federal government,"""" Bourassa said. """"And now those people are accusing the prime minister of being responsible for the situation. There are bizarre situations in politics. Logic should have its place in Canada and in Calgary."""" The mood was tense but upbeat for Bourassa's address, delivered in the historic Red Room of the National Assembly under heavy security. Bourassa, who opened his news conference with a """"Mes chers compatriotes,"""" was given a thunderous ovation by about 80 MNAs when he and his wife, Andree, arrived. Alone behind a bare desk on an elevated platform with the Quebec and Canadian flags behind him, the premier poked fun at an American reporter who asked if the continuing uncertainty over Canada's future was good for the economy. Bourassa said, """"Just mention that the premier of Quebec in no way will take any decision affecting the economic security of Quebecers."""" But Bourassa was vague about where he will turn next. Last February he said Quebec was no longer """"prepared to practice federalism on its knees"""" and announced the creation of a committee to study Quebec's options should the accord die. Noting that Quebec's status in Canada is now exactly the same as it was before the Meech wrangling, Bourassa would only say that the discussions will continue. The committee is due to report back in 1991 or even earlier. He rejected a proposal by Parti Quebecois leader Jacques Parizeau to call an opinion leaders' conference. Bourassa said, however, that the type of forum doesn't matter. """"I mean with the ratification of Meech Lake we said quite clearly that our first choice by far was to stay in Canada. Meech Lake has been rejected. Quebec seems to be, to a large extent, misunderstood in English Canada. Of course, we will continue to work for a better understanding.""""""",1,0,1,0,0,1
+112,19900422,modern,Flood," 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""",0,1,0,1,1,1
+113,19900616,modern,Flood,"UP $2, 65 UNCHANGED Business N 8 f D E Weather C8 TSE prices slip in slow session Stock prices dipped in Toronto yesterday in light trading. In New York, shares closed mixed as a flood of economic data failed to provide the market with a sense of direction. PAGE C3 Who's the boss at Monterey? Two executives claim to be president of Monterey Capital Inc of Montreal. The dispute erupted at the company's annual meeting. PAGE C3 Goods withheld from M Stores Clothing suppliers voted to not ship goods to M Stores Inc until the department-store chain guarantees it can pay its bills. PAGE C3 Atlantique warranties 'in limbo' Peter Rioux, vice-president of marketing at Atlantique Video & Sound Inc, said warranties on electronics equipment sold by its stores are in limbo. He added, """"In any bankruptcy, all contracts are null and void that's the bad side of the coin."""" PAGE C3 Air Canada agents get contract TORONTO The Canadian Auto Workers has negotiated a contract for Air Canada's 3,200 passenger agents that provides some protection against Ottawa's proposed goods and services tax, union chief Robert White (left) announced yesterday. The pact calls for basic wage hikes of 6 per cent in the first year and 5 per cent in the second. In addition, the tentative agreement promises workers a one-time wage boost of up to 2.5 per cent in February 1992 should the GST send the overall 1991 consumer price index above the 5-per-cent level. The full 2.5-per-cent increase will be provided if the 1991 inflation rate reaches 7.5 per cent. Should that inflation rate be between 5 per cent and 7.5 per cent, the one-time increase in early 1992 will be adjusted proportionately. Most economists are predicting that the impact of the GST on the 1991 inflation rate will be between 1.5 and 2.5 percentage points, White said. The passenger agents earn an average of $14.50 an hour. Their current two-year agreement expires Sept. 30. Trump misses payment NEW YORK - Donald Trump (left) missed a payment due yesterday on junk bonds used to finance one of his Atlantic City resorts, the harshest signal yet of the troubles plaguing his tottering real-estate empire. Trump has a 10-day grace period to make the payment of an estimated $31 million in interest and principal on bonds used to finance his Trump Castle hotel-casino. But the failure to meet the deadline nevertheless brought him a step closer to default, which theoretically could force a bankruptcy filing to defend the developer from collateral-seeking creditors. Trump and his main bankers tentatively had agreed a week ago to a bailout that would have provided him another $60 million in loans and a temporary suspension of payments. In exchange, the banks would have gotten equity in some of his properties. If the deal had been completed he would have had the cash to make the bond payment. Steinberg drops ad agency BCP Strategie-Creativite has parted ways with Steinberg Inc, saying the new management of the grocery chain had set its sights on a new advertising agency. Montreal-based BCP has worked on Steinberg's advertising campaigns since 1983. But BCP president Yves Gougoux (left) said the grocery chain's new management, the product of a heavily leveraged $1.3-billion purchase last August, says it now wants to start a competition for future advertising contracts. BCP has decided not to compete. Steinberg officials could not be reached to comment. FURNITURE FIRMS LOSING THEIR Industry battered by high interest rates SHIRLEY WON THE GAZETTE Joe Boucher, president of furniture manufacturer Amisco Industries Ltd, is in a chipper mood these days. Amisco, which suffered a $2.6-million loss in 1989, is making money again so far this year. To get back on track, the company had to shed three money-losing subsidiaries that made melamine, upholstered and laminated-plastic furniture and focus on what it knows best: painted steel-tubular furniture. As a result, profit in the first three months this year surged to $553,000 on sales of $6.1 million. """"The market was too competitive,"""" Boucher lamented in an interview, """"it has been a hard time with those companies, but not with the steel tubing."""" But where Amisco appears to be succeeding, even though sales of its steel furniture are still off 10 per cent from a year earlier, others in the business are in trouble. The $5-billion Canadian furniture-manufacturing industry, which is 80-per-cent based in Quebec and Ontario, has been hit hard by soaring interest rates, a high Canadian dollar and falling tariffs under the free-trade agreement with the U.S. A13, flash flood kills 16, washes away homes, tavern in Ohio valley ASSOCIATED PRESS SHADYSIDE, Ohio Torrential thunderstorms sent a flash flood surging through a valley into this Ohio River town, killing at least 16 people and leaving dozens missing or homeless yesterday. Raging floodwaters late Thursday swept homes off foundations, washed away cars, and carried away a tavern with its patrons inside. """"The valleys are choked with debris,"""" Governor Richard Celeste told reporters after flying over the hilly Appalachian region in eastern Ohio. The governor declared a state of emergency. At least five houses along Wegee Creek were washed away, and two cars were floating in water in one of the basements. At latest report, 60 people were unaccounted for, said Jim Williams of the Ohio Emergency Management Agency. State officials said Belmont County, which includes Shadyside, will be added to the list of 14 Ohio counties already eligible for federal disaster assistance because of devastating storms this month. Thursday night's thunderstorms caused flooding across a wide area of central and eastern Ohio, northern West Virginia and western Pennsylvania. The floods closed roads, damaged homes and drove hundreds of people from their homes. But no place was hit with anything approaching the ferocity of the flooding in Shadyside. About six inches of rain fell between 7:30 p.m. and 1:00 p.m., turning two Ohio River tributaries outside the town of 4,300 people into raging torrents. About 33 buildings, including a tavern, were damaged along Wegee Creek, and 50 buildings were hit by a flood along Pipe Creek, about four miles south of Wegee Creek, said Dick Quinlin, Belmont County emergency services coordinator. The tavern was washed away when water caved in the back wall, said Judy Phillips, a sheriff's department spokesman. She said two patrons were accounted for, but she could offer no estimate of how many were inside at the time. One man was found clinging to a bar stool, said state senator Rohwt Ney, whose district includes Shadyside. """"I've never seen anything of this magnitude,"""" Ney said. """"There was no warning."""" One resident, Robert Ramsey, said his wife, Rose, was crushed to death in their house by the water. The company has urged the party's youth wing to chop off the index and middle fingers of anyone giving the V-for-Victory sign in support of allowing opposition parties to function. To the State Industrial Commission in New South Wales, for compassion. It has """"reinstated"""" in his job a man who claimed he had been unfairly fired but who died of a heart attack on his way to a hearing before the commission. The decision means the man's family can collect a $7,000 pension. Saving people from drowning was not Joe Vincent's job, but he did it anyway. It was a voluntary, gratuitous service. The final total of those he rescued may never be known. One list, covering only the years for 1854 to 1875, has 29 names. He went on saving lives for about another quarter of a century. Joe lived in a tiny house on Jacques Cartier Pier. On the roof was his observatory. From this observatory he regularly scanned the waterfront and river through a long-distance telescope. He was always well informed about the condition of the river, whether calm or whipped by winds. In spring and in autumn he followed the breaking and shifting of the ice. While making these observations he was always on the lookout for anyone in danger. If he spied trouble, no matter how far away, he hurried at once to the rescue. Joe had what it took to be a rescuer. He was described as robust, with a Herculean torso, muscular arms, and intrepid character. He also knew the river as no one else, not even the pilots, seemed to know it. Vincent was never employed as an official lifeguard. When he saved a life (and sometimes he saved several in one exploit) he invariably refused any sort of payment. He never profited by his rescues. He had his own means of earning a livelihood. In front of his house on Jacques Cartier Pier he had a wharf widely known as Joe Vincent's Wharf. There he had his own little flotilla of rowboats. They were for rent. He also would take customers in a rowboat wherever they wanted to go. If they were tourists, or Montrealers wanting a day on the water for recreation, Joe would row them about, giving them a riverview of the city and harbor. In addition to such rentals, Joe had a few contracts. One was a small government contract to carry the mail to Ile Ste. Helene. Joe had another contract from the third son of Queen Victoria, Prince Arthur. The prince was in Montreal in 1869-70 as a lieutenant with the Prince Consort's Own Rifles. The regiment had its barracks on Ile Ste. Helene. Prince Arthur, however, did not live in barracks but in one of Montreal's great mansions, Rosemount, at the head of Simpson St. The grounds of Rosemount are today the Percy Walters Park. Every morning Prince Arthur was seen driving down Simpson St. in his light two-wheeled carriage. At the waterfront, Joe Vincent was waiting with one of his boats to take the prince across to Ile Ste. Helene. When Prince Arthur left Montreal he made gifts to Joe Vincent in appreciation of his unfailing services as a boatman. Joe took pride in these parting gifts and always had them on display in his house on the pier: a handsome knife, a gold stickpin and an autographed photograph. Prince Arthur, as Duke of Connaught, returned to Canada in 1911 to be governor-general. Joe's long career as a rescuer began in the 1850s when he was employed during the construction of Victoria Bridge. In building the bridge, 26 workmen died. Most of them drowned when they fell into the current that seethed, foamed, and raced around the piers. The toll would have been even higher if Joe had not been there as a boatman. He is said to have rescued at least 10 workmen from the river. His rescues in later years had a great variety of circumstances. In saving an army officer in winter he had to plunge into the icy water. His feet were nearly frozen, and for three months he was confined to his room. He later saved seven young men who were trying to cross from Ile Ste. Helene in boats but were overwhelmed in St. Mary's Current. On another occasion he saved one of the sons of Albert Furniss, the man who owned the great Trafalgar estate in Cote des Neiges and who lived in the house that still stands at the corner of Cote des Neiges and Trafalgar Ave. Many of Joe's rescues were spectacular. In April 1869 a crowd had gathered on the waterfront to see the """"ice shove"""" an annual and awesome spectacle. The winter's ice, breaking up, was being hurried downstream by high water, wind and current. The river was in conflict. The ice floes were fighting and struggling with one another, often piling up and crashing down. Suddenly the crowd saw in the distance two small boys, the La-flamme brothers. They had been on the ice in the river before it broke. They were now caught and likely to be drowned or crushed. The crowd on shore, three lines deep, watched in despair. Nobody made any move to go to their help in that shifting turmoil. Then Joe Vincent appeared. He waited until a field of ice moved nearby, jumped on it and struggled on. He could be seen leaping from one ice floe to another, retreating when high ice threatened to tumble on him, then moving forward. At last he reached the boys and tucked one under each arm. He had more trouble on the way back. Carrying the boys made his movements slower and heavier, his response to danger less prompt. Yet he brought the boys back safe and sound. The crowd did not cheer, but sighed relief. Joe Vincent rendered other public services besides saving lives on the river. In 1886 the spring flood overflowed the city as far up as Victoria Square. The fire department faced a problem. Fires at times broke out in the flooded area. The horse-drawn fire reels, if they got into the really deep water, began to float and tended to topple. Vincent solved the problem. To be on hand for any emergency he slept at the Central Fire Station. He had brought boats on express wagons. They stood ready. Shortly before 3 o'clock on the morning of April 23, fire broke out on Shearer St. Firemen responded but came to a halt when water deepened. At this moment a """"tremendous shouting and rattling was heard in Seigneurs St."""" One of the firemen shouted, """"It's the boat brigade!"""" Within a few minutes Joe Vincent, on an express wagon, came up at a gallop. On the wagon was a boat. Right behind came a second wagon, with a second boat. The boats were launched. Firemen got aboard with their equipment. The first was extinguished before it could spread. Though Joe might help out with his boats wherever needed, he was above all a man of Montreal's waterfront. He regarded it as his domain, and the oar as the symbol of his reign. He held his oar as Neptune might hold his trident or a king his sceptre. B 3 T It if Native leaders turn tables on Quebec THE GAZETTE, MONTREAL, SATURDAY, JUNE 16, 1990 Rich irony in citing 'distinct societies' OTTAWA The gods aren't all that crazy after all. From Red Sucker Lake, they have sent their prophet Elijah Harper to humble the vainglorious pharaoh Brian Mulroney and the satrap Robert Bourassa. Oh, the delightful irony. In the same week that the preening, self-congratulatory Mulroney boasted to the Toronto Globe and Mail that he had deliberately set for the 11th hour """"the day we're going to roll the dice,"""" the quiet-spoken Harper brought all his proud schemes to the brink of nothing. And Bourassa, who announced in 1971 that he was going to flood the homelands of the James Bay Cree without giving them even the courtesy of a phone call, now finds the native people of Manitoba, Quebec and all of Canada rising to frustrate his proud designs. You can't miss the quintessence of this historic juncture. Last week, the big boys from Ottawa, Queen's Park and Quebec ganged up on the smallest, poorest and weakest at the first ministers' table and they seemed to have imposed their will. But this week, the humble people of Newfoundland and the native people of Manitoba were talking back, and the big and powerful who triumphed last week are confused. Bourassa could utter his barely disguised threats to break up the country if """"English Canada"""" refused to give him what he wanted. He could, like Mulroney, create an entire myth about poor, humiliated Quebec left out in 1981. But what can he answer when native people speak of being left out? """"If you look at our relationship with the country, we have been left out for many years,"""" Harper said yesterday. """"I don't think a few (more) years would matter. I think what needs to be done is for the aboriginal people to be taken seriously and also to be accorded a rightful place at the constitutional table. And we want to be recognized as founders of this country."""" Quebec's claim to be left out is Johnny-come-lately compared with the native peoples'. Quebec's claim to be humiliated takes on a certain unintended humor. The natives of Manitoba sent a letter yesterday to Premier Robert Bourassa, which spoke the language he best understands: """"We, the original people of this country, have inherited through the original traditions of our forefathers 55 distinct original languages. Fifty-two of these original languages of Canada are now on the brink of extinction. Unlike you, we cannot retrieve these languages from our mother country. Our mother country is Canada."""" The French language is threatened in Quebec, Bourassa claims. That threat cannot compare with the pressure on the native languages. And Bourassa's obdurate insistence that no change be made to Meech pits him against the claims of the natives for attention now. The unexpected obduracy of Elijah Harper of Manitoba upset the timetable of Brian Mulroney (left), Robert Bourassa. """"Elijah Harper is holding the fort on our behalf. Elijah is doing what he needs to be doing,"""" said Conrad Sioui, who represents Quebec at the Assembly of First Nations. Gil Remillard, Quebec's intergovernmental affairs minister, responded by threats. That seems to be the prime tool of diplomacy of the Quebec Liberal regime. He said that Quebec had supported self-government for native people, but might reconsider if the passage of Meech continued to be delayed in Manitoba. He urged the natives to put pressure on Harper if they wanted Quebec's support. But of what use were threats? What can you take away from those who have nothing? """"We want to be treated with some respect,"""" said Phil Fontaine. """"We want to maintain our dignity. We want the powers of this country to listen to us. And we want to secure our rightful place in this country."""" As for Bourassa's demand that the native people wait for another round, that won't wash with Phil Fontaine: """"We've trusted before, and we've been sold out every time. And we're not prepared to be sold out this time."""" WILLIAM JOHNSON Phil Fontaine, who heads the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs, said yesterday that they recognize Quebec as a distinct society: """"I want to say that we have never opposed Quebec's recognition as a distinct society. We recognize that and support that. But if Quebec is distinct, we are even more distinct. That's the recognition we want, and we'll settle for nothing else."""" Natives from Quebec, including both Indians and Inuit, met yesterday in Quebec City and gave their entire support to what was happening in Manitoba. And you, Manitoba, what's the matter with you guys? Don't you want those nice Senate seats the Don sorry, Ontario Premier David (The Big Guy) Peterson has offered you if you ratify the Meech Lake constitutional accord? What has become the Meech Lake farce in the past couple of weeks lurches through one preposterous plot turn after another as it approaches its denouement. Thank God we are a relatively small, unimportant country in the global scheme of things. Because if anybody out there is paying attention to all this, we'll be the laughing stock of the world. First, there was the week-long, nightly spectacle, degrading to both its participants and its audience, of our government leaders, most rendered visibly and increasingly goofy by long hours of confinement in literally a smoke-filled room, let out just in time for the national television newscasts to run a gantlet of cheering or heckling partisans and babble requests for fresh clothing in response to shouted questions in Meech-speak about """"timing and certainty."""" Then there was the deal they reached, but only after the premier of Alberta physically intervened to prevent his colleagues from Newfoundland and Manitoba from walking out of the room. The agreement that was reached was not so much an agreement as an admission of failure to resolve the irreconcilable differences among them, dressed up as a triumph by an elaborate signing ceremony dominated by humble expressions of gratitude from the lesser capos to """"the big guy,"""" as the premier of Saskatchewan called his colleague from Ontario, for his timely offer of a half-dozen Senate seats to the smaller provinces that would cost him none of his province's real economic or political clout. The officially titled Constitutional Agreement 1990 is most notable for conditional asterisks on the signatures of the premiers of Newfoundland and Manitoba and a stapled-on legal opinion interpreting the Meech Lake interpretative """"distinct society"""" clause that was supposed to have materialized out of nowhere and somehow mean everything to Newfoundland and nothing to Quebec at the same time. The loudest guffaw of the week among the press confined below decks in a media work room at the national conference centre to watch """"Wally World"""" endlessly during the negotiations greeted Peter Mansbridge's perfectly deadpan explanation that the first ministers were pretending officially that they had neither asked for the legal opinion, accepted it, approved it nor published it, """"but it exists."""" Est, ergo est. It is what it is, baby. Pure Zen. Maybe the opinion was supposed to have been tossed out the window of a car with the license number obscured speeding past the national conference centre in the middle of the night, to be found on the sidewalk outside the centre by a street cleaner. Perhaps Canadians should actually be thankful that the first ministers couldn't agree on much in their week together. Were it not for the quiet stubbornness and the physical stamina of the premier of Quebec, in particular, we might have ended up with an instant triple-E Senate and an equally instant """"Canada clause"""" defining everybody in Canada as belonging to one """"fundamental characteristic"""" of the country or another, both without much national debate as to what they might actually mean. Ah, but the farce did not end with the supposed agreement to save the accord. With the accord's ratification still very much in doubt in Newfoundland and Manitoba, the prime minister rashly boasted this week of what a clever strategist he was in leaving the negotiations to the last minute. """"It's like an election campaign,"""" he explained to the Toronto Globe and Mail, in what may go down as famous last words. """"You've got to work backward. You pick your dates and work backward."""" Unfortunately, Backward Brian may have picked the wrong dates. And he mistakenly figured that the premier of Manitoba would know the rules for presenting a motion in his legislature. After all, Premier Gary Filmon has been a member for nearly 11 years now. Filmon's procedural ignorance has been drawn to national attention thanks to the ingenuity of the lone aboriginal member of the Manitoba legislature, the now-famous Elijah Harper, who has been blocking ratification of the accord because he says it ignores the concerns of aboriginal peoples. But it's suitably ironic in this affair that if Harper's efforts succeed in killing the accord, then he and his fellow aboriginals will probably actually lessen their chances of achieving their goal of self-government. Quebec would boycott future constitutional negotiations, as it boycotted the last round of talks on aboriginal self-government that ended in 1987. And that round showed that without Quebec's support at the table, aboriginal peoples have little practical chance of overcoming the resistance of the three westernmost provinces to their self-government. Like other Canadians, the aboriginal peoples are probably better off with the Meech Lake accord than they are without it. And that, surely, should be the only rational test applied to the accord at this late date, not whether it is perfect. But then, why should we expect the aboriginal peoples to be any more rational than the rest of us? NORMAN WEBSTER EDITOR Contenders to head Liberals do Canada proud As our great national trauma nears its climax, let's not forget that other political event which could turn out, in the long run, to be almost as significant as what happens to the Meech Lake accord. This is the race for the Liberal Party leadership, which winds up in Calgary next Saturday. It has been dismissed by too many as a yawner of little consequence. It is far more than that if only because the winner is an odds-on bet to become our next prime minister, the one who will have to deal with the long-term fallout of Meech. On Saturday, he or she becomes one very important Canadian. There's something else to be said, and it is this: at a time of national disgust with politics and politicians-fed recently by the bizarre circus in Ottawa there is something heartening about the people presenting themselves for the Liberal leadership. We are speaking here not of the fringe runners but the three candidates of consequence: Sheila Copps, Paul Martin and Jean Chretien. Cynics dismiss them as a pair of nonentities battling yesterday's man. Somehow, we are supposed to be disappointed that none has yet turned out to be the combination of sage, saint and movie star which the public is supposedly awaiting. Pfui. Let's live in the real world. There are no saviors out there, not even a reincarnated Pierre Trudeau. Instead, there are some decent, human, hard-working Canadians who have put themselves through the unique hell of a leadership contest in order to serve their country. Snicker we may, but it's the truth. Sheila Copps has been the big surprise. If ever someone may be said to have grown politically in a few short months, it is she. Not long ago, most voters probably saw her as some sort of """"chair-jumping lunatic,"""" as she wryly admitted during a visit to The Gazette. It was a reputation honestly won by her frenetic membership of the Liberal rat pack, but there is much more to her than that. She has inherited the political smarts of her father, Vic, a long-time mayor of working-class Hamilton. She gave David Peterson a strong run for the Ontario Liberal leadership before moving on to Ottawa. She speaks excellent French and Italian, and has clearly won the Latin soul of Quebec with her freshness and combative spirit. What she still lacks in the gravitas one looks for in a prime minister; there still seems not to be an internal governor in Sheila Copps's makeup. But she continues to grow, and time is on her side. Maybe next time. Paul Martin, too, has a deep political background. He inherits the strong Liberalism, not to mention liberalism, of his father, Paul Sr. To this, he has added the level-headed analytical qualities of a businessman indeed, a fabulously successful businessman. He has a raft of ideas for shaping up our economy and putting some of Quebec's entrepreneurial verve into the rest of Canada's oft-blinkered business leaders. His career, too, has connected him to a wide world outside the political hothouse and Canada's borders. It is experience that would serve him, and the country well in the office of the prime minister. People who despair of finding an honest, well-motivated politician should look to Paul Martin. The quality runs deep. But let us live in the real world. It seems clear, barring last-minute disasters, that it will be Chretien who emerges on Saturday with his arm raised in victory. He still looks like the man who drove the getaway car (as Dalton Camp once so memorably put it) and his reputation for straight shooting has been marred by his refusal to take a clear stand on the Meech Lake accord and the deal struck last week in Ottawa. But his ravaged face, broken English, rough French and pure, shouted patriotism have worn well over the years. There is much more to him than that, of course. Never forget that this is a man who during two decades handled most of the major jobs in Canadian politics and almost never put a foot wrong. His critics call him an intellectual lightweight; in fact, he is dumb like a fox. He knows where the pressure points are, which sacred things to avoid, who to scratch and who to bite, and how to get a deal. He also understands a basic fact of life which seems to escape the incumbent prime minister: """"When people trust you, you can do tough things."""" His main selling point is that he is a real person, someone very comfortable with himself and not playing a role. He may no longer be the little guy from Shawinigan, but he is still recognizably one of us, not one of Them. The voters seem also to have concluded that no one so despised by the Quebec intelligentsia can be all bad. Simply put, Canadians like him. That's pretty powerful stuff. How rare are men like de Gaulle who put the nation first WILLIAM PFAFF LOS ANGELES TIMES SYNDICATE PARIS It was 50 years ago Monday, June 18, that General Charles de Gaulle broadcast from London to tell the French that the defeat of France's armies was not the defeat of France. """"""",1,0,0,0,0,1
+114,19901215,modern,Flood,"Gulf Coast - Because of their haste, said David Gibo, a biologist at the University of Toronto who has studied the monarchs' flight habits, the butterflies appear to use up much of their energy in powered flight, so heavily that although millions leave Mexico, relatively few reach the United States. This furious expenditure of energy drains the parent butterflies of life. Their offspring fly off northward, following the milkweed as it appears, and by summer have dispersed across the northern half of the United States, east of the Rockies, ranging as far north as North Dakota, southern Ontario and Maine. The western migration is smaller and less dramatic. In the spring, the butterflies leave their refuges on the California coast. Their first new generation is born on the slopes of the Sierras, and subsequent movement takes the monarchs into Idaho, Nevada, Utah and as far south as Phoenix. The butterflies remain in a precarious position in both California and Mexico, said Curtis Freese, vice-president for regional programs of the World Wildlife Fund, which is aiding the Mexican conservation project. With just a few small wintering sites serving the entire population, he said, one can never feel entirely easy, can never rest. The Life Cycle Of the Monarch Bottom lays eggs on the plant until late June. The caterpillar hatches and feeds on the plant until it forms a chrysalis. It later emerges as a butterfly. Nicaragua, Indians are casualties of armed struggle VANCOUVER SUN. Wars are generally reported from the standpoint of the combatants, generals or politicians. But the real casualties of any war go unreported; they are the land and all of the life it supports, including humans. The largest tropical rain forest in Central America is in Nicaragua, and while the prolonged civil war between the Sandinistas and Contras was extensively reported, there has been far less publicity on the plight of 180,000 Miskito Indians who live on the Atlantic Coast of Nicaragua (there are also 15,000 Sumu and 1,000 Rama people in the area). The Miskitos were contacted by Europeans soon after Columbus came to the Americas, but have been able to live traditionally because of their isolation from the populated areas. Their territory extends across the land that was divided into Nicaragua and Honduras. Until 10 years ago, they were entirely self-sufficient, but when the civil war began, they found themselves caught between the two contending forces. In an effort to secure a land base, the Sandinistas destroyed 25 Miskito villages on the Honduras-Nicaragua border, burning the houses and fruit orchards and killing the livestock. People from more than 50 other villages were forcibly relocated in refugee camps. Some 40,000 refugees fled while over 2,000 were killed. The Miskitos were also attacked by Contras who were trying to establish a foothold on the east coast. In 1984, the Sandinistas realized the Miskitos were only interested in protecting their land, and formally recognized the autonomy of the Atlantic region. When the Sandinistas were thrown out of office, the new government created the Nicaragua Institute of Development of the Autonomous Region to administer it, although the country has little money to fund this new department. With the end of the civil war, thousands of Miskitos have returned to their villages only to find that the war, a hurricane in 1989 and two killer floods this year have pushed them to the edge of survival. Samuel Marcado, a Miskito Indian living in Canada, recently visited Nicaragua and reports that up to 14,000 returning refugees are at the mercy of the elements. Many have nothing: no tools, no shelter, and worst of all, no food. He predicts that unless aid comes within a few weeks, we may see hundreds, maybe thousands of Miskito people die of malnutrition and related diseases. Canadians can get involved by urging External Affairs Minister Joe Clark to give immediate aid to the Miskitos, or can donate money or materials through Plenty Canada. CANADA'S GREEN PLAN Election fever rages. Despite their nervousness over violence at election time in Haiti, a new phenomenon has brought election fever to the boiling point there. He's presidential candidate Jean-Bertrand Aristide, 37, a radical priest with the charisma and impassioned oratory of a Martin Luther King. A leftist populist, Aristide has built a fervid following among the millions who inhabit Haiti's slums. The question is, can this outspoken priest handle the expectations of Haitians and the hatred of the financial world, the army, the landlords and even the Catholic Church? PAGE B5 Looking to revive a dying language. How to win back the souls and tongues of thousands of young Cajuns is a problem that has prompted a language-teaching mission unique in the United States: the revival of Cajun French. More than 20 years after Louisiana gave its official blessing to the French revival movement, it is still an uphill struggle; French remains the language of the rapidly diminishing elderly. But that isn't stopping a cadre of Cajun intellectuals, teachers and officials from trying. PAGE B5 To a different drum. Quebec journalists, a veteran reporter says, are mesmerized with internal events and less concerned with the outer Canadian world. They are broadly perceived by anglophone counterparts to be virtually all nationalists if not outright supporters of independence, while they regard English-speaking Canada as a homogeneous lump. PAGE B6 Not easy being green. Critics have denounced the government's Green Plan as being too vague and for the opaque nature of its finances. But the most telling criticism was that it failed to place the environment on an equal footing with the economy. PAGE B6 Turning a blind eye. In order to establish the military threat to Iraq and make it both credible and durable, the United States and some other Western powers, including Canada, Britain and France, have gone to extraordinary lengths to reward the cooperation of newfound allies. They have also turned a blind eye to serious human-rights abuses by members of the anti-Iraq alliance and countries whose cooperation is required to make it effective. PAGE B6 Senate weakened by battle over GST. The goods-and-services tax is about to become the law of the land, yet it seems evident that it was adopted in the Senate in violation of the rules and the traditions of the upper house. Mind you, writes columnist William Johnson, those rules and traditions are utterly inadequate to govern a house inspired by partisan politics rather than by a consensual commitment to give a sober second scrutiny to legislation coming from the Commons. PAGE B3 The Macphenon III: Part of the first phase of the massive Hydro-Quebec project, the LG2 spillway is carved into the rock beside the dam. Picture a spring day next year in northern Quebec. Spruce trees crash before bulldozers as workers blaze a trail for the road to Hydro-Quebec's James Bay project, the beginning of James Bay II. Suddenly, work stops. Blocking the way is a cluster of tents, and in the centre stands a 71-year-old Inuk woman, Mina Weetaltuk, waving a stick at the advancing work crew. After last summer's Oka crisis, this vision is enough to make politicians shudder. But as Hydro pushes ahead determined to meet its 1998 deadline for completing the power project and enjoying the Quebec government's blessing, natives in Great Whale, the community most affected by the project, are starting to talk about a showdown. """"Oh yes, we'll be right in the middle,"""" Weetaltuk said this week when asked if she would take part in a blockade natives are considering. James Masty checks a marten trap near Great Whale. To stop the planned road, Great Whale's approximately 500 Inuit and 500 Cree have opposed James Bay II through publicity campaigns in southern Quebec and the United States and through court challenges. But their frustration is growing. Quebec has decided that Hydro should split the environmental review of the Great Whale project so it can start building $600 million in roads and infrastructure before the actual dams and power stations are approved. With Hydro planning to hand the Quebec government its impact study on infrastructure next week, road construction could be under way in three months. """"We're running out of time,"""" said Robbie Dick, chief of the Whapmagoostui band. Whapmagoostui is the Cree name for Great Whale; the Inuit call it Kuujjuarapik. """"I don't want to see violence. I don't want people to get hurt physically in the struggle,"""" Dick said. """"But knowing what happened at Oka and what the government is capable of doing to native people, I don't see how we can stop that."""" Dick, 41, is adamant that taking up arms as Mohawk Warriors did last summer is not the Cree way. Inuit leaders say the same of their people. But Dick has begun consulting his band to determine how far they will take peaceful opposition. One of the first people he turned to was John Petagumskum Sr., a 70-year-old Cree elder. Petagumskum, who has gone hunting and trapping in the bush all his life, sees the hydro-electric project as catastrophic and incomprehensible. While he, too, opposes violence, he suggested that the Cree should arm themselves with traditional weapons in a symbolic last stand. """"Maybe they could send some people from Whapmagoostui on the way where they know the road will be built and block the road. We could build some bows and arrows like the Cree used to use, just to hold the arrows, not to shoot them,"""" he said. """"The arrows will mean that this is what my grandfather and great-grandfather hunted with."""" Robert Brunette, Hydro's vice-president for Indian and Inuit affairs, says he hopes a communication with the Cree can be avoided through talking. So far, however, the Cree have refused to negotiate with Hydro; they say the project shouldn't go ahead, period. In Great Whale, the Oka crisis has left the deepest impression on people under 30, about 65 per cent of the native population. Shortly after the Mohawk standoff, gangs of teenaged native boys came out at night in Warrior-like fatigues and masks, brandishing sticks and telling some of the town's 150-odd whites to go home. The Cree youth council told them to stop. But the message remains in many young Cree and Inuit minds that threatening violence may be the only way to attract attention. """"You can never get (the Quebec government's) attention peacefully,"""" said Stella, 15. Her white-imposed legal name is Masty, but she prefers her Cree family name, Maseetayapeemeeko. """"You have to fire some guns near his head,"""" she said. """"You have to risk your life."""" Roger Sandy, 19, president of the Cree high-school student council, said he plans to arm himself with a university education to defend his land, but he realizes that by the time he gets through school, the battle could be over. """"If they don't want to listen, we will defend our mother Earth,"""" Sandy said. """"We know that she's in pain. We don't want her to die."""" """"I can't tell you if we're going to use guns. I can't tell you we're not going to. Our best answer may be not to use violence."""" Southerners might dismiss this sort of talk as part of a bargaining ploy, a way for natives to squeeze what they can out of the government in return for permission to build the Great Whale dams. Chief Dick says the cynics are mistaken. """"They (the government) want to buy us off,"""" he said. """"But we're not for sale, not any more."""" From what they've heard about Hydro's planned project, the natives fear it will sever their tie to the land, forcing them to give up hunting and adopt a white lifestyle that, despite concessions like VCRs and snowmobiles, remains foreign. The Great Whale project, whose cost is estimated at $6 billion, would unquestionably transform the landscape. With five dams and 133 dikes, it would create reservoirs that covered 4,387 square kilometres, an area almost the size of Prince Edward Island. Five major rivers would be diverted, with the Great Whale River that runs past the town of Great Whale reduced to one-fifth its current flow. Well aware of how mercury contaminated reservoirs and rivers after James Bay I, natives worry that both fish and Hudson Bay seals and whales would be poisoned by Great Whale flooding. The proposed 550 km of roads linking the Great Whale project to James Bay I would also connect the community to the south by land for the first time. Native leaders fear this would open the door to widespread alcohol and drug abuse and sexually transmitted diseases. Alcoholism is not unknown in Great Whale, which already has a bar. But liquor is much harder to come by there than down south. For Annie Ittoshat, a 20-year-old student at Great Whale's Inuit high school, the Hydro project is proof that whites to the south have no idea how she lives. """"I think they don't understand that our culture is different and is very important to us,"""" she said. """"They don't eat what we eat. All they have to do is go to the store. The whole area will be hit."""" PAGE B4 Deterrent fee not the fix hospitals need: doctors. IRWIN BLOCK THE GAZETTE On a slow Tuesday at the emergency ward of the Jewish General Hospital, there's only one person waiting to be seen. But 16 patients are on beds in the corridors, several tied to intravenous tubes. For Dr. Marc Afilalo, the hospital's director of emergency services, this is where the real problem of emergency-room overcrowding is. And the $5 deterrent fee proposed this week in the Quebec government's health-reform bill will do little to improve its services, Afilalo argues. The fee is meant to encourage more people to use local community service centres instead of hospital emergency wards. """"Who's going to collect the $5? I won't. I won't refuse to see a patient if he doesn't have $5, and I don't think any physician will. It's just not in our culture."""" Afilalo likes other aspects of the reform; for example, he says overcrowding will be alleviated when 40 chronic-care patients are shifted in the next weeks to the new Mount Sinai Hospital in Côte St. Luc, freeing up emergency beds. He applauds the government commitment to open more chronic- and acute-care beds in the health-care system and expand the emergency facility at the Jewish General. But Afilalo remains adamant that he will not collect the deterrent fee for cases judged to not be emergencies. These cases are dealt with in a matter of minutes, he says. Shifting them to community clinics will not lead to a reduction in staffing or equipment needs at the emergency room. Afilalo points to a recent study at the hospital: preliminary results indicated that only a small number of the 100 or so patients who visit emergency during a typical 16-hour period do not require emergency treatment. The two-week study, done last July, indicated that 11 per cent of emergency clients should have been seen by a doctor within six to 24 hours, while another. PLEASE SEE CISC PAGE B4. THE GAZETTE, MONTREAL, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1990 'The whole area's going to be affected.' Sitting in the bush, it's so powerful you don't even want to cough because it's going to shake the ground. Stella Maseetayapeemeeko, 15, Cree from Great Whale. GRAEME HAMILTON THE GAZETTE. GREAT WHALE. The caribou arrived from the north in late November this year, a month early. So last weekend many of Great Whale's people loaded their snowmobiles and headed out to hunt. John Petagumskum Jr., 30, and James Masty, 25, left at 6:30 Saturday morning, bundled up for a three-hour trip into the peaceful bush, to a camp near Masty's trapline. The town was dark as the two Cree left, travelling north along the Hudson Bay coast before turning inland. As the sun rose, snow-covered hilltops turned bright pink, a brief change in the otherwise green-and-white landscape. At the camp, a large canvas tent strung on a wooden frame, with a carpet of spruce boughs, they started a fire in the wood stove and Masty, who works in town during the week as chairman of the Cree trappers' committee, described what he hoped to find in his traps that afternoon. """"Around this area there are a lot of species: otter, mink, marten, beaver, fox, muskrat,"""" he said. Masty has been coming to this camp for 30 years. But he is worried that the proposed Great Whale hydro project will change the land, even though his own trapline will not be flooded. Great Whale will force the caribou and other animals to change their migration patterns, he said. """"The whole area's going to be affected."""" And when the land is affected, so are the people. After lunch, the two hunters returned to their snowmobiles and spent four hours checking a dozen traps, which had not been checked in over a week. But a recent snowfall had covered the entrances to the spruce-draped traps, and all were empty except one. In it was a weasel, worthless to the trapper. Not far below the tree line, this is almost barren terrain where trees can take 100 years to grow just five metres. The high ground is rocky. Only down by the lakes and rivers where the traps are set is there anything resembling a forest. Great Whale Cree chief Robbie Dick says the nature of the land means the flooding will seriously reduce the amount of land where the region's animals can roam and feed. The flooding will cover caribou summer calving grounds, with unknown effects. He concedes that the area to be flooded is not huge compared with the La Grande project, the first phase of James Bay development, which will have swamped 15,000 square kilometres when it is finished in 1996. """"But a lot of affected areas will be concentrated in river valleys,"""" he said. """"The rest of the terrain is rock, and it's pretty hard to have animal habitat there."""" Construction could start in 90 days. When Hydro-Quebec hands the Quebec government its environmental-impact study on the Great Whale roads and airports next week, it will trigger a review process that could lead to road construction in three months. Under the 1975 James Bay agreement, Environment Minister Pierre Paradis must forward the report on the $600-million infrastructure to two committees for study. One committee, set up to review projects that will have impact below the 55th parallel, has two members appointed by the Cree and three by the Quebec government. The other, for projects that have impact above the 55th parallel, has nine members: five appointed by the government and four by the Inuit. Both committees are involved because the effects of Great Whale will be felt on both sides of the 55th parallel. The Quebec government will have the final say. The committee with Cree members has 45 days to recommend to Paradis whether to authorize the project and on what conditions. It must consult with the Cree population that would be affected and can receive submissions from outsiders if the Cree band gives its permission. The law also says the minister may authorize other modes of public consultation. The other committee, the Kativik Environmental Quality Commission, will have 90 days to complete its review. Although it officially has the power to decide whether the project should be approved, the minister or the government can exercise a veto. Anybody interested will be able to send written briefs on the project to the Kativik commission, and the commission can invite people to make submissions. The James Bay agreement specifies that for the Great Whale hydro-electric complex, only environmental, not social impacts can be considered reason to turn down a project. That has changed with Quebec's recent decision to split the review of the roads from the review of the dams, a Quebec Environment Department official said. Now, the committees could recommend against the road project strictly on the ground of the social impact; for example, if they determine that opening the territory would wreak havoc on the isolated native community. Graeme Hamilton. Because of their jobs, Masty and Petagumskum are weekend hunters, but about 30 Cree families, roughly one-fifth of the Great Whale band, leave town in September and fly to camps as far as 200 kilometres away. Last week these families started to trickle back into town for the Christmas holidays, but they will head back in the new year and some will stay until the ice breaks up at the end of spring. They live largely off the land, except for basics. Trappers benefit from an income-security program established in the 1975 James Bay agreement, under which Quebec guarantees an annual income for Cree who spend at least 120 days a year in the bush. Masty said the subsidy ranges between $11,000 and $15,000: the more you make from trapping, the smaller the subsidy. Fourteen hours after setting out, they arrive back in Great Whale. Life in Great Whale is a hybrid of old and new. This time of year people get around mainly by snowmobile, not snowshoe, and in the summer the canoes have motors on the stern. Homes have televisions and VCRs, and when there isn't any caribou to be found, the grocery store is stocked with steaks, pork chops and plenty of junk food. But like Masty and Petagumskum, most people retain a strong link with the land and waters that surround them. Thirty Cree families, about one-fifth of the Cree population, spend months in the bush every fall and winter, trapping, hunting and fishing. Others who have jobs in town take advantage of the weekends to stock their freezers with caribou, fish, geese, and other game. The situation is similar for the Inuit, although their activities are concentrated along the coast of Hudson Bay where they fish and hunt seals, beluga whales, caribou and fowl. Robert Brunette, vice-president of Amerindian and Inuit affairs for Hydro, says the road to Great Whale will have a greater impact on the natives than the dams. """"The Cree and Inuit are worried that if roads are open to the general public, people will go hunting and fishing without any control,"""" he said in an interview. One possibility would be to restrict use of the road, he suggested. As for the flooding, the Cree exaggerate the impacts, Brunette said. They will have to adjust their trapping and fishing somewhat, moving to other lakes for instance, but the experience of the first phase has shown the Cree can continue to live off the land. But for Dick, the effects of the Great Whale project add up to too much, too fast. He is not against development, he says, but projects on the scale of Hydro's proposed dams are incompatible with the environment and way of life. """"We can share this together, the land and its resources, without destroying it. But they want to use it for their own purposes and never mind the people who live up here. That's not sharing. We call that stealing."""" GREAT WHALE is the first step in Premier Robert Bourassa's post-James Bay II hydro-electric scheme. The Great Whale project will create reservoirs, totaling 4,387 square kilometres, with five dams and 133 dikes. In all, five major rivers will be diverted: The Great Whale, the Little Whale, the Nastapoka, the Boutin and the Coates. Hydro-Quebec and the Quebec government say the 3,063-megawatt project must be completed by 1998 to meet this province's growing energy needs. Energy Minister Lise Bacon has said Quebecers might be reading by candlelight if the dams aren't built on time. In a new advertising campaign, Hydro claims its studies show the $6-billion project """"will not have a major effect on the environment."""" The Cree: About 500 of Quebec's more than 9,500 Cree live in Great Whale, which they call Whapma-goostui. They say the project will destroy their way of life, which still relies heavily on hunting, trapping and fishing. Cree traplines and graves will be submerged by the dams, and the flooding will release natural mercury into the water, contaminating the fish. The flooding will cover important caribou calving grounds on Lake Bienville. The Cree also worry that changes to river shores will destroy duck and goose habitat. The Inuit: The roughly 500 Inuit of Great Whale, or Kuujjuarapik as they know it, have been fighting the project, led by their mayor, Sappa Fleming. They share the concerns of the Cree, but because their hunting is mainly along the Hudson Bay coast, they also worry about the effect of mercury contamination on the seals and beluga whales they hunt. Other Inuit communities that will not be touched by the project have decided to negotiate with Hydro and the Quebec government to get what they can in compensation for the changes Great Whale will bring. There are about 6,000 Inuit in Quebec. Fleming calls the decision to negotiate a betrayal of his community. LEN SIDAWAY Overcrowding will remain a problem despite deterrent fee, doctors say. CLSC 'Serious emergencies are sent to hospital.' CONTINUED FROM PAGE B1. Two per cent could have been seen in a doctor's office anywhere, any time. One place that 2 per cent could have gone is the Côte des Neiges CLSC, a few blocks away at the corner of Côte des Neiges Rd. and Van Horne Ave. Last Tuesday afternoon, about 10 people were in the waiting room there. Director Jacques Lorion says 125 people a day visit the clinic to see a doctor, dietician, psychologist, social worker, physiotherapist or other health professional. It offers programs for drug abusers and troubled teenagers, and tenants' rights clinics. With an $8-million budget and a staff of 220, including part-timers, this CLSC, one of the largest in Quebec, has come a long way since it opened 15 years ago with a budget of $1.2 million. Lorion says he and his staff are ready to expand beyond the 9-to-5, five-day-a-week schedule that now prevents the CLSC from becoming the frontline medical clinic CLSCs were meant to be. """"What the government wants is to direct people to the CLSC and they will orient you; they will do the first triage,"""" deciding which cases are most serious. """"All we need is more funds."""" In fact, planning is already under way for the Côte des Neiges CLSC, which now occupies three floors of rented premises, to move into a five-storey building that was the nurses' residence of St. Mary's Hospital at Lacombe Ave. and Côte des Neiges Rd. Lorion says a corridor will be built to connect it with the hospital's emergency room for those cases requiring immediate treatment or more sophisticated equipment. """"If you have a cold sweat and pain in your chest, don't come to a CLSC,"""" Lorion advised. """"If your leg is broken, go to the hospital immediately. If a serious emergency comes to our clinic, we call Urgences Santé and (the patient) is sent immediately to the hospital."""" Clients who use the CLSC's facilities usually have minor ailments: children with earaches or fevers, people with cuts, dizziness or depression. The Côte des Neiges CLSC, first created 15 years ago, performs a myriad of other medical, psychological, social and community services. These include home care for 1,500 elderly patients and handicapped patients in an area stretching from Decarie Blvd. to Park Ave. and from Jean Talon St. to Remembrance Rd. Home care can mean two to eight visits per week per client, up to a total of 15 hours. And this CLSC is part of a network of five offering 24-hour-a-day at-home nursing care. Lorion said CLSCs have been slow in penetrating the English-speaking districts of Montreal because these were among the last to get full CLSC service. The reason for this, said Linton Garner, regional coordinator for accessibility of services in English for the regional council on health and social services, is that the first CLSCs were built in 1972 to serve the most deprived areas, such as east-end Montreal. """"This network is largely unknown to the English-speaking community because of its progressive development in areas of greatest need."""" There are 30 CLSCs on the island, including the CLSC Lac St. Louis, which serves Baie d'Urfé, Beaconsfield, Kirkland, Pointe Claire, Ste. Anne de Bellevue and Senneville. It was the last to be established in Quebec and says its budget is the lowest per capita in the province. A four-day-a-week drop-in medical clinic began operating there this fall. The right to die with dignity proposed in the massive health-reform bill introduced in the National Assembly this week is not really a new right. The bill says people may not be made to undergo care without their consent, a common legal principle, says Ted Keyserlingk, professor of ethics and law at the McGill University Centre for Medicine, Ethics and Law. """"Any competent person can say, 'No, I don't want this form of treatment to continue, including life support,'"""" Keyserlingk said in an interview. """"A doctor who goes ahead despite your refusal is committing a form of assault."""" The bill underlines one's ability to name a representative who can act for you if you are incapacitated. In fact, since Bill 145 went into effect in the spring, Quebecers have been able to draft a """"living testament,"""" a document, which may be notarized, in which they indicate their desire to """"die with dignity"""" and name a spouse or close relative to act on their behalf. """"There is a growing awareness in hospitals that it is serving no purpose whatsoever to keep patients hooked up so they may survive biologically, but may also be brain-dead or so incapacitated that most reasonable people would not want to continue in that state,"""" Keyserlingk said. Doctors themselves may pull the plug, Keyserlingk adds, since medical intervention is required only when there is a therapeutic reason: some indication that the patient """"will recover a degree of minimal function."""" Occasionally, families will not accept the medical team's advice to take a patient who is comatose off life support, says Dr. Les Bayne, chief of medical intensive care at the Montreal General Hospital. """"Then we usually back off and allow time to solve the problem. With time comes more understanding,"""" he explains. The problem is becoming more acute because doctors can prolong the dying process through respirators. But Bayne says the medical team may well give medication to a terminal patient who has difficulty breathing even though that may shorten the patient's life. """"There is a fine line between assisting a patient at the time of dying and actually helping the patient to die. In fact, it's not a line; it's blurred."""" That's why some people who are healthy, as well as those who have such conditions as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and AIDS, are leaving formal instructions on what to do if. Scott Dunbar, fellow in bioethics at Cleveland Clinic Foundation and a teacher at Dawson College, suggests that the time to think seriously about death is when you're healthy. """"Everybody should consider medical directions with an enduring power of attorney in the event of four possibilities: B """"Becoming permanently unconscious; B """"Facing death in a short period of time, whether or not medical procedures are administered; B """"Facing substantial and irrevocable loss of mental function; B """"Procedures that would impose an undue physical or psychological burden in light of a patient's medical condition and the expected benefits of the procedures."""" Montreal notary Earl Kruger has consulted Dunbar in preparing living testaments for clients. These power-of-attorney documents enable a representative to """"withhold or withdraw life-sustaining procedures"""" if the person is incapable of making decisions about her medical care. Longueuil notary Jacques Goyette has prepared mandates for clients, giving them the power to refuse life-supporting drugs or treatments or other """"disproportionate means"""" if the person loses the capacity to express herself and the treatment will not guarantee the return of her mental or physical faculties. These mandates also authorize the patient's attorney to ask for drugs likely to shorten his suffering or unconscious state, """"even if they will hasten the moment of death, in order to allow for it to happen in a natural and peaceful way.""""""",0,1,0,1,0,0
+115,19900421,modern,Flood,"THE GAZETTE, MONTREAL, SATURDAY, APRIL 21, 1900 C7 NATIONAL OUTDOORS Yellow perch restrictions necessary The day when Quebec anglers will be saddled with a limit and season on yellow perch is only a few years away. Yellow perch are among the most prolific and widespread of Quebec game fish, so much so that they've invaded and claimed many trout and walleye lakes. Until lately, they've been regarded as little more than nuisance fish which take a lure well and give a respectable account once hooked. Trouble is that yellow perch are also one of the best eating fish to be found in Quebec waters and their white, flavorful meat is sought by both angler and non-angler alike. And, in the absence of any restrictions, a surprising number of fishermen have turned professional and are supplying the demand for fresh perch fillets. It's a lucrative business, provided you know what you're doing. A good fisherman can usually fill three buckets with perch in a day; once filleted, each bucket is worth between $50 and $65. That comes to between $150 and $195 per day, no questions asked. The money is even better during the last two weeks of April and the first week of May, when the perch are massed into immense spawning schools. Peddling the fish is easy since the buyers make their rounds on a regular basis throughout the winter and spring, often visiting the fishermen at home to buy the day's catch. Most of the perch are being resold to restaurants and stores in eastern Ontario. The toll on Montreal-area perch populations is so great that sports fishermen have noticed not only a decline in the number of fish caught, but also in the average size. Montreal-area anglers noticed a change in the perch population as much as five years ago and, in response to their concern, the Montreal office of the provincial fish and game department initiated a perch tagging program on Lac St. Louis three years ago. The results so far, unfortunately, have been largely inconclusive; less than one percent of the 10,000 spaghetti-tags attached by biologists each spring have been returned, and that's not enough to draw concrete conclusions. Yet, while biologists look for proof of the decline in yellow perch locally, the fish are being caught faster than nature can replenish their numbers. Provincial authorities maintain that there are no plans for either a limit on yellow perch or a closure to protect them during the April spawning period. At the regional offices of the fish and game department, however, such a move is being discussed. Unless evidence surfaces to prove that local perch populations are in better shape than indicated, anglers in the Montreal area will see daily and season limits along with a spring closure within the next two years. And not a second too soon. According to Linda Tilden, one of the lucky souls who get to live on the shores of Lake Tremblant year-round, the ice on that lake is still about a foot and a half thick. As recently as a week ago, snowmobilers were able to cross the lake freely, though rain has put a damper on their activities. The latest bout of mild weather will no doubt start the spring thaw in earnest, but at this stage it's a case of too little, too late. It would take an equatorial heat wave to prepare the lake for next weekend's trout opener. Tremblant fishing guide Wayne Johnson estimates that breakup will happen somewhere around May 3, and that bodes well for the spring fishery. After guiding on Tremblant for better than six years, and fishing the lake when he's not guiding anglers, Johnson has noticed that the best landlocked salmon and lake-trout fishing takes place during those years when ice out comes late. Anglers headed for New Brunswick's Miramichi River this weekend to take advantage of the spring salmon fishery will find the river in a flood state. The ice went off the Miramichi last Sunday and since then, the river has been running about six feet above seasonable levels. Fortunately, the runoff abates quickly on this massive river system and, by the end of next week, the Miramichi should be at its prime for spring salmon. Bear in mind that these fish are spent salmon on their way back to salt water after spending the winter in the river. They're ravenous and will hit almost any large fly presented in front of them, but the fight is less spectacular than that of a fresh run summer salmon. ON SALE Monday & Tuesday Only - April 23rd and 24th Canadian Commercial is a government agency that contracts on behalf of Canadian suppliers with foreign governments. THE GAZETTE, ALLEN MCHENRY Martineau Walker partners Stephen Cheasley, Brigitte Gouin, Jean Lafleur and Francis Fox can look beyond the Montreal skyline for business. LAWYERS JAN RAVENSBERGEN THE GAZETTE ALTER CANADA'S LEGAL LANDSCAPE Law is now more a big business than a profession. The big-league law firms in Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver are going through a quiet revolution these days. Veteran law-firm partners have begun to peer out from behind their panelled doors to unleash a rapid-fire series of affiliations and mergers involving some of the most prestigious names in law in Quebec and across the country. Vancouver firms have made or are looking for alliances in the east. Montreal firms have made or are seeking allies in the west and elsewhere. And firms in Toronto, Canada's legal centre of gravity, have become part of law-firm networks extending into both Quebec and British Columbia. In addition, like their counterparts in almost every other business these days, the biggest wheels in the law business have started to think globally. In short, with the cementing of dozens of new alliances during the past six months, Canada's legal landscape is being transformed to an astonishing degree. """"Lawyers have seen more changes in the last five to seven years than ever before,"""" Jean Lafleur, chairman of the executive committee of Martineau Walker in Montreal, mused this week. At the end of January, 114-lawyer Clarkson Tetrault of Montreal announced it was combining in a newly constituted partnership with McCarthy & McCarthy of Toronto, to create Canada's largest single law firm, with 450 lawyers among a total staff of 1,300. Now renamed McCarthy Tetrault, the old Toronto-based firm played the lead role in knocking down barriers of provincial jurisdiction that until about a year ago prevented precisely this kind of merger. The most recent of the changes was announced only last Wednesday when Lafleur, Brown, de Grandpre of Montreal and Kronstrom, McNicoll, Desjardins & Villeneuve of Quebec City announced a merger to create an 83-lawyer firm. It will be known as Lafleur, Brown, de Grandpre, Kronstrom. Along with the new matchmaking, the bigger law firms are focusing ever more strongly on the business aspects of their professional practices. That's not surprising, because the largest half-dozen Montreal law partnerships alone easily generate total annual revenue exceeding $200 million, according to Andre Gagnon, publisher of the Quebec-oriented legal periodical Le Monde Juridique. Just how big is the law business in Quebec? There are 12,502 members of the Barreau du Quebec of whom 3,809 are women and a total of 3,302 notaries in the province. Including support staff and public employees of the justice system, Gagnon figures there are at least 50,000 jobs in Quebec's legal sector. PLEASE SEE LAW MERGERS, PAGE C2 For Rent signs will soon flood downtown office buildings. Among the important questions in Montreal today such as whether the Canadiens will beat the Bruins or when spring will finally arrive is who will be renting all the new office space downtown? In case you haven't noticed, the skyline is dotted with construction cranes. Montreal developers, in their infinite wisdom, have decided to build a bunch of major projects at the same time, flooding the market with millions of square feet of unleased space. At least 11 office-development projects are coming on stream in 1990 and '91, adding about 4 million square feet of new space to the office market, according to an analysis by Devencore Realties Ltd. But only 40 percent of that space or 1.7 million square feet has been leased so far. Some projects such as The World Trade Centre near Old Montreal and the Bank of Nova Scotia tower on Sherbrooke St. have leased less than a quarter of their available space. The timing of development obviously isn't great. Interest rates are surging, the economy is slowing and political uncertainty about Meech Lake is thick. The result is that tenants are taking a """"wait-and-see"""" attitude. Office relocations are often spurred by expansion, but there aren't many companies expanding right now. In an effort to lease space more quickly, developers have resorted to offering big financial inducements to prospective tenants. The value of these inducements, which can include building improvements, cash allowances and rent reductions, sometimes approaches $100 per square foot in the first year of a new lease, says Montreal broker Harry McKeague, president of Leonard, McKeague Realty Inc. """"There's a lot of space being built and people perceive the market as soft,"""" explains McKeague. """"We are entering a tenant's market,"""" adds Rodney Birrell, vice-president of marketing at Devencore, which is building the World Trade Centre and has so far leased only 18 percent of the space mostly to governments. Birrell argues that now is the best time for tenants to cut a deal because the market will get a bit tighter by autumn as tenants renew leases that come due this year and next. Right now, Birrell says, developers are willing to discount by 15 to 20 percent on rents, which typically range between $25 and $34 a square foot for class A space. The relative glut of new office space will push Montreal's vacancy rate up to 13.3 percent, Birrell figures, still lower than in Toronto but sharply higher than this city has seen in several years. The development industry moves in cycles of feast and famine. Last year was a lean year, with few new projects delivered and the vacancy rate on class A space tumbled to 4.8 percent by the end of December. But over the next two years, there will be more supply than the market can absorb. Another complicating factor is the rising cost of relocation. Rental rates on new office space have moved up considerably from those charged in the late 1980s. """"This is a factor that has affected virtually every major Canadian city during the past three years,"""" says Birrell of Devencore. The increase is a direct result of higher land prices and the rising cost of construction and financing. And costs could move even higher once the goods-and-services tax takes effect next year. The tax will be applied not only to rent charged, but to any financial benefits included in the lease package. Companies moving into new premises will also have to pay the goods-and-services tax on design fees, furnishings, office equipment, telephone systems, etc. In the event of a continued business slowdown, companies may resist the higher rents being asked on new space and opt instead for space in existing buildings. And that could pose quite a problem for developers sitting on new space. They would have to become even more aggressive in """"moving the product."""" After all, nobody wants to sit in a half-empty building. It's bad for business. Tire dumps The toxic fire which burned for 17 days at a Hagersville, Ont., tire dump could have happened in any one of the 123 tire dumps in Quebec. The fumes from the Ontario fire spewed poisonous smoke into the atmosphere, harming livestock, contaminating farmland and produce and causing the evacuation of nearby residents. In St. Amable alone, the rubber mountain contains between 4 million and 15 million discarded tires. Conservationists worry that security at tire sites is lax and provincial authorities admit that regulations concerning the storage of such potentially toxic material are still being drawn up. They've called for $5 million to improve security at 19 used-tire dumps and they're looking for ways to divide tire mounds into smaller piles to lessen the risk of large-scale fire. The Quebec firefighters' union says tires can be shredded and burned as fuel in cement plant incinerators and conservationists are urging that the proposal be studied. Recent visitors to La Verendrye Park describe certain sections of the once lush tree-filled reserve as desert-like. Yet Quebec is signing contracts some in effect until 2013 allowing companies to cut even more trees. The provincial government will not reveal how much will be cut as a result of its new forestry policy, which permits companies to cut trees on Crown land throughout Quebec. The Barrier Lake Algonquin Indians fear that the wholesale logging of trees in their area will not only seriously harm wildlife and flora of the region, but also their own way of life. Quebec's department of resources argues that the so-called clear-cutting of trees will be followed by extensive replanting and that little harm will be done. But conservationists say the resulting cultivated forest will be made up of trees of one species only and wildlife needs diversity to thrive. Toxic river Millions of litres of industrial waste are being unceremoniously dumped daily into the St. Lawrence River, the main artery of Quebec's ecosystem. The Cornwall area of the river, just west of the Quebec border, has been particularly fouled. Companies such as Alcoa, Reynolds, CIL, Domtar and Courtaulds are filling the system with a wide range of acids, metals and contaminants. More than 50,000 pollutants have been identified. The toxins have invaded fish, making them dangerous to eat, and corrupted the farmland and cattle of the region, destroying the traditional way of life of the native Mohawk Indians there. Meanwhile, environmentalists say that some companies are dragging their heels, ordering studies and denying responsibility for the problems while the river keeps filling up with poison. James Bay hazard Hydro-Quebec is performing radical surgery on the body of this province with the mammoth $50-billion hydroelectric project at James Bay, initiated 18 years ago and now in its second phase. Environmental experts charge that the utility is cutting with a dull spoon. Yet, even as Quebecers face increasing charges for electricity, it appears Hydro's proposed contract with the Vermont Public Utilities Board effective until the year 2020 and worth close to $8 billion will be ratified. Recognized environmental hazards attributed to the project include: Mercury poisoning: Caused by the release of bacteria after the flooding of land to create reservoirs in Phase I of the project, mercury now inundates the fish of the region and the Cree have been told to limit their fishing and fish intake. Their way of life is compromised as a result. Flooding: There are potential threats to every form of wildlife in the area freshwater seal, beluga whales, caribou, shore birds and others as flooding and drastically altered waterways tamper with the way these creatures breed and feed. As well, thousands of acres of forests will be razed to accommodate the development, contributing to the greenhouse effect. Conservationists and the local Cree warn industry is effectively sacrificing nature on the altar of commerce. Beluga whales are dying in the Saguenay River and with only 400 left, their survival as a species is in doubt. Industry is laying waste to the elegant white mammals by poisoning their food supply with chemicals and debris and by altering their habitat so drastically that they are mutating and developing cancers and ulcers. Autopsy reports on belugas read like a compendium of poisons: PCBs and more than 20 other chemicals have been found in their corpses. Dead belugas are so contaminated, in fact, that they are treated as toxic waste. In less than a year-and-a-half, 27 belugas have come to die on the shores of the Saguenay, victims of the effluents dumped in the river by pulp and paper plants, power companies and mining concerns. Ironically, the flourishing tourist industry which has sprung up around whale sighting is jeopardized as a result. 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In theory, the process allows governments to make objective decisions on development projects, in keeping with policies of environmental protection and social development. But the environment involves humans, and perspectives of various human groups. For aboriginal people, the land is not a wilderness, but their homeland. """"Understanding the impact of development means understanding human values and perspectives. The panel tried to get DND to see this. It told them the aboriginal perspective must be included in the study. Instead of asking that all low-level flights be cancelled, the panel asked for the number of flights to be frozen at the 1986 level. DND refused, and the number has increased every year since. The Innu were thus left to seek an injunction to end the flights entirely, one of their arguments being that no prior environmental clearance was given, as required by law. """"Now the environmental impact study has been released, the panel has found it seriously inadequate and in need of further work. They have again asked for the cap on flights, which DND has also rejected under the absurd pretext that this would close down Goose Bay. And the public is asking why a $6-million study is effectively worthless. """"The study has problems on every page. Its description of the proposal is inadequate, not even identifying the vast areas for bombing, target and supersonic flight practice, which effectively exempts them from assessment. Its use of existing scientific data, particularly on noise, is distorted. It has failed to cite a wide range of existing studies, or to conduct its own research where data are not yet available. It proposes 'avoidance' of people and sensitive wildlife by the military, without demonstrating that this is feasible. And the aboriginal perspectives are totally avoided. """"This is not just my opinion, but that of numerous specialists. The study's errors and distortions cannot be explained as poor research. They show a pattern of distortions which consistently minimizes the negative impacts of the project. """"A major problem with the present process is that DND had total control over who conducted the study and how it was done. It is common knowledge among the subcontractors that the results of many component studies were never included in the final report, while in other cases results were included only selectively. The consultants involved cannot legally complain publicly and if they did, would gain the unwanted reputation as troublemakers. """"The only checks against such distortions are the public interest groups who were allowed to criticize the report. However, the funding available to them was minuscule compared to that spent by DND. Due mainly to the ability of the Innu to find independent scientists who could critically examine the report, and to the independence shown by the panel, a sham has been exposed. """"But this is not a victory for environmental stewardship and social responsibility. Last Tuesday, for the 10th year, the low-level flights were due to start screaming over the heads of Innu hunters and the wildlife. The EARP process has yet to offer them any real protection. BLOCKADE Moscow accused of diverting food sent from Cuba CONTINUED FROM PAGE A1 rioters planned to storm the building. The troops, some using their clubs and others using their feet and fists, forced the guards and 400 employees out of the building, the witnesses said. """"They threatened to kill us,"""" said a civilian guard, Romouldas Sulio-kas, whose nose was bleeding and who said he had been beaten in the stomach and kicked in the back. """"Some of us threw ourselves down to the floor, but we were dragged along."""" About 4,000 Vilnius residents, who heard radio reports of the clash, converged on the plant and began singing nationalist songs and jeering at the soldiers. Twelve people were injured and three were taken to hospital. It was not immediately clear whether the troops' movement into the building was ordered by Moscow or by the commander of the Vilnius garrison. About 15 unarmed Interior Ministry troops had been watching the building for three weeks without incident. Troops beat some Lithuanians last month as they forcibly rounded up army deserters. But in takeovers of about half a dozen Communist Party buildings in Vilnius since the Lithuanian parliament declared the republic independent March 11, there has been no violence. Gorbachev, however, has been increasing the pressure on the Baltic republic in the past week in an effort to persuade Lithuanian lawmakers to rescind pro-independence legislation. Moscow cut off all oil supplies and 84 percent of the republic's natural gas supplies. And yesterday, according to Deputy Prime Minister Romualdas Ozolas, the Lithuanian leadership received telegrams """"that confirm that not only oil and gas but also food products have been diverted from Lithuania."""" Two ships from Cuba carrying raw sugar for Lithuania have been diverted from the Baltic republic's port of Klaipeda as have supplies of fish from neighboring Latvia, Ozolas told a news conference. """"We cannot speak about some misunderstanding,"""" he said. """"I am sure this is a part of a complex of measures that can be called a blockade. I also fear that the range of these measures can be expanded."""" In Norway, Lithuania's prime minister yesterday suggested a trade of farm products for oil to help the Baltic republic survive the Soviet blockade. Kazimiera Prunskicne visited the west-coast oil town of Stavanger to meet managers of the government Statoil company. The Norwegian government told the Lithuanians they are welcome to buy its North Sea crude, but it has given no promises of aid. In Moscow, Lithuania's permanent representative to the Soviet capital shot down a BBC report that Lithuania will offer to repeal its declaration in exchange for a two-year timetable for independence. Egidius Bickauskas was quoted on Radio Moscow's Interfax news service as dismissing """"rumors that Lithuanian leaders will be ready to rescind their decision"""" if Moscow agrees to a two-year separation plan. The representative's office aides said a Lithuanian delegation is coming to Moscow on Monday for consultations with Soviet officials. But Bickauskas said the talks were not linked to Moscow's economic sanctions and had been scheduled before the energy embargo was imposed on Wednesday. """"I decided to give you my resignation,"""" Leveille wrote. """"For the nine years that I sat on the bench, I achieved the objectives I had set myself. It is with regret that I now take this course of action."""" At 5 p.m., Remillard's spokesman, Anne Lebel, said Remillard was in his courthouse office but had not yet seen the letter. She said he would have no comment in any case. Leveille had stepped down temporarily Feb. 21 pending the Judicial Council ruling on the two accusations of wrongdoing against him. He had continued to draw his $92,000 annual salary. Lapointe said yesterday that Leveille has also decided to withdraw his appeal of the massage parlor conviction. The appeal process was set to start in Quebec Superior Court April 25. """"We're turning the page,"""" Lapointe said in an interview, """"My client is very shook up. He's going to try to get over all this."""" Lapointe added his client is angered that all three complaints against him have surfaced anonymously, and always first in the media. """"The judge has come to the conclusion that obviously someone doesn't want him to sit as a judge,"""" Lapointe said. """"We don't know who that person is."""" Police arrested Leveille in the massage parlor in August, but did not charge him until after the story appeared in La Presse early this year. Lapointe said the drunkenness complaint came out Wednesday at the Judicial Council's monthly meeting. A committee appointed to examine Leveille's case was set to examine that charge next Tuesday. The Journal de Montreal reported yesterday that the crown prosecutor in the 1987 sexual assault case had complained to his superiors about Leveille's state during the hearing. The complaint was forwarded to the Justice Department in Quebec City but nothing was done, the newspaper said. POLLUTION Recycling drive instigated in PSBGM schools Continued from page A1 done with it. Most simply were glad that a drive they had instigated last fall has been recognized by their schools and put into action in a concrete way. This is how it works: A Laval fine paper collection firm, Carod Inc., distributes 3,084 blue boxes to the board's 67 schools. Into each box go about 15 kilograms of waste computer paper, looseleaf, note paper and photocopy paper. The schools use 50 million sheets of paper a year a total of 250,000 tonnes. Recycling one tonne saves 17 full-grown trees, Domtar says. Carod Inc. separates the paper by type and sends it to Domtar's Montreal East recycling centre, from there, Domtar ships the paper to its various mills throughout Canada to be recycled. The process costs the schools nothing; indeed, it saves some of them the cost of garbage disposal. The PSBGM is the only board in Montreal to institute such a program in all its schools. The Montreal Board of Trade provides free business advice and contacts. And it's all thanks to the students themselves. """"The impulse came from the kids, saying: We want to start recycling in our school; what are you going to do about it?"""" said Gaby Ostro, the PSBGM consultant behind the project. """"I'm really into the environment,"""" said Alex Tempier, 11, a Grade 6 student at Roslyn School in Westmount. """"When I see kids I want to show them the environment is precious and you shouldn't fool around with it."""" The only problem, Domtar representative Dan Miller said, is finding a market for the finished product: colored recycled paper, which is 10 to 20 percent more expensive than regular white paper. """"In offices especially, there's been a lot of reluctance to use colored paper,"""" Miller said. """"So how about lowering the price for a while, taking a cut in profits, to encourage consumption? That's one question the Domtar man wasn't able to answer."""" """"I don't deny this is good public relations,"""" he said. Outback floods strand thousands ASSOCIATED PRESS SYDNEY An elderly woman drowned in flood waters, and 30,000 people in Outback areas remained isolated as heavy rain continued across much of eastern Australia, police said today. Ngari Roberts, 64, drowned at Mudgee in central western New South Wales state when her motorcycle was swept downstream as she tried to cross a swollen creek. The town of Charleville, in western Queensland state, was under water and officials said 4,000 people, many stranded on the roofs of the flooded homes, would have to be rescued by helicopter or boat. Queensland state Premier Wayne Goss declared the central and western areas of his state a disaster area and promised financial aid for victims of the flooding, caused by three weeks of heavy rain. Meteorologists said the rain was the heaviest in 40 years. 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A powerfully built man with skin weathered by a lifetime hunting and fishing, Petagumskum travelled 2,000 kilometres with fellow villagers from northern Quebec to press his case against Hydro-Quebec. The giant Quebec utility wants to build a project that would reduce Great Whale River to a trickle, and flood a land that Petagumskum reveres. """"God gave us that land. It's our garden,"""" the 54-year-old says through an interpreter. """"White people wouldn't like us to destroy their garden. Please don't destroy ours."""" As the world marks Earth Day tomorrow, the province's Cree and Inuit are asking Quebecers to turn their attention to a piece of the planet in their own backyards. Hydro-Quebec's colossal James Bay II would divert eight rivers and flood huge tracts of land in northern Quebec. The project marks the culmination of Premier Robert Bourassa's dream of tapping the power of Quebec's rivers for energy. In the process, the Cree's """"garden"""" would be transformed into the biggest generating complex on earth. """"If this project is built, the Cree culture will cease to exist,"""" says Grand Chief Matthew Coon-Come, leader of the Grand Council of the Crees of Quebec. """"It will drive away the animals, and if you drive away the animals, you drive us away too."""" After public pressure, Quebec decided to subject new hydro development to public scrutiny for the first time. Hearings are set to begin soon. """"Quebec has taken steps to protect the environment around James Bay in the past; and Hydro-Quebec says it can manage the impact of James Bay II. But the Cree are dubious. """"The original James Bay poisoned their fish, killed their caribou and threatened their birds with extinction, they say. """"Look what happened the first time,"""" Petagumskum says. """"Why should we trust them any more? Our land will be underwater. The burial sites of our ancestors will be flooded."""" It is 11 a.m. in New York's Battery Park and Mina and Billy Weetaltuk look bewildered. The elderly couple from Great River have never strayed far from their home of 2,000 souls before. Today, they saw a tangle of highways leading into New York that resembled a demonic snake; they saw towers reaching toward the heavens in a way they never dreamed possible. Now they are seated on a park bench with two homeless men sleeping beneath a blanket of newspapers nearby. """"This place is scary,"""" 70-year-old Billy says through an interpreter. """"I would rather be home. But we have to be here. This is where we must fight."""" For the past month, Billy and Mina have joined 60 Quebec natives in a battle on U.S. soil to protect their land from the Great Whale project, which they say amounts to its first step toward becoming a major energy exporter, long regarded as a vital component of Quebec's economic future. Robert Brunette, vice-president of Native and Inuit Affairs at Hydro-Quebec, says that flooding from Great Whale would affect only a fraction of the territory covered by the James Bay Agreement. """"For the Cree, I don't hide it: It will disturb some people, especially the trappers and people who live from traditional means,"""" Brunette says. """"But it won't be disastrous for their lives. Their fears are exaggerated. There are ways of controlling and correcting the impacts."""" Hydro-Quebec says its projects have respected the environment and provided health care, education and other benefits to Quebec natives. Brunette said the Cree from Great Whale could derive such new benefits as jobs at Hydro sites and a road to join their isolated community with the rest of the world. But the Cree say they don't want money. They don't want roads. """"We just want Hydro,"""" Petagumskum says, """"to leave us in peace.""""""",1,0,0,1,1,1
+116,19900513,modern,Flood,"Filiatrault Funeral Home, 76 Dussault, Laval-des-Rapides. Visiting hours Sunday and Monday, 2 to 5 and 7 to 10 p.m. Executive Director Committee IN MEMORIAM SCALES, George Albert. Memories are treasures no one can steal. Death is a heartbreak no one can heal. While some may forget you when you are gone, we will remember you no matter how long. Your loving wife, May and Steve. TONGE, Aggie and Joe. In loving memory of a dear Mom (May 13, 1986) and Dad (February 17, 1978). Miss you today and every day. Love you, Linda and Joe. WEINHOLTZ, Mira. The very best mother and grandmother in the world who passed away 5 years ago on Mother's Day. Your smile is gone forever. Your hands we cannot touch. All we have are memories of one we love so much. Always loved and remembered by Lisa, David and Florence, grandchildren, Steven, Michael and Arron, and your namesakes, Matthew and Miriam. Ex-news agency chief Dauphinee dies at 76 NAPANEE, Ont. (CP) John Dauphinee, retired general manager and chief executive of The Canadian Press and a journalist for nearly 45 years, died in hospital Friday. He was 76. Dauphinee, who joined the news co-operative in Vancouver in 1936, worked in most CP bureaus in Canada and abroad before being appointed to the top post in 1969, succeeding Gillis Purcell. He had been in hospital in this eastern Ontario town near his summer home for several weeks where he was being treated for cancer. An incisive editor-manager whose handling of many of CP's most difficult situations earned him respect from editors and publishers across the country, Dauphinee was involved directly or indirectly in coverage of news events around the world. As news editor in London he was responsible for CP's coverage of the last months of the Second World War and early postwar years; as Ottawa bureau chief he had to oversee political reporting from Parliament Hill; as chief in Winnipeg he worked, ate and slept in his office, his sharp news eye fixed on some of the raging Red River's worst floods. A Vancouver native whose fore- Twins' birth surprise for travelling mother. When Geraldine Asprec felt stomach pains last Thursday aboard an Air Canada flight over Alberta, she had no idea she was in for the most painful and rewarding experience of her life. Calgary became the unexpected birthplace of Asprec's twin son and daughter after her labor pains forced the non-stop Vancouver to Montreal flight to land in the southern Alberta city. """"I thought I did not feel comfortable,"""" Asprec said in an interview. """"I asked the stewardess for a pain killer. I didn't think I was giving birth."""" It was Asprec's first day in Canada. Seven months pregnant, the 22-year-old Filipino was flying to Montreal to be reunited with her family after being separated for 3 1/2 years. """"When the doctor said you have... Man charged after woman LANTTER A 38-year-old Laurentian man was charged yesterday in connection with the slaying of his former common-law wife in this small town, 15 kilometres northeast of Ste. Agathe. Serge Miron, of Ste. Agathe, was charged at the St. Jerome courthouse with first-degree murder in connection with the shooting of 32-year-old France Bazinet on Friday night. Bazinet was at her 15th Ave. home when she was hit in the chest by a single rifle shot around 11. Entire village joins demonstration against plan to close high school; HAM NORD They didn't want to lose the local high school, so nearly the entire population of this tiny village burned an old school bus in protest yesterday. """"It was a symbolic gesture. Every four, five years, they try to close the school,"""" Diane Taschereau, a member of the school committee, said last night. Ham Nord is 35 kilometres southeast of Victoriaville. Traffic on Road 161 was stopped shortly while 300 demonstrators burned the broken-down bus, which had been donated by a resident. Residents have been protesting since the Victoriaville School Com IN MEMORIAM WENDT, Alma. For Mother's Day. In loving memory of our dear mother and grandmother who passed away on April 10, 1990. You have a place within our hearts that no one else can fill, a place of love that's just for you and you always will. Love, Elaine, Gordon, David, Rodney, Darlene and Peter. WOOD, Clara. In loving memory of a dear mother and grandmother who passed away one year ago today. Today, tomorrow our whole life through, we will always love and remember you. Sadly missed by daughter Dorothy and granddaughter Ashley. PRAYERS THANKS to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, the Blessed Mother, St. Theresa and St. Jude for favours granted with a promise to publish. SUNDAY, MAY 13, 1990 Nicaragua reviving Anti-racist protesters turn on right-wing politicians policies of former dictatorship: Ortega GAZETTE NEWS SERVICES MANAGUA Recent decrees by the Nicaraguan government are bringing back the policies of the dictator that the Sandinista-led revolution overthrew in 1979, former president Daniel Ortega said yesterday. The Sandinista leader was referring to decrees by President Violeta Chamorro that suspend Nicaragua's civil service law and allow expropriated farmlands to be cultivated by their former owners. Ortega said his party sees those measures as attempts to reinstate the policies of ousted dictator Anastasio Somoza. """"We see in all this a return to Somocismo, an attempt to impose Somocismo,"""" he said. """"Logically, the (Sandinista) Front rejects this and the people reject this."""" Chamorro took over the presidency from Ortega last month, ending 10 years of Sandinista rule. A statement from the nine-member Sandinista directorate called for Chamorro to repeal the decrees and begin talks with all the economic and social sectors in Nicaragua to reach a consensus on the government's actions. On Thursday, Chamorro temporarily suspended the country's civil service law, which officials said impeded the government from making personnel changes. In response, about 60,000 Sandinista-affiliated state workers walked off their jobs Friday. The government threatened to fire them if they did not return. On Friday, Chamorro signed a decree under which former owners of expropriated farmlands now belonging to the government could rent the property for immediate cultivation. A second decree said the new government would review all expropriations by the Sandinistas with the aim of returning property deemed unjustifiably seized to its former owners. Chamorro said a return to privately run farming is needed to revive farm production for the next planting season, which begins in about two months. Food production dropped drastically under the Sandinistas and especially during a U.N. TIMES, WASHINGTON POST EARTHWEEK: A DIARY OF THE PLANET By Steve Newman Hi Mom! We're on our way. Happy Mother's Day Perrie. Worth Waiting For. FOCUS ON YOUR FUTURE Apply Now. FOR THE SEMESTER BEGINNING SEPTEMBER 1990 THE COLLEGE OF CENTENNIAL ACADEMY Sciences Social Science Commerce Creative Arts Application forms available from: High School Guidance Counsellor or Contact The College of Centennial Academy 3641 Prud'homme Ave, Montreal, Quebec H2A 3M6 486-5533 Cyclone A severe tropical cyclone lashed southeast India's Andhra Pradesh coast with 250 km/h winds and storm surge tides 5 metres above normal. Early reports from three of the seven districts hit by the storm say that at least 45 people have died as a result of the winds and flooding. Advance warnings by government meteorologists allowed authorities to evacuate 125,000 people from 40 low-lying coastal villages, some of which were flattened by the storm's tides and high winds. Seven thousand people were stranded on Edurumandi Island, which took the full brunt of the storm, after refusing to leave. They were believed to be safe in a government shelter. Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Channa Reddy told reporters the cyclone was more fierce than one in 1977 that killed 10,000 people and caused extensive damage to crops and property. Windstorm High winds from a powerful Pacific storm that hit parts of British Columbia and Washington state killed at least eight people. A man from Kennewick, Wash., survived the capsizing of his boat on the Columbia River only to be killed by a passenger train he was trying to flag down after swimming ashore. Lava's End Poisonous vapor rose from the Pacific where lava from Hawaii's Kilauea Volcano ended its fiery journey after burying the town of Kalapana. Officials kept a watch on the steam clouds, which contained hydrochloric acid and other hazardous chemicals, but fortunately trade winds kept blowing the gas out to sea. Morten lava stopped issuing from the volcano, but geologists said it could be just another in a series of pauses in the flow this year. For the week ending May 11, 1990 Chronic Features 73 Vostok, (U.S. and Soviet Union, and urged Moscow to destroy its samples now that there is no further scientific reason to keep them. Wildfires Unseasonably hot weather in Finland that broke a 150-year temperature record sparked fires in two peat fields. More than 400 hectares of peat, several office buildings, warehouses and farm equipment were destroyed in Oulu province. 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Bison Empire Humankind's fading imprint on the vast Great Plains under the buffalo hooves in parts of 10 states if a New Jersey social scientist gets his way. Frank Popper, chairman of Rutgers University's urban studies program delivered his suggestion of a """"buffalo commons"""" to a conference of environmentalists in Chicago. He believes the drought and economic hardship that have befallen many farmers in the region provide an unprecedented opportunity to restore the Plains to their late 17th-century ecological balance, when buffalo herds roamed to the horizon. Popper proposed that fences be torn down and grasses replanted to return vast tracts from the Dakotas to the Rocky Mountains to their former natural splendor. Earthquakes At least two people were killed and 16 others injured by an earthquake that rocked the Potenza area south of Naples, Italy. Earth movements were also felt in Western Australia, Panama, New Mexico, Iran and Southern California. Mosquito Flood Nudists in northern Texas prepared to protect themselves from the hordes of mosquitoes expected to emerge this spring after recent record floods. The Ponderosa Ranch nudist colony near Wills Point, Texas, is constructing bird houses to attract purple martins, which eat large quantities of the blood-sucking insects. ALL WEATHER White Walls SIZE PRICE SIZE PRICE P15580R13 44. MAY 13, 1990 D-3 Baseball fan played his cards right - and business is Montrealer's stores thrive as stock exchanges where all-stars' rookie cards are worth big money BILL BROWNSTEIN THE GAZETTE """"I'll trade you a Mario Lemieux rookie card and a Gretzky all-star for a Bo Jackson rookie card but only if it's in mint,"""" one little grade-school munchkin blurts to his buddy. """"No way, man,"""" the buddy shoots back. """"Throw in a Jose Canseco and maybe we'll talk trade."""" The action is fast and furious at Westmount Baseball Card Company, the kiddie world equivalent of the stock exchange. Five-year-old kids as well as 80-year-old fun-seekers buy, sell and trade cards with a vengeance at the company's two stores on Victoria Ave. in Westmount and Queen Mary Rd. in Snowdon. The cards come with or without gum and protective plastic covering. They feature football, basketball, hockey and baseball players. Some were packaged this year; others date back to 1888. Some cards are discolored and a little frayed at the edges; others are in mint condition and a trip to the mint would be in order if you planned to purchase, say, a flawless Mickey Mantle rookie card. """"Baseball is really my forte,"""" says Bruce Pearson, 32, the company's high-energy owner. And baseball has been very good to Pearson, who's been riding the crest of the card-buying boom that has swept this country. But he's no rookie in the business. Pearson has been collecting and trading cards since he was a kid. He opened his first shop five years ago. """"This is not an overnight fad,"""" Pearson explains. """"People have been buying cards for 100 years."""" The first cards go back to 1888 when ballplayers didn't even wear gloves. Simple steps can save energy Energy conservation is an important and simple way to help our environment. Saving energy will mean less air pollution, reduce acid rain and save thousands of acres from being flooded by new hydro-electric power dams. Energy-saving tips such as turning off lights and TVs when no one is in the room are a good place to start. Below are more tips to use on home appliances. Although each may save only a small amount of energy, they add up to a sizable savings. When buying new appliances, select the most energy-efficient one available. The ENERGUIDE symbol on the appliance is there to help you. However, without a comparison chart, the ENERGUIDE ratings don't tell you much. So Energy, Mines and Resources Canada has published the Energuide Directory to help you choose the most efficient models. To get a copy, write: Energy, Mines and Resources, Energy Publications Department, Ottawa, Ont. Pearson's Queen Mary Rd. outlet is only two weeks old and already it is jammed with stock and youthful customers. """"Hey, what'ya give me for this Gretzky rookie card, sir?"""" a determined grade-schooler asks the boss. """"It's not mint,"""" snaps trader Pearson, """"but I'll give you 60 bucks for it."""" Whoa, """"$60!"""" Where are all those mislaid cards of my lost youth? """"Hey, that's nothing,"""" says Pearson. """"A Ty Cobb card in mint condition will cost you a mere $5,000."""" The trick, though, is to collect players' rookie cards, hang on to them and hope the players become Hall of Famers one day. That's how a 10-cent card could be worth thousands of dollars. Card-collecting is no longer a hobby for some of Pearson's customers, especially the older ones. """"For many, it's an investment and the perfect hedge against inflation."""" According to the Wall Street Journal, stockbrokers and major investors rushed out to buy baseball cards after the 1987 market crash. They thought it would be a recession-proof investment, like art. """"And it is art, too,"""" adds Pearson, as he pulls out a 1953 card of legendary pitcher Satchell Paige. Card-collecting is no longer a hobby for Pearson, either. He's holding on to a few gems to pass on to his son who just turned 11 months but otherwise everything in his stores is up for grabs. That includes the vintage stuff as well as the 1,000 boxes of cards featuring new sports heroes. Joanne F Mills CLEAN LIVING Qv refrigerator's efficiency. Hard though it may be, train your children not to stare blankly into the fridge with the door wide open. Plan ahead and defrost food in the fridge to reduce energy consumption. You will provide an additional cold source for the fridge and eliminate the need to use an oven or microwave to do the work. Freezers When buying a freezer, choose a chest model. It is much more efficient than an upright because the cold air stays down in the unit rather than flowing out when the door is opened. Don't buy a bigger unit than you need and make sure you fill it up, as an empty freezer demands a lot more energy than a full one. Defrost your freezer whenever ice builds up. This varies according to the model, age of the freezer and how often the door is opened. Again, use a thermometer to help maintain the optimum temperature, usually around minus-18 C (or 0 F). Check your manual. Ranges An advantage of self-cleaning units is the elimination of toxic cleaners. If you turn on the cleaning cycle immediately after using the oven, you take advantage of the heat already available. When using the oven, cook as many dishes as possible to get maximum benefit from the energy used. For example, bake two or three cakes or casseroles at the same time and freeze what you don't immediately need. When checking on food in the oven, look through the window rather than opening the door and wasting energy. Make sure to use the right size pot on the burner (small pot, small element) and always use a lid to speed up the heating process. If possible, use a smaller appliance to do the job. For example, an electric kettle uses less energy than the stove-top element. Dishwashers Run the machine only when it is full to save hot water and electricity. Wash pots and pans by hand. It avoids the high energy consumption required to clean these items in the dishwasher. Even washing your dishes by hand doesn't really take much time and saves a lot of energy. Clothes washer Whenever feasible, cold-water wash and rinse to reduce the energy demands on your hot water tank. Run full loads as much as possible and when you need to wash a smaller load, lower the water amount to a corresponding level. Clothes dryer As with the washer, a full load utilizes energy more efficiently than several small loads. Remember to empty the lint basket before each load to help maintain efficiency. If your machine is equipped with an energy-conserving """"cool down"""" cycle, use it whenever possible. Do not over-dry your clothes. If your machine does not have an automatic shutoff when the clothes are dry, experiment with different settings to find out the time needed for different size loads. The most energy-efficient dryer is an outdoors clothesline. Use it whenever you can, especially in this glorious weather! was one of many Métis who broke that law. Although he was found guilty, the court feared a riot so he was freed. The decision led to the disintegration of the Hudson's Bay Company monopoly. May 18 The Colonial Advocate, William Lyon Mackenzie's most famous newspaper, was first published in Niagara-on-the-Lake 166 years ago in 1824. Mackenzie used the paper to denounce the Conservative government of Upper Canada. May 19 Arctic explorer Sir John Franklin set out from England to map the Northwest Passage through the Arctic 145 years ago in 1845. It was a voyage from which he and his men never returned. Bruce Pearson turned his love of baseball into a two-store collectors' Sunday Crossword Down 1 Make into law 2 Heliacal 3 Crossbeam 4 Seraglio 5 Patron 6 Eskimo knife 7 Apartment complex 8 Freshwater polyps 9 Note sounded to signal attack 10 Literary conflict 11 Testy rejoinder? 12 Dolt 13 Ladies of fashion? 14 Sheep-like 15 Throe 16 Advantage 17 Man of vision 23 Goat antelopes 24 Trails 27 Gang 29 Household spirit 33 Surpasses 35 Dressing gown 37 Put forth 38 Cryptogram 39 Responsibility 40 """"Porgy and Bess"""" 41 Bounces 42 Works on texts 43 Desolate 44 Appellation 46 Claw 49 Neither fish nor fowl 51 Man at bat? 53 Arab 57 Consort 58 Source of vigor poet booming GAZETTE, PIOTR A heaven for sports-card enthusiasts, ANDREWS Edited by Herb Ettenson 59 Aquarium fish 89 Grim 60 Lamprey 91 Ribs 63 Cpls. or sgts. 95 Weights: abb. 65 Dawn goddess 96 Token of infamy 67 Whirled 98 Legal thing 68 days 99 Weary (formative period) 101 Anesthetic 103 Flood 69 Sp. month 104 Refuge 70 Volumes 105 Ceremonies 74 Torment 106 Wear away gradually 75 Witty remarks 107 Impediment 78 Musical call for atmosphere an encore 109 Curt 79 Brief stay-over? 111 Experts 80 Convex moldings 114 Place for Indian convalescence 85 Hung around 115 Forty-niner's quest SOLUTION to last week's puzzle. MAY 13, 1990 Quebec 'divorce' would be regretted later. Separatists see in the liberation of East Bloc countries from Communist tyranny a parallel to the Quebec situation. But we Quebecois live in a blessed, free democratic society, not in a Hungary or a Czechoslovakia brutalized by Stalinist invasion. Self-determination is legitimate and desirable only where oppression and ruthless exploitation prevail. We must resist those who would Balkanize our land. That is Sanctify rights charter within the accord. There appears to be a fear in the rest of Canada that Quebec would use the """"distinct society"""" clause to justify legislation overriding the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. This fear is a reasonable one since Premier Bourassa has already enacted Bill 178 to negate the Supreme Court decision con Hydro expansion economically absurd; I wish to add my voice to the many others who oppose the plans of the Quebec government to proceed with the second stage of the James Bay Hydro project. This policy is environmentally destructive and economically absurd. As I understand it, Hydro-Quebec is proposing to flood thousands of hectares of forests in northern Quebec, displacing hundreds of Cree and Inuit people, in order to generate electricity to sell to New York and New England. This at a time when the true value and function of forests in the Earth's biosphere is finally becoming clear. Dual citizenship? When Quebec separates, will the new national government allow people who wish to be only Canadian to stay in Quebec as aliens holding a Canadian passport? Or will it allow dual citizenship, or demand that everyone become a Quebecois and relinquish Canadian citizenship? OKSANA DMYTRIW Montreal What about non-French contributions? The 50th anniversary of Quebec women getting the vote was a cause for celebration. Unfortunately, The Gazette did not think it important enough to include Quebec women of non-French background in its April 29 article titled """"A salute to 10 special women."""" To make matters worse, The Gazette went along with the choice of Les Co-operants insurance group and sent your reporter to interview the 10 francophone women already celebrated by the French media. All this came without any critical comment or recognition that there have been other women who have contributed to life in Quebec. Is there to be Your May 7 article, titled """"Feminist boycotts fete,"""" about longtime feminist and unionist Madeleine Parent, was both reassuring and disturbing. It was reassuring in that it's heartening to see a Quebec nationalist of stature voice her concerns about racism and the trend among certain Quebec feminists (and other groups normally considered to be """"progressive"""") to disregard the issues immigrant women and visible minorities are dealing with in this province. It was disturbing though to realize that there appears to be no place for me, the anglo-Quebec woman. In fact, I'm a fully bilingual Jew integrated by socio-cultural circles. Western Edmonton Journal, May 9. This week's summit of western premiers is as sorry a display of political impotence as one is likely to see. By their own admission, the premiers gathered at a time of national crisis: divisions over the Meech Lake constitutional accord strain the future of Confederation, mounting economic strains sap the vitality and effectiveness of governments. Yet the leaders of the four western provinces together, as populous as the central Canadian power bases they forever complain about have nothing to offer but whining about the failings of the federal government. Canada's political and economic turmoil is a pretty clear signal that the federal government isn't doing the job; that's why we expect other leaders to find a way out of the problems. Instead, the premiers state the obvious, and work themselves into a fine sense of outrage. The Meech Lake discord demands new national initiatives to at least ease the bitterness a failure not self-determination; it's splintering. Less than a decade ago I served as president of the Canadian Centre of International Policy.""",1,0,1,0,1,1
+117,19930711,modern,Heatwave,"SUSAN SCHWARTZ Hot so close! We're having a heatwave. I know people who run and cycle and play tennis in infernal heat such as that of this past week. There are friends who actually profess to enjoy the blowtorch temperatures. I am not like them. It is all I can do, in that kind of weather, to breathe. Too damn hot to move, I say. Do not come near me, my body language warns. Leave me to be miserable and irritable in the still, thick air, with my hair stuck to the back of my neck and my damp clothes sticking to the rest of me. Standing on the subway during morning rush hour, I try vainly to position myself so that no one touches me and so that I do not have to feel the body heat that seems to radiate from everyone. I walk the three blocks from the subway station to the office, the heat rising from the pavement even though it is not yet 8:30. Just inside the building, I am hit in the face with a whomp of hot, heavy air. It turns out that the air-conditioning system folded at about 5 a.m. The windows everywhere are closed, sealed shut in some places. I take the elevator up to the newsroom and sit at my desk contemplating how, in the absence of any discernible circulating air, I am going to get any work done. When it is the kind of hot it has been this past week, I am overtaken by the weather, carried away. There is only one answer to the query """"How are you?"""" A snarl and a monosyllable: hot. The word describes my being. And if someone does not ask the question, I make small talk. Hot, I say. My mind grows cloudy. Rain and fog might get me down and bone-chilling cold is not one of my favorite things. But umbrellas protect against rain, fog hardly counts, unless it lasts for weeks at a time, and in the teeth of cold, one can cuddle under blankets or take a nice, hot shower. Against ferocious summer city heat, however, I have no defenses; I am powerless. My mind grows cloudy, my limbs sluggish. I can barely function. It was during a heat wave not unlike the one of this past week that I remember studying for my biology high-school leaving exam. I would take my class notes and my textbook and go down to the basement and lie down on the cool, shiny black tile of the guest bathroom there. Twenty-three years and I remember how the cool tile felt. Terms in which I remember weather anywhere are generally vague - remember George Carlin as the hippy-dippy weatherman? Forecast for tonight: dark - unless, of course, the mercury was up high enough. Then every anguishing detail of the heat was seared indelibly onto my memory. Like the time, one torrid midday in mid-June on the grass outside the Tower of Pisa, when I threw down my backpack, kicked off my shoes, stretched out on my back and announced that I would go no further before sundown. I stayed there like that all afternoon. Jamaica was so humid and hot one March that after a cold shower, I could feel myself starting to sweat even before I had finished toweling off. April in Florida - what possessed me? - drove me indoors when my sunglasses steamed up outside. One September morning in Jerusalem, I saw a nun wearing a full habit, and me sweating in shorts and a T-shirt. I went up to her and asked, """"Aren't you hot?"""" She smiled, thought a minute and responded: """"Aren't you?"""" And I thought, OK, one for the nun, zero for me. Is it a state of mind - as the sister suggested, mind over habit? Could I learn, if not to love it, to take the heat? I thought of the sister this past week. A friend and I had a lovely dinner outside the other evening in the still, hot air. Then I walked up three flights of stairs to her apartment, which had no air conditioning, and we sat in the path of a fan drinking water and talking and listening to music. And I found myself not thinking about how hot I was. And really, I was fine. Hot, but fine. It occurs to me that there are people who are totally insulated from this kind of weather. They work in air-conditioned offices, live in air-conditioned homes and travel in air-conditioned vehicles. To them, a heat wave is something they read about in the papers. There is something artificial about this, I think. Then there is everyone else. There are the people who choose to live with no air conditioning. They say they don't like it or it's not worth it or they say they have cross-breezes, although personally, I have never actually felt a cross-breeze firsthand. For many people, of course, air conditioning is not an option because they simply cannot afford it. I wondered, when it gets this hot and short tempers are the order of the day, do tempers flare? Does the incidence of fights or disputes go up with the mercury? The police don’t keep statistics on it. But it would seem obvious, Constable Danielle Hunter of the Montreal Urban Community Police told me, that when it's hot and humid for several consecutive days and people are uncomfortable and can't sleep, that they get more aggressive. """"They can't stand the heat themselves, so obviously it is more difficult for them to tolerate others,"""" she said. """"The police don’t take any specific precautions, but they’re aware when they’re out patrolling (the heat can be tough on them, too: you spend eight hours in a hot squad car and then talk to me) that there are neighborhoods in which few people have air conditioning. And in these neighborhoods people tend to congregate more outdoors, where it is less stifling. So things are more likely to get noisy and rowdy than in more air-conditioned neighborhoods."""" I checked with a few local hospitals. I learned that although the incidence of dehydration and heat exhaustion was up slightly in the heat - drink plenty of fluids; don't wait until you're thirsty because by that time, you're often already dehydrated, doctors advise - no one seems to be treating more fight-related injuries than usual. Too damn hot to move, I say. Peace? What? We can't have that, now, can we? Gimme a break! Why have a quiet, normal, sane household when you can have a loud, rambunctious, crazy, violent (so to speak), loud (did I already say that?) home? When you live in a house that we prefer to call the Montreal Zoo, where the men outnumber the women three to two, it tends to get messy. Literally. Sometimes the dog doesn't even know where it's safe to go, which isn't surprising considering she has a brain no bigger than a pistachio nut and thinks she is a cat. I'm the youngest of three kids; I have two older brothers. Picture it. The three of us are in the basement - my oldest brother, Rob, on the video-game system, me on the computer writing this column, and Randy waiting to use either one. Now these two are both in their early teens - 14 and 15. The word """"please"""" has yet to be introduced into their vocabulary. """"It's my turn to play - you've been on it for hours!"""" Randy suddenly bursts out. """"You're not even doing any good! I can do better!"""" """"I haven't even been on it for 20 minutes, you!!!"""" Rob replies - and then the verbal stuff goes on for a few minutes until my mom's voice carries down the stairs. """"All right, both of you, outside now!"""" """"We didn't mean it! We were just having fun!"""" they plead. Then, finally, all is silent except for the buzz of the computer and the music of whatever game Rob was playing. Five minutes later, the fighting starts all over again. Ah, but computers are not the only things we fight about. And yes, I'm involved in some of the other battles. I'm not the little angel people know me to be; I have horns and a tail, too. But I won't dwell on my annoying side. I'll stick to everyone else's. The three of us fight about everything: attention, equality, dominance, territory, belongings, everything. But it's not just sibling rivalry. Sometimes one of us will be fighting against my parents. See, we have a rule about household chores being shared semi-equally. The dishes, for example. My mom or my dad will cook supper, and then we all have to clean up. One of us will empty the drainer - usually the person who has walked the dog - one of the other two washes the dishes, and the last one washes all the pots and pans. It's a pretty good system. But if you forget to do your part - or escape to play video games before you've done it - then you must do everyone else's tasks. So we're all in the living room, eating supper and watching television, and Randy finishes first. Unfortunately for him, he forgets to empty the drainer and goes into the basement to play Sonic the Hedgehog. About 15 minutes later, he hears a call from my mom. """"Randy! You have everything!"""" That's the dreaded phrase that means you've shirked your responsibility, so now you must pay for it. In a flash my brother is upstairs, ready to protest. """"Why?"""" he asks angrily, stamping his feet. """"Because you left the main floor, you moron,"""" I interject, chewing on a carrot. """"Don't call me a moron!"""" he yells, entirely interrupting what we were watching on television. """"Randall, if you keep going on like this you'll have everything for the rest of the week,"""" my mom tells him. """"Now go, and I don’t want to hear another sound."""" Randy grumpily obeys and stomps off toward the kitchen. In a moment we hear grumbling: """"Why won't this stupid piece of dirt come off?"""" he mutters, still in that same angry voice. """"Randy, I'm hearing noises,"""" my mom warns, and then silence. Things like this happen every day in my house. It doesn't really bother me. I guess I'm used to it. However, if you were to move in for a while, coming from a fairly sane household, you would go entirely crazy. I mean, you would have to put up with not only the people at the Montreal Zoo, but also the animals: the dog chases the cat, the cat chases the hamsters, the rabbit chases the cat (back when we had a rabbit). I'm telling you, it can get very, very messy. Kristina Godin, 13, attends Lindsay Place High School in Pointe Claire. She lives in Dollard des Ormeaux.""",0,0,0,0,0,1
+118,20060802,modern,Heatwave,"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. Yesterday, demand peaked at about 5 p.m., when Ontario's electricity usage hit 27,225 megawatts. The mayors of New York, Boston, and Washington have declared heat emergencies. Canadian troops in the melting spot The hottest spot on the planet yesterday was Kandahar, Afghanistan, where Canadian soldiers stationed there sweated in the dusty sunlight at 46C. Windsor (37C), Toronto, and Ottawa were all hotter than N'Djamena, Chad, in the Sahara desert (33C) and even Bakersfield, California (24C), which is right beside the aptly named hot spot Death Valley. CANWEST NEWS SERVICE Restaurant and butchershop specials for August 2-8, 2006. 8oz Filet Mignon FROZEN NEW ZEALAND RACK OF LAMB 2 for $18 because of scorching temperatures. In California, more than 100 people have died because of intense heat in recent weeks. An appeal to reduce power usage was issued in Ontario yesterday as its electrical consumption set a one-day record - 27,225 megawatts by 5 p.m., breaking the record of 26,160 megawatts on July 13, 2005. Marie Archambault, Hydro-Quebec spokesperson for exports, said the provincial power utility was selling about 100,000 kilowatts per hour to Ontario yesterday and the same amount is expected to be exported today. That's equivalent to the power needed for about 20,000 households. For New York state and New England, Hydro-Quebec is selling about 1,425 kilowatts per hour to each region. Although there was a high heat and humidity warning for Montreal and surrounding regions yesterday, temperature records were not being broken, Environment Canada spokesperson Andre Cantin said. According to the Weather Network, which provides The Gazette with its daily forecasts, yesterday's high in Montreal was 34 degrees C but it felt like 47 because of the humidity. Today's high is forecast to be 27C. The humidity is likely to dissipate today, partly because of the rainy weather that is expected to flirt with the Montreal region. People feel discomfort in hot, humid weather because sweat has a hard time evaporating, so heat cannot leave the body as easily, Cantin explained. Drinking lots of water, reducing physical activity, and seeking air-conditioned areas are recommended. """"Like me - I'm freezing in my office at the moment"""" because of air-conditioning, Cantin joked. BLOOMBERG NEWS CONTRIBUTED TO THIS REPORT mlsmartthegazette.canwest.com A driver was killed last night when Deadly storm ALANA COATES THE GAZETTE A violent thunderstorm swept through southern Quebec last night, cutting power to more than 450,000 homes and killing a Montreal man when a large tree fell on his car. The man was driving south on Cote des Neiges Rd. near Remembrance Rd. about 9:30 p.m. when the tree crushed his vehicle. He died instantly, Montreal police constable Anie Lemieux said. The storm was heaviest in Montreal and the Laurentians, although the Monteregie, Mauricie, and the Eastern Townships were also affected. As the storm moved southeast into Maine, all parts of Montreal were affected to some degree by power outages. About 78,000 households on Montreal Island were without electricity for periods ranging from a few minutes to several hours. The power outages were mainly the result of heavy winds, Hydro-Quebec spokesperson Marc-Brian Chamberland said. As branches toppled, lines would automatically shut off power to protect the system, he explained. Winds gusted to 100 kilometres an hour in parts of Montreal last night, causing trees to topple in several neighbourhoods, police said. Quebec's Public Security Department reported a small tornado near Lac Megantic, about 200 kilometres east of Montreal. Two men were slightly injured and there was heavy property damage, officials said. In the eastern United States, the National Weather Service issued excessive heat warnings and said the heat index - how hot it feels when the humidity is combined with the air temperature - was due to hit 46 in New York today. Scorching heat can put people - especially seniors - at risk of heat-related illnesses like heat exhaustion and heat stroke. Some tips for staying healthy during a heat wave: Drink more fluids, Don't wait till you are thirsty to drink, Avoid alcoholic drinks or drinks with caffeine or lots of sugar, Wear lightweight, lightly coloured, loose-fitting clothing, Limit the amount of time you spend outdoors, Avoid exercising outdoors. """"If people do not take precautions, we could be looking at a significant number of fatalities,"""" said Gary Conte, the weather service's warning coordinator. ONLINE EXTRA: Despite an era of high energy costs, a small but growing group of consumers is willing to pay a premium to support renewable energy. Use or visit places - malls, movie theatres, libraries - with air-conditioning. A cool bath or shower offers temporary heat relief. Check on seniors who live alone. Seniors, especially those with health problems, are at higher risk of suffering from heat illness than healthy adults. Make sure children stay hydrated. The family pet is probably also feeling the heat. Don't forget to keep the water bowl filled. CANADIAN PRESS store only. At participating locations. FREE DELIVERY for orders of $50 or more!""",1,0,1,0,0,1
+119,20070626,modern,Heatwave,"THE GAZETTE, MONTREAL, TUESDAY, JUNE 26, 2007 I A3 KILLER WEATHER Intense heat, torrential rains plague Europe TT9 FOREST FIRES RAGE GLOBALLY 4 Thousands of Pakistanis removed from coasts ahead of possible cyclone ATHAR HUSSAIN REUTERS PAKISTAN - People take shelter during a heavy rain shower in Islamabad yesterday (left) while a boy watches the downpour through a car window in Karachi (above). Authorities in Pakistan and India evacuated low-lying areas after weekend storms killed more than 350 people. GERMANY - That umbrella might come in handy, as a storm brews over the water at a beach at Norderney yesterday. DANNY GOHLKE AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE VIA GETTY IMAGES ALBANIA - Hold the hot wax finish: A boy ducks under a water spout at a car wash in Tirana, where temperatures reached up to 42 degrees C. ENGLAND - No need for a car wash after driving through the floodwaters in Hull yesterday. AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE REUTERS Athens - A heatwave has claimed four lives in Greece and Cyprus and killed six more people in Romania as temperatures soared to 46 degrees Celsius in parts of southeast Europe. Turkey also reported deaths blamed on the intense heat, while three people drowned in Bulgaria swimming in unsupervised dams and beaches during the weekend as temperatures climbed well above early summer averages. Greece, which has seen some of the highest temperatures, is set to record its hottest June. Athenians emerged from the city's subway clutching newspapers over their heads to try to stave off the blazing sun, while tourists with bottles of water took shelter under the few trees in the city centre. In Turkey, Istanbul Governor Muammer Guler said pregnant and disabled public servants would be given days off today and tomorrow because of the extreme heat. Twenty-five people have died in Romania during the recent hot spell, health ministry data showed yesterday. Hot weather is expected to last throughout the summer, affecting cereal crops and hydropower production, officials said. Forest fires were also reported near several prominent tourist spots on Turkey's Mediterranean coast. In Britain, torrential downpours left three dead and hundreds stranded yesterday as storms continued to batter Russia and a heatwave in southern Europe led to further deaths and sparked fires. Several hours of effort from rescuers including police divers was not enough to save a 28-year-old man in Hull, northwest England, who died after becoming trapped while trying to clear a flooded drain. Local police in nearby Sheffield said later they had recovered the body of an unidentified young man, though his body was found downstream from where a teenage boy was earlier reported to have been swept up by the floods. In Italy, helicopters and specially adapted aircraft joined firefighters on the ground yesterday to fight a series of fires in Calabria and on the island of Sicily, as a heatwave there continued. The situation was particularly serious in Sicily, where media reports said a number of hotels near the northwest coast had to be evacuated. In Pakistan, thousands of people were removed from southern coastal areas yesterday ahead of a possible cyclone, two days after a storm killed at least 235 people in the port city of Karachi, officials said. The meteorological department issued an alert saying a tropical storm forming in the Arabian Sea 150 kilometres south of Karachi was likely to intensify into a cyclone in the next six to 12 hours. Fishermen were advised to stay ashore until Thursday in some areas because of the likelihood of """"extremely"""" rough seas. At least 10 fishermen have been missing since the weekend, officials said. Karachi is still reeling from a deadly thunderstorm on Saturday, with parts of the sprawling port city of 12 million people still without electricity or drinking water. The shortages have led to several riots. In China, at least 155 people have died in flooding so far this year mainly in the south, while about 2 million people are suffering from drought in the north, the government said yesterday. Flooding has caused more than $1.3 billion U""",1,1,0,0,1,1
+120,20030628,modern,Heatwave,"THE GAZETTE, MONTREAL, SATURDAY, JUNE 28, 2003 REVIEW E3 ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE PHOTO Racegoers, wearing traditional top hats and tails, watch from the Queen's Stand at Epsom, southern England. The Derby race meeting is one of the main events on the English social calendar. Class: The accent gap CONTINUED FROM E1 The price one can pay for a regional accent in Britain is not nearly as high as it was in George Bernard Shaw's play Pygmalion. But as people size one another up, they still listen for indicators of class and geography as subtle as whether a speaker uses the words napkin or serviette; sitting room or lounge; lavatory, toilet or loo. Many scholars have concluded that class doesn't matter anymore, which seems rather odd, David Cannadine, an expert in the social history of the British upper classes, wrote in his book The Class in Britain. Class is still essential to a proper understanding of British history and of Britain today, he said. Class is undoubtedly a British preoccupation. Class intrudes into debates over fox hunting, state vs. private schools, democratic reforms in the House of Lords, taxes that fund the royal family, private vs. state-run hospitals, the huge amounts of land still owned by aristocratic families, and the freedom to walk public footpaths near private property. British TV capitalizes on class sensitivities by creating comic characters such as the pretentious Hyacinth Bucket (pronounced """"Bouquet""""); Basil Fawlty, who grovels to a guest pretending to be a lord; and comedian Harry Enfield's Tim-Nice-But-Dim. But the traces of class generally are much more subtle in real life. A non-Brit could easily miss the body language of class disapproval - or perhaps even be exempted. Another challenge is distinguishing between put-downs from above and resentment from below. Katy Johnson, an administrator at the London School of Economics who graduated from Oxford University, says reverse snobbery was what had impressed her at college. Some of the wealthy kids - the titled, the upper class - muddied their backgrounds and accents in public to hide their wealth, unless they were talking to their equals, she said. One friend didn't even tell me she was a baroness and didn't use her posh accent with me, a middle-class person, to avoid put-downs from below. It's been years since the BBC stopped requiring its radio and TV staff to use the posh accent associated with the upper classes. Many now use regional accents with no apology. But Ivan Reid, a sociologist at the University of Bradford in northern England, said that doesn't mean judgments aren't made on the basis of accent, word usage, sentence construction and speed of delivery. As a boy, Reid said, he was given language training at a state school to shed his Cockney accent. His daughter, however, had to use both. She knew she would be teased by locals if she used her posh accent in the north, a region long considered inferior to the south. As a teenager, she paid the price for that confusion while visiting Cambridge University in the southeast as a prospective student. When she asked a question at a school presentation, the official on the stage replied: Do I detect a northern accent? She walked out and never went to Cambridge, Reid said. Some argue that every country inherits prejudices from its history that take a long time to shed. What caste is to India and race is to the United States, class is to Britain. But Britain's last three prime ministers, Margaret Thatcher, John Major and Tony Blair, all came from the middle class, and all have preached the virtues of merit, not birth. To some observers, that means the vestiges of class are fading fast in Britain. Richard Sennett, a professor of sociology at the London School of Economics, said that thanks to the global economy, class is now more a matter of education, employment and consumer power than heritage. Class is still more than a vague remnant here, he said. But the old-fashioned England sold by the tourist trade - the Evelyn Waugh version, the born-to-rule mentality - is gone. Decline: Move follows discussions CONTINUED FROM E1 The cheese is still available at the abbey store, along with a range of delicacies still made by monastics and religious articles. The Trappists still engage in some farming, look after an orchard and make fruit cakes, candy and jellies. There are now 31 monks at the abbey, more than half of them over 70. Mailhot said the historic peak of 177 monks was reached in 1947. At 43, he is one of three monks under the age of 50; another is just younger than him and one is 28. Another 28-year-old and a man of 43 are to enter soon. The decline was quicker than anticipated about a decade ago, when the monks carried out their most recent renovation of the existing premises. Now they hope the work will at least make the property easier to sell. Mailhot said the decision to sell followed a consultation among the monks, which was in its most intensive phase in the first four months of this year. He said the abbot, Yvon-Joseph Moreau, estimated the current premises is manageable with at least 30 monks - one fewer than the current number. In a statement issued May 5, the abbey said that the decision to relocate in order to favor the contemplative dimension of the community's life is the fruit of a long process of reflection and discernment. The statement expressed regret but said 31 monks are living in a building intended for almost 200, which is becoming more and more difficult to run. It said urban growth around the Oka site is threatening the atmosphere of silence and solitude vital for the monastic life. Our desire is to invest the best of ourselves and our energy in what lies at the heart of our vocation as monks and Christians, instead of in the upkeep of a heritage, beautiful and historic as it may be. Mailhot, prior of the monastery (the No. 2 monk, in the Cistercian system), said the monks would like a new site in the Laurentians, preferably in the diocese of St. Jerome, like the current site. Failing that, it might look at something around Joliette, or north of Trois Rivieres. The monks at Oka are contemplatives, who give priority to offering God a sacrifice of praise and interceding with him for the salvation of the world. They do this especially through the liturgy of the hours, communal prayers nine times a day. Cistercians resulted from a 12th-century reform in France within the Benedictine tradition; Trappists, in turn, resulted from a 17th-century reform among Cistercians. The term Trappist is officially played down now but still loosely used for the Oka monks. Some of the strictest rules of the monastery have been relaxed in recent decades. For example, while still avoiding unnecessary chitchat, monks no longer use hand signals instead of words in necessary day-to-day communication. It's too hot. The 24th Montreal International Jazz Festival started Thursday as the city sweltered in a heatwave. Temperatures hit the low 30s Celsius, air conditioners were in short supply and a smog warning was issued. A changed man. More details emerged late in the week about the former Montrealer accused of killing Holly Jones, 10, whose slaying and dismemberment shocked Toronto. Michael Briere used to be witty and easygoing, but he changed into a sullen introvert, obsessed with horror movies and violent computer games, according to his ex-wife and other people who knew him. Radwanski goes. Embattled George Radwanski resigned as federal privacy commissioner Monday after various allegations including extravagant expense-account lunches and foreign travel. Robert Marleau took over as interim commissioner as Prime Minister Jean Chretien sought to restore credibility to the job. Alternative grad. Parents at a private school in Pierrefonds organized their own graduation ceremony after the official gala was cancelled because of bad behaviour by some of the students. Among other acts, students sent a death threat to College Charlemagne's education director. Labatt goes dry. As high temperatures make Montrealers thirsty, 950 workers at Labatt Breweries are on strike, which could create beer shortages. Rival Molson stands to gain market share. Just like Canada The U.""",1,0,0,0,0,0
+121,19950618,modern,Heatwave,"GAZETTE, PETER MARTIN Swimmer makes a splash at pool in St Henri yesterday. Montrealers hit the pools. Hot, muggy day sets weather record. CAMPBELL CLARK THE GAZETTE Montrealers were finally able to take refuge from the hot, humid air by diving into cool public pools yesterday. The city opened its outdoor pools and there was no shortage of people waiting to take advantage. """"I got here right at the beginning,"""" said a wet Richard Vachon, 12, soon after the 3 p.m. opening of the Georges Etienne Cartier pool in St Henri. """"I was anxious to go swimming."""" He wasn’t the only one. """"We opened the gates at 3 p.m. and five minutes later we had 100 people in the pool,"""" said pool supervisor Michel Dubois. Dozens had lined up waiting for it to open. """"It’s much busier than it usually is on opening day,"""" he said. Record temperatures prompted Longueuil to open five of its 22 outdoor pools at 1 p.m. That sent city officials scrambling to staff the pools, said Brenda Hennessey of Longueuil's recreation department. """"We had to get on the phones early this morning to call everybody we could catch,"""" she said. Many suburban towns open their outdoor pools in late May or early June, but Montrealers typically hate to wait till just before the St Jean Baptiste holiday, June 24. Yesterday's 33-degree weather set another record, surpassing the June 17 record of 31.1 degrees set in 1949, said Michael Laws of Meteorological Technologies, a weather-forecasting firm. The record heat combined with a relative humidity of 64 per cent to make for a thick, pea-soup air that felt more like 42 or 43 degrees, according to the humidex index. The hot weather is expected to continue today, with a cooler, drier air mass moving in tomorrow. It will cool down gradually, Laws said. """"The humidity should go down a notch Sunday and then a little more on Monday."""" The temperature is expected to edge down to 29 or 30 degrees tomorrow and 27 or 28 on Monday. Officials at some Montreal hospitals reported a few cases of severe sunburn, while several said they had more visits than usual from people with breathing difficulties, particularly asthmatics. They blamed a high level of pollen in the air and a relative lack of wind. The heat also caused environmental problems. The hot sun reacted with pollutants in the air to produce ground-level ozone which, at high concentrations, can cause breathing difficulties in people with respiratory ailments, said Fernand Cadieux, who heads the Montreal Urban Community's air and water quality department. Readings for ground-level ozone yesterday surpassed the department's maximum standard of 82 parts per billion, Cadieux said, but the concentration levels did not reach the 120 parts-per-billion level that most medical studies say affects human health. Here are some tips to survive the heatwave: Stay out of the heat as much as possible. Try to avoid doing outside work between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. If you have outside work to do, schedule it for early morning or evening and take frequent breaks in a cool, shaded area. Always wear a hat and avoid tight-fitting clothing. Light-colored clothing reflects the heat, dark-colored clothing absorbs it. Drink plenty of fluids, and avoid alcohol and caffeine. Never leave a child in an enclosed area without ventilation, such as a car. Children are prone to passing out if they stand still under the hot sun for prolonged periods - more than 30 minutes. If this happens, lie the child down on her back in a shaded area, give her something to drink and put a cold, wet towel on the child's body. ADDITIONAL REPORTING: CANADIAN PRESS.""",0,0,0,0,0,1
+122,20020819,modern,Heatwave,"Swimmer Lenny Krazelburg, who won three gold medals at the Sydney Olympics in 2000 and was a frequent Maccabi competitor in his teens, was in attendance last night. """"This is beyond sports,"""" he told the crowd. """"The experience in the next five days you'll remember for the rest of your life."""" The heat is off. The eight-day heat wave that has been gripping the city should end today, an Environment Canada meteorologist said yesterday. Pierre Lassard said dry air gathering over Ottawa would make its way east overnight, bringing average temperatures down by several degrees in the Montreal area throughout the week. The forecast for today calls for a mix of sun and clouds with a high of 25C and a low of 13C. """"This has been an unusually hot August,"""" Lassard said, adding that temperatures since Aug. 11 have hovered around 32C. In the same period, the humidex—a measure of air temperatures factoring in humidity—averaged 40C. The humidex temperature in Ottawa yesterday was 32C. Meteorologists define a heat wave as at least three days in a row in which the humidex temperature rises above 38C. Montreal suffered its worst heat wave in August 1944, with temperatures hovering between 32 and 35C over the entire month. The record high for this time of year is 35.6C, recorded on Aug. 14, 1944, just 0.2 degrees above last Wednesday's high. Lizotte civil case reinstated. CORINNE SMITH The Gazette New evidence about the 1999 death of Jean-Pierre Lizotte has prompted the victim's brother to reinstate a 2-year-old civil case alleging a police cover-up and wrongful death. Leopold Lizotte is suing Montreal police Constables Giovanni Stante and Sylvain Fouquette, the police department, the Shed Cafe, restaurant bouncer Steve Deschatelets and Notre Dame Hospital for $750,000 in damages for the beating and death of his younger brother. The younger Lizotte was homeless when he was arrested on Sept. 5, 1999, after causing a disturbance outside the Shed Cafe on St. Laurent Blvd. Lizotte was hospitalized after a violent confrontation with police and a restaurant bouncer during his arrest. He died six weeks later of bronchial pneumonia caused by spinal trauma. The civil case, first launched in June 2000, was reinstated four days ago, after a hiatus during Stante's criminal trial, which ended Aug. 1. Stante was acquitted on three charges—manslaughter, aggravated assault and assault causing bodily harm—related to Lizotte's death. The civil case relaunched by Leopold Lizotte alleges that not only did Jean-Pierre suffer a wrongful death, but there was a widespread cover-up about the incident. """"A lot of interesting things came out at the trial,"""" said Charles O'Brien, a Montreal lawyer representing Lizotte in the civil case. O'Brien said evidence presented during Stante's trial indicates more than one person is responsible for Jean-Pierre Lizotte's death. Corinne Smith's E-mail address is csmith@thegazette.southam.ca. Hockey legend Jean Beliveau was a guest of honour and the Canadiens were also paid tribute by hosts Andy Nulman and Eden Polanski, who sported Habs jerseys as they treated the crowd to a play-by-play commentary filled with jokes both corny and amusing. """"There's about 5,000 people in Edmonton's Jewish community,"""" Nulman said. """"It's about the size of a Bronfman seder (Passover dinner)."""" TEAM'S CHANCES The athletes came to Montreal from all over, with delegations from across Canada and the United States, as well as Britain, Mexico, Venezuela and Israel. """"It's way more humid here,"""" said Alex Smolen, 16, from Vancouver. """"I can't take it."""" Alex modestly downplayed her soccer team's chances but then admitted that her team included several members of B.""",0,0,0,0,0,0
+123,19930708,modern,Heatwave,"PAGE D1 Partly cloudy Today's high 31 Tonight's low 20 Partly cloudy skies will be accompanied by continuing hot and humid temperatures PAGE C8 For free weather information, updated four times a day, please call The Gazette info-line at 841-8600, code 6000 Births Deaths E8 Bridge F8 Bryan C1 Business C1 Doug Camilli D10 Chambers B3 Classified E1 Comics F7 Crossword F8 Editorials B2 Gardening D2 Hickey F1 Home D1 Horoscope E7 Info-Line F6 Landers D5 Legal Notices F8 Letters B2 McBride A2 Movies D11 Needletrade E7 Probe D5 Scoreboard F5 Seniors D6 Show D7 Sports F1 TV Listings D8 Weather Map C8 What's On D10 Wonderword F8 PLEASE RECYCLE THIS PAPER This newspaper, including inserts, can be recycled Use your recycling boxes Montreal residents can find out about the recycling station nearest them by calling The Gazette info-line at 841-8600, code 1234 Faniier Mi m Mai ton fire Manslaughter charges laid MICHELLE LALONDE THE GAZETTE JAMES SEELEY Provincial police escort Francois Bernier to court ARTHABASKA - The owner of a farm near Warwick where four firefighters were killed last month was charged yesterday with setting the fatal blaze Francois Bernier, 29, of Ste Elizabeth de Warwick, made a brief appearance in Quebec Court in Arthabaska, facing four counts of manslaughter, four counts of causing death by criminal negligence and two counts of arson Nine of the 10 charges arise from the barn fire June 27 on Bernier's property The second arson charge arises from a fire which damaged Bernier's home on Dec 16, 1991 In the barn fire, four men were killed and nine other firefighters and onlookers - including the suspect's brother - were injured when a 4,000-litre propane gas tank beside the barn exploded Warwick residents said the news that a member of a respected local family has been charged has made the sense of shock and loss in the community even more profound """"This just rekindles and adds to the pain that nobody was over yet,"""" said Mayor Andre Leclerc """"Every- PLEASE SEE FIRE, PAGE A2 HOTTEST JULY 22, 1955 HOTTEST YESTERDAY TODAY: 31 FRIDAY: 31 SATURDAY: 28 SUNDAY: 28 THE GAZETTE DAVE SIDAWAY Cyclist struggles up Park Ave in yesterday's heat One bike courier said heat is easier to take than icy blasts of air-conditioners Heatwave here to stay No relief before Sunday: experts GRAEME HAMILTON and GEOFF BAKER THE GAZETTE There's no end in sight The heat wave that has left Montrealers sweaty and listless since Monday is showing no sign of breaking, an Environment Canada weather specialist said yesterday The mercury crept to 30.5 degrees yesterday - it felt like 36 with the humidity - and the forecasters say the high temperature will be at or near 30 until at least Sunday The humidity will also remain high, though there will be a chance of showers most days Medical experts say that people who want to avoid falling victim to heat exhaustion or other conditions should, naturally, remain in cooler places They should also drink plenty of water and avoid exerting themselves with too much physical activity Dr Robert Foxford, a physician at the emergency room of the Royal Victoria Hospital, said last night that the number of patients seeking treatment has increased by about 10 per cent in the last two PLEASE SEE HEAT, PAGE A6 Carifete organizers defend police action ALEXANDER NORRIS THE GAZETTE Carifete organizers staunchly defended Montreal Urban Community police yesterday for their tough response after gunfire erupted at the end of last Saturday's parade Joined at a news conference by leaders of the Black Community Council of Quebec, they also denounced the rioting and looting that followed the event """"When people's lives are threatened, I don't think we have any lessons to give the police on how to handle things,"""" Gasha Masimango, the council's executive director, told reporters """"I think the police responded to the gravity of the situation,"""" he added, saying police """"reacted well"""" to the shootings Masimango and parade organizer Henry Antoine did express some concern about reports of police brutality at the parade But their generally supportive remarks were out of keeping with the bitterly critical remarks that have often been levelled at police by black leaders after clashes involving local blacks And they contrasted sharply with statements made by Dan Philip, head of the Black Coalition of Quebec, which sometimes rivals the council for leadership in Montreal's black community This week, Philip angrily accused police of widespread brutality at the Carifete He also said that by failing to inform parade-goers that a shooting had taken place - before charging them with nightsticks - officers helped spark the retaliatory bottle-throwing and looting rampage that ensued Masimango played down the significance of Philip's remarks """"Dan Philip is a citizen like any other citizen of Montreal,"""" he said """"Dan Philip doesn't represent the opinions of this organization Dan Philip is not a member of the BCCQ, and Dan Philip was not involved in organizing this parade"""" Antoine, the head of the Carifete organizing committee, stressed that he was at the end of the parade, PLEASE SEE PARADE, PAGE A2 No OK for pepper spray PAGE A4 Summit trade ministers hammer out access deal TOKYO - There's a possibility that summit trade ministers have agreed to a deal to get a trade deal The so-called """"market-access"""" package hammered out by the ministers of Canada, the United States, Japan and the European Community is being hailed in Tokyo as a big breakthrough It might be the largest tariff cut in history, as U""",0,0,0,0,0,0
+124,19950614,modern,Heatwave,"THE GAZETTE, MONTREAL, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14, 1995 B4 Moscow heat wave sets record REUTERS MOSCOW - As much of northern Europe shivered in unseasonably cold weather yesterday, Muscovites suffered in a record heat wave that sent tempers flaring and people rushing to polluted, muddy rivers and ponds to stay cool. It was the hottest day in June in Moscow for a century and the longest heat wave for more than two decades with average temperatures of 29 for the last three weeks. Meteorological officials said yesterday's temperatures of 30 were the highest since a previous record of 30 set for the same day in 1895. """"Today we've had the hottest day in 100 years,"""" said Alexander Golodyev, an official at the Russian capital's meteorological centre. He said temperatures in recent weeks have been way above the June average of 20. """"We've had countless calls from the public asking when the heat wave will be over. Russians aren't used to hot weather."""" Occasional showers Sunday brought only temporary relief. Officials expect the heat wave to last until the end of the week. Traffic jams in the centre of Moscow resembled battlefields, with abuse flying at the slightest provocation. Cars broke down left, right and centre, spewing out exhaust fumes that only added to the pollution, heat and general irritation. City officials said they are carrying out health checks at grocery stores and cafes. Two people with cholera have been taken to a hospital in Moscow, city medical authorities said. As Moscow suffered in the sizzling heat, much of Europe was hit by unusually cool early summer weather. Paris was wet and gloomy while London was dull and overcast. Britons were even forced to switch on their central heating. The Finns also took advantage of the baking temperatures to dive into the normally nippy Baltic Sea. The sun has shone so brightly in northern Lapland that some are forecasting a bumper crop of cloudberries, a rare fruit which is a local delicacy. Grandson aims to restore Stalin image REUTERS MOSCOW - Josef Stalin's grandson launched a movement yesterday to restore the image of the former Soviet dictator - and help prepare the way for another Man of Steel. Yevgeny Dzhugashvili, joined in his bid by a communist member of the Russian parliament, Omar Begov, argued that only a strong ruler can cure the country of its ills.""",0,0,0,0,0,0
+125,19901205,modern,Snowstorm,"G take top honors as the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television announces the winners of the 1990 Gemini Awards at its annual presentation PAGE B4 Zimmcor workers feel pinch A cash crisis at Zimmcor of Lachine means that employees' paycheques are bouncing, but the construction company says its order book is healthy PAGE C1 Europeans dazzle NHL European skaters are creating new waves of excitement in the NHL as they change the face of professional hockey PAGE E1 Bronfman's plea Charles Bronfman in his last official function as Expos chairman tells owners that baseball needs revenue sharing and a salary cap PAGE E1 The Quebec government is donning its thinking cap on integrating immigrants Gil Remillard should change his attitude toward overtures from outside Quebec PAGE B2 Forget your troubles Whether it's for an economy pierogi platter like this or haute cuisine, reservations for holiday partying haven't been hurt by the recession PAGE F1 Scattered flurries Today's high -5 Tonight's low -8 The forecast for southwestern Quebec today calls for scattered morning flurries and moderate winds at times Flurries are expected tomorrow PAGE C10 Auf der Maur A2 Births D15 Bncge D11 Business C1 Doug Camilli B5 Classify D1 Com-ss F9 Crosso'd 013 Dfcr uVA' F7 62 Farber El Hadekei C1 Horoscope D13 Johnson B3 Landers F7 Legal Notices D13 L'vmg F1 Macpherson B3 Movies B6 Needletrade D14 Probe F7 Racing E6 Schnurmacher F6 Scoreboard E6 Show B4 Sports El Todd A3 TV Listings B6 What's On B6 Wonderword D11 The Gazette's INFO-LINE (514) 521-8600 CBC cutting 1,200 jobs, 10 local TV stations CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA The CBC is slashing $100 million from its budget, cutting 1,200 jobs and closing local television production in 10 centres CBC-TV national news said the cuts, announced officially today, mean CBC-TV local news and current-affairs shows will be essentially restricted to one production centre per province The following cities will lose their CBC television stations: Calgary, Saskatoon, Windsor, Ont, Sept lies, Matanc ana KimousKi, yuc, syancy, in, vumtr Brook and Goose Bay, Nfld, and the French-language station in Toronto Those areas will still get CBC service but, starting in April, it will come from the remaining station or stations in each province A $100-million cut represents about 10 per cent of the CBC's $1-billion annual budget, while 1,200 jobs represent about 10 per cent of the workforce CBC president Gerard Vcilleux will be announcing details of the cuts at a news conference in Ottawa today Liberal MP Sheila Finestone said in an interview that if the cuts were as bad as predicted, then we'll call for an emergency debate in the Commons Other CBC services were expected to be affected as well Vcilleux told a Commons committee last week the crown corporation cannot afford the $4.5-million annual tab to operate the parliamentary television channel, which broadcasts proceedings in the Commons And Andrew Simon, executive director of Radio Canada International, said recently he believes the international CBC shortwave radio service also faces the axe because of the financial crisis Jim Edwards, parliamentary secretary to Communications Minister Marcel Masse, told the Commons last night that the only government cut CBC has faced is the $1.7-million reduction announced two weeks ago to help pay for Canada's involvement in the Persian Gulf The CBC is still dealing with an order from Finance Minister Michael Wilson in 1989 to slash $140 million over three years Snow job: Abandoned cars cause headaches It is a Taxes up in Montreal LEWIS HARRIS THE GAZETTE Spending by the city of Montreal will jump by 7.4 per cent next year and property taxes will rise an average of 6.5 per cent, executive committee chairman Lea Cousineau said yesterday in tabling Montreal's 1991 budget The city will spend $1.72 billion in 1991, compared with just over $1.61 billion this year And Montreal's property tax rate is going up slightly, to $2.09 per $100 valuation from $2.07 It is the first tax rate increase since 1976, the year the Summer Olympics were held in Montreal Cousineau said a variety of factors including the Canada-wide recession, a special pension fund payment the city must make and the proposed goods-and-services tax have turned 1991 into a tough year for the Montreal Citizens' Movement administration But Cousineau insisted that her first budget as executive committee chairman is a good one The Canadian economic recession is hitting the greater Montreal region hard, she said at a news conference before tabling the budget at city council Montreal is suffering the repercussions but that PLEASE SEE BUDGET, PAGE A11 GAZETTE, GORDON BECK City foreman Roger Rufiange is told where to find another abandoned car They create big problems, he says People panic, city foreman says As the first major snowstorm of the season continued into the early hours yesterday, a male voice crackled into Roger Rufiange's ear We have a car abandoned in the middle of the road, the voice said in French A black Toyota covered with snow On Mill, between Oak and de la Commune OK, 10-4, said Rufiange, a 45-year-old city of Montreal foreman He shifted his pickup truck into reverse, turned on to Commune St, and said to his passenger: It happens all the time during the first big snowstorm People panic They get nervous and they abandon their cars I'll show you Rufiange drove over the little bridge near DAVID JOHNSTON MON PAYS C'EST L'HIVER the foot of McGill St and turned west on Mill Sure enough, there was the Toyota And up ahead another 100 metres, there were two more abandoned cars And just around the corner, there were another two Casualties of winter, like abandoned tanks on a battlefield, their drivers were missing in action We call them weekend drivers, said Rufiange, nodding at all the cars Young drivers PLEASE SEE TRAFFIC, PAGE A2 City reduces use of salt PAGE A2 Engineer as lout a Canadian image Engineering students may see themselves as part of a campus elite hardworking and entitled to be more outrageous than the next guy MARY LAMEY THE GAZETTE The image of the male engineering student as lout lives on But the tradition of the engineering student as a sexist, homosexual-bashing minority-hater is unique to Canada, some engineering insiders say This is a uniquely Canadian phenomenon, absolutely, said M THE GAZETTE, MONTREAL WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1990 Mulroney called unrealistic for dismissing separatism Even Tory attacks Prime Minister's stand PHILIP AUTHIER GAZETTE QUEBEC BUREAU VAL D'OR Prime Minister Brian Mulroney is dreaming if he thinks Quebec nationalism is a passing phase, members of the Belanger-Campeau commission said yesterday It's a classic case of wishful thinking, Parti Quebecois whip Jacques Brassard told reporters Mr. Mulroney hopes the movement in favor of sovereignty will fade away, but he only has to look at the success of the pro-sovereignty movement over the last six months to realize that contrary to what Mr. Mulroney thinks, there is a reinforcement and consolidation of the people's adherence to sovereignty Mulroney told the Commons Monday there is no need for him to defend federalism before the commission because the pro-sovereignty movement in Quebec is a passing phase Many commission members federalist and nationalist scoffed at the remark yesterday as they entered their session in this remote and snowbound northwestern Quebec town Commission flooded with calls for sovereignty VAL D'OR The Belanger-Campeau commission was again bombarded with briefs calling for sovereignty yesterday More than a hundred submissions from students to seniors urged the 36 commissioners to delay no further and move Quebec rapidly out of the Canadian federation Their frustrations over the neglect of this region and the failure of Meech Lake were expressed with pro-sovereignty fervor It's not us who don't want to be part of Canada they don't want us, said Normand Mandeville, prefect of the Vallee de l'Or regional municipal government Since 1867, we've been on all-fours and I think that time is past I think we can stand up and walk Our knees have been scraped raw Even Liberal members of the Val d'Or city council teamed up with Parti Quebecois-minded members in endorsing a pro-sovereignty brief Val d'Or mayor Andre Pelletier, the defeated PQ candidate in the last election, told the commission Quebec needs sovereignty to recoup its dignity Zephirin Bouchard of the Abitibi-Temiscamingue-Ungava Federation of Golden Age Clubs said that while the idea of sovereignty spooked seniors in the 1980 Quebec referendum, it doesn't any more Twenty years ago, people had a lot of questions, said Bouchard, 64 Now they have the answers The commission bucked a snowstorm to make its only visit to this remote mining and logging community in northwest Quebec Although the briefs were uniform in Val d'Or, fireworks are expected today when it hears from groups in the Outaouais region A showdown is expected between Hull-Aylmer MP Gilles Rocheleau, who jumped from the Liberals to the pro-sovereignty Bloc Quebecois, and federal and provincial Liberals Rocheleau made public a brief yesterday calling for sovereignty even though one in four Outaouais residents work for the federal government Rocheleau wants Quebec to integrate the civil servants into its own civil service The guy Rocheleau for the last 30 years has been saying the Outaouais had to be with the federal government because of jobs, said Papineau MNA Robert Middlemiss He even made speeches in the National Assembly saying he hates the PQ and now he's sleeping with them Gatineau-La Lièvre MP Mark Assad, who will replace Liberal MP Andre Ouellet on the commission for the Hull session, said Rocheleau is dreaming Because he's changed his mind doesn't mean anything has changed, he said The commission will also hear from worried anglophones who still feel a strong tie to the rest of the country, and the city of Hull COMMISSION His own representative on the commission, Conservative MP Jean-Pierre Hogue, said nationalism has always existed in Quebec I think Mr. Mulroney wanted to say it won't last forever, but there's no doubt this energy must take a direction, Hogue said The MP for Outremont said he himself believes the fervor will die down Quebec Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Gil Remillard dismissed Mulroney's remark and said people have given a clear message to the commission: Quebec needs more autonomy Pro-sovereignty feeling cooling down in Quebec The reality is, the opposite is happening, said Bloc Quebecois MP Gilles Duceppe, standing in for Bloc leader Lucien Bouchard on the commission If it's a passing trend, he should get out on the road himself, said Gatineau-La Lièvre Liberal MP Mark Assad, who was sitting in for MP Andre Ouellet I think it will take an initiative on his part to persuade Quebecers that federalism is worthwhile Claude Beland, president of the Mouvement Desjardins, said the future will tell whether Mulroney is right I don't think it's a passing trend, Beland said Look at the briefs we're hearing Does that mean the majority is a passing trend? LIVING PRETTY BARBIE'S HOME Barbie's 2-story house includes a roof garden, porch swing, spiral staircase, even a moveable wall Some assembly required About 28 x 14 x 22"""" high THE GAZETTE, MONTREAL, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1990 Double number of francophone immigrants, minister urges She says proposal doesn't mean we won't continue to give points for knowledge of English ELISABETH KALBFUSS QUEBEC Quebec should double its number of French-speaking immigrants by 1995, Immigration Minister Monique Gagnon-Tremblay said yesterday as she tabled a sweeping policy proposal on government immigration strategy The policy says francophones should make up 40 per cent of the immigrants to Quebec, but we don't want francophones at any price, Gagnon-Tremblay said We want to increase francophone immigration but that doesn't mean we won't choose other immigrants and it doesn't mean we won't continue to give points for knowledge of English Someone who speaks French but has absolutely no points in the government's employability criteria still won't get in, she said The policy paper sets out a series of measures designed to make up for Quebec's low birth rate, ensure economic prosperity and promote the French face of Quebec It also takes into account the need for Quebec society to be more open to immigrants and combat racism The proposed measures, which would cost about $30 million over three years, include: Establishing more immigration offices abroad and hiring more officers to recruit French-speaking immigrants from target areas like France, Belgium and North Africa Actively recruiting entrepreneurs, even offering them trips to Quebec Offering full-time French programs for immigrants who already speak English Lowering the average number of students in high-school reception classes for immigrants and increasing the number of teachers in schools with high ethnic populations In 1989, 12 per cent of the 33,602 immigrants who settled in Quebec spoke both French and English, 16 percent spoke only French, and 22 per cent spoke only English By 1995, about 50,000 immigrants a year could be coming to Quebec, department officials estimate, meaning Quebec will have to find at least 20,000 French-speakers to meet its 40-per-cent goal Based on past experience, that 40 per cent is a challenge, Gagnon-Tremblay said at a news conference We won't do it easily Gerald Godin, the Parti Quebecois immigration critic, said the policy proposal amounted to nothing more than a snowstorm of words in a desert of ideas It makes no effort to address the refugee problem, he said, nor will it do anything to push the federal government to sign a new agreement transferring more immigration powers to Quebec The policy paper will go to a legislature committee for study next spring In Montreal, Alliance Quebec president Bob Keaton described the new policy as enlightened but said it will continue the numerical decline of the English-speaking community To offset that, Quebec should allow children from other provinces who have started school in English to continue in English schools when they move here Rivka Augenfeld, president of the Table de concertation de Montreal pour les refuges, said she is concerned that in stressing the search for francophone immigrants, they will lose sight of what makes a good immigrant Fo Niemi, of the Centre for Research Action on Race Relations, termed the policy a bold and avant-garde statement that finally recognizes Quebec society as multiracial and multi-ethnic Ghislain Dufour, president of the Conseil du Patronat du Quebec, welcomed the proposals to favor entrepreneurs and integrate immigrants into French Quebec society Stephen Scheinberg, chairman of the B'nai B'rith League for Human Rights, praised the plans to fight racism and discrimination but criticized the proposal to favor French-speaking immigrants as perhaps an implied criticism of many cultures that are here already, who have all made tremendous contributions to Quebec and most of them have learned French satisfactorily FRANK SCHNABEL MEMORIAL LECTURESHIP Dr. Kenneth M. Brinkhous Emeritus Alumni Distinguished Professor of Pathology University of North Carolina HEMOPHILIA: A PERSPECTIVE Wednesday, December 5, 1990 7:00 p.m. Charles Martin Amphitheatre Sixth floor McIntyre Medical Sciences Building 3655 Drummond Street McGill K E, A D M I S S I O N Extended Christmas store hours! now """"til December 23rd SUNDAYS 10 a.m. 'til 5 p.m. Dept stores open at 9 a.m. MONDAY TO FRIDAY 'til 9 p.m. SATURDAYS 'til 5 p.m. Mon, Dec 24 & 31 'til 5 p.m. Wed, Dec 26, 1 p.m. 'til 9 p.m. Box 366, Place d'Armes, Montreal, Que H2Y 3R8 Anonymous OR Donor's name as it is to appear in The Gazette (Please print) Good news for people who wear leather boots, but bad news for insurance companies: the city of Montreal has cut back about 60 per cent on the street salt it uses Instead of putting salt on roads Monday night and early yesterday, city trucks dispersed an abrasive mixture of one part salt and two parts pebbles This is the first full winter the city is using the salt-reduced mixture The city experimented with it last March, and liked the results City engineer Michel Frenette said the cutback in salt usage is expected to shave $1 million off the annual snow-removal cost, which totalled $60 million last year The new abrasive is environmentally friendly It will reduce damage to leather boots, lawns and the steel components in steel-reinforced concrete buildings But the increased use of pebbles will likely result in more cracked windshields And if a stone breaks your windshield this winter, forget about suing city hall or the Quebec Transport Department The Quebec Highway Code says damage caused by a stone or other object thrown from the tires of a moving car cannot be ascribed to a defect in road maintenance In other words, your insurance company will pay TRAFFIC Storm is one of at least nine such in average winter Amount $ Last name First name Address Apt Postal code CONTINUED FROM PAGE A1 ers who panic Women who get afraid of being stuck alone Men who are over the legal limit of alcohol and are afraid of getting caught by police Old people who are nervous People who can't cope with driving in winter conditions Rufiange turned back east on Mill, past an endless line of cars waiting to cross the Victoria Bridge Traffic this winter will never be worse than it is tonight, he said That's the good news These abandoned cars, we won't see them on the road again until April The first big storm of winter is usually the roughest Cars without winter tires hold up traffic Patience wears thin Snow-removal crews are rusty, like hockey players returning from the off-season Worse, Monday's storm, which dumped 15 centimetres on the city, hit at rush hour, filling the streets with cars before salt trucks and plows could do much work And compounding everything was this annual first-storm phenomenon of abandoned cars More than 300 were abandoned overnight Monday through yesterday in the city The problem we have with abandoned cars is that we don't have the legal power to move them, Rufiange said It's almost a joke How many workers does it take to remove an abandoned car in a Montreal snowstorm? The answer, because of the legal complications involved, is four When an abandoned car is reported to us, we send one worker to direct traffic around the car, Rufiange said Then a salt truck must salt the path around the car, and as well as the area under the car, so it doesn't become an ice patch Then the police come, get the car's license-plate number, and contact the owner If the owner isn't home, or refuses to come, which is usually the case, it's the job of police to call a towing company There you have four workers who earn, say, $100 an hour among them Multiply that by 300 and you have what amounted to a $30,000 waste of human energies But that's winter Just as no two snowflakes are the same, each storm plays its own little symphony Expect eight more before next April In an average Montreal winter, nine storms with a snowfall of 15 centimetres or more hit the city Mon pays, c'est neuf tempêtes NOW WE ARE OPEN SUNDAYS COME TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OUR CHRISTMAS SALE Please send tax receipt to: Same as above OR: Last name First name Address Apt Postal code Please make your cheque or money order payable to The Gazette Christmas Fund If you wish, you may make your donation by credit card by filling in the information below or by calling between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday to Friday Please have your credit card information handy when you call 987-2400 MasterCard American Express Account no Expiry THE LARGEST SELECTION OF FINE SWISS WATCHES! 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Send us your post-storm stories and photos at montrealgazette.com sound off BOSSES BLAMED System rewards wrong people, employees say WILLIAM MARSDEN THE GAZETTE A secret RCMP report indicates that the Quebec division of Canada's most vaunted police force is a mess of bad management, poor employee communication and rotten promotion procedures that reward cronyism and sycophants while keeping good officers down The system favours development of careerism, which members explain is a genuine plague that taints relations and decisions within the RCMP, it states This careerism often interferes with sound police work, the report says: It creates individualists that invest in projects and initiatives not out of interest or for their intrinsic value, but simply to garnish their promotion file with good examples The report cites officers who claimed that competition for promotion has destroyed the force's teamwork by creating a system where everybody is out for his or her own career interests Quoting RCMP officers, it says the promotion procedure fails dismally at putting the right people in the right places Officers also told the report's authors that RCMP managers turn a blind eye to mediocre performance, incompetence and especially reprehensible actions when it suits them Please see RCMP, Page A8 CITY'S HOTEL BOOM GOES BUST Montreal's nearly two-decade-long hotel boom has come to a skidding halt thanks to the global economic crisis, as developers who planned to break ground are delaying or cancelling their projects Page B1 HOPE FOR CEASEFIRE AMID THE FIGHTING A Palestinian woman waits for food yesterday during a three-hour lull in fighting between Hamas and Israel to allow aid into Gaza While air strikes quickly resumed, Israel has tentatively agreed to a ceasefire proposal Stories, Page A1 DOORS ARE SHUT BUT TRAINS ARE SAFE The MTA has added cars to some commuter train lines - problem is, their doors don't open This is not dangerous, the transit authority says, as the doors will open in the event of an emergency, Page A2 Roadside bomb deadly The death yesterday of Brian Richard Good, the Canadian Forces' first Afghan casualty of 2009, highlights the deadliness of roadside bombs, which killed nine of our soldiers last month Page A10 Y slims down its name The YMCA is rebranding itself as the Ys of Quebec to better reflect its evolving work in communities outside of Montreal Page A7 Machine with an ear Montreal company Hitlab.com says its computer is able to recognize which new songs will become big hits Page B1 X hce yoo wash Your hands between banding each QUOTE OF THE DAY """"If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?"""" INDEX Annie's Mailbox C7 Arts D5 Life D1 Best Bets D4 Business B1 Classified E1 Comics C7 Editorials A12 Legals Auctions E3 Nation A9 Obituaries E5-6 Opinion A13 Puzzles Page E4 Scoreboard C4 Sports C1 TV Listings D6 World All OQ Beyond metropolitan area: $1.11 Club City Region $1.37 TAXES NOT INCLUDED 20664 12345 Abraham Lincoln vi: A'n n: R: Light snow High -7 Low -17 Page C6 3 ill ' f 2"""" PERSON PAYS ONLY r' PRICE! Jifl'UUtr T jp """" JWondcvtoThursdbvater 400 pm PLAY I'PICftA-LUCKY-CASE"""" & WIN INSTANTLY Enter on our website at www.casagrecque.ca XIDS EA7: 1 2 YEARS AND UNDER, ACCOMPANIED BY AN ADULT S will become apparent this week as stores begin reporting their December sales In Canada, most retailers do not report monthly sales and precise numbers won't be available for months, when Statistics Canada makes public its tally But RSM Richter, which polls major department stores, expects to have some numbers this week Based on phone conversations he's had, Phil Lichtsztral expects retailers here will be fairly satisfied - up a few points, or down a few points, or flat """"That doesn't mean it was a banner year,"""" he said, because Christmas 2007 took a beating from three major snowstorms Ed Strapagiel of Kubas Consultants is also getting mixed reviews But the year shouldn't be too bad, he said """"They had 10 good months,"""" Strapagiel said, and Canada is only now reporting sharp sales drops for big ticket items, such as cars smcgovern thegazette.canwest.com Airlines post hot December res AIR CANADA, WESTJET FLY TO RECORDS Carriers also given lift by lower fuel costs FRANCOIS SHALOM THE GAZETTE Air Canada and WestJet both reported records yesterday in filling their planes for December, surprising in an economy in which many people are in spending and travel lockdown Montreal-based Air Canada's planes were 81.7 per cent full last month, compared with 78.8 per cent in December 2007, a result achieved by cutting capacity significantly over the last year WestJet, the Calgary-based discount carrier, filled 80.9 per cent of its seats last month, up from 79.3 per cent in 2007 - a gain achieved while it added capacity WestJet said in a statement that revenue passenger miles increased 12.8 per cent while capacity, measured in available seat miles, grew 10.6 per cent In December, more than 90,000 additional guests flew with (us) than in December 2007, it said WestJet president Sean Durfy said these are very strong results, particularly at a time when there remains some degree of uncertainty in many areas of the economy Our results clearly demonstrate that our business model and strategy are set up to deliver shareholder value Still, for WestJet, fourth-quarter and full-year figures were down slightly last year from 2007 The low-cost airline's load factors for the year dropped to 80.1 per cent last year from 80.7 per cent in 2007, and slipped a notch from 77.7 per cent for the 2007 fourth quarter to 77.6 per cent in the 2008 period Air Canada's full-year load factor in 2008, including its Jazz feeder, was 81.4 per cent, up from 80.6 per cent in 2007 Montie Brewer, Air Canada's president, said in a statement that these traffic results reflect effective capacity management that, combined with the decline in fuel prices, position Air Canada well to manage through these challenging economic times Analysts agreed that both performances were creditable One Toronto-based analyst, who did not wish to be named because he has yet to make his recommendations to clients, said that while WestJet has more growth opportunities than Air Canada, I would bet that most of the increase would be in their sunbelt destinations rather than domestic traffic Air Canada is much larger and in a dominant position, presenting it with fewer growth opportunities, the analyst said And the legacy airline has done a good job of aligning dwindling demand with reduced capacity Airlines are benefiting from lower fuel costs as the price of a barrel of oil has sunk in the last months from $147 to just above $40 WATCH MULTI-MEDIA VIDEOS, SLIDESHOWS AND MORE 1 Attn ei and snow rr GOES View a photo gallery of pictures from yesterday's snowstorm DESSERT FOR FRIDAY FEASTS Elliott Cohen prepares grilled pineapple as a simple dessert for Friday get-togethers SEE WHAT'S NEW FROM THE GAZETTE'S BLOCKERS ROBERTO ROCHA Can a computer predict whether a song will become a hit? Montreal's Hitlab.com thinks so Technocite ALKRAHNA I headbang, which may explain my behaviour, as it apparently causes brain damage Words & Music JILLIAN PAGE How much pressure is there on trans-folks to have gender reassignment surgery? Patent Pending L J SHARE YOUR VIEWS ON TODAY'S HOT TOPICS WHAT HAPPENED TO SNOWSTORM PARKING? RE: Up to 25 cm, high winds on the way: Following the link for the free parking spaces brings you to the city website which states that free night parking is NOT currently in effect So which is it? -Anonymous RE: 3 out of 4 doctors skip hand washing: What is the response of the dean of medicine at McGill, Richard Levin? What are his concrete plans to have all his students trained precisely in the task of invariable handwashing? - Clayton Burns A THE GAZETTE montrealgazette.com THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 2009 A3 'I saw a student fall and nearly break her neck on the sidewalk It snows in this city, I don't understand why the sidewalks are like this' Concordia teacher Robert Campbell THE BIG DUMP City weathers snowstorm with little trouble 23 CENTIMETRES Traffic's normal and no major accidents reported JASON MACDER THE GAZETTE Winter tires sure seemed to have made a difference In the first major snowstorm since a law making winter tires mandatory came into effect, yesterday's dumping didn't cause any severe traffic tie-ups either during the morning rush hour or the drive home And it was the snowstorm with the most accumulation so far this winter Montreal got the brunt of the snow that fell in the province yesterday with about 23 centimetres by 8 last night Another centimetre or two was expected to fall by the time snow tapers off this morning Storms of almost the same magnitude last month caused hours of delays on bridges and highways, and multi-car accidents But yesterday's rush hour was fine, Transport Quebec reported """"Traffic is certainly slow, but not much slower than it usually is during rush hour,"""" said Denis Arsenault, a spokesperson for Transport Quebec Arsenault said many people seemed to either leave their cars at home, or they left work early to beat rush-hour traffic Neither the Surete du Quebec nor Montreal police reported any major traffic incidents SQ Sgt. Martine Isabelle said she didn't know if Quebec's new law making winter tires mandatory made a difference, but she Kremlin lays down terms as gas Russia-Ukraine quarrel cuts off 20% of Eli's supply during cold snap AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Moscow - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev laid down terms yesterday for a resumption of Russian gas shipments via Ukraine to Europe as tens of thousands of Europeans suffered heating cuts amid freezing weather Russian energy giant Gazprom earlier announced a halt to all gas transit to Europe through Ukraine, around one-fifth of the European Union's gas demand, saying it had been forced to do so because Ukraine was blocking transit Medvedev told Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko that Ukraine must pay market rates for Russian gas, pay its gas debts and allow a new control mechanism involving EU observers to verify gas flows through its territory Speaking to Yushchenko in a lunch break as the first major snowstorm of 2009 hit Montreal yesterday, pre-arranged trips were cancelled unless they were for school, work or for medical appointments The service will be reduced again today While there weren't many cars on the road, driving was slow because visibility was reduced for most of the day """"Of course there were people who ended up in ditches, and there were a few collisions, but nothing major, and the worst crashes merely caused material damage,"""" Isabelle said Isabelle said there was a four-car pileup on the Highway 20 in Beloeil, and another four-car crash on the southbound Jacques crisis engulfs Europe Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek, whose country holds the EU's rotating presidency, promised a stronger intervention from the EU if supplies were not restored by today He also said EU energy ministers would hold an extraordinary meeting on Monday if Russian gas imports through Ukraine are not restored Despite harsh rhetoric between Moscow and Kyiv, both But I and my lab had one more test we wanted to do - sexing the remains - using some new tools we have developed and perfected over the past few years, Foran recently told the PBS program Secrets of the Dead Those tests showed unequivocally that the remains were male That finding prompted the bid for a pardon for Crippen from the British government """"This proves he should be vindicated,"""" British-Italian lawyer Giovanni Di Stefano told Canwest News Service yesterday from Rome, predicting that British Home Office officials soon will comply with the Crippen family's petition to overturn the conviction after 99 years """"This family has been shamed long enough, and this man did not kill his wife"""" If true, it's a revelation that would have shocked the young Cartier Bridge about 2:45 p.m., which closed down two lanes of traffic for about 30 minutes Montreal police Constable Yannick Ouimet said officers were out at the most heavily used intersections downtown yesterday """"They intervened to direct traffic when they judged it was necessary, but at most intersections, just the fact that we were there seemed to have deterred people from blocking intersections,"""" Ouimet said One place where the storm seemed to have been felt was the airport, where more than 100 flights were cancelled, and there were numerous delays Putin and Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko said in separate comments yesterday that they supported the idea of sending EU technical observers to Ukraine The chill in Europe claimed seven more lives in Poland and one in Belgium overnight Tuesday, adding to a toll of at least 10 dead from previous days Romania declared a state of emergency and 70,000 households in the Bosnian capital, Sarajevo, were without heating Bulgaria turned off heating on public transport in Sofia, and temperatures in homes fell sharply Austria, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Greece, Hungary, Macedonia, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia have said that all their supplies of Russian gas had been cut off France, Germany, Italy and Serbia have also reported drastic falls in Russian gas supplies Poland and Turkey said supplies from Ukraine had been completely cut but were getting increased amounts through different pipelines cabinet minister Winston Churchill - who denied Crippen's final appeal while serving as home secretary in 1910 - and master of suspense Alfred Hitchcock, one of many filmmakers and authors whose works were inspired by the notorious horror case of the bespectacled, mild-mannered doctor and the supposed monster within The manhunt for Crippen created a worldwide furor in July 1910, when Capt. Henry Kendall of the Canadian Pacific Ocean liner SS Montrose used the ship's wireless telegraph to relay his suspicions to Scotland Yard about two passengers bound for Quebec He recognized Crippen and correctly suspected that a young boy accompanying the doctor was actually the woman with whom he was having an affair in disguise Inspector Walter Dew of Scotland Yard hopped the faster JOHN KENNEY THE GAZETTE While Montrealers have so far helped city crews with the snow operation, Girard might not get the same level of cooperation from Mother Nature Another five to 10 centimetres could fall on Saturday jmagderthegazette.canwest.com Montreal was a winter mess from coast to coast yesterday with freezing rain, blizzards, icy roads and snarled traffic Freezing rain warnings were issued for all of Atlantic Canada, as a low pressure system barreling across Central Canada was expected to create conditions ripe for icy roads Highways throughout British Columbia were closed because of flooding on Vancouver Island and mudslides along the Fraser River Valley In Saskatchewan, temperatures were in the minus 20s, and Edmonton was expecting minus 18 Cold temperatures across the West were expected to remain until at least the weekend Temperatures in the Northwest Territories and Yukon were expected to be in the minus 30s and remain in the deep freeze for the rest of the week ocean liner SS Megantic to get to Quebec ahead of the Montrose News of Kendall's wireless message and Dew's pursuit of Crippen was unknown to the fugitive doctor - making headlines around the globe several days before the ships arrived in Canada Dozens of Canadian and U""",0,0,0,0,0,0
+127,20000413,modern,Snowstorm,"CITY EDITOR: BRIAN KAPPLER (514) 987-2505 Jolene's mom told THE GAZETTE, MONTREAL, THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 2000 HAL pay Governments retract demand family allowance payments be returned SEAN GORDON Gazette Quebec Bureau QUEBEC - She's been missing for exactly a year, and while her family clings to the faint hope Jolene Riendeau will come home soon, government bureaucrats apparently don't share that optimism. Riendeau's mother recently received notice from the province that she would have to pay back a portion of the family allowance payments she continued to receive until last February, eight months after Jolene, 10 at the time, vanished from her working-class Montreal neighbourhood. According to government rules, Dolores Soucy, who has two other children, no longer has Jolene under her care, and therefore no longer qualifies for her full family-allowance benefit. """"They told me I only qualified for payments for six months. I can accept that. What I have difficulty with is the fact I was lost in their computers for three months and now I have to pay for their mistake,"""" said Soucy, who was told she would have to cough up about $1,000 in arrears. As media attention intensified yesterday, both the federal and Quebec governments beat a hasty retreat on their earlier threats to collect, suspending Soucy's case file. The province's Regie des Rentes - which distributes family allowance payments - insisted the whole thing was """"just a mixup"""" due to automation. In a press release, the Regie said it tried in vain to reach Soucy and that it will now proceed to """"a detailed examination of this file, which is exceptional in its nature,"""" pledging to take """"appropriate measures."""" The Regie went on to say there was no indication on Soucy's file that Jolene was classified as missing, and that federal authorities hadn't mentioned it. """"According to the usual procedure, which is entirely automated, a notice is sent each month to put the payable balance up to date and the amount withheld from family allowance,"""" the Regie said. The federal Revenue Department looks after Ottawa's portion of family allowance, and its rules stipulate that benefits are suspended six months after a child is no longer in the recipient's care, said spokesman Nicole Lessard. """"If a missing child is found or returns to the parental home, then the payments are resumed, and this can be done retroactively, depending on the case."""" Jolene Riendeau's sudden disappearance gripped the city for much of last spring. She was last seen April 12, 1999, at about 4:30 p.m., munching from a bag of chips at a dépanneur near her home in Point St. Charles district of southwest Montreal. Police mobilized a massive search operation that included dragging a nearby canal, canvassing apartment buildings and searching every laneway, park, railyard and thicket in downtown Montreal. More than a million posters bearing her smiling countenance have been plastered on telephone poles and shop windows across Montreal, though many are now weather-beaten and faded. Benefactors have put up a $10,000 reward for information on her whereabouts. Despite slow progress, Soucy's optimism is unflagging. """"I know she's going to come back, I know she wants to come back and sleep in her bed and be with her family,"""" said Soucy, who is certain her daughter was abducted. The Missing Children's Network said those types of incidents are rare, but that other parents have seen their benefits cut off without notice. Hit-and-run driver faces sentencing GEORGE KALOGERAKIS Gazette Justice Reporter A man has pleaded guilty to hit-and-run after a mother of three was killed as she crossed a Pierrefonds road to join her waiting husband. A day later, police arrested Etienne Belanger at a body shop in Dorval while the 24-year-old was trying to have the damage to his car repaired. Police tracked down Belanger after witnesses to the November hit-and-run said the car that sped away was an older Chrysler Fifth Avenue. Police visited the 150 motorists in the West Island who own that model. Belanger pleaded guilty on Monday. The court ordered a pre-sentencing report to find out what kind of punishment the Dollard man deserves. He returns to court on Aug. 28. The maximum penalty for hit-and-run was raised last year to life in prison from five years behind bars. The incident took place at Pierrefonds Blvd. and Richmond St. Michelle Cadet had just got off the No. 68 bus and was crossing the boulevard to where her husband was waiting in a car. Francois-Yves Alexandre had decided to pick his wife up so she wouldn't have to walk home in the cold. He has said the light was green when Cadet crossed but quickly turned to yellow and red. He saw his wife start to run when the light changed. He heard a loud noise and saw a car driving away, but he did not see the impact. Cadet was thrown 40 metres onto the grass by the road. Cadet, 47, worked as an administrator for the city of Montreal's welfare offices. Taxi fares go up Taxi-fare increases go into effect today. Getting into a taxi will now cost $2.50, instead of $2.25. The former $1.10-per-kilometre rate has been increased to $1.20. Hourly fees have been raised to $26.50 from $24. The flat downtown fare to and from Dorval airport has been increased to $28 from $24.25. The Quebec Transport Commission announced the fare hikes in March to compensate taxi drivers for operation costs, including the rising price of gas, vehicle-maintenance costs, mandatory vehicle inspections and taxi-association fees. Per-kilometre rates have been frozen since August 1998 and the $2.25 charge has been in effect since 1992. FRENCH VISITOR WITH DIFFERENT ASPIRATIONS (s', i , - j j-t, ,- 4 ffi i,"""", """" ' l i """", ' ,', '7', '', ',--, inK ', 'nafHTTni-i 1 GORDON BECK, GAZETTE Paris mayoral candidate Philippe Séguin (left) poses yesterday with Mayor Pierre Bourque on the city hall balcony where French President Charles de Gaulle made a call for Quebec independence in 1967. Séguin said he was here on a more mundane mission - to share expertise in various areas - such as how Montreal mastered its canine excrement problem. Wheelchairs for all: Marois Rules change after case of the man with one toe came to light KEVIN DOUGHERTY Gazette Quebec Bureau QUEBEC - Health Minister Pauline Marois has ordered that all amputees in Quebec requiring wheelchairs will get them after a Chomedey man with one toe was denied a wheelchair. A spokesman for the minister said yesterday that the measure is one of a series of changes she is proposing to update entitlements under Quebec's medicare. Last month Russell Williams, Liberal MNA for the West Island riding of Nelligan, raised the case of David Murray, who was denied a wheelchair by the Regie d'Assurance Maladie du Quebec even though his left leg was amputated below the knee and he had lost all four toes on his right foot with the exception of his big toe. Nicole Bastien, a spokesman for Marois, said the criteria barring Murray from getting a wheelchair is 27 years old and is one of several directives Marois wanted to change. The measure is not in force yet, she said, because it takes time to draft new directives. """"It didn't make any sense,"""" Bastien said of the criterion that a person with one toe could not have a wheelchair. Murray, 66, is diabetic and is being treated at Cite de la Sante hospital in Laval for a respiratory condition related to his disease. He said yesterday that officials in Marois's office contacted him after Williams raised his case and assured him he would be provided a wheelchair but he said that after being refused one for three years, he wasn't interested in talking to the health department. Besides, private donors came forward to provide him with a wheelchair. When told yesterday that Marois was changing the directive to help all amputees, Murray was underwhelmed and ironic. """"Oh gee,"""" he said, """"Yippee, after three years they have changed their minds."""" In Montreal, Bob Simmons of Avantage Mobilite Inc., a company that sells wheelchairs, said his company and a private benefactor are putting up $1,500 each to buy Murray a custom-built wheelchair. BILL BROWNSTEIN Just think warm Now what? The deluge? We are not amused. Apparently, the big weather guy upstairs has forgotten the rules. Just in case, here's the drill: From December to March, he can dump snow on us at will. He can hit us with high winds. He can freeze our collective butts. In short, he can have his way with us. But come April, the winter deal is on. Only with special dispensation and only if we've been altogether too gnarly, can he sprinkle us with a few flurries as a reminder of his great wrath. But never, and I repeat, never, is it permissible to lay on us the biggest snowfall of the year in the second week of April, then to follow it up a few days later with a mini-pelting. Our defences are down. So are our contractors. We can't handle the snowdrifts, the slippery sidewalks, the slush and the soaked feet. Once again, we have no place to walk, no place to park. We are now told that snow removal entails waiting for warmer days ahead to melt the stuff away. This could happen as soon as this weekend or as late as the summer. And then, oh joy, our streets are turned into raging rivers and our basements are swamped. Haven't we suffered enough with the sinking of the Habs? It's inhuman. It's demoralizing. It's baseball season now, for gosh sakes. It's a time when a young man's fancy turns to hoes, turning up soil, planting petunias - that sort of stuff. SUCKERED Personally, I was already boning up on nature essentials to avoid the usual embarrassment on the links: Where is my golf ball? Why, it's under the sycamore. OK, so where is my golf ball? Montrealers, even the most grizzled among us, were caught off guard with this week's snowfalls. We had been lulled into complacency, into thinking winter was actually over. A mistake, in retrospect, especially for those foolhardy enough to take on their snow tires. But a month of spring-like climes before and incessant chatter about global warming had suckered us into believing happy days were here again. A good friend thought long and hard about holding his wedding bash two months after the actual nuptials in February. He opted to have it instead on a Sunday in April, when he figured the weather elements would be in his favour and everyone invited would be able to make the party. Well, he figured wrong. He selected last Sunday to have his wedding party. He was one of several people I observed on that day having spirited solo conversations with unseen forces. I have seen more than my share of people speaking in tongues on the streets of this city. But last Sunday there appeared to be an outbreak of Tourette syndrome, with citizens swearing at the sky, demanding the snow to desist. PULLING OUT HAIR The scene was repeated again yesterday morning by some. Nick Pompeo, a professional snow-buster in the city, had been ready to retire his plow and truck out his lawnmower. """"This snow is like an unwanted pregnancy,"""" he said in rather unorthodox terms. """"You deal with it, but it leaves you pulling out whatever hair you have left. It's so bloody depressing."""" On that note, I called a mental-health professional for counseling. I asked how Montrealers could be expected to cope with this sudden turnaround. She said she wished she could help but she, too, felt like leaping out of a high window when she saw all the snowfall. Concerned her remarks might be misconstrued, she then advised folks to focus on warm thoughts instead. Yeah, that should do it. OK, she countered, it could be worse - we could be on the verge of another divisive referendum campaign. When reminded that Premier Bouchard had recently been hinting of just such a development, she suggested I consult another mental-health pro. In fact, it could be worse. According to my trusty Canadian Weather Trivia Calendar, residents of Riviere du Loup had a heck of an April back in 1876. Millions of flies fell during a snowstorm. They resembled mosquitoes, only they were much larger. This is what is known, in certain circles, as the Quebec double-whammy. At least we'll be in shorts when we get bitten by bugs. Ah, summer. Bill Brownstein's email address is bbrownst@thegazette.southam.ca. 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Metal fatigue, rust, wear and mileage have taken its toll. Whether or not your vehicle was refurbished or restored in the past few years, taking the time to check out a few things can save you hundreds of dollars. Cars that are 20 years old or more require their owners to follow a strict ritual. First, be sure to change the oil and filter. It's still the best thing you can do for your engine, even if you changed the oil in the fall and fired the engine up a few times over the winter. Check and deflate the tires to the recommended pressures. If the car wasn't moved at least once a month, the tires have probably developed a flat spot. If you don't have radials, these flat spots will be the reason your handling and comfort just aren't the same during winter. The amount of care you took in preparing it for winter will help decide how much time it takes to get it roadworthy once the cover comes off this spring. 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Example of a 4 line ad ANTIQUE maple dining room set, circa 1880, collectible, great shape, includes buffet table with 8 chairs. For details, call 987-2311. ADS - Added Bonus: """"Garage Sale Kit"""" plus taxes. Ad consists of 6 lines of text, starting with your area & address. Garage Sale kit contains two large, bright posters, balloons and a handy apron. Kits are limited to the advertiser. Please place your ad in plenty of time to receive your kit. For details, please call 987-2311. Honda Acura's John Sherk will attest to that. He not only services the corporate fleet's prototypes and press cars, but also built and raced an NSX for the track. He ran in the 1997 Pirelli Enduro and later the Motorola Cup series. The NSX is about to be retired, so he's currently preparing a new Honda S2000 equipped with a DOHC VTEC engine to run in the SpeedVision World Challenge. """"If your NSX (or equivalent) was stored properly,"""" said Sherk, """"you don't have much to do. Although high-performance cars, they are user-friendly. Cars like the NSX can be driven daily and, therefore, storage and driving are tied together. A new S2000 reportedly didn't handle well after sitting over the winter. Sherk solved the problem easily by taking a drive and allowing the tires to warm up. """"On high-performance radial tires, the rubber compresses rather than the casing,"""" he said. """"The thumping and shaking in the steering disappeared in about 10 kilometres."""" If you had your car on blocks during the winter to keep the weight off the entire suspension, with wheels just touching the floor, you probably won't have this problem. Sherk likewise suggested checking all the levels and examining the floor where the car was sitting to see if anything had dripped out. There's no need to change the oil if you did it in the fall and didn't run the car over the winter. He also noted that if the storage area is prone to dampness, the brake discs may require machining. In most cases though, there's minimal buildup of surface rust and if you use the brakes lightly during your first drive the surfaces of the discs will clean themselves. TONY GUTIERREZ, AP Golfer Allen Doyle shows off trophy for winning the 60th PGA Seniors' Championship last year. """"I was a legend, but I won most everything I played in,"""" Doyle said. """"I had some stature in the game that few people achieved."""" But as he hit his mid-40s, he knew the driving range wasn't going to be enough if he wanted to send his two daughters to the colleges of their choice. So he turned pro, which might not have been the gamble everyone else thought it was. """"Allen would have never turned pro if he didn't think he was going to be successful,"""" his wife said. Playing on a sponsor's exemption, he finished in the top 25 in his first Nike event, which got him into the next week's tournament, which he won. By the time that year was over, Doyle had won three times, including the Tour Championship, to earn a spot on the 1996 PGA Tour, becoming the oldest rookie ever at 47. He struggled his next two years on the PGA Tour (finishing 140th and 189th on the money list) because of his lack of distance off the tee. But this experience kept his game sharp until he became eligible for the Senior Tour, easily earning a spot in late 1998 as medalist of Qualifying School. He won in Naples, then again two months later with his rally at the PGA Seniors'. He overcame an early double-bogey with a 31 on the back nine that included no 4s on his scorecard (he had seven 3s and two 5s). That was the highlight in a year in which he finished third on the money list with more than $1.9 million. """"Everyone else found out what we've known for a long time,"""" said oldest daughter, Erin, a senior at Southern Mississippi. """"Dad can play."""" Doyle's only regret during last year's PGA Seniors' was he didn't include an old hockey helmet in his bag that he could have worn walking up the 18th fairway, sort of like Red Auerbach's victory cigar. But Doyle has no regrets about the rest of his life. He doesn't consider it a mistake he spent all those years as an amateur before finally turning pro at such a late age. """"How did I shortchange myself along the way?"""" he said. """"I never, ever second-guessed anything. Now if I went through three wives and my kids hated me, like anyone, I would say I should have done this different. I'm on top of the world, anyway."""" Early start snowed on But duffers should be back in the swing of things soon Talk about a short golf season. The 30 courses open across Quebec as of a week ago are obviously now closed with this week's record snowstorm which dumped upward of 40 centimetres. Snowfall was higher in other regions, the Laurentians especially, where Tremblant received 70 centimetres. Blame it all on Jean Morin, owner and head pro at Les Legendes in Saint-Luc. He was the one who said winter was over when he announced his club marked its earliest opening ever on March 24. """"Today feels like March 1,"""" Morin said yesterday. """"In any case, we're looking to open (without further interruption) next Monday or Tuesday, and I'm not even going to mention that word (snow) again."""" Morin said business was brisk for the two weeks the club was open, with Montreal-area golfers getting a feverish start to the season. He figured the pace will resume once the weather improves. Maurice Dagenais, general manager at Golf Dorval, said his club was all set to open last weekend. But Saturday saw rain throw a wrench in plans - and then the snow came. """"We're probably looking at another 10 days before we're open,"""" said Dagenais. """"The only thing we can do at this point is wait for the weather to improve. But we are ready to go."""" Golf Dorval is also ready to stage the popular Future Links golf instructional program for juniors for the fourth consecutive season. Levels 1, 2, and 3 will be held in a series of four one-day clinics throughout July. Dates will be confirmed later. Registration, however, will take place at the club, at 2000 Reverchon Ave. in Dorval, at 10 a.m. on May 13. Registration is $10 (a bargain) and is on a first-come, first-serve basis. There are only 150 spots available. No registration will be taken by telephone or fax. For more information call the club at (514) 631-6624. PRICE CHANGE - Because of the time The Gazette's Golf 2000 magazine went to press, we were unable to get in revised green fees for the Metropolitan Golf Club in Ville d'Anjou. The new prices, taxes included, for the 18-hole championship course are $37.50 on weekdays ($27.50 from 6 a.m. to 7:56 a.m.) and $47.50 weekends and holidays. For the 18-hole executive par-3: $18 weekdays and $22 on weekends. In both cases, Friday is no longer considered part of the weekend. TOUR NUISANCE - Several PGA Tour players want professional autograph dealers to take a hike. At last month's Players Championship, a young girl asked Davis Love III to sign a scorecard from Augusta National. When asked where she got it the girl pointed to a man, obviously a collector. Love refused to sign it as well as another of Winged Foot, where Love won the 1997 PGA Championship. Said Ben Crenshaw: """"It's a damned nuisance. We're tired of the same people showing up at every event."""" STEWART POSTMORTEM - FBI agents raided the offices of SunJet Aviation at Orlando Sanford International Airport this week, seeking evidence related to the crash that killed Payne Stewart and five others Oct. 26, near Aberdeen, South Dakota. A television report said the FBI was looking for false documentation, repair records, maintenance logs and anything else related to the crash of the Learjet 35 and had searched three buildings and four planes. Meanwhile, three hours of audiotape from the cockpit voice-recorder, made public last week by the Federal Aviation Administration in Washington, showed that air-traffic controllers grew increasingly worried as they repeatedly attempted to contact Stewart's plane while it flew on autopilot before running out of fuel and crashing. Civilian and military pilots were able to see the Learjet as it flew on, but couldn't get an answer from the pilot. The last radio message from the pilot - """"Three nine zero bravo alpha,"""" a simple acknowledgment that he had been cleared to climb to 39,000 feet - came at 11:27 a.m. Six minutes later, air-traffic control at Jacksonville, Fla., radioed the plane, getting no response. Controllers quickly became concerned as the craft rose above its assigned altitude and eventually reached as high as 51,000 feet. At 11:38 a.m., a Cubana airliner tried to raise Stewart's plane, but advised the controllers he also got no answer. """"OK, thank you,"""" the controller responded. """"I think we got a dead pilot up there. He's through his altitude and off course now so we don't know what's going on."""" It was not clear whether the controller thought the pilot was dead or that his radio had gone dead. The FAA made no comment about the tapes. The National Transportation Safety Board has not determined why the plane crashed, but some aviation analysts have speculated that the plane suffered from depressurization that incapacitated those on board after the plane took off from Orlando. QUOTE OF THE WEEK - """"My game is a mixture of karaoke and rap. It's called 'crap.'"""" - Nick Faldo, who continues to struggle with his game. 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The questions from concerned gardeners started coming in early Sunday morning. The telephone rang all day with questions about how the surprise snowstorm was going to affect our poor gardens. After all, our plants and trees had just awakened from the winter and were getting used to the idea of spring. And then we had more snow a couple of days later. But don't worry. Most things will manage with a little bit of help. One of the main problems caused by the heavy, wet snow was most evident on ornamental evergreens. Shrubs and small evergreen trees were bowing over under the weight of the snow, with clumps of it sticking to the needles. A quick remedy was to shake the shrubs or their branches to dislodge the worst of the snow. Within a couple of days the sun had melted most of the snow and ice from them, and for the most part they sprang back into their original positions. BENT OUT OF SHAPE But if they're still a bit bent out of shape, you can wrap some cord around them and pull them back into position by tying the cord to a wall or a fence. They'll straighten out. I've noticed that some of the smaller evergreen shrubs are still buried under deep snow, bent over and held down by its weight. And it's the same for the bare branches of many shorter deciduous shrubs. A few days ago they were showing signs of getting ready to bud, and now they're almost flattened to the ground. You'll just have to wait until the snow melts down enough to free their branches, at which time I think they'll spring back up to their old shape. Don't go trying to shake them loose from a big pile of snow, because you run the risk of breaking branches or snapping off buds. Remember that during the ice storm of 1998, many trees were bent horribly out of shape, and yet most of them straightened up later. Fortunately, our early spring weather had warmed these plants up enough to make their branches fairly flexible, so they should straighten out quite soon. As for the bulbs that were already poking their heads above the ground, this snow shouldn't do them too much damage. You might lose some of the snowdrop or crocus blooms that had opened last week in the warmer spots, because they've probably been crushed by the snow. But the leaves of other spring bulbs which had put in an appearance, like tulips and narcissus, are quite tough. MINOR DAMAGE They've been exposed to freezing temperatures before. They will most likely just sit out the snowfall until it melts, and then continue growing. The tips of a few leaves might have been burned by the cold, but the damage should be minor. And it's probably the same story for the perennial plants that were reviving after the winter. The leaves of some of them sit there under the snow all winter anyway, and they were just perking up and showing fresh colour before the snow fell. They should be tough enough to tolerate a little snow cover for a few days. The only ones that might show a bit of damage to the tips of their leaves are things like bearded irises, which had already grown a few inches out of the ground. But this shouldn't affect their blooming this summer. Now that we're over the initial shock of seeing so much snow in April, believe it or not, there is a positive side to this snowstorm. Dave Phillips, a senior climatologist with Environment Canada, says that when all the snow melts it will give the soil some much-needed moisture. The ground is more dry than it should be at this time of the year, so every little bit helps. Small consolation. PHOTOS: RICHARD ARLESS JR., GAZETTE Lafontaine loves bargains and scavenged items, such as these pieces in her flat (from left: bought for $5; a salvaged oak library index file, with Lafontaine's own photographs identifying the contents of each drawer, and two steel-frame chairs, which cost her $2 apiece). Painting is not her only passion. Handy with a brush, Lafontaine is also a junkie. It shows in her flat. FUNKY Continued from Page D1.""",0,0,0,0,0,0
+128,19910302,modern,Snowstorm,"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.""",1,0,0,0,0,0
+129,19930318,modern,Snowstorm,"is being lost through fraud in the United States and Canada alone,"""" he said. SNOW Private citizen is seldom fined, city says CONTINUED FROM PAGE A1 the full meaning of it. Milne isn't alone. Confusing notices being issued by city inspectors have many people thinking they've just been handed $100 tickets, when in fact they've been given 24 hours to clear snow piled on streets or sidewalks. If they don't comply, a ticket is issued. Sid Stevens, founder of the Sun Youth Organization, which runs a number of programs to help the elderly, said his group got two or three calls this week about people who received similar notices and believed they were $100 tickets. In Milne's case, it was only when Sun Youth worker Victor Rodriguez showed up with a $100 donation from someone who heard Milne had been ticketed that he discovered the """"ticket"""" was a warning. Now Sun Youth is trying to return the money to the donor. City officials say they can understand how the notice can be confusing, since the same form is used to issue warnings and impose fines. Diane Leduc of the public-works department said the city is considering plans to draft new forms. While the new forms may say that an English version of the notice is available on request, Quebec's language laws prohibit the city from issuing bilingual notices, she said. People who receive the notices and can't understand them should call their local Access Montreal office. Leduc said city inspectors handed out 150 to 200 notices across the city after the latest snowstorm, warning residents they faced fines of $100 if they didn't remove snow they had piled on streets or sidewalks. """"But it is extremely rare that we fine a citizen for it,"""" Robert De Repentigny, chief public-works inspector for the western half of the city, said the city handed out 100 to 115 tickets to Montrealers who piled snow in the streets over the last three years, roughly 80 per cent to businesses. De Repentigny said ordinary residents are not usually fined until they commit several offences. De Repentigny said the bylaw has been on the books for years, but fines are up this year. Last year, minimum fines ranged from $30 to $100. Now, fines start at $100 and rise to $1,000 for a third offence. But a fine isn't worrying Milne any more. After all the upset, he awoke yesterday to find the two-foot-high pile of snow that touched off a bureaucratic snowstorm was gone, scattered by passing cars and trucks. Escobar's offer acceptable: prosecutor NEW YORK TIMES BOGOTA, Colombia Fugitive drug-trafficker Pablo Escobar has proposed a new set of conditions for his surrender, and Colombia's chief prosecutor said yesterday that they are acceptable. In a message delivered to the Roman Catholic bishop of the city of Bucaramanga by one of Escobar's lawyers yesterday morning, the drug-trafficker said that to avoid being poisoned he wants private cooking facilities when in prison. He also asked that he be allowed to call family members three times a week and that they be given government protection. Since his escape from prison last July, Escobar, the head of the Medellin cocaine-trafficking ring, has made repeated attempts to negotiate his surrender, but up to now the authorities have refused all of his offers. Two weeks ago, Escobar said he would turn himself in if the U.P. credit curd 12-24 months to pay 60 days interest free. Valleyfield institution agrees to review policy after golden age clubs complain DEBBIE PARKES, Gaston Lafontaine, hospital, the federation and the ambulance company - Hosoif THE GAZETTE: VALLEYFIELD - A federation of golden age clubs is up in arms over a policy of the Centre Hospitalier de Valleyfield to charge seniors for ambulance services. The hospital says it sympathizes with the seniors and has already agreed to review its year-old policy. Ambulance services for people aged 65 and older are normally covered by the hospital as long as the person's medical status makes the trips necessary. The problem is that the Department of Health and Social Services regulation about free trips is unclear about what is necessary. So it can be interpreted by different hospitals differently, said the Federation des Clubs de l'Age d'Or du Sud-Ouest. In the past several months, the organization has received 131 complaints from people 65 years old or older who were billed for their ambulance ride to the Valleyfield hospital, said federation director-general. He said a specialist who was hired by his organization to review the 131 files concluded that in no more than two cases was the hospital justified in refusing to pay. Lafontaine said many of the people were transported by ambulance after complaining of chest pains or stomach problems. Without seeing a doctor, the seniors cannot know for sure what the problem is, he said. It would be foolhardy for them not to act as if the pains were potentially serious. The hospital's error, Lafontaine continued, is that it's paying for ambulances based on the final diagnosis and not on the symptoms. The federation, which represents about 30 golden-age groups, brought the matter to the attention of the Regie Regionale de la Sante et des Services Sociaux de la Monteregie at a board meeting a month ago. A meeting between representatives of the Regie, the hospital, the federation and the ambulance company - Longueuil-based Cooperative et Techniciens Ambulanciers de la Montérégie - was held this month to come to some agreement. The hospital has already agreed to review the contentious cases with the federation. Anne Chiasson, director of nursing services at the 259-bed hospital, said the institution is willing to comply with more specific billing guidelines once they are drawn up. Chiasson said that until April of last year, the hospital paid pretty much all of the seniors' ambulance bills. It then became more strict. Since the federation's complaint, the Regie has formed its own internal committee to establish criteria. Meanwhile, said Jocelyne Juneau, the Regie's director of community relations, the ambulance company PLEASE SEE AMBULANCE, PAGE G2 3 """"fc """" M tr, """"r -r PUP ' o - -twrr'i'iiffliiiWfifiiM GAZETTE, GORDON BECK. Heave ho through the snow The weekend snowstorm brought this group of friends and neighbors together to lend a hand and help push one driver's car out of the snowdrifts in Brossard. But snow piles engineered by Mother Nature and city plows weren't the only problems motorists had to contend with. Blowing snow lodged inside the engine of Gilles Guay's van. Once he got his battery boosted, though, the fan blew most of it away. Mercier man 'born to fight fires' mourned after dying in snowstorm KATHERINE WILTON THE GAZETTE MERCIER - When Jean-Pierre Dufort asked Lucien Amyot to work an overtime shift during Saturday's snowstorm, Dufort knew he was leaving the Pointe Claire fire department in capable hands. """"He said he was leaving home right away and asked what he would be doing,"""" said Dufort, Pointe Claire's assistant fire director. Dufort had called Amyot, the department's chief of operations, about 8 p.m. It would be the last time he would speak to Amyot, a Mercier resident. Two hours later, Dufort got a call from Fire Chief Kurt Langguth, saying Amyot hadn't arrived. Langguth said there were accidents on the Mercier Bridge and Amyot might have been stuck in traffic. An hour later, Langguth called back with bad news. Amyot, 46, had been found dead in his car on a LaSalle road near the bridge. He had died of a heart attack shortly after leaving home, where he lived with his wife and three teenage daughters. """"When he (Langguth) told me I said stop fooling around,"""" Dufort said. """"When he said he wasn't joking, I was stunned. I couldn't believe it. He was so young."""" Amyot's wife, Viviane, said her husband was fine when he left home. Firefighters from across Quebec have been calling to say they want to attend today's funeral at St. Philomène de Mercier Church in Mercier, she said. Amyot was renowned for teaching innovative firefighting techniques to firefighters in other departments, his wife said. """"He learned so many new methods on his own,"""" she said. """"He wanted to pass on the knowledge to others so it wouldn't be forgotten."""" Pointe Claire's fire director, Maurice Lamoureux, said Amyot was one of the best in the business. """"He was always looking for perfection,"""" said Lamoureux, who met Amyot on a training course in 1974. """"He was a legend in his field. It's a great loss."""" Lamoureux said he was shocked by Amyot's death because he was in excellent health and didn't drink or smoke. The director of Mercier's fire department said his firefighters were devastated by Amyot's death. """"He was our chief instructor for the past 12 years,"""" said Andre Prud'homme, a lifelong friend. """"He was like a father to the men. Whenever they needed advice they went to his house. This is a big hole for us to fill."""" Amyot's roots with Mercier's part-time force were deep. His father, Gerard, set up a volunteer force in 1959. Amyot began working with his father in 1969. After getting his start in Mercier, he worked in Cote St. Luc, Dorval, Ville St. Pierre and Pointe Claire, where he was hired in 1990. """"He was one of the most qualified firefighters in Quebec,"""" Prud'homme said. """"He lived to fight fires."""" Candiac council ordered to rehire top employee fired in 1991 HARVEY SHEPHERD THE GAZETTE CANDIAC - Council members are to meet with legal advisors Monday to discuss a Quebec Municipal Commission decision ordering the town to rehire a top employee fired in 1991. The town had challenged the decision, claiming that the municipal board had exceeded its powers, but on March 3 Superior Court Judge Nicole Morneau upheld the commission's ruling. In a decision last September, the commission ordered the town to rehire Andre Pellan as director of technical services. He had been demoted from that position in February 1990 and then fired in November 1991. The demotion came after a series of disagreements with Mayor Claude Hebert and director-general Claude Donaldson. The dispute covered several issues, specifically whether Pellan had showed undue rigor in the late 1980s in enforcing bylaws on a 537-unit, $57-million housing project along the Riviere a la PLEASE SEE CANDIAC, PAGE A n i n i i t urn HP hp WliAin o inside: a, """"Chambers B3: Wcnderword B7: ick- :es tarqet deficit Revenue Canada drops suit against Yes group. OTTAWA Revenue Canada won't try to collect the $539,619 in GST payments it claims was mistakenly refunded to the Yes committee in last October's constitutional referendum. Revenue Minister Otto Jelinek said yesterday the debt is """"unfortunately uncollectable,"""" since the national Canada Referendum Committee was required by the referendum law to shut down Feb. 26. """"According to my officials, it is a situation which is impossible to deal with at this point in time,"""" Jelinek said in an interview. """"There is no Yes committee any longer in place."""" But the minister said he believes there were errors made on both sides. During the campaign for the Oct. 26 referendum on the Charlottetown constitutional accord, the three main political parties joined forces to create a national Yes committee. Shortly after it was incorporated, the committee received advice that it could qualify for a refund on the GST it paid out on goods and services if it sold memberships as a non-profit organization. In January, the committee submitted its GST returns and after a few phone calls, received three refund cheques totaling about $527,000. But about a week later, Revenue Canada conducted an audit and reassessed the committee, demanding repayment of the refund. No racism by teacher; probe; TORONTO There is no evidence that teacher Paul Fromm, who spoke at a 1990 neo-Nazi rally, discriminates against students in the classroom, an independent inquiry said yesterday. However, Toronto lawyer Jeff Cowan said Fromm's activities outside school might lead minority students and parents to feel he does not support policies promoting equality and anti-racism. """"There is no direct substantive evidence that Mr. Fromm consciously or actively discriminates against students in his classroom,"""" said Cowan's report, submitted to Education Minister Dave Cooke. The Education Ministry asked Cowan last October to investigate complaints against Fromm, who set off a controversy 18 months ago when he was kicked out of a meeting of the Toronto mayor's committee on race relations. As Indian Rodney Bobiwash spoke at the meeting, Fromm yelled """"Scalp 'em."""" Fromm, who has taught for 18 years, said his comments were not meant to be racist. Killer denies racist motive, PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. A white supremacist released a statement yesterday about his role in the killing of a native trapper one day after he was cited for contempt for refusing to testify at an inquiry into the death. """"In the statement, which was read on CBC radio by his lawyer, Carney Nerland said: """"At no time was any of my conduct on that day racially motivated, as has been suggested by some people."""" Nerland, who pleaded guilty to manslaughter, is serving a four-year sentence for the shooting of Leo LaChance. The Cree Indian was killed in January 1991, when he was hit by a bullet outside Nerland's gun store in this northwestern Saskatchewan city. The sentence sparked a series of protests by Indian groups, which pressured the Saskatchewan government into calling a public inquiry. In his statement, Nerland said the shooting was an accident. He said a person he didn't recognize came into the shop to talk to another man about selling a rifle. """"While he was in the shop, nothing insulting or threatening was said to him and the atmosphere was not hostile,"""" he said in the statement. Nerland said he was checking his rifle to make sure it was empty when it accidentally discharged. """"At no time did I believe that I had struck anyone with the bullet,"""" said Nerland, Saskatchewan leader of the Church of Jesus Christ Christian Aryan Nations. """"I was totally surprised to hear the gun discharge. I am most remorseful that Mr. LaChance was struck by the bullet."""" Ex-priest gets 2 years STEPHENVILLE, Nfld. - A former Roman Catholic priest in western Newfoundland was sentenced yesterday to two years for sexually assaulting a girl. Hillary Mahar, 44, had earlier pleaded guilty to charges of sexual assault and indecent assault. The crime occurred in the early 1980s while he was parish priest in the Stephenville area. Mahar was sentenced to 17 months in jail for the sexual assault and seven months for indecent assault. The sentences are to run consecutively. Deficit crunch hits all provinces, PAGE B4 Piper scandal comes closer to Rae, PAGE B5 TERRANCE WILLS GAZETTE OTTAWA BUREAU OTTAWA The Tory leadership race is shaping up as a mutual admiration society that wants to slash government spending, including social programs. Toronto MP Garth Turner, 44, formally entered the race yesterday saying Defence Minister Kim Campbell """"would make a great prime minister."""" """"Garth Who?"""" Liberal MP Stan Keyes demanded in the House of Commons after the obscure backbencher announced his shoe-string bid. """"If the campaign runs out of money, it'll stop,"""" Turner said. He told a press conference: """"I'm not anti-Kim Campbell at all. I think she is an immensely talented person."""" A little later, Revenue Minister Otto Jelinek, who says he's leaning toward running, told reporters: """"I'm not anti-Kim Campbell by the way. I want to make that clear. I think she'd make a great prime minister."""" Both Turner and Jelinek said they wanted social spending cut. Two other announced candidates, Environment Minister Jean Charest and backbencher Patrick Boyer, said they also wanted the deficit cut, but did not specify a review of social programs. All four are trying to catch up to Campbell, 46, before nearly 4,000 Tory delegates pick a new leader at the June 9-13 convention in Ottawa. Turner, a former tabloid business writer, said his purpose in running to succeed Brian Mulroney as Conservative Party leader and PM is to ensure the party's grassroots have a voice. Calling himself a Ross Perot without money, Turner said his primary platform is to cut the deficit and the federal debt. He wants all government programs reviewed, including medicare, and he said he has no aversion to extra billing by doctors. Charest, who launched his campaign in Sherbrooke Tuesday night, received a standing ovation from Tory MPs yesterday and a compliment from an unexpected quarter. """"He's shown more guts than all these people who ran for cover,"""" Liberal leader Jean Chrétien told Parliament, referring to several senior cabinet ministers who withdrew from the race because of Campbell's apparent lead. Turner used several charts to illustrate his concern that the combined federal-provincial debt has reached 92 per cent of gross domestic product or economic output from less than 50 per cent 10 years ago. """"Just look what we've done to this country,"""" Turner said in an outburst that gleeful Liberals pounced on. Reminded that Mulroney also promised to balance the budget in his 1983 leadership campaign, Turner replied: """"Now is the time to end the rhetoric about deficit reduction."""" While praising both Campbell and Charest """"he's a very talented guy,"""" Turner did take a dig at the backroom boys backing Campbell. """"It's no secret my chances of winning are remote. I don't have the Ottawa bigwigs or lobbyists behind me."""" """"My message is a simple one: it's time to change the political system, not just the leader."""" CP Birthday blow-out Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and his son, Nicolas, 7, blow out the candles on the PM's birthday cake during a party on Parliament Hill yesterday. Mulroney turns 54 on March 20. Canada's birth rate dips, ending three-year surge BOB COX CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA Has the baby boomlet burst? Figures released yesterday by Statistics Canada show the country's birth rate dropped in 1991, ending a three-year increase that many demographers had dubbed a mini baby boom. But an official with the federal agency's health information branch warned it's hard to determine the meaning of the 2.6 per cent drop to 14.9 births per 1,000 people from 15.3 in 1990. """"This is a slight dip,"""" said Surinder Wadhera. """"I think it's not significant, but if it continues over the next few years then it should be a matter of concern."""" Canada's birth rate hit an all-time low in 1987 when 14.4 babies were born per 1,000 population. The long-term trend toward a lower birth rate was halted briefly in the late 1980s; the 1990 rate was the highest in 10 years largely because women in their 30s who had delayed having children were starting families. In 1991, about 35 per cent of babies, more than one in three, were born to women in their 30s, compared with 18 percent in 1975. The average age of women giving birth was 28.2 years in 1991, the oldest ever. But the number of women in their 30s is now falling as the original members of the post-World War II baby boom grow older. """"They will be replaced by a much smaller number of women from the next generation who were born in the 1960s and '70s,"""" said Wadhera. Canada's birth rate at the peak of the original baby boom in 1954 was 28.5 babies per 1,000 people. In 1991 the average Canadian woman was expected to have 1.79 children, well below the 2.1 needed to replace the population. A total of 402,528 babies were born in 1991. Canada's birth rate of 14.9 babies per 1,000 people was similar to countries such as Norway (14.2), Poland and Sweden (14.3 each) and Australia (14.8). Industrial countries with higher birth rates included the United States (16.3 births per 1,000 people) and New Zealand (17.8). Countries with significantly lower rates included Italy (9.8 births per 1,000 people), Japan (9.9), Germany (11.3), Denmark (12.5) and Switzerland (12.6). Birth rates within Canada ranged from a high of 29.9 babies per 1,000 people in the Northwest Territories to 12.5 in Newfoundland. Other provincial and territorial rates were: Quebec, 14.2; Prince Edward Island, 14.5; Nova Scotia, 13.4; New Brunswick, 13.1; Ontario, 15.3; Manitoba, 15.8; Saskatchewan, 15.4; Alberta, 17.0; British Columbia, 14.2, and Yukon, 21.1. Rampaging teenage rap fans were just bored: expert LUANN LASALLE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO Teens who went to see a humorous rap movie in Toronto and Edmonton and then stormed wildly through shopping malls simply wanted some excitement before returning to their everyday lives, says a child psychologist. """"It's misdirected energy and anger that their situation isn't exciting or doesn't have a leather jacket in it,"""" Brent Willock, chief psychologist at Toronto's CM Hincks Treatment Centre for troubled teens, said yesterday. The teens in both cities turned out to see the movie, CB4, a comedy about the rap music industry. Both malls closed Tuesday night about 90 minutes early. About 2,500 young people packed into the Scarborough Town Centre in suburban Toronto to see the movie. A series of fights broke out and a glass door was broken when about 1,000 of the teens weren't able to get tickets because the show was sold out. Fifty police officers were called to get them out of the 220-store mall. Police said there were no arrests. Willock said the teens probably acted out their frustration because they didn't want to feel like """"losers in the lottery for tickets."""" In Edmonton, 300 people, most of them teens, fought and terrorized patrons in two downtown malls in a rampage that began after the young people left the movie. Police used pepper spray and batons to subdue the wild crowd in the basement food court of Edmonton's Eaton Centre. """"It's a racist thing,"""" screamed a black teen who was led away in handcuffs. """"Whether it was a case of the winter blues or what, we don't know,"""" said Insp. Hugh Richards. Eight people were arrested, including two adults and several minors. They were charged with causing a disturbance, assaulting a police officer and breach of peace. At least four of the teens sported blue jackets with a gang name, said a waitress at the Eaton Centre's pub. """"It was the most shocking thing I've ever seen,"""" she said. """"It was unreal."""" In Toronto, one teen turned away from the Scarborough mall theatre said there were several fights. She said tempers rose partly because the police were over-reacting. """"I don't think it's because of the movie,"""" said Tanya, 15, who spent yesterday hanging out at downtown Toronto's Eaton Centre. """"If there weren't so many cops, nothing would have happened."""" Cineplex Odeon, which was showing the movie in its theatres, blamed the incidents on spring break, high demand, discount night which offers movies for about half-price and a snowstorm which kept many people home until after the weekend. """"We don't think it's movie-related,"""" said Howard Lichtman, the movie company's vice-president of marketing. """"The demand exceeded the capacity."""" Police in Toronto blamed the melee on spring break and """"cheap night at the movies."""" """"There was the potential there for problems because you have so many young people,"""" said Sgt. Patrick Tal-lon. """"When you have that many people milling about it's a recipe for hooliganism."""" Inuit fighting oil-company plan to dump scrap metal in Arctic Ocean JUUA NECHEFF CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON Two Inuit communities in Canada's Far North, upset with an oil company's plan to use the Arctic Ocean as a dump site for its waste metal, want the idea scrapped. Panarctic Oils Ltd. of Calgary successfully applied for an Environment Canada permit to dump 400 tonnes of scrap metal into the ocean from its old base camp on remote Loughheed Island, about 1,700 kilometres north of Yellowknife near the north pole. The dumping permit would have gone into effect tomorrow. But when the communities of Resolute Bay and Grisc Fiord in the Eastern Arctic raised objections, Environment Canada agreed to delay the permit until April 15. In the meantime, it will also hold another public meeting to look at other options. But that has riled Grey Alexander, manager of operations for Panarctic. There is no sound environmental basis for the objections, Alexander said. He suggested some people in Resolute Bay are more interested in using the camp for their own purposes, which is why they don't want to see it dismantled. At a public meeting last month, local residents proposed the camp be either left behind or the company move it intact to Resolute Bay for local use, he said. """"Our position is we applied for this thing under EPS (Environmental Protection Service) guidelines, and if the guidelines are followed there is no reason why it should be withheld,"""" Alexander said. """"If there was some real basis for scientific concern here, then it would be different."""" But Ludy Pudluk, a member of the Northwest Territories legislature who represents the area, said people are concerned most about the environment. Pudluk said they are worried about the long-term effect corroding metal in strong ocean currents might have on fish and sea mammals and eventually on northerners who eat the animals. """"That was the first issue for us,"""" he said. """"We don't want materials dumped into salt water."""" Pudluk said the Inuit would prefer the scrap be transported south, or at least buried. Both options have been rejected by the company or the government. Pudluk acknowledged community members suggested at the meeting that the camp materials be moved to Resolute Bay, but only because the Inuit's preferred two options were rejected. """"If they can't bury it or move it down south, some people said, 'why not move the materials to the community so we can use it?'"""" Panarctic has decided it no longer needs the camp and is obligated to clean up the lease site, said Alexander. """"We either dump it in the ocean or we spend a staggering amount of money"""" to send it south, about $2 million, he said. If the permit is revoked, Alexander said Panarctic will apply for a ministerial review board to look into the matter. The scrap includes steel supports for buildings, drill pipe and barrels. Under Environment Canada guidelines, the company must crush and burn the scrap to get rid of residues, then haul it far out across snowdrifts and ice ridges to dump it into deep ocean waters. GAZETTE, GORDON BECK Tiptoe through the tulips Outside, Longueuil was feeling the effects of another snowstorm. Inside, the Perce-Neige gardening festival offered a more pleasurable sight on Saturday. Author to lead Lenten retreat 'Do you believe in Jesus Christ?' will be theme BROSSARD - An Arizona author and teacher specializing in spirituality, personal growth and scripture will lead a Lenten retreat at the Roman Catholic Community of the Good Shepherd on March 24-25. Marilyn Gustin, whose latest book is You Can Know God: Christian Spirituality for Daily Living, will preach at the weekend masses at 5 p.m. Saturday, March 20, and at 9:30 and 11:30 a.m. Sunday, March 21. She will also speak at 7:30 p.m. Monday to Thursday March 22-25. All are welcome. Her theme: """"Do you believe in Jesus Christ?"""" She will emphasize the Gospel of John. Gustin, who already had a seminary degree when she was received into the Catholic Church in 1973, has worked with the mentally ill and in an Arizona retreat house. She has also taught at a broad range of places including a Christian Brothers novitiate and a Benedictine monastery. Good Shepherd Parish is at 7900 Naples St. in Brossard. For information, call Rev. Bradley McGovern at 676-7577. Chateauguay Valley Spartans capture girls' championship Team jumped to early lead, winning 64-29 over Gait DAVID PETERS SPECIAL TO THE GAZETTE The Chateauguay Valley Spartans and Lennoxville's Alexander Gait Pipers turned the QASA McLeod-Visser provincial high-school basketball championships into a two-team affair last Saturday. Chateauguay Valley captured the Quebec Association of School Administrators McLeod girls' championship with a decisive 64-29 over Gait. The Pipers returned the favor in the Visser boys' final, winning 51-42. The championships were held at Bishop's University in Lennoxville. Chateauguay Valley advanced to the girls' final by virtue of its 69-21 drubbing of Quebec High School Friday night and a 60-33 victory over Greenfield Park's Centennial Regional Saturday morning. """"The girls were pumped,"""" said an elated Faye Craig, who, along with Tony Evans, coaches the Chateauguay Valley girls. """"They came down to win and weren't going to be stopped."""" Guard was catalyst The Spartans jumped out to an early lead in the final and never looked back as they cruised to a 32-15 halftime lead and kept the pressure on Gait the rest of the way. Centre Jennifer Grant led Chateauguay with 20 points, forward Megan Woods added 16 and guard Tracey Marshall pitched in with 12. Guard Wendy Brunct was the Spartans' catalyst. With precise, crisp passes, she established offensive momentum and turned back Piper forwards with tight defensive play. """"She really gets things going, displays good leadership and was one of the reasons we controlled the boards so well in all of our games,"""" Grant said. In the boys' final, the 400-strong partisan crowd was treated to a classic defensive struggle with Gait and Chateauguay Valley tied at 36 at the close of the third quarter, after Gait took an initial 12-2 lead. However, the Pipers used home court to their advantage, going on a 15-6 run in the final period to salt away a 51-42 win. Todd Allen led Piper point-getters with 12. Centennial captured the consolation final with a 61-43 win over Stanstead. One of the tourney's finer games was D'Arcy McGee's 63-62 win over the Centennial boys' squad. The Chargers, down 24 points at halftime, nearly engineered an impressive comeback, getting to within one point with 15 seconds left. Centennial had possession of the ball in the final seconds but was unable to score. Danny McArthur, convenor of both South Shore leagues and Centennial girls' coach, was pleased by the strong showing of the teams in his leagues and impressed by the way the tournament was run. """"Our teams did very well,"""" McArthur said. """"And I think that speaks volumes for the basketball program on the South Shore. Don Caldwell (tournament convenor and coach of the Champlain College men's team) and (QASA representative) Doug Flewwelling did a fine job all weekend long. They deserve a lot of credit,"""" he added. McArthur's only regret was that he and his team could not stay to watch the finals because of Saturday's blizzard. The snow started falling in Lennoxville around 2 p.m. when he decided to make a break for it and return home. He said the driving was dicey but all arrived safely. Some teams were not as lucky and ended up stranded in Lennoxville until the following day. Preparing for Richelieu Zone Chateauguay Valley will prepare for the Richelieu Zone championships later this month by competing in the Civic Provincials for community-based Double and Triple A teams this weekend. The Spartans will play in the Double A section. Gait came very close to accomplishing a rare provincial troika last weekend. While the boys won the Visser and the girls were finalists in the McLeod, the Pipers hockey team was busy winning the QASA championship 6-5 over LaSalle Catholic at the Kahnawake Sports Complex. It marked the fifth time the Pipers have been crowned provincial champions and now join Pierrefonds Comprehensive as the only five-time winners. Have Fun With The Whole Family For $8 Hour! Children under 16 years accompanied by an adult. We do not serve alcohol.""",0,1,0,0,0,0
+130,19970625,modern,Snowstorm,"alette SECTION E AU U u WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25, 1997 Best to avoid things that go bump in the road r r r 1 """" v n n tc j i I F JO 1 1 W"""" J M VlJ 55 Rue Gince Voxe St-Laurent 334-9910 Bargain Wheels 3 lines, 7 days Ad limited to a single vehicle Certain conditions apply Ad limited to a single vehicle, we ask that the above-mentioned ads be prepaid Ads are not refundable Taxes not included All we ask is that the price of your vehicle appear in the ad Private party advertisers only 987-2311 Commercial advertisers please contact your sales representative or call 987-2321 Transportation e3 800-863 Antique Classic cars 800 Cars under $2000 803 Cars under $6000 Cars for Sale Lease Pickup Trucks Sport Utility vehicles 4X4S Sports Cars for Sale Sports Car Parts services 821 Trucks Commercial Buses 824 Vans 827 Vehicle Parts Scraps 830 Vehicles Wanted 833 806 810 813 816 819 Accessories 835 Alarms Remote Starters 837 Announcements Events 839 Auto Miscellaneous Auto Servicing Car Telephones Drive-a-Car Insurance Financing 850 Internet Addresses Painting Bodywork Parking Storage Rentals Rustproofing Tires 841 843 846 848 852 855 857 859 861 863 RV now the worst of the pothole should be over It's been a particularly bad year An exceptionally long winter, a hot and cold spring, and even a late April snowstorm have all taken their toll on the condition of our roads Commuters driving on Highway 10 in the Lachine area were treated to an experimental road surface that self-destructed as it was being driven on Potholes the size of beach balls appeared all over the place and our car wheels, tires and suspension systems took the brunt of the blows All in all, a tough time for cars and car owners alike For a few years now the cities and province have benefited from a provincial law that frees them from responsibility for damages caused to your car by roads that are in poor condition So if your wheel fell into a pothole - flattening your tires, bending your rims and throwing your wheel alignment out of whack - you get the privilege of paying for the repairs But don't forget that if you have a series of potholes in your driveway and invite someone to the house, you would be responsible for any damage incurred by your guest's car as a result of that driveway The general rule of law is that people are responsible for the damage caused by objects under their control If you were moving your piano up a hill and it slipped, rolled to the bottom and punched a new entrance into Peter's Bar & Grill, you'd be responsible and would have to pay Peter for the repairs A government is not above the law That is, not unless it wants to be If the government owned and operated the piano that punched a hole in Peter's Bar & Grill, it would undoubtedly be responsible to pay for the damage So if the city's road caused damage to your car, one would think the city should pay for it It should, but it won't because of the special law the government passed exempting itself from the usual rule of law What if you left your piano in the middle of the road and Peter hit it with his car? You would be responsible to pay for the damage caused by your piano, which should never have been there in the first place But what if the city had hired a contractor to renovate Peter's Bar & Grill (so that the city could sell it at a loss) and the contractor left a piano he was installing in the middle of the road, causing an accident? Normally, people who hire other people to work for them are responsible for damages caused by their employees in the normal course of their business Unless, of course, you're the government There is a special law which leaves the city safely protected from all liability caused by the builders or contractors hired by them for the entire duration of the work! (Cities and Towns Act, paragraph 604) You would be forgiven for thinking that since you pay a lot of taxes, you can expect the government to keep the roads clear of objects and debris You might think that if you hit a rock, or even a construction sign that had been left in the middle of the road and was not moved out of the way by the city, that you could sue the city for damages Think again The same law has a section in it that specifically exempts the city from liability for damage caused by the presence of any object on the road It doesn't matter where the thing came from If it's on the road and you hit it, don't expect the city to pay to repair your car So drive carefully and don't hit any stationary objects Montreal lawyer Jordan Charness is a partner in the firm Charness, Charness & Charness Please send your letters to: """"STEERING YOU RIGHT"""" AutoPlus Section The Gazette 250 St. Antoine St. West Montreal, QC H2Y 3R7 U""",1,0,0,0,0,0
+131,20080109,modern,Snowstorm,"CANWEST, COM LETTERS K 1 Ice-storm spirit proved to be as fickle as the weather. Ice alone won't change nature. If it's true, as your headline states, The ice storm has changed us (Gazette, Jan 5), why are people still running around trying to find the last bargain instead of cocooning with their families? Why did a letter-writer this past week lament (sob, sob) that she couldn't find a restaurant open for her after New Year's? Why has a lack of courtesy when driving mushroomed? We had to adapt during the storm and we were creative about it, but 10 years later, is it really true things have changed internally for most of us because of this? I think not. Elaine Creighton Beaconsfield All excuses, no work Re: Did you abandon this car? (Gazette, Jan 4), Is it any wonder our streets are such a mess after a snowstorm when every single authority abdicates its responsibilities to keep them free? A car is parked in a no-parking zone that is a bus lane and part of the time a no-stopping zone for a week or more; it is neither ticketed nor towed away and everyone has an excuse: The police didn't have it towed because nobody complained, the snow-clearing crews didn't tow it because they hadn't put the appropriate signs up and I can just guess it didn't get ticketed because clearing snow from a license plate is likely not written into the parking inspectors' union contract. What do all these people get paid for? Satu Tolvanen Pointe Claire Forget vitamins, just eat right Re: Vitamins: one a day or one too many (Gazette, Jan 5), Anyone who wants to have endless energy, stay healthy and fight off disease should read Dr. Richard Beliveau's book. His is a simple yet scientifically proven prescription for incorporating a wide variety of fruits, vegetables, nuts and other cancer-fighting foods into our daily diets. Eating for pleasure and for health means most of us would not need to supplement with additional vitamins. For the last 35 years, I've made fresh fruits and vegetables the focus of my diet and I have never been deficient in vitamins or lacked energy. I have passed this way of eating onto my children. If people would look at the Canada food guide and take the time to prepare a variety of meals from scratch, instead of stuffing overprocessed pseudo-food down their throats, they wouldn't need to wash it all down with a vitamin cocktail. Then they could take all the money they spend on supplements and purchase organic fruits and vegetables. Marlene Eisner Montreal Columns expose city mismanagement Re: Handling of mega water-meter contract raises questions; Two companies involved with repairing city's water system had cozy relationship (Opinion, Jan 5), Well done, Henry Aubin. Please do not stop probing the black hole that is the city of Montreal's finances. As a resident of the West Island for more than 30 years, the major reason I did not want to be part of Montreal is its complete lack of accountability with respect to taxpayers' money. Aubin's work, which I have been following closely since the merger-demergers debacle, has helped tremendously to bring flagrant mismanagement to light. It's unfortunate it hasn't changed voter apathy. Dan Miller Kirkland Don't ignore nuclear watchdog Re: Government poised to fire nuclear watchdog (Gazette, Jan 8), While a government can legislate whatever it wishes within the law, it is expected to respect the rules it has established. Example: the mandate and responsibility of the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission to oversee and approve the licensing and operation of nuclear reactors at Chalk River. That commission has deemed the Chalk River facilities to be dangerous and the last thing the nuclear industry needs is a nuclear accident. For political leaders to overrule their own safety commission and behave like the mayor of a city overruling a traffic ticket properly issued by its police department (a trivial analogy by comparison) is so wrong. And then to ask the president of that commission to explain her and her commission's actions (under the veiled threat of dismissal), while ignoring the fact unqualified politicians have placed expediency above safety, is so wrong. Alex Brown Pierrefonds It's our money Re: Harper government takes wrong turn on tax policy (Gazette, Jan 4), I have a bit of a problem with Peter Hadekel's claim the reduction in the federal GST is an awful waste of $12 billion, which is the estimated annual cost to the federal treasury. I fail to see how leaving money in taxpayers' hands can be considered wasting it, when it is their money. A recent Gazette article reported the government had little to show for the $12.4 billion it spent on African aid, and another cited a report showing the government has wasted up to $125 billion or more of taxpayers' money. Now, that's real waste! The Fraser Institute, whose study exposed the details of the $125-billion loss, used the words examples of mismanagement and incompetence. Until governments implement sound management fundamentals and oversight fundamentals, the $12-billion GST reduction (plus a lot more) should be left in taxpayers' hands. Frederick Sneider Montreal Welcome reminder of our humanity Ehab Lotayef's recent article (Why I share the guilt for Aqsa's death, Opinion, Jan 4) is a reminder for us of how dangerous generalizations can be. Muslims, Jews, Catholics and Protestants are diverse groups, comprising a whole range of attitudes and opinions, from moderates to extremists. Lotayef's article proves we must look beyond religious and ethnic labels and relate to individuals rather than to representative organizations that claim to speak for entire communities - an utter impossibility. Lotayef's is a human voice that should be heard more often. Yakov M. Rabkin Montreal O Box 11061 Montreal, QCH3C4Z8 Payments: We ask that ads be pre-paid, and we accept credit cards. Business owners may establish an account upon credit approval. Deadlines: To place, change or cancel most ads, contact us before 2 p.m. the day prior to publication. For Saturday edition: before 11 a.m. Friday. For Sunday and Monday editions: before 4 p.m. Friday. Please check your ad the first day it runs to ensure it is correct and call us if an error has occurred. The Gazette's responsibility, if any, for errors of any kind is limited to the charge for the first day of publication. The 2008 Infiniti QX56 is a pleasant drive that comes with supple leather on the seats and doors, deep-pile carpets and real wood accents. Infiniti QX56 is a big, thirsty joy ride. While it consumes large amounts of fuel, the passenger cabin is simply beautiful. CLARE DEAR CANWEST NEWS SERVICE The market for gas-guzzling land yachts such as the Infiniti QX56 is shrinking, but it hasn't vanished yet. With all its luxury, spaciousness and comfort, plus enough power under the hood to haul eight people, their stuff and more than 4,000 kilograms hitched behind, it's a wonderful experience to cruise the open road in this big SUV - at least until you check the fuel gauge. It's understandable. After only a week with the 2008 Q-ship, I can see why even the well-heeled, full-size SUV owners feel the pain at the pumps. You'll kiss more than $100 goodbye every time you have to refill the QX56's 105-litre fuel tank, which happens too frequently. Officially, the QX56 is rated at 18.2 litres per 100 kilometres in city use and 11.8 on the highway, with pricey premium gas preferred. However, the 320-horsepower, 5.6-litre V8's real-world consumption is even more robust. During my stint with the QX56, I logged more than 800 km, with fuel consumption averaging 17.8 L/100 km. In fact, it was averaging more than 20 L/100 km until I took a 180-km highway run to return the vehicle. No wonder demand for these brutes is declining. Still, it's not difficult to see why those who can afford to peel off $80,000 for a QX56 are reluctant to change. This SUV might be big, but its cabin is beautiful. There are rich appointments everywhere - supple leather on the seats and door panels, deep-pile carpets, real wood accents. And it's loaded with luxurious features to make the driving experience supreme. Both front bucket seats are power adjustable. They're heated, of course. The second-row bench also gets the heat treatment. Please see INFINITI, Page E3 E 1 Winter challenges aplenty for Quebec car owners I admit it. When it comes to winter, I'm an absolute curmudgeon. With what appears to be record snowfalls and non-stop winter storms right across the country, I'm sure I'm not the only one who has already had his fill of the fluffy white stuff smacking him square in the face and making driving, walking and getting around treacherous, distasteful, annoying, irritating, exasperating, aggravating and just plain cold. While it's tough on us humans, winter is even tougher on our automobiles. One winter storm dumping 40 centimetres or more of snow in less than one day plays havoc with our entire transportation system. When a storm hits, those of us with a possibility to do so head for the nearest warm shelter and wait out the storm, praying that electricity does not cut out. Our cars, on the other hand, are, for the most part, stuck outside braving the storm without even a little bit of shelter. Car shelters in Canada tend to come in three varieties: 1) none at all, 2) a temporary little outside shelter, 3) or a nice warm toasty indoor garage. Each of the shelters comes with its own legal problems and issues. No shelter means your car sits outside, slowly turning into a great white igloo that only vaguely resembles a car. More than one unfortunate car owner has cleared off the snow from his or her car with nothing more than hands and a credit card only to find that the car they thought was their own was not. All igloo-shaped cars look pretty much alike. While legally there is a principle that no one else is allowed to benefit from your hard work without paying you for your efforts, the chances of collecting on this type of debt are about as likely as a snowstorm in July. The same snow-covered vehicles are easy prey for accidental clipping by snow-removal vehicles who fail to differentiate or navigate between your car and the snow bank they're trying to clear. In general, if your car is damaged by a snow-removal vehicle, the entity in charge of the snow removal is responsible to pay for damage caused to your car. If your car has to be towed away in order to facilitate street snowplowing, the city is responsible to make sure its contractors do the job without damaging your car. I'm told that after a major snowstorm, several thousand vehicles are towed by the city so workers can properly clear the streets of snow. While this drastically hampers snow-removal efforts, it's probably a lot easier to let the city tow your car away and pay the tickets than it is to dig it out. Some municipalities allow temporary parking shelters (which kind of look like overgrown tents) to be erected on private property. While the shelters are not legal everywhere, even when they are legal, they do present their own problems. I recently heard of the case where there was a common driveway between two houses used by both owners. One of the owners put up a temporary car shelter on his half of the driveway. The other owner was parked next to it using the none-at-all method of car sheltering. During the last big storm, the car shelter collapsed, tipping over and landing on the neighbor's car, causing $3,000 of damage. The owner of the shelter tried to avoid paying for the damages by claiming the storm was an act of God and therefore was not his fault. While the storm might not have been his fault he is responsible for any damage caused by items he owns, including collapsing car shelters. A heated garage, of course, might provide you with a toasty-warm car to get into, but you still have to navigate the snow-covered driveway to reach the street. In many municipalities, it is illegal to clear the snow from your driveway and dump it on the street. Instead, you have to blow or push all that snow onto your property where it creates a giant mountain that hides your house until the snow melts many moons from now. Explain it to me again: Why do some people like winter? Montreal lawyer Jordan Charness is a partner in the firm Charness, Charness & Charness. Please send letters to Steering You Right, Driving section, The Gazette, 1010 Ste. Catherine St.""",1,0,1,0,0,0
+132,19940318,modern,Snowstorm,"military compound, which the Canadians were patrolling. """"It may be certainly generally wrong to take self-help punishment against people who commit crimes against you. But where there is no other authority to deal with them, a little bit of rough justice may in certain circumstances not be inappropriate,"""" McCann said senior officers were aware of the beating that night """"and apparently condoned it."""" """"The problem here was not so much the fact that there was a little bit of self-help deterrence being imposed by the troops; the problem was that it wasn't being adequately controlled. Instead of overseeing it themselves, it would seem that the officers effectively gave permission to their troops and simply turned a blind eye. Having done so, it's not very surprising that a bully might get carried away."""" Evidence presented at Brown's court martial supported McCann's contention. Several soldiers testified they had heard """"rumors"""" of other prisoners being roughed up, though none actually witnessed it. Campbell said he had heard previous howls of pain coming from the detention bunker. The court martial was told the rules governing the use of deadly force against Somali intruders were changed several times during the mission. At one point, the soldiers were instructed to shoot intruders in the legs """"between the flip flops and the loin cloth."""" The morning of the beating, a senior officer admitted he told his troops he wanted intruders captured, not simply chased out of the compound, and """"he didn't care"""" if they were abused. """"I explained what we're after is a capture. If you have to abuse them to capture them, then go ahead,"""" said the officer, who can't be named because he is facing charges. Although he claims he meant Somalis could be roughed up only to capture them and not when they were prisoners, that distinction may have become blurred by the time it worked its way down to the lower ranks. Something was going to happen. Several soldiers said they heard Capt. Michael Sox, the platoon commander, say """"if you have to, you can beat the s -out of them."""" """"I had a bit of a feeling that something different might happen (that night),"""" testified Sgt. Joseph Hillier. """"I had an idea from the terminology used that there was a good chance something different was going to happen."""" Another NCO says he told the soldier who later beat the Somali that Sox had ordered that prisoners were to be abused. """"I've been in 13 years, I've never heard the like of it before,"""" says the NCO, who himself faces charges. """"The conversation was getting kind of silly, so I said, 'I don't care what you just don't kill him.'"""" And the soldier who inflicted the fatal beating was quoted as bragging as he struck the prisoner: """"We can't do that in Canada, but here they let us do it."""" The NCO is aware of it and the officer is aware of it. There are six or eight people in line to give him the same treatment. DON MACPHERSON Touch of blarney National Assembly session won't be sitting for long. A new session of the National Assembly began yesterday, not in the snowstorm that Quebecers expect on St. Patrick's Day, but with a bit of a snow job by a premier of Irish descent. The speeches by the lieutenant-governor and the premier at the opening of a new session of the National Assembly are supposed to be the Quebec counterpart to the Speech From the Throne in the federal Parliament. They're supposed to describe the government's legislative program for the whole session. But everybody knows the session that began yesterday, only the third of the 4-year-old 34th legislature, won't see the adoption of more than a few of the measures Lt.-Gov. Martial Asselin (reading a text written for him by the premier's office) and Johnson announced over a total of an hour and 19 minutes yesterday afternoon. Because everybody knows that the Assembly will sit for only a little more than three months, at most, before Johnson calls a general election. And it will spend much of that time debating the spending estimates for the coming fiscal year, which the government will table this month. For all practical purposes, the campaigning for that election has already begun. Yesterday's speeches in the Assembly contained not Johnson's program for the new session, but his election platform. Wrapped in a new package, the opening of a new session was supposed to be another sign that Quebecers have not only a new premier but a new government. But the speeches consisted mostly of announcements and promises that Johnson has already made wrapped up in a new package. About all that was really new was Johnson's latest adjustment in his continuing search for what might be called his Goldilocks position on relations with Ottawa and the rest of Canada - one that's not too federalist and not too nationalist, but just right. Until now, Johnson has looked like Ottawa's doormat to French-speaking Quebecers, who like their premiers, even the federalists, to put Quebec's interests first and to stand up for their defense. So yesterday, he tried to sound more nationalist. While he said federalism has given Quebec the means to solve its own problems, he also emphasized Quebec's Frenchness. He said Quebec is a """"distinct society"""" because it is """"majoritarily francophone"""" and its government is the only one in Canada and North America that is """"elected by a francophone majority and answerable to it."""" Quebec's government and premier had """"the responsibility of ensuring the perpetuation of French-speaking Quebec."""" Position hasn't changed. There were still """"important problems to settle in the Canadian constitution"""" that would have to be settled by negotiations """"one day."""" The adoption of the new constitution in 1981 over Quebec's objections """"was unacceptable and should never happen again."""" And Johnson tried to restore his nationalist credentials by recalling that he had voted in the Assembly in 1981 against the adoption of the new constitution, and saying his position hasn't changed. He said he would follow the same policy as his predecessors, PQ as well as Liberal, and would not sign the constitution without changes including giving Quebec """"full power over everything concerning the development of its identity, language and culture and the protection of its distinct character, as well as the (financial) means of assuming all its responsibilities."""" He reiterated Quebec's traditional complaint about the federal government using its spending power to intervene in areas of provincial jurisdiction. And he called again for Ottawa to transfer control over manpower training to Quebec (while diplomatically blaming the resistance to such a transfer on unnamed civil servants instead of his political allies in the Chretien government). But in closing, he returned to his central theme of good government and bread-and-butter issues, especially jobs. """"Real independence, that of the citizens, comes from employment,"""" he said. That sounded like an election slogan. The next two steps in the buildup to a possible spring election call will be the spending estimates and the budget, in which we'll find out how much money Johnson is willing to put where his mouth was yesterday. Schools strategy: accommodation beats confrontation. The Quebec Liberal Party's policy convention over the weekend was more about politics than policy. With an election uppermost in the minds of the leadership, delegates and media, controversial issues were kept as far from the floor microphones as possible. Those that did come up were treated as """"leaving the door open"""" rather than as forcing the government into a new direction. Thus """"user fees"""" as a """"last resort"""" against spiraling health-care costs slipped back into resolutions adopted by the plenary session. Other political spine-stiffening counsel would make civil-service tenure more precarious and mandarins more accountable. Deficit reduction, too, was voted into several resolutions even though reducing unemployment, not debt, has become Daniel Johnson's electoral leitmotif. These policy statements widen rather than restrict the government's party-blessed action. They give the premier and his ministers an opportunity to emphasize what they believe people want to hear. Other controversial issues of a fundamental nature never arose. They weren't publicly discussed because they were expressly written out of the program. No changes to Bill 101 are envisaged in a new Liberal mandate. And the constitution will not be part of the party's next election platform. But putting language legislation and constitutional reform on hold does not change their nature. They remain nerve centers and yardsticks of Quebec politics. Johnson is not the first premier to qualify himself as a federalist. But he is the first in a long time to assume federalism without caveat or apology. He says, and he obviously believes, that it has helped, not prevented, Quebec from making progress. He does not defend federalism; he implies that federalism defends itself and that, within it, Quebec's best interests can be perfectly well defended by Quebecers from Quebec City. It is not what Quebecers have been accustomed to hear on the political home front where for years reinvented federalism has been the only kind deemed worthy of hawking. Whether Quebecers respond to the realism of Johnson's approach or feel threatened by the dismantling of the rhetorical barricades remains to be seen. But his refusal to let questions of real or apprehended national angst distract Quebecers from the serious economic and social problems his government has set out to solve marks a radical departure from the past. It is, however, already having some effect on the party's anglophone representation. As riding associations prepared resolutions to be debated at the policy convention, the constituency of Nelligan represented by Liberal Russ Williams drafted a proposal that access to English school be widened to include immigrants from English-speaking countries. Williams is the MNA designated by the government to """"look after"""" the interests of the English-speaking community. When the time came to sift riding-sponsored resolutions into those to be put to the delegates and those to be left in abeyance for another day, the access question was negotiated into the second category. This was not because anglophones were bullied into fake solidarity; it was because they, too, chose to go for the economic jugular. The issue is important to them but the usefulness of starting a fight was outweighed by the disadvantages of generating a linguistic bloodletting that might blunt the thrust of Johnson's """"better-times-for-all"""" program. Now that peace has been declared in the 15-year sign-law war, English-speaking Quebecers have shifted their language-rights sights onto public schools from which anglophone immigrants are excluded. The vast majority of English-speaking Quebecers feel this to be an unjust and unjustifiable ban on the most fundamental of their community's institutions. What they do not all agree about is how best to keep up pressure to have it lifted. A majority of francophone Quebecers still hold strongly to the notion of universal immigrant education in French. An access-to-English-school resolution on the floor of the Liberal convention would have been voted down after debate that would inevitably have been heated and divisive. For it to have any chance of passing, much more persuasive promotion of the concept as well as its consequences are needed. In this regard, English-speaking Quebecers at large and not just their designated political hitters have some responsibility. The question is whether to opt for confrontation or to seek accommodation. The first hardens attitudes because both sides take positions from which it is difficult to retreat into agreement. The second assumes that it is not despite francophone Quebecers, but with them on side, that the situation can be changed for the better. It comes down to the degree of faith one has in society. Feeling victimized comes easier to those who have less of a sense of belonging than to those who believe they have a fighting chance because they belong. D when he was 16. He later became a missionary bishop and although he is revered for giving the Irish a sense of identity, he thought they were a barbarous bunch. The first St. Patrick's Day parade in Montreal was held March 17, 1824. It was a rousing affair, """"a wine inspiring scene, untainted by either religious or national prejudice,"""" according to The Gazette's coverage that year. Not much has changed. Tom Fitzgerald, this year's parade director, said he expects the atmosphere at Sunday's parade will be much the same as at the initial one. """"It's sure to be another fun day,"""" he promised. This is the 15th parade Fitzgerald has organized and he's far more relaxed about this year's edition than the one in 1993. The night before last year's parade the city was hit by one of the worst snowstorms in decades. Still, the show went on. """"That surprised the hell out of me, the number of participants and spectators who showed up in the snow,"""" Fitzgerald said. """"This year, the weather forecast is good, so who knows? Crowds could just keep on building and building."""" The 2-hour parade - with 35 floats, 30 marching bands and five pipe bands - is scheduled to begin just outside the Forum at 1 p.m. The parade queen this year, the 39th, is McGill University student Colleen Murphy, 23. Ceremonial parade marshal is Don Pidgeon, official historian of the United Irish Societies of Montreal. The bill for the event is about $25,000. The federal government has chipped in $10,000, the city $5,000, and the rest of the tab is being picked up by corporate sponsors. Boston and New York claim their St. Patrick's Day parades, which date from 1737 and 1762 respectively, are older than Montreal's. However, Montreal organizers are proud this city has never cancelled a St. Patrick's Day parade. New York held its parade yesterday. Boston cancelled its march this year rather than abide by a court ruling that permits homosexuals to take part. Fitzgerald said that since the United Irish Societies took over Montreal's march in 1928 it has managed to avoid controversy. """"Our parade has always been a celebration, not a demonstration, and we hope to keep it that way."""" The St. Patrick's Day parade starts Sunday at 1 p.m. at Atwater and Ste. Catherine Sts. It travels east down Ste. Catherine St. and finishes at the reviewing stand at City Councillors and Ste. Catherine St. between Atwater and Liguori will be closed between 12:15 p.m. and 4 p.m. The north side of Rene Levesque Blvd. between Crescent and Atwater, and the east side of Atwater between St. Antoine and Ste. Catherine Sts. will be closed to traffic 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. Sunday. Police advise people coming downtown to the parade to use public transit.""",0,0,0,0,0,0
+133,19990117,modern,Snowstorm,"A3 SHC CSASFTTC HTIT EAIL TODAY The Joan NiH'I Desmarais Pavilion of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, 1379 Sherbrooke St W, presents 12th to 19th century European art. Hours are 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Free admission. CITY EDITOR: BRIAN KAPPLER (514) 987-2505 Calm after the storm THE GAZETTE, MONTREAL, SUNDAY, JANUARY 17, 1999 39.6 cm snowfall breaks record set in 1959 DEBBIE PARKES The Gazette One January snow record has already been broken and another could soon melt away. As snow-removal operations went into full swing yesterday, Environment Canada confirmed this latest snowstorm set a record for a single snowfall in a month of January. And meteorologist Guy Borne said it will take less than 8 centimetres more snow to set a new mark for total accumulation in a month of January. A total of 39.6 centimetres fell between Thursday evening and early yesterday, as measured by the Dorval weather office. The previous record - 37.4 centimetres - was set in 1939. Remarkably, in both years the storms took place over the 14th, 15th and 16th of the month. The weather office's records go back to 1942. 12-HOUR SHIFTS So far, 86.3 centimetres of snow has fallen this month, only 7.7 centimetres short of the record 94 centimetres that fell in January 1954, and there's still another two weeks in the month to go. As of 7 a.m. yesterday, 2,800 people had been called in to work on snow-removal in the city of Montreal. About half are municipal blue-collar workers; the remainder are workers with companies who have snow-removal contracts with the city. Charles Couture, a spokesman for Montreal's public-works department, said they'll be working 12-hour shifts until the snow has been cleared away. That's expected to take until Wednesday at the earliest, he said. The city is asking motorists to cooperate by respecting no-parking signs and parking their vehicles parallel to curbs, not diagonally. Anyone whose car has been towed from a city street can call (514) 872-3777 at 7 a.m. A tourist snapped a picture while riding in a calèche through the snow-covered streets of Old Montreal yesterday. Traveling around town should be easier today: forecasters predict a high temperature of minus-1, and no more snow is expected to fall until tomorrow. JOHN KENNEY, GAZETTE to find out where it's been left. For the duration of the current snow cleanup, there will be no special garbage pickups of oversized objects. Residents are asked not to put such objects by the curbside. Also, the city reminds people that dumping snow from private driveways and walkways onto the street is not permitted. Couture said snow-clearing operations are going well and crews had managed to clear away the last of the snow from last weekend's snowstorm by about noon Thursday, just hours before this most recent storm started. The first step is always to clear snow off streets and sidewalks, he said. Once it's stopped snowing and the storm is declared over, dump trucks and snowblowers move in to take the snow away. This latter part of the operation costs the city about $1 million a day, he said. Today's forecast is for partly cloudy skies with a high of minus-1C and a low of minus-8. But tomorrow is expected to bring snow mixed with freezing rain, possibly changing to rain later in the day. Borne said it's a good idea to remove large snow accumulations from roofs to avoid problems from the added weight of the rain, if it does fall. Air Canada resumed full scheduled operations yesterday morning, but said that given the winter conditions, travelers are still advised to call in to verify the status of a flight before heading for the airport. FLASHBACK ICE STORM 1998 ONE YEAR AGO Premier Lucien Bouchard pledges that Quebec will have more elaborate emergency plans in place the next time disaster strikes. Hydro-Quebec says Jan. 26 is the target date for having most of the Monteregie hooked up again. Of the 265,000 Quebec homes and businesses still without power, 253,000 of them are in that region. More generators are flown in from the U.S. THE GAZETTE, MONTREAL, SUNDAY, JANUARY 17, 1999 A3 NATION Officials knew of sex abuse by coach: suit REG CURREN Canadian Press Internal Canadian Hockey Association documents show the governing body for hockey in Canada has been preparing for months for a lawsuit filed by a former Swift Current Broncos player sexually abused by ex-coach Graham James. The victim, whose name cannot be published, is one of two people James pleaded guilty to abusing between 1982 and 1994. The other was former NHL player Sheldon Kennedy. The suit, filed Friday in Regina against James and 23 other parties, claims hockey officials knowingly ignored James's actions for years. In the statement of claim, the plaintiff names 23 individuals and organizations who could have prevented James from coaching in the Western Hockey League because they are alleged to have known that James sexually assaulted, molested, harassed and abused his players. Ed Chynoweth, a former president of the Western Hockey League, and current president Dev Pley said they want to see the contents of the suit before they comment. """"Any comments on this kind of action should be done in the confines of the courtroom,"""" Pley said. Documents obtained by the Canadian Press suggest Pley, Canadian Hockey Association president Hob Nicholson, and David Branch, commissioner of the Ontario Hockey League and president of the Canadian Hockey League, had knowledge of the lawsuit's details for several months. Nicholson acknowledged Friday there had been some hint of what was to come, and the association has held legal strategy sessions. """"I'm not exactly sure what's in it. We're going to have to look at all of the information,"""" he said. In a letter dated Sept. 29, 1998, Nicholson wrote to the CIA's Ottawa lawyers, asking them about possible liability and seeking guidance for a defense strategy. It also asked how the CIA could be affected by the presence of Chynoweth and Barry Trapp on the board and staff. Chynoweth now owns the Kootenay Ice, Trapp, now director of scouting for the CHA, was general manager of the Moose Jaw Warriors, where James briefly coached before going to Swift Current. Chynoweth, Trapp and the Warriors are all named in the lawsuit. """"I didn't think anything was going on,"""" Chynoweth said yesterday. """"I have a son who played in that league, so I'd have been more cautious if I knew something was going on."""" The player's parents also filed a lawsuit, naming many of the same organizations and individuals. They want $50,000 in damages and demand that those involved acknowledge their responsibility in the James scandal. """"From the league and team's perspective, it was like (the abuse) never happened,"""" the player's mother said in an interview. """"We've never received an apology from anybody."""" She contended her son, now 21 and playing collegiate hockey, told Bronco team officials James was abusing him but nothing was done. The player's suit claims non-pecuniary damages in excess of $1 million, along with damages for mental suffering and lost economic opportunity. James was sentenced in January 1997 to 42 months in prison for sexually abusing ex-Bronco Sheldon Kennedy and another player hundreds of times during eight seasons with the Broncos. He was also convicted in February 1998 of indecently assaulting a 14-year-old Winnipeg boy in 1996. James is now on day parole in Quebec. WINTER IN TORONTO Floods leaving city as snow scare eases GILLIAN LIVINGSTON Canadian Press TORONTO - As residents eased out of a snow-induced temporary hibernation, Canadian Forces troops were to head back to their base today, thanks to a snowstorm that didn't pack the punch expected. Because 25 centimetres of snow was expected to have hit the city Thursday or Friday, it was best to have troops on hand rather than six hours away in Petawawa, said Capt. Doug Allison, a public-affairs officer with the forces. """"We deployed as a precaution,"""" he said. """"We were there if we were needed. Fortunately, we weren't. """"I mean, I think we're all pretty glad that we didn't get dumped on."""" Troops were scheduled to begin heading back to CFB Petawawa first thing this morning. However, snow-removal equipment and their operators from the base were to remain, as were four Bison armoured vehicles that have helped with emergency services. This was a test run for the troops, as they'll be heading for the Arctic for winter-warfare training in a few weeks, Allison said. """"The presence of the army made the people feel safe,"""" Mayor Mel Lastman said. """"They came immediately when we needed them."""" About 300 reservists also helped unclog the city over the weekend. It's been Toronto's snowiest January in 128 years, with more than 120 centimetres - about 4 feet - of snow so far. Environment Canada said rain is expected today, with a chance of freezing rain, which is expected to turn to light snow tomorrow morning. Snow clearing has been complicated by the presence of parked cars, and many streets remain snow-clogged. Beginning this morning, city workers are to go door-to-door giving residents four hours notice to remove their cars so streets can be plowed. But clearing all streets could take three to four weeks, depending on the weather, a city official said. Toronto Transit Commission work crews continued to clear snow from the subway tracks and clean ice from the third rail that supplies power to the trains. Shuttle-bus service replaced the subway in some locations. Bob Brent, of the transit commission, said it could be mid-week or later before the entire system is back on track. The commuter GO Train canceled service for the weekend so tracks could be cleared and readied for tomorrow morning's rush hour. Via Rail was on a modified schedule along the Windsor-Quebec City corridor over the weekend and had fewer trains running. Officials are hoping good weather will mean the schedule would be back to normal by tomorrow. Pearson International Airport had no delays or cancellations yesterday, officials said. While the roads and rails are being cleared, panicked Torontonians whose roofs are leaking or caving in under the record snowfall are swamping roofing contractors' phone lines. Warmer temperatures over the weekend caused the massive snow loads accumulated over the last two weeks to begin thawing, turning them into heavy loads that strained roofs and overflowed eavestroughs. Residents in a row of five townhouses in the city's west end had no time to call a roofer early yesterday before being awakened by the terrifying sound of the roof and outer walls collapsing under the weight of snow. No one was injured but damage to the houses was severe. Bedrooms and living rooms were bared to the elements when the structures collapsed. Venezuela open for business: president-elect Brings message to Ottawa meeting JULIAN BELTRAME Southam News OTTAWA - If you hadn't heard of Hugo Chavez, you might have wondered how this stocky, freshly elected president of Venezuela was able to fill the spacious Drawing Room at the Chateau Laurier hotel for a breakfast address yesterday morning. But an hour into his speech, delivered with passion and without notes, it probably dawned on the more than 300 business executives and diplomats assembled that they were witnessing the start of something special in Latin American politics. """"About every 40 years in Venezuela, some messianic person comes along and wants to change everything because the whole system has fallen down. This is the guy,"""" said James Kelly, president of the Venezuela-Canada Chamber of Commerce. Still two weeks away from his swearing-in, Chavez gives every impression of a man itching to get his hands on the levers of power. He didn't even wait for the Feb. 2 inaugural before embarking on a whirlwind tour of Europe, which he is wrapping up with brief stops in Ottawa and Havana. A former military officer and published poet, Chavez took Venezuela by storm in December with a grass-roots campaign fought against the entrenched interests that won him 56 per cent of the popular vote. But Chavez is an unusual populist: while he wants to improve the lot of Venezuela's poor, he wants to do it by modernizing and expanding the country's business environment. """"He has changed his discourse as time goes on and now he's a born-again capitalist,"""" said Kelly, who lives in Caracas. """"And he has a chance because he has tremendous political capital. There are very high expectations in him."""" For Canadians, Chavez had one overriding message - Venezuela is open for business. """"Some of you have investments in Venezuela already,"""" he said. """"We want to offer you our territory, our country. If any of you have any ideas, any projects, come on over with them."""" Chavez later met with Prime Minister Jean Chretien, who noted the Canada-Venezuela fit is ideal because both countries are blessed with abundant natural resources. """"It's a country with great potential, and many of the areas of investment - mining, transportation, telecommunications - so it's very evident we can invest,"""" Chretien said. Venezuela is already Canada's second-largest trading partner in Latin America, with significant Canadian investment in the petroleum industry, mining and telecommunications. But it is in Venezuela and South America that Chavez will be carefully watched. His goal, as laid out during his Ottawa speech, is nothing short of transforming his country, politically, economically and socially. He promised that his first major act once he becomes president is to set the stage for a national referendum to reform the constitution and begin his five-prong national-development program. The program calls for fiscal stability by cutting government spending, promoting free trade within the Americas, avoiding devaluation of the currency and renegotiating Venezuela's foreign debts, which now swallow about 40 per cent of the annual budget. It also calls for revamping of the economy by diversifying the economy beyond oil with investments in agriculture, small business and tourism. As well, Chavez said he will launch an ambitious infrastructure program, including a railway connection from one end of the country to the other, and two new deep-water ports. Ontario man taking steps to enter record book Canadian Press LONDON, Ont. - Nearly 8,170 kilometres down. Only 105 to go. That's all that separates John Davidson from the Pacific Ocean and history as he steps onto the Trans-Canada Highway near Nanaimo, B.""",1,1,0,0,0,0
+134,19951231,modern,Snowstorm,"Ul INSIDE Telexion F2 Viat'sOnF5 Mutual Funds F9 eXpressFW THE GAZETTE SUNDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1995 tWtnwiaJJ, JJILJjlAIJJiJMMilIIMUI', 'IIJ44JJIWJUiUI', 'M NATASHA GAUTHIER AU QUEBEC Politicians who know their culture An expression heard ad nauseam this year was """"la culture Quebecoise"""". Politicians used it as a catch-all phrase to include, among other things, language, history and creative output. But just how in tune with Quebec culture are our politicians? I asked three Quebec politicians (and one well-known political commentator) to pick the cultural highlight of 1995, in literature, music, theatre or any other of the arts. One thing is certain: """"la culture Quebecoise"""" isn't just an abstract idea to some politicians; a few actually make the effort to go out and experience it. I wasn't able to speak directly to Bloc Quebecois leader Lucien Bouchard or Montreal mayor Pierre Bourque; however, their respective press attaches relayed their answers to me. Bouchard named two theatrical productions: Rene-Richard Cyr's staging of Soudain, l'Ete Dernier (a translation of Tennessee Williams's Suddenly Last Summer) for Theatre Jean-Duceppe, and Michel Tremblay's Albertine en Cinq Temps at L'Espace Go. Bourque especially enjoyed this year's FrancoFolies, and in particular the concert given by French crooner Charles Aznavour. Josee Legault, political analyst, Le Devoir columnist and vocal separatist, said the cultural highlight of the year was Theatre 1774's production of Celeste, written and directed by Marianne Ackerman. Legault said she was utterly enthralled by the play. """"I found the characters very real and touching. And I thought that having the dialogue unfold in English, French and Yiddish really reflected a uniquely Montreal experience. Also, on a purely technical level, I thought the acting and staging were excellent."""" Louise Beaudoin, Quebec minister of culture, should certainly be expected to appreciate """"la culture"""". Like Bouchard, Beaudoin found it impossible to pick just one event as her favorite of the year. """"The first thing I want to mention is Robert Lepage's film Le Confessionnal. I saw it when it opened the Cannes Film Festival, and I felt tremendously proud. The emotion in the room was very strong."""" Beaudoin's second pick is the recent revival of Michel Tremblay's 25-year-old musical Demain Matin, Montreal M'Attend. """"The music and the text were just as fresh as ever,"""" says Beaudoin, who attended the premiere. """"But it also allowed me to realize just how far the French language has evolved in Quebec over the past 25 years."""" Premier Jacques Parizeau's press secretary never returned my messages; Parizeau is known to be a classical-music and opera buff, so perhaps his answer would have been in those categories. I also tried to get in touch with Jean Garon, Quebec's notoriously churlish education minister. A francophone friend of mine jokingly suggested Garon would name something along the lines of Le Festival des Fraises de St. Glin-Glin. I thought maybe he would stun everyone and mention the Quebec City early-music ensemble Los Violons du Roy's concert version of Purcell's King Arthur. Garon, like Parizeau, was unreachable, so we'll never know. As for the made-in-Quebec cultural highlight of my year, I'd have to go with soprano Pauline Vaillancourt's tour de force performance in Schoenberg's Pierrot Lunaire, with the Nouv-cl Ensemble Moderne conducted by her sister, Lorraine. Happy New Year! Artists and promoters are optimistic - even excited - about the future. Are we moving into a more humanized cyber experience? Anyone working in the field loosely covered by the term """"culture"""" could be forgiven for having a glum, even bleak, outlook on their prospects. The past few months have seen continued erosion in the traditional sources of support for the arts - corporate, government and popular - related to economic and political instability and the effects of computer technology. Yet as 1995 comes to an end, there are people in Quebec who look forward to a future that seems to them exciting, challenging and full of possibilities. No one could be more enthusiastic than Montreal art-gallery owner Rene Blouin. When asked for his views on where culture is headed, he burst out laughing and continued to laugh for almost a minute before stopping to catch his breath and explain. """"It's a very exciting period,"""" he said, though he acknowledged that some find it discouraging. """"A lot of people are suffering from post-referendum depression. But we have to go forward, whether we want to or not. And since some of the models we've been using are obsolete, we'll be forced to become more creative."""" Todd Swift agrees. The 29-year-old poet and co-organizer of the Vox Hunt reading series sees local political tension and economic deprivation as stimulating. He compares Montreal in the '90s with Berlin and Dublin earlier in the century, places where the elements of uncertainty, poverty, heightened emotions and a sense of danger acted on talented people to produce a flowering of culture. """"We - the anglos and the ethnics - are going to be pushed to the wall and challenged to say who we are. We'll have to define ourselves and defend our own interests politically and socially,"""" he said. """"The new year will see a clarification of the provincial government's perspective! Louise Beaudoin, Quebec minister of culture and communications, said that some time in March, after Lucien Bouchard's expected appointment as premier, she plans a new vision of cultural development. """"The first thing will be to assess the role of a department like mine at this time,"""" Beaudoin said. """"We don't want to withdraw support, but it can't be what it used to be."""" Beaudoin intends to consult the arts community at some point, but """"first I want to say how I see things."""" Gallery-owner Blouin already knows where he stands. """"The government must stay involved. Art is an industry, too. If the government stops subsidizing it, we'll all be on welfare. When I see how much government subsidy is given to auto makers like Hyundai, and then they fold up and leave in three years, I don't hesitate to make a claim for arts support."""" Younger artists and writers have quite different expectations from Blouin's, according to Swift, and he maintains that's not necessarily a bad thing. """"My generation is aware they won't get a comfy job in a CEGEP, or a Canada Council grant. In Quebec anglo culture, there has been an amiable, non-confrontational approach on the part of people who are established. In a way that will no longer be possible. """"It's good that it's changing,"""" Swift said, """"because it will encourage angrier, more direct forms of expression."""" For local concert promoter Rubin Fogel, a 20-year veteran of the entertainment scene, the biggest factor in the change he perceives is technology. With information more available to the general public via the Internet, tastes have diversified, creating what he calls """"pocket markets."""" """"Whereas people 20 years ago were into five types of music, there are now 150 hybrids,"""" Fogel said. """"It's harder to reach the audience now because it's so highly specialized."""" The result is a greater need to minimize risks in a business that is affected by so many variables - a snowstorm, a bus strike, a World Series game on TV. For showbiz entrepreneurs like Fogel and his partner Michel Sabourin, this means making more conservative choices in venues, and concentrating on what is viable. """"We have to be more on the money - we can't afford to make as many mistakes as we did before."""" Adapting to change also requires flexibility, being prepared """"to go with the flow,"""" as Fogel puts it. That's why his company is moving into TV production, as more people """"cocoon"""" because of the cost of live entertainment and the allure of the online world. """"I'm cautiously optimistic about the future. Computer access is extremely exciting, and we've only scratched the surface. There'll be a lot more cultural exchange."""" But Beaudoin, Blouin and Swift don't share Fogel's conviction about the value of the computer revolution to the arts. """"I'm more interested in content,"""" Beaudoin said. """"It's an important tool, but it depends on what we put into it: when we watch TV, we look at the program, not the set itself."""" Still, she believes that Quebecers must have access to the information highway, and she plans to invest in computers for libraries in smaller communities throughout the province. For Swift, """"the Internet's not where things are going. The cyber experience is going to be humanized."""" He cites the successful TV sitcom Friends as an idealized version of ordinary young people's lives, and suggests that viewers will begin to recognize that they're also important and interesting, and this could lead to us making our own entertainment. Blouin suggests that technology is forcing us to look closely at the basis on which our knowledge is founded. He thinks it offers new capacities and possibilities, but he wouldn't venture to define what shape the outcome would take. """"Young people who don't know classical literature now have another kind of culture, which presents another kind of challenge,"""" he said. """"I'm hopeful that the past will somehow be honored, even though so many are spending their time merely expressing themselves on the Internet. Blouin believes that, ultimately, a kind of poetic justice will emerge, as only the best of such efforts will endure and become classics in their own right. It's obvious to Blouin that culture isn't a luxury. He points to a much-used comment about funding education: if you think education is too expensive, try ignorance. Swift considers the do-it-yourself approach the only way for culture to stay alive. """"Young people have to actively maintain literary events and small presses. People will create their own scenes - as reading series have demonstrated - and it will almost be like a contemporary salon, or a TV show without the television."""" To Fogel, the challenge is clear: """"We have to do our business better."""" As for culture minister Beaudoin, she recognizes that there are different entertainment worlds in Quebec, and that she doesn't yet know that much about the English cultural community. """"My resolution for 1996,"""" she said, """"is to get to know the English artistic community."""" DECEMBER 31, 1995 FOR CHILDREN BY CHILDREN 250 St Antoine St W, Montreal H2Y 3R7 FAX No. 987-2399 Pet Page The Fridge Door is going to the dogs and cats. So send us drawings and stories about your pets. We want to know why your pet is the best one in the whole world. Send in your stuff by Jan. 24. Friends It's one of the hottest TV shows. And we want to find out all about your friends. What do you look for in a friend? Tell us about your best friend. How important are friends to you? Send in your drawings and stories by Jan. 30. WHAT LAST WEEK'S QUESTION: Do you think 1996 will be a good year? It will be a good year because the Habs have a chance of winning the Stanley Cup and there will be a summer Olympics and each year is a new beginning. Melania, 11 I don't think 1996 will be as good as 1995 because there is more pollution and the hole in the ozone layer is bigger. Also there will probably be another referendum. Christina, 11 I think it will be a good year because we won't make the same mistakes we made last year. Carolyne, 10 I think 1996 will be a bad year because Quebec and Canada might separate. Emily, 9 I think 1996 will be a good year because there will be no referendum. Matteo, 8 I think 1996 will be a good year because I'm going to make it a good year. Rachel, 10 THIS WEEK'S QUESTION: What's your New Year's resolution? LEONARD THE INFO-LION Do you have an answer or a question for Leonard? Call him on Info-Line. You need a touch-tone phone to make the call. Dial 841-8600, choose the category DOOR (3667) and leave your message. If there is no message tone after Leonard's greeting, please call again on another day. Also, please spell your first name for Leonard. Recipe for a snowball fight The basic rules for a snowball fight are that you must have two or more people, and you must not hit the person in the neck or head. Otherwise the fun ends. There must be a fair distance between you and your enemy. You can do it in the open or have two forts. Be sure to dress warmly, keep the snowballs flying, and listen to your mother when she yells """"Stop!"""" No name calling or fist fights. The fighting is all done with snow. Have fun! Janine Elizabeth Morcos, 11 Happy New Year! Winter school break in Florida I think 1996 will be a good year because my snowman is holding both the Quebec and Canada flags. Stephanie Dang, 5'A How to make a snow rabbit We make snow rabbits in Japan. The snow rabbit is sitting and has a red eye. To make a snow rabbit, first, gather the snow and form it into the shape of a rabbit. Make sure it looks like the rabbit is sitting. Next, put a red colored berry or a red marble where the rabbit's eyes should be. Then put on leaves for the rabbit's ears. Last, put the rabbit on a tray. It's not easy, but it's fun! Hiromi Nagase, 11 Jordan Katz, 7 The skating rink The rink freezes over. The blades on my skates are ready and so am I. The rink is the perfect place to pass the time in winter. All you need are friends, hockey sticks and a puck. Hockey is my favorite winter sport; next to sipping hot chocolate! Tarik Essamri, 9 Gabriella Giacobbe, 5 Winter Haikus (Haikus are three-line Japanese poems) Cold snow and black ice, Icy water and fresh air From the big blue sky. Deniece Elizabeth Culley, 11 On the window pane The snowflakes are falling down Then on the ground. Mia Lohe-Chung, Grade 3 My snowman stands tall, Smiling, admired by all, When winter is here! David Beauchamp, Grade 3 The snowman is white, The slush is wet and soggy That doesn't matter. Jake Shedrick, 12 Playing in the snow Leaving footprints everywhere Then a big snowstorm! Jade How, Grade 3 FUN with SCIENCE Try this: Tell a tree's life story Examine a tree and learn something about its life. Here's what to look for: Limbs and trunk: Does the tree have a large trunk and numerous limbs? The larger the trunk, the older the tree. Lost branches: Look for scars on the bark. These are places where the tree has lost branches. Bark may grow in a ring around an old injury. Healthy leaves: Drooping, curly leaves show that the tree is trying to survive in bad soil or without enough water. Animal life: Who is living in the tree? You might discover bird or squirrel nests. Twisted trunks: How has the tree grown? It might have been avoiding obstacles, such as a fence or other trees, as it grew toward the sun. ARTHUR K APT AIMS I O LI I Z ANSWERS Year is what you make it Answers to quiz on Page C5 The tropical year we use as the basis of the calendar lasts 11 minutes and 15 seconds less than 365 days - or, if you prefer, 365 days 5 hours 48 minutes 45 seconds. """"Tropical"""" is an important modifier because the true time of one revolution of the earth around the sun, or sidereal year, is 365 days 6 hours 9 minutes 10 seconds. The difference between the two years is created by precession, the changing tilt of the Earth's axis with respect to the sun. No, the Earth did not stop in its tracks. Julius Caesar needed to add 90 days to the year 46 BC (which contained 355 days under the republican Roman system) in order to eliminate the gross discrepancy of the Roman calendar and make a fresh start. Not that the old calendar was so inaccurate if properly administered, but it was too open to tampering by priests and magistrates who wished to extend or reduce their period of service. Caesar decreed that the year would have 365 days for three years and, to accommodate the approximate quarter-day of the true year, 366 on the fourth. It is a system we continue to observe, with modifications. Caesar's system was admirable but the 11-minute-and-15-second overestimation took its toll over time, so that by the 15th century the vernal equinox was nine days ahead of its calendar date of March 21. The potentate who finally did something about this long-simmering problem was Pope Gregory XIII in the late 16th century. His astronomers advised dropping three days every 400 years, by the convenience of regarding century years as leap years only if they are divisible by 400. The year 2000 is an example. There are 354 days in a lunar year, which is to say the period taken up by 12 full cycles of the moon. Such a year is 11 days too short and thus useless as a tool for reckoning seasons. Early civilizations tried to compensate by alternating 12-month years with 13-month years - a solution preserved by the Jewish calendar. Others simply added or subtracted months when the need seemed acute. The Egyptians noticed that the rising of the Nile was accompanied by the heliacal rising of the star Sirius or Sothis, and felt that the coincidence was impressive enough to mark the beginning of the year. Alas, they were only partly successful at solving the problems created by the awkward length of the true year. After a few centuries, they had the further nuisance of precession to deal with. Some have proposed 4241 BC or 2781 BC as the Egyptian year zero, because the rising of Sirius corresponded exactly with the Egyptian calendar in those years. May 31 was Muharram 1 for Muslims, the beginning of the Islamic New year 1416, as dated from 622 AD, the year of Muhammad's Hegira from Mecca to Medina. As the addition of those numbers will attest, the Islamic year is not solar but lunar. There are 12 months, containing, alternately, 29 and 30 days, with a day added in leap years not to account for the fractions of the solar year but to realign the beginning of the month with the true New Moon. Oct. 7, 3761 BC, is a rabbinical consensus that developed in the 9th century AD regarding the first day of creation. Add 5756 sort-of solar years and you get Sept. 25, 1995, the most recent Rosh Hashanah or Jewish new year. My use of the traditional tags """"BC"""" and """"AD"""" will be seen as impertinent by scholars and purists, who now prefer """"BCE"""" and """"CE"""". There is, of course, something to be said for being understood. The Jewish equivalent is """"AM"""" stands for Anno Mundi. Aquarius may be a Greek image but the ancient Chinese saw the same stars linked together in the same zodiac in the same sky. The Chinese calendar was banned in favor of the Gregorian as long ago as 1930 but the Chinese new year is still observed as a national holiday. It falls between Jan. 21 and Feb. 19. Coming up: the Year of the Rat. Challenger's answers KmflM Riildor Tiilme 33 2 1 7 8 13 2 6 9 9 26 2 7 1 6 16 9 1 8 6 24 15 15 25 29 15 Solution to Whatzlt? In a nutshell, ANGER SPREADS IN THE COUNTRYSIDE China's economic miracle is leaving millions behind in rural areas. PAGE B5 """"IE B INSIDE Earth Matters B4 Sports B6 Scoreboard B10 THE GAZETTE SUNDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1995 Slush fund uncovered SEOUL - Key evidence has been discovered indicating that former South Korean President Chun Doo-hwan acquired a huge slush fund while in office and kept much of the money after his 1980-1988 term ended, authorities said yesterday. Chun, 64, a former general, is in police custody on charges stemming from a 1979 mutiny. Yesterday's announcement increases the likelihood that he will also face indictment soon on corruption charges. Chun formally ended a hunger strike he had launched upon his imprisonment Dec. 3, Chun's lawyer, Lee Yang Woo, said yesterday. Butterflies killed MEXICO CITY - A snowstorm in the usually balmy oyamel forests of western Mexico yesterday killed millions of monarch butterflies in their five sanctuaries high in the mountains of Michoacan state, the principal wintering ground for the species. One-third of the 11 million to 13 million monarchs in the protected region could be dead by today, said Homero Aridjis of the Group of 100. The orange-and-black monarchs fly about 5,000 kilometers south from Canada and the United States every year to winter in the stands of oyamel. The last big snowfall, in February 1992, killed 70 to 90 percent of the butterflies wintering there and the species has yet to recover, Aridjis said. Mayor flees jobless BUENOS AIRES - An Argentine provincial mayor had to lock himself in the town hall's toilet for 15 hours to escape rioters angered by his plans to fire 120 municipal workers, local news media reported yesterday. The mayor, Alejandro Quintieron, said more than one in 10 of the 6,500 inhabitants of the town of Milagros in La Rioja province are municipal employees. Subscriber offline AMSTERDAM - An Internet provider has shut off a subscriber's online access after the user scanned hundreds of pornographic pictures of children onto the computer network. The Amsterdam-based Internet service Xs4all said the incident, which occurred around Christmas, marked the first time it had shut down a user for spreading child pornography on the network. Pornographic materials involving persons under 16 are illegal in the Netherlands. Zedillo shuffles cabinet MEXICO CITY - President Ernesto Zedillo shuffled his cabinet Friday in a bid to strengthen his anti-corruption drive, modernize the country's energy sector and spruce up his image. Zedillo left most key economic and political posts untouched, but named a new energy minister (Jesus Reyes Heroles) and a new comptroller-general (Arsenio Farell Cubillas). No rest for weary BANGKOK - There will be no rest for weary lawmakers in Thailand next year no matter how tiresome the legislative process gets. That's because a $2.7-million renovation of the House of Representatives will include new chairs without headrests - all the better to keep legislators from snoozing on the job, The Nation newspaper reported yesterday. Corsican separatists AJACCIO, Corsica - A fourth bomb in 24 hours tore through a French government office on Corsica yesterday, extending a spate of attacks on the Mediterranean island where separatists want increased autonomy. The attack wrecked administrative offices on the ground floor of a local-government building in Ventiseri. Explorer launched CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA's X-Ray Timing Explorer was considered essential enough to be launched yesterday, in spite of the U.S. atmospheric nuclear tests during 1963. Researchers found the level of tritium in the 1964 layer of Antarctic snow is 500 times higher than normal. This discovery substantiates the theory that atmospheric nuclear testing in the northern hemisphere polluted the entire globe. Winter's worst Arctic winds blew deep across the northern hemisphere, bringing a chill as far south as the beaches of Florida and plunging northern Europe into a deep freeze. The icy winds in Scotland whipped up the worst blizzard in memory, which cut telephone and power lines to 5,000 homes, many on the Shetland Islands. A powerful Central Asian snowstorm killed at least 99 people across the vast Kazakh steppes, and sent chilling winds southward into Bangladesh, where 45 people died from exposure. The biting cold and heavy snow that hit much of Japan blocked some highways and caused the cancellation of train service for almost half a million passengers. Earthquakes Residents around the northern Australian city of Darwin were rocked by a strong temblor centered beneath the Banda Sea on Dec. 25. The shaking caused no damage in Australia during its 20-second duration, but cracked the walls of some buildings on the small Indonesian island of Damar. Earth movements were also felt in Indonesia's Irian Jaya province, northern Pakistan, southern Israel, northern Spain, the Kobe, Japan, aftershock zone and along the California-Nevada border. Tropical storms The eastern coast of the central Philippines was drenched with heavy rains and whipped by storm-force winds as tropical storm Dan skirted the region. Dan was predicted to lose strength over the Philippine Sea late in the week.""",1,0,0,0,0,1
+135,19980109,modern,Snowstorm,"S (snowstorm), March 13-14, 1993 9,720 $18 million Southern Ontario (flood) Jan 16-17, 1994 -4,331 $13 million Southern Ontario (snowstorm) Jan 28, 1994 2,360 $6 million approximate Source: All figures provided by Insurance Bureau of Canada. Dollar values denote money paid by insurance firms for property and automobile damage. There were just 6,461 insurance claims made after those floods, compared with 116,311 after the Calgary hailstorm. This province's most costly winter storm was a raging blizzard that dumped 41.2 centimetres of snow on Montreal the night before the St. Patrick's Day parade in March 1993. Unlike this week's ice storm, the 1993 blizzard - which ran up an insurance bill of $18 million in Quebec, Eastern Ontario and Nova Scotia - seemed to end as soon as it came and the parade went ahead as scheduled the following day. Medza said the worst damage being caused this week is by tree branches falling on cars and homes. """"Two people who work with me had tree branches crash through their roofs,"""" he said. """"When you think that a roof of a house can cost $15,000, if this happens to 100 people, then you've already got a bill for $1.5 million."""" Besides branches, Medza said the second-highest cost for insurers will probably be to replace food that has gone bad at restaurants and other commercial establishments because of the power outages. Pipe bursts should be the next most expensive item, he said, followed by roofs collapsing. One item that has yet to become an insurance factor is living expenses for people evacuated from their homes by civil authorities. Medza said there might be a handful of isolated cases, but he knows of no communities where people have been forced to leave for safety reasons. Denis Guertin, a spokesman for the Belair-Direct insurance company, has said that anyone finding a car or home damaged by falling objects - like tree branches or ice chunks - should telephone their broker or insurer immediately to make a claim. Guertin said it isn't necessary for photographs of the scene or damage to be taken since appraisers will do this, usually within three days of the first call. The appraisers must look at any damage before repairs are made, in order to determine how much money the insurance company will pay. Practically all comprehensive insurance packages offer compensation for damage caused by falling objects, or for car windshields and windows that break under the strain of ice scrapers. All deductibles must be taken into consideration first. So, if a person with a $400 windshield repair has a $500 deductible, he's out of luck. C has been suffering from asthma and a lung infection that hampered his performances during the trials which concluded on Wednesday. He is listed to race the 5,000 and as a substitute in the 1,500. NAGANO, Japan - At first, Olympic organizers feared there might be too little snow for next month's winter Olympics. Now, at least for the time being, host city Nagano is grappling with problems of too much. A major snowstorm forced the closing of the airport serving Nagano and led commuters to abandon cars on the sides of slippery roads. A winning combination On February 7, the 1998 Winter Olympics will open with the lighting of the torch in Nagano, Japan. Bring the magic of the Games into your classroom with The Gazette and Winter Gold, a new teaching package for Grades 4 and up. The package includes activities for language arts, social studies, math and media literacy. COST: $15, prepaid by cheque or credit card or $12 with an order of 100 newspapers during the Olympic period ($27 in the metro area). To order call 987-2400 Toll Free: 1-800-361-8478 Newspapers in Education. Have The Gazette delivered to your door and start your day INFORMED, STIMULATED and INSPIRED. The Gazette 987-2400 THE ACES ON BRIDGE BY BOBBY WOLFF """"Good or bad fortune usually comes to those who have more of the one than the other."""" -La Rochefoucauld NORTH 43 ?A""""J85 09742 4AK85 WEST EAST KJ62 4 109854 ?4 ?Q32 0AQJ6 O108 J1097 4Q32 SOUTH 4AQ7 9K10976 0K53 464 Vulnerable: Both Dealer: North The bidding: NORTH EAST SOUTH WEST 10 Pass 1? Pass 2? Pass 4? Pass Pass Pass Opening lead: Club jack """"How did you make four hearts on board 13?"""" asked a duplicate fan. """"Were you lucky enough to find the trump queen, or did they do it for you?"""" """"You're presuming too much,"""" was the unbending reply. """"My line of play succeeds wherever the trump queen might be."""" The losing South took dummy's club ace and started trumps. He led a low heart to his king and another back toward dummy. When West discarded to reveal a trump loser, South played for the diamond ace to be with East. Unfortunately, neither red suit behaved and South's game went one down. How did the other South make his game? Since the opponents had remained silent during the bidding, he expected no unusual distribution in the side suits. This led him to a cross-ruffing plan. After winning dummy's club ace, South cashed his spade ace and ruffed a spade in dummy. After cashing dummy's club king, he ruffed a low club, and ruffed his last spade in dummy. After another club ruff by South, dummy held the A-J of trumps and four diamonds while South had the K-10-9 of trumps and three diamonds. With seven tricks already scored, South exited in diamonds, not caring where the missing red-suit honours might be. Now, regardless of what the defenders did, South had to score three trump winners to bring his total to 10 tricks. Why try to guess where key cards are when you can make the enemy guess for you? BID WITH THE ACES South holds: 4KJ62 ?4 0AQJ6 J1097 NORTH SOUTH 17 14 27 ANSWER: Two no-trump. Invite game; the singleton heart is not a plus factor. Questions on bridge can be sent to Aces on Bridge, c/o The Gazette. Not every question can be answered, but all will be considered. Personal replies without a self-addressed, stamped envelope cannot be guaranteed. 19 Wmrnt Claire alrJeg--gg !( HmUYSi - i - - - BEUMTESSEN AM STUKHOUSE POINT-LEADER PRIZE top-ranking contestant of the week """"DANIEL PROULX MONTREAL RANDOM PRIZE to contestant picked at random BARRY MILLMAN LASALLE POINT-GAINER PRIZE to top point-gainer of the week SHARPSHOOTER PRIZE to top goal-getter of the week Wmk'l Total Prev Nama Ptl Pit Rank Rink Of PALMA""",1,0,1,0,0,0
+136,19931226,modern,Snowstorm,"BEST AVAILABLE COPY D 10 THE GAZETTE, MONTREAL, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1993 Dinosaur egg might hold embryo Snowstorm delays U.S. soldiers returning from Somalia duty ASSOCIATED PRESS FORT LEWIS, Wash. - Nearly 300 soldiers returning from Somalia arrived home in time for Christmas dinner after a snowstorm delayed their flight for more than 24 hours. About 185 Fort Lewis-based soldiers originally were scheduled to arrive home Friday morning, but a snowstorm closed the Canadian Forces base in Gander, Nfld., where their plane landed for refueling. THE GUARDIAN A small bone discovered in the rubble around the eggs suggests that the parent might be one of the large, four-footed herbivores such as brachiosaurus, which last roamed the Earth 65 million years ago. Although embryos have been discovered in the nests of maiasaura, the so-called """"good-mother lizard,"""" it would be the first such find among the big herbivores. """"They laid them in a clutch and we know they looked after their young, as they had some kind of herd instinct,"""" Clark said. Should the museum find an embryo, the golden egg will stay in safe-keeping. """"We wouldn't sell it. We are interested in the scientific value of these things,"""" Clark said. """"But on the open market you would find them going for a few hundred thousand."""" LONDON - The Hunterian Museum of Glasgow University might be sitting on a nice little nest egg: a clutch of dinosaur eggs bought from China in July for $22,200 (US) might contain an embryo worth 20 times as much. Two of the six eggs seem not to have hatched. One certainly has. Scientists from a veterinary school have been comparing structures of the hatched and unhatched fossil eggshells - 15 to 20 centimetres in diameter - and decided that they are different enough to warrant a closer look. """"One of the big problems with these eggs is that you can't really X-ray them to find out what is inside,"""" said Neil Gark, curator of paleontology. """"The only way of finding out what is inside is to dig them out."""" Resignation shocks India Finance minister's departure could put India back by 50 years JOKX-THOR DAHUUR8 LOS ANGELES TIMES (NEW DELHI - Dr. Manmohan Singh might now wish he were a lighter sleeper. Singh, India's finance minister, resigned in the biggest financial scandal in his country's history, plunging business and industrial circles yesterday into gloom over the possible departure of the placid, turbaned former professor, dubbed the """"messiah"""" of Indian economic reform. """"It will be an utter disaster for India, if the resignation is really accepted by the prime minister,"""" said Keshub Mahindra, chairman of a leading Indian automobile company, Mahindra and Mahindra. """"It will put India back by at least 50 years."""" The 1-year-old economist's bombshell decision, submitted Thursday to Prime Minister P. G. fire, is to be used to purchase food and supplies for a belated Christmas celebration. Volunteers managed to get food, new clothing and toys to the Huang family yesterday, Fatica added. Another fire before dawn on Christmas prompted firefighters to clear 14 families out of seven neighboring duplexes on the 9100 block of St. Hubert St. The fire began at about 2:30 a.m. at 9160 St. Hubert St., spreading to neighboring duplexes for the next half-hour. A dispatcher at the Montreal fire department said more than 50 firefighters were called to the scene. They brought the fire under control by 5:19 a.m., he said. Most of the families were allowed to return to their homes after firefighters left the scene at about 7:30 a.m., said Constable Jacques de Koninck of the Montreal Urban Community police. Arson investigators are investigating whether the fire was deliberately set, de Koninck said in an interview. Firefighters and police said no one was hurt in the fire, but three duplexes were damaged. Two other fires struck in the Montreal area on Christmas Eve. Arson is suspected in a 4:30 a.m. fire that damaged a two-storey building on Roy St. near St. Laurent Blvd. A man was slightly injured when he jumped from a second-floor window to escape the fire, while a police officer was overcome by smoke. In Verdun, fire damaged a three-story apartment building, and also forced a man to jump from a second-floor balcony, police said. The man was not seriously hurt. The fire started on a kitchen stove at 5:27 a.m. and was brought under control about 45 minutes later. leader sees jobs in Quebec from within the province. Quebec secured a promise that Ontario will urge its public sector to advertise all construction contracts worth more than $100,000 in Quebec. Quebec union leader Gerald Larose said he has long favored allowing Ontario companies to bid on Quebec government contracts, regardless of whether or not they have an office in the province. But the free movement of construction workers between the provinces is not desirable, said Larose, president of the Confederation of National Trade Unions. He noted Quebec's building tradesmen face tough times and won't welcome more competition for scarce jobs. """"They want to keep their jobs for themselves and not open the market for everybody who wants to work in the building industry."""" Tremblay conceded some Quebec construction workers could lose their jobs in the short term, but said freer trade will help in the long run. CANADIAN PRESS Smiling Faces story brings a cascade of donations You might remember last Sunday's front-page story on the Smiling Faces Organization, which collects Christmas toys for underprivileged children. Walter Buchignant, who wrote the story, offers this update about the toy rally held last Tuesday at the Rockpile club in St. Leonard. Admission price was one toy to see four rock bands plus pop singer Nancy Martinez. As Buchignani reports, """"Unfortunately, Tuesday also happened to be the day of the big snowstorm."""" The result was that fewer people showed up than had been hoped for. Dino Pacifici, 35, one of the organizers, told Buchignani, """"The place was full, but we could have had more."""" """"Wouldn't you know it, the season's only snowstorm happens on the day of the event."""" Despite the bad weather, the Gazette story helped generate an outpouring of support before Tuesday's benefit. """"After the article appeared, we started getting calls like crazy,"""" said Pacifici, who estimated that more than 1,000 toys were collected, an increase over previous years. Organizers also received calls from people offering help next year. And they heard from people who needed toys. """"We got a call from a grandmother who has cancer,"""" Pacifici said. """"She couldn't afford to buy toys for her five grandchildren. She couldn't even get out of the house."""" Smiling Faces came through for the grandmother and other families who called for help, plus groups including the Women's Centre of Montreal, the Shriners Hospital, St. Brendan's Church and the Jewish Local Hero column. The week's lotteries Sunday 931219 La Quotidienne-4 0-8-7-6 (in order) La Quotidienne-3 9-6-5 (in order) Banco 1-3-4-8-11-14-18 24-30-31-35-37-42 47-50-52-54-56-59-61 Monday 931220 La Quotidienne-4 3-0-1-0 (in order) La Quotidienne-3 0-0-4 (in order) Banco 2-3-7-8-10-13-17 21-25-26-27 8-29 35-42-49-51-54-56-66 Tuesday 931221 La Quotidienne-4 1-3-1-1 (in order) La Quotidienne-3 1-4-6 (in order) Banco 3-5-7-8-9-15-25 27-28-30-34-35-37 44-45-50-57-58-59-67 Wednesday 931222 649 4-9-17-26-32-37 Bonus: 22 Extra 1-0-4-0-7-8 La Quotidienne-4 6-5-9-6 (in order) La Quotidienne-3 0-9-1 (in order) Banco 2-4-6-11-12-18-21 27-32-33-38-39-40 51-57-58-59-61-65-68 Thursday 931223 La Quotidienne-4 4-4-3-7 (in order) La Quotidienne-3 3-3-0 (in order) Banco 3-5-8-9-10-21-27 28-36-37-38-45-48 50-54-55-59-63-65-68 Friday 931224 Mini Loto 937648 Inter Plus 218668 La Quotidienne-4 6-2-0-2 (in order) La Quotidienne-3 5-3-6 (in order) woman CECELIA MCQUIRE SUNDAY NOTEBOOK Family Services of the Baron de Hirsch Institute And here's a good-news story from a student at Champlain College. Dimitri Martin wrote The Gazette last week to tell about a program in which some of his fellow students have been participating. According to Martin, psychology students were offered a choice last fall of writing a term paper or doing a volunteer placement in a centre that needed their help. Forty-four students chose to volunteer at senior citizens' homes and hospitals, as teaching assistants in schools and daycare centres and as companions to the mentally and physically handicapped. Some of the organizations involved were Sun Youth, Champlain Regional School, Garderie Chateau de Reves, Action Integration Brossard and Central Park Lodge. Martin reports that even though the students have fulfilled the course requirement, many of them continue to work on their own time at the institutions. returns in 2 weeks Banco 4-5-8-10-15-19-22 27-29-31-33-37-44 52-53-54-56-58-65-67 Saturday 931225 649 1-7-13-24-40-46 Bonus: 45 Select 42 1-12-15-17-19-21 Bonus: 6 Mise-T6t: 6-25-30-34 Extra 5-7-1-5-6-5 La Quotidienne-4 6-5-9-3 (in order) La Quotidienne-3 6-0-1 (in order) Banco 4-8-9-16-18-19-20 21-23-26-27-34-41 42-44-48-53-54-56-65 Atout Selection 1 2 30 5 8 QO (trump) Selection 2 6 7 8 Kv (trump) Celebration 94 414C639 I42C950 258B975 257C385 370B904 171D087 448B073 428E234 564B916 484E789 587E237 he Mid Winter Fur Clearance, 0 r -f o f & milOIIll ClllltHllINHIJN I Dl n ng h, AM Ol Fui linct lltV MioiuriENi 1 bU 8, 1 Mil t 801 714""",1,0,0,0,0,0
+137,20071222,modern,Snowstorm,"A4 THE GAZETTE, MONTREAL, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 22, 2007 A UHT CD T U EI CTY D """"It's like a snowbank,"""" Michel Levesque said on his eBay auction of a snowbank. Dump sites are filled to capacity. Snow removal crews close Peel St. Rain could thwart clearing. ONLY 50 PER CENT OF WORK IS DONE. Warm weather, precipitation in forecast. ANNE SUTHERLAND THE GAZETTE If the weather holds steady with no more snow and we don't get significant amounts of rain tomorrow, most of Montreal's roads and sidewalks are expected to be cleared by Tuesday - Christmas Day. If, however, we get heavy rain followed by freezing conditions, all bets are off, as spreading abrasives will be the city's priority. This was the message from Marcel Tremblay yesterday in an update on the monumental job of clearing the city streets and walkways of snow. Michel Levesque stands on top of the snowbank he put up for sale online. The profits will be donated to Operation Enfant Soleil. For sale: monster snowbank. No refunds. Bidding on eBay hits $3,050. RENE BRUEMMER THE GAZETTE A St. Eustache man with a distaste for winter has found a novel way to get rid of the snowbank in front of his house: He's put it up for sale on eBay. Bidding for the two-metre high snowbank hit $3,050 last night. Proceeds will go to the charity Operation Enfant Soleil, which supports pediatric hospitals in the province. """"Magnifique banc de neige (magnificent snowbank),"""" the ad reads. """"Situated in St Eustache, only 15 minutes from Montreal. Ideal for ski hills, or for warm maple syrup in sugaring-off season."""" """"Winner of the auction must take possession of his winnings before the end of January 2008. Sold as is. No returns or refunds."""" Michel Levesque, a worker at the Bombardier aerospace plant in St. Laurent, came up with the idea after reading a column about Rene Angelil, husband of singer Celine Dion, complaining about the lack of snow in Las Vegas. Levesque posted his sale item on Tuesday at a starting price of 99 cents. There were few bidders until a Journal de Montreal story appeared Thursday, at which point the bidding """"snowballed,"""" as Levesque puts it. """"Reaction has been fantastic,"""" he said from his home yesterday. """"People just think it's a great idea."""" The Ville Marie borough resorted to using snowblowers instead of mini-plows on some sidewalks in the city, said Yves Girard, who oversees cleanliness and snow removal on city streets. There should be no problem with city workers off on holidays between Christmas and New Year, because supervisors have scheduled enough staff to handle the work, barring another huge dump, Tremblay said. """"And don't forget, 50 per cent of our trucks are contractors who don't have the same schedule,"""" he added. Tremblay bristled at some published reports that snow-clearing in Montreal was more efficient in the 1970s and '80s, when there was one centralized system, rather than the current setup where each borough is responsible for its own cleanup. He was a bit surprised by the amplitude of the reaction, he said. Emails from as far away as France have arrived to congratulate him for the notion. Since the proceeds will go to a charity that raises funds for sick children, Levesque said he's certain the bids were being given in good faith. He assumed corporations were getting into a bidding war at this point. The price grew to $3,050 from $1,000 during the afternoon yesterday. Operation Enfant Soleil contacted Levesque to confirm he was legitimate and welcomed what spokesperson Genevieve Lebel described yesterday as the """"most original item"""" that's ever been on sale for the charity's benefit. Money for the snow can be sent directly to Enfant Soleil. Lebel was uncertain if a charitable receipt could be issued for tax purposes, given the impermanent nature of the goods. A caleche makes its way along a street. """"The boroughs are helping each other, lending blowers and sidewalk cleaners,"""" he said. The city has 13 designated dumping sites and 15 other possible sites to use if the regular spots fill up. Part of the problem is that trucks are finding it more difficult to drive to the dumps because the roads are so congested, which adds time to trips and cuts down on the speed of removal operations, Tremblay said. """"Don't forget that in those 'good old days,' 80 per cent of the snow from downtown used to go into the (St. Lawrence) river,"""" he said. """"We now respect the environment,"""" he added, despite a statement from a TV reporter that video footage exists of a truck dumping snow into the river yesterday. VINCENZO D'ALTO THE GAZETTE Emails were being sent about the auctioned snowbank, but she was going to check with the agency's accountant. Levesque's daughters, ages 7 and 10, were dismayed at first to discover they would be losing their beloved snowbank playground. They perked up when they heard the proceeds would be going to sick children, and that chances were slim anyone would actually collect their prized snow. The sale will be a one-time affair, Levesque said. """"It's the kind of thing that can only work once,"""" he said. """"It's caught the imagination of the people."""" To take a gander at the offer, go to www.ebay.ca and type """"magnifique banc de neige"""" into the search query. The deadline to put in a bid is Dec. 28. rbruemmer@thegazette.canwest.com 7 7 sf i JOHN KENNEY THE GAZETTE partially cleared Notre Dame St. """"Tell us the name of the company,"""" he replied. """"We'll look into it. It's illegal."""" According to CRIACC, a weather monitoring system, 121.2 centimetres of snow fell at Trudeau airport between Sept. 21 and Dec. 20, setting a record for seasonal snowfall to that point. The previous record was 115.4 centimetres in 1983. The Weather Network is calling for a high of 10C and a low of 1C tomorrow, with a 100-per-cent chance of rain. Environment Canada's forecast for tomorrow is a high of 9C and rain. Monday's forecast is a high of zero, a low of minus 6 and snow flurries. asutherland@thegazette.canwest.com Centralize snow clearing: Opinion, Aubin, Page B7 Airports predict smooth flying over the holidays. Mild temperatures should help keep travel conditions manageable. CANWEST NEWS SERVICE Milder temperatures heading into one of the busiest travel weekends of the year had major airports in Canada reporting good travel conditions yesterday morning. """"Things are moving pretty well this morning,"""" said Trish Krale, a spokesperson for the Greater Toronto Airport Authority. """"We do expect extra traffic, so a few extra lineups are not really out of the ordinary. I just checked and actually there are very, very minimal delays. No cancellations so far today so I think things are looking great for the busy day."""" Krale said the weekends before Christmas and March break are typically the busiest of the year. """"Today and tomorrow we're looking at seeing about 100,000 passengers each day,"""" she said. Toronto's Pearson International Airport sees about 85,000 passengers on an average day. """"The weather is great here. No snow in the forecast, which is great because that keeps things moving nice and smoothly,"""" Krale said. A brush with inclement weather overnight in Halifax had cleared by yesterday morning and the city's airport was reporting only minor delays. """"Operationally, we are 100 per cent,"""" said Peter Spurway, spokesperson for the Halifax International Airport Authority. """"But it is the busy travel weekend. We're recommending to all of our visitors that they give themselves a little bit of extra time because lineups will be a little bit longer at check-in counters and pre-board screening."""" IRWIN BLOCK THE GAZETTE As Montreal continues to dig out from under this week's big snowstorm, its boroughs are running out of dump sites. The Quebec Environment Department is planning to notify Lachine that trucks clearing its streets are dumping snow illegally at two sites bordering the St. Lawrence River. Following a complaint from former Lachine mayor William McCullough, an inspector this week visited the borough and confirmed snow was being dumped at Rene Levesque Park and at the pier at 32nd Ave, adjacent to the Lachine Rapids. It is illegal to dump snow into areas bordering waterways or into rivers or lakes because the snow contains contaminants like salt and oil residue. Lachine could also be asked to remove the snow. The notice is a warning, and officials will check to see if the practice continues before a fine is issued. Lachine borough mayor Claude Dauphin was not available to comment. Such dumping is illegal, inspector Julie d'Avignon said, noting that Lachine never asked for a special permit to remedy emergency situations. The Cote des Neiges-Notre Dame de Grace borough made a deal with the Quebec Transport and Environment departments to use the Turcot Yards as an emergency snow dump, but only until Jan. 11. Dump sites are filling and snow isn't melting in snow chutes because of the sheer volume. Other boroughs and cities on Montreal Island have been invited to use the yards. iblock@thegazette.canwest.com Late last week, Halifax had to dig out from more than 20 centimetres of snow, followed by ice pellets and rain, topped by freezing temperatures, which wreaked havoc with travel schedules. """"Right now the forecast is good and we're just hoping it stays that way here and elsewhere,"""" Spurway said. St. John's, N.W., suite 200, Montreal, QC, H3B 5L1 montrealgazette.com 514-987-2222 TO INQUIRE OR COMMENT ABOUT HOME DELIVERY, OR TO SUBSCRIBE: Montreal area: 514-987-2400 elsewhere: 1-800-361-8478 readthegazette.com We guarantee home delivery by 6:30 a.m. weekdays in the greater Montreal area. INSIDE TODAY: JEREMY SUTTON-HIBBERT AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES In this January 2006 file photo, Japanese whalers reel in harpooned cetaceans. Japanese whaling hunters won't target humpbacks (Japan's whaling fleet in the Antarctic will avoid going after humpback whales) for now, but will press on with plans to kill 1,000 others by early in the new year, a government official said yesterday. Details, Page A1. JVID suspended for comment. The Quebec College of Physicians has barred a Montreal doctor from working for a year for calling one of his patients a """"fat balloon."""" Neurologist Jean-Gilles Blain, 72, is also accused of falling asleep on the job. Details, Page A7. WEAPONS-GRADE URANIUM A RISK Critics say Canada's insistence on using weapons-grade uranium at its isotope-making reactor at Chalk River - enough to make a bomb - poses an unnecessary security and safety risk. Details, Page A12. BUSINESS BlackBerry drives RIM stock. Shares in Research In Motion Inc. surged more than 10 per cent yesterday, a day after the BlackBerry maker announced third-quarter financial results that blew past expectations. Details, Page C3. European airlines charged. The European Commission charged several airlines with price-fixing on freight services, with British Airways, Lufthansa, SAS and Air France KLM saying they were among those affected. Details, Page C5. SPORTS Latendresse gets back on track. It might be hard for some to fathom that sitting a player for one game will get the message across. But Guillaume Latendresse's two-goal performance Thursday answered the short-term questions. Details, Page D1. Habs' Huet deserves No. 1 spot. It isn't easy for an NHL coach to name his No. 1 goaltender. Thirty-four games into the season, the Habs' Cristobal Huet is 8-6-3, while rookie Carey Price is 9-6-2. Right now, Huet is Red Fisher's No. 1. Details, Page D3. CULTURE Oil crisis fuelled a movement. A new exhibition at the Canadian Centre for Architecture - 1973: Sorry, Out of Gas - examines how the oil crisis sparked research into Earth-friendly ways of living. Details, Page E4. Filmmakers' spiritual quest. Shaken by their experiences on Sept. 11, 2001, which yielded the documentary 911, Jules and Gedeon Naudet turned to an exploration of the meaning of life. Talking to a dozen religious leaders, they've made a new film, In God's Name. Details, Page E11. TODAY'S COLUMNISTS """"Brad Pitt's too busy for politics, he prefers to carp from outside."""" CAMILLI, CULTURE, E12. JIM MENNIE on Christmas Fund: 'Donna' finally found happiness at 29, Montreal, A6. JAY BRYAN on Christmas list of investment tips: Stocks offer fattest potential, greatest risk, business, C7. BEST RESTOS It's been a tough year for restaurants in Montreal, with some of our best closing their doors for good. But there are still so many gems worth celebrating, and that's exactly what Gazette restaurant critics Lesley Chesterman and Sarah Musgrave do online in audio slideshows of their favourite fine- and casual-dining establishments of the year. Watch the slideshows and read their respective top 10 lists, only at montrealgazette.com. CITY OF SNOW AN ODE TO MONTREAL THE NIGHT THE CITY SANG: This Christmas poem by Peter Desbarats is a lyrical ode to Montreal. Check out our audio slideshow of a reading of the poem, illustrated by photographs of our snowy streets, only at montrealgazette.com. 10 YEARS LATER ICE STORM MEMORIES Hydro towers toppled, trees snapped and the city was left in the dark. Do you remember where you were when the ice storm set in nearly 10 years ago? Share your stories of random acts of kindness, coincidence and sheer luck and tell us what you did to keep yourself and your loved ones warm. Plus, send any photos or videos you took at the time and we will post them on our upcoming special site. Go to montrealgazette.com to share your experiences. CAST YOUR VOTE: What do you think of the practice of regifting something someone else has given you? You can cast your vote in our daily poll all day long by logging onto montrealgazette.com. Your answers will appear in tomorrow's Gazette and on Global TV's evening newscast. Yesterday's question was: Have you cancelled plans because of the city's recent traffic woes? Yes: 41% of votes No: 59%. LOTTERIES FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2007 Quotidienne-3 1-2-Min order) Quotidienne-4 1-5-7-3 (in order) Extra 8-0-8-8-4-0-3 (in order) Super 7 2-16-17-19-24-26-40 Bonus: 44 Banco 6-12-15-16-20 29-30-31-32-37 41-44-48-50-52 57-61-63-67-70 Mini Loto 2-5-1-0-3-2 wins $50,000 5-1-0-3-2 wins $5,000 1-0-3-2 wins $250 0-3-2 wins $25 3-2 wins $5 2-5-1-0-3 wins $1,000 2-5-1-0 wins $100 2-5-1 wins $10. In the event of discrepancy between this list and the official winning list of Loto-Quebec, the latter shall prevail. Welcome to 21st-century winter, where tennis trumps traffic chaos. I've just lived through a major snowstorm of the 21st century - an avalanche of white that's reminiscent of our childhoods. Like then, the weather totally dominates conversation as people describe their harrowing, two-hour ordeal to get milk at the corner depanneur. Overnight, we've gone from the computer age to the ice age - and we are not coping well. How does a 21st-century snowstorm differ from a 20th-century one? Let me count the ways: Terrible traffic: In 21st-century Montreal, there are far more cars than back in the 20th. In the late 80s, our city was a happy basket case where half the population was unemployed - with nowhere important to go but the nearest cafe for a three-hour lunch. Now everyone's overworked and overloading the streets with cars. Back then, having two cars was like having two swimming pools - now it's as routine as having two TVs. More women are driving to work, while teenagers drive to CEGEP and kids probably drive to nursery school. When we're not driving our cars, we're parking them and clogging every street. If we really want less stressful traffic in snowstorms, we should all vote for the Parti Quebecois again. When they announce another referendum, Montreal will become just as quiet as it was in the 20th century - maybe even the 19th. During 20th-century snowstorms, Montreal was a mellow town where life stopped when blizzards started. People who were caught downtown often slept at the office or hotels, while only madmen drove downtown voluntarily. Now, whatever the weather, we're on the move. We rush for Christmas shopping, then race to abdominal crunch fitness class, then drop the kids off for tai chi-violin lessons, and drive 40 more crazed minutes to our zen meditation class. The city has more excuses for unplowed sidewalks than kids for not doing their homework. Christmas parties we can't miss and THINGS to do - and who is this Mother Nature person anyway to get in our way? Maybe we can sue? I'm no better. During last Wednesday's snowy mess, I drove to my weekly tennis game near Dorval at 8 p.m., figuring no one would be on the road. Wrong. The 20-minute drive took 97 minutes in traffic hell - and when I drove home near midnight, the Metropolitan was still locked up. Where were all these lunatics going? Why couldn't they stay home one night and miss their tennis? Snow rage: Our new century is an era of road rage, air rage and now - snow rage. We are mad at the airlines for cancelling flights to Halifax just because there was a massive blizzard and the pilots couldn't see. We are angry at the school boards for announcing a snow day - supposedly """"wimping out"""" on a day so bad the wind could have swept away a small child. We are angry at nature for promising global warming and delivering arctic chill. We live in a super-speed world where we do everything with the push of a button - and now we want to push the """"delete"""" button and erase the snow. When it doesn't happen, we get angry. I've seen countless drivers cursing each other, or yelling at pedestrians. I saw a taxi driver stop to let an old woman with packages cross a snowy street - and get thanked by a bevy of honking horns and cursing drivers. I've been attacked myself. In the middle of last Sunday's white-out, I stopped in front of Westmount Plaza for a moment in the only opening I saw in a blinding snowy desert. As I stepped from my car to check the parking signs, a well-heeled burgher in his 50s launched into an astounding string of curses: """"Get that car out of there, you goddamn a-hole. Who do you think you are, you f-ing prick? Get lost!"""" It turned out there was a pedestrian crossing concealed under all the snow - and instead of informing me, he went ballistic under storm stress. Above all, we are angry at Montreal snow crews, sometimes justifiably, sometimes not. The city could certainly do better - they have more excuses for unplowed sidewalks than kids for not doing their homework. """"There's too much snow. It's too dense. It's too white. Besides, the dog ate my snow plow."""" That said, I think we have some of the best snow removal troops on the planet and they just agreed to raise their emergency blizzard work week from 70 hours to 75. Yet even with improvements, there's only so much anyone can do when nature takes over. Our snow crews are a little different than they were in the 20th century but the roads are busier, the job is bigger and the citizens are much more demanding. We get mad at the workers when they're not out on the streets cleaning, and just as mad when they are out - and blocking traffic. Let's take a tip from Europe where there's a growing """"slow movement"""" that's trying to get people to chill out and slow down. The next few days, as the rain falls and the city becomes a disaster, let's all do our best to slow down. joshfreed@hotmail.com Chuck Norris cries foul over book. REUTERS NEW YORK - Tough-guy actor and martial arts expert Chuck Norris is suing publisher Penguin over a book he claims unfairly exploits his famous name, based on a satirical Internet list of """"mythical facts"""" about him. Penguin published The Truth About Chuck Norris: 400 Facts About the World's Greatest Human in November. Author Ian Spector and two websites he runs to promote the book, including www.truthaboutchuck.com, are also named in the suit. The book capitalizes on """"mythical facts"""" that have been circulating on the Internet since 2005 that poke fun at Norris's tough-guy image and superhuman abilities, the suit said. It includes such humorous """"facts"""" as """"Chuck Norris's tears cure cancer. Too bad he has never cried"""" and """"Chuck Norris does not sleep. He waits,"""" the suit said, as well as """"Chuck Norris can charge a cellphone by rubbing it against his beard."""" """"Some of the facts in the book are racist, lewd or portray Mr. Norris as engaged in illegal activities,"""" the lawsuit alleges. Norris, who rose to fame in the 1970s and 1980s as the star of such films as The Delta Force and Missing in Action, says the book's title would mislead readers into thinking the facts were true. HOW TO REACH US General inquiries 514-987-2222 Home delivery Montreal area: 514-987-2400 elsewhere: 1-800-361-8478 Advertising Classified, Automotive, Real Estate: 514-987-7653 Employment, Careers: 514-987-7653 Obituaries: 514-987-7653 Retail, National: 514-987-2350 Billing: 514-987-2250 Newsroom Reader information and copyright permission: Phyllis Beaulieu 514-987-2610 Editor-in-chief: Andrew Phillips 514-987-2500 Contests, promotions: 514-987-2400 Newsroom fax: 514-987-2399 Privacy. The Gazette is published daily by CanWest MediaWorks Publications Inc. 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The double-decker cars will increase the capacity of trains. BRITISH PULL OUT Britain formally handed over control of the southern Iraq city of Basra to local forces in a low-key ceremony. PRISON BREAKOUT Three men described as possibly armed and dangerous escaped from the Montreal Detention Centre, formerly known as Bordeaux jail, by using a ladder to scale the wall during Sunday's snowstorm. A fourth would-be escaper fell off the ladder and broke his leg. GLOBAL WARMING PACT Canada and the United States backed off in the face of international pressure to agree to a plan to combat global warming in meetings in Bali, Indonesia. The plan imposes deep commitments on the richest countries to reduce contributions to global warming, and softer targets for developing nations. LOTO LOSER Four Ontarians, allegedly cheated out of their loto winnings by a convenience store owner, got a cheque for $5.7 million, plus interest this week. The store owner was charged with fraud and theft. He allegedly cashed in their ticket, not telling them they had won. MILESTONE FOR QUEEN Queen Elizabeth became the longest-serving monarch Thursday when she eclipsed Queen Victoria by hitting the grand old age of 81 years and 244 days. There was nothing to mark the milestone. """"It's just a normal working day,"""" said a palace official. NOT HOME FOR HOLIDAYS It may be the festive season, but the Montreal Canadiens are no homebodies. Struggling to win at the Bell Centre, they continued their red-hot road form by strolling into Washington and disposing of the Capitals 5-2. SATURDAY """"Our people are capable of launching a third and fourth intifada until the dawn of victory rises up,"""" Khaled Meshaal, exiled leader of Hamas. Hundreds of thousands of supporters rallied in Gaza City to celebrate the terrorist group's 20th anniversary. SUNDAY """"It's my first time in Montreal. I've never seen snow like this. It's wonderful,"""" Tourist Lilliane Cortes, surveying a snowbound city. MONDAY """"I'm not spending my daughter's first Christmas in a frigging airport,"""" Sherry Halfe, carrying her two-month-old daughter, enduring weather-related delays at Trudeau airport as she and her husband tried to make their way from Alberta to St. John's. THE GAZETTE, MONTREAL, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 22, 2007 OPINION B7 Quebecers are in a Herouxville state of mind. Reasonable accommodations and wrangling for nationalist votes marked the year. This is the season for us in the media to choose news stories and newsmakers of the year. But instead of choosing an event or a person of the past year in Quebec politics, I've decided to choose a place. Because Herouxville isn't just the small village that put itself on the globe right at the start of the year by warning prospective immigrants, none of whom were likely to settle there anyway, that they would not be allowed to burn women alive. Herouxville was a state of mind, of which its code was only the most extreme representation, that extended far beyond its own municipal boundaries. It was to express itself again LEAVING BOROUGHS with the job leads to confusion, chaos. Centralize snow clearing. Montreal officials are offering a blizzard of explanations for this week's snail-like cleanup of last Sunday's snowstorm. Among them: Parked cars have impeded snowblowers, subsequent minor snowfalls have added to the task, busted water mains have diverted manpower, and equipment has been lacking. Each explanation contains some truth. But if you add them all up they still don't come close to excusing the city's appalling job in clearing streets and sidewalks. It's the worst performance in memory. Compare Montreal's showing to, say, Laval's. Laval's snow-plowing stage started Sunday night, enabling Mayor Gilles Vaillancourt's city to cease plowing and start snowblowing at 7:30 Monday morning. Meanwhile, snowblowing did not begin in six of Montreal's 19 boroughs until Monday evening. The remaining 13 boroughs started only on Tuesday. Motorists on some major arteries can see how snow clearance varies from borough to borough. Each has its own little plan. Some boroughs clear near hospitals and at bus stops. Others look the other way. If one borough has an ample number of workers, rules keep it from lending some of them to a neighbouring borough with a desperate shortage of workers. Nowhere are things quite so conspicuously awful as in the downtown borough, Ville Marie. Snow-clogged streets impede Christmas shoppers and delivery trucks. Even worse are the sidewalks. As of yesterday, five days after the storm, many remain unplowed. It's been a mostly confounding year, but far from all bad. Case in point: Andre Boisclair. This week, my car radio announced he will soon be teaching a course in public relations at Concordia. A year ago, he was the youthful firebrand of the Parti Quebecois, ready to lead a new generation to the promised land of sovereignty. Now? A footnote to a footnote. There's more. One of the astonishing revelations of the past year came, appropriately, the week of Canada Day, when La Presse published the results of a major CROP poll. It found not only that Quebecers would vote No to sovereignty by a crushing 62-38 per cent, but that fully 85.7 per cent of them were proud to be Canadian. Cheer up, doomsters. Quebecers are canny, calculating and (for good reasons) soaked in the history of survival. They also know a good deal when they feel it in their bones. Let's repeat that number: 85.7 per cent, proud to be Canadian. Bloody marvelous. Despite the brouhaha over reasonable accommodation for the government in Quebec since 1879 and that might also turn out to be a watershed of political realignment in this province, it was where politicians chased after votes by posing as defenders of the majority against threats from imaginary veiled voters or by trying to outdo each other with proposals of new restrictions on fundamental minority rights. Herouxville was wherever the Bouchard-Taylor commission provided a respectful hearing and province-wide attention for bigots to slander Muslims, Jews and immigrants. And in this season, it is where """"Merry Christmas"""" is spoken pointedly, with a slightly hard edge, as a slogan asserting identity. The Herouxville mentality has claimed at least one victim, in addition to the members of minorities who have become targets. All sidewalks? That's for mechanized municipal crews. On Thursday, Ville Marie mayor Benoit Labonte put two newly rented mini-snowblowers to work on some downtown sidewalks. He says these will be more effective than the familiar sidewalk plows. Let's hope so. But snow clearance is a city-wide fiasco. It requires a comprehensive solution. Barring calling in the army to deal with future storms - Poulin's sarcastic suggestion - what's to be done? We need an in-depth review of Tremblay's 2004 decentralization of power to boroughs. Last summer, Tremblay took back from boroughs the job of overseeing big projects such as the Quartier des spectacles and the Griffintown project. But centralization might go further. The central city need not yank back all the services (including zoning, parks and construction permits) that it ceded to boroughs. Richard Vanier, the director of Montreal's public works department during the Drapeau era, told the Journal de Montreal that snow clearance could - like policing and firefighting - be subject to a unified policy. It's something to examine before next winter. Nineteen different approaches not only makes for incoherence. They also dilute political accountability. You can't blame Tremblay for 19 borough mayors' performances. But you can hold him responsible for fragmenting this essential service in the first place. haubin@thegazette.canwest.com. Overall, what might be termed an outbreak of stability. To the surprise of many, when the March election returned a minority government, the pundits cried woe and predicted immobility with bursts of instability leading swiftly to new elections. Not so, it turned out. The National Assembly is working efficiently, with the government having to trim its sails somewhat to take account of the wishes of the other parties. What's so terrible about that? Compare it with the usual Canadian practice of elected dictatorships that pay little heed to others' wishes between elections. As for the rank politics of leadership, Mario Dumont is fading progressively as voters assess his suitability not just as the young man you'd like your daughter to marry, but as the leader of a party that has become an expression of hostility that has become more socially acceptable. Andre Boisclair has already become a forgotten man, shunned even by his party since he stepped down as its leader after losing the election. (His name surfaced briefly this week when it was announced he will be teaching a course at Concordia University in, of all things, public relations and crisis management.) But he is a worthy candidate for personality of the year in Quebec politics, in spite of himself. It was his weakness as leader of the Parti Quebecois that made so much possible, including the rise of Mario Dumont and the arrival of the first woman to lead a major party in Quebec as Boisclair's successor. Young, the first openly gay leader of a major party in North America, and sincerely committed to an inclusive, """"civic"""" Quebec nationalism, Boisclair proved to be ahead of his time in more ways than one. He was not ready for leadership, and Quebec was not ready for him. But it was a year for women in Quebec politics. In addition to the arrival of Pauline Marois as PQ leader, women gained parity with men in the cabinet Premier Jean Charest formed after the election, as well as some of the most important portfolios. Charest came within a few thousand well-placed votes of becoming a victim along with Boisclair because he blew the most important political decision a head of government in the parliamentary system has to make: when to call an election. But the luck that has kept his career alive for so long continued. He has lowered expectations. Marois needs time to rebuild and deal with the awkward question of another referendum, which no one wants except the caribou in the PQ. All in all, this minority legislature looks surprisingly solid - and next year, dominated by the festivities for the 400th birthday of Quebec, could bring more of the same. Stability just keeps breaking out all over. The same for Ottawa. Observers there have been expecting fresh elections for almost two years, but it hasn't happened yet. Stephen Harper's minority regime seems well stuck in. It might be with us for a while. This isn't what Harper really wants. He hungers for a new election, sweeping victory and totally unquestioned power at the head of a Tory majority. The Canadian electorate is obviously wary. Despite two years of mostly intelligent management, not to mention a strong economy, Harper still can't manage the polls so much that merely by avoiding blunders for a few months, he has pundits writing about a new Charest. He appears to have time and room to manoeuvre ahead of him. The PQ is broke and facing possible new ideological divisions. The ADQ, as the official opposition, has failed to show it has grown from a neo-Creditiste protest party to a government in waiting. And the two opposition parties are essentially trying to make gains among nationalist voters at each other's expense. So it might be a while before it is in the interests of both at the same time to defeat Charest's minority government and force an election. Happy holidays, everyone. dmacpher@thegazette.canwest.com. ALLEN MCINNIS THE GAZETTE up Sunday's snow, age the jump in the polls that would promise a majority. One poll last week even put him two points behind the despised Stephane Dion, whose quiet sincerity keeps making up for his lack of flash. It compares well with Harper's bitter partisanship, which recently had him accusing a career civil servant in the Atomic Energy of Canada mess of somehow being part of a Liberal conspiracy. Is no blow too low? So, why is Harper falling short? Glad you asked. Because people just don't want to hand their humourless, mean and arbitrary prime minister, with his contempt for anyone not as smart as he (i.e., most of us) any more power than he has. And they just might have it right. If only he would smile occasionally - a real smile, not that lupine grimace as he rises in the House to demolish an opponent - he'd be dynamite. But perhaps it's too much to ask.""",1,1,0,0,0,0
+138,19990710,modern,Snowstorm,"16 THE GAZETTE, MONTREAL, SATURDAY, JULY 10, 1999 Space Odyssey starts in Earth WEEK EAST TO MATTER IRS Indonesian eruption Reports from Indonesia's Flores Island tell of moderate damage and minor injuries during the July 1 eruption of Mt. Lewotobi in East Nusa Tenggara. The Jakarta Post reported that hundreds of houses, schools and other buildings sustained damage when one of the twin peaks of the volcano exploded. At least 20 people sustained minor injuries, including some who were injured after falling off their motorbikes during the strong quake that accompanied the eruption. A chapel belonging to a congregation of Catholic nuns in the city of Hokeng was severely damaged. Mt. Lewotobi last erupted on June 29, 1904. Earthquakes The most powerful earthquake to strike western Washington state in 30 years injured four people and caused damage ranging from collapsed roofs and toppled chimneys to gas leaks and power failures southwest of Seattle. Earth movements were also felt along the California-Nevada border, and in southwest Mexico, south-central Alaska, a remote island of southern Japan, Taiwan, northern New Zealand and eastern Romania. Catastrophic drought The lingering drought that has parched many parts of Iran in recent weeks has caused the country's agriculture sector an estimated $2.5 billion in damage, according to Construction Minister Mohammad Said Kya. He told the parliament that the current year will be catastrophic for our agriculture. The parliament agreed to consider a bill to tackle the drought, which has been described as the worst in the country for 40 years. Jellyfish invasion One thousand swimmers were attacked by schools of jellyfish along the French Riviera during a weekend when high heat had driven many people to popular beach resorts. The colourful jellyfish, Pelagia noctiluca, is the most common variety in the area and was responsible for the stinging attacks. It's believed the sudden increase in the number of jellyfish was due to climatic warming, which triggered an increase in plankton food in the Mediterranean. 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. Protective fathers who groom their offspring and protect them from attack produce healthy, well-adjusted males that attract females. Queensland University zoologist Ian Owens reported that biologists have believed that females chose mates because of colourful plumage. But parasites can rob the birds of their vibrant colours and strength. The most protective fathers, those that kept other birds from bullying their sons, and the tidiest fathers that picked nests clean of parasites such as ticks and fleas, raised sons with the best sexual ornaments or badges.""",1,0,1,0,1,1
+139,18801116,historical,Blizzard,"UNITED STATES, Shooting affray, St. Louis, Mo, November 15 James F. Flanagan, saloon-keeper, at midnight last night shot two brothers, James H. and Daniel McLaughlin. The two last named, who did not bear very good reputations, entered Flanagan's saloon with a party of friends, had some beer, and the party started toward the door. Then Flanagan called them back. He claims that James H. McLaughlin turned round with a knife in his hand, and he fearing for his life pulled a revolver and fired. The ball entered McLaughlin's left breast, killing him almost instantly. Daniel McLaughlin turned around to assist his brother and was shot in the back near the spine. He died this morning. The sister of the dead men arrived from Canada today and was horrified to learn of the death of both her brothers, her only relatives. Stormy weather in the Western States, Chicago, Ill, November 15 A regular blizzard set in this morning, snowing and drifting, but the snow is not heavy enough yet to do much damage. Farmers have suffered greatly by the freezing of potatoes, apples, etc., that were not yet housed for the winter. Grand ship canal project It is given out that the time-honored project of connecting the Great Lakes and Mississippi River by means of a ship canal will be renewed in the next Congress. It is estimated that some $15,000,000 will be necessary to complete the plan. Obit, New York, November 15 Charles F. Ottignon, a well-known teacher of boxing and professor of gymnastics, died yesterday. He was born at Houlton, Mass. The silver dollar, Washington, D.C, November 15 Secretary Sherman's hostility to the standard silver dollar is very well known; his forthcoming report will recommend that its coinage be discontinued, or, if the coinage is to be continued, that the weight be increased so as to make it equal in value to a gold dollar, and that the amount to be coined monthly be left at the discretion of the Secretary of the Treasury. The railroad war, Chicago, Ill, November 15 Today both the Wabash and Alton Railway offices were crowded with people. The Alton rate was: St. Louis $2, Omaha $7, Kansas City $5. There is no change from last week's rates to intermediate points. The Wabash road continued selling St. Louis tickets at $1, Omaha $6, Kansas City $4. Tomorrow general managers will meet again, but no one predicts what they will do. THE IRISH TROUBLES The Government and the Land League Leaders Military occupation of Headport Deputation to Lord Erne The Land League prosecutions, London, November 15 The Cabinet will meet again tomorrow, and the Irish question will again come up for discussion. The good sense and wise generalship shown by the leaders of the Land League, in preventing an attack on the force of volunteer Orangemen, who went to the relief of Mr. Boycott, near Lough Mask, have clearly banished every pretense of the necessity of the repeal of the Habeas Corpus Act, and opened the eyes of the public to the fact that the Cabinet not only has to deal with a very knotty question, but to contend against men who are closely united with an immense following, and while they have both the power and the will to do anything to gain their ends, are skillful enough to keep within the limits of the law. Lough Mask, November 15 Rumors of a night attack on the camp by 1,200 men are unfounded. The country is patrolled by constabulary for miles around. Dublin, November 15 There was a meeting at Knockanross village yesterday for the purpose of formally ""Boycotting"" thirteen landlords, land agents and others in that neighborhood. Five thousand tenant farmers were present. Resolutions were adopted that ""We pledge ourselves to 'Boycott' these thirteen men and all who act like them, and will endeavor to follow the example set to Ireland by the brave men of Ballinrobe."" London, November 19 A reinforcement of one hundred men has been sent to Boycott's house. Preparations are made for military occupation of Headport, four miles further on, in consequence of the threatening aspect of affairs. There was no land meeting at the gates of Boycott's house on Sunday, but a great meeting 14 miles off. At the Knockanross meeting yesterday, James O'Brien, an Irish-American, said if ""Boycotting"" those men had not the effect of reforming them, the people would resort to stronger measures, and try if leaden pills would suit their digestion. The first duty of every Irishman was to get a rifle, and his second duty was to use it. There were 500,000 stout men in America who would die happy if they could kill the cursed Saxon. Dunoon, November 15 The Lough Mask tenantry will send a deputation of 50 to Lord Erne at Fermanagh, and offer to pay full rent if Mr. Boycott is removed. Dunoon, November 15 The Cork Land League have ordered all farmers to poison the fox covers, thus preventing hunting during the coming season. The Government have filed their bill of particulars for the prosecution of the Land Leaguers.",0,0,0,0,1,0
+140,18861119,historical,Blizzard,"Oh, in the total, these values are made up from the June schedules of farmers. They show an increase on the figure of last year of $1,000,000 in farm lands, of $500,000 in live stock, $200,000 in implements, and a little over $1,000,000 in buildings, or a total excess over the value of last year of $3,000,000 and of $511,000 over the average values of the five years' period. That certainly does not look as if the farmers of Ontario were suffering from the operation of the National Policy, and the enormous increase in the deposits in the Government and Post Office Savings banks, in the life companies and in the chartered banks are equally conclusive of the prosperity the farmers of Canada have enjoyed in recent years. United States journals, who in ridicule of the claims that the Canadian Northwest is less subject to the visits of the boreal blizzard than their own territories, declared that Winnipeg was the center of the ""banana belt"" of the continent, may read with profit the reports of the climatic condition that now prevail in the two regions. While in Minnesota, Dakota and Nebraska the railways are blocked with snow and occasionally at intervals with stalled and broken engines, along the line of the Canadian Pacific the trains are running on time, the weather is calm and fine, and the temperature from Winnipeg westward varies from 15 to 4 above zero. Bananas may not ripen to perfection north of the 49th parallel, but they will evidently do better than on the snowy wastes of Kansas and Dakota, the settlers on whose lands, harassed in winter by the blizzard, in summer by the cyclone, in harvest time by the red-legged grasshopper and at all times by the railway and elevator monopoly, could not do better than move up out of the cold to the more than equally fertile and less exposed Canadian territories where a cyclone cellar is a thing unknown and warm toes can be kept in everybody's boots.",1,0,0,0,0,0
+141,18890913,historical,Blizzard,"September 12 The storm in this vicinity is the worst known since the great blizzard. No lives have been lost, but the following properties have been destroyed: Mooch's house and pavilion, Dubow cottage, Udgard's house and pavilion, Burke's two houses and the houses of Dr. Hutchinson, Nedham, Babcock, and Lulu, and more may go if the storm continues. At Wildwood the Wildwood hotel is a total loss, and part of the seawall is gone. Anglesea is not submerged, and has thus far escaped with little damage. Sea Isle City, Ocean City, and Avalon are entirely cut off from communication, and the extent of the damage there can only be imagined. The storm this afternoon is still raging, with the wind blowing fifty miles an hour. Sandy Hook Rapidly Eroding. Long Branch, September 12 The high tide of this morning threatened to topple several more summer cottages into the surging waves. The new inland cut through the Sandy Hook peninsula is being rapidly widened and deepened. The streets on the west side of Sea Bright are still under six feet of water. Railroad Tracks Washed Out. Point Pleasant City, N",1,0,0,1,0,0
+142,18891130,historical,Blizzard,"W. Dwyer, a stock raiser of Colfax, N.M., states that thirty Mexican shepherds and five American cowboys lost their lives in the blizzard which raged in his section during the first fifteen days of November. Havoc to Quebec's Electric Wire, From our own correspondent, Quebec, November 29. The Quebec & Levis Electric Light Company are perhaps the heaviest sufferers from yesterday's storm. Yesterday afternoon the lofty trim towers recently erected on Dorchester bridge for carrying the electric light wires into the city were blown over into the River St. Charles on the upper side of the bridge. With them were blown down all the poles of the Electric Light Company from the bridge to Hedlryville. The loss to the company will be very large. These towers were supposed to be exceedingly firm and strongly built. They were 110 feet in height. The city was in darkness last night and must remain so tonight also. The manager on hearing the news of the accident notified the electrician at the Falls and instructed him not to turn on any of the dynamos. One hundred men in two gangs of fifty each were set to work to repair the damage, and though it will be impossible to have any of them in working order for tonight, it is hoped the light will be turned on again after another day or two. A Train Wrecker Sentenced, St. Thomas, Ont., November 27. Henry Weaver, who wrecked the Michigan Central train at Stevensville, pleaded guilty this morning and was sentenced to seven years in the Kingston penitentiary. To be Consul at Hamilton, Hamilton, November 1. President H. then today appointed William Monsghetti, of Ohio, to be consul at Hamilton, Ont. Mr. Monsghetti was appointed commercial agent at Chatham, Ont., last June. Sawmill Fire, A fire was discovered in Wm. Patterson's sawmill at 11 o'clock tonight. It spread very rapidly and is still burning. The fire will be confined to the mill, the wind is blowing in a favorable direction. The loss will be about $10,000, partly covered by insurance. That tired, languid feeling and dull head feels very disagreeable. Take two of Castor Oil before meals and you will find relief. They never fail to do good.",1,0,0,0,0,1
+143,18911207,historical,Blizzard,"D'Iys: ""The greatest snow blizzard experienced for many years quit active operations Saturday morning after a forty-eight hours' rage, depositing a greater quantity of snow than has fallen in the entire three past years. The thermometer at no time during the storm was over zero,"" Plaina, N.D., December 5. ""A terrible blizzard set in Thursday morning, continued all day Thursday, Thursday night, Friday, and is still howling with increased velocity. Business is at a standstill. No one can get in or out of the city. The sidewalks and streets are blocked with snowbanks 10 or 15 feet high."" E.K.N.A.I., N.D., December 5. ""One of the worst blizzards ever experienced in this section of the Northwest has raged since 11 o'clock Wednesday night. Business is almost entirely suspended. Stock on the ranges is in a bad plight and great loss is feared. ONLY TWO NOW MISSING. The Reported Undeton River Disaster Dwindles Down Every Day After."" Havre, N.",1,0,0,0,1,0
+144,18921228,historical,Blizzard,"C, December 27 A blizzard struck Charleston this morning and for the first time within the past fifteen years rooftops were covered in a thin coating of snow and sleet. The mercury averaged about three or four degrees below freezing point during the day, and pedestrians not being accustomed to ice had a hard time getting along the sidewalks. The orange trees in the city are injured somewhat, and will probably bear only one crop this year. Fort Monroe, Va, December 27 The worst blizzard in twenty years struck this vicinity about midnight, and the snow has been falling ever since. The electric car line to Hampton is blocked and navigation is suspended.",1,0,0,0,0,0
+145,18941228,historical,Blizzard,"PAGB BIGHT, The arrangements for Sir John Thompson's funeral, A fast service to Newfoundland, China and John W. Foster to assist her in obtaining peace, The new railway association strikes more snags, The stormy Atlantic, THE STORM WAS A CORKER It Extended Over a Very Wide Range of Territory, NEW YORK STATE SUFFERED About the Hoot From the Storm, ne-becUad, ne-becUad a Lively Time General In the South, Qi KiiEf, December 27, (Special) The most violent storm experienced here for many years set in this morning and raged throughout the remainder of the day. There are heavy snowdrifts in the streets and it is impossible at times to see from one side of a street to the other. Several people have been blown off their feet and even vehicles in exposed situations have been overturned by the blizzard. Part of the roof of the Custom house was blown off this afternoon, and so was that of the Quebec and Lake St. John Railway workshops. The chimney of Gour-deau's factory was blown down, breaking in some three-fourths of the roof. The Levis ferry service had to be suspended, and the firemen were called out any number of times by alarms for chimney fires. Trains are delayed on all the railways. Some of the electric light poles, carrying the wires with the light into the city from Montmorency, were blown down tonight by the blizzard, throwing the whole city into darkness. Toronto, December 27, (Special) Notwithstanding the very plain prediction of Old Probs, the Street Railway company was caught napping this morning, for it was eight o'clock before the cars were running on anything like scheduled time. Residents in the North and West ends of the city were surprised that the company had not made better preparations for the storm, which knocked out the service for three hours, at a time when the cars were most needed. At Other Canadian points, Y, December 27, A snowstorm, almost equal to the famous blizzard of 1888, has been raging in the Mohawk valley since last night, about 18 inches of snow falling. It has drifted badly and Central Hudson and West Shore trains are from three to four hours late, and some of them have been abandoned. No freights have been run today. The Empire State express, west-bound, was nearly two hours late when it reached this city. The storm is still raging. Watertown, N.Y., December 27, The worst blizzard of recent years has raged here today. A fine snow has fallen to the depth of twenty inches and the wind has piled it into huge drifts. The street cars have ceased running and trains are from one to five hours late. The country roads are completely blocked. The weather is very cold. Fonda, N.Y., December 27, A ferocious blizzard from the northeast is howling through the town at the rate of 52 miles an hour. The streets are filled with drifts this morning four feet high, where the dust was lying last night. Street cars are stalled, and all morning trains are reported from two to four hours late. Watertown, N.Y., December 27, The first heavy snowstorm of the season began here about ten last night, developing into a blizzard this morning. The average depth of the snowfall is about two feet. No trains have arrived or departed from Watertown up to 11 a.m. New York, December 27, A fierce storm prevailed here last night. Up to midnight about six inches of snow fell. A heavy rain then set in, and this morning the streets were filled with slush. At 11 a.m., light rain was still falling. In Other States, Cairo, HI, December 27, The worst snowstorm that has occurred in this section for years raged here for more than twelve hours yesterday, accompanied by a severe northwest gale. McMinnville, Tenn., December 27, Three inches of snow fell here yesterday afternoon, the thermometer registering 29. The storm was general throughout the South. Baltimore, December 27, Snow, sleet and rain, alternately throughout the night, filled the streets with slush and impeded traffic. Portland, Me., December 27, A blizzard prevails here. The streets are practically deserted. Hazleton, Pa., December 27, The storm raged furiously here this afternoon. Traffic is at a standstill, freight and coal trains having been abandoned and passenger trains running two hours behind time. All collieries have suspended, throwing 20,000 men idle. Telephone and telegraphic service is paralyzed. Shamokin, Pa., December 27, At 7 o'clock last night a snowstorm of blizzard proportions began to rage, and has done so continuously through eastern Pennsylvania ever since, almost as badly as the great storm of seven years ago, when this region was blockaded for nearly a week and therefore isolated. Only local passenger trains are running, through trains on the Delaware, Lackawanna and Jersey Central railroads being completely tied up by immense drifts which fill the mountain cuts. There is an entire blockade of every electric streetcar line, and traffic is at a standstill on all the city thoroughfares. All the schools are closed, pupils and teachers being unable to get to the buildings. There is enforced idleness at the mines throughout the entire region, railroads being unable to put cars into the breaker sidings, and there is every likelihood of a full week's idleness for the miners by reason of the storm. The snow continues, but the wind has abated somewhat, except on the Pocono mountains, where the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western officials report almost a gale, with the Long Lehigh cut almost filled and high with snow swept in from the highlands. A destructive flood is reported at Carbondale. Cuyahoga, N.G., Wilkins suffered much loss. Several small boats belonging to him were torn loose from their moorings and have not been recovered, while several of his steam launches were capsized or sunk. Other vessels in that locality had their masts blown away and were otherwise injured. Henry J. Cloesterman, a well-known businessman, was struck by a falling tree while walking along Broadway and had a leg broken. Sioux City, IA, December 27, An intense cold has prevailed here since yesterday morning, the mercury dropping from 60 above to 12 below. St. Paul, December 27, This was the coldest day of the winter in Minnesota, the temperature ranging from 14 below zero at 7 a.m. to 4 below at 9 p.m. In the state the range was from 5 below at Grand Rapids to 20 below at Stillwater. Not over two inches of snow has fallen at any point, and loggers are having serious trouble in the woods. No serious cases of suffering are reported. The cold is moderating rapidly. West Sitka, Wis., December 27, The cold snap last night did not moderate today, and a sharp wind made traveling disagreeable. The thermometer was at 22 below zero at 1 p.m., and is still falling. Chicago, December 27, Towards evening the train service on the northern and western roads improved rapidly and tonight the post office officials report mails from most sections of the country arriving about on time. On the eastern roads, however, the situation is not so favorable. All trains from that direction are from one to three hours late and one train is reported leaving Cleveland for Chicago seven hours late. Omaha, December 27, A blizzard came upon this state last night. At various points the temperature marked 12 to 24 degrees below zero, and light snow fell late last night. The mercury dropped 31 degrees in 24 hours, and tonight it is growing colder. Deaths by freezing in Western Nebraska among the destitute families are most certain to occur. Yaqui Indians' Bloody Work, St. Louis, December 27, A special to the Globe-Democrat, from Guaymas, Mex., says that a band of Yaqui Indians visited the ranch of Julio Cardenas last Saturday and massacred the latter and his entire family, consisting of a wife and two children. A detachment of Government troops went in pursuit of the Indians, and it is reported that they came up with them and had a skirmish in which several of the Yaqui were killed. Brooklyn County Treasurer Short, New York, December 27, The expert accountants who have been spending a month or so in going over the books and papers in the office of the Brooklyn County treasurer, will today report to the Board of County Supervisors a shortage of $89,649. Try Southern Straight Cut Cigarettes, 10 cts per package, a dividend of 1? per cent, the market rallied somewhat, selling off a 11 on aids the closing, the bank attacking the Grangers vigorously. Try Southern Straight Cut Cigarettes, 10 cts per package, a blizzard in the west was used today as a bear argument on the Granger stocks, but as this is a periodical affair we cannot see why it should cut any figure. Cordage after opening weaker rallied somewhat, but people are as much in the dark as ever about this security. Reading was weak throughout; it was stated that the fours were coming in quite freely and that the Olcott-Karle committee would be sure to get a large majority of the 4 per cent bonds. Their success in this particular was responsible for the weakness in the stock at the close, inasmuch as should the plan be modified there is no doubt that an assessment will be levied on the stock. Distillers stock was inactive during the morning hours but in the afternoon fell off sharply, one broker selling a round amount, parting with not less than 500 shares at a time; it looked as if a concerted movement had been made to catch stop orders in order to shake out the stock. The exchange market remains steady; exports next Saturday will not be large, if any. Withdrawals today from the sub-Treasury amounted to $300,000, which will undoubtedly be exported. The remaining two days of this week are likely to be very dull. Traders will probably even up their contracts in order to start the new year neither long nor short of the market. London, December 27, Mines were the only active market today, and even these show signs of slackening. Americans were flat, closing, however, above the lowest. Consols and other investment stocks were strong on the prospect of cheap money in the new year. The decrease of ��1,000,000 in the Bank of England's coin and bullion this week was mainly due to the internal requirements of the Christmas trade. The external movements for the week were ��42,000 in bar gold bought, ��88,000 from Australia, and ��100,000 shipped to Bouman, and ��100,000 to the Cape. The Bank of England specie shows a decrease of ��814,011. Three per cent rentes in Paris closed at 101 francs and 80 centimes. The Bank of England rate was unchanged at 2 per cent, and the open market discount rate was at 1 per cent. Consols in London closed at 103? for money and 103 7/10 for the account. Canadian Pacific in London closed at 60. The Bank of France specie shows an increase of ��111,575,000 francs in gold and ��150,000 francs in silver. The Bank of England gained on balance today ��8,000. The local money market is unchanged. Call loans 4 per cent, and mercantile discounts 5-6 per cent. In New York call money continues strong, closing higher today at 2 per cent. The Montreal Clearing House statement for the week shows: Cleared, Balances, Total for week ending Dec. 31, 1894 $1,110,404. Corresponding week, 1892 $1,048,000. D.004,000. 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. It was impossible to play the Shamrock hockey team as the snow had insinuated itself to the depth of a couple of feet on the ice of the Beaver rink, so the visitors put in their time with a little practice at the Victoria rink in the afternoon, then a lunch at the St. James club, and in the evening again watched the local practices at the Victoria rink. As far as could be seen from the limited practice done the American style of play is vastly different from the Canadian, but not as hard a game, and the features likely to be most noticeable in tonight's match will be a passing off-side game versus swift skating and heavy checking. To appreciate the difference it will be necessary to see the game, which promises to be peculiarly instructive from the fact that one half will be played under American rules and one half under the Canadian rules with which we are all familiar. In conversation with a Gazette reporter last night Mr. Chase was not slow to recognize the beauties of the Canadian game, but he still thought that the American style had some points worthy of consideration. As far as playing a match with the Shamrocks was concerned he was not quite sure, but it was quite possible that it might take place on the return trip. He says our style of hockey is practically a revelation to him, judging from the practice matches he has seen. The American collegians are typical front men; they are here to spend a pleasant time and they are not above taking a hint as to the improvement of a game that they admire, but spectators will notice this evening that the distance between goals has been modified. This will be a distinct advantage to the visitors, as to a great extent it will do away with some of the benefits of foot skating, whereat Montrealers shine. The match between the Victorias and the American collegians will begin at 8 o'clock sharp, as the Victoria club have down on their programme a little social supper which will take place after the match. Heretofore there has been some misunderstanding as to the composition of the American team, but the men who will play in tonight's match will be: Goal Larned (Columbia), Point Jones (Brown), Cover-point Chase (Yale), Right-wing Clarkson (Harvard), Left-wing Matteson (Brown), Forwards Meiklejohn (Brown) and Foote (Yale). The match will be two half hours, the first American style and the second Canadian style. Practising at the Victoria, There were three very interesting practice matches at the Victoria rink last night. The Montreal team put in some good work from 7 to 8 o'clock, and they were followed by the Victoria intermediate team. After that the Royal Scots had their turn on the ice, so that the Victoria rink altogether put in a pretty lively time last night. Ottawa Defeats Montreal, Ottawa, December 27, (Special) The score in the first hockey match of the season tonight between Ottawa and Montreal ended in favor of Ottawa by 4 to 1. About 500 people were present and they seemed well pleased with the match, which was far from being up to championship form. There was slashing, bunting and interfering enough to keep the spectators in good humor, but on the whole the contest was tame compared to anything the teams can do when battling for the championship. The first half went off in grand style, but in the second want of practice told on both teams, which was to a great extent accountable for the quiet manner in which the battle was fought out towards the end. The match at all events was fairly won by Ottawa, but they had worthy opponents, particularly in the forward line, where honors were about even. On the defense Ottawa had the advantage of such old-timers as Young and Falford, who seemed capable of resisting any attack. M. Giraud, the excellent comedian, made the best of the unsuitable part of the Drum Major. ""La Fille du Tambour Major"" will be repeated this and tomorrow evenings, and ""Mlle. L'Archiduc,"" with Mlle. Bouitas prima donna, will constitute the bill for tomorrow's matinee. The Theatre Royal, For one week, commencing with Monday matinee, December 31st, the attraction at the Theatre Royal will be Florence Bindley in her sensational comedy drama, ""The Captain's Mate."" The play has, say the managers, received the unanimous verdict of press and public as one of the greatest successes of a dramatic lifetime. The plot is one of great interest, which is kept up from first to last. It is full of sensational climaxes, with witty dialogue and comedy running all through it. Incidental to the play Miss Bindley will introduce her famous specialties, consisting of songs, dances and musical specialties. The supporting company is a most excellent one and one that was specially engaged for the accurate portrayal of their different parts. The scenic and mechanical effects are most wonderful in construction and the acme of stage realism. The company carries an entire carload of scenery. NEW YEAR'S DAY, The Great Festive Season With French Canadians Where to Purchase Goodies, What Christmas day is to the Britisher, New Year's Day is to the French-Canadian. It is the day when he throws care to the winds and when worry bothers not his mind; it is the day when he is contented with himself and the world in general; it is the day when he and his family reunite and make merry. But in order to make merry in the true sense of the word, something more is needed than the mere assemblage of the several members of the family, however pleasing in itself such a gathering may be. Something additional is needed to gladden the heart, and that ""something"" can be obtained from Messrs. Dufresne & Mongenais, wholesale and family grocers, and importers of wines, cigars, etc., 221 St. James street. The windows, which are appropriately decked with greenery, contain ready-made plum puddings, mince meat, prairie hens, quail, wild turkey, the last named at an especially low figure, and many other things that serve to convey to the mind some slight idea of what is to be found within, whilst over the door is a gas device indicating that G. H. Mumm's champagne can be purchased inside. On opening the door the proverbial feast of good things meets the eye; cases of goods are piled up everywhere, bottles occupy shelves and corners, preserved fruits are prominent, and the several articles needed by materfamilias to make the first day of the new year thoroughly enjoyable are everywhere apparent. 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. And now, turning to what may be regarded as more in the line of after-dinner requisites, liqueurs occupy a prominent place, and all the well-known brands are to be found ad galore: benedictine, cura?ao, maraschino, chartreuse, cr��me de menthe, absinthe Suisse and the celebrated Parisian novelty, grand marnier. In spirits there are all the leading brands of brandies, from ""one star"" to the oldest and finest Hennessy; whiskies of all blends, sweet and dry gins, and the rums include St. James, St. George and the famous Bell's Jamaica. Of wines there is no lack, ports, sherries, Burgundies, sauternes, clarets and Rhine wines of all aromas and degrees of dryness being piled up in abundance, whilst those who have a penchant for good old-fashioned beer can take their choice of all Canadian brands. Nor are those other solacers of the human nerves, cigars, cigarettes and tobaccos, wanting. Towards the rear of the store is a large stock of those goods so dear to the heart of the smoker. There are all brands of Havana cigars; in fact, Messrs. Dufresne & Mongenais receive shipments direct every fortnight, whilst of the celebrated French cigarettes and French novelties they are the only importers in Canada. This department is under very able management, and in the goods it contains the firm is doing a fast increasing business. In passing, a word may be said about the cellar, which is stored with all the liquid refreshments that the heart of man can well desire. A double row of immense casks runs from Fortification lane to St. James street. They contain imported wines and spirits of all blends and brands and bins along the walls are filled with bottles of like imported goods, whilst of aerated and mineral waters, imported and otherwise, there is truly an abundance. In short, Messrs. Dufresne & Mongenais have laid themselves out for the New Year's trade, and a visit to their store on St. James street will convince anyone of that fact. ITEMS BY THE WAY, The Blizzard, Yesterday's little snowstorm completely demoralized the M.",1,0,0,0,0,1
+146,18981128,historical,Blizzard,"PRICE TWO CENTS WE MISSED IT New York and Boston Struck by a Blizzard TRAFFIC IS BLOCKED Street Railways of Both Cities Are Tied Up THE RAILWAYS BLOCKADED New York Has to Go Back Ten Years for a Storm as Big and Boston to 1881 for a Comparison New York, November 27 When the people of New York awoke this morning they found the blizzard that raged when they retired was still in progress The storm, which had begun with the soft, sleety snow on Saturday, at noon had increased greatly, and with the heavier snowfall, the wind was blowing gale at midnight 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 As soon as there were signs of abatement in the fall of snow, the street cleaning department went to work But there was very little progress made The street railroad ploughs had thrown up huge banks of snow on either side of the rails, forming an almost impassable barrier to anything but sleighs, very few of which were out The street cleaning department, with its limited resources, removed a few thousand loads from the principal thoroughfares, but this made an impression on the banks that was scarcely noticeable THE WEATHER The recent comparatively mild weather which has prevailed in Great Britain has been interrupted by a thorough blizzard in many parts of the country, especially in the North, where the snowdrifts have been several feet deep Three men perished in the snow in the Highlands, a train was blown off the rails near Tralee, Ireland, numbers of fishing boats have been lost, many fishermen have perished and the Irish mail boats and cross-channel mail services were interrupted or seriously delayed The Belfast mail boat was twenty hours in making a trip which is usually a short one Acute Rheumatism Pain In the Foot and Limb - A Complete Cure Accomplished by Hood's Sarsaparilla For a number of years I was afflicted with acute rheumatism in my left leg and all the way down my limb into my foot I live five blocks from my work and had to stop and rest several times in going and coming I could get no relief from my trouble and was on the point of giving up my job when I happened to hear of Hood's Sarsaparilla I purchased a bottle of this medicine and a vial of Hood's Pills and began taking them Before I had half finished them I was relieved and it was not long before I was completely cured I never lose an opportunity to praise Hood's Sarsaparilla, for my cure meant a great deal to me, as I have a family and must always be at my post WILMAK RUSKETT, yardman, Grand Trunk Railroad depot, Brantford, Ontario Hood's Sarsaparilla is the best - in fact the One True Blood Purifier Sold by all druggists $1 for 15 doses Bte sriF !",1,0,0,0,0,1
+147,18800315,historical,Cold,"O'Kailway on the North shore of the River. The Manitoba Government deputation, at present in the city, will interview the Wot- tronacnt relative to an increase of territory, an increase of subsidy, accession of swamp lands, and increased Parliamentary representation. The laborers employed at work during the past week on stone-breaking finished last night, there being no further appropriation out of which to pay them. Yesterday quite a number of members of Parliament, guests at the Windsor Hotel, were taken out to the iron mine in Hull Township by Mr. Daniels. Colonel Robbins had several blasts set off by way of salute, in honor of the visit. Mr. Henry Sandham of Messrs. Notman & Sandham has been engaged during the past week in restoring the principal paintings now on exhibition at the Academy of Arts. Le Canada newspaper will, in future, be the property of a joint stock company. A heavy snow-storm set in this morning and lasted all day. The cold weather continues. The Dominion Alliance Council will meet in this city on Wednesday, the 7th of April, by which time it is expected the decision of the Supreme Court in reference to the Canada Temperance Act will be given. FROM QUEBEC. In a recent investigation, Champion Carter addressed a vexed matter. Quebec, March 13. The epizootic appears to be troubling some horses just now. The malady is of a mild type as yet. Councillor McLaughlin has demanded an investigation into certain charges against Chief Wral of the Fire Brigade with reference to the purchase of a quantity of leather for hose. George Prevel has been unanimously chosen Warden of the County of Gaspe; Frs. Keronac has been elected Warden of the County of Quebec. Win. Barbour, Sr., is the champion Quebec curler for 1880. He yesterday won the Dufferin gold medal. Rev. Father Anclair publishes the following letter in today's Chronicle, which settles a much vexed question: To the Editor of the Morning Chronicle. Sir, By the formal request of the Rev. Mr. Cote, my first vicar, and with a view to dissipate all misunderstanding and false interpretation concerning the letter written by him to the Rev. Pastor of St. Patrick's Church and read last Sunday in the pulpit of the said church, I beg to state: 1st, That the Rev. Mr. Cote has been perfectly conformable to my own views and ideas in his letter to the Rev. Father Henning; 2nd, That it is neither our intention nor our right to exclude from the Lower Town church or from the Basilica, the English-speaking Catholics of Quebec, be they Irish, English, or any other nationality; 3rd, That the object of the letter of the Rev. Mr. Cote was only to point out to Rev. Father Henning the inconvenience suffered by the pew owners, particularly in the Lower Town church, whose holding capacity is very small on account of the Irish Catholics, especially young men and children, sometimes crowding the entrance of the church to such an extent, that the pew owners were quite unable to reach their pews. I trust, Mr. Editor, this explanation will put a stop to all false interpretations or exaggerated constructions put on the Rev. Mr. Cote's letter. Thanking you for your kindness in allowing me to make this statement in your paper, I remain, Sir, Your obedient servant, (Signed) AclaiB, Parish Priest of the Basilica, Quebec, March 14, 1880. It is expected that about 600 vessels will compose our approaching spring fleet. The Queen's Plate will be run for this year at Quebec over the Plains of Abraham course. Councillor Peachy's motion to reduce the number of members of the Council was last night defeated. The Council is satisfied that a change is necessary, but thinks that the course of procedure, as laid down in Councillor Peachy's motion, would be virtually censuring themselves. QUEBEC, March 14. Under pressure of numerous personal and political friends, Mr. Bander, of the firm of J. Chirac & Baudet, has consented to be the Conservative candidate for Chicoutimi. It is expected he will be elected by acclamation, as a requisition is being largely signed in the county, asking him to come forward, and it is stated that one of the first to sign the requisition was Mr. Gugne, the Liberal candidate at the last election. The nomination will take place about the 25th instant. The news of the death of the Hon. Mr. Cotton has been received by all with profound regret. Both parties unite in their expressions of sorrow at his loss. He was universally respected here. SALE OF PROPERTY ON SHERBROOKE AND AYLMER STREETS. I am instructed by the Executor to sell by auction at my rooms on THURSDAY, MARCH 10th Inst., THE TWO-STORY BRICK HOUSE 78 AYLMER STREET with extension Kitchen, Bath, Hot and Cold water etc. Lot about 3x77. STONE COTTAGE, 11 AYLMER STREET, with Brick stable and other buildings, and land adjoining. Lot 37x77. Lot on City Councillors St. about 54x77, sale at 3 o'clock. THE NEW WHEAT CROP. Below will be found some important reports from the chief grain-growing States of the West and Northwest, from which it will be seen that the present condition and outlook for the growing wheat is flattering, while the acreage is evidently larger than has ever been known before. The following are replies to enquiries made by the Cincinnati Price Current in regard to the present condition and prospects for winter wheat received from nearly 300 localities in the West within the past week. The reports from Ohio indicate an increased acreage, and the present condition and prospects generally are very flattering. In Indiana the reported condition and prospects seem to be almost uniformly all that could be desired, and there is evidence of an increased acreage. In Illinois the condition of winter crops is variable. There are frequent complaints of too much wet weather, and considerable damage from winter killing on prairie lands. There is an increased area, and the prospect favors a fair crop, probably not much if any below an average. The acreage of spring wheat in this state will probably not be much, if any, increased compared with last year. The returns from Iowa show that the winter crop has suffered considerably from being frozen out, as a result of the open winter, and the outlook generally is not very promising. Complaints of too much dry weather in spring wheat sections indicate some increase in area of this crop, partly as a result of the damage to the winter growth. The tendency in Iowa seems to be to increased attention to corn and livestock. In Missouri there are various sections where the crop has been winter-killed, and considerable damage done, but the prevailing indications are favorable, and the acreage increased in most sections. In Kansas there is complaint of dry weather in some sections, but from most places the outlook is reported good, and there seems to be promise of a large crop. The Nebraska returns indicate a generally good condition of the winter crop, while in some sections it is poor. Seeding of spring wheat is progressing, and a moderate increase in area is probable. The returns from Minnesota in regard to the prospective acreage of spring wheat indicate some increase, but not largely, compared with last year. In Wisconsin there is an increasing culture of winter wheat but the condition of the crop is somewhat uncertain. Badly winter-killed in some sections, and the general outlook not flattering, though some sections give a favorable report. There will probably be considerable increase in area of spring wheat. The Michigan crop of winter wheat is almost uniformly reported in very promising condition. Our inquiries in regard to the Kentucky crop were sent out so late as to bring but few responses as yet which indicate a generally excellent condition of the crop in this State; but it is understood that there is some apprehension that there will be more or less damage later on by the fly, the winter not being cold enough to destroy it. The same remarks will likewise apply to Tennessee.",0,0,0,0,1,0
+148,18851208,historical,Cold,"THE WEATHER, Toronto, Ont, December 8, 1 a.m. The disturbance which was over the Ottawa valley last night now covers the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and another one of importance is developing in the southwest states, whilst the pressure is highest over the Atlantic coast. Strong winds and gales from the west and southwest have prevailed from the Lakes to the Atlantic, attended by generally fair, cold weather and a few snow flurries. The temperature fell to over 20 below zero in the Northwest last night and to several degrees below zero in many portions of Ontario. No more storm warnings will be issued this season for the lakes. Probabilities: 81. Limerick, for Friday: strong southwest and southeast wind; generally fair weather; stationary or slightly higher temperature. THE COLD SNAP. From all parts of the country come reports of severe weather, the thermometer in the majority of places in Ontario being in the vicinity of zero, Ottawa reports 15 below, with heavy wind; Bracebridge 13 below; Lindsay 6 below; Kingston zero; Southampton 18 above; London 20 above; St. Thomas; Woodstock 3 above; Collingwood 4 above; Chatham 3 above. Belleville reports the temperature 2 below with the bay frozen to a depth of two inches. The estimated receipts were 38,000 against yesterday's official 32,626, with shipments of 4,190. The cattle market was quiet. Receipts: 7,000 head. Local retail market: no change in the provision market, business being light and values steady. Pork was unchanged, with sales light. Canada lard in tubs sold at 8.50. Canada short rib, 4 brl $60.00 $63.61. Mess pork, western, $13.00. Short cut western, 4 brl, $18.60 to $13.76. Thin mess pork, in 10 lb pails. Mess sides, $12.00 to $82.00. Hams, city cured, $10.00 to $14.00. Canvas, $10.00 to $13.00. In lard, western, in pails, $10.00. Shoulders $6.00 to $6.11. Tallow, rendered, $0.05 to $0.10. Dressed beef has an easier tone, with sufficient supply for the local demand, but now that cold weather has set in, large receipts and consequently lower prices are anticipated. A few packers have begun operations, which has increased the demand, but nothing extensive will be done until the supply increases. We quote $5.60 to $5.80, with retail lots up to $7.00 per 100 lbs. Ashes were dull at the decline, with very little demand. We quote $3.62 to $3.65 per 100 lbs for first pot. There has been more demand for limed eggs, and higher prices have been paid. Fresh stock continues steady at $2.00 per dozen, with limed quoted at $1.75 to $2.00. Wings of partridges continue light, and prices rule firm under a good inquiry at $3.00 to $3.50 per brace. Venison carcasses are quoted at 6 to 7 cents per lb.",0,0,0,0,0,0
+149,18920208,historical,Cold,"The cold winter weather is now a part of winter clothing cannot be deterred any longer. Call and inspect D. Stokenty's Sun's new goods, 03 Beaver Hall Hill. The Mechanics' Institute is a fine building, 622 Wellington Street. Point St. Charles will be cold at the Long Room, St. James Street, tomorrow noon. Thog X B. Clarkion, Chairman of the Republican National Committee. My Dear Sir, I am not a candidate for the presidency, and my name will not go before the Republican National Convention for the nomination. I make this announcement in due time to those who have tendered me their confidence. They will, I am sure, make earnest effort in the approaching contest, which is rendered especially important by reason of the industrial and financial policies of the government being at stake. The discussion of these issues is of great moment. Very sincerely yours, Octurii, O. T. YititMy old cold weather has caused grief among the new settlers in the Indian country. Three deaths have already occurred and several settlers are now in a precarious condition. Mrs. Telford and Mrs. Warner, living in a tent near Purcell, in the Pottawatomie County, were found dead this morning. They had died from exposure and insufficient clothing and food.",0,0,0,0,0,1
+150,18950430,historical,Cold,"C. Hon. Mr. Casgrain made a motion to restrain L'Electeur from publishing its series of articles on Judge Andrews, and it will be argued tomorrow. The death of Mr. Trevor Jewell, youngest son of the late Dr. James A. Jewell, of this city, which occurred last week at High River, Alberta, in his 32nd year, was due to a severe cold contracted by deceased in December last when he was caught in a blizzard on his way home from Calgary. The Danville Slate Company, of which Messrs. Boas and Greenshields are principal shareholders, have purchased for $500,000 the Jeffrey asbestos mines. The number of employees will be increased and it is also proposed to establish a factory of asbestos tissue. At Thetford mines there is unusual activity just now, and since the 15th of March more than fifty families have swarmed into the place in search of employment. More mining is going on at present than has been the case for a couple of years past. The Bell Company is erecting a three-storey building, measuring 100 by 40 feet, in which three machines for breaking the ore will be installed, and these will give employment to quite a number of people. THE BOUZEY DISASTER A Great Deal of Suffering Exists Among the Homeless. Paris, April 29",0,0,0,0,0,0
+151,18980824,historical,Cold,"HI John City and Halifax City have cold storage facilities. CANADA & NEWFOUNDLAND LINE Regular fortnightly mailings between HALIFAX: W. Thomson Co. Dundee, MoothunL COLD STORAGE CLIMATE OF CUBA Perfectly stated, the climate may be said to depend upon altitude. The early day Spanish discoverers divided it into the Tierra Caliente, the hot or tropical climate of the coast; the Tierra Templada, or temperate climate of the tropics, and the Tierra Fria, or cold climate. In the coastal climate of Cuba, the average mean of the thermometer is 74 deg to 84 deg, the hottest months being June, July, and August. Their average is 82 deg. Cuba has 22 cities and 204 towns. The chief cities and towns are on the coast in her many deep-water harbors. The coasts of Cuba, owing to excessive heat and moisture, are unhealthy. Malarial diseases are very common, at times fatal. Under the old and excellent division of tropical climates into three, all between coast level and 2,000 feet upland was the Tierra Caliente or hot lands. This represents the most fertile agricultural zone in the tropics, as well as that in which tropical diseases make their chief role. The Tierra Templada consists of the hill country rising from 2,000 to 4,000 feet, the temperate climate of the tropics. In the island of Jamaica, many charming homes and several hotels are within that belt. The Tierra Fria, or cold climate, commences at 4,000 feet and extends upwards to the mountain tops; on the lower level of this belt, they cultivate the fruits and vegetables of a northern climate. On a Christmas day years ago, when in Guatemala at coast level, we had strawberries grown in the Altas or Highlands of Guatemala. Hence, the cold climate is only comparatively cold, or strawberries would not grow in the open air. The roads in Cuba are very poor. When Cuba reaches the high and excellent development of Jamaica, she will have macadamized roads, making it possible to get in and out of town at all seasons. In the future, the planters and merchants of Cuba at the coastal level may have villas in the hills during the ""hot season."" In India, during that season, the whites go to the hills. Cuba awaits development along this line as well as many others. Sanitaria in the hills will follow. Continued residence in the tropics enervates. In time, a change is imperative, even for the fully acclimated. Then it is that a northern climate acts as a tonic to body and brain. Regarding the unacclimated, they incur a risk by visiting Cuba. Having a fever of some kind is a mere question of time. Generally, it is a malarial fever; at times it may be a yellow fever. Acclimatization to a medical man means a tissue change, or the transition by which the human body is adapted to its new acquirements. Anyone who has had yellow fever is rendered immune. That means a perfect and final tissue change. Many escape yellow fever when the tissue change is very gradual. Nothing protects against yellow fever save to have had it. Many things should be avoided by the newcomer in the tropics: the hot midday sun, the heavy tropical dews, sitting in clothing damp with perspiration, liquors, and tropical fruits; they must be left alone. The eminently wise man must make haste slowly. Rush methods in the tropics mean an Irish dividend. Any Britisher will tell you, and I am one, that an Irish dividend is something that is loss and not profit. In Spanish America, the natives say that three animals will be found in sunshine: an Englishman, a fool, and a dog. They are keen observers and have a philosophy of their own. Cuba has two seasons, a wet and a dry, May to October being the wet season. The early wet season is the tropical spring. If the rains are late, the heat becomes intense, and that means an unhealthy season, conditions favoring epidemic diseases such as smallpox and yellow fever. June, July, and August are the months during which yellow fever makes its record in Havana. For over one hundred successive years, it has appeared in Cuba. When active in Havana, it is quiescent as a rule in Santiago de Cuba. In midwinter, one hears but little of it in Havana, when it takes on an epidemic tendency in Santiago de Cuba. A little rain falls during the dry season. The average rainfall at coast level is 70 inches per annum. November to April is the dry season. During it, the sky is cloudless. The sunshine and moonlight are simply perfect. The atmosphere is so clear that one sees down to the horizon. It is the season for tropical outings.",0,0,0,0,0,0
+152,18820408,historical,Deluge,"UNITED STATES, Church burner! Cincinnati, April 7 Xavler's Church (Catholic) was burned this morning. The building and contents cost $150,000. Hornton conference Halt Lake, April 7 The Mormon Spring Conference met yesterday. Proceedings were tame. The Mormons demand that Church leaders shall openly announce submission to the law or their intention to continue to defy it. Their instructions to polygamists find that separate houses for plural wives is regarded as cowardly and creating dissatisfaction among Mormon women. Polygamists will probably not endeavor to be registered for voting for the election of Commissioners. They expect to be able to elect monogamous Mormons to all offices. Nevertheless, there is a great rush for naturalization papers. The Senate committee on Corners New York, April 7 The Senate committee to investigate corners and dealing in futures, meets here tomorrow. It is expected that the committee will examine Vanderbilt, Depew, Jewett, Blanchard and other prominent citizens. The new comet Philadelphia, April 7 Professor Sharpies says the new comet will be visible to the naked eye in about two weeks, just after midnight, and remain in light until dawn. The comet is a large one. The comet of 1612 will probably follow this. The fraud of Charles Francis Adams Boston, April 7 Morrison, arrested for obtaining cheques for $20,000 from Charles Francis Adams, was today committed in default of $15,000 bail. His real name is James Fitzgerald, alias The Kid. Horton, implicated with Fitzgerald, gave the cheque to Fornold, a lawyer, to collect. The latter had previously had dealings with Horton, who claimed to be a real estate dealer. The appearance of the cheque excited Fornold's suspicions, and he was prompted to notify Adams, but finally decided to deposit the cheque to his own credit, and not draw against it until April 1st, when he knew all cheques would be sent to Adams, who would discover if anything were wrong. The truth came out as Fornold anticipated. The money received on the $17,600 check which Charles Francis Adams was induced to sign has been returned by Tmall. The Harmony mills strike Caboes, Mass, April 7 The meeting of Harmony Mills operatives tonight was a failure. Only 500 assembled. One leader stated that a large number of employees had given notice to enable them at the expiration of two weeks to draw all pay due and be at liberty to act. There would be trouble, as they could not meet the demands of living at present wages. There is great diversity of opinion as to future action of the operatives. The general superintendent of the mills says they have been losing money, and if prices of goods advance the interests of the employees will be looked after. The President and the Chinese bill New York, April 1 The Commercial's Washington special says: A Senator who called on the President today reports him in the best possible spirits over the veto of the Chinese bill and the reception accorded to the message throughout the country. The President said he felt assured that the Republican party would not be a loser by the interpolation of the veto to save the honor of the country in standing by the spirit and letter of the treaty with China. He felt assured that in consequence of this veto American interests in China would be stronger than ever, and the Chinese Government would be more readily disposed to make concessions to the United States in a matter restricting Chinese subjects from coming into the United States. The President is confident that the people will, without distinction of party, when the welfare of the country is looked at, sustain him in what he has done. Cyclone Topeka, April 7 A cyclone started south of Arkansas River near Raymond, Rice Co, last night, and moved in a northerly direction. It prostrated telegraph poles where it crossed the Santa Fe Railroad track. The storm struck the new and thriving town of Chase, demolished 26 buildings, and threw a number of cars from the track. Several persons were killed. A small cyclone also passed through the eastern part of the county, but did little damage. It was accompanied by a waterspout, pouring a deluge of water in places. The wind sucked all the water out of the wells. The cloud, as it approached Chase, was funnel-shaped, whirling and twisting with fearful velocity. The loss at Chase is about $25,000. The wrecked buildings include two churches. But few inhabitants of Chase escaped unhurt. People are living in box cars, and many families are destitute. East Saginaw, Mich, April 7 A hurricane passed near Highland Station, on the Flint & Pere Marquette road, last evening. The dwelling of Mr. Crandell was blown down. Crandell and child were killed and the daughter severely injured. The hurricane covered an area of less than half a mile wide, and leveled everything in its path.",1,0,1,0,0,1
+153,18830131,historical,Deluge,"ALEX McGIBBON IN MMm IMPORTERS OF sympathy, not only among the children of the Fatherland, but people of all nationalities. In many parts of the United States and Canada subscriptions for the relief of the suffering people have been taken up, and considerable sums sent to the German Government for distribution, the receipt of which has been acknowledged in the Imperial Parliament. The German Society of Montreal have taken up the cause here, and the following letter will show that an effort which, it is to be hoped, will prove highly satisfactory, is to be made in this city to raise a fund for aiding in the work of alleviating the sufferings of the inhabitants of the inundated districts: To the Editor of the Gazette: Sir, We take the liberty of requesting space in your valuable sheet for the following short description of the disaster brought down upon large parts of the German Empire by the late floods, great inundations having occurred during the last months all over central Europe, bad harvests were experienced, and many farming districts reduced to little less than absolute poverty. In the Valley of the Rhine especially, where the fields have been immersed nearly one week, to the depth of several feet, the damage done is enormous. The retreating waves left hundreds of square miles thickly covered with mud and debris; thousands of trees were torn out by the roots and swept away; houses, by the hundred, were ruined, and many families rendered homeless and destitute, having lost everything in the vast deluge; and, saddest of all, hundreds of human lives were lost in noble attempts to save other lives and property from destruction. Several bridges in the flooded districts gave way before the great weight of those assembled on them, anxiously watching the rising of the water in the rivers, and few persons only could be saved from among the turbulent waves and mass of floating debris. THE LOSS OF LIFE is variously estimated to be from 1,700 to 3,000, and more than 30,000 persons are rendered homeless. The damage done to property, as far as can be ascertained, amounts to 80 millions of marks ($20,000,000). The condition of the inhabitants of the unhappy provinces is heartrending in the extreme. Many families, having lost their supporters and the whole of their worldly possessions, are made entirely dependent upon the assistance afforded them by communities and Government, but in spite of the generous efforts made all over the Empire, to alleviate the wants of the sufferers, the means of the Government, as well as of private individuals, are found to be altogether inadequate to cope with the magnitude of the disaster. Thousands of dollars are required every day to provide shelter, warm clothing and food for the poor sufferers, and Germans all over the world are exerting themselves to assist those at home in raising the funds necessary for the work of charity. Their appeals have been crowned with success; large sums of money have been forwarded to the Imperial authorities and distributed by them in the flooded districts, and votes of thanks have been passed in the Reichstag to the generous contributors abroad. The Germans of this city, anxious to bear their share of the benevolent enterprise, are now collecting for the same purpose, but, being only few in number, they intend calling upon their fellow-citizens for help. The undersigned representatives of the German element in Montreal will therefore thank you for opening the columns of your esteemed paper to their object of charity, and they will, inside of a few days, come before the public with a list of gentlemen appointed as a collecting committee in the city of Montreal. Kind-hearted friends of Germany, who are willing to assist the committee in their task, are respectfully invited to send their names and addresses to the office of the Imperial German Consulate, 61 St. Sulpice street. We are, Sir, respectfully yours, The Human Society of Montreal.",1,1,1,0,1,1
+154,18870923,historical,Deluge,"M to-day, between SI Mols ration and Lima llotls, the arcom-misalloa train, which left River du Loup at seven o'clock this morning, had only to meet Hetwrl's freight special at Little Hell, Crossing Old 'r wr tiv, looked by both driver and conductor, and when three miles east of Little Metis the train ran into collision with the freight special, Neither of the drivers saw one another until they were not a re fret apart owing to the curvature of the road at this point, and the fact that large snow had never been removed, The result was that Engineer I, American was instantly killed, Engineer (liirbam, of the arcom-misalloa, jumped through the window of his cab and broke his leg, The firemen of both trains are severely injured, Both engines and cars are badly smashed, The losses will amount to several thousand dollars, The train is blocked and cannot be rerouted hereof this last night, It is said the entire Mama re-la run doctor n, driver of the erronnjiolllin train, there were but few passengers on board the latter train, and beyond severe shaking the bones of them were badly injured, The train was travelling at a pace of about thirty miles an hour, Engines Dtunaa was an earn earn titled man, A DEVASTATING DELUGE DESTROYED Crop and Arizona Land In TEXAS FEVER IN CONNECTICUT Anarchist Panona issues an Appeal for Liberty, Tucson, Arizona, September 22 All the crops on the bottom land between Mammoth and Benson were destroyed by the recent floods, Fields of growing cane and corn extending for miles are now but a bed of sand, Such a rush of waters has never before been known, It will take several years before the ranches can recover from their losses, He'll Likely Get Health, Chicago, September 22",0,0,0,0,1,0
+155,18900428,historical,Deluge,"RAW, HAIL AND FLOODS Baltimore Visited by an Extraordinary Storm of Hail TEXAS PARTLY INUNDATED Another Big Bucket Heat Failure- New form Tenement Holocaust Narrowly Averted, Baltimore, April 27 The heaviest hail storm on record here passed over Baltimore from northwest to southeast between three and four p.m. today Many thousand windows in the city were broken Many runaways are reported, some horses and carriages were abandoned in the streets, their owners leaving them to seek shelter It is probable a number of people were injured, as the stones were very large, some measuring more than two inches in diameter and weighing more than four ounces each The total damage must have been very great Very heavy rain fell with the hail, eighty hundredths of an inch falling in fifteen minutes Many car tracks at the foot of hills are covered six inches with soil washed down upon them The wind attained a velocity of thirty miles per hour The hail was plain, hard ice, clear and hard as crystal, it went through thick panes of glass as if they were tissue paper The loss will run up into thousands The hailstones were like rocks, some of them ragged and sharp on the edges as a steel blade Hens' eggs were nothing to them in size Many were as large as a man's fist The storm swept along with a rattle like heavy musketry, frightening people out of their wits The heavy chunks of hail drove horses wild Those that pulled the streetcars became uncontrollable and the drivers were compelled to let them run as they willed The people in the cars became panic-stricken and many crouched trembling on the floors of the cars praying for rescue, while the drivers dodged the aerial missiles as best they could In the annex the rain, wind and hail did even more damage than in the city proper Walls were swept down, houses unroofed, glass smashed and other damage done Great Floods In Texas Dallas, Tex, April 27 The most destructive flood ever known in the history of north Texas is now passing through the Trinity River In front of this city it is two miles wide, extending to the foot of Flanders' Height west and to Oakcliff south of the city On the north all residences from a hundred yards beyond Cochrane Street are submerged, some to the second floor and others to the attic No one has been reported drowned The water works are submerged and the pumps abandoned, as they are twenty feet under water Trains on the Texas Pacific, Missouri Pacific, Santa Fe and Greenville railways were not running today Washouts are reported along these lines, but the worst are immediately around the city News from the surrounding country is bad Small bridges have been destroyed by the deluge and few are left Head-Burst and Wind Storms Louisville, Ky, April 27 A cloud-burst struck English, Indiana, yesterday morning The water rose rapidly and flooded the streets and many houses to a depth of four feet Within fifteen minutes the water began to recede Much damage was done Cotton Plant, Ark, April 27 There was a destructive wind and rain storm in Woodruff County early yesterday morning The village of Yorkville was almost entirely blown away, and the disaster is very great: Houses, barns, fences and structures of all kinds were taken up by the wind and carried some distance Drowned in the Louisiana Floods Baton Rouge, La, April 27",1,0,1,0,1,1
+156,18920621,historical,Deluge,"GOSSIP FROM TORONTO: A Record-Breaking Rainstorm Blared Real Estate Speculators Tided Over Their Trouble From our own correspondent Toronto, June 20 The rainstorm which deluged the city last evening was of the record-breaking character Nothing like it has been seen for some time The damage resulting is roughly estimated in the neighborhood of $100,000 Merchants in the central portion of the city were the greatest sufferers and Guinane's boot store and Armson & Stone's millinery emporium lose between them $2,000 on Yonge street The shopkeepers on the south side of King street, between Yonge and Bay streets, are very heavy losers, Caldwell & Hodgins, wine merchants, at Queen and John streets, will probably be minus $5,000 The affairs of the big speculators in real estate here, reported some time ago in difficulty, have been settled so as to avoid an assignment One prominent and wealthy lawyer, who is very largely interested in real estate in and about Toronto, has obtained a five years' extension from banks on $800,000, on which he will have to pay an interest of $48,000 yearly In the case of the other lawyer his debtors took everything he owned or they could lay their hands on Reports from Welland and Lincoln counties are to the effect that wheat is full in the head and over five feet in height Harvesting will begin on July 4 and will be quite general by the 15th The yield will be exceptionally heavy and some farmers will be scarcely able to gather in the hay in consequence of its unprecedented abundance FAIR AND WARM TO-DAY, with Southerly Wind and a Shower or Thunderstorm Few Toronto, June 20, 11 p.m. There is little change in pressure anywhere since yesterday Local showers and thunderstorms have occurred from Manitoba east to the Atlantic Minimum and maximum temperatures: Edmonton, 44, 62; Qu'Appele, 50, 74; Winnipeg, 54, 76; Port Arthur, 56, 68; Toronto, 60, 79; Kingston, 60, 74; Montreal, 62, 68; Quebec, 50, 64; Halifax, 50, 64; Lakes Moderate to fresh south and west winds, fair and very warm; local showers or thunderstorms Upper and Lower St. Lawrence Southeast to southwest winds; fair warm weather; local showers or thunderstorms MONTREAL'S RECORD",0,0,1,0,0,0
+157,18960529,historical,Deluge,"H. Spencer, of the Merchants Exchange, was made chairman of the committee on distribution, and set to work at once to place the relief money. The roadway of the Eads bridge was cleared of wreckage at 11 o'clock tonight, and a fast engine and car passed over in safety. The Devastated District: A district in this city, bounded north by Chateau Avenue, west by Grand Avenue, south to the city limits and east to the river is virtually a mass of ruins. Not an electric light has burned, nor a car run, in that section, comprising 720 city blocks, since 5:20 p.m. yesterday. Within this territory scarcely a building has escaped injury, and thousands of them are in ruins. On surveying the desolate scene one marvels that the loss of life was not much greater. Beginning at the western boundary of the section is the handsome and exclusive residence quarter known as Compton Hill, the home of the fourth generation of the early French settlers of St. Louis. This aristocratic section is strewn with debris. Just east of La Fayette Park were the trees, shrubbery, fountains and statuary that have been the pride of the city. They were caught by the wind and the place is mowed bare as with a giant scythe. Further east and south to the city limits were the homes of thrifty German-Americans, who have given a distinct character to the district. Tonight thousands of them are homeless, many of them sharing the roofs of their hospitable and more fortunate neighbors. Interspersed in this latter section and out east to the river are mills, breweries and numberless manufacturing concerns. They were the targets of the storm, and they suffered severely. There are sixteen breweries within their boundaries, worth four million, and while none are destroyed all are damaged. After the storm had laid its heavy hand upon the southern part of the city, fire came to complete the work of destruction. Five columns of flames shot up, but thanks to the deluge of rain the blaze was mainly confined to its starting point. In three instances engines were unable to get nearer than a block from the fires. The storm was most destructive in force when it crossed Seventh Street from the east. The eddying currents of wind again and again returned to make that street a wilderness. At least forty people were killed along this thoroughfare and the streets immediately adjacent. House after house was totally demolished. Nally's saloon at South Seventh Street is a total wreck. When it fell it was full of men who had taken refuge there, and from fifteen to twenty were killed. The force of the wind was so frightful along here that the iron trolley supporting poles of the Southwest Electric Line are bent over on the ground. They did not break, but bent like copper wire. At the Vermont Marble Works, 1120 South Seventh Street, the wreck was complete. Harry Hess, a driver for the concern, was killed, being buried beneath tons of the great blocks of stone which were hurled about by the wind. House Turned Upside Down: The saddest place on this frightfully desolated street was on the southwest corner of Gutger Street. Here stood the three-storey brick saloon and boarding-house of Fred Mockenheimer. It was tenanted by twenty families, the full number of occupants reaching at least eighty. When the storm struck the building it went up like a dry puff-ball, burying the inmates. No one knows how many dead its ruined brick and mortar walls conceal; eleven persons have been taken out dead and more than a dozen more or less injured. Across the street, on the southwest corner, the wreck was as bad, but the number of people in the building was not so large. Several dead bodies and half a dozen wounded persons have been removed and others are thought to be there. In the same neighborhood many private dwellings were destroyed and their occupants either killed or maimed. The track of the storm across the river was from southwest to northeast, leaving the Missouri shore at the center of the southern half of this city and striking the Illinois shore in a path whose northern edge was the Eads bridge and extending south three-fourths of a mile. Within this were moored 25 steamers large and small. The storm fell so suddenly that none of the vessels were prepared. Ten large passenger steamers, five ferry boats, two transfer boats, two tug boats and half a dozen small pleasure barges were driven to the opposite shore or sunk outright. The steamer J.",1,0,1,0,0,1
+158,18811107,historical,Drought,"A PARALYZING TRANSITION, The great diminution in the exports of grain from this port is exciting much attention. In October 1880, we shipped nearly 13 million bushels; in the same month of 1881, less than 5 million. It would pay now to buy grain in Liverpool and ship it here if present prices continue. All the warehouses and elevators are full, and every canal boat and barge available is filled with grain awaiting the chance to ship. The vessels in port awaiting cargoes are getting tired, and some are leaving in ballast for other ports. The corner is expected to be broken shortly, however, and large shipments in November are hoped for. Immense stores of grain have accumulated along the railroads in the West, the report being that the corn in cribs on the Northwestern line exceeds by 3 million bushels the quantity there at this time last year. The shipping trade of the port is suffering in consequence of this state of things, as is shown by the fact that only 410 vessels arrived from foreign ports during October as compared with 683 in October last year. THE WATER FAMINE, The water famine scare has abated, thanks to the copious rains of the last few days. The fears of city people have been only prospective, but the suburbs really suffered for months. In some places, water had been bought at one dollar per barrel, a severe tax on the poor, and nearly all the cisterns and shallow wells having dried up, washing was fast becoming an expensive luxury. Water for drinking purposes of decent quality had become one of the real anxieties of life with many when the welcome rain came to their relief. New York City proper had only ten days' supply in hand when the rain came, so it was getting to be a near thing, and the problem of how 1,200,000 people were to be supplied when the rain came was looming up rather unpleasantly before the powers that be, absorbed as they are in the coming election. Even now the city is not out of the woods as the weather is mild enough to suggest a renewal of the drought. THE WISDOM OF THE FUTURE, It is manifest that the Croton River cannot solely be depended upon much longer, and it will be well for the authorities to begin to look up new sources of supply. It is simply a question of money, and there is plenty of that. Strange to say, the best watered city the writer has seen is in droughty Australia, where there are hardly any rivers and precious little rain, and no snow, but the necessities of the case stimulated the people, and the result is that Melbourne is plentifully supplied at all times from the mountains 40 miles away by aqueduct. The work was done at vast expense, but probably no city in the world is so fully and evenly supplied. The main streets have gutters three feet wide, which are kept constantly flooded and running, the water eventually reaching the sewers and the sea. The capital city of Australia, hardly 40 years old, with 300,000 people and a dozen parks, could teach some lessons to America and Europe well worth the learning. THE RACE OF AN ELECTION, It is not often that two millionaires run for Congress in the same district against each other. Mr. W",0,0,1,0,0,0
+159,18821017,historical,Drought,"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",0,0,0,0,1,0
+160,18830818,historical,Drought,"J. Beemer, the contractor, has commenced work on the Lake St. John Railway, Pensacola, Fla., August 17. Patients are in hospital here sick with yellow fever. One died yesterday. The cotton crop, Savannah, August 17. Specials from forty counties in Georgia and Florida state that if the drought continues, the cotton crop will probably be 30 to 50 percent short.",0,0,0,0,1,0
+161,18830904,historical,Drought,"IBELAND AND ITS AFFAIRS The moderation of Parnell's speech in Dublin causes much comment The free-trader says if violence were not considered necessary to stimulate American sympathy and Irish electoral enthusiasm we might hope for the prevalence of a rational spirit among the Irish leaders, but unfortunately the men who go farthest and scream the most command American money and Irish votes Parnell limited agitation within constitutional limits, and his League arrangements promote great machinery at the next elections Parnell authorized a contradiction of the statement that some understanding is concluded between the Government and the Home Rulers In consequence of the rumors of the intended attempt to rescue O'Donnell on his arrival at Southampton, extraordinary precautions have been taken to guard the prisoner He will be taken to Millbank under military escort and tried at the Old Bailey Mr O'Shaughnessy, member of Parliament for Limerick, has been appointed registrar at Dublin Castle The Court will remain at Balmoral until November, when the Queen and Princess Beatrice will go to the north of Italy for the winter Diplomatic relations for an alliance between Russia, Denmark, Spain and Turkey in connection to the Austro-German League It is reported that the Prince of Wales has taken a villa at Cannes The impression is growing that the Queen has requested the Duke of York to accompany her to her private residence A rumor is that the Duke of York has been ordered to remain in England The unhappy person who suffers from catarrh and other ailments is Carter Little's Serve Pills, which are advertised for sale everywhere, are a specific for catarrh, dyspepsia and similar ailments Price 15 cents, all druggists ACCIDENT TO LORD HEADLEY Chicago, September 3 Special report that Lord Headley, who accompanied the Yellowstone excursionists, slipped down a precipice while hunting in the wilderness and was injured, but not dangerously Richmond, Virginia, September 3 The drought of the past two months is doing great damage throughout the south side of Virginia In some sections not more than half the crops of corn will be made and the same may be said of cotton and tobacco In some counties no rain has fallen since June Telegram consolidation New York, September 3 It is reported that the Bankers' and Merchants', the Southern and Rapid Telegraph Companies will be amalgamated this week The Rapid Company has been in the market for some time but this new combination has long been anticipated, it creates no special interest The report that the Rapid Company has abandoned the use of its copper wires and is now using common iron wire is taken as an indication that the Postal Telegraph's copper lines may not prove to be an overwhelming success The Vice-President of the Rapid Telegraph Company denies that the Rapid will amalgamate with the Bankers' & Merchants' and Southern The directors of the Rapid have just voted to extend their lines to Chicago, Cincinnati, St. Louis and Louisville Cincinnati, September 3 Shortly before three o'clock this afternoon fire from some unknown cause broke out on the first floor of the paper warehouse of Henry Grohman & Co, Walnut Street The flames ran through five stories of the double front warehouse, and communicated with the Times-Star building adjoining, and in less than fifteen minutes both buildings were a mass of flames A young girl, working on the second floor of the rag warehouse, jumped to the ground, breaking her leg and sustaining other injuries Gus Huber, employed on the same floor, got down the stairway, but fell unconscious on the first floor His head is burned to a crisp, and he cannot recover Mary McGingo and Stella Melrs were cut off from the stairway on the second floor, but jumped to the pavement in safety They said another girl on the same floor was afraid to jump Fears are entertained for the safety of Mrs O'Donnell, Rosa Liddle and Mary Burke, Annie Lynch and Nellie Kelly, employees in the rag warehouse They had not reported at their homes this evening, and it is thought they may be in the ruins Henry Garret, a spectator, was crushed against the wall by the hook and ladder wagon and fatally injured a portion of the wall fell while firemen were placing ladders against it, and one was knocked off and painfully injured Waterbury, Vermont, September 3 A receiver was today appointed for the Vermont Copper Mining Co, at Vershire, and also for the Goddard Mine at Corinth MONTREAL, CONTENTS OF TODAY'S PAPER Page 1 Telegraphic Reports Domestic and Foreign, Page 2 Court of Queen's Bench; Police Matters, Page 3 City and District News Personal Intelligence, Page 4 Editorial: The One Milestone; The Union of the French-Canadian Race, Page 6 The Ill News; Communications, Page 6 Financial and Commercial Reports, Page 7 Our New York Letter, Page 8 Telegrams continued; Music and the Drama; Sports and Pastimes; Marine News SUMMARY OF THE LATEST NEWS Fresh anti-Jewish and anti-Hungarian troubles are reported from Austria Drought in Virginia is doing much damage to the cotton, tobacco and corn crops It is said that the Bankers and Merchants, the Rapid and the Southern Telegraph Companies of the United States will shortly be amalgamated Two hundred residents in one province in Sicily have been arrested for brigandage, including the local priest and several municipal councillors At a meeting on Sunday Davitt declared that during the last three months 60,000 householders have been deprived of their homes in Ireland The Governor of New Caledonia has received a petition asking him to take possession of the New Hebrides, and two French war vessels have started thither The refusal of the Orleans princes to attend the obsequies of the Count de Chambord created considerable feeling at Goritz and some fears of an unseemly demonstration were at one time entertained The recent storms have done much damage to the crops in Ireland, and fears of the renewal of the anti-rent agitation are entertained The Irish Boards of Guardians have passed resolutions demanding the amendment of the Land Act The French Admiral has declared all the ports of Annam blockaded, and his commander of the troops has sent a demand for 10,000 reinforcements Chinese troops are said to be proceeding to Naiduong, and extensive preparations are being made at Shanghai At Provincetown, Mass, where many of the fishing boats belong, the reported large loss of life on the Banks during the late gale is discredited, it being thought that many of the dories seen broken up were washed off the decks of the schooners, not necessarily accompanied with loss of life Nothing in the mail The Salvation Army at the Okas Slew opera house Ottawa, September 3 A man named Hornidge, said to be a special policeman, has been arrested on a charge of stopping Her Majesty's mails The courier who carries the mails between the Station and the post office arrived at the latter place the other night with one small bag missing In a few minutes Hornidge appeared with the bag in his hand and demanded a dollar before giving it up Mr Bates, the clerk in charge, said he had no authority to pay him anything, whereupon Hornidge turned and walked off, taking the bag with him Mr French, post office inspector, was then sent for, and while the clerk and inspector were consulting at the latter's residence as to the best means of recovering the bag, Hornidge again appeared, and this time insisted on getting a dollar and a half before giving up the bag The money was paid to him, the mail matter recovered, and a warrant at once procured for his arrest It is understood that the Salvation Army will shortly make an attack on Ottawa business connected with the Indian Department A $100,000 building, which will include an opera house and music hall, is being erected opposite the Russell House It is said that before the present distinguished occupants of Government House leave for England, about the third week in October, a grand ball will be given The guard will be mounted at Rideau Hall on Thursday evening, and the Viceregal party will arrive here by special train the same afternoon Mann, the Little Rideau murderer, will be tried at the L'Orignal Assizes on the 17th of the present month Counsel for the prisoner will call witnesses from England to prove that several members of the family were inmates of an asylum The village of Alexandria is to erect a new Roman Catholic Church, which will cost, when completed, $50,000 Sir Wm",0,0,0,0,1,0
+162,18860713,historical,Drought,"CHOI'S IN MANITOBA - Vegetation Retarded by Heat Drought - The Condition Generally Encouraging - WINNIPEG, July 10 The crop correspondents of the Manitoba Department of Agriculture are now sending in replies to the second series of questions addressed to them during the current season. A large number of reports have already been received at the department, many of which show that the dry weather of the past few weeks has been a serious drawback to the crops in this province, and that the bright prospects offered in the early part of June have not been fully realized. Coupled with the drought, the heat has been excessive and vegetation has consequently been much retarded. Considering both those serious drawbacks, the condition of the crops in most instances is encouraging. Though no rains have been general for some time, still a number of local showers fell which had the effect of preserving the crops from more serious results than otherwise would have been the case. Of the several crops, the wheat crop is generally at this date in the most flourishing condition. This is owing to the fact that it was sown at a very early date, and that the great bulk of the crop was put in on ground prepared last season. The Hennas Comes to Fleera - The first Fare of the Season Prince Edward Island Elections Precaution (from our own correspondent) Halifax, N.S., July 12 The steamer Hennas, ashore at Cape North, is now breaking up. The tug which went to her assistance from North Sydney was unable to render any assistance and returned to port. Rev. Dr. Phelan, a distinguished Catholic divine of St. Louis, is on a visit to his brother, Consul-General Phelan. Dr. Phelan is a native of Cape Breton. An American herring schooner arrived at Port Mulgrave today from North Bay with 410 barrels of huge fat mackerel. This is the first fare of the season. Mackerel are reported in very large schools on the Prince Edward Island shore. They are reported in St. Peter's for the first time in one hundred years. CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I., July 12 Today was declaration day in Prince and Kings counties. The result of the election is unchanged. In Queens, McKay (Conservative) and Whelan (Grit) are equal and a scrutiny is probable, when McKay will undoubtedly be returned. There were Orange celebrations in several parts of the country but none in the city. All quiet. IS A remarkable experience of a Brooklyn Priest Taken for Dead, yet Fully Conscious Ottawa, July 12 The Rev. Father Smith, of the Society of Priests of Mercy, popularly known as the Fathers of Mercy, a native of Ottawa, left here for Brooklyn on Saturday after a visit to his mother and family. The reverend gentleman has had a unique experience recently. He had been seriously ill and fell into a trance which was taken for death and the news of his demise was wired to his family. While lying awaiting interment he fully realized the preparations that were going on around him, but was unable for a considerable time to signify that he was still living. Happily, however, he recovered and among others who called upon him to congratulate him was a brother priest who had been summoned from another city to preach his funeral sermon.",0,0,0,0,1,0
+163,18880721,historical,Drought,"Reports received from many points in Ontario indicate that fall wheat will be hardly an average crop, much of it having been winter killed. Spring wheat will, it is believed, be slightly over the average. Oats have not done well and will be short. If barley is a fair crop, it is all it will be. Hay is a failure. Peas are reported to be average. Roots and fruit are good, live is in many places but half a crop. The west makes a much better showing than the east, where a large area suffered from the long drought. Injuring every growing thing. In many cases farmers will have to purchase food. Fodder will have to be purchased for stock.",0,0,0,0,1,0
+164,18890925,historical,Drought,"THE NORTHWEST DROUGHT Una S affected the harvest for Honor to Move the Harvest The results of the harvests will soon be known definitely and in a manner that will conclusively prove that most of the reports circulated about the Northwest crops have been greatly exaggerated, and that the so-called drought has been anything but disastrous Next to the farmers the men most nearly affected by the result of the harvest season are the bankers, who are at this season of the year called upon for the purpose of facilitating the transport of the grain to points of shipment for export, and it follows that if a crop has been partially or totally a failure the demand is necessarily very small, but as will be seen from the opinions of a few of our city bankers, the results of our harvest have been a good average, and this in spite of the much-praised drought Mr. THOMAS, general manager of the Molsons Bank, says the demand for currency is just about the same as his bank expects this season of the year, and from what he can gather, the crop is a very fair one on the whole, though it has suffered from drought in some parts of the country In fact the crop is a good average one, and the bank has demand for credits as freely as in most years As to the prospects of the fall trade, it seems to have been overdone, and Mr. Thomas fancies it will not be until late in the winter that the wholesalers will begin to feel relieved MR. GEORGE HARRIS, general manager of the Merchants Bank of Canada, expects that the demand will be much the same as usual, as there are no special features visible this season What about the effects of the reported drought in the Northwest? Oh! the Manitoba crop is likely to be much better than was anticipated and the quality appears to be very fine, but of course the quantity cannot be definitely ascertained until a good deal of threshing has been done There will be a considerable amount of wheat for export, beyond doubt In Ontario and this province, the crops, taken altogether, will apparently come up to a fair average But until the result of the Manitoba crops and those of the rest of the provinces is made certain, it would be well for caution to be observed in giving credit, and in importing and manufacturing Mr. CHOMSKY, manager of the Canadian Bank of Commerce, says: From what I can learn, the crop on the whole will be an abundant one, and I feel satisfied that there will be quite a large demand upon the banks to move the crop It looks, therefore, as if money will become somewhat dearer for a time at least I think also that the prospects for the wholesale trade are very good, although the retailers are buying very sparingly just at present COMMUNICATIONS",0,0,0,0,0,0
+165,18900212,historical,Drought,"Helgeson, state commissioner of agriculture, has issued an address to the public explaining the situation in the drought-stricken counties and making an appeal for assistance. He says the suffering for want of provisions, clothing, fuel and feed for stock in several counties is unprecedented. The destitution is almost exclusively confined to the newer portion of the state. Foil Claimants to Earn Trusts, Chaminade, Aix, B1, February 11. Indiant Agent Anderson this morning received official notice of the President's proclamation, and the rush for the Bounty lands is under full headway. The landscape west of here is thickly dotted with buildings in course of erection. It is reported that each claim immediately west of here has about forty occupants. The Indian police are on the ground to prevent trouble. Near Resident to Kindred Souls, Corinth, Miss, February 11. Last Friday during a heavy rain, Jim Huals and his family, emigrants from Double Springs, Ala, attempted to cross Yellow Creek, Tishomingo County, in a wagon. The wagon capsized, drowning four children, aged from 3 to 10 years. The team was also drowned and everything lost, the parents alone swimming ashore. The parents are left penniless and are prostrated with grief. Mail Goods From a Prison, Johnson City, Mo, February 11.",0,1,1,0,1,1
+166,18910606,historical,Drought,"Little doing in leather and hides. The demand for cotton is moderate, prices heavy and further restrictions ordered, continued depression in the iron and steel industries, nothing like the volume of lumber moving customary at this season and a drought in the lower Mississippi valley which restricts general trade and threatens growing crops. Buying in most lines continues very conservative and in some portions of the west there is a disposition to restrict credits until money is easier. The usual summer dullness is showing itself at several centers. Wheat and corn crop reports are generally favorable, raw and refined sugar are lower on decreased demand. There is less doing in dry goods at wholesale, and trade is only fair for the season. The fall demand is opening well for ginghams and wool dress goods.",0,0,1,0,1,0
+167,18930711,historical,Drought,"COMMERCIAL GAZETTE OFFICE, Monday Evening, Broadcasting, The Indian shipments to the United Kingdom last week were 37,500 quarters and to the continent 7,500 quarters, Canadian peas in Liverpool today were quoted at 6s 7d, The Michigan state report for July estimates the wheat yield at 20,815,000 bushels, The yield last year was 23,801,000 and the yield in 1901 was 30,100,000, The July report estimates the corn acreage at 64 percent of an average and condition at 14 percent under an average, The oats promise is good, The Chicago estimate of the visible supply shows a decrease of 497,000 bushels of wheat, 345,000 bushels of oats and an increase of 458,000 bushels of corn, The San Francisco Journal of Commerce says: The damage to the French wheat crop will not be as great as reported, a falling off in one section being made up by another, Then where the drought in England has affected most of the crops it seems to have left wheat unsettled, We shall have a good crop in the United States and a fair one in most other countries, With this to keep in view the prospects of an advance are not as bright as they might be, especially when judged by the present, The export clearances of wheat and flour from the seaboard were 838,000, and more is expected to clear before day is past, Geerbohm's cable today says: Cargoes off coast, wheat, firm but not active; corn, active; Cargoes on passage and for shipment, wheat, firm but not active; corn, quiet but steady, Mark Lane foreign wheat, quiet; American maize turn dearer, English flour, steady, Liverpool spot, wheat firm but not active, Maize, the feeling appears weaker, mixed maize, 4s 4陆d, 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 41陆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. 2 hay at $13 on track, no bid, There is decidedly better feeling in wheat so far as the local market is concerned, but there has been no advance, Manitoba wheat has been held here relatively higher all along as compared with the American markets, There is a little more inquiry for barley, as high as 45c being bid in some instances, The offerings of oats and peas are becoming smaller and there is a very fair inquiry for what there is on the market, Oats are unchanged, 40c; 44c, but sales appear to have been made as high as 75c No. 1 hard Manitoba No. 2 hard Manitoba No. 3 hard Manitoba, Peas, per 88 lbs, afloat, ANCIENT CAPITAL ITEMS, Little lad drowned in well-drought near Capeslin A Miracle, From our own correspondent, QUEBEC, July 10, The three-year-old son of Louis LaRoue was drowned in a well at Lorette yesterday, The child was missed early in the afternoon, and after a prolonged search the body was found at about 8 o'clock, It is supposed the little fellow had been playing around the well and accidentally fell in, The hay crop around New Richmond is said to be very poor owing to the drought of the last three weeks, Dusty firm have been prevalent and very disastrous, Two families in the township of New Richmond and six in Chavenlure have lost everything, and on several farms there is not a green tree left, The crew of the tug Beaver captured a dead whale floating around in the river near Point des Monts on Friday and towed it up, The fish, which measured about 11 feet, was moored at St. 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. Kitchie, Q.C., and Hogg, O.C., for the Dominion, assisted by Mr. Newcombe, deputy minister of justice, and Mr. Courtney, deputy minister of finance.",0,0,0,0,1,0
+168,18950108,historical,Drought,"D, January 5 The destitution in Booth Dakota lies north and west of a line drawn from Yankton to Canton, with Spink County nearly the center of the drought-stricken district. In some counties, notably Spink, Clark, Kings, Miner, McCook and the counties west, the destitution is severe.",0,0,0,0,0,0
+169,18810326,historical,Freezing,"C, March 2, 1 a.m. For New England States: Fair weather, followed by increasing cloudiness and rain, westerly winds, veering to northerly winds, rising, followed by falling barometer, stationary or high temperature. For Lower Lake region: Fair weather, northeast to northwest winds, higher barometer, stationary or lower temperature. The following special bulletin is furnished by chief signal officer: A storm of considerable severity in New York and Central Kentucky. It will probably move northeastward, marked by rain during the day in middle stations and New England, and will be followed by colder, clearing weather in Atlantic States during Saturday night and Sunday. A temperature of 8 degrees below was reported from St. Vincent, Minn., on Friday morning; temperature has fallen very rapidly in Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, and Arkansas, 20 degrees since yesterday at Leavenworth, 25 at St. Louis, and 14 at Cairo in past 8 hours. It is now at average below freezing point from New England westward to Missouri Valley.",0,0,0,0,0,0
+170,18870425,historical,Freezing,"YIXY JLAIK A Continuation of the Cool Weather Premised Un Toronto, Ont, April 25, 1 a m The pressure is a little below the normal and comparatively uniform throughout the country From the lakes east the weather is generally cloudy, cool and showery In the Northwest Territories the weather has been moderately warm, but in Manitoba the temperature has been below the freezing point all day Upper St Lawrence Moderate to fresh winds; mostly fair; stationary or higher temperature",0,0,0,0,0,0
+171,18870811,historical,Freezing,"RVICK INSPECTION This inspection has been kept up throughout the year, four inspectors being constantly on duty. One of the labors was the discovery and stoppage of waste from defective fittings such as bib cocks out of repair. 193 MONTREAL GENERAL Urinal 10 Ball 20 Closet 10 Basin 20 90 675 81 163 90 93 14 Closet valves do; pipes burst 282 The estimated average waste per hour from each of the above named defective fittings was 11 gallons, besides many others. 85 taps left open to prevent freezing, wasting at an average rate of 18 gallons per hour, 44 units in use to flush drains wasting 38 gallons per hour each, 150 cases of using water illegally for building purposes, 88 cases of using hand hoses illegally and using water improperly for irrigation. In all the foregoing, the waste was stopped soon after having been discovered. The number of transgressions was 37. The report also gives a tabulated report of the hydrant pressure. Quarterly Meeting of Governors Yesterday Afternoon",0,0,0,0,0,0
+172,18880118,historical,Freezing,"IN TBNNBH4K8 AND TEXAS, Memphis, Tenn, January 17 The blizzard which set in Saturday morning still prevails and business is almost entirely suspended. A L Davis, a drummer of this city, was found frozen to death this morning in his lodgings. Fort Worth, Tex, January 17 Saturday's storm is abating and five deaths from freezing are reported. Communication with the cattle regions has not yet been opened. The Colorado River, for the first time since the settlement of the country, was freezing over yesterday. Stockmen fear great loss on the plains and prairies. At Belleville, Tex, Chas Jones (colored) was found frozen near his house.",1,0,1,0,1,1
+173,18881213,historical,Freezing,"The North-M'ernltm North-M'ernltm Miller says: ""As everybody was prepared to expect the flour output last week dropped off heavily and was the lightest for a very long while. There were only 68,000 barrels made, against 61,208 barrels the previous week, and 130,000 barrels for the corresponding time in 1887. More mills are running this week, but still the production promises to go considerably under 100,000 barrels for the six days. There were nine mills in operation yesterday, which were milling about 14,000 barrels a day. Anchor ice, however, began to bother last night and before morning nearly every mill in operation was choked off. This difficulty was partially overcome later and the weather having moderated may not cause serious obstruction very long. 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.",1,0,0,0,0,0
+174,18890128,historical,Freezing,"C'rr lii Hr from Monday Clear and cold; I felt like packed; Coldklniti: Tuesday Morning; from northwest wind; light cold packed ice dimming; Wednesday and Thursday Clear; west wind; moving open ice everywhere; Friday and Saturday Clear; northwest wind; no ice; Port Ma e; Monday Clear and cold; north wind; light open ice everywhere, moving east; Wednesday Clear and red; west wind; light open ice inshore, moving east; Friday Clear and cold; strong northwest wind; light on ice inshore, moving south; MAWirorAOAw to ShfmiRAkB Monday Morning; heavy close packed ice everywhere; ice mixing with snowstorm; gale from curl; Wednesday, to Cloodbout Clear; north wind; ice moving southward; plenty of seals off Fane Wane; Friday Clear and north; ice moving northeast; strong outwind; Saturday Clear; northwest wind; river opposite here covered with heavy open ice; 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; Friday heavy close packed ice close to the shores of Bird Rocks and Magdalen Islands; Saturday Clear; at wind; light open ice distant off Meat Cove; none elsewhere; OCTAS STEAMSHIP MOVEMENT; Arrived January 26; Steamship At Kitch; New York, sale of Iodlanu; HcpublP 'California' 'Khn-tla' 'It Iretsune' 'Lu Gascolgne' Havre January 27; 'Circassian Hall fax'; from Bremen, Glasgow, Liverpool, Hamburg, Havre, New York; Liverpool, Hamburg, Rotterdam, New York; HARITTE MISCELLANEOUS; The favor line steamship Lake Ontario, from Liverpool January 20, via Boston January 24, arrived at New York on Friday; The steamship Batavla, from Vancouver, via Yokohama, arrived at Hong Kong on January 23; The Dominion mail steamship Oregon, Williams master, sailed from Liverpool on Thursday for Cortland via Halifax; The steamship Abyssinia, Leo master, sailed from Yokohama on Thursday for Vancouver; Vancouver, MAIIIIte MISCELLANEOUS; WlI, Miyr, Tos, N",0,0,0,0,0,0
+175,18910915,historical,Freezing,"T. O'Brien, supreme treasurer of the Catholic Knights of America, is missing, and it is reported that he is $25,000 short in his accounts. Severe frosts and freezing blight come, then come frost-bites, with swelling, itching, burning, for which St. Jacob's Oil is the best remedy. Ottawa River Navigation Co. DAILY MAIL LINE MONTREAL AND OTTAWA ADD CALEDONIA SPK.",0,0,0,0,0,1
+176,18920818,historical,Freezing,"1I1K FROZEN FISH INDUSTRY - The result of this is being seen in the new impetus given to the freezing establishments, which are extending their business very much, and frozen fish is just becoming one of the leading articles of export from British Columbia. Not only is it sent in large quantities to San Francisco and other Pacific ports, but is also sent to Australia and even around Cape Horn. The process of freezing is very simple. The fish immediately after being taken from the water are placed in a room where the temperature is twenty degrees below zero. Here they are allowed to remain for six or seven hours, and are then removed to a larger room where the temperature is thirty degrees below freezing. In this room they are kept for two or three weeks, and are then placed in hermetically sealed cases and are ready for shipment.",0,0,0,0,0,0
+177,18951116,historical,Freezing,"R, mui thence, on the 24th November, to Montreal over respondents' line of railway. The appellants' pretension was that the fruit got damaged in the transit from St. John to Montreal, through respondents' employees' negligence and fault, by being overheated in heater cars in which the oranges had been placed to preserve them from frost. The court below dismissed the action on the ground that appellants' agent at St. John had requested that the oranges should be put in heater cars, and even paid additional freight for that purpose, that the least possible amount of heat that could be put to the heating apparatus of the cars was put by the employee attending to that service. It was contended by the appellants that the oranges were delivered to the respondents in the usual condition; and that they were damaged by heat while in respondents' possession. The respondents did not show that the damage was caused by a fortuitous event, or had arisen from a defect in the fruit itself, and, consequently, under article 1675 of the Civil Code, they were responsible for the loss. The goods were placed under the absolute control of the respondents, and they undertook to use heat to prevent them from freezing, for which they were paid, and respondents were bound to use heat in the same way as they were bound to perform their other duties as carriers, and with the same legal liability. They could only use heat to the extent to which they were authorized to do so, namely, to keep off the frost, and in going beyond that they were clearly responsible for the result. It was contended by the respondents that, as appellants' agent requested that the goods should be placed in heated cars, the damage ensuing by overheating was not due to any fault on the part of the company's officials, but to the deliberate choice of appellants' agent to have them carried in heated cars. Judgment was reserved. Km, T-ir (plaintiff in Court below), appellant, and Noun (defendant in Court below), respondent. Mr. Carter",0,0,1,0,0,0
+178,18970109,historical,Freezing,"M on the beach to deep water supply Since the erection of the LaChine Water and Power Company the shallow part has become almost dry, with the result that the pipes have become exposed In order to prevent them from freezing several parties had, when the cold weather set in, covered the exposed parts of the pipes with manure The recent thaw has caused all this manure to liquefy and turn into large pools of liquid blight to the disgust of those residents of Verdun who have to take their water supply from the river Dr. Pelletier replied that orders would be issued at once to the Municipal Council of LaChine to have the manure removed from the pipes, and in regard to the Verdun offenders the same steps would be taken In answer to the deputation Dr. Pelletier said that the Municipal Council of Verdun could refuse to allow ice taken from places within the municipality where sewage collects to be stored within the limits ""Sire,"" exclaimed the mission of the King of the Caledon Islands, entering the royal hall with precipitation, ""the head chef is just bringing up dinner He desired me to state that an entire turnverein came in this evening, and he is serving them with a filling of oysters"" ""In that case,"" observed the savage potentate, hurriedly seizing a knife and fork, ""we will go to meet him, I would not keep him waiting when"" he playfully poked his secretary in the ribs when he is looking for me with a stuffed club Hi w 1""-New York Press Clai lie What did you see at the theatre last evening? Willie Same as night before ""Why, I thought there was a change of programme every evening"" Willie No the woman I sat behind wore the same hat both nights Kentucky Colonel wets, craws The largest and most select stock of TAPESTRY BRUSSELS, AXMINSTER, WILTON, UNION and WOOL CARPETS in the Dominion, to be offered during the next Fifteen Days at 20 Per Cent Cash Discount All This Season's Importations 1884 Notre Dame MINING PROFITS WITHOUT MINING RISKS",1,1,0,0,0,1
+179,18990214,historical,Freezing,"IS 1 The coldest weather ever known in Kentucky was recorded today. At Louisville the thermometer only reached 10 below, but the state suffered much more. Lebanon showed a temperature of 39 below; Carlisle, 30; Princeton, 30, and the lowest recorded in reports from 26 stations was 13 below. At Paducah a negro woman and her child were frozen to death in the field. In many towns business has been suspended and coal shortage is reported from all parts of the state. The Ohio River is fast freezing. Atlanta, Ga February 13 The temperature here today was 8 1-2 below, recorded officially. This was the lowest ever known here, the previous being 9 1-2 degrees. Street thermometers record 10 and 12 below, and this temperature, accompanied by a wind which showed a velocity of 13 miles an hour, made this cold almost unbearable. Great suffering was reported to the police early in the day and prompt measures were taken for relief. Fifteen and a half below is reported from Anniston, Alabama. IN BOSTON Boston, Mass, February 13 There is a regular old-fashioned snowstorm which has been raging throughout New England since early Sunday morning increased in intensity today and by night had developed into a blizzard with the usual accompaniment of stalled railroad trains, paralyzed streetcars and a general blockade. The storm, following the severe cold wave of last week, seems to have been a fitting climax for the severest weather that has been experienced in this region for many years. The main storm began at an early hour this morning and since then it has snowed incessantly, while the northwest gale at times reached a velocity of over 60 miles an hour. The steam railway companies wrestled all day with great drifts but by night the train service was practically suspended throughout New England.",1,0,1,1,0,1
+180,18991204,historical,Freezing,"LOCAL SNOW FALLS Weather Is Turning Colder and Big Drop to Follow Toronto, December 3 An important area of high pressure, accompanied by decidedly cold weather, has spread over the Northwest Territories and Manitoba. It is moving eastward and the present indications point to a general cold spell throughout the Lake and East districts, and freezing up of the ports on the Upper Lakes. There is a depression developing over the Mid-Atlantic States, which is likely to cause stormy weather in the Maritime Provinces. Halifax, 36, 50. Lower Lakes Strong winds or gales from the North and West; fair with local snow flurries, turning much colder, and colder still on Tuesday. Tuesday Georgian Bay Strong winds or gales from the North and West, with local snowfalls, turning much colder, and colder still on Tuesday. Ottawa Valley and Upper and Lower St. Lawrence Local snowfalls; turning colder; decidedly colder on Tuesday. Gulf Fair today; some snow by night; turning colder. Decidedly colder Tuesday. Maritime Strong winds or gales from South to West; some rain; turning much colder on Tuesday, with light local snowfalls. Manitoba Fine and decidedly cold.",1,0,0,0,0,0
+181,19911204,modern,Ice,"yesterday during the season's first snowstorm Season's first big snowfall hits the city MIKE KING THE GAZETTE The first substantial snowfall of the season claimed one life in the Montreal area yesterday A 19-year-old Montreal man was killed when his car rammed into a snowplow clearing the express lane of Highway 40 near the Assomption Blvd exit in Repentigny, the Surete du Quebec reported Police withheld his name The accident occurred around 12:40 p m Spokesmen for both the provincial and Montreal Urban Community police said there were no other serious traffic accidents due to the early morning snow accumulation Renel Lagace of the Dorval Weather Office said 8 to 10 centimetres of snow and hail fell on the region between 4 a m and noon Drivers then had to contend with freezing rain and ice pellets While motorists weathered the storm with relative ease, commuters dependent on public transit literally found themselves out in the cold Pierre Desjardins, director of client services for the Laval Transit Corp, said 20 per cent of the bus routes were cancelled because of icy bridge conditions while buses on the remaining runs were delayed by 45 to 50 minutes Doris Drouin, administrative assistant with the Montreal South Shore Transit Corp, said buses were behind schedule by approximately 45 minutes on most routes yesterday morning She said one of the major problems was that the reserved bus lane on the Champlain Bridge was closed because of ice ""It was a very difficult morning,"" Drouin said Montreal Urban Community Transit Corp buses were five to 12 minutes late on their morning runs and Metro rush hour service was extended by an hour in the morning and again in the afternoon, official Jean-Yves Duthel said Montreal streets were cleared of snow and ice by mid-afternoon, the communications co-ordinator for the city public works department said Susan Ellefsen said the city's snow removal crews were on the ready at 3 a m and went to work at 5 a m when 2.5 cm of snow had fallen ""There was less snow than we had expected,"" she said Lagace, a weather specialist with Environment Canada, said some light flurries are forecast for this morning but no there will be no significant accumulation until Friday He noted that this year seems to be following last year's pattern In both years, there was no snow on the ground the first two days of December Last Dec 3, however, a storm dropped 15 cm of snow on Montreal Christmas a tough time for Marie and six children ALBERT NOEL THE GAZETTE Marie, 39, and her husband and their six children had some happiness and more than a little difficulty in their lives but they were scraping by Then her husband died of a heart attack, leaving no financial support Marie tries to feed her children as well as possible but after the rent and other bills are paid, she has no money for clothes One of the children, a 12-year-old girl, was born profoundly deaf Marie has to use part of her welfare cheque to repay money she borrowed to buy a second-hand stove, fridge and furniture to get her children back Her children were placed in an orphanage after a neighbor complained to the authorities Marie wasn't a good mother and wasn't able to care for them because she had no stove and a fridge The complaint was judged to be unfounded following an investigation Marie has her low moments when she thinks about the holidays and not being able to give her children the kind of Christmas she would like to ""Just getting by day to day is enough of a problem without worrying too much about Christmas,"" she said ""Raising six children alone is a lot of work and worry,"" said Nancy Bunge, a social worker at the Montreal Children's Hospital who is trying to help the family ""She'll appreciate any help she can get"" It will be the second year in a row that Marie and her family will be helped by The Gazette Christmas Fund All of the money collected by the fund goes to the needy who are referred by 89 community groups and social agencies Donations can be sent to The Gazette Christmas Fund, P O Box 366, Places d'Armes, Montreal H2Y 3R8 Income tax receipts will be sent in January, after the campaign ends Coupon for contributions PAGE A2 if- ""v - V ' K JACK TODD Winter wimp 3 A Todd-tology: snow and columnist don't mix Snow use Every year I tell myself this is the year winter and I are going to get up close and personal Every year, I figure this is the year I'm going to get those cross-country skis out of the closet, figure out which way they go, and introduce them to snow for the first time And every year when winter comes roaring in,",0,0,0,0,0,1
+182,19900103,modern,Ice,"Cbi2cnette, Montreal, Wednesday, January 3, 1990 iiFsstt If toiniey raim ammyG off bloom E-2 By CAROLINE E. MAYER Washington Post WASHINGTON In ancient times, honey was considered sacred as a food for the gods, a sign of wealth, a miraculous cure for wounds. Today, however, honey is far more common. Walk down virtually any supermarket aisle be it past the cereal, cracker, condiment, yogurt sections, or even the ice cream case and honey products are everywhere. Even the drugstore shelves are filled with honey from body lotions and shampoos to cough medicines. Yet plain honey is rare in most North American homes, with only a third of U.S. households keeping it on hand. HONEY ROASTED NUTS ""These are annihilating,"" said Ann Harman. ""You eat them until you die, you stop and then you start all over again."" Considerably stickier than the commercially made honey-roasted nuts, this version is a delicious treat over ice cream or fresh fruit. 陆 cup (125 mL) honey 2 tablespoons (25 mL) butter, melted 陆 teaspoon (2 mL) grated orange peel 陆 teaspoon (2 mL) cinnamon 4 cups (1 L) walnuts, unsalted 1. Combine honey, butter, orange peel and cinnamon. Pour over nuts and stir gently until nuts are thoroughly coated. 2. Put into microwave-safe bowl and microwave uncovered on High (100 percent power) for 4 to 7 minutes, stirring halfway through. The nuts should be hot and well coated, but not burned. 3. Spread nuts on foil to cool and drain sauce. Store in airtight container. As the free-trade deal, its critics widened their attack yesterday to draw in the proposed goods-and-services tax. ""The GST is definitely a free-trade-driven tax,"" said Tony Clarke, chairman of the Pro-Canada Network, the broad coalition against the trade deal. Coalition members will meet in Toronto on Friday to map a strategy including a day of national protest to fight the GST, said Clarke, of the Conference of Catholic Bishops' social affairs branch. Nancy Riche, vice-president of the Canadian Labor Congress, also tied the trade deal to the GST. The CLC has been warning that workers will press for wage gains to offset the real income losses from the new consumer tax. Riche said OTTAWA (CP) - Lauretta Rice, a widowed Ontario dairy farmer, considers herself one of thousands of victims of the first year of free trade with the United States. ""Free trade has placed severe pressure on the dairy industry,"" Rice told a news conference yesterday by the Pro-Canada Network, a coalition of groups opposed to the trade deal. Rice, who has run her farm near Ottawa with her teenage son since her husband died four years ago, said its value has already dropped because of the threat of imported American dairy products such as yogurt and ice cream. ""I really don't know if there is much of a future for my son to take over,"" said Rice, who milks about 30 Holsteins in Renfrew County. Rice's was one of 13 tales of woe presented by the network to put a human face on the impact of the trade deal launched Jan. 1, 1989. Mary Meany, a worker at the Ben-dix plant in Collingwood, Ont., said nearly 400 of her fellow workers lost their jobs when work was transferred to the southern U.S. Craig Claiborne reports trying to discover the major's true identity: ""Major Grey, I was informed, was a British army officer (what else?) stationed in India (but, of course), during the late 1800s (give or take a few years). He had a passion for curries (hear, hear!), and liked to cook, so he concocted a chutney to go with his curry. ""It's safe to assume that Major Grey (who apparently had no first name) was probably an early forebear of the same fictitious family as Betty Crocker. But the army of chutneys doesn't end with the major. The enormity of the Indian subcontinent is reflected in its slew of chutneys. Some uncooked many authentic Indian chutneys have volatile tastes with roasted cardamom and mustard seeds, pepper, garlic and onions. Many are fiery with green or red chilies, and sometimes both. Often cinnamon, nutmeg and ginger play supporting roles. Some chutneys are uncooked and are meant to be eaten within a day or two of being made. They resemble dips rather than the thick preserve of Major Grey's. Some are as thin as cream and are used for dunking crisp appetizers like papadums (crisp wafers made from bean flour), puffy fried poori breads or deep-fried samosas (turnovers filled with spiced potatoes and peas). Other chutneys, made with bananas, ripe mangoes and sugar, are so smooth, mild and sweet, they could double as ice cream toppings. They're eaten with zest to a rice and bean salad. Spoon into half a ripe avocado. For easy, exotic entrees bake with chicken breasts. Spoon over ham steaks or grilled pork chops. Add to an omelette made with sharp Cheddar cheese. Mix into a stuffing for turkey, duck or game hen. And his fight against Benn had already been postponed to later this month because of a kitchen accident two weeks ago which left a small gash on his right hand. ""I've paid my dues,"" said Olajide, who announced himself fit and ready to resume full training next week. ""This is a good opportunity for me and I'm going to put everything on the line in this fight."" Even ice fishermen chilled by winter. Though the weatherman had promised warmer temperatures, even Saturday's sunshine failed to prod the mercury up enough to herald the start of the warming trend. It was cold out on the ice of Montreal-area waters, bitterly cold, and when darkness closed in, it grew colder yet. Few anglers ventured out to face a wind-chill capable of freezing skin in just minutes; those who did were able to endure the elements just long enough to set up their rigs, but once the warmth from the exercise had dissipated, the full measure of the cold hit home. Even baiting the hooks was a painful procedure. But on the Riviere des Prairies, the walleye seem unaware of the bitter cold above the surface; they're still hitting as well as they were all December long. And that's a lot better than I've seen in more than two decades of winter walleye fishing. Tip-ups baited with four-inch shiners on number four hooks are consistently effective, but last weekend jigging produced a fair share of walleye as well as a number of hefty perch, most of them females already starting to swell, three months away from their spawning season. My terminal tackle consisted of a 1陆-inch action tube black head and yellow skirt on an unpainted, 1/32-ounce jig head; above that I tied in a dropper line and an artificial ice-fishing grub. The terminal line was three-pound test monofilament. I've always had the best success on the ice grubs, but last Saturday both the perch and walleye showed OUTDOORS George Gruenefeld a definite preference for action tubes. It may have simply been a function of color, but the thought of snipping off one ice-fishing grub and then trying to tie an improved clinch knot on another in the numbing cold chilled any temptation to experiment. If the fish were willing to take at least one of my offerings, that was plenty good enough. One purpose for enduring last Saturday's cold was to test a new type of monofilament under the most adverse possible conditions and you couldn't get more adverse than last Saturday south of the sub-Arctic. Most monofilament lines pick up beads of ice as they are raised and lowered; and if these beads are not constantly removed, they quickly grow into a sheath of ice in the same way as a candlemaker creates hand-dipped tapers by dipping the wick in and out of molten wax. For some reason, black graphite monofilament seems to resist this tendency for ice to bead on the line and, even when it does, the few minute particles can be easily removed by simply running it between gloved thumb and fingers. Neither the manufacturer Tortue of France nor the Canadian distributor are apparently aware of the line's ice-repelling property. I spooled my ice fishing reel an ultralight spinning reel with five-pound test, though six or eight-pound test might have worked just as well since I use a three-foot terminal leader of clear monofilament. Two years ago, the Montreal office of the provincial fish and game department started a perch tagging program on Lake St. Louis to learn something about the population dynamics of these popular game fish. Since that time, a total of 20,000 fish have been adorned with the blue plastic tags. Unfortunately, surprisingly few of the tags only 470 of them in two seasons have been returned to the department, either because the tagged fish have learned to be suspicious of man's activities or because anglers have become suspicious of the department's activities. In hopes of getting a better response this winter, the department has issued a reminder to anglers on Lake St. Louis that when they catch a tagged perch, they should put the tag in an envelope and send it to the Department of Recreation, Hunting and Fishing, Wildlife Management and Exploitation Service, 6255 13th Avenue, Montreal, Quebec H1X 3E6. In return for their trouble, the department promises them a brochure (in French), a certificate of recognition (in French), an arm patch (in French) and an O'Keefe cap (not necessarily in French). Anglers who fished for Atlantic salmon on the York and Dartmouth Rivers at the tip of Quebec's Gaspe Peninsula last season should check their mail carefully these days because, among the bills, they'll likely find an envelope from the Societe de gestion des rivieres York et Dartmouth, the organization which manages these two streams. The envelope contains a handful of entry blanks to take part in the drawing for prime salmon fishing beats this coming summer. Though only five forms are sent by the association to keep costs down in the general mailing, additional application blanks are available by contacting the association. Any number of entry forms can be submitted by any one person, but there is a nonrefundable fee of $4 for each entry. Sending in several dozen completed cards can get expensive and, while the odds of being drawn are improved as the number of cards sent increases, submitting a whole slack of entry forms is no guarantee of getting decent water. Bear in mind that any one angler can reserve no more than three days of fishing between the two rivers. Deadline for entries is Feb. 15 and the drawing takes place on Feb. 17 at the ZEC office in Gaspe. The 250 successful applicants are called in the order that they are drawn; in other words, the first name drawn has first choice. Anglers who need more entry blanks or have not received the forms for the drawing can call the ZEC York-Dartmouth at (418) 368-2324 or write to the Societe de gestion des rivieres York et Dartmouth, P. CbCGxiCttC, Montreal, Wednesday, January 3, 1990 A-3 :Dc stymies efforts to By HARVEY SHEPHERD of The Gazette Ice continued to delay efforts yesterday to restore telephone service to almost 1,400 subscribers in the Ste. Dorothee district of Laval, cut off Thursday when an underwater cable failed. But Jean-Claude Hamel, an information officer for Bell Canada, said the utility expected to have service restored to about 400 of them, whose numbers could be patched into exchanges serving nearby neighborhoods. The others are being offered call-forwarding arrangements: people calling their number would be connected with the phone of a friend or relative. He said around 100 of the subscribers with particularly urgent needs, such as police and medical professionals, have been provided with cellular portable telephones. ""This is certainly inconvenient, especially at a time of year when people have a lot of visitors,"" one of the affected residents, Louise Albert, said yesterday. She and her mother, Gilberte Carbonneau, visiting from Shawinigan over the holidays, were interviewed as they stopped by a bank of 16 free phones that Bell has set up near the Ste. Dorothee Roman Catholic parish church to permit the affected residents to make local calls. There is a pay phone for long-distance calls. A spectacular five-alarm fire heavily damaged a large warehouse in the Marche Central last night, with orange flames twice the height of a person engulfing forklifts and a truck inside the building. ""The fire was reported around 6:20 p.m. in a warehouse used by Kaufman Container, a company selling packaging to the farmers' market in north-end Montreal. No injuries were reported. The blaze started at the front of the building, near the corner of L'Acadie and Cremazie Blvds. ""When we arrived the walls were already falling,"" fire chief Yvon Pauze said. ""We heard explosions from the gas tanks inside about 30 minutes after."" Firefighters perched high on aerial ladders doused the roof from above. ""We can handle it but the (water) pressure is low because the fire hydrants are so far away,"" said fire chief Gilles Aumais. The fire, of unknown origin, was declared under control by 8:30 p.m., Pauze said. The market will be open as usual today, general manager Julienne Foisy said. ""It was a local fire and it's a big market."" A grand jury indicted Philadelphia-born Layer this fall on 11 charges arising from the fatal shooting Sept. 6 of Nicole Bi--Isaillon-Layer, whose body was found in her Queensbury apartment after a fire. The couple lived in Kirkland for a decade before moving to the United States about eight years ago. If it hadn't been for the weather, the Can-JAar Venture would have been the last ship into the port of Montreal in 1989 instead of the first of 1990, the ship's captain Peter Woods said yesterday. The British-flagged container ship was supposed to arrive Dec. 31 but was stranded in Quebec City by bad weather. It crossed the Montreal harbor's boundary at 2:44 p.m. New Year's Day after overtaking the slower Solin near Trois Rivieres. ""We were lucky,"" Woods said yesterday after accepting congratulations from the port's manager, Dominic Taddeo. As skipper of 1990's first arrival, Woods will be presented with the traditional gold cane worth $3,500 tomorrow. ""It's a great honor,"" the captain said. ""It will be a family heirloom."" The ship sails Friday for Livorno, Italy. Jack Todd's column will resume Monday Winning numbers Tuesday, BO0102 La Quotidianna-4 9-2-1-0 (in order) la Quotidianna-3 5-1-0 (in order) ""You would not be able to get in touch with emergency services in case of need,"" added Gilles Demers, another resident who had stopped at the free phones to check whether a store in central Laval was open yesterday. Meanwhile, across the Riviere des Prairies on an icy river bank in Roxboro, a handful of Bell employees, divers and other contractors stood by a barge that was still on its wheeled trailer and glumly watched a portion of the offending cable which links the subscribers' phones with a Roxboro switching station bobbing above the surface of the rapidly flowing river like the Loch Ness monster. Donald Lefebvre, head of a Bell Canada maintenance group, explained that ice apparently had crystallized from the swift current on the cable, buoying it up from the river bed where it is supposed to lie. The flexing of the cable as it bobbed and twisted had apparently allowed water to infiltrate and damage the circuits. Hamel said staff and contractors decided that if the barge was put in the water now and an attempt was made to lift the cable aboard for repairs, floes borne by the swift current would smash into the barge and render the task impossible. The team hoped to have another vessel on the scene today that would stay upstream from the barge and protect it from the floes. Man asphyxiated, two Firefighters toil on ladders and Luigi Guzzo and wife Louise Woman found beaten to death By KATE DUNN of The Gazette To the keening of a siren signalling lunchtime at a nearby oil refinery, residents of 1st Ave. in Pointe aux Trembles speculated yesterday about the dead woman in an apartment on their street. The homicide victim, Montreal's first of 1990, was not known to any of the 20 or so neighborhood gawkers hanging around in an icy wind. The police wouldn't identify the woman, or give many details. People living in the same building said they had heard nothing. The body was found at 9 a.m. by a family member, said Det. Claude Lachapelle of the Montreal Urban Community police homicide squad. Her head had been bashed in with a blunt object, he said. The woman was in her 50s. ""It seems she hadn't lived there very long,"" Lachapelle said. In the snow outside a neighboring apartment building, police found a red-and-white striped apron covered by what looked like blood. Lachapelle said he didn't think it had anything to do with the slaying but it was collected as possible evidence anyway. Bystanders circulated the rumor that the victim's daughter lived across the hall and discovered her mother's body. She refused to speak to reporters. Whoever the neighbor across the hall was, she stood in her bay window and wept as the dead woman's body was wheeled out of the brick apartment building and into a van bound for the morgue. Louise Albert, her mother Gilberte roof to master blaze that gutted V"" A Personal replies cannot be provided. Please include a daytime telephone number. Montreal H2Y 3R7. CLUB SUPREME COFFEE INSTANT 2.99 MONTCLAIR MINERAL WATER 39 750 mL ICE CASTLE ICE CREAM ASSORTED FLAVOURS 2.19 2 Litre Carton DANISH DELIGHT CHOCOLATE GRAHAM FIG STRIPED COOKIES 1.00 250 g CLUB SUPREME KETA SALMON 1. Y - Pat LaFontaine extended his goal-scoring streak to eight games with two goals and Doug Crossman also scored twice, leading the surging New York Islanders to a 5-3 victory over the Los Angeles Kings. LaFontaine, who started yesterday tied for the NHL lead in goals with Brett Hull of St. Louis, scored his 34th in the first period when the Islanders took a 3-1 lead, then added an empty-netter with one second remaining. He now has 14 goals during his hot streak. Red Wings 4, Canucks 1 DETROIT - Steve Yzerman scored two third-period goals and Glen Hanlon made 32 saves as the Detroit Red Wings beat the slumping Vancouver Canucks 4-1. Hanlon lost his bid for a shutout when Tony Tanti beat him with a low slap shot with 7:21 remaining in the final period. Yzerman, a 65-goal scorer last season, set up Gerard Gallant's second-period power-play goal, giving Detroit a 2-0 lead. He got his 28th goal of the season 25 seconds into the third period when his shot deflected off defenceman Paul Reinhart's stick and over the shoulder of goaltender Kirk McLean. Flames 4, Flyers 4 CALGARY - A goal by Calgary's Paul Ranheim at 12:53 of the third period earned the Flames a 4-4 tie with Philadelphia Flyers. The goal enabled Calgary to lengthen its unbeaten streak against the Flyers to 10 games (9-0-1). A crowd of 20,107 watched Ranheim take a pass from Jamie Macoun inside the Philadelphia blue line and slice in off the left wing. He beat the long reach of defenceman Kjell Samuelsson and flipped a backhand shot up over goalie Ken Wregget. Red Army 4, North Stars 2 (Exhibition) BLOOMINGTON, Minn. - Evgeny Davydov's goal with 4:29 left in the second period broke a 2-2 tie as the Central Red Army beat the Minnesota North Stars 4-2. The game was the 15th in the 21-game Super Series between the NHL and four teams from the Soviet National League. The Red Army, which has won 13 straight Soviet titles, is 2-1-0 with two games remaining and the Soviet teams are a combined 8-6-1 in the series. Audette masters laundry, life in Rochester Sherbrooke 4, Rochester 3 (Overtime) By HERB ZURKOWSKY of The Gazette: SHERBROOKE - Once Donald Audette mastered the laundry, the rest was easy. ""My mother (Veronique) taught me. She told me not to put the blues in with the whites,"" said Audette, who already considers himself an accomplished cook. Once Donald Audette scored his first goal, the rest were easy. Audette waited until his eighth game of the season, against Binghamton, before scoring his first professional goal. Before the game ended, the Rochester Americans' right winger had scored four more. And he hasn't looked back since. Audette, who scored 76 goals last season for the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League's Laval Titans, is proof that there still is a place in hockey for the little man. The 5-foot-8, 182-pounder leads all rookies in the American Hockey League with 22 goals and 22 assists in 38 games. He scored once and added an assist last night in the Americans' 4-3 overtime loss to the Sherbrooke Canadiens before 2,518 spectators including at least 20 of Audette's family members and friends at the Palais des Sports. Dan Woodley, with two, Mark Pederson and Martin Desjardins, with the winning goal at 1:17 of overtime, scored for the Canadiens. Scott McCrory and Francois Guay also scored for Rochester. The 20-year-old Audette, an almost unilingual francophone who lived at home until last season, has mastered life below the 49th parallel with a little help from teammate Guay, a former Titans' captain and the only other francophone on the Americans. The two, at the suggestion of coach John Van Boxmeer, share a home in Rochester. ""I think the fact that Donald's living with another French-Canadian has made it easier,"" said Van Boxmeer. ""Last year Guay was our only French-Canadian and he got a little homesick. But Donald is self-confident, almost cocky. He's had no problem adjusting at all."" At home, Audette and Guay speak French. Audette has yet to master English; his teammates presented him with a dictionary as a Christmas gift but he also has no problems conducting an interview with an anglophone reporter. ""When I came to Buffalo last summer, my English was no good,"" said Audette, selected way down in the ninth round (183rd overall) by the Sabres last June. ""But after three months, when you speak English all the time, you learn. You have to if you want to eat."" And a rookie must also adjust to a brutal itinerary and life on a bus; the Americans spent 10 hours last Sunday morning travelling home in icy conditions from Hershey, Pa., and had to play later that night if he is to make it from the bush leagues to the pros. ""The bus trips are easy,"" shrugged Audette. ""We have a TV on the bus. If I don't watch it, I read or sleep or talk to the guys; they're giving me an English course."" Audette's meteoric rise this season his size notwithstanding has been nothing short of remarkable. Selected as low as he was by the Sabres, the junior Titans had every reason to believe their star scorer would return for one more season. Audette went to training camp. Roy named all-star Canadiens goaltender Patrick Roy was yesterday named the starting goaltender for the Wales Conference team at the National Hockey League's All-Star Game Jan. 21. Roy, who picked up 203,481 votes in the fan balloting, was selected to the starting lineup for the first time. The Pittsburgh Penguins may be struggling in the standings, meanwhile, but they will have two of the six starters in the Wales lineup. Centre Mario Lemieux, who polled 308,768 votes - more than any other player and defenceman Paul Coffey, making his seventh all-star appearance, were the selections from Pittsburgh, the host city for the game against the Campbell Conference all-stars. Coffey, who received 274,579 votes, will be joined on defence by Ray Bourque of the Boston Bruins, who also had a second player selected to the team in right winger Cam Neely. At left wing, the Philadelphia Flyers' Brian Propp was the people's choice, earning 153,918 votes to beat out Michel Goulet of the Quebec Nordiques by 27,000 votes, the closest race at any position. Lemieux, the scoring leader last season, was an overwhelming choice, winning by more than 200,000 votes over Pat LaFontaine of the New York Islanders. A record total of 1,181,881 ballots were counted in the fan voting, the fifth year the NHL has turned the starting lineup selection over to the public. The Campbell Conference all-stars will be announced at a later date, as will the rest of the roster for the two squads, as added by Canadiens' Pat Burns and Calgary's Terry Crisp, coaches of the Wales and Campbell Conferences, respectively. Canadian Press Norwegian hockey challenge for coach without a contract but, after scoring three goals and three assists in two exhibition games, Buffalo general manager Gerry Meehan signed Audette to a three-year contract. Audette spent two weeks at the Sabres' camp before being dispatched to Rochester with implicit instructions from Meehan: Skate and score. Audette has followed his orders impeccably. ""I'm not surprised. I knew if I worked and did my best that I could play in this league,"" said Audette. ""And if I score many goals, I can play in Buffalo one day. Look at (other small players such as Theoren) Fleury and (Pat) LaFontaine. They can play. If I can score in the AHL, it will be easier in the NHL because they finish the plays better there."" Audette is giving himself until the end of his contract to make it in Buffalo. If he hasn't by then, he will reassess his situation before re-signing or going to Europe. ""I think a skilled player can make it, provided they can handle the physical play. And Donald can,"" said Van Boxmeer. ""He has great balance, is hard to hit and gets involved in physical games."" By ALAN ADAMS Canadian Press HELSINKI - George Kingston talks in biblical terms when he describes his job of revamping Norway's hockey program. ""It is going to be like David versus Goliath, and there are a lot of Goliaths,"" says Kingston, a longtime keen student of international hockey. ""Hockey is the 14th most popular sport in Norway, where cross-country skiing is king,"" says the Calgary native. ""Getting Norwegians to trade their skis for skates won't be easy."" Kingston, a longtime hockey coach at the University of Calgary, ran the hockey tournament at the 1988 Olympic Winter Games in Calgary. When the Games ended, he had hoped to sign on as an assistant coach with Dave King's Canadian Olympic team program. When that didn't develop, Kingston joined the National Hockey League's Minnesota North Stars as an assistant coach for the 1988-89 season. The Norwegian Ice Hockey Federation recruited him last spring at a barbecue and announced his hiring before he had even accepted the job. His duties include development of the sport at all age levels, as well as coach and general manager of Norway's national team. Kingston is handling the Norwegian team at the 1990 world junior championship because the regular coach had work commitments. After opening the tournament with five successive losses, the Norwegians finally hit the win column yesterday afternoon, defeating the United States 6-5. He says that with only 4,000 registered Norwegians involved in the sport, there are more kids playing minor hockey in the Toronto area than in all of Norway. Kingston says there are only four rinks in the country with a capacity of 5,000 or more and that the largest, in the capital city of Oslo, seats just 6,000. Six of the 10 teams in the country's top league average 4,000 fans a game, with the Oslo-based teams sharing the same home arena. The 10th-place club averages only 200 fans. Kingston says there are only five or six players on each of the 10 First Division teams that show any promise. This means he has about 60 players from which to select Norway's representative at the world championships. Norway will play in the A Pool this April in Switzerland against the likes of Canada, the Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia, Sweden and Finland. Kingston says he's frustrated that he can't line up the kind of stiff competition it takes to test his players.",0,0,0,0,0,0
+183,20090408,modern,Ice,"Wilkin let Shell EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY An ice bridge that held a massive Antarctic ice shelf in place is shown in a recent photo Ice shelf break could speed warming Paris - The United Nations Environment Program says the recent breaking off of a Jamaica-size ice shelf from the Antarctic peninsula could accelerate global warming in an already vulnerable region Satellite pictures show a 40-kilometre ice bridge that was the Wilkins Ice Shelf's last link to the coast has shattered at its narrowest point, which was about 500 metres wide The Wilkins Ice Shelf once covered about 16,000 square kilometres before it began to retreat in the 1990s By last May, the ice bridge was all that connected it to Charcot and Latady islands The loss of the bridge may now allow ocean currents to wash away far more of the shelf, the agency said Christian Lambrechts, a policy and program officer with the agency's division of early warning and assessment, said this would expose more of the sea's surface to sunlight, rather than reflect it, contributing to continued and accelerated warming The peninsula - the tongue of land that juts toward South America - has been hit by greater warming than almost any other area on Earth AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE STARTS EARLY!",0,0,0,1,0,1
+184,20020304,modern,Ice,"A couple out in yesterday's rainy, windy weather stroll past a mural of a smiling sun on Mount Royal Ave Stranded for hour on a chunk of ice SUE MONTGOMERY The Gazette Two fishermen spent more than an hour adrift on a chunk of ice on Lac St. Louis yesterday before two police forces, the fire department and the Coast Guard scrambled through dangerously high winds to rescue them Once rescued, the pair - a married couple in their 40s - were treated for minor shock at the scene but weren't taken to a hospital, said Andre Champagne, an Urgences Sante spokesman ""People are a little stupid, especially with the winter we've had,"" Champagne said, alluding to yesterday's record-high temperature of 10.4 C The two were fishing with another couple about 250 metres out from Thompson Point in the Beaurepaire district of Beaconsfield when the ice began breaking up, said Andre Barsalou, chief of operations for Division 12 of the Montreal fire department ""The ice broke and one couple got separated from the other and were swept out into the lake by the wind,"" Barsalou said The couple were floating on a chunk of ice that was about the size of a large house, he said Their companions, on ice still attached to the shore, called 911 Barsalou sent out two teams of firefighters in rowboats They fought winds that gusted up to 80 kilometres an hour (Environment Canada issued a high-wind warning yesterday) ""I also asked the Surete du Quebec to dispatch a helicopter from Trois-Rivieres as well as the Coast Guard to fly from the Canadian Forces base in Trenton (Ont.)"" he said Once rescued, the woman was ""shook up"" but her male companion was very calm, Barsalou said About a half-hour after the rescue, all the ice broke away from the shore and drifted out into the St. Lawrence River, he said Barsalou advised people to learn from the couple's close call and not go out on the ice now ""It's a very bad time of year,"" he said ""With the mild weather we've been having, the ice is breaking up about three weeks earlier than usual.""",0,0,0,0,0,0
+185,19971122,modern,Ice,"; Gerald Gartner of Roxboro, who was outside his house in February 1996 when a child ran up and said a playmate had gone through the ice on the river Gartner ran to Mille lies River and crawled on the unstable ice to grab the 6-year-old boy Pierre Guy Ricard of Dorval, who dove into Lac St. Louis to rescue a woman trapped inside a boat when it capsized in June 1996 Although the woman didn't survive, Ricard and his son plucked 12 people from the lake Steve D'Astous of Montreal, who was admiring the falls on the Rimouski River in February 1996 with three friends when a chunk of ice broke away and his friends plunged into the river D'Astous saved one, another got out on his own and the third drowned Marie-Eve Renaud of Montreal, who freed a motorist when a CP Rail viaduct began to collapse in July 1996 Hydro told to tighten security",0,0,0,0,0,1
+186,19930112,modern,Ice,"MO - is JT: &S7 I -s GAZETTE PHOTOS, GORDON BECK Police diver drops through Lake of Two Mountains ice, as search for missing 29-year-old man continues Snowmobile discovered under ice near Oka ALYCIA AMBROZIAK THE GAZETTE Police divers plan to resume their search today for a 29-year-old Oka man believed to have died when his snowmobile fell through the ice into the Lake of Two Mountains. Divers yesterday found a snowmobile they think was driven by Terry Tewisha, who was last seen in Hudson at about 11 p.m. Saturday. A leader of Kanesatake's Mohawk community said the snowmobile accident will hit his community hard, as it comes a week after a resident died when a van plunged through the ice. Police, however, were unable to confirm yesterday that the snowmobile was Tewisha's. S没ret茅 du Qu茅bec spokesman Gerard Carrier said visibility under the water ranged from zero to six inches, making it difficult for divers to verify the license-plate number on the sunken snowmobile. ""And we can't pull the snowmobile out because the ice is too thin to carry the weight of a tow truck,"" Carrier said. The lake's depth where the divers conducted their search ranged from 15 to 75 feet. The divers suspended the search at about 4:30 p.m. yesterday but Carrier said they planned to resume today. Tewisha's brother, Norman, as well as his cousin, Jean-Claude Angus, the last person to have seen Tewisha alive on Saturday, were among a group of people who withstood sub-zero temperatures yesterday to watch the three police divers plunge into the frigid waters. Hudson police chief Lewis Hayes said he received a telephone call Sunday afternoon from lakeside residents who saw a helmet on the frozen lake. Next to the helmet were snowmobile tracks leading to a patch of unfrozen water. Anguished brother, Norman Tewisha, watched the search. Hayes said Tewisha's relatives said the helmet belonged to the missing man. Angus said he and Tewisha had been ice fishing all day Saturday. ""When we stopped fishing, we had supper at a Hudson restaurant and then went out for a couple of beers,"" Angus said. ""I left on my snowmobile at about 11 p.m. and Terry said he'd be leaving soon. That's the last I saw of him,"" Angus said. Angus then crossed the lake by snowmobile to his Oka home and had no inkling that anything was amiss until the next morning, when Tewisha's mother called looking for her son. Angus said he and his cousin knew there was some danger in riding their snowmobiles over the frozen lake, especially at night. ""You don't see nothing at night,"" he said. ""I don't know if I'll go back out on the ice again."" On Jan. 3, 22-year-old Andrew Simon of Kanesatake died after the van he was riding in plunged through thin ice on the lake between Hudson and Oka. Three others in the van pulled themselves to safety. Kanesatake Grand Chief Jerry Peltier, who also stood on the lake during the search, said if Tewisha's death is confirmed, it would mark a sad start to the new year. ""If he (Tewisha) died, that makes two tragedies in two weeks for us,"" Peltier said. ""It will be difficult for the community to accept."" Peltier said the band council has issued warnings about the dangers of driving on the ice this year. ""These are the kinds of tragedies that could be avoided had people listened to our warnings as well as the warnings by provincial and local police,"" Peltier said. ""People think that the ice has to be thick because it's January,"" he said. ""But this is an exceptionally mild winter and the ice is not thick."" Police said the ice was only about five inches thick at the spot where police divers conducted their search. ""That's dangerous,"" Peltier said. ""For the ice to be safe, it has to be at least 10, if not 12 inches thick."" Peltier said Tewisha was employed by the Mohawk Band Council through the Kanesatake Forestry Corporation, which clears land for Hydro-Quebec lines. ""He was an outdoor-type person, a really good man,"" he said. Tewisha was single and lived with his parents in Oka. JACK TODD Crushed spirit When police broke her arm, woman's life snapped, too.",1,0,0,0,0,1
+187,19910130,modern,Ice,"Norwegian ship stuck in ice: ST. JOHN'S, Nfld. A Norwegian cargo ship was stuck in thick ice near the coast of western Newfoundland last night but was not in danger of crashing ashore, a search official said. Six people were airlifted by helicopter from the Sea Hawk when the 120-metre ship was trapped near a rocky island in the Bay of Islands area. ""She's got two anchors down in the ice and there's no problem whatsoever,"" said a spokesman from the Search and Rescue Centre in Halifax. Two men, three women and a child, all East Indians, were plucked from the ship by an Armed Forces Labrador helicopter. ""It was snow everywhere,"" said one of the women after she and the others were flown to hospital. ""The island was just a few feet away.""",1,1,0,0,0,0
+188,19981022,modern,Ice,"STRIKES, ICE STORMS He argued that the overtime strike by blue-collar workers in 1997 slowed snow removal. The blue collars are responsible for half the city's snow-clearing. Then last winter, the big ice storm hit the Montreal region, paralyzing the city for a month. Bourque promised that sidewalks and streets would be cleared quickly this winter. Montreal is more fragile because the elderly population is bigger than in the suburbs. It's important that the sidewalks be cleared as soon as possible, Bourque said he would also focus on improving the service by the traffic department. Stop signs and traffic lights would be put up more quickly in trouble spots under a more decentralized system, he said. Although his administration has been studying whether to charge for services directly, Bourque said it's premature to consider the idea at this stage. Proponents of the pay-as-you-go approach believe that installing water meters, for example, would cut needless consumption. We have to stop wasting city services, he said. Is it by taxing each service? I'm not convinced. The proof must be made. We will be very prudent.",1,0,1,1,0,0
+189,20100125,modern,Ice,"S Department of Energy and the CEOs of major firms pay you to review a spa So I use the travel writing not only as a great thing to do but also as a way of researching some of these larger questions that I'm interested in My travel writing is more about Ufa in other countries than which beaches to visit In your book, you talk about the developed world's mistaken belief that it won't be significantly affected by climate change What do you see happening in Quebec? One question will be what happens with the St Lawrence Seaway If we see big reductions in the levels of the Great Lakes then the St Lawrence Seaway may reduce in level That could mean a few things one, that the big ships can't get up into the Great Lakes anymore and Montreal can become a bigger port, another might be the salt-water front in the St Lawrence could move and we'd have to push back our water nitration plants And with more mild winters and increasing winter precipitation, it's possible there will be more ice storms You mention the ice storm of 1998 in your book What are the lessons to be learned from the ice storm here and Hurricane Katrina in the U To read a longer version of this interview, go to montrcalgazetta.com components of modern life - our communications systems, our banking systems, our refrigeration, our heating, all goes So what is sustaining the way we live is actually very narrow and potentially very fragile I was lucky enough to be able to travel with the Canadian military during the ice storm and they did a phenomenal job - that really drove home the importance of having trained professionals who are capable of dealing with emergency situations, something that was visibly lacking in New Orleans There we saw that environmental change can create its own problems, but it can exacerbate existing problems So if you have a society that is already fragmented, where the resources are already stretched, where the emergency services are understaffed and under-equipped, if you have a disruption, everything gets very bad very quickly It's not just that the environment is changing, it's our reaction to that changing environment that really determines how bad the situation will be",1,0,0,0,0,0
+190,19970911,modern,Ice,"But by 1958, the order could no longer support itself and sold the property to real-estate developers. Although every effort is made today to retain the beauty and foundations of Stewart Hall, that was not always the case. As developers drew up plans for high-rise apartments through the winter of 1958-59, the unoccupied building suffered extensive damage from wind, ice and snow. Stewarts to the rescue Concerned neighbors, the Stewarts, saved the building from demolition by anonymously purchasing the property and reselling it to the city of Pointe Claire for $1. The only condition was that the section of land between Lakeshore Rd and Lake St. Louis would remain a park. The city has kept its promise; today, approximately 2,000 people a week enjoy Stewart Hall and its surrounding park. The art gallery on the third floor is home to several exhibitions a year and also offers an art rental-and-sales service. Original works by Canadian artists are available for a monthly fee to members of the Pointe Claire public library. All works are framed and ready to hang at home or the office.",1,0,0,1,1,1
+191,19900320,modern,Ice,"The two dead and the badly injured man were all foreign nationals who may have been from the Philippines, Leclerc said. Seven others who included dock workers and other Alcan employees suffered minor injuries. Names of the dead and injured were not released. Emergency crews, fearing further explosions, evacuated people within a one-kilometre radius of the dock, said Sgt. Lou Muckle of La Baie municipal police. Carolle Gagn茅 picks up bits of broken furniture store window in La Baie. The injured were taken by ambulance to Chicoutimi but the dead were left on board because of the fear of further explosions, he said. The loud explosion broke car windshields and windows within a radius of several kilometres. The sound could be heard clearly at the police station, five kilometres from the dock, where some windows broke, Muckle said. ""We had calls from people who thought it was an earthquake."" The explosion caused extensive structural damage to the ship and damaged buildings in the port. Neither police nor company officials could say how many crew members were on board when the explosion occurred. Floods force families to flee homes Montreal-area communities spared by cooler weather. BECANCOUR Nearly 150 people fled their homes yesterday when the ice-clogged Becancour River, fed by runoff from an early spring thaw, overflowed its banks. The lower part of the community, halfway between Montreal and Quebec, was inundated when an ice jam formed on Sunday night. Elsewhere in Quebec, an icebreaker was at work yesterday in Riviere des Prairies, near Repentigny, to prevent ice from blocking the river. ""There's always a danger,"" said Lise Theberge of the Environment Department's Montreal office, noting that water levels are high. A return to cool, dry weather had lessened the flood danger around Montreal, she added. ""If the warm weather had continued or there had been more rain, we could have had trouble."" Jean-Paul Noel of the Environment Department's Mont茅r茅gie office said yesterday that a few creeks on the South Shore had flooded but no homes or roads were affected. In the village of St. Andre Est, near Lachute, officials called in the Environment Department after the Riviere du Nord was blocked by ice. However, Gilbert Ladouceur, St. Andre's fire chief, said there was no immediate danger. During the weekend, at least 38 families were forced out of their homes in St. Christophe d'Arthabaska, near Victoriaville, and in St. Francois du Lac, east of Sorel. At St. Christophe d'Arthabaska, 78 cows drowned when a barn was flooded. About 200 farm animals were evacuated in the Trois-Rivi猫res region. In the Beauce region south of Quebec City, cooling temperatures kept the Chaudi猫re River from flooding its banks, although sheets of ice, some half a metre thick, lined the shores across the street from Marie-Laure and Antonio Poulin's home in Notre Dame des Pins, near St. Georges. ""We had about two inches of water in the basement on the weekend,"" said Antonio Poulin. His wife added: ""Last year ice and water came up onto the road. Cars couldn't pass. I was afraid my daughter would drown in the car."" GAZETTE, CANADIAN PRESS THE LARGEST and BEST EVER From March 19th to March 23rd",0,0,0,1,0,0
+192,19900816,modern,Ice,"After reviewing data provided by the federal Public Works Department, panel chairman David Barnes said yesterday that the proposed bridge would cause ice buildups that could threaten the fishery in the Northumberland Strait. Barnes said the 13-kilometre bridge could delay the springtime departure of ice in the strait by up to two weeks, delaying the lobster season and possibly altering the marine environment due to reduced water temperatures. ""The fishing community stands to bear the greatest risks,"" Barnes said at a news conference. The panel's report also rejected the proposed link based on damage to the marine environment during construction and the possibility of spills of toxic material being carried over the bridge. After reviewing the findings of the six-member environmental assessment panel, which is not binding on government, federal Public Works Minister Elmer MacKay said: ""I am disappointed that the recommendations by the panel do not provide a clearer indication of how the project can be improved to allow it to proceed."" MacKay, whose department ordered the assessment, said he and Environment Minister Robert de Cotret will now consult their staff, the federal Fisheries Department and the governments of all three Maritime provinces. Over 130 groups and individuals made presentations to the panel earlier this year as it examined the impact of a bridge from Cape Tormentine, N.S. Sales growth mainly on the sluggish economy and increased competition from other restaurants. Prices have increased.",1,0,0,0,0,1
+193,19900205,modern,Storm,"Storm leaves 29 dead in Europe FRANKFURT, West Germany A storm that swept through northern France and West Germany over the weekend with hurricane-strength winds killed at least 29 people and caused widespread property damage, authorities said yesterday. Among the buildings damaged in the region's worst storm in 20 years was the 12th-century cathedral at Chartres, one of the world's most magnificent Gothic structures. ",1,0,0,1,1,1
+194,19900812,modern,Storm,"July 16 Philippine quake was felt in Manila and other parts of northern Luzon Island Earth movements were also felt in the Aleutians, Greece, western Java, central Japan, and in northern and southern portions of California Ironical Storms Frying debris from hurricane Diana killed two people as it slammed into the Mexican state of Veracruz Severe losses to coffee and citrus crops were reported by the state's disaster committee director Earlier, the storm had brought high winds and heavy rains to the Yucatan peninsula Typhoon Winona was expected to make landfall near the Japanese city of Hamamatsu late in the week, and tropical storm Aka was approaching Johnston Island Typhoon Vernon brought drought-stricken Tokyo its first rain in four weeks as it skirted the Japanese coast Tropical storm Cesar churned the Atlantic Winter Storm Torrents and high winds lashed Sydney and its outlying suburbs, killing one man who drowned in a swollen river, ripping the roofs off homes, and downing several power lines Thousands of residents in several low-lying New South Wales villages had to be evacuated because of rising flood waters Monsoon More than three million people have been affected by floods caused by incessant monsoon rains in northern India and northwestern Bangladesh Raging rivers eroded valuable farmland here for more than a year and never once did I ever see Mr Hughes,"" this man told me ""He was up there in the top floor, so far as anybody knows he never left it except to leave the Bahamas Very, very clever man, that Mr Hughes, only he never seemed to be happy about anything ""Are the really clever people ever really happy?",1,0,0,0,0,1
+195,19910612,modern,Storm,"A 36 185 30 88 25 77 20 68 15 59 10 L 50 s 41 0 32 -5 23 -10 M -15 5 -20 -4 -25 aj -13 C QF ma SunrisB 5:05 Sunset 8:43 Temperatures are given in degrees Celsius Today's high C Today's low 1U Montreal Today A ridge of high pressure through northern Ontario will give a cooler, northerly flow Skies will be mainly cloudy with showers and the chance of a few thundershowers Cloudy periods High 25 Low 10 Mainly sunny High 27 Low 15 Almanac Record Max Min 1942 33 1980 Average Yesterday 26 21 Year ago today 26 Normal this date 23 12 Regional synopses Abitibi-Lac St Jean High 16 Low 4 to 6 Morning clouds and showers Clearing later on Laurentians High 18 Low near 6 Cloudy with a chance of scattered showers Eastern Ontario High 21 Low near 10 Cloudy with showers and a chance of thundershowers Southern Ontario High 23 Low near 11 Sunny in the morning Variable cloud with isolated showers in the afternoon Quebec City High 19 Low near 8 Cloudy with showers and the chance of thundershowers Eastern Townships High 20 Low near 8 Cloudy with showers and a chance of thundershowers Northern New England High 26 Low 6 Mainly cloudy with showers and thundershowers Gaspe High 15 to 17 Low near 8 Clouding over with a few showers Lower North Shore High 16 Low near 8 Cloudy with scattered showers Cloudy few showers High 27 Low 11 Cloudy High 30 Low 17 Canada WARM FRONT STATK5NAHY FRONT COLD FRONT TROUGH H L HIGH PRESSURE LOW PRESSURE 17: rrj RAM SNOW THUNDERSTORMS THUNDERSTORMS FREEZING RAIN Iqaluit Cloud Yellowknife Shower Whitehorse Sun Vancouver Shower Victoria Shower Edmonton Shower Calgary Cloud Saskatoon Cloud Regina Sun Winnipeg Cloud Thunder Bay Sun Sudbury Cloud Toronto Cloud Fredericton Shower Halifax Shower Charlottetown Shower St John's Cloud S 8 15 19 18 18 19 20 25 27 29 17 18 23 21 19 19 22 United States Atlanta Boston Chicago Dallas Denver Las Vegas Los Angeles New Orleans New York Phoenix St Louis San Francisco Washington Tstorm Shower Cloud Cloud Sun Cloud Cloud Tstorm Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud Min -41 30 20 29 26 32 31 38 23 31 29 38 32 20 30 Partly cloudy High 26 Low 13 Amsterdam Shower 16 11 Athens Cloud 27 19 Beijing Tstorm 24 22 Berlin Shower 21 13 Copenhagen Rain 18 11 Dublin Shower 16 9 Hong Kong Shower 28 26 Jerusalem Cloud 28 14 Lisbon Cloud 23 15 London Shower 19 12 Madrid Cloud 27 16 Mexico City Cloud 29 14 Moscow Cloud 24 12 Nairobi Sun 26 15 New Delhi Haze 36 31 Paris Shower 19 11 Rio de Janeiro Cloud 22 18 Rome Cloud 23 14 Sydney Rain 17 15 Tokyo Rain 26 22 Asserts Min Wo Acapulco Fair Barbados Cloud Bermuda Cloud Daytona Beach Sun Honolulu Kingston Miami Myrtle Beach Nassau Tampa Sun Fair Cloud Cloud Fair Cloud 30 31 30 31 31 34 32 32 29 32 27 25 22 21 21 26 24 21 24 23 MUSIC Organist John Stephenson performs works by Sweelinck, Vierne, Bach and Mendelssohn at 8 p.m. at the Church of St John the Evangelist, corner of President Kennedy Ave and St Urbain St Freewill offering Organist David Palmer performs works by Bach and Messiaen at 12:30 p.m. at the Christ Church Cathedral, corner of University and St Catherine Sts Pianists Marie-Helene Belanger and Ignace Lai perform works by Bach, Haydn, Debussy, Schubert, Ravel and Mendelssohn at noon at La Chapelle Historique du Bon Pasteur, 100 Sherbrooke St NDP adopts quotas for female candidates OTTAWA - The NDP will add new teeth this fall to a long-standing policy calling for more women candidates in federal elections, the party president said yesterday The aim is to have women standing in 50 per cent of the 295 seats for the House of Commons, Nancy Riche said It's going to be as close to mandatory as you can make it in a democratic process, Riche said An amendment to the party constitution adopted with little opposition at the party's Halifax convention last weekend gives the federal council the authority to set affirmative-action guidelines for candidate nominations Party activists hope the council will adopt the new rules in October so they will be ready for the next federal election The rules would probably be applied to clusters of ridings, so that about half the candidates in a given area would be women Incumbents would be exempt, so that a man sitting as an MP would not be turfed out to make way for a woman Five of the party's 43 MPs are women, including leader Audrey McLaughlin Rape victims deplore jail release EDMONTON Six Alberta women who were victims of rapist Larry Takahashi will present a list of concerns for federal Justice Minister Kim Campbell at a meeting Friday with Edmonton-area MPs In addition to being concerned because Takahashi has been receiving recreational passes from a prison in British Columbia, the women said they are upset that rape is not considered serious enough to bring about a change in release laws The women, who met Monday at the Sexual Assault Centre in Edmonton, made an audiotape about their emotional scars because of the attacks One woman talked about the guilt she has carried for a decade because she told Takahashi to rape her and not kill her Another spoke of the anguish in new sexual relationships when she feels uneasy doing what I had been made to do at knifepoint Among the women's demands: time actually served should be more reflective of long sentences, different parole eligibility guidelines should apply to serial rapists, victims should have the right to know of changes in an inmate's status, such as parole or recreational passes, victims should receive resources for rehabilitation just as offenders do, mandatory perusal of victim impact statements at temporary absence or parole hearings Storms pound Saskatchewan REGINA Winds of up to 100 kilometres per hour flipped over a semi tractor trailer and tore up trees in Regina as severe thunderstorms pounded southern Saskatchewan yesterday Funnel clouds were sighted in the northwest part of the city and in the surrounding countryside, and a tornado was spotted at Gravelbourg, 90 kilometres southwest of Moose Jaw RCMP had no reports of damage in the area A funnel cloud becomes a tornado when it touches the ground The fire department in Regina responded to several calls about lightning strikes, and one house fire was also reported Mark Gerlyand, a severe weather specialist with Environment Canada, said it was some of the worst weather he's ever seen Pig helps environmentalists ARICHAT, N Inventor says spray cools car ED TAYLOR COX NEWS SERVICE WASHINGTON It sounds too good to be true, but an Alexandria, Va.-based inventor claims to have developed an aerosol spray that will instantly cool off the interior of a car parked in the baking sun The product, called Instant Car Kooler, will soon be available at auto-parts, hardware and drugstores, said Kathryn McGeehan, marketing manager for General Innovations Inc, the company that developed and sells the mixture The inventor, Alexandria physicist Domingo Tan, said the mixture of water and ethanol cools a car in much the same way that a rainstorm cools off air temperatures during the summer Air molecules move fast when they're hot and slowly when they're cool, Tan said When the Instant Car Kooler is sprayed into a hot car, the hot-air molecules collide with the spray droplets The result is the molecules of hot air lose much of their energy and cool down immediately He said that 30 to 60 seconds of spraying will reduce the temperature up to 40 degrees, dropping a scorching interior to tolerable temperatures It also will take some of the heat out of too-hot-to-touch surfaces such as steering wheels and seatbelt buckles, and it can make air-conditioners operate more efficiently if it is sprayed around ducts, he said Because the mixture flows from the can in a fine mist that dissipates quickly, it doesn't drench car seats or other surfaces, Tan added An unscientific test of the product indicated the spray does indeed cool off car interiors However, in the hottest climates, cars can get so hot that it may take considerably more than one minute of spraying to bring the temperature down to a comfortable level In one car that was left in the sun, the initial interior temperature was off the scale of the thermometer used for the test After 60 seconds of spraying, the temperature was down to 135 degrees Fahrenheit, still uncomfortably hot In another car equipped with tinted windows to keep out heat, the initial temperature was 140 degrees After one minute of spraying, the temperature was down to 130, and after two minutes 120 degrees The can shouldn't be left inside the car because it could burst if stored in temperatures above 130 degrees The tests suggest the product works best when used with other temperature-controlling devices such as tinted windows and car shades Tan, 57, who received his PhD in physics from the University of California at Berkeley, got the idea for his product about 20 years ago when his son complained about getting into hot cars Tan thought about the natural cooling processes of rain and decided to apply the same principle in a product that would cool off car interiors After receiving a patent in 1989, Tan sold nearly a million cans in Japan, Korea and other Asian countries Now the company is gearing up to sell the product throughout the United States Vests save New York policemen NEW YORK TIMES NEW YORK Two police officers were shot in the Bronx by an apparently deranged man who had attacked another officer minutes earlier and stolen his gun, the police said Neither officer was seriously injured because their bulletproof vests stopped the slugs The gunman, identified as Everton Brown, 33, of the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn, was arrested after he emptied the stolen .38-calibre service revolver at seven officers from the 44th Precinct who were chasing him up a staircase, the police said A shot went off, Peter Segreti, one of the officers chasing the suspect, said When we got to the second floor, the officer was laying down, saying I'm shot! I'm shot! It looked like a war He was laying there and they pulled him out of the line of fire One of the bullets hit Alberto Morales, 35, squarely in his badge, twisting the metal shield but failing to penetrate the Kevlar vest underneath Another officer, Patrick Rodriguez, 24, was struck in the lower right chest and knocked down Though the vest stopped the slug, Rodriguez was admitted to Columbia Presbyterian Medical Centre for observation Trapped on the fourth floor, Brown hurled the empty revolver at the officer and was subdued after a struggle THE GAZETTE WILL NOT BE PUBLISHED ON MONDAY, JUNE 24th ST JEAN BAPTISTE HOLIDAY OUR ADVERTISING DEPARTMENTS WILL BE CLOSED ALL DAY ADVERTISING SUNDAY, JUNE 23rd RESERVATIONS FOR PROOF ADS DISPLAY ADVERTISING CAREERS CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING TUESDAY, JUNE 25th RESERVATIONS FOR PROOF ADS DISPLAY ADVERTISING CAREERS CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26th RESERVATIONS FOR PROOF ADS DISPLAY ADVERTISING CAREERS CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING BIRTH AND DEATH NOTICES Will be accepted at 987-2311 from 12 noon to 4 p.m. on Monday June 24 for Tuesday Paper THURSDAY JUNE 27th ZONED EDITIONS WEST ISLAND AND SOUTH SHORE RESERVATIONS FOR PROOF ADS DISPLAY ADVERTISING CAREERS CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING JULY 6th ISSUE RESERVATIONS FOR ADVERTISING PROOF ADS DEADLINES DEADLINES 5 P.M. 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. Patrick Cor-dingley, deputy commander of British land forces in the war, praised the 25 Canadian soldiers who fought with the British in the war as exchange personnel Another 50 helped the British with logistics Yesterday, the officers talked easily about their close calls during the war and their adjustment to peace Capt. Brad Dolan, 33, of Girvin, Sask., now stationed with the Royal Air Force in England flew air patrols over Kuwait and Iraq in a British Tornado F-3 fighter He recalled how he'd see the launch of Iraqi missiles from the ground To avoid the missile, he'd shoot metal debris into the air to confuse the projectile Unfair trials Amnesty condemns Kuwait's war courts ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK Kuwait is torturing prisoners and conducting unfair trials of those accused of collaborating with Iraq, Amnesty International said yesterday The human-rights organization issued the condemnation after the first alleged wartime collaborator was sentenced to death in Kuwait over the weekend Unfair trials are bad enough in cases where defendants face penalties of imprisonment, 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, Hussein Medical City-led troops ousted them from Kuwait during the Gulf war earlier this year Adair said firefighting teams have now extinguished 157 oil-well fires Need more water The Kuwaiti government and one of the other three firefighting teams working with Adair's team to extinguish the Kuwaiti fires said they could be put out within a year No way, Adair told the senators But Adair predicted the time it would take to put out the remaining fires could be cut in half if enough water and proper equipment are provided Environmental Protection Agency Administrator William Reilly told the same panel that the Kuwaitis are losing an estimated billion dollars every 10 days to two weeks on the burning oil In his testimony, Reilly repeated statements he made to reporters Monday that we do not see the kind of acute (health) effects that we had feared Reilly said the Kuwaiti oil fires have sent up surprisingly little deadly sulphur dioxide fumes Saudi Arabia plans to boost oil output in response to an expected strong increase in demand and prices late this year, helping the kingdom pay its remaining share of the cost of the Persian Gulf war, Saudi officials and other sources in Riyadh told the Washington Post Saudis to increase output But the added revenue will fall far short of covering the approximately $25 billion Saudi Arabia still must find to cover its expenses this year, the sources said By increasing daily output to 8.5 million per day from 8 million, the Saudis could collect an additional $25.5 million each day, or almost $800 million a month, at the projected price levels The kingdom is in the midst of a five-year plan to lift production capacity to 10 million barrels daily The kingdom's debt to the United States will be paid off by June 30 as promised, government officials said Saudi Arabia agreed to pay the United States $10 billion to help defray the cost of Operation Desert Storm AFP Watching and waiting: Leyo Bautista, a Philippine seismologist watches Mount Pinatubo from Clark Air Base before the volcano erupted today With rumors rife that Escobar will surrender this week, town officials took possession on Monday of a mountain tree farm that has been converted into a high-security jail for him Situated at the end of a narrow, twisting dirt road, the new jail offers a commanding view of Envigado, Escobar's home town Working in the cool and thin air of 2,400 metres, a local contractor surrounded the estate with watchtowers and a six-metre fence topped with concertina wire Inside the fence, workers built a soccer field and a series of one-storey, red tile-roofed buildings housing 12 cells, offices and a room Water, water everywhere through a flooded street yesterday Europeans may delay ban on some Canadian furs REUTER BRUSSELS Pressure from Canada and the United States may persuade the European Community to delay imposing a ban on imported furs from animals trapped using cruel methods, EC diplomats said yesterday EC environment ministers are expected to decide on the proposed halt to imports at a two-day meeting starting tomorrow Under discussion is a ban on imports of furs from 13 species of wild animal, including the wolf, lynx and badger, from countries where so-called leg-hold traps and other methods considered inhumane are still used The ban would start in January 1995 under current plans The traps which snap tightly shut on their victims, often breaking their limbs and causing a slow, painful death would also be banned within the 12-country EC beginning with the start of 1993 But the diplomats said Canada and the United States, which would be hit by the move, were lobbying hard for the import ban to be put back to allow more time for more humane traps to be developed Imports from the Soviet Union would also be affected The dates should be based on scientific evidence of when other traps will be available, one U 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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. that day, two minutes after the lights went out Hydro vice-president Jean-Claude Roy told reporters that the utility had been warned about the storms one week before they hit and had taken precautions He said Hydro had followed recommendations that called for a 10-percent reduction in the power load carried by transmission lines from James Bay Power lines in British Columbia and Ontario were affected by that storm, but National Research Council scientists said Quebec's system was hardest hit because its hydro-electric system extends farthest north and because all its transmission lines are connected Senior Hydro-Quebec officials couldn't be reached for comment last night, but Pierre Goyette, working in Hydro's power-failure department in Montreal, said he knew nothing about the expected storms The U.S. agency said today's storms will be caused by intense flare-ups of a disturbed area of the sun that is about 50 times the size of the Earth AP, GALETTE I FINAL FIRE SALE $600,000 Value ALL CARPETS WILL BE SOLD BELOW COST! 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+196,19910707,modern,Storm,"Y asked him to have a game of catch one night after dinner. Two days later, Hoff was pitching for Ossining against nearby Croton. He won. The next week, in Tarrytown, Hoff won again. Earned spot as reliever. The day after that, Hoff said, a friend of the family, a Wall Street broker (Al Buckhout) who was friends with Mr. Chase, went and told him he had a young ball player up in Ossining and wondered if he could get a tryout, Hoff said. So I went down and tried out. Chase, who died in 1947, was so impressed that he gave Hoff a spot on the New York staff as a reliever. He says, ""See that locker over there? There's a uniform and that's for you,"" Hoff said. ""Come out with our regular players today."" So after only two semi-pro games, Hoff was a big-leaguer. But his time in the majors would be brief. After spending portions of the 1911, '12 and '13 seasons with the Yankees, Hoff's career ground to a halt in 1915 with the St. Louis Browns, who were managed by Branch Rickey. When the rival Federal League folded in 1916, its players pushed out journeymen like Hoff. In his first appearance, Chet Hoff struck out Ty Cobb. In his last, he got Shoeless Joe Jackson to ground out. But Hoff's short stay in the big leagues, his contemporaries included Connie Mack, Tris Speaker, Rogers Hornsby, Walter Johnson and Smoky Joe Wood, was filled with experiences of a lifetime. Hoff said he once struck out Jim Thorpe, only to let him get a hit his next time up just so I could see him run. Hoff pitched both games of a doubleheader in the minors in 1915, a performance that unknown to him was witnessed by Rickey, who immediately brought Hoff up to the Browns. The last big-league batter he ever faced was Shoeless Joe, who grounded out to second. Cobb is the subject of one of Hoff's favorite stories. Detroit was in town, and I was on the bench, and some fans up in the stands were getting on Cobb, and he couldn't take it anymore, said Hoff, who played with Cobb's barnstorming All-Stars while he was a Yank. Well, Cobb went up in the stands and beat a guy up. He did his duty and came right back. Cobb was ejected, and the abusive fan who happened to be crippled was kicked out of the park. They hated him because he was a good player and a rough player, Hoff said. But when he got out of a baseball uniform and came home to dinner, he was the greatest fellow you ever wanted to talk with. Hoff's career numbers were modest: a 2-4 record and that 2. S poet laureate Howard Nemerov, 71, dies. ASSOCIATED PRESS ST. LOUIS. Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Howard Nemerov, who served two years as poet laureate of the United States, has died of cancer, a spokesman said yesterday. He was 71. Nemerov died Friday night at his home, said Washington University vice-chancellor Fred Volkmann. Nemerov was poet laureate from 1988 to 1990, then returned to Washington University, where he had taught since 1969. 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. Today, tomorrow, my whole life through, I'll always love and long for you. Forever in my heart, your loving husband Dave. An estimated 250,000 Jews died in Lithuania at the hands of the Nazis during World War II. The residents of Vilnius's Jewish ghetto, which was all but wiped out, once accounted for 40 per cent of the city's population. But 50 years after the war and decades of Communist Party rule, there are only 7,000 Jews left in this Baltic republic. Of those who remained after the war, thousands emigrated to the United States and Israel during those periods when Moscow allowed such movement. In the last two years alone, about 4,000 Jews have left Lithuania. Yet a spark remains. Some 2,500 Jews have become members of the new centre. It is hard work since so many have left, Bargman said. People had been taught to be afraid to speak about their memories. Not anymore. Education so far has been the focal point. Programs have been established at the cultural centre to NEW YORK TIMES NORTHAMPTON, Mass. There was a time when talk about sewers in this New England city drew little more than a sniff from buttoned-down residents here. But eight years ago, all that began to change. Four crime-fighting turtles, armed with karate chops, wacky weapons and adolescent wisecracks crawled from the storm drains into comic books aided by two local cartoonists. And, dudes, the rest has been Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle history. As the story goes, the Turtles were mutated to human-size by contaminated sewer ooze, then trained as Ninja warriors by a similarly afflicted mouse with an Asian background. Named for Renaissance painters, the slime-green warriors have gone international with astounding success. The Turtles, and related paraphernalia like Pizza Thrower tanks and Flushomatic torture chambers, peace, love and free condoms. They came in droves, in pink and purple and psychedelic Volkswagen buses zipping along the main drag of Route 100, a welcome sight to local storeowners who said they did roughly twice their usual business because of the influx. Wearing tie-dye T-shirts and crystals, beads, peace symbols and marijuana leaves around their necks, they ranged from telephone company executives to social workers to students. But for the week they left behind society's norms and were Sunshine, Moonshadow, Joy or no name at all. We came to get away from Babylon, today's society, the rat race, the system, said Sunshine, 21, of Traverse City, Mich, whose real name is Nikki McDougall. Nemerov Pulitzer Prize winner. THANKS to St. Jude for prayers answered. She didn't think much about her loss. Only in the late 1960s did it begin to nag at her. She moved back to Kahnawake full-time after her husband died in 1970. But no longer could she live freely on the reserve where her family had lived for generations. No longer could she own property there or vote in band elections. No longer could she be buried with her family members in Indian burial grounds. That was the worst, she recalls. With us it's a ritual to be buried with our people. That was my main fight. Steely determination. It became an 18-year skirmish with what she saw as flagrant injustice. With steely determination she wrote letters and briefs, gave speeches, appeared before commissions, defended her principles in forums large and small and helped found two groups: the provincial Equal Rights for Indian Women in 1967, and the national Indian Rights for Indian Women in 1974. In 1985, her work paid off. The Indian Act was changed, righting a century of wrong. Two-Axe Earley was the first native woman to be officially re-enfranchised. I could find no greater tribute to your long years of work, David Crombie, who was Indian Affairs minister at the time, wrote her. Since then tens of thousands of native women and their children including Ovide Mercredi, national chief of the Assembly of First Nations have regained status. The walls of Two-Axe Earley's Kahnawake home are covered in the awards and honors she's received including an honorary law degree from York University, a tribute that touches her more than any other. But Two-Axe Earley paid a price. She faced stubborn opposition from government officials and fierce resistance from many Indians, especially at reserves like Kahnawake where the discriminatory provisions were strictly enforced. The worst blow for Two-Axe Earley came in 1973, while she was at a conference in Mexico City. During a phone call to her daughter, she learned the Kahnawake chiefs had used the Indian Act to evict her from the ancestral home built by her great-grandfather, which she, an only child, had inherited. Two-Axe Earley turns 80 this October. She says she's tired, that her battling days are over, that she's earned a rest. But she still follows events closely and her passionate opinions betray an inner spirit that shows no signs of waning. OTTAWA CITIZEN Mary Two-Axe Earley, 79, lost native rights by marrying outside tribe. Wildlife Fund, out to stop Windy Craggy copper mine. SARAH DAVISON WHITEHORSE STAR WHITEHORSE, Yukon. One of the largest environmental organizations in the world is going for the jugular in a fight against the proposed Windy Craggy copper mine in northwestern British Columbia. The World Wildlife Fund boasts 2 million members worldwide. It says it is targeting a group believed to be a major shareholder in the project, the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System. The Windy Craggy mine could generate 600 jobs and contribute one per cent of the world's copper production. But its location, surrounded by Alaska's Glacier Bay National Park, the Wrangell St. Elias and Kluane National Park, has spawned opposition from international environmental groups. They say Windy Craggy ore has a high sulphur content, which could devastate the Tatshenshini River salmon fishery with acid rock drainage. They say that the firm is relying upon unproven technology for prevention of an ecological disaster of major proportions. A recent article in the Globe and Mail stated that the Ontario employees' pension plan owns about 25 per cent of Geddes Resources Ltd., the company behind the Windy Craggy proposal. The environmental coalition could delay the project in the courts for 10 years, he said. Our message is we're tying this thing up and don't think we don't have the ability to do it on both sides of the border. I'll win vote in spring '93 - Mulroney. CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO. Prime Minister Brian Mulroney says he'll lead his party to victory in a spring 1993 election because other parties offer voters no viable alternatives. In an interview in Ottawa, he told a Toronto newspaper the government will probably call the election before the Tories' five-year mandate runs out in November 1993. It looks like spring 1993. We'll see how the party is in Toronto (at the party's national convention) in August (1992). Mulroney said he has no intention of resigning, despite the unpopularity of such measures as the goods-and-services tax. Two years before the last election, the NDP were at 44 per cent and we were at 18 per cent to 19 per cent, he said. We're just about the same. He said a leader of an industrialized country facing grave economic circumstances who quits because of popularity polls should be shot, because he or she resisted the opportunity to do the tough things. Well, we haven't. Tornadoes rip Saskatchewan. CANADIAN PRESS REGINA. Tornadoes tore across south-central Saskatchewan yesterday, touching down in about a half-dozen locations. Environment Canada spokesman Glenn Hamilton said there were no reports of injuries or damage from the storms, which dropped hailstones the size of golf balls. Hamilton said he had reports from eyewitnesses who saw two or three tornadoes spinning wildly around each other. He said the first report came from people at Canadian Forces Base Moose Jaw for an air show. People at the control tower videotaped a tornado touching down west of Moose Jaw. Hamilton said the storm was heading southeast toward Manitoba and North Dakota. 2 men face charges in Mountie's beating. CANADIAN PRESS REGINA. Two men will face attempted murder charges in a Saskatoon court tomorrow in connection with the brutal beating of an RCMP officer north of Regina. Const. Scott McMurchy of the Southey detachment was overpowered early Friday morning by three men after a high-speed chase through back roads near Edenwold, 45 kilometres northeast of Regina. The two men were arrested in Saskatoon Friday evening. McMurchy, 22, was listed in stable condition in a Regina hospital with severe head injuries. RCMP continued searching for a third suspect. SOLD OUT IIU: HAMILTON, WINNIPEG, EDMONTON, CALGARY, PORTLAND. ""It was one of the most thrilling days of my life!"" Shirley Hartford Century 21. ""After taking your seminar I became the number one salesman in Canada."" Daniel Piette Dun & Bradstreet. ""This was the best seminar I have ever attended! I'm glad to say I can't see any way it could be improved upon."" George Nicholas Trident Office Systems. ""My income jumped $125,000 as a direct result of what I learned."" Robert Giambrone Sherwood Jewelers. ""Last year I attended this seminar. As a direct result of what I learned, my sales tripled. 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Eastern Ontario High 30, Low near 18, Variable cloudiness. Southern Ontario High 33, Low near 24, Sunny and hot. Quebec City High 26, Low near 16, Partly cloudy, Chance of showers or thundershowers. Eastern Townships High 28 to 30, Low near 18, Partly cloudy, Chance of showers or thundershowers. Northern New England High 31, Low near 18, Partly cloudy, humid. Gaspe High 18 to 20, Low near 12 to 14, Increasing cloudiness, Chance of a shower. Lower North Shore High 18 to 20, Low near 14, Cloudy with scattered showers. Partly cloudy High 9ft, Low 18 World Mm. Cloudy 28 17 Tstorm 27 19 Tstorm 32 23 Cloudy 28 17, Cloudy 29 13 Haze 21 14 Showers 31 28 Mist 27 16 Pcloudy 23 14 Haze 28 17 Cloudy 26 14 Rain 16 13 Cloudy 24 14 Sunny 22 16 Dust 41 32 Pcloudy 31 19 Sunny 22 18 Mist 28 18 Sunny 18 12 Showers 32 22 Amsterdam Athens Beijing Berlin Copenhagen Dublin Hong Kong Jerusalem Lisbon London Madrid Mexico City Moscow Nairobi New Delhi Paris Rio de Janeiro Rome Sydney Tokyo Resorts. Mix Min 33 25 31 24 31 26 33 22 32 21 34 26 33 25 34 24 32 23 32 24 Acapulco Barbados Bermuda Daytona Beach Honolulu Kingston Miami Myrtle Beach Nassau Tampa Pcloudy Pcloudy Pcloudy Tstorm Sunny Cloudy Pcloudy Pcloudy Fair Tstorm. GAZETTE MARIE-FRANCE COALUER two deaths. Finals go today at 11 a.m. Lake Placid, N. THE GAZETTE, MONTREAL, SUNDAY, JULY 7, 1991. RELATIONSHIPS Cheryl PSOS Lavin PSH 6ATING PgjPl i-Biggest fights often take place out of ring. Have you ever said too much? Have you ever gone too far? Were words spoken and deeds done that made it impossible to go back? Here are some fights that didn't take place in a boxing ring, but maybe they should have. Ted: It was September 1984, the beginning of my senior year of college. One evening I was returning to my apartment with a young lady I had recently met. By sheer chance, we passed Nancy, whom I had dated junior year and corresponded with all summer. I said hi, but received no reply. Although we had never discussed whether we were dating each other exclusively, I realized she felt betrayed. Meanwhile, the young lady I was with and I went to my apartment, to my room, to listen to Japes. We had only been there several moments when the door came flying open, breaking the chain in the process. It was Nancy. She stormed over to my dresser and slammed down a note, the contents of which I will probably never forget. It contained a lot of four-letter words. Then she stormed out. Our paths crossed several times during that year and she refused to even look at me, let alone talk about what happened. Two years later, this incident still bothered me, so I tracked her down and sent her an apologetic letter. In her reply, she said my letter only dredged up old, bitter feelings and she didn't appreciate being reminded of them. That was four years ago and it still sticks in my mind. I still wonder, occasionally, what would have happened if I hadn't bumped into her, if it had not occurred. Kevin: On Christmas Eve a few years ago, my wife Connie and I began to argue just as she was picking a tray of big, freshly baked gingerbread men out of the oven. They were for Christmas dinner at my mother's house and we just happened to be arguing about my mother. Well, in her anger, Connie threw the whole tray of gingerbread men off the floor, and then I, enraged, countered by stomping on them and kicking them around the kitchen. It was pathetic. All these poor, innocent gingerbread men - decapitated, their arms and legs scattered all over. By the time we went to bed, we had made up, and we laughed hysterically. The next morning, Connie baked a new batch of gingerbread men. Guess what I found while sweeping under the refrigerator six months later? Yes! A torso and two legs. Him or me. Victor: I was going with a young lady for almost five years and had every intention of marrying her when I found out she was dating someone else. I gave her an ultimatum: him or me. She said she was trying to find out if our love was the real thing and she had to date others to be sure. I ranted and raved and cried and told her if she couldn't decide after dating me for five years and him for a few months, then I was talking. No goodbye, no wish-you-well, no if-you-ever-need-a-friend, nothing. It was as if someone had ripped out the last chapter of a beautiful love story, no real ending, the main character left hanging in the wind. It's now been almost 20 years and both of us have had failed marriages. We've rarely spoken a word over the years, but I've thought about her a thousand times. We recently had our class reunion and, as we spoke, I felt emotions I hadn't felt in a long time. She gave me her phone number and told me to call her. I've had it for six months now and I've picked up the phone 50 times, but I can't bring myself to call. I'm not sure if it's because I'm still angry that she dumped me or afraid I'll fall for her again and it will happen all over again. They say time heals all wounds, but what about scars? CHICAGO TRIBUNE. If you had an unforgettable fight? Send your tale, along with your name, address and day and evening telephone number, to Dating, Cheryl Lavin, c/o TIM atetti, Living Section, 250 St. Antoine St. W., Montreal, M2Y 3R7. Letters become the property of the column and may be used in whole or in part for any purpose. Clash of styles makes family holiday awkward. By the time you read this, I will be gone. On holiday. I have three weeks coming to me and, by gum, I intend to enjoy them. Like work-weary folk everywhere who've counted down the days, hours and minutes till vacation time starts, I am ready for a break. By the time you read this, the family and I will be somewhere down the St. Lawrence or in New Brunswick, on our way to Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. We decided a few months ago that this would be our year to rediscover some of Canada, and the Maritimes seemed like a pretty nice place to start. So I have been saving and booking, planning and dreaming, gearing up, in short, for the Perfect Holiday, one which will (I'm determined) see every family member have a red-letter good time. We will enjoy ourselves. If only we could agree on what makes a Perfect Holiday. This is a problem. Family members, with that annoying innate propensity to be unique individuals with unique and widely divergent interests, all have different concepts of what the perfect ways are to pass leisure time. Take the two adults in my family, for starters. Though we've built a life together on a million shared interests and inclinations, we have a fundamental U.",0,0,0,0,0,0
+197,19911112,modern,Storm,"NOVEMBER 12, 1991 W lit ir: H AV H Big Owe will cost $25 million more: Vallerand Officials say roof beams must be fixed to protect $2-billion investment IRWIN BLOCK THE GAZETTE Add another $25 million or so to the cost of the Olympic Stadium. That's the bill emerging for assorted costs following the rips in the stadium's Kevlar roof last June and the collapse of a 55-ton beam in September. Both Andri Vallerand, minister responsible for the Olympic Installations Board, and Board president Pierre Bibeau confirmed yesterday that the Quebec Treasury Board has been asked to approve an additional credit of $20 million for unexpected stadium costs. Vallerand said this breaks down to about $10 million to repair and strengthen beams and about $5 million for consultants and roof repairs. The total includes a fund of about $5 million for possible compensation to organizers of the Salon de l'Agriculture that had to be cancelled and the Montreal Expos baseball team for 13 games that couldn't be played at the stadium. The Expos are seeking $3.8 million for lost revenue, Bibeau said. Vallerand has been asked to approve a strategy of paying out-of-court compensation as a way of avoiding costly court battles and maintaining good public relations, Vallerand said. The $20 million figure, however, does not include the cost of the international team of experts that will study alternatives to the retractable roof and examine the structure, Bibeau said. Nor does it include about half a million spent to purchase more fabric to patch up the roof once it's in place should it happen to tear again. All that adds up to about $5 million, Bibeau said. Nor does it account for the possible cost of reinforcing the roof, a process that Vallerand said may be necessary before the stadium is reopened to the public, possibly in time for the auto show in January. ""The schedule is tight,"" Vallerand conceded at a news conference called to announce a new undergraduate degree course in hotel management at the University du Quebec a Montreal. ""This (stadium) is a piece of equipment that has already drained sufficient public funds, more than $2 billion. Debt is still about half a billion,"" Vallerand said. ""Before saying we should scrap this, we should think twice. We are near a solution that will allow us to use the building in complete safety. It is safe for the public. We just have to find a solution for using the stadium in the winter."" Bibeau, in a separate interview, appeared less sanguine about the need to bolster the roof for winter reopening. His remarks suggested that, although he accepts Vallerand's approach, he does not agree with it. ""I don't know exactly how Mr. Vallerand intends to strengthen the roof,"" Bibeau said. ""He gives a certain interpretation to certain engineering reports. We don't share this opinion, but the important thing is that he makes the decisions. We always said the roof was solid for the winter. For the summer, that's another problem. The roof is safe. It might not be 100 percent dependable, but it is safe. If there were another break, it would not threaten the safety of people inside the stadium."" Dorion mayoral result stands as judge rejects bid for recount There won't be a judicial recount in Dorion's mayoral race, which Jean Lemaire won by 29 votes. Quebec Court Judge Raymond Boyer ruled on Friday that there were no reasonable grounds for a recount. ""The judge said there was no proof that there were irregularities at the polls,"" said Jean Lemaire, 48, who was sworn in as mayor last night. Robert Goyer, who lost the race 1,293 votes to 1,264, had asked for a recount because there were 65 spoiled ballots on election night. Goyer, a former city councillor and retired CBC employee, said he was disappointed with the judge's decision. ""I don't understand why they can have a recount in Outremont and we can't have one in Dorion,"" Goyer said. However, Lemaire said he is confident he can work with the four councillors who were elected on Goyer's slate because their platforms were similar. Both camps called for a socio-economic study to determine whether Dorion should merge services with neighboring Vaudreuil. They were also opposed to the previous council's proposal to spend $1 million to build a new police and fire station. Sixty-four percent of Dorion's 2,622 eligible voters cast their ballots in the municipal election. Former Mayor Andre Bourbonnais retired this year after eight years in office. Red Cross seeks funds for Haiti The Quebec Division of the Canadian Red Cross will launch an appeal for funds today to deal with what it describes as an emergency in Haiti. Money raised is to be turned over to the Haitian Red Cross to help care for thousands of sick and wounded victims, it said in a statement. The drive is supported by the association of expatriate Haitian doctors and the Bureau de la Communaut�� Chr��tienne des Ha?tiens de Montreal. Vote set in PSBGM French sector Parents in the French sector of the Protestant School Board of Greater Montreal vote Thursday on their choice for two school commissioners. Voting will be done at all schools between 8 a.m. and 7 p.m. Parents should vote at their child's school. If they have children in both elementary and secondary school, they should go to the elementary school to vote. There are five candidates running for the two positions. Marc Arnold and Monique Begin are competing to represent the French-sector elementary schools; Marcel Cloutier, Jean-Elie Felix and Louis Lafleur are running for the position to represent high schools. Catholic schools hold open house Ever been curious about whether kids these days are learning the same things you did? If so, you might want to check out the open house at the downtown Sheraton Centre last night, where Montrealers grabbed seven of 10 spots available on the national fashion design competition. The event featured students from various colleges showcasing their designs. Winning numbers Monday, La Quotidienne-4 8-1-0-8 (in order) La Quotidienne-3 0-1-8 (in order) Banco 12-19-21-22-24-28-29 34-35-39-40-42-44-46-48-49-52-54-56-66 CENTREPIECE If snow begins to fly, it could be tough sledding MIKE KING and MICHELLE LALONDE THE GAZETTE A little windblown yesterday, Montrealers were otherwise undamaged when a threatened storm failed to materialize, but the going could get tough if snow falls before Friday morning. Montreal's blue-collar workers are scheduled to start their latest walkout this morning. 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. The city's final offer is a 5-percent wage hike in 1991, another 2 percent next year and 40 hours of pay for 37.5 hours worked over five days. The current contract expires Dec. 31. City officials are asking residents to keep their household wastes inside until curbside pickup is back in operation once the strike ends at 10:04 a.m. Friday. After preparing for the first big snowstorm yesterday, many Montrealers are ready for the worst. ""We were expecting up to 10 centimetres of snow, but it was mostly rain and ice pellets most of the day,"" said meteorologist Phil Sigouin from the Dorval weather station. Sigouin said weather warnings were issued because of high winds of 40 to 60 kilometres per hour. ""With winds like that, even a little snow can cause problems,"" Sigouin said. Still the false alarm served as a warning. The downtown Canadian Tire was selling an unusual quantity of windshield scrapers, snow brushes, wiper blades, and antifreeze, said manager Guy Couillard. By early afternoon, the store had run out of Traction Aid, a metal device which is wedged under the wheels of ice-bound cars. Plan for new Forum wrong: heritage groups A plan to build two office towers and a new Forum around Windsor Station will make important rail lines less useful and create heavy traffic, local heritage activists say. Jeremy Searle, of the heritage group A L'Action Montreal, and architect Michael Fish said at a news conference yesterday anyplace would be better than the Windsor Station area for a new Forum. ""I'm delighted to see the empty areas around Windsor Station developed,"" said Fish, ""But I draw the line on this kind of density."" 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. Flipped open a copy of Shirley Hazzard's The Transit of Venus, like most of my books these days purchased at Russell's, used or remaindered, thus inexpensive. An expressionistic work about the potential horrors of genetic engineering. Momentum, presented by Nuits Blanches at 8 p.m. at Theatre La Chapelle, 3700 St. Dominique St. Fiddler on the Roof, a revival of last year's hit production of the Broadway musical, presented by Dora Wasserman's Yiddish Theatre Company, at 8 p.m. at the Saidye Bronfman Centre, 5170 C?te Ste. Catherine Rd. Anne Est Morte, by Rene-Daniel Dubois, at 8 p.m. at Cafe de la Place, Place des Arts. Suicide, murder and a passionate volley of words by one of Quebec's foremost playwrights. It's a premiere. Anton, a Chekhovian satire on Westmount society by Harry Standjofski, at 8:30 p.m. at the Strathern Theatre, 3680 Jeanne Mance St. Presented by Point of View Productions. Scalpel du Diable, by Jean-Francois Caron, at 8:30 p.m. at La Licorne Restaurant Theatre, 4559 Papineau St. A comedy set in the year 2005 about a teenage author who stirs up a storm with her prose. Tickets cost $20. Le Faucon, by Marie Laberge, (in French) at 8 p.m. at Theatre Jean Duceppe, Place des Arts. The premiere of new work by Quebec's leading lady playwright. Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet), by Ann-Marie MacDonald, at 8 p.m. at the Centaur Theatre, 453 St. Francois Xavier St. A madcap Shakespearean scholar tumbles into Othello and Romeo and Juliet. La Trilogie des Brassard, by Michel Tremblay, at 8 p.m. at Theatre d'Aujourd'hui, 3888 St. Denis St. Voili ce Qui se Passe a Orangeville, by Miliar Lutoja, (in French) at 8:30 p.m. at Salle Fred Barry, 4353 St. Catherine St. Murder in Orangeville Ont. is the subject of this bizarre work making its French premiere. Tickets cost $15 and $18. 24-hour English theatre information hotline, presented by the Quebec Drama Federation phone T-H-E-A-T-R-E (843-2873). CLUBS Club Balattou, 4372 St. Laurent Blvd. Les Segum, 499-9239. MONTREAL, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1991 The floor will take rests unless housing found: ten GEOFF BAKER THE GAZETTE d'Action Populaire accused Mayor Jean Dor�� and the Montreal Citizens' Movement of failing to adequately defend the housing interests of the city's poor before the federal and provincial governments. ""We are very worried because we see poverty becoming greater,"" Gaudreau told the crowd of onlookers gathered at McGill University. ""We need municipal, provincial and federal governments that defend social rights."" Gaudreau did compliment the MCM for policies which defend the concept of public housing and call for the city to purchase units of private housing. But he said it still has a long way to go. ""If the Dor�� administration was serious about its policies, they would do more,"" he continued. ""They would do more when the (Claude) Ryan bill goes into effect and provides less money to municipalities."" John Gardiner, vice-chairman of the city's executive committee, defended his party's track record on housing. But Gardiner also said the federal and provincial governments don't do nearly enough to help. ""If they put the money forward, it will contribute to some very important needs in Montreal,"" he said. Gardiner mentioned that it was the MCM which convinced the province to put an end to condominium conversions in 1987. At one point, Gardiner was challenged by Gaudreau to admit the MCM had made a crucial mistake in allowing the controversial Overdale development project to proceed in 1987. Gardiner declined to do so. Plans to build a condominium complex at the Overdale site near Mackay St. and Rene Levesque Blvd. were abandoned by developers this fall, but not before housing in the area had been flattened into a parking lot. Poverty-stricken Montrealers will keep flocking to the streets unless officials from all levels of government stop ignoring their plight and find them housing, a tenants' lobbyist warned last night. Speaking at a panel discussion on housing, Pierre Gaudreau of Front to St. Lachine council hears protest by firefighters angry at firings MICHAEL ORSINI THE GAZETTE More than 120 firefighters from as far away as Hull stormed last night's council meeting in Lachine to protest against the dismissal of two colleagues following a dispute over who should collect money from the city's new parking ticket machines. ""No to dictatorship, no to the bourgeoisie,"" they shouted outside city hall, referring to city manager Robert Bourgeois. They say he made a ""unilateral"" decision to fire the two firefighters Oct. 30. At last night's meeting, ailing Lachine Mayor Guy Descary, who has been on paid sick leave since August, said he supported Bourgeois's decision. Descary lashed out at the firefighters for choosing to ""negotiate in the newspapers and on television."" Descary added that he has always had respect for the difficult work performed by firefighters. But when pressed during question period, Descary and Bourgeois refused to give reasons for the two dismissals. The city plans to install the ticket machines in 11 municipal parking lots along St. Joseph Blvd. and wants firefighters to collect the coins. But on Oct. 29, 46 of Lachine's 50 firefighters voted against doing the extra work. The day after the vote, the city fired two rookie firefighters, Stephane Germain, 22, and Benoit Letourneau, 28. Since the firings, Lachine firefighters have refused to wash their firetrucks or perform other non-emergency duties until their colleagues are reinstated. Gilles Raymond, president of the 2,100-member Syndicat des Pompiers du Quebec, said the firing was a feeble attempt by the city of Lachine to show the union who's boss. Raymond said firefighters have the right to refuse the extra work because they are paid to save lives, not to collect coins. ""This is not a firefighter's job,"" Raymond said in an interview. ""It's like asking a police officer to paint the lines on the street."" CPR training would save lives says instructor EVE KRAKOW SPECIAL TO THE GAZETTE Frederic Giroux, a CPR instructor and Urgences Sante worker, is often frustrated with the number of people who die of cardiac arrest because people don't know cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Brain damage begins to set in only four minutes after the heart has stopped, often minutes before an ambulance arrives. That's why Giroux was at the Alexis Nihon Plaza yesterday, teaching CPR. Giroux is part of a cross-Canada tour organized by Actar Airforce Inc., a manufacturer of CPR mannequins, to promote widespread knowledge of CPR skills. Montreal lags way behind such cities as Seattle, he says, where CPR courses are compulsory in high school. He and a team of local CPR instructors showed shoppers how to keep alive someone whose heart has stopped. CPR may not always save the victim, but it improves his chances drastically. Kathy McGuigan, visiting Montreal from New Jersey, took the opportunity to refresh her skills. ""Many people don't take a course because they'd be afraid to approach someone on the street,"" she said. ""This makes you aware that it can happen to a family member or a close friend."" Would you like the latest short news on your doorstep every morning? Call 987-2400 and get home delivery of The Gazette. Nice and warm inside, that is. 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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? Political life in an independent Quebec would be more peaceful if dissident regions are allowed to stay in confederation, a new study says. PAGE B1 Unity panel teeters The fate of the federal unity committee hangs by a thread after Constitutional Affairs Minister Joe Clark refuses to fire co-chairman Dorothy Dobbie. PAGE B1 Goodyear recalls 100 workers Goodyear Canada is recalling 100 laid-off workers as it gets ready to jack up production by 10 percent at its plant in Valleyfield. PAGE E1 Far from natural Glamour is here to stay, according to London's trend-setting hairstylist Trevor Sorbie, whose glamour-girl styles include Slick Licks (left). ""These looks are the opposite of natural,"" he says. PAGE C1 Incoherence continues to bedevil Montreal-area transportation while politicians feud. Russia should take a lesson from Yugoslavia before dealing with Checheno-Ingush. 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Montreal residents can find out about the recycling station nearest them by calling The Gazette info-line at 521-8600, code 1234 Rights chief should resign, angry minorities say MICHELLE LALONDE THE GAZETTE The head of Quebec's Human Rights Commission has infuriated leaders of Montreal's minority communities by suggesting they and the anglophone media tend to exaggerate the level of racism in Quebec. ""I'm so mad. How can the chairman of the Quebec Human Rights Commission get away with it?"" Kenneth Cheung, executive director of the Chinese Professional and Business People's Association, said last night. Cheung, along with other minority community leaders, is calling for the resignation of Yves Lafontaine, named to head the commission last June. Lafontaine was quoted in La Presse yesterday as saying exaggeration of problems with police could hurt the legitimate interests of the black community and wondering whether ""this does not justify certain excessive acts by the young people in this community."" He said there is more emphasis in the English media on minorities who speak English and wondered whether, ""in this pre-referendum period, it isn't the business of the anglophone media to say that Quebecers are not all angels."" Lafontaine stood by his comments last night. He said minority leaders tend to react too quickly to events. ""One should not exaggerate,"" he said in a telephone interview. ""It is not that they get the facts wrong, but it is the way they say it. They make summary judgments."" When he made the comments about the anglophone media, he said, he was thinking particularly of coverage by the Toronto Globe and Mail and by CBC television of ""some Ku Klux Klan pamphlets in a few mailboxes in Bury."" (In July, copies of a white supremacist bulletin were left in mailboxes in the Eastern Townships communities of PLEASE SEE RIGHTS, PAGE A2 A day to remember past battles GAZETTE GORDON BECK Azade Robichaud, a veteran of World War II and Korea, wears the uniform from his days in the Royal Canadian Engineers. Robichaud joined other Montreal veterans, their relatives and members of the Canadian Forces yesterday for Remembrance Day ceremonies at the Place du Canada cenotaph. Forecast Issued at 5 tonight covers highs for today and overnight lows between tonight and tomorrow. Low 4. High 2. Low -2. Temperatures are given in degrees Celsius. Montreal High 2. Low -2. Sherbrooke High -0. Low -3. High 2. Low -3. St. Jovite High 2. Low -4. Montreal (High 2. Low -2. Sunny skies are expected tomorrow. Almanac Record 1971 Max Min 9 Average Yesterday -4 1 Year ago today -2 -7 Normal this date 6 0. Abitibi High 0. Low near -1. Variable cloudiness. Laurentians High 2. Low near -4. Becoming partly cloudy this afternoon. Eastern Ontario High 2. Low near -3. Becoming partly cloudy. Southern Ontario High 5. Low near 1. Mostly cloudy. Quebec City High -1. Low near 4. Light snow ending in the morning, then mostly cloudy. Eastern Townships High 0. Low near -2. Mostly cloudy skies. Northern New England High 1. Low near -3. Cloudy with occasional sunny periods. Gaspe High -1. Low near -2. Up to 15 centimetres of snow are expected. Lower North Shore High -1. Low near -2. Snow ending in the afternoon. Mainly sunny. Cloudy showers. Cloudy High 4. High 6. Low -2. Low -1. Low 2. Variable cloudiness. High 8. Low 3. Periods of rain. Iqaluit Yellowknife Whitehorse Vancouver Victoria Edmonton Calgary Saskatoon Regina Winnipeg Thunder Bay Sudbury Toronto Fredericton Halifax Charlottetown St. John's Cloudy. Snow Flurries. Showers. Sun. Cloudy. Cloudy. Cloudy. Cloudy. Cloudy. Rain. Rain. -7 6 12 5 12 6 7 4 3 1 5 5 7 7 8. United States WARM FRONT STATIONARY FRONT COLD FRONT TROUGH H L HIGH PRESSURE LOW PRESSURE Atlanta Boston Chicago Dallas Denver Las Vegas Los Angeles New Orleans New York Phoenix St. Louis San Francisco Washington Sun. Cloudy. Sun. 15. Sun. 21. Sun. 23. Pcloudy. 18. Pcloudy. 9. Pcloudy. 27. Pcloudy. 11. Sun. 21. Pcloudy. 10. 15. 3. Amsterdam Athens Beijing Berlin Copenhagen Dublin Hong Kong Jerusalem Lisbon London Madrid Mexico City Moscow Nairobi New Delhi Paris Rio de Janeiro Rome Sydney Tokyo Showers. Pcloudy. Pcloudy. Showers. Cloudy. Rain. Pcloudy. Mist. Cloudy. Pcloudy. Sun. Sun. Mist. Sun. Dust. Pcloudy. Sun. Pcloudy. Sun. Showers. 9. 20. 8. 6. 7. 11. 24. 19. 18. 9. 13. 22. 6. 16. 24. 9. 29. 19. 21. 16. 1. 11. 1. 3. 3. 2. 21. 9. 13. 1. 6. 7. 4. 14. 16. -1. 14. 9. 12. 12. Resorts Acapulco Barbados Pcloudy. Bermuda Pcloudy. Daytona Beach. Sun. Miami. Myrtle Beach. Nassau. Tampa. Pcloudy. Cloudy. Sun. Sun. Pcloudy. Sun. 29. 27. 23. 30. 31. 26. 20. 28. 24. 24. 23. 10. 22. 24. 16. 6. 20. 11. X-rays rejig thinking on brain Memory process occurs in unexpected places: report ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK Researchers who took X-ray pictures of normal human brains discovered that the memory process occurs in unexpected parts of the brain, said a report published yesterday. The research findings were presented yesterday at a conference of neuroscientists in New Orleans, the New York Times said. Marcus Raichle of Washington University of St. Louis and his researchers used the X-rays to put together an unexpected picture of how the brain remembers. The findings should help scientists better understand how the brain remembers, said Mortimer Mishkin, a leading researcher of human memory at the U.",1,0,0,0,0,1
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14 211 NEW HIGHS NEW LOWS Sunslate 4757 42 42 42 4 113 24 Southam moves offices CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO Southam Inc has decided to move its head office from downtown Toronto to a nearby suburb, an act that should save $1 million a year in rent and salaries, its new president said yesterday The move makes a lot of economic sense, William Ardell said of his first official act as president of the giant media company But I think it��s also a symbolic gesture both internally and externally that there are no stones that are not going to be turned in terms of finding ways to return this company to its former levels of profitability and greatness he said Southam's corporate and newspaper headquarters, now in rented premises, will relocate to a company-owned building in suburban North York that currently houses the Southam Business Communications Inc The company also expects to be able to cut 20 to 30 jobs from the two offices mum The TTTTZT Tin It- N S I D E Letters B2 ShowB5 I E tftLftiUirfalnlw far JffiiMal Iff riiliiAlii I Mi Snowplow helps to dig out Halifax motorist Atlantic Canada still digging out after record storm HALIFAX How bad was the weekend blizzard in the Atlantic provinces? So bad that a dogsled race on Prince Edward Island was cancelled The wind would be too hard on the dogs, organizers said So bad that roofs were blown off at least two buildings that P.E.I. snowplows had to do stork duty that firelighters had to tell people how to put out their own chimney fires You run out of adjectives to say how ugly it was, said a weatherman in Charlottetown This was an incredibly vicious storm At least two deaths may be linked to the storm, both in Prince Edward Island In Cornwall, a man was found dead of carbon monoxide poisoning in his car after getting stuck in a snowbank Another dead man was found in a car in the Charlottetown Hotel parking lot Saturday Police said James P. Darte, 73, of Charlottetown is believed to have died of a heart attack Most roads, including the Trans-Canada Highway, were reopened throughout the region yesterday Periods of snow and flurries, along with high winds were expected to continue today in the Maritimes Sikhs' smuggler pleads guilty HALIFAX A German man appeared shaken yesterday after he pleaded guilty to trying to smuggle 13 young Sikhs into Canada, a plot that unraveled when customs officials inspected a docked container ship Christian Muhme, 30, blinked back tears as he was led from the courtroom Muhme, who faces a maximum of 10 years, will be sentenced Feb. 17 We spent the entire weekend reviewing all of the facts of the case, said Muhme's lawyer, Lee Cohen After a real extensive review we agreed that the Crown had sufficient evidence to convict Mr. Muhme Charges against a second German, Peter Wollny, 40, were dropped, but Wollny was detained by immigration officials until a deportation hearing this week Both Muhme and Wollny have been in custody since inspectors found the Sikhs crammed in a camper van aboard the Kazimierz Pulaski last Monday The Sikhs, who said they were fleeing political persecution in India, were cold and hungry after a 10-day voyage that began in Bremerhaven, Germany A million letters for Santa OTTAWA If letters were dollars, Santa Claus would be a millionaire Canada Post said yesterday it processed more than one million letters for Santa Claus, North Pole, Canada HOH OHO Spokesman Jean-Maurice Filion said letters to Santa are up 39 per cent over the previous Christmas The 1,085,978 letters came from Canada and around the world in languages including Spanish, Polish, Italian, Inuktitut, German, Japanese, Russian and Braille Filion attributes the increase to advertising of Santa's address, word of mouth among children and the fact that when you look at a map, the North Pole is in Canada Mint strikers head back to work OTTAWA Striking Royal Canadian Mint workers in Winnipeg and Ottawa will head back to their jobs this week after accepting a three-year deal that includes annual wage increases of 3 per cent and a $600 signing bonus, the Public Service Alliance of Canada said yesterday Gay priest fights for job PAGE B8 m m m m A ark defends yuenec s conference ooyco Province suspects other premiers will gang up on it, minister says PEGGY CURRAN GAZETTE OTTAWA BUREAU OTTAWA It's perfectly natural for Quebec to avoid first ministers' conferences when it expects Ottawa and the other provinces to gang up against it, Constitutional Affairs Minister Joe Clark said yesterday And he said it would be wrong for Ottawa to put Quebec in the awkward position of having to boycott a premiers' meeting on the constitution, knowing it might appear spoiled or stubborn As a result, Clark said the federal government has to find other methods, no matter how unwieldy they may seem, to consult provincial, territorial and aboriginal leaders once the special joint committee for a renewed Canada files its report Feb. 28 Most of the people who follow these issues understand full well why the government of Quebec does not come to constitutional conferences, Clark said They've come and they think they've been beaten up No other province would come under those circumstances either The public view may be that Quebec's absence is an indication of some kind of special status for Quebec, or an unreasonable position of Quebec We don't want to put the debate casually into a position where people are being interpreted that way, Clark told reporters the Conservative government is not enthusiastic about a suggestion from Ontario Premier Bob Rae to go ahead with a constitutional conference without Quebec I think we'd want to think very carefully, all of us, about whether we'd want to have a public event which, again, seems to isolate Quebec But Clark was coy about how the Tory government intends to honor its promise to consult Canadians on the deal Asked whether Ottawa would prefer a general election, a national referendum or provincial referendums, the minister simply said there were several options Clark said he wasn't alarmed by the way a constitutional conference in Montreal trashed the federal proposals for an economic union, dwelling instead on Rae's proposal for a social charter But the minister said he noticed delegates often seem more supportive of vaguely defined concepts, like the social charter, than they are for proposals that are well outlined Health Minister Benoit Bouchard, the senior minister for Quebec, said Canadians should not read too much into the results of the constitutional conferences, which have been far from conclusive He said the handful of Canadians who took part in the conferences should not expect the federal and provincial governments to treat their recommendations as gospel That doesn't mean the federal government is going to closet itself in (the cabinet room) to prepare its response and say 'OK, it's finished, take it or leave it' We'll return to the provinces and some of the participants It's a difficult process However, Bloc Quebecois leader Lucien Bouchard said the fate of the economic-union proposals proves that the federal government's constitutional strategy is in disarray He said even sovereignists are fed up with talk about the constitution but they can't move on to real issues, such as the economy, until the question is settled once and for all 2 languages must be recognized PAGE B3 The power of provincialism PAGE C1 Business groups unite for unity PAGE C2 Get deal, 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, leaving it open to a group of known federalists Not even the Quebec government made a presentation, although Premier Robert Bourassa has met behind closed doors with the co-chairmen of the committee, Senator Gerald Beaudoin and MP Dorothy Dobbie Conseil du Patronat president Ghis-lain Dufour said staunch federalists like himself are going to need more punch to fend off sovereignists Dufour said Ottawa's 28-point constitutional proposals go farther than the Meech Lake accord but are still a long way from the provincial Liberals' demands for 22 powers as outlined in the Allaire report He said while he doesn't expect the 22 powers, Ottawa is going to have to concede more than just forestry, mines, recreation, housing and municipal affairs Dufour said it would help his cause if Ottawa added energy, regional development and family policy, an idea the committee didn't reject outright Beaudoin was optimistic about his committee's final report Even if English Canada desires to have a strong government in the center, it is still possible with a few asymmetries here and there to meet the needs of Quebec with concurrent powers and provincial preponderance or paramountcy, he said Beaudoin said it is possible to have a strong central government but in certain fields like culture, education, language and some other fields, immigration, we may please Quebec very well I am quite sure of that The committee also heard from groups representing Quebec's anglophone, Greek, Italian and Jewish minorities who pleaded for a better definition of the distinct-society clause and elimination of the constitution's notwithstanding clause They also challenged Ottawa to go farther than just saying minorities should be preserved We do not wish to stagnate, said Myrna MacAulay, president of the Townshippers anglophone-rights group We wish to grow as communities ADDITIONAL Ht PORTING SOUTHAM NEWS Canadian ship to enforce UN sanctions CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA The federal government will send a warship to the Middle East to help enforce United Nations trade sanctions against Iraq, a Defence Department spokesman said yesterday Defence Minister Marcel Masse and External Affairs Minister Barbara McDougall decided last night to send the ship sometime this spring, said Capt. Brett Boudreau HMCS Restigouche will join a multinational force patrolling the Red Sea to enforce UN trade sanctions imposed 18 months ago following Iraq's invasion of Kuwait The Defence Department is taking steps to inform the crew and their families, said Boudreau The Restigouche, based in Esquimalt, B.C. Wings 2, Lakeshore Hawks 1 DIVISION C Pierrelonds Marquis 5, PAT Lamborghini 1 NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pet CB New York 28 16 .636 Boston 27 18 .600 Vk Philadelphia 23 23 .500 6 Miami 22 24 .478 7 New Jersey 19 26 .422 9'4 Washington 15 29 .341 13 Orlando 11 35 .239 18 Central Division W L pct G3 Chicago 39 8 .830 Cleveland 30 13 .690 7 Detroit 26 20 .565 12H Atlanta 23 23 .500 15 Milwaukee 21 23 .477 16V4 Indiana 18 29 .383 21 Charlotte 12 33 .267 26 WESTERN CONFERENCE Midwest Division W L Pet CB Utah 31 17 .646 San Antonio 26 18 .591 3 Houston 25 20 .556 4 Denver 17 28 .378 12 Dallas 13 32 .289 16 Minnesota 8 37 .178 2114 Pacific Division W L Pet GB Portland 31 13 .705 Golden State 29 13 .690 1 Phoenix 31 16 .660 1 LA Lakers 27 18 .600 4 Seattle 23 24 .489 9 L A Clippers 21 24 .467 10 Sacramento 15 31 .336 17 Yesterday's Games Golden State 122 Orlando 114 Seattle 112, Atlanta 110 Minnesota 114, Denver 99 Houston 122, Indiana 111 Phoenix 113, LA Lakers 104 Utah 126, Chicago 123, triple overtime Sacramento 99, Dallas 95 Today's Games Miami at New York, 7:30 p.m. Washington at Charlotte, 7:30 p.m. Portland at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m. Dallas at LA Clippers, 10:30 p.m. Tomorrow's Games Seattle at New Jersey, 7:30 p.m. Cleveland at Philadelphia, 7:30 p.m. Golden State at Miami, 7:30 p.m. Milwaukee at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. Houston at Boston, 8 p.m. Orlando at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Chicago at Phoenix, 9:30 p.m. LA Clippers at LA Lakers, 10:30 p.m. Utah at Sacramento, 10:30 p.m. BLUE eo YESTERDAY'S CARD (Results are received from Blue Bonnet! and are not considered official) FIRST RACE: Trot, 1 Mile Purse: 15,900 5 Cagey Crown (G. Lamvl 3.50 2.80 2.50 I Moonlight News (D. Cdwverl 6.40 4.00 4 Stormont Star (P. Gremerl 3.00 Exacta: 5-1, 425.20 Also Ran: Trou Albert, Vaudou Angus, Censorship Times: 29.4, 1.00, 1.30, 4.2, 01 SECOND RACE: Trot, I Mile Purse: 11,000 5 Prime Saliora (M. Lalonde) 9.70 5.10 5.70 3 Bidou Fio (R. SimarrJ) 5.30 4.40 1 Livinwwed (R. Ginsras) 6.50 Trifecta: 5-3-1,1391.50 Exacta: 5-3 152.20 Also Ran: Rhell Windswept, G G Carney, Lady Or-Wex, K R Pierce, Blackie Aibear Times: 29.2, 1.00, 1.31, 2.32, THIRD RACE: Pace, 1 Mile Purse M FEBRUARY 4 1992 Public networks should run issue-advocacy commercials Optometrists' ad won't be seen on CBC; The Quebec Order of Optometrists has fired the latest round in its public-relations war against healthcare reform It was a shot heard around the television dial last night except on public networks: You may have caught the optometrists' TV commercial; it was aired by the province's private broadcasters, CFCF-12, TVA and T��l��diffusion Quatre Saisons - But you won't see the spot on Radio-Canada, CBMT-6 or Radio-Quebec The commercial contravenes the state-owned broadcasters' bans on public issue-advocacy advertising In a letter to Natcom, the advertising agency that created the commercials for the Quebec Order of Optometrists, Richard Bergevin, who administers advertising standards for Radio-Canada, stated that the public network does not sell air time for commercials that favor initiatives or a point of view related to a topic of public interest (my translation) Bergevin's letter added that a government of Quebec-sponsored commercial on the same issue would be subject to identical scrutiny and assessment Radio-Quebec's refusal to run the commercial was revealed in a letter to Natcom from Gerard Desroches, the provincial educational network's director of marketing Desroches states that Radio-Quebec's advertising",1,0,0,0,0,0
+199,19920510,modern,Storm,"But the payoff for Bonnell wasn't just financial. No, my reward was hunkering down at the campfire with Roy during breaks in shooting, he Flying bread dough TODAY'S CAREER QUESTION IS: Should You Work At Home? Working at home is an idea that is appealing to more and more people, such as George Bush. One day he got sick and tired of constant foreign travel and said: Barbara, I'm going to put a desk and a phone in the Oval Office and just stay home and veto legislation. Other famous people who work at home are Queen Elizabeth II and the American farmer. Of course the home is not the ideal place to do certain types of jobs, such as coal mining. But many modern employers are willing to be flexible. The Ford Motor Co, for example, recently started a pilot program under which employees who don't want to leave their preschool children may elect to build Taurus station wagons in their homes. Oh, there have been problems. Some cars wouldn't start because of what was Alan Richardson's Cryptic Crossword: No 213. A'mmxtv in parentheses after each clue indicate the number of letters in the word or words for the required answer. Across 1, They're good included places (9) 6, Shanghai type to crease (5) 9, Bad back for French people on the run (3) 10, A dieting art is favored here (10) 11, But at this event don't c, rnxl cheap car (6,4) 12, Brawl to cir away (4) 13, He can be a peach, but native (6) 15, Got to dig about a remedy (6) 18, A hit of light from 12 (3) 9, Let rest (or the supporter (X) 20, On foot, and with proper timing (5) 22, It's quite frequently properly avwu'iiiicd (4) 23, Seafarer, but hardly true passenger (4) 24, Small animal distributed by rKg (5) 27, I (insure is free limp) range with Roy was S&jffF r7 cju$ - fir's Bob Bonnell (left) with Lorne Greene, Dill Brownstein MONTREALERS V rhapsodizes. Yup, just me and Roy eating beans and drinking tea under the starry skies and talking together about all his old films most of which he couldn't even remember. It was like heaven for me, but somehow I suspect he was taken slightly aback. Still, watching a cattle drive with Roy on the Alberta ranch where we shot the special was like reliving a childhood dream. And then, getting to listen to Roy as he sang Happy Trails and Tumbleweed and Sioux City Sue it was just too much. Lest anyone suspect Bonnell took a bad tumble off the highchair as an infant and bounced his head around, you should be informed that he is a fully functioning family man and one of the city's foremost public-relations consultants. Formerly head of advertising and PR for the Bank of Montreal (where he discovered Naked Gun star Leslie Nielsen could Barry rf I HUMOR, later diagnosed as Play-Doh in the cylinders. But most employers are willing to overlook such drawbacks, because studies show that the average corporation actually saves money when employees stay home, inasmuch as when they come to work, they spend the bulk of the time stealing office supplies and faxing jokes to international subsidiaries. But the real beneficiaries of the work-at-home trend are the employees themselves. I work at home, and I have found that this arrangement has a tremendous potential for personal growth. She takes a turn at the table in a lay way (5) 29, A good one is of assistance (9) Down 1, Full of ill-will and disease (9) 2, There's a place for Belgians up in Rumania (5) 3, David's weapon in a famous 12 (9) 4, Take in (sounds like a fun thing) (6) 5, No big culinary event for little people (5) 6, Invent a small company in money (4) 7, Oh Canada! Oh Quebec! And for an undemanding of one in the other you may have to (9) 8, Far from svelte (5) 14, So be it. I put some links for valuable features (9) 15, Dad's dance step (1) 16, Arun-type (9) 17, It makes for less and less (9) 18, Tells about those second tallies (X) 21, Master flower (6) 22, Controls speed steps (?) 24, He does some masterful take-offs (5) 25, To this, you have to take it off (4) Roy Rogers and Stan Jacobson during also shill), Bonnell was also the driving force behind the PR firm. Although he sold the company two years ago, he continues to consult. So, why the obsession with Roy Rogers? When I was growing up in New Brunswick, Roy Rogers was just the king of the cowboys, recalls Bonnell, who moved to Montreal in 1970. My cousins had ponies and we'd all ride around pretending we were Roy. And, of course, the ultimate was going to the movies for a Saturday matinee featuring Roy. Sure, there was also Rocky Lane and his horse Black Jack, but they were a poor man's Roy and Trigger. Davy Crockett was a wimp compared to him, he continues, and Gene Autry was just a little too fat in the saddle. Needless to say, Bonnell knows all about Roy's beginnings. He can tell you Roy's real name: Leonard Slye. And how he was discovered: crooning cowboy tunes. He can even tell you about Trigger's roots: When Roy spotted Trigger in the studio corral, I don't think he realized he was the same Palomino who had previously starred in Lady Godiva's Ride. Bonnell's kids son Mark, 24, a member of the Canadian and other because nobody will notice if you eat as many as 20 lunches per day. Plus you have no incentive to take showers, which results in personal growths in your armpits, which tends to limit your social life. If you have dogs, which I do, you find yourself talking to them a lot, not in a condescending manner, but as equals. Eventually you abandon personal hygiene altogether and degenerate into a primitive life form, living in your underwear and licking Cheez Whiz directly out of the jar. When delivery people come, you bark and try to sniff their privates. But you can get a lot done at home. The key for me, in terms of productivity, has been my personal computer, which can be linked electronically via telephone lines to the newspaper. This means that, when I have a column due, I merely press a few keys, and within seconds, thanks to the miracle of modern microchip technology, I am playing F 1 1 7A SOLUTION to last week's puzzle (No 212) C0:N OLlD Ri iSILiKIIlCIH fclfllRllilliaRIJ SlHiAlUflOIT U OK flit I IKIHTIII lo!NsJLl''l'JMwirtjGli':is mTMEINlfl RjEjLTlJC SIS!KR fAW0MTFJR TlO!HHftlNiD :ftTiimHHi I KMTjMMTnji wwmm k mi 'M i, his joy production of TV tribute, National Ski team, and daughter Kimberly, 14, an up-and-comer on the ski hills may not be overly impressed, but many others were: My daughter thinks I have more cow pies crap buried in my head than anyone she knows. But I'm not unique. When Roy would come to the CNE in Toronto, he broke all existing attendance records. He had such an impact on kids then, says Bonnell, who last spoke to Rogers about eight years ago. The reason was and is what you see is what you get with Roy. Maybe he's too square by today's standards. No question, his movies were pretty tame and not very deep. But there was no major psychological trauma involved either. It was just old-fashioned morals with good triumphing over evil. Bonnell goes on: Roy never allowed drinking in his movies. And he only kissed one girl ever and that was Dale, one tough lady I might add. Who is this lady forever yelling at the king of the cowboys, I used to think when I made the TV special. Apart from Dale, though, there was no kissing, Bonnell pauses, before sheepishly adding: Well, almost none. Roy did give Trigger a couple of kisses on occasion. hazards of Stealth Fighter. This is a computer game wherein you're the pilot of an extremely advanced air-force jet flying dangerous missions over enemy territory while enemy fighters attack you and enemy bases shoot missiles at you and enemy editors call you up demanding to know where your column is. I am extremely good at F 1 1 7A Stealth Fighter. This would not be possible if I did not work at home. Of course there are drawbacks. The one that has probably already occurred to you is that if you work at home, you could be killed by a large lump of bread dough falling from the sky. This danger was made chillingly clear to me recently when several alert readers mailed me an Associated Press report from Bellingham, Wash, stating that 20 pounds of white-bread dough somehow fell from the sky and crashed onto the roof of Doug and Paula Ward. I spoke with Paula Ward by phone a couple of weeks after the incident, and she said it remains a mystery. An astronomer took a sample, and he said it was just regular bread dough, she said. The religious people think it was a sign from God, because you know, in the Bible, God dropped manna. But it doesn't look like religious dough to me. We still have it, and it hasn't risen yet. It's looking kind of slimy. One possible explanation is that alien beings from the Planet of Bad Nutrition are flying over in F 1 1 7A Stealth Saucers and dropping unhealthy foods on people's homes, starting with white bread and gradually escalating to Ring Dings. Can you go the distance? Feel like going the extra mile? Try to identify the following non-metric distances. 1, What is 92,960,000 miles, from centre to centre? 2, What is 29 feet, 2'h inches? 3, What is 28,250 feet (ignoring the latest revisions)? 4, What is 0.9144 metres? 5, What is 24,901.55 miles? 6, What is 4,145 miles, before the building of the Aswan High Dam? 7, What is eight furlongs? 8, What is between 9 and 9'1/2 inches in circumference (a standard unaltered since it was established in Arnold captured Fort Ticonderoga, a British-held post in what is now upper New York state, was captured by American forces under Ethan Allen and Benedict Arnold 217 years ago today in 1775 during the American Revolution. The loss of Ticonderoga, and Fort Crown Point a day later, left Quebec open to invasion by the Americans. 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. Among the passengers aboard the Jonas were Marc Lescarbot, the first historian of working from home I am not making up this report. The dough landed on the Wards' home on St. Patrick's Day, with what Doug Ward described as a horrendous crash, like a sonic boom. I spoke with Paula Ward by phone a couple of weeks after the incident, and she said it remains a mystery. An astronomer took a sample, and he said it was just regular bread dough, she said. The religious people think it was a sign from God, because you know, in the Bible, God dropped manna. But it doesn't look like religious dough to me. We still have it, and it hasn't risen yet. It's looking kind of slimy. One possible explanation is that alien beings from the Planet of Bad Nutrition are flying over in F 1 1 7A Stealth Saucers and dropping unhealthy foods on people's homes, starting with white bread and gradually escalating to Ring Dings. What is 186,282,3976 miles? What is 4856.8 miles, from coast to coast? Answers on Page D4, Ft. Ticonderoga THIS WEEK in HISTORY New France, and Louis Hebert, the first officer of justice. May 14 A blizzard with 80-kilometre-an-hour winds and knee-deep snow surprised south-central Alberta six years ago today in 1986. More than one million people were affected by the two-day storm, described as the worst spring storm in Alberta's history. Highways were closed and powerlines toppled. Less than a week later, temperatures climbed into the mid-30s. May 15 Canada introduced football to the United States 118 years ago today in 1874. Montreal's McGill University was invited to Cambridge, Mass, to play a game of football with Harvard, only to discover on arrival that Harvard played a version of soccer, not rugger. The matter was resolved by playing two games, one with soccer rules, the other with rugger's. Harvard passed the rules for rugger on to Yale, and the first American football game followed later that year. May 16 A British order-in-council admitted British Columbia as a province of Canada 121 years ago today in 1871. The order was effective on July 20. The 12,000 settlers of the new province agreed to join on the condition the federal government built a transcontinental railway linking British Columbia to the east. The CPR was completed in 1885. But Paula Ward has a more chilling theory involving another alien life form, one that is even more menacing to human civilization. I think it's college students, she said. We live right near a campus (Western Washington University). I think they figured out a way to launch dough. And people have the gall to say that our educational system is not getting the job done. Anyway, it appears that this is an isolated case, which should not be blown out of proportion. The truth is that if you work at home, the chances are less than one in two that you will ever be killed by any form of high-speed baking ingredient. The worst that's likely to happen is that, being alone all day, you might find yourself riding weird trains of thought. Believe me when I tell you this. Answers next week. South Korean students try to ward off tear gas fired by police during anti-government demonstration in Seoul. Korean students seize riot police ASSOCIATED PRESS SEOUL Protesting students seized about 20 riot police officers on a university campus and held them for several hours today, police said. Thousands of students clashed with riot police in Pusan after security officers tried to stop the protesters from raising the flag of North Korea. The fighting in the southeastern port city, which left 120 people injured, was the most serious in more than a year. Students also took to the streets of Seoul and Kwangju. Radical students said they would stage mass street demonstrations across the country to demand democratic reform and the repeal of the national security law. In South Korea, raising the North's flag is considered supporting Communist North Korea, a violation of the national security law. In Pusan, 300 kilometres southeast of Seoul, riot police firing tear gas stormed the campus of Dong-A University after midnight when the flags of North and South Korea were raised side by side before 4,000 cheering students at an anti-government rally, news reports and police said. Students fought back with hundreds of flaming firebombs and rocks, news reports said. Police said about two dozen riot police were seized by the students, but were released about five hours later. At least 70 students and 50 police were injured, some seriously, police said. There were no arrests reported. In Seoul, about 5,000 students shouting ""Overthrow (President) Roh Tae-woo"" and ""Dissolve the DLP"" took over an eight-lane boulevard, paralyzing evening traffic. Iran denies involvement in embassy bombing ASSOCIATED PRESS NICOSIA Iran has denied involvement in the bombing of the Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires, after the U.S. is being mistaken for foot-dragging. Water agency will pay you to stay away KNIGHT-RIDDER NEWSPAPERS MACON, Cia. You've heard of businesses holding loss leader sales to draw people into their stores? Well, here's a new twist; The Macon Water Authority is going to start handing out $350 a month to pay people to stay away from the authority's office in downtown Macon. That's right - the authority is holding a sweepstakes, to enter the drawing, you must mail our water bill - don't hand deliver it downtown. Seven lucky customers will win $50 each month. It seems authority members are concerned about the traffic congestion at the authority's office and drive-up window in downtown Macon. They agreed Thursday to start the sweepstakes for residential customers. One customer in each of seven billing districts will win a $50 prize each month. Bombings mark the final day of Philippine election campaign ASSOCIATED PRESS MANILA - At least three people were killed yesterday and 56 injured in a pair of politically motivated explosions on the final day of campaigning for tomorrow's Philippine national election. In the largest election in Philippine history, voters will choose a successor to President Corazon Aquino. Seven candidates, including former first lady Imelda Marcos, are in the presidential race. No clear favorite has emerged. But polls show voters may choose a candidate closely allied with the late president Ferdinand Marcos, who was ousted in the 1986 uprising that Aquino rode to power. Voters will also select a new congress and more than 17,000 other officials. Aquino is not seeking re-election but is supporting her former defence secretary, Fidel Ramos. There is no runoff and with seven candidates, the commission on elections estimates the winner will probably take no more than 25 per cent of the vote. Officials say it may take days and possibly weeks to determine who won the presidential election. Police said two people died and 41 were injured when a grenade exploded late yesterday during a rally by pro-Ramos local candidates in General Santos City, about 1,000 kilometres south of Manila. At least one person died and up to 15 others were injured in a bombing near a Ramos party rally in Cotabato, 900 km south of Manila. Some reports put the death toll at Cotabato as high as four. A grenade exploded before dawn yesterday in the office of a mayoral candidate in a Manila suburb, but there were no casualties. The latest attacks brought to at least 38 the number killed since the campaign began last February. Hundreds died during the fraud-marred 1986 election that Ferdinand Marcos nominally won over Aquino. Police chief Cesar Na, ""areno placed the country's 100,000-strong police force on red alert yesterday. Surveys show four contenders are locked in a tight race. They include Ramos, house Speaker Ramon Mitra, former judge Miriam Defensor Santiago and businessman Eduardo (Danding) Cojuangco, a close Marcos ally. Marcos trails along with Senator Jovito Salonga and Vice-President Salvador Laurel. Recent surveys show Santiago and Ramos deadlocked with a slim lead, but with Cojuangco gaining strength after his endorsement last month by the Iglesia Ni Cristo, a 700,000-strong Christian denomination that votes as a bloc. A victory by Cojuangco would be a clear rebuke to Aquino, even though he is her first cousin. Cojuangco fled the country on the same plane that took the ousted president into exile in Hawaii in 1986. He returned here in 1989, outmaneuvered Marcos and gained control of most of her late husband's political network. He has also attracted support from some ""anti-Marcos"" figures who believe the country needs a strong leader with business skills. There is no single candidate to draw the anti-Marcos vote. Five candidates - Mitra, Ramos, Santiago, Laurel and Salonga - all served in Aquino's cabinet. Aquino endorsed Ramos, but Mitra is the choice of most pro-administration politicians, including most of the president's relatives. Peruvian police take rebel cell block ASSOCIATED PRESS LIMA - Rebels in Peru's top-security prison surrendered last night after police stormed a cell block the inmates had held for four days. Police entered the block through a hole they blasted in a prison wall, and some 300 were involved in the final assault, authorities said. There was no immediate word on casualties. Violence at the prison began in the morning and began to grow throughout the day. Shouting, gunfire and strong explosions erupted inside the prison, and reporters listening to a police radio said the police were trying to knock down the jail walls. Rebels armed with acid, machine guns and homemade bombs first clashed with police Wednesday when officials tried to transfer 130 female prisoners from the Lima complex to another jail. At least 13 were killed and dozens wounded. An Interior Ministry communique said 11 rebels gave up yesterday but the others' refusal to surrender made more aggressive action necessary. Given the situation, it has been decided to increase the use of force to clear out the cell block, the Interior Ministry said yesterday. In the final four-hour battle, police could be seen firing and throwing dynamite into the cell block from the roofs of buildings within the prison. The rebels responded with gunfire and dynamite charges. Six powerful explosions rocked the crumbling cement-block homes. Soldiers said a tactical police team charged through a hole in the cell-block wall. A red rocket flew up above the prison, a signal that police had taken control of the cell block, they said. An official speaking through a megaphone directed the rebels to come out with their hands behind their necks. Armenian fighters take Azerbaijani stronghold LOS ANGELES TIMES MOSCOW Armenian militants captured the last major Azerbaijani stronghold in the strife-torn enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh yesterday in a pitched battle, fought street to street and with heavy artillery exchanges that left dozens of people reported dead. The fall of the town of Shusha marked a turning point in the four-year conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh, both sides agreed. But while Armenians said it could open the way to peace, Azerbaijanis predicted only further, intensified war and swore to retake their lost territory. Azerbaijani agencies reported that the fighting over Shusha continued last night and that Armenian militants were battling to break a corridor through Azerbaijani territory to connect Nagorno-Karabakh with Armenia proper. The fighting is far from over, said Lt. Vagif Dargyakhly, a spokesman for the Azerbaijani Defence Ministry. Flare-ups at various points along the Armenia-Azerbaijan border fueled fears that the Nagorno-Karabakh fighting could escalate into war between the two former Soviet republics. More than 1,500 people have been killed since early 1988 in the conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh, an enclave administered by Azerbaijan but populated mainly by Armenians. A fertile, mountainous region, it has been cut off from the outside world and its economy is devastated. The taking of Shusha appeared to create one more obstacle to attempts by Armenian and Azerbaijani leaders to resolve the conflict peacefully through internationally backed talks. Acting Azerbaijani President Abulfaz Elchibey complained to the leaders of Iran and Turkey that Armenian fighters stormed Shusha just as he and his Armenian counterpart were signing a new ceasefire agreement in Tehran. Jets attack bridge as fighting surges in Bosnia ASSOCIATED PRESS SARAJEVO A 35 95 3086 2577 2068 15 59 1050 541 0 32 -5 23 -10 14 -15 5 -20 -4 -25 -13 C F Sunrise 5:29 Sunset 8:13 Temperatures are given in degrees Celsius High for today 17 Low for tonight 6 Montreal Today The forecast for today calls for sunny skies with a few clouds in the morning. Clear skies this evening and tonight. Winds northeasterly 15-25 km/h. Almanac Record 1896 1902 Temperature Yesterday Year ago today Normal this date Max Min 32 -5 19 20 17 14 9 7 Regional synopses Abitibi-Lac St. Jean High 11, Low near 2, Sunny and cool, Laurentians, High 16, Low near 4, Partly cloudy, Eastern Ontario High 18, Low near 6, Mainly sunny, Southern Ontario High 21, Low near 8, Sunny with a few morning clouds, Quebec City High 16, Low near 6, Mainly sunny, Eastern Townships High 16, Low near 4, Mainly cloudy, Northern New England High 18, Low near 6, Cloudy with afternoon sunny periods, Gasps High 9, Low near 3, Partly cloudy and cool, Lower North Shore High 5, Low near -1, Sunny and cool, Sunny High 21 Low 7, Sunny High 25 Low 12 Showers High 21 Low 11 Partly cloudy High 24 Low 9 Miami Weather systems forecast for 1 p.m. this evening Temperatures are today's daytime highs 1992 MTI Inc WARM FRONT COLD FRONT STATIONARY FRONT HIGH FRONT LOW PRESSURE RAIN SNOW THUNDERSTORM Canada Man Min Iqaluit Sunny -11 -18 Yellowknife Cloudy 6 0 Whitehorse Cloudy 8 2 Vancouver Cloudy 15 7 Victoria Cloudy 16 7 Edmonton Rain 6 1 Calgary Partly Cloudy 11 0 Saskatoon Showers 12 2 Regina Partly Cloudy 14 2 Winnipeg Rain 14 7 Thunder Bay Partly Cloudy 18 6 Sudbury Sunny 20 7 Toronto Partly Cloudy 21 8 Fredericton Partly Cloudy 14 4 Halifax Partly Cloudy 15 5 Charlottetown Cloudy 6 1 St. John's Rain 9 5 United States Max Min Atlanta Sunny 26 14 Boston Cloudy 15 8 Chicago Sunny 26 13 Dallas Partly Cloudy 28 19 Denver Partly Cloudy 21 10 Las Vegas Sunny 32 18 Los Angeles Cloudy 23 17 New Orleans Cloudy 27 18 New York Partly Cloudy 20 12 Phoenix Partly Cloudy 33 20 St. Louis Partly Cloudy 29 16 San Francisco Sunny 26 12 Washington Sunny 24 13 World Amsterdam Athens Belling Berlin Copenhagen Dublin Hong Kong Jerusalem Lisbon London Madrid Mexico City Moscow Nairobi New Delhi Paris Rio de Janeiro Rome Sydney Tokyo Rain Sunny Cloudy Partly Cloudy Rain Rain Partly Cloudy Sunny Rain Sunny Thunderstorms Partly Cloudy Sunny Sunny Partly Cloudy Partly Cloudy Sunny Partly Cloudy Cloudy Min -11 8 23 17 19 12 11 9 25 23 18 12 21 10 25 11 21 22 15 25 14 39 25 13 8 28 21 21 22 1 23 19 Resorts Malt Mn- Acapulco Cloudy 34 24, Barbados Partly Cloudy 31 25, Bermuda Partly Cloudy 25 22, Honolulu Sunny 29 17, Kingston Partly Cloudy 32 25, Miami Sunny 29 19, Myrtle Beach Sunny 29 14, Nassau Cloudy 26 20, Tampa Sunny 29 17, Virginia Beach Sunny 21 13. Lovano kicks the shakes and delivers some hot sax PAUL WELLS THE GAZETTE It does the heart good to see a musician like Joe Lovano get the sort of reception an excited roomful of jazz fans gave him on Friday. The big, unassuming 39-year-old is neither teen prodigy nor gray legend. He has no particular fashion sense and he doesn't hobnob with movie stars. The underground reputation he has built as one of jazz's foremost saxophonists has nothing to do with marketing gimmicks and everything to do with talent. Lovano with the Steve Amirault Trio at le Club, 4171 St Denis St, Friday night Lovano performed Friday and Saturday only. His skill was evident in three sets' worth of music that began shakily but quickly steadied. Lovano strode onto Le Club's bandstand, microphone clipped to the bell of his tenor sax a la Sonny Rollins, and stormed through long, furious improvisations that gave full play to his utterly personal sound. That tone, hollow but heavy and streaked with emotion, sets Lovano's playing, especially in the upper registers, apart from his obvious influences Rollins, John Coltrane and Joe Henderson. Lovano plays a lot of notes, but the forward drive of his improvisations provided a sense of order that saved a first set marred by a disastrous sound mix. Later, he turned a cantering, off-kilter solo cadenza into a luxurious set of variations on Body and Soul, riding great billows of notes. At faster tempos, Lovano traded rhythmic fragments with exuberant drummer Gerry Gibbs, another New Yorker in town for the weekend. Gibbs accompanied his literate, choppy playing with occasional blasts from a whistle, a carnival touch that soon wore out its welcome. Bassist Brian Hurley quietly herded the proceedings along and contributed thoughtful solos, especially on the ballads. Pianist Steve Amirault, at first overwhelmed by the sound mix (and the company?) gained enough confidence to turn All Blues into a slalom course of block chords and single-note runs. ""WEIRD AL"" YANKOVIC Off the Deep End ""Weird Al"" Yankovic is the universal musician. Anyone can love his music because ""Weird Al"" does not discriminate he makes fun of everything and anyone. After almost three years, Al's back, and as weird as ever! Off the Deep End will be no disappointment to Al's old fans and it will certainly recruit many new ones. This is his fifth album and it includes his beloved parodies, insightful originals, and, of course, a traditional polka medley. You have surely heard of, if not seen the great video Smells Like Nirvana, a brilliant take on Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit. Well if you find that funny, wait till you see the album cover! Also on the album is Polka Your Eyes Out, a medley of popular songs turned polka. It's great dancing music! It includes such songs as Losing my Religion, Enter Sandman and Ice Ice Baby. There are five originals all extremely funny, some to the point of nausea (I mean that in a good way). ""Weird Al"" is one twisted person but ya gotta love him! Reviewed by Jennifer Cobby, 16 SOUP DRAGONS, Hotwired The Soup Dragons are danceable rock music with an ounce of alternative thrown in. You'll find little, if any, of the machinery that we've come to expect in dance music. The song Pleasure sounds a little forced in terms of lyrics, which generally aren't impressive. There are some reflective ideas going on throughout the tape and some really good variety musically. The tone goes from heavy in songs like Dream On, to Understanding, a relaxing, trance-inducing tune. This British band's sound can be compared to the dancy material on U2's latest album, Achtung Baby. Hotwired isn't bad at all. ANNIE LENNOX, Diva Soul that's what Annie Lennox has along with her extreme talent. She is a great vocalist, keyboardist and songwriter. Her music is convincing and so is her honesty. As always, the lyrics are stupendous. She has got a lot of strength and power in her songs, and she isn't afraid to expose and even play on her own weaknesses. This album is as good if not better than her previous works. The music is full of emotion romantic, but still realistic. Fortunately, she hasn't yet crossed that thin line that defines romance and corniness. CAMEO, Emotional Violence I'll admit that Cameo's style really isn't my thing, but come on. This product is very disco. Put together with vocalist Larry Blackmon's annoyingly whiny voice, this is hard on my ears. Most of the talent here is in the mixing. It's pop, incorporated with rap and some good backup vocals thrown in here and there. There are some songs with good bass lines like on Raw but Tasty, but that's about it. CHAKA KHAN The Woman I Am Chaka Khan has got a powerful voice. It's got a sort of bluesy quality to it. Her singing follows in the tradition of Diana Ross and Aretha Franklin. Unfortunately, the power of this great talent is partly drowned by the big-band funk sound of the instrumentation. There is a lot of variety on this album, which is proof to me that variety isn't always such a good thing. Several songs are great and others I can't bear to sit through. Chaka Khan is a wild woman. When she sings, she lets go and displays enormous amounts of emotion, but the music is just far too disco, boppy and button-pushing mechanical to do her talent justice. Reviewed by Carina Crawly, 17 Videos STAN MEISSNER River of Fire This is an exceptional song, a most catchy country and western kind of tune. The clip is not as spectacular, but I think it was meant to be simple. First there are some shots of the desert, then some grassy countryside, followed by castle ruins till sunset. Only one problem: I can't figure out the symbolism behind the continuous line of candles giving off a reddish gleam. ALAN JACKSON Midnight in Montgomery The man is a country legend and this is a country music classic. I don't think anyone should deny Midnight in Montgomery its place at the top of the country music circuit, especially since for a long time now, there has been room for improvement in this category. The video clip to Midnight is standard Mark and a white, with misty images of town in a small western HAMMER, Good to Go This is not the kind of rap you'd expect to hear from Hammer. The music has been slowed down to a great extent. Although it's being called rap, Good to Go has little or no resemblance to Hammer's other videos. For one thing, the intro has a nice touch to it. Hammer encounters difficulties in convincing us that rap is indeed real, live music. Hammer is trying to put some variety into his style. The funny thing is, he's made some adjustments in his speech pattern, pronouncing R's with a heavy accent. Representative Tony Hall who heads the congressional committee on hunger. 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+200,19920813,modern,Storm,"Weather takes shine off Britain's grouse hunt LONDON Disease, predators and bad weather meant a less than glorious start yesterday to the annual grouse-shooting season in Scotland and northern England. Prospects on the Glorious Twelfth of August a high spot on the sporting calendar for Britain's landowners and aristocrats were dimmed by storms last month, which weakened grouse chicks. Wealthy people pay up to $2,000 a day for the privilege of shooting grouse on the best of the 460 grouse moors in Britain. Fires burn near Chernobyl nuclear plant KIEV, Ukraine Forest fires raging near the Chernobyl nuclear plant in Ukraine have caused a small rise in radiation, officials said yesterday. But they said there was no danger that the blazes would spread to Chernobyl itself. Inna Zimina, an engineer at the plant, said that woods, fields and peat bogs were on fire in and around six villages within a 35-kilometre radius of Chernobyl. The nearest fire was just 10 km away. Zimina said there had been an insignificant rise in background radiation but levels of radioactive caesium in the atmosphere were the same as usual. Man goes for drive through Australian Parliament: CANBERRA A man crashed his four-wheel-drive vehicle through the main entrance of Australia's Parliament yesterday, triggering a security alert and evacuation. Witnesses said the vehicle sped across the building's crowded lobby, sending hundreds of tourists, students and office workers scurrying before coming to a screeching halt in the building's marble-clad Great Hall, used for banquets and receptions. The 58-year-old male driver surrendered to security guards. No one was hurt. You would be advised to call or visit the dealer nearest you before August 31 to learn more about The Lexus Lease. Because while all leases have their advantages, none has the advantage of offering you the LS 100. 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Only a few enclaves are left under Bosnian control. The situation presents agonizing choices, which perhaps explains why the UN's resolution focuses primarily on humanitarian issues. If nothing is done, or if a ceasefire a real one is negotiated, then Serbian forces will effectively have triumphed. The territorial status quo, or something like it, probably would suit them well. But it should not suit the UN, whose charter rejects the acquisition of territory by force. Writing off Bosnia would not only be an injustice, it could encourage aggression elsewhere. But what to do? Economic sanctions against Serbia haven't been effective. Using force, however, has obvious messy consequences, and it might not work, either. A Desert Storm II would not turn out anything like the original. UN casualties probably would be heavy and the war could well be long. Limited air strikes against Serbian artillery in Bosnia, and against military targets in Serbia itself, could help. And everything possible should be done to stop atrocities and bring humanitarian relief to those in need, including the use of force in pursuit of those objectives. The world should not pretend it is addressing, let alone solving, the larger issue: how to make sure crime does not pay. Fine message, poor messenger Perreault personifies many of the MCM's woes of all the internal dissent within the Montreal Citizens Movement during its nearly six years of power in city hall, Robert Perreault's blast is the most significant. With a little more than two years before the next election, it shows that serious fissures beset the Dore administration. Mr. Perreault is not another backbench councillor fed up with being ignored. He is as chairman of the Montreal Urban Community Transit Corp, the beneficiary of a powerful political appointment and, until recently anyway, a longtime member of the party's inner circle. Mr. Perreault's critique makes the obvious point that the administration suffers from severe image problems, and not always unjustly. City hall's costly renovation, the mayor's numerous foreign trips, the money-saving closing of libraries for two weeks in July and the sidelining of star civil servant Pierre Bourque all strengthen the public view that the administration is wooly and incoherent. To restore public confidence, the cast-end councillor urges lower taxes, more attention to banal but vital items like potholes, more money from Quebec and Ottawa to fix crumbling bridges and water mains (which would create construction jobs) and a lifting of the moratorium on condominium conversions (so as to spur housing renovation and thus also create jobs). But is this enough to put Montreal back on its feet? And is the team now in city hall capable of achieving even these things, however limited? Distinctly Scottish the skirl of the pipes might seem odd in a city that has spent most of its 350th anniversary year affirming whenever possible that its roots are French. But a glance at the historical record shows that francophone Quebecers share more than just high taxes with their fellow citizens of Scottish origin. The role of the Scots in the building of the Montreal we know today was such that the thistle quite honorably occupies a quarter of this city's coat of arms. Names like McGill, MacKenzie, Fraser, Angus, Ross and Maidstone run as naturally through the history of this city as those of De Maisonneuve, Viger and LaFontaine. A precondition would be a shakeup in the administration. Those most responsible for wooly incoherence should make way for pragmatists. But this would mean sacking among others Mr. Perreault himself. Ironically, he personifies the klutziness against which he rails. It was he who during the MCM's first mandate had the enormously important job of overseeing economic development: despite the city's long-term decline, he produced little, not even an economic-development plan (a tradition which his successor, John Gardiner, is so far maintaining). As MUCTC chief, his response to slumping ridership in the first mandate was to cut the number of drivers while boosting supervisors and other pencil-pushers by 23 per cent. As well, by endorsing the Bloc Quebecois, Mr. Perreault became the first high Montreal official in memory to wander into constitutional affairs thus antagonizing both levels of government from which the city needs money. Mr. Dore now has political reasons for doing what a Gazette editorial on the MUCTC urged him to do two years ago: dump Bungling Bob. But at the same time the mayor should heed the messenger's criticism and focus on substance. It is only appropriate, therefore, that as Montreal celebrates the anniversary of its founding, the World Scottish Festival should hold 10 days of celebrations here beginning today. Like Quebec, Scotland stands alongside a culturally and linguistically dominant majority. Perhaps because of this, Scottish nationalism burns as brightly within the bosoms of its supporters as Quebec nationalism does here. So if it happens that someone should offer up a plate of haggis during the World Scottish Festival, don't be distressed. Just close your eyes, put your fork down and keep telling yourself it's a fine day. Young Liberals set out their positions Once again the federal government has been prepared to betray the interests of some Canadians in order to persuade the Quebec government to return to the bargaining table. As always, the ones whose interests have been betrayed are those who have no voice within the current amending formula: the residents of the two territories and minority-language groups. It is the position of the Young Liberals of Canada that the two territories should be permitted to become provinces merely on the assent of the Parliament of Canada and the residents of the territory concerned. It is unacceptable in our view for the provinces to be able to forever block the legitimate gun-control laws won't stop the criminals from their work Your July 29 editorial concerning gun control once again betrayed your ignorance of effective firearms regulations. You seem to argue, ludicrously, that by banning the gun that Marc Lepine used, a popular small-game rifle, Canada would be a safer place. Any police officer will tell you that a criminal doesn't buy his firearm at the local gun store, but obtains it on the black market. Furthermore, a lunatic like Marc Lepine will always find a way to commit his bloody mayhem. As further evidence of my argument, one need only look at the harsh gun-control laws in both New York City and Washington. A THE GAZETTE, MONTREAL, THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 1992 Georgia vows no mercy for hostage-takers JULIET O'NEILL SOUTHAM NEWS MOSCOW Georgian authorities pledged no mercy, no negotiations yesterday in an ultimatum to anti-government rebels holding a cabinet minister and 10 other officials hostage. Georgia's leader, Eduard Shevardnadze, paved the way for a potentially bloody showdown in a TV address that was an about-face on pledges against government use of force against opponents. No mercy will be given to anyone, David Zeikidze, deputy interior minister, told the Interfax news agency as the government met to plot an attack on the rebels if the hostages were not voluntarily released today. Neither will there be any talk about negotiations. Interior Minister Roman Gvent-sadze and 11 other officials were seized when 50 rebels stormed peace talks in Zugdidi on Tuesday, a week after Shevardnadze granted amnesty to 56 prisoners, including rebels, in a gesture toward national reconciliation. One of the hostages was released yesterday morning, leaving 11 in the hands of rebels whom Shevardnadze called terrorist bandits. Interfax said 5,000 police officers were at the government's disposal for the hostage-release operation. Shevardnadze pledged to use troops and police and military equipment to restore order to the violence-plagued republic, where supporters of ousted president Zviad Gamsakhurdia continue to fight for his return to power. Two weeks ago, Shevardnadze had said that he would resign rather than use force to suppress opposition because I am not suited to dictatorship. In his TV address yesterday, he said he had offered to resign after the hostages were seized but was asked to remain. 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. A visit to the camp, ringed by open drains and fly-infested sewage, confirmed the deep scepticism that pervades the camps. It's all hogwash. Nothing is going to happen as far as the repatriation is concerned, said Mohammad Nasim Khan, chief patron of the Stranded Pakistanis General Repatriation Committee. Moscow riot ELIZABETH SHOGREN LOS ANGELES TIMES MOSCOW African students at Russia's University of Friendship of Peoples were severely beaten by riot police yesterday during a demonstration protesting the slaying of a student from Zimbabwe by a Russian policeman. The killing of the 25-year-old history student and the attack on peaceful demonstrators by baton-waving, helmeted police was proof, the students say, of the systematic abuse they face in Moscow because of their skin color. One policeman yelled out, I will FOR A UNIQUE CONCEPT: GLOBO GUARANTEES YOU GREAT SAVINGS EVERYDAY! UP TO LESS THAN PRODUCTS. Weather systems forecast for 7 p.m. this evening. Temperatures are today's daytime highs. FREEZING RAIN PRESSURE LOW PRESSURE Canada World Max. Iqaluit Sunny 12 4 Amsterdam Cloudy 21 15 Yellowknife Sunny 21 9 Athens Sunny 35 23 Whitehorse Cloudy 17 7 Beijing Cloudy 31 24 Vancouver Sunny 27 17 Berlin Sunny 25 16 Victoria Sunny 28 16 Copenhagen Cloudy 22 15 Edmonton Sunny 29 10 Dublin PCloudy 17 15 Calgary Sunny 29 10 Hong Kong Sunny 31 26 Saskatoon Sunny 28 9 Jerusalem Sunny 33 18 Regina Sunny 28 9 Lisbon Sunny 27 16 Winnipeg Sunny 24 9 London Rain 19 16 Thunder Bay Sunny 21 6 Madrid Sunny 24 14 Sudbury PCloudy 20 8 Mexico City Cloudy 23 13 Toronto Cloudy 23 12 Moscow Rain 25 17 Fredericton Sunny 23 9 Nairobi PCloudy 23 10 Halifax Sunny 22 12 New Delhi Cloudy 34 28 Charlottetown Sunny 22 12 Paris Cloudy 23 16 St. John's Sunny 19 14 Rio de Janeiro PCloudy 25 19 Rome Sunny 31 20 United States Sydney PCloudy 19 8 Miami Tokyo Cloudy 27 22 Atlanta TStorms 28 20 Boston PCloudy 21 15 Resorts Chicago PCloudy 21 12 Dallas PCloudy 33 21 Acapulco Cloudy 34 26 Denver PCloudy 26 13 Barbados Sunny 31 25 Las Vegas PCloudy 41 26 Bermuda Sunny 32 26 Los Angeles Hazy 31 21 Honolulu Sunny 31 24 New Orleans TStorms 30 23 Kingston Sunny 32 25 New York Rain 23 19 Miami TStorms 32 25 Phoenix PCloudy 41 29 Myrtle Beach Showers 31 23 St. Louis PCloudy 25 14 Nassau PCloudy 28 24 San Francisco PCloudy 22 14 Old Orchard PCloudy 21 11 Washington Cloudy 24 19 Virginia Beach Rain 26 21 Videotape shows damage to QE2 more extensive than believed REUTER BOSTON A videotape recording of the ocean liner Queen Elizabeth 2's hull seems to indicate damage to the vessel, when it ran aground off Massachusetts last week, was more extensive than earlier believed. Capt. John Hadley, the pilot aboard the QE2, said yesterday, in his first public remarks since the accident Friday, that he believes the ship was being navigated safely when it scraped bottom off Cape Cod. I had no idea what it even hit. It was a big bump in the night, he said. A marine source in Boston, familiar with a video survey of the ship's bottom taken Tuesday, said the damage appeared to be far more extensive although the worst still seemed to be six gashes, the longest measuring 23 metres by about eight centimetres. The source, who declined to be identified, said virtually the entire hull bottom of the 294-metre-long liner was scarred. The evidence starts five feet back from the bow, said the source. There's evidence of damage most of the way along the port side but it's superficial. The first survey for 53 years of the waters where the liner ran aground revealed an uncharted rock and there were indications of a number of other ridges and rocks in the general area. 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+201,19920824,modern,Storm,"THE GAZETTE, MONTREAL, MONDAY, AUGUST 24, 1992 AS Ottawa out of touch on children's issues, pollsters told KIRK LAPOINTE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA After the Mulroney government's last budget, most Canadians said they thought the government was out of touch on children's issues and should have kept its promise for national daycare, post-budget federal studies suggest. More than four in 10 surveyed gave the federal government ""poor"" marks, while a similar number graded it only ""fair"" in handling the issues and problems facing children, one survey found. There was a surprisingly strong commitment to spending on children's policies in an age of high taxes and government deficits. Decima found only 15 per cent were against more federal spending on children, despite their concerns about the deficit. About 60 per cent were in favor of ending universal application of social programs. They preferred policies aiming funds only at the neediest, an increasing feature of federal policies in the area, while 40 per cent preferred universal programs. Anderson Research concluded ""the public seems mostly unmoved"" by criticism of the budget's replacement of the monthly family allowance cheque with benefits to help the neediest. Nearly half even doubted direct help to poor families trickles down to their children. And, while nearly two-thirds of those surveyed didn't like Ottawa rescinding its daycare pledge at budget time, they also didn't rate daycare as the cure they once did. The budget left Canadians feeling simultaneously ""frugal, better off and charitable,"" Anderson concluded. But Decima found there was a high level of concern on children's issues and a low level of satisfaction with the government. Decima asked who had credibility on children's issues. Health-care professionals, local community service groups and social agencies rated highest. Least credible were members of Parliament and federal and provincial government representatives. Decima found education and drug and alcohol abuse were considered the most important issues facing children, while Anderson found the quality of the environment was considered the biggest potential threat to the well-being of children. Freak snow costs plenty Counting the crop damage in Alberta CANADIAN PRESS LETHBRIDGE, Alta. A freak snowstorm that covered much of southern Alberta could cause crop losses as high as 100 per cent in parts of the region. A thick blanket of snow was still covering nearly all the crops in the Pincher Creek area early yesterday. Damage is expected to be extensive, said district agriculturist Bob Lyons. ""It looks like a total disaster here now but maybe after a week of sunshine we'll have a better chance to look at it,"" said Lyons, declining to give a dollar estimate of damage. ""Everything is flat to the ground. Normally, when we get a fall snow during harvest you only get one or two inches and it just sort of tangles everything. But the snow will have covered crops for nearly 48 hours before it melts and has likely caused profound damage,"" he said. The storm also caused power outages throughout most of southern Alberta with the thick clumpy snow clinging to lines causing them to droop and snap. Jack MacLean of TransAlta Utilities said crews worked around the clock repairing the damage and had restored power to almost all areas by early yesterday. But there is good news: the weather is expected to improve. Rick Shewchuk of the Lethbridge weather office is forecasting temperatures of 25 degrees C by Wednesday. Dog digging up skeleton - bone by bone CANADIAN PRESS CENTRE I PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. Outside the dimly lit engine room of the ferry Klitsa, a storm is raging. It's not a storm spawned by Mother Nature; today the sky is clear, the winds light and the waters of the Strait of Georgia smooth as glass. This is a tempest of another kind fueled by lawyers, RCMP investigators and the disturbing deaths of a mother and her 10-year-old daughter. In the dry hot guts of the Klitsa, chief engineer Ray Gordon must raise his voice to be heard over the ship's mechanical roar. ""Everyone feels a little edgy when something like this happens,"" the 63-year-old sailor shouts, wiping his wrinkled hands on a pair of oily coveralls. ""What can you do? You just keep doing your job."" Many of the people who work for the provincial government-run Ferry Corp. of B.C. are feeling the strain of the investigation. Quebec eyes casino windfall Quebecers already bet big bucks at agricultural-fair casinos and the province says a state-run operation in Montreal could reap $100 million. THIS WEEK IN BUSINESS 350 YEARS Celebrating Montreal's 350th Exhibitions, demonstrations and tours marking Montreal's 350th anniversary continue throughout the city. For details, see our calendar of today's events. MONTREAL PAGE A3 PAGE C8 Sunny, warm Today's high 28 Tonight's low 21 Today's forecast calls for hazy sunshine and warm temperatures. Partly cloudy this evening and tonight. A8 for weather information, updated four times a day. The Gazette INFO-LINE at 521-6000. Anderson TWIB2 Hot Topics A5 Births/Deaths C2 Schumann A5 Bridge D6 Ketch TWIB11 Scoreboard 04 Careers TWIB13 Landers A6 Show C6 Chandwani A2 Larson TWIB14 Sports 01 Darned B4 Legals E8 Todd A3 Comics 05 Letters B2 TV Listing C7 Crossword E8 Living A6 What's On C7 Offair Oorlinf A6 Movies C7 Wuin News C1 Editorials B2 Nii:ri)Ii;ti. Jacques Parizeau says the constitutional agreement reached this weekend is ""absolutely unacceptable"" for Quebecers and accused Premier Robert Bourassa of giving in to the rest of Canada. Speaking at a party gathering in Candiac yesterday, the Parti Quebecois leader predicted the reform package completed late Saturday in Ottawa by the first ministers and territorial and aboriginal leaders won't pass in Quebec. ""The man wanted at all costs a deal,"" Parizeau later told reporters. ""He got it after a show of weakness that is deplorable. My God, what weakness, what terrible weakness."" He described the deal as less than Meech. ""The distinct society that Mr. Bourassa wanted at Meech, it's Mr. (aboriginal leader Ovide) Mercredi who got it,"" Parizeau said. At home in Outremont yesterday, Bourassa prepared for meetings in Quebec City today with his cabinet, his caucus and the Liberal Party executive. This will be the start of his campaign to sell the constitutional package to Quebecers and this week will be critical in determining whether the deal is a success or will fail the test of public opinion. At least one former Liberal MNA is optimistic. ""I think most Quebecers are moderate people who will see it as a sensible agreement by which we can get on with being Canadians,"" Joan Dougherty said. First ministers will meet again Wednesday in Charlottetown to go over legal texts of the tentative agreement. Details, PAGE A4. Hurricane aims for Florida; 4 die in the Bahamas LARRY R0HTER NEW YORK TIMES MIAMI A ferocious hurricane slammed into the Bahamas yesterday afternoon and swept toward southern Florida, prompting the authorities here to order a million people along the Florida coast to leave their homes in what might be the largest evacuation ever in the United States. Meteorologists said Hurricane Andrew would strike the coast at dawn today with winds of about 240 kilometres an hour. ""This is a killer storm. You need to leave now,"" said Fred Taylor, an emergency worker for Dade County, told people on the coast. Florida Governor Lawton Chiles issued a state of emergency. Yesterday afternoon, Andrew was a Category 4 storm, the same as Hurricane Hugo, with winds of 240 km/h. Forecasters expected it to reach Category 5, the worst, as it crossed the Gulf Stream to Florida. In the Bahamas, Jimmy Curry, director of production for the Bahamas News Bureau, said he had reports of four deaths on either Abaco or Eleuthera. The storm apparently spared the Bahamas' most populous section the brunt of its fury, but outer islands might have suffered more damage, according to preliminary reports. The storm passed over Nassau without doing major damage. In Ottawa, the External Affairs Department said there are 312 Canadians registered as residents of the Bahamas but the actual number is probably closer to 500. Not since 1935 has a storm hit Florida with such intensity, and the U.S. National Hurricane Centre in Miami said that the 1935 storm was ""the most intense ever to strike the United States."" The evacuation orders, which began yesterday morning, covered a 400-km coastal belt from Key West to Fort Lauderdale. They extended to low-lying areas and mobile-home communities farther north, and to areas along the southwestern coast as well. It is unclear how many people have actually left their homes. Many are staying, especially those born and raised in Florida. Others have taken to the highways, flown to other cities or moved in with friends or relatives. In Dade County, which includes Miami, 70,000 people are spending the night in 48 shelters set up in churches and schools. ""If you don't go, you're risking suicide,"" Kate Hale, director of the county's emergency management agency, told residents yesterday. On a day when the sunshine and heat of a Florida summer afternoon were almost eerie, streets and highways were jammed with drivers fleeing northward. Grocery and hardware stores were clogged with shoppers as tens of thousands rushed to buy food and bottled water, batteries for their flashlights and plywood to board up their windows. In some condominium developments, PLEASE SEE HURRICANE PAGE A2 Lebanese go to polls for first time in two decades Christians boycott vote because of Syrian presence IHSAN HIJAH NEW YORK TIMES Women oversee vote yesterday in Sohmor, Lebanon. BEIRUT Voters in Lebanon went to the polls yesterday for the first time in two decades to elect a new parliament, but the balloting was marred by a boycott by Christians who object to the presence of Syrian troops. Stringent security measures were in force for the first round of voting, which was limited to northern and eastern Lebanon. The turnout in Muslim districts was high, ranging from 55 per cent to 95 per cent, while in some predominantly Christian areas it was as low as 2 per cent, according to official statistics and witnesses. There were some reports of ballot boxes vanishing and allegations of voter fraud in some Muslim areas. Fistfights were common, but there were few reports of major violence. By nightfall, two deaths were reported, constituting relative calm in a country trying to salvage democracy after 15 years of civil war that have killed at least 150,000 people and encompassed massacres, assassinations, kidnappings and car-bombings. The next round of voting is to be held next Sunday in Beirut and adjoining Christian and Druse Muslim areas, and the final round is set for Sept. 6 in southern Lebanon. The winners in yesterday's first round, which was to fill 51 of the parliament's 128 seats, are to be announced today. A Christian coalition has sought for weeks to persuade the government to put off the voting until 35,000 Syrian soldiers evacuated Beirut and the rest of Lebanon. The Christians are also protesting against the government's refusal to permit voting by the thousands of Lebanese who fled the country during the civil war. President Elias Hrawi, a Maronite whose government is backed by Syria, cast his vote yesterday in his hometown of Zahle in eastern Lebanon. In a statement, he said he still held out hope that the elections would demonstrate national unity. ""This is the only guarantee of the country's survival,"" he said. ASSOCIATED PRESS Dispute over car deal led to slaying: police AARON DERFEL THE GAZETTE FRANKLIN A car deal that went sour between two neighbors led to the slaying of a 34-year-old man early yesterday morning, say residents of this small farming village 60 kilometres southwest of Montreal. Jean-Pierre Leger, owner of an automobile radiator business, was shot dead through his car window at about 7 a.m., Surete du Quebec spokesman Tom McConnell said yesterday. Jean-Guy Schinck, Leger's neighbor, was arrested yesterday following the shooting. Schinck, 28, is expected to be arraigned today in a Valleyfield court on charges stemming from the shooting. Provincial police believe the slaying was the result of a two-year-long feud between the two men who live on a stretch of Highway 201 just outside of Franklin. ""The men were in cars, and it appeared one returned to his house and fetched a gun and shot the other,"" said McConnell. Soon-Yi breaks silence on Allen affair NEW YORK In the cacophony of dueling acrimonies rising from the Woody Allen-Mia Farrow imbroglio, the one crucially silent voice that has been that of the young woman at the heart of the storm, Soon-Yi Previn, Farrow's Korean-born adopted daughter who has become the new love in Allen's life. The romance became public last week after Allen sued Farrow for custody of their biological son, Satchel, 2; their adopted son, Moses, 14; and their adopted daughter, Dylan, 7. Connecticut police are reported to be investigating allegations that Allen sexually molested Dylan. In the following statement given to Newsweek by Allen's publicist, Previn, whose age has been variously given at between 19 and 21, speaks out for herself: ""Please don't try and dramatize my relationship with Woody Allen. He was never any kind of father figure to me. I never had any dealings with him. He rarely came to our apartment before his own children were born."" Bryan Adams and Co. kick off belated summer A BRENDAN KELLY SPECIAL TO THE GAZETTE Summer came just in time for Montreal rock fans. After weeks of miserable weather, the sun finally decided to make its comeback in full force yesterday right on time for the Waking Up the Neighbours rock festival featuring Bryan Adams, Steve Miller, Extreme, and Montreal singers Sass Jordan and France D'Amour. The combination of clear, blue skies, an idyllic concert site on Ile Ste. Helene, and eight hours of non-stop live rock'n'roll made for some of the hottest musical fun this town has seen all summer. More than 21,000 folks showed up for the rock event, and, judging by the T-shirt sales, Adams was the top draw. Dawson College students Laura Ieraci and Patty Fagiani are major Bryan Adams fans, and even though they'd already seen the Canadian rocker at the Forum this year, he was the main reason they were at the festival yesterday. But both said they were having a great time soaking up rays and rock music while waiting for their idol to take the stage. ""It couldn't have happened on a better day,"" said Ieraci. ""It's the first day of summer. This is Montreal's party spirit at its best."" In true rock-festival fashion, music was just one of the attractions at the outdoor site. There were long lineups at the beer and soft-drink tents, and the most energetic fans were tossing footballs and frisbees. ""We came for the whole atmosphere,"" said Tom Willoughby from Kirkland. Adams drew the most enthusiastic response of the day when he finally made his entrance around 8:30 p.m. The Vancouver-based rock star raced straight into a rocking version of House Arrest, and that manic guitar rave-up set the tone for the rest of the night. Earlier, Steve Miller had delivered an hour-long blast from the past. The forty-something singer-guitarist led his band through a series of curiously meandering versions of his old hits, including Space Cowboy, Fly Like an Eagle, and The Joker. Extreme are best known for their ballads, but the Boston band opted to concentrate on the metallic side of their catalogue yesterday. Their hard rock is classier than most, though, and it showed why these guys are known as the thinking metalhead's hard-rock band. Montreal belter Sass Jordan was in full rock'n'roll party mode as always and her '90s update of old Stones and Faces riffs was the perfect way to kick this rock picnic into high gear. Before her, local francophone rocker France D'Amour had the thankless task of opening the festivities, and the spunky up-and-comer did admirably well, considering most fans were still trying to find their way onto the site. Bryan Adams Psycho roles changed life: Dern NEW YORK Bruce Dern says he's paid a price for playing psychos all these years. ""It changes your life. It makes you look for the darkness in everybody you see,"" he told the New York Times in an interview published yesterday. Dern's roles also have touched his family, including actress-daughter Laura Dern, he said. ""One night when Laura was 2,"" Dern said, ""I got a call from her mother (actress Diane Ladd). She was screaming. She said, 'You've got to talk to your daughter. She just saw your head bouncing down the stairs on television and she wants to know if you're OK.'"" Burnett firing still riles co-star RADNOR, Pa. Vicki Lawrence has many good memories of The Carol Burnett Show, but she doesn't recall fondly the time she was dumped from the program because she was pregnant. In the latest issue of TV Guide, Lawrence said there was a ""deformity clause"" in her contract that allowed Burnett's husband, executive producer Joe Hamilton, to fire her in mid-season in 1975. Lawrence said she was fired when her pregnancy became obvious to the audience. ""He said, 'It's not this show's image.' It wasn't like I was some bimbo twit out of wedlock,"" Lawrence said. Lawrence later returned to the show, at Burnett's request, but the two never talked about the situation. And they won't this fall, when a 25th-anniversary reunion show will be broadcast on CBS. Gazette TV critic Mike Boone picks the best of tonight's programs: Nightly Business Report (WCFE-57 at 6:30): Guest is Robert Reich. Entertainment Tonight (CFCF-12 at 7): Feature on Willem Dafoe. Over New England (Vermont ETV-33 at 8): Dazzling aerial cinematography. Big Ticket (MuchMusic at 8): Rod Stewart belts love ballads on Valentine's Day. Murphy Brown (CJ0H-8 at 8:30): Rerun of episode satirizing Senate hearings on Clarence Thomas. Masterpiece Theatre (Channel 57 at 9): Part 3 of Summer's Lease. Northern Exposure (WCAX-3 at 10): Chris gets a visit from his doppelganger. Fuji prime-time schedule, Page C7. Mother with core of steel When it comes to her children, Mia Farrow ""eats bullets for breakfast."" BOB KAPPSTATTER NEW YORK DAILY NEWS NEW YORK She was born into the Hollywood swirl. She came of age as a precocious young girl barely out of her teens, strutting across a movie set in a negligee to catch the eye of Frank Sinatra, 30 years her senior. She evolved into a kind of Earth Mother with 11 biological and adopted children. Now Maria de Lourdes Villiers Farrow, Mia, a woman and a mother, is fighting with a toughness belied by her soft appearance. Appearances, though, are often deceiving. Mia's friends say she's as tough as steel, devoted to her children as a bear to her cubs. When actor George Segal first heard Woody Allen was involved with Farrow, he reportedly told a friend: ""Tell Woody she eats bullets for breakfast."" ""Tough underneath."" And Farrow would concur. ""I know my eyes are a giveaway. They're not tough,"" she once said. ""But I'm sure I am underneath."" Born Feb. 9, 1945, the third of seven children, Mia (the nickname stuck when she couldn't pronounce her name as a little girl) grew up in Beverly Hills with sojourns in England and Spain sprinkled in. Her mother was actress Maureen O'Sullivan. Her father, John Farrow, was a well-known screenwriter and director. He had a reputation as a Hollywood playboy. When she was 9, Farrow was hospitalized with polio. Her brother Michael, whom she adored, was killed in a plane crash when he was 19. She was 13 at the time. Her father died four years later. Sought Sinatra's eye Hollywood columnist Marilyn Beck remembers her first interview with Farrow, shortly after her TV debut as Allison Mackenzie on Peyton Place in the late '60s. ""She told me she'd had a romance with Salvador Dali in New York when she was about 17. She was a character, a wild, individualistic, very unique type of soul."" Beck recalled how 20-year-old Farrow later caught the attention of Sinatra in 1965 while both were on the Twentieth Century-Fox lot. All who know her acknowledge Mia Farrow's devotion to her large family. ""I happened to be on the lot the day she went to wardrobe, got a negligee out and strolled onto Sinatra's set, where there were these hundreds of men in this prisoner-of-war movie,"" said Beck. ""You couldn't help noticing her."" Sinatra and Farrow wed in 1966. Their stormy May-December marriage lasted 16 months before Sinatra filed for divorce. Then, in 1969, along came married composer-conductor Andre Previn. He was 40, she was 24 and pregnant by him. The press had another field day. Previn's wife, Dory, devastated by the breakup, suffered a nervous breakdown. When things settled down, Previn divorced his songwriter wife, married Farrow and the couple had twin sons. Then came the first of her adoptions. Toward the end of her marriage to Previn, Farrow told an interviewer, ""He was always gone. I found myself very lonely, sitting at home in the drizzling rain of England without my friends or family."" She finally returned to New York in 1979, a single mother with seven children. A year later, what would become a 12-year movie career and affair with Woody Allen began first with a Farrow-requested introduction to Allen at Elaine's restaurant by movie actor Michael Caine, then with an invitation by Allen to his New Year's Eve party. Last week, the party was over. ""She really had a lot of hard knocks and grew up very quickly,"" said longtime friend Nancy Sinatra. Manhattan neighbor Mike Nichols has known Farrow since 1965, when she auditioned for a play he was directing. ""Her friends were always people a few years older than she because she was very, very intelligent and in a lot of ways very wise, right from her teen years on."" Frank Sinatra, Nichols and other Farrow friends call her a loving, devoted mother. Indeed, one is hard-pressed to find any who don't. ""We all have our questions whether she's taken on too much,"" said Farrow's brother John, 45. ""But on the other hand, look what the result is. There are some wonderful, wonderful, wonderful children including Soon-Yi. She picked people nobody else wanted. She spent hundreds of thousands on medical treatment for Moses (her adopted 14-year-old Korean son, born with cerebral palsy) to get him into shape. There's a lot of love, humanity and guts behind that. Maybe it is a compulsion to help people but she can do it, and she does it well."" Said Nichols, ""Where most people send a couple of hundred a year to Save the Children, Mia began to save the children. She thinks of it as her life work at least as much, if not more than, her acting."" All Mia's children Mia Farrow has 11 children, 7 adopted and 4 biological. Her relationship with Woody Allen ended earlier this year when she learned of his love affair with her adopted daughter Soon-Yi. Farrow family tree Marries Frank Sinatra Marries Andre Previn Begins relationship with Woody Allen No children Matthew Sascha Fletcher Lark Daisy Dylan Satchel Moses 12-year-old girl 8-week-old boy (Biological) (Biological) (Biological) (Adopted) (Adopted) (Adopted) (Adopted) (Biological) (Adopted) (Mia has legal custody) SOURCE: Newsweek Kicking custody NEWSWEEK Knight Ridder Tribune NEW YORK Amid a bombardment of tabloid missiles and an outpouring of accusations and counteraccusations, filmmaker Woody Allen met with Newsweek senior editor Jack Kroll for 3? hours in his spacious Fifth Ave. penthouse apartment. There, in a comfortable clutter of books, papers and pictures, he spoke of his relationships with Mia Farrow and with her adopted daughter Soon-Yi Farrow Previn, and responded to accusations he abused his adopted daughter Dylan, 7. The following are excerpts: KROLL: The question most people are concerned about is Mia Farrow's charge that you sexually molested Dylan. Is this in any sense true? ALLEN: Of course not. I'm on record with the most unequivocal denial that you can possibly imagine. It's unthinkable. I mean, look at the logic of it. Do you think that on the eve of signing an agreement with Mia in which we had hammered out custody, I'm going to get in a car, drive up to Connecticut in broad daylight, in an open house with many people walking in and out that I'm going to pick that moment in my life to do this thing? I mean it's just, it's just absolutely out of the question completely. Were you alone with Dylan on Aug. 4? Was I alone with her? No. I play with the kids all the time and I'm in and out of the house and there are always people around. Supposedly this took place in the attic. This is so laughable. First of all, I couldn't find the attic in Mia's house. I mean I have never been in an attic. I'm a famous claustrophobic; wild horses couldn't get me into an attic. Allegedly Dylan herself has spoken of sexual abuse by you. What do you know about that? I would rather not say things she said, and I'd rather not say them. But she's either been put up to it, or in some frightening way in an atmosphere rife with hostility toward me and lectures about how evil I am, this has crept into her psyche in some way. Beyond that, I can't say. Some people we've interviewed have said that you've been known for fondling these kids in various ways. Well, absolutely, but not in any sexual way. There is no person in the world that will come into court and say anything like that and stand up to any kind of cross-examination. I've been a model father with these kids. At what point did you sue for child custody? Mia could have prevented it all. When she accused me of child molestation, I felt that was the time to say I don't want my children in that atmosphere, it's too sick. And that's when I did what I had to do. I never thought about anything but the children. I didn't think about my reputation; I don't care if I never work again, it means zero to me. When that happened, that was so grotesque, and so fraudulent and so sick that I felt I've got to get those children out. Many people, including some who admire you, have expressed concern that you are involved with a young woman to whom you have been a father figure. But she's not part of my family. Soon-Yi has a very high-profile father; I was not a father figure to those children. I was a father figure to my own children, period. It has been alleged that in your affair with Soon-Yi you've taken advantage of someone who has learning disabilities and a very low IQ. I can only tell you this: if you think that I could enjoy myself with a dumb person, Soon-Yi has a B average in college, she takes literature courses and sociology and psychology courses, and she's fine. I am in no way with a retarded person. She's wonderful company; I couldn't be more delighted with her. What's your vision of the future with Soon-Yi? I think it's moving along very, very positively and very, very well. It's serious; I see it as a major, major situation. I see no limit for it at the moment. Is marriage a possibility? Possible, uh-huh. There are those who claim you're having a kind of midlife crisis that this is a classic case of a man having reached a certain age, who reaches out to a very young person to recharge batteries, and to restore a vitality and sense of self. Yes, one could speculate about those things. But people that have known me for a long time, and have known of the situation, and of Soon-Yi, have said to me: take Soon-Yi and run. They say, you're a lucky guy, she's delighted and happy, and you guys have terrific times together. Don't look a gift horse in the mouth. Want to be the coolest on your block? Just pop these videos in your VCR JOHN SINGH KNIGHT RIDDER NEWSPAPERS It's not enough for you? It's nearly September, and here we are enjoying what seems like the first prolonged hot spell of summer. For some of you, in fact, it may actually be dare I say it, autumn. You've got the air conditioner running full blast, you're wearing your shorts and T-shirt and sipping iced tea. And you're still hot. If all else fails, try sending yourself into deep freeze by plopping a movie in the VCR and transporting yourself to another time and another, much cooler, place. Here's your pick of icy videos: The first Norwegian film in 70 mm and stereo (and the first made in the Lapp language) obviously will lose a lot of its impact on TV but that won't stop you from enjoying this rousing, suspenseful movie based on a 1,000-year-old Lapp folk tale. It begins with the savage murder of a nomadic clan, which leaves only one 16-year-old boy alive. Not only must he survive, he also has to warn others in his tribe of the warriors who are chasing him. The subtitled adventure, nominated for Best Foreign Film in 1988, was shot in Norway's frigid tundra, and the bone-chilling cold will keep your mind off the heat. Bambi (1979) Schmaltzy, maudlin and sometimes laughable, the tale of a beautiful young ice skater who goes blind in a horrifying accident is bound to choke you up if you're willing to give in to its contrived story. The best scenes come in her small Iowa town; the movie captures the despair of the adults and the urgent need of the teens to escape. At its finest, the movie is quiet and gentle. In the silly finale, it asks for a lot of suspension of disbelief. It also features a young Robby Benson (this guy did the voice of Beauty's beast?!) and the film debut of Lynn-Holly Johnson. Remember her? Didn't think so. 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Twelve police officers were injured and two police cars were rolled over and set ablaze by attackers in their teens and 20s. Eight hooligans were arrested. About 1,000 bystanders, apparently residents of the drab apartment buildings in the area, cheered the gangs of youths. The Rostock hostel, often crowded beyond its 200-person capacity, is to be shut down Sept. 1 after repeated protests from locals complaining about noise and dirt. CAREERS IN THE TRAVEL INDUSTRY Is it difficult to break into the trave",1,0,0,0,0,1
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Temperatures are today's daytime highs. 1993 MTI Inc WARM FRONT RAIN snow thunderstorm HIGH PRESSURE LOW PRESSURE Canada Max Min Iqaluit Rain 3 0 Yellowknife Cloudy 1 -3 Whitehorse Showers 9 2 Vancouver Sunny 20 9 Victoria Sunny 20 9 Edmonton Sunny 17 1 Calgary Sunny 18 2 Saskatoon Sunny 14 -2 Regina Sunny 14 -2 Winnipeg Cloudy 10 0 Thunder Bay Cloudy 10 6 Sudbury Showers 14 5 Toronto Cloudy 16 6 Fredericton Cloudy 19 13 Halifax Showers 19 12 Charlottetown Showers 19 12 St. John's Rain 18 10 United States Max Min Atlanta Cloudy 23 17 Boston Cloudy 24 14 Chicago Sunny 19 3 Dallas Sunny 28 13 Denver Cloudy 22 6 Las Vegas Sunny 36 19 Los Angeles Sunny 33 18 New Orleans Sunny 29 21 New York Cloudy 26 16 Phoenix Sunny 38 24 St. Louis Cloudy 21 8 San Francisco Sunny 23 13 Washington Cloudy 26 16 World Max Min Amsterdam Cloudy 23 15 Athens Sunny 24 17 Beijing Sunny 22 12 Berlin Cloudy 21 11 Copenhagen Cloudy 15 11 Dublin Cloudy 15 12 Hong Kong Cloudy 29 23 Jerusalem Sunny 22 14 Lisbon Cloudy 21 14 London Cloudy 22 14 Madrid Cloudy 20 14 Mexico City Thunderstorms 24 14 Moscow Sunny 17 7 Nairobi Cloudy 29 12 New Delhi Sunny 33 23 Paris Rain 21 15 Rio de Janeiro Cloudy 24 20 Rome Cloudy 25 17 Sydney Cloudy 19 7 Tokyo Sunny 22 16 Resorts Max Un Acapulco Cloudy 32 24 Barbados Sunny 30 24 Bermuda Sunny 30 26 Honolulu Showers 31 24 Kingston Cloudy 33 25 Miami Thunderstorms 32 24 Myrtle Beach Cloudy 28 20 Nassau Sunny 31 24 Old Orchard Sunny 22 8 Virginia Beach Cloudy 26 19 Soviet threat now worries JIM MANN and SAM JAMESON LOS ANGELES TIMES TOKYO For decades, Japan has deployed the bulk of its Self-Defence Forces on the northern island of Hokkaido, because the principal threat to its security seemed to be the Soviet Union. But Japanese defence officials now acknowledge that they are thinking about a significant redeployment of these forces concentrating them more heavily in the westernmost regions of Japan to guard against possible attack by North Korea or China. With the end of the Cold War, the nature of the potential military threat to Japan is changing. Japanese defence officials worry less about an attack from Russian territory and more about the dangers posed by their Asian neighbors. The Defence Agency, in a recent white paper, for the first time cited a potential threat posed to Osaka and Kyoto by new missiles being developed by North Korea, which is also suspected of creating a nuclear arsenal. Development of a means of delivery for nuclear weapons could have ""a critical impact"" on Japan, said Haruo Ueno, Defence Agency counsellor, in explaining the policy paper to foreign correspondents. Ueno also expressed an elevated level of concern about China, saying: ""We had thought that China's military power would not become the kind of threat that the former Soviet Union was. But now, China is modernizing its armed forces, especially its naval power, is advancing into the Spratly Islands and recently revised its law concerning territorial waters. We hope China will not become a factor of uneasiness in the security of the region."" While downgrading Russia from a ""potential threat"" to an ""element of instability,"" the Defence Agency's white paper said the massive Far East forces of the former Soviet Union remain ""a cause of uneasiness."" ""I don't think the will to attack other countries still exists (in Russia), but the capability continues to exist. So we have to watch them,"" one senior Japanese defence official said. Japan also is paying much closer attention to the Korean Peninsula with an eye toward both the current North Korean regime of Kim Il Sung and a future, reunified Korea. Japanese defence experts voice less concern than Americans about the danger posed by North Korea's nuclear program, which one Japanese official said has been ""somewhat exaggerated."" ""If North Korea increases its military capabilities, we will have to shift (deployments) to the west,"" said Atsuyuki Sassa, former director of the Office of Security Planning for the prime minister's office. Because of the potential threat from North Korea, a Japanese government official said he believes it is very important for American troops to stay in South Korea. If this is not possible, he said, then ""we should accept more (American) troops in Japan."" Chinese raids put pall over transition talks REUTER HONG KONG Pirate-style attacks on shipping by Chinese security forces are rattling Hong Kong's hopes for a smooth transition to Chinese control in 1997. Political analysts say neither Beijing nor Britain can stop them. At least five attacks have occurred inside Hong Kong waters in recent months. With five years to go before the territory becomes a part of China, analysts say many southern Chinese officials have already started flouting British authority. Beijing's inability to stamp out banditry and corruption among customs officials and security forces in southern China highlights the central government's growing impotence over the booming coastal provinces, political analysts say. The latest incident took place Friday, when Chinese security officers held up a Hong Kong police launch at gunpoint for two hours near Waglan Island in the southeast of the British territory. 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More than 3,000 people have been killed in more than 20 years of political and sectarian fighting in BELFAST Masked gunmen shot and killed a Roman Catholic teenager in front of his screaming mother at their home in Northern Ireland yesterday. Bridie O'Hara begged the gunmen who burst into her house in a REUTERS MONTREAL, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1992 A woman passes two cars that flooding threw into a wall in Pollestres, southern France. New flash floods leave 3 dead in France REUTER PARIS Torrential rains caused flash floods in southern France and the Mediterranean island of Corsica, killing three people and wrecking homes and bridges, officials said yesterday. Six people were also missing after the storms, days after disastrous floods surged through the southeast killing at least 38 people and leaving 30 missing. Vatican faces strike threat as pope returns REUTER VATICAN CITY Pope John Paul, who underwent surgery more than two months ago, returned to the Vatican yesterday to face a potential revolt over low pay by disgruntled employees of the tiny city-state. During the weekend the board of the Vatican employees' union which represents about half the 2,000 non-clerical workers resigned in protest against what it called intransigence by senior prelates over workers' requests. ""With regret, we have to report the defeat of the path of dialogue and collaboration,"" a union statement said. It was the boldest action ever taken by the Association of Lay Vatican Employees and could lead to the first strike in the history of Vatican City, said church sources. In a toughly worded statement, the nine-member board said Vatican officials have repeatedly delayed action on their requests for raises in salaries and pensions. ""After seven years since the last increase, it is no longer possible to ask us to have patience,"" the statement said. Lower pay Non-clerics, most of them Italian, work in the Vatican's museums, gardens, post office, security forces and fire brigades, as well as in all the departments which administer the Roman Catholic Church around the world. Their salaries are lower than those for comparable jobs in Italy but they can purchase food and gasoline at reduced prices. A healthy-looking Pope John Paul presided at a ceremony in St. Peter's Square to beatify 21 people, including 17 Irish martyrs killed during the English suppression of Catholicism on the island in the 16th and 17th centuries. The 72-year-old pope whose intestinal tumor was turning malignant when it was removed July 15 appeared to have no difficulty presiding over the 2-hour ceremony before tens of thousands of people in the square. He stood through most of the mass and delivered his sermon in a strong voice as he put the 21 new ""blesseds"" of the Roman Catholic Church one step away from sainthood. The ceremony marked his return to what is expected to be a normal schedule after 10 weeks of convalescence. Beatification which requires one proven miracle except in cases of martyrdom means the candidate for sainthood can be honored in a limited way during the liturgy. The group of beatified included 17 Irish martyrs four bishops, six priests, a monk, a housewife, three sailors, a baker and a merchant killed between 1579 and 1654. The killings took place during a political struggle to establish and consolidate the Protestant power of England in Ireland following the split between Rome and Henry VIII in 1534. The subjugation of the Irish became an aim of the Tudor monarchs. Revolts, partly inspired by Roman Catholic opposition to the reformation, were suppressed. Irish resistance culminated in the rebellion of 1641 and was not suppressed until Oliver Cromwell invaded in 1649. Water rushed through the streets in the town of Rennes-les-Bains near Carcassonne, where an elderly woman drowned when her house collapsed and two people were missing. Mayor Jacques Ortola said the Sal river rose 6.5 metres in less than two hours on Saturday, cutting roads to the town and bringing down power lines. ""The river overflowed. It was a catastrophe. Everything was carried off. Homes, campsites, tennis courts, restaurants, everything was damaged,"" he told France-Info radio. ""Every able-bodied man has been mobilized to clear the wreckage from the streets."" The towns of Narbonne and Beziers were on all-night alert when the Orbe river overflowed its banks. A woman was missing in Corsica where rivers burst their banks, flooding campsites and destroying bridges and a house. 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Approximately twice a month, prominent guest speakers share their expertise in order to keep members attuned to the needs of industry. Photo by Jeanie Trubiano DEA Executive committee in front DOUG YANAKIN 3 SPORTS A family oriented sports store selling and renting new & used equipment for HOCKEY, SKIING & CYCLING WE WELCOME TRADE-INS 454 BEACONSFIELD BLVD. 695-5700 GENERAL TRUST OF CANADA 955 St. Jean Blvd, Pointe-Claire Telephone: (514) 694-5670 well, all members are encouraged to give classification talks which explain the raison-d'etre of their organization. Weekly meetings, lead-sharing, brainstorming: That's only part of it. The board of directors, which is made up of members, ensures the cohesion of the association by meeting monthly. It's not all work and no play, however. Fellowship events such as golf tournaments and pot-luck parties also encourage spouses and children to mingle. And the friendships which ensue are often long-lasting, even among former members. 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+203,19930408,modern,Storm,"S Open champ, already the winner of two 1993 tournaments and the season's leading money-winner. On Tuesday, as he hit an 8-iron at the driving range, pain from a back spasm brought Kite to his knees and changed the tournament's outlook. While Kite's status was uncertain, the weather forecast seemed much more definite. Strong thunderstorms, packing the lightning that halts play and the heavy rains that change the nature and character of the course, are forecast for tomorrow's second round. Heavy rains early in the week had Augusta National playing exceptionally long and the greens much more forgiving in the practice sessions. ""With a few days of good weather, though, by the time the tournament starts the greens will be back to the speed you expect here,"" Norman said. Norman is on a roll, his two-year slump replaced by his old swagger. The Australian has finished a close second here twice to Jack Nicklaus in 1986 and to Larry Mize's playoff chip-in in 1987 and he considers winning the Masters his No. 1 priority in golf. ""If there was only one more tournament I could win, this is the one I'd want it to be,"" Norman said. This season, with a more compact swing and a slightly more conservative approach, he won at Doral and finished third and fourth in his last two starts. ""I'm coming in more excited about my chances, more confident than I've been in a long time,"" Norman said. With Kite's prospects reduced, Norman's chief challengers appear to be Faldo, Price and Couples, who is involved in a bitter divorce case. ""Even with all this other stuff going on, Freddie's still playing very well,"" Norman said. Couples has a victory and a runner-up finish this year, but said he's ""not even close to playing as well"" as he did in gaining player of the year honors the last two seasons. Faldo, the Englishman who scored consecutive Masters victories in 1989-90, and Price, the PGA title-holder from Zimbabwe, are the two top choices. Faldo, a methodical, grinding player who bides his time and awaits the mistakes of others, now has won five major titles and, like the younger Nicklaus, centers his golfing life on the Masters. LUC HAMPSTEAD MONTREAL WEST NOTRE DAME DE GRACE OUTREMONT SNOWDOM TOWN OF MOUNT ROYAL WESTMOUNT Pictures of the city Five-year-old David Dworkin of Notre Dame de Grace, who is fascinated by tall buildings, is among the winners of an art contest celebrating Montreal architecture. PAGE G3 INSIDE Calendar G8 Student Voice G6 More than touchy-feely Concordia University's Lacolle Centre for Educational Innovation is a place where almost anyone with an idea for a course can try it out - like one on rediscovering your inner child. But the centre goes beyond touchy-feely self-actualization sessions, Lacolle's director says. PAGE G7 SHOT CTT 1 GAZETTE, MARIE-FRANCE COALLIER Stan Rogers displays some of his Scout badges. Badges of honor: MONTREAL WEST - Stan Rogers can't remember the name of the woman who crept into his tent and kindled his grand passion for collecting scouting badges. It happened 30 years ago at a Wolf Cub camp, where Rogers, a cub leader, was staying with his pack. He came back to his tent to find his epaulet badge missing, and a different one pinned in its place. Later, the cub leader who swiped the badge explained she wanted it for her collection. Since then, Rogers, 52, has collected more than 3,000 scouting badges. He specializes in district badges from across Canada. ""It's much like collecting postage stamps,"" he said, ""it's a challenge."" Rogers, a bachelor, is also caretaker of St. Philip's Anglican Church. He's still a cub leader, and some of his cubs also collect badges. ""I love to work with kids,"" he said. ""Hopefully what we try to give to them is a good way of living."" Badgers Club members from across Canada will meet in Montreal on April 24 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Scouts Canada headquarters, 2001 Trans-Canada Highway, Dorval (eastbound service road). The meeting is open to all. Call Rogers at 486-6850. Cleanup resumes after Easter Street cleaning in the Notre Dame de Grace and Cote des Neiges districts, which was interrupted by the April 1 snowstorm, will resume April 13, following the Easter long weekend. ""We expect to have the street sweeping operation to be completed by April 23 at the latest,"" said Daniel Fleury, district manager of road maintenance. Hearings begin on school plan NOTRE DAME DE GRACE - Hearings that began last night on a controversial plan to move the University de Montreal's business school to a new site at Cote Ste. Catherine Rd. and Darlington Ave. will continue next Tuesday. Several groups, including Les Amis de la Montagne and the Soci锟斤拷t锟斤拷 d'Histoire de C?te des Neiges, oppose the plan, saying it threatens an oak and maple forest on the site, next to College Jean de Br锟斤拷beuf. The Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales says it has outgrown its present building on Decelles Ave. at Jean Brillant Ave. The city's district advisory committee for C?te des Neiges and N. Westmount Otiircniont 5th 1 lMr 486-7305 273-8889 842-7711 We might expropriate Outremont Theatre: mayor HAZEL PORTER THE GAZETTE OUTREMONT - The city will expropriate the Outremont Theatre to protect it from further deterioration unless the municipality and owners can agree on a price, Mayor Jean Pomminville said this week. Outremont has offered $1 million for the landmark but the owners, Shelley Investments, want $2.5 million. ""We're trying to negotiate with them but they want more,"" Pomminville said in a telephone interview Tuesday. ""Yes, we will go that far if it is necessary,"" the mayor replied when asked whether the city is prepared to expropriate. A proposal by Pomminville to complete a land survey of the theatre, at a cost of about $250, was blocked by four opposition members of council at Monday's meeting when a vote on the motion resulted in a 4-4 tie. Two councillors with the governing Mouvement des Citoyens d'Outremont were not present. Opposition councillor Paul Asselin said he opposed the survey because it is the first step toward expropriation, which his Parti de la R锟斤拷forme Municipale d'Outremont opposes. ""We are opposed to a survey until a market study has been done,"" said Asselin, his party's leader. Shelley Investments executives weren't available to discuss their negotiations with Outremont. The city intends to take over the building and restore it as a cultural venue. It has not ruled out using part of the building as commercial space. ""Bernard Ave. was badly affected by the closure of the theatre,"" Pomminville said. Restoring it would inject some life into the street, he added. Councillor Jerome Unterberg, of the mayor's party, said a variety of studies have already been done and the city's plans for the theatre are in keeping with them. Unterberg criticized the opposition's stance: ""They PLEASE SEE THEATRE, PAGE G2 S7 5-m sport OS a m lillOtl centre ANDY RIGA THE GAZETTE COTE DES NEIGES - Local community groups are applauding Montreal city council's decision this week to build a $7.5-million sports and recreation facility in southern Cote des Neiges. But they say they'll continue to push for two other much-needed facilities in the other parts of the district. ""It's a start,"" Denise Gaboriault, president of the Centre Communautaire de Loisirs de Cote des Neiges, said Tuesday. ""But we'll keep fighting for more, because people in Cote des Neiges - especially children - desperately need these facilities,"" Gaboriault said her group and the Cote des Neiges Community Council have been lobbying the city for 10 years to build a public recreational facility. The new complex, approved by city council Monday, will be the first city-run, multi-purpose, indoor facility in the district, home to about 80,000 people. The 34,000-square-foot building will house a gymnasium, a large room for things like community suppers and dances, as well as rooms designed for arts and crafts, dance, martial arts, exercise and pottery. The four-storey-high building will be constructed on Gatineau Ave., in the school yard of Notre Dame des Neiges School. Work is to begin this fall and the city says it hopes to open it in October 1994. The Montreal Catholic School Commission has agreed to cede the land to the city. In exchange, students will have access to it during school hours. The facility will be connected to the school by an underground tunnel. Councillor Abe Limonchik, who represents Cote des Neiges, said the deal reached with the school board will serve PLEASE SEE SPORTS, PAGE G2 IliiipS ti fn t p & ff l! 11 ti f2r: m: -"" a 4 1 h m X 7 - ,H , - -n 4 j-- h Jr 'lilt GAZETTE, MARIE-FRANCE COALLIER Frieda Fein, VA, couldn't resist taking a sniff of the spring's first tulips, displayed in all their glory last weekend at the city of Westmount greenhouses. 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. Workers were to meet last night to vote on the proposed new collective agreement. The workers, members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees, have been without a contract since December 1991. -Andy Riga Mayor awaits hiring of manager after librarians criticize project ANDY RIGA THE GAZETTE CAIT1E, MARIE-FRANCE COALLIER Passover treat Melissa Baum, 4, had her hands full of matzoh last Friday when the Snowdon YM-YWHA nursery school held a model seder, where children learn about the rituals of Passover. The Jewish holiday began at sundown Monday. WESTMOUNT - Responding to librarians who say plans for the $7.5-million expansion of the Westmount Public Library are misguided and require changes, Mayor Peter Trent this week put on hold all work on the design. ""We have put on hold any further work on the layout of the library until a manager is hired,"" Trent said Tuesday. The city hired a recruiting company last month and hopes to hire a professional librarian to run the library and oversee the culture and recreation departments by July 1, he said. Won't delay construction But the mayor insisted the decision won't delay construction, which is slated to begin in the spring of 1994. Westmount fired chief librarian Rosemary Lydon last month, setting off a storm of controversy among users who launched a campaign to get her re-hired. Two weeks ago, the city called a meeting to get input on the renovation and expansion of the library from 50 librarians who live in Westmount and work in libraries across the city. They told the mayor the city can't move ahead with its plans until someone is put in place to take charge of the library. ""You need a chief librarian if you're going to entertain these major changes,"" Beverly Chandler, Vanier College's head librarian, said in an interview. ""You need someone to make the judgment calls."" The librarians at the meeting complained the multimillion-dollar proposal has major faults, mainly because it is currently being overseen by a city hall steering committee that does not include a librarian. Among their concerns: Staff rooms and reference desks shouldn't be placed in isolated areas. Secluded washrooms near the children's library and the staff room are potentially dangerous because they could attract loiterers. The library should have one entrance, not two. A proposed new entrance would be too far from the circulation desk. A two-storey glass wall on the north side of the new annex will make it difficult to regulate heat in the library. The audio-visual department should be placed on the ground floor rather than the second floor to make it more accessible. Considering the number of complaints, some of the librarians said renowned architect Peter Rose, who designed the current proposal, might not be the best person to work on the final plans. Jane Toward, the head of the children's department at the Fraser-Hickson Library in Notre Dame de Grace, said the city's decision to consult librarians is encouraging. Must be done right ""There are (still) real concerns,"" Toward said. ""But I'm in favor of this project if it's done properly."" Trent said the proposed layout is not set in stone, but the city is bound by some architectural and heritage constraints. PLEASE SEE LIBRARY, PAGE G2 President Bill Clinton on Tuesday, in a joint news conference with Mubarak following their meeting on Tuesday, Clinton repeated the administration's position that it would not ask the Israelis to take additional steps on the issue of the deported Palestinians. Israel opposed the inclusion of Palestinians from East Jerusalem because it did not want to give any suggestion that the status of Jerusalem was open to negotiation. Should Rabin accept Husseini's participation now, his rightist political opponents in Israel would doubtless try to make it a political issue. One possible way around the problem that was suggested would be to reclassify Hussein as a resident of nearby Ramallah. That approach would also shield the Clinton administration from questions about whether it was shifting its position on the status of Jerusalem. The United States, which still maintains its embassy in Tel Aviv, has long held that the final status of Jerusalem should be determined in negotiations between the parties themselves. But in an interview with Middle East Institute shortly after the presidential election, Clinton took a decidedly more pro-Israeli stance, saying, ""I do recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital, and Jerusalem ought to remain an undivided city."" He qualified his remarks by saying that for the United States to move its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem ""while negotiations are in progress could undermine the very objective we seek."" intravenous drug users, Merson said. He called that approach ineffective and counterproductive because it drove people underground and isolated them from treatment and education. ""That hasn't worked anywhere in the world, and it isn't going to work in central and eastern Europe,"" he said. Representatives of nearly every central and eastern European government met in Riga, the Latvian capital, last week to devise a regional strategy to fight the deadly disease. They issued a declaration estimating that the region must invest $550 million over the next three years to prevent the outbreak of a full-scale epidemic. But most of the countries represented are poor, and governments made no firm financial commitments. ""Central and eastern Europe are experiencing particular changes and transitions,"" the Riga declaration said. ""Political changes have resulted in a sharp increase in mobility, e.g., tourism, trade and external migration. Social upheaval has led to a growth in injecting drug use and male and female prostitution. Pressure on existing health structures has increased, making it necessary to distribute already scarce resources over a wider spectrum."" In a speech to the Riga conference, Merson urged delegates to study what he described as effective AIDS programs in western Europe. He said the Netherlands, Switzerland, Britain and the Scandinavian countries had formulated successful combinations of education and treatment. Reflecting the success of such programs, the director of Germany's AIDS program, Meinrad Koch, announced this week that recent increases in AIDS cases here had been smaller than expected. Koch said 690 new cases were reported since December, an increase he described as ""not very dramatic."" He said total AIDS cases in Germany were below 7,000. This year's international AIDS conference is to be held in Berlin in June. Special efforts are being made to attract researchers and public-health officials from central and eastern Europe. As many as 15,000 participants are expected, which would make it the largest such conference ever held. Founder freed The founder of the Red Brigades, Italy's most feared terrorist gang for decades, leaves a Rome prison yesterday on a work-release program after 17 years behind bars. Renato Curcio, 51, will help a small publishing firm prepare a study on former terrorists. Curcio will return Russian nuclear accident triggers fear abroad Western countries fall short on promises of aid to improve safety standards WILLIAM DROZDIAK WASHINGTON POST PARIS Despite rising anxiety about the perilous condition of Soviet-made nuclear facilities, Western governments have failed to live up to last year's promises of substantial aid to improve the safety standards of those sites. After a leak in graphite tubing released a small amount of radioactive gas from a Chernobyl-type nuclear plant near St. Petersburg in March of 1992, leaders from the world's major industrial countries vowed at last summer's Group of Seven summit to spend $700 million on upgrading the most dangerous nuclear plants in the former Soviet Union. But nearly a year after the $700 million was promised, hardly any of the money has been released because the industrial powers could not agree on who should disburse the funds and manage the cleanup. Meanwhile, the Russian government, for reasons of security or national pride, has resisted the idea of granting Western experts unfettered access to examine aging or poorly designed plants. The explosion of a tank of radioactive waste at the Tomsk-7 nuclear weapons complex in Siberia on Tuesday is expected to catapult fears about the state of Russian nuclear plants onto the agenda for the next Group of Seven summit in Tokyo this July. But nuclear safety experts are pessimistic that any meaningful initiative will be taken. ""This accident could not have come at a worse time,"" said David Kyd, spokesman for the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna. ""We are looking at nuclear safety needs that will cost billions of dollars just when budgets are badly strained and many countries are in recession."" out of control. He was the last key figure from the leftist gang to gain freedom after the so-called Years of Lead in the 1970s and '80s, when the gang was responsible for hundreds of attacks. A police crackdown, helped by gang defections, led to their imprisonment. IAEA experts have recommended that as many as one-third of the 60 Soviet-made nuclear power plants are too dangerous to operate and should be urgently phased out. But governments in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union say they lack funds for other forms of energy and must keep the plants going to avoid serious electricity shortages. Other threats arise from the vast amount of nuclear waste poured into the open seas. This week the environmental lobby Greenpeace published a Russian government report saying the Soviet Union dumped 18 reactors and more than 13,000 containers of radioactive waste into the Kara and Barents Seas. IAEA waste specialists say that Russian nuclear submarines off the coast of Norway are rusting badly and that their propulsion systems and torpedoes may start releasing plutonium into the sea over the next four years. The Group of Seven plan to spend $700 million helping clean up Soviet-built nuclear plants was stillborn because the United States and Japan argued for spending the money through bilateral programs, while the European countries wanted a multilateral pool of funds managed by the European Community. Only recently, the industrial powers agreed that the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development could disburse $70 million for nuclear safety programs. The United States, in the Russian aid package announced in Vancouver on Sunday, allocated $15 million for those tasks. For the past six months, the industrial powers have directed some aid toward Russian nuclear safety plans, but they have resisted providing more grants until they can control how the money is spent. has stormy start this morning and all scheduled tours have been moved to today. Mulroney had planned to tour Bush's office while Mila was to tour the Texas Heart Institute. The Mulroneys' visit is part of the prime minister's farewell tour through the United States. This week they visited former president Ronald Reagan at his presidential library in California. A spokesman for Mulroney said the remainder of the Mulroneys' visit to the United States is private. She declined to give details or say when the couple is expected to return to Canada. At the table, West read it as a suit-preference signal and shifted to clubs. South won, drew trumps, eliminated clubs via a ruff and then put East on play with a diamond. East had no safe lead, and South lost only two diamonds and one heart. A diamond continuation at trick two would have a similar result, but a shift to hearts would defeat the game. East wins the finesse, cashes his diamond ace and exits in clubs, waiting patiently for the setting trick in hearts. Does West get all the blame for not finding the heart shift at trick two? Absolutely. If the setting tricks were to come from the club suit, East could easily have overtaken the diamond jack to make the club plays himself. When he allowed West to hold the trick, he was asking West to do something that East couldn't do for himself. BID Wi l li THE ACES South holds: 3 ? K 0 8 2 0 AQ842 QJ 10 SOLTII 10 20 NORTH I 2 ANSWER: Pass. North has a six-card (or longer) suit and shows no interest in a game venture. QiH,luifi tn bridge can hi' wni to lr on HrulKi. 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Several thousand people attended the March 28 concert in Hillsboro. Nelson grew up in nearby Abbott, 135 kilometres southeast of Dallas. The century-old Hill County Courthouse was gutted by fire Jan.",0,0,0,0,0,0
+204,19900318,modern,Storm,"S' Department of Energy said that the explosion, code-named Metropolis, had a force of 20-150 kilotonnes, a vague estimate given to news media by the agency for almost all of its blasts. Seismologists said that the explosion registered 5.1 on the Richter scale. Volcanoes Alaska's Redoubt volcano erupted on March 14 with a vivid lightning storm and an ash cloud that drifted mostly to the north and northwest, away from population centres. The eruption was preceded by a magnitude 5.5 earthquake that occurred 80 km beneath Redoubt, and another comparable quake 270 km southwest of Fairbanks. Fairbanks, Bozvmvanny volcano, on the Soviet Far East's Kamchatka peninsula, erupted with a powerful explosion on March 10. Soviet volcanologists report that a column of smoke and stones rose 10 km above the crater, and that streams of lava flowed down the mountain. Earthquakes A rare East African quake rocked the Kenyan port city of Mombasa, but no damage or injuries were reported. Earth movements were also felt in the Kuril Islands, off central Japan, in the Aleutian Islands and in Montana. Tropical Storms Tropical cyclone Walter was renamed Gregoara as it moved from the monitoring responsibility of the Australian Bureau of Meteorology to that of the French meteorological station at Reunion. Cyclone Felana also churned the Indian Ocean at the height of the storm season there. Natural Disasters A mysterious disease or poison has killed more than 60 per cent of the extremely rare yellow-eyed penguins on the coast of New Zealand's Otago Peninsula during the past eight weeks, and the magnificent royal albatross may also be in danger. The bizarre ailment has only killed breeding adults, while the survivors are not only healthy, but vibrant. All recovered dead penguins were found with empty stomachs, raising fears that something has entered the food chain. Biologists are carefully watching flocks of albatross who feed in the same coastal waters as the penguins. This has been a difficult summer for wildlife in New Zealand, where avian botulism killed thousands of ducks. Wild rabbits have overrun an environmentally sensitive basin, and threaten to destroy indigenous plants and birds, including the endangered black stilt. L Ralston somewhat caustically noted, McNaughton understands fully the value of publicity and has been widely publicized to the Canadian people. Indeed, McNaughton made the covers not only of Canadian weeklies but also of Time and Newsweek, all of which lavished praise on McNaughton of the Canadians. In July the press prominently carried news of McNaughton's promotion to lieutenant-general and the suggestion that he would command a mixed British-Canadian corps. By June 1941 reports were circulating that McNaughton was going to replace Churchill as minister of defence in the British war cabinet, a bit of impudence quickly denied by 10 Downing St. Then in September came McNaughton's famous press conference when he boldly proclaimed that there would have to be an invasion of the continent and suggested that Canadian forces would be at the centre of this effort. As he put it, the Canadian corps was a dagger pointed at the heart of Berlin. The next spring, after a trip home, the general was back in England, deprecating Britain's war effort and seemingly joining the American campaign for an immediate Second Front: You don't win wars by sitting in defensive positions, no matter how important they are, he declared, ignoring the fact that this was what Canadian troops had been doing since the start of the war. Nor could McNaughton afford to sound too cautious. After all, war has ever been associated with its commanders maintaining a confident, aggressive state of mind, for without such an attitude troops lose their fighting edge and commanders lose their credibility. Not surprisingly, McNaughton's subordinate commanders entered the fray with enthusiasm. When Gen. Victor Odium arrived with the 2nd Canadian Division in 1940, the London Evening News headed a story with the line, Canadians want a smack at the Jerries, and quoted Odium as saying, Germany has asked for it and she is going to get it. Of course King tried to counteract the press campaign of his zealous commanders. But King eventually succumbed to the relentless pressure to build an image of an aggressive, militant Canada. Though he knew that if he visited the troops in England he would be confronted by the much-resented fact of their inactivity, he alone of all the war leaders could not avoid such a trip. In September, King told his London audience: You all know how eager our Canadian soldiers are for action against the enemy. I cannot make too clear that the policy of the Canadian government is to have our troops serve in those theatres where, viewing the war as a whole, it is believed their services will count the most. This statement was designed to convey subtly to the British that Canada did not want any invitations to go to North Africa and that her troops should be kept in Britain, facing the English Channel. But as phrased and as reported it suggested that King wanted to be in on the big fighting, regardless of the possible casualties. Nothing too hazardous King's slow process of succumbing to the very rhetoric he found so objectionable in his military chiefs was reflected in the speech he made on his return from England: Every Canadian heart must have been thrilled by Mr. Churchill's words when he said that our Canadian soldiers stood at the very post where they would be the first to be hurled into a counterstroke against the invader. No one should have been surprised by such rhetoric. A nation at war cannot easily avoid creating the impression that the first objective is to fight and win, and a government that cannot face that reality perhaps ought not to be at war. King realized this, and came to accept the need for presenting the public with images of Canadians fighting. But doing so meant that, sooner or later, he would exhaust the possibilities of rhetoric and be obliged to deliver the real thing. By early 1942 many in the Canadian government hoped that something more substantial than mere words could be found though nothing too hazardous. What was required was a combat mission against Germany big enough to convince the public that action was being undertaken, but small enough to be undertaken entirely by Canadians, and safe enough so that King would not have to be confronted with major casualties. Not only was this setting too many conditions on the employment of Canadian troops, but the idea of contributing to the speediest possible defeat of the enemy seemed to be playing a distinctly secondary role to considerations of image. In October 1941 the strangest of all attempts to find employment for Canadian troops had been approved: the sending of two battalions to Hong Kong. This gave the Canadian units their first taste of combat, after two years of being at war. Unfortunately the Japanese attack was overwhelming and the episode ended in a humiliating disaster. By the spring of 1942 Canadians had still not seen action in Europe. McNaughton's bold talk made the embarrassment still more acute. If the dagger was pointed at Berlin, it seemed not to have moved an inch in a year. As early as the summer of 1941 Canadian forces could have found employment in the Mediterranean theatre for the defence of Egypt. The Australians and South Africans were already in North Africa. If the Canadians had joined them, their contribution to the war might have been considerable. But McNaughton feared that his troops would be swallowed up into larger British formations in areas that would never be decisive. Troops booed PM Given Canadian attitudes, the British government resigned itself to having the Canadians as garrison troops. That was surely what King wanted, and until the opportunity for a potentially sensational engagement like Vimy Ridge came by, that was also what McNaughton wanted. It is not even clear that King desired another Vimy, judging from his outburst in May 1941, when the minister of national defence for air suggested in the cabinet war committee that Canada offer troops for Egypt. King virtually exploded: I said at once that I would not countenance anything of the kind: that it might be my Scotch conscience, or it might be common sense, but I do not feel that any government has the right to take the lives of any men for spectacular purposes. Ralston visited McNaughton in October 1941. The minutes of their strategy review Oct. 15 record McNaughton as saying that the best employment of the Canadian corps for the coming winter was to remain in Great Britain, but that in the spring it might be practicable to take part in operations elsewhere. The minister asked whether he meant the corps as a whole or in part. McNaughton replied as a corps. After a March 1942 conference with Mackenzie King, McNaughton noted that they were both agreed on keeping Canadian forces pointed against the principal enemy that is, facing Germany across the Channel and would brook no diversions to the Middle East. By this time, however, Gen. Kenneth Stuart, chief of the Canadian general staff, was desperate to find some active employment for Canadian troops. The soldiers had no difficulty in recognizing who was responsible for their inactivity. When King visited the troops in August 1941 he was loudly booed from the ranks of the assembled formations. Rarely, if ever, had a prime minister been so publicly humiliated. By June 1942 it was clear that Ralston was wavering in his support of King's policy of restraint. Ralston's speech of June 16, 1942, gives some indication of the tide King was swimming against: These troops shout for action. We all shout for action. The time will come for action; and when that time comes you can depend on it that Canadian troops will prove to be a powerful, hard-hitting fighting force worthy in every way of the spirit that stormed Vimy Ridge 25 years ago. King was in a dilemma. Any politician who was revealed as holding back the war effort would, in time, be gravely imperilled. King was certainly not going to let the situation deteriorate to a point where the public would echo the booing Canadian troops had given him. Always a realist in politics, King had begun to look for some way to demonstrate more vigorous action while excluding anything that might require conscription, which he continued to regard as the greatest political danger. As early as the summer of 1941 the Canadian military had been proposing to King that an active effort might focus on raids. They would do much for the image of Canadian military effectiveness, particularly if they could be represented as being daring. Raids offered the prospect of having the maximum possible effect at the lowest possible cost in casualties, since any raid would be relatively brief. For McNaughton, raiding operations would provide action without running the risk of dividing his army or sending it to dead-end theatres just to get battle experience. Indeed, the experience gained from raids on the continent might earn Canadians a special right when the time came to point the dagger at Berlin. It is hard not to see in raiding operations the ideal solution to the problem of trying to get maximum prominence in the war at minimum cost. But approval for raids was not easily obtained. Ottawa was initial. Perhaps the last word on Dieppe, from the point of view of the men who were there, should go to Charles Cecil Merritt, who won a Victoria Cross for bravery. Born in Vancouver, Merritt was a lawyer who had served in the Seaforth Highlanders, a Vancouver-based unit, before his 1942 transfer to the South Saskatchewan Regiment. As lieutenant-colonel and commander of the South Saskatchewan, Merritt went ashore with his men. The official citation describes his bravery on the beach: From the point of landing, his unit's advance had to be made across a bridge in Pourville which was swept by very heavy machine-gun, mortar and artillery fire. 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. If we got involved in a discussion, we would be making a political mistake, as if we were admitting that the will of the people had not yet been expressed, he said. Gorbachev has ruled out the use of force to prevent Lithuania and other republics from seceding. But he still has a range of economic and political weapons at his disposal, including the declaration of direct presidential rule over the Baltic republic of 3.7 million people. ADDITIONAL REPORTING: LOS ANGELES TIMES Latvians, Estonians go to polls. PAGE B1 Fumes at YMCA make 7 kids sick PETER KUITENBROUWER THE GAZETTE Seven children were taken to hospital yesterday after swimming at the Notre Dame de Grace YMCA. They may have breathed in a dangerous combination of chlorine fumes and carbon monoxide, a Montreal Children's Hospital doctor said. Dr. Paul Roumeliotis, who treated four girls aged 8 to 12, said, I think it was chlorine inhalation. We've never seen anything like this before, he said. We've had isolated cases of kids drinking bleach. The carbon monoxide was the icing on the cake, Roumeliotis said blood tests had showed above-normal levels of carbon monoxide in the blood of the four girls. Katie Sheahan, director of the YMCA on Hampton St., said a car probably had been idling in the parking lot beside the intake vent of the air circulation system. It's the kind of day where parents leave the car running and listen to the radio and read a book while waiting, Sheahan said. The girls spent five hours in hospital and were released after blood tests and examinations for respiratory burns. Two girls and a boy taken to St. Justine's were also released, Sheahan said. One of them had gone home from the YMCA and then had been taken to the hospital. The children began to vomit at about 10:20 a.m. at the end of their 45-minute swimming lesson, Sheahan said. Three instructors and two lifeguards also swam in the pool but had suffered no ill effects. YMCA staff evacuated all 75 people in the building and called Gaz Metropolitan and the fire department, along with firms that maintain the building's equipment. But they found nothing abnormal. We don't know what the problem is, Sheahan said. The pool is fine. Before opening the pool today, a YMCA team will block off the area in the parking lot around the air intake vent, she said. Mild weather sets records WALTER BUCHIGNANI THE GAZETTE No, it's not your imagination. We have been getting warmer-than-usual temperatures for this time of year. Record-breaking temperatures, in fact. Yesterday's high of 13 degrees beat the record of 11 degrees set in 1983. Same thing Friday. We hit 13 degrees three better than the record set in 1948, said Ed Cowell of the Dorval weather office. What can we look forward to for today's St. Patrick's Day parade? It's going to be a little cooler, Cowell said. Mostly cloudy with a few sunny periods and a 30 per cent chance of rain. The mercury could hit 5 or 6 degrees. But we shouldn't put away our tuques and mitts yet. Mother Nature always reserves a few surprises for us in the way of a March storm, Cowell cautioned. We'll be looking at below-freezing temperatures again on Monday and Tuesday. Not everyone has enjoyed the mild spell. Denis Boulanger, director of Mont Sutton, one of the biggest ski hills in the Eastern Townships, said up to 7,000 skiers use the hill on a good day, but yesterday there were about 50. ADDITIONAL REPORTING DAVE COON OF THE GAZETTE Warm weather causes flooding. PAGE A5",1,0,0,0,1,1
+205,19900408,modern,Storm,"P. Sanlagulda, 952-4553 PIANO moving specialists Tuning & servicing Rudy Adler 46-624 30 killed, 186 feared drowned as storm sinks ferry in Burma ASSOCIATED PRESS RANGOON A river ferry capsized and sank during a fierce storm in southern Burma, killing at least 30 people, government radio reported yesterday. It said 186 were missing and believed drowned. The double-decker ferry Sein San Pya overturned in gale-force winds Friday afternoon with 241 people aboard, Rangoon Radio said. The bodies of 25 women and five men, including two Buddhist monks, were recovered, but 186 people were still missing, the radio said. It said 25 people were rescued. An earlier broadcast said 50 people were saved. The report said some of the dead were children and all those missing were presumed drowned. The ferry was making a regular run on the Gyaing river from the town of Moulmein, about 160 kilometres southeast of the capital Rangoon, to the town of Kyondo in the southern province of Tenasserim, the report said. It sank about 12:30 p.m. local time. China celebrates with first launch of foreign satellite NEW YORK TIMES BEIJING China launched a foreign satellite last night, setting off a national celebration to mark its entry into the international satellite-launching business. As a national television audience watched, a Chinese Long March 3 rocket blasted off from a launching pad in Sichuan province in central China, bearing a U. HOCKEY SCHOOL Residents & non-residents SUMMER 1990 Power Skating Goaltenders Elite Category Intensive Course Saturday Course Evening Course Pre-Season Training 388-2296 & 387-5333 IAN MacLAINE CANADIAN PRESS - VASTERAS, Sweden Ed Werenich discovered at the world curling championships that his rink had the right stuff. The Canadian champion capped a stormy season yesterday with a 3-1 win over David Smith of Scotland for his second world men's title in as many tries. Werenich said during the Labatt Brier in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., last month that he had trouble comparing this team and his world championship rink of 1983 since the present team hadn't won anything. Powerful team ""You can't say that any more,"" Werenich said after a tedious and seemingly routine finale at the Rocklunda Arena played before the largest crowd of the week-long championship. ""They're a very good team, but a very different team. They're a good team, a very good team, but almost impossible to compare. This team can be overpowering. The other team could be overpowering but in a finesse way."" He said his present team John Kawaja, Ian Tetley and Pat Perroud showed it can find new IBF crown for the seventh time. Paez took six of the last seven rounds on the cards of two ringside judges to beat Espinoza. They fought to a draw last May during their first meeting for the IBF crown. IN TOLEDO, Ohio, Toronto's Todd Binns advanced to the semifinals of the $25,000 North American Pro Squash Open with a 15-14, 18-15, 15-9 victory over Mexico's Rodolfo Rodriguez. 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 60 Pick one's way 61 Dodo 62 Carbon copy 64 Lotion 66 Coat with black gloss 69 Bedding item 70 Ditto 71 Tax man at times 74 Author Waugh 75 Taylor-Newman movie 80 He 81 Run away to marry 82 Lessen 83 Storied lioness 84 for we be (Bible) 86 Sanguinary 87 Darth of ""Star Wars"" 88 Buenos 90 Indistinct 91 Throat sound 92 Withstand 95 Couple 97 one's laurels 100 Conditional freedom 101 Hair dye 102 Mubarak's city 104 Korean soldier 106 Cherish 107 Pacino movie 110 with (took the part of) 111 Frankenstein's assistant 112 Rich tapestry 113 ""Karenina"" 114 ""On Your"" 115 Speck 116 Unimaginative 117 Eager tourist 1 Gospel 2 Fluff 3 Make reparation 4 Kind of room 5 Unassuming 6 Iniquities 7 Generous one 8 Toast cover 9 Package abbr. 10 Saree wearer 11 Fiery 12 Made a break for it 13 Golf club end 14 Anwar of Egypt 15 Conjure up 16 Bogged down 17 Stopovers 21 Order of the 23 Lots of water 24 Previously owned 29 down the hatches 31 Scale 32 City on the Adige 33 Kind of bean 35 Sericeous 36 ""poor Yorick"" 38 Lacquer Ingredient 39 ""What God wrought"" 40 HRE king 41 Parnassian 42 Stallone movie 44 Sleep ender 45 contendere 46 Short whip 47 Advantage 49 Street group 50 Blueprint 51 ""A mixture of doth ever add pleasure"" (Bacon) 54 Eminent one 55 Cooking byproduct 60 Ravine 61 Aspect 62 Hack 63 Byroad 64 Nuts 65 Friend from Flanders 66 Door part 67 Pteroid 68 Soccer great 69 Building block 70 Goggle 71 Distant 72 Put forth 73 Long way off 75 Cherry red 76 On the ball 77 Comic strip Viking 78 Old Gr coin 79 Take the bait 85 Greeted with enthusiasm 87 Eye shade 89 Bunghole faucet 90 Bread type 91 Misbelief 92 Ham's hobby 93 Wear away gradually 94 Tender spots 96 Agassi of tennis 97 Hayworth and Moreno 98 ME town 99 Not anybody 100 Time gone by 101 Take-out words 102 Singer Vikki 103 Hair style 105 Burl on a tree 107 Indistinct 108 Chatter 109 Worn-out horse SOLUTION to last week's puzzle HolpltlsifitrmStti i 2 3 4 r15 i pf i i IH110 111 112 113 f 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 team imau : 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 37 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 jloTsT 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 769 7Q 71 72 73 ItmtMrnim - inflMMk - tea 75 76 77 78 79 64 85 i 186 jj7 iau - jjif - vi H r-Ui ! sr&yr Hsrp J-rsr MTV: m 101 jio7p3 i04 105 mim sbu ittou 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 EARTHWEEK: A DIARY OF THE PLANET Ted Horning THEORY VERSUS PSYCHOLOGY Today's hand has a correct theoretical answer. It isn't easy as it requires that one know the concept of a Scissor's Coup and to make matters worse, we must analyze theory versus psychology. None vulnerable North deals NORTH 3 ? A 108 76 0 QJ 104 A62 WEST EAST A 107 98 VK95 3 9? J 42 0 K 976 0 A832 93 KJ84 SOUTH KQJ 6 542 V Q 0 5 Q 1075 NORTH EAST SOUTH WEST 1? Pass ! Pass 20 Pass 4 Pass Pass Pass Opening lead: Nine of clubs South ducked the opening lead and East won his king. The return of the four of clubs was taken by South with the ten and the club position was clear. East had four clubs, West had two and there was an impending club ruff outstanding to give South a potential four losers one spade, one diamond, one club and one club ruff. If East held the ace of spades, there was nothing that South could do about the situation. East could win the first spade lead and give West a club ruff to defeat the contract. However, if West held the ace of spades, South had a chance as long as East could be prevented from gaining the lead. With that in mind, South continued with the queen of hearts, West covered with the king and dummy's ace won the trick. Assuming that one knows about Scissor's Coups, then a heart must be played next, with the intention of discarding a diamond, thus preventing East from gaining the lead with a high diamond to give West a club ruff. We are at the crossroads. Which heart should be played? Theory suggests the ten if West happens to hold the jack, South can discard his diamond safely and only West can take the trick. Now, if West returns a diamond, South can ruff and attack spades. As we can see, this line of play will fail as East will surely cover dummy's ten with the jack and so the Scissor's Coup will fail. In practice, after seeing East follow with the two, today's South played the six of hearts. East thought for a while and followed with the four of hearts. A grateful South discarded his diamond and in time made four spades, losing only one club, one spade and the heart to West's five. We have a situation here where psychology prevailed but what if East had taken an obscure form of defensive safety play by following with the jack? Questions on bridge can be sent to Ted Horning, co The Gazette. Not every question can be answered, but all will be considered. Personal replies without a self-addressed, stamped envelope cannot be guaranteed. By Steve Newman Earthquakes The strongest earthquake to strike Britain in six years toppled chimneys, cut off electricity, and sent panicked residents into the streets in the English Midlands. The quake was felt from Scotland to London and registered 5.6 on the Richter scale. In southwestern Yugoslavia, a quake damaged old buildings and shattered windows in several villages. A strong 30-second temblor rocked Nicaragua and parts of Costa Rica, but no injuries were reported. A moderate aftershock of San Diego's magnitude 5.3 earthquake which struck on July 13, 1986, was felt on April 4. Earth movements were also felt in central Chile and along the border between British Columbia and Washington state. Bangladesh Storms Pre-monsoon season storms continued to pound eastern portions of the Indian subcontinent. The week brought a devastating tornado, hailstorms and further flooding. At least four people died during a 15-minute tornado rampage across southeastern Bangladesh that left 200 others injured, hundreds of houses wrecked, and crops destroyed. Hailstorms flattened houses, and felled trees and electrical poles. Research Kills Japan's whaling fleet returned from the Antarctic Ocean after catching 330 small whales in the third season of a controversial research program aimed at counting the whale population. The Japanese say that the mammals must be killed to accurately determine their age, sex, diet and health. They also hope that the International Whaling Commission, which imposed a worldwide moratorium on commercial whaling in 1986, will decide there are sufficient numbers of some species to partially lift the ban. Shepherd Bay, Vancouver For the week ending April 6, 1990 C1990 Chronicle Features Chinese Twisters At least 17 people were killed and more than 20 seriously injured when tornadoes, hailstorms and heavy rain hit southern China's Jiangxi province. In coastal Fangcheng, bordering Vietnam, an oil storage tank exploded when hit by lightning. Airborne Vaccinations Helicopters flew over forests and fields in France dropping fish balls containing a rabies vaccine, in an offense aimed at Europe's most dangerous carrier, the red fox. ""The fox thinks it's a fish, he eats it, and voila, he's vaccinated,"" said Philippe Brie, a technician with the Agriculture Ministry's rabies bureau. The vaccine can't save infected animals, but it protects the healthy ones that eat it. Similar campaigns in Switzerland, West Germany and the Netherlands have significantly eased the epidemic among foxes in those countries. Kilauea Flow A stream of molten lava from Hawaii's erupting Kilauea volcano continued to plow through an 82-home subdivision, destroying two houses and threatening several others. While most of the neighborhood's residents had evacuated before the house was lost, some of those remaining greeted the lava flow with a party-like spirit, cheering the explosions of methane within the lava. Wildfires The summer fire season is off to an early start in southwestern France where an extended drought has left forests and grasslands tinder-dry. About 1,200 firefighters, aided by water planes, brought a huge forest fire under control near Bordeaux, but not before 6,800 hectares had been destroyed. Three nearby villages were evacuated as the 32-km wide line of fire swept through the region. Execution Pollution Air quality officials in San Francisco threatened to deny San Quentin Prison a license to use its gas chamber unless they are convinced that there is no threat to the public health when the gas is discharged after executions. Complaints to the Bay Area Air Quality Management District from death penalty opponents prompted an investigation of California's only execution device, unused for more than 20 years. Lt. Cal White, speaking for the prison, said he believes the gas is filtered in some way after an execution. ""I'm not an engineer, but I don't believe we do any kind of polluting,"" he said. After the condemned prisoner has been pronounced dead, exhaust fans clear the chamber by blowing the gas, composed of hydrocyanic acid, out a stack above the building. Additional Sources: U.A. Lakers at Denver, 7 p.m., Miami at New Jersey, 7 p.m., San Antonio at Portland, 10 p.m. Blue Bonnets Roundup YESTERDAY'S CARD FIRST RACE: Pace, 1 mile, Purse: $13,300, 4-0 Gs Canam (A. Gendron) 17.40 7.90 5.60, 7 Valentine Gal (M. Barrteau) 9.00, 9 0 t-Hemuiin (H. Filion) 5.40 Exacts: 4-1, $14.00 Also ran: Bio Conleua, La Promise, Amazon Star, Mookie Orummond, Township Guy. Time: 30.12, 4.13, 2.58. SECOND RACE: Trot, 1 mile, Purse: $11,000, 3 Geneva Bambino (N. Masse) 2.80 2.60 2.60, 4 Pirate De Couroin (A. Lachance) 11.40 7.40, 4-fVK T Collins (M. Bourjon) 8.10 Exacta: 3-4, $157.60. Also ran: Dear Special, Laura Arm Scott, Discovery, Dermis Storm, New Look Bel, Gershwin Hanover. Times: 39.51, 1.34. Jacoues 7 Defiant Peg R. Gingras 8 Dream Of Grandeur M. Dessureault 9 Flos Stormy Night R. Simard THIRD RACE: Pace, 1 Beagle Bay M. Lachance 1 Omaha Station G. Lacharile 2 Gunner Goodall Y. Poirier 3 Big Bucks Bomber M. Barrieau 4 Passenger J. Hebert 5 Virgute Jo A. Deguise 6 His Campbell Y. Gaulhier Purse: $11,600, 5 3 3 9-2 113 5-1 3 6 7 4-1 2 4 2 5-2 3(1 3-1 1 3 (6-1 Purse: $13,300, 6 3 4 9-2 10-1 5-2 4-1 5-1 8-1 3-1 5-1 6-1 Purse: $9,300, 4 (2 5 5 2 FOURTH RACE: Pace, 1-Diamond Back M. Lachance purse: $10,300, 2-Beniamin Seelsler J. Lareau 3-Noroem Franc M. Baillargeon 4-Sherwood Abe M. MacDonald 5-Adonodis R. Zeron 6-Coach Riley R. Simard FIFTH RACE: Pace, 1 Cam Era S. Bouchard 2 Stormy Bavama M. Baillargeon 3 Daniel Desbi S. Turenne 4 Grevstone Dave R. Zeron 5 Golden Seal J. Hebert 6 Go Tebo M. Charron 7 Bella Bekel H. Filion 6 Nakila Bavama G. Lamy 9 Ballard Hanover M. Barrieau SIXTH RACE: Trot, 1 Manas Ego J. Lancaster 2 Toroedo Jel A. Gendron 3 Balanced Fire J. Koyacs 4 Tammys Crown A. Lachance 5 Daily Review D. Jean 6 Malhers Duff P. Grenier 7 White Song Y. Poirier 8 Joba M. Baillargeon 9 Oa Mel M. Barrieau SEVENTH RACE: Pace, 1 Le Promoleur M. Baillargeon 2 Portent R. Zeron 3 Martin Almahursl S. Filion 4 Bub M. Barrieau 5 Peters Chalkjnge K. Siier 6 Control Merest J. Hebert EIGHTH RACE: Pace, 1 Lord Zenith S. Bouchard 2 The Town M. Waior 3 Semalu Farouche H. Filion 4 Working Still M. Noble 5 George Urquhart M. Barrteau 6 Twentylhousand R. Zeron 2 3 I 2 1 l 3-1 5-1 6 2 4 1 1 6 7 Purse: $10,300, 6 6 7 6-1 1 1 5-2 6 1 4 4 4 5 2 6 2 1 1 7 2 7 4 4 5-9-2 3-1 12-1 4-1 1 1 3 Purse: $13,300, 4 15 8 6 9 5 7 3 2 12-1 5 7 4 2 3 10-1 1 2 3 Purse: $10,300, 1 4 7 Purse: $11,000, 4 4 1 6-1 7 2 1 5-2 1 5 (2 2 4 7 5 2 3 1 3 5 2 2 5 2 4-7 Super Bowl Shuffle J. 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. Hamilton 7 Nalas Cartouche D. Martin ELEVENTH RACE: Pace, 1 New Monaker M. Lachance 5 4 4 9-2 4 5 4 5 3 4 5 3 5 2 2 Purse: $15,500, 5 3 7 4-1 2 Rangoon Hanover 3 Homeboy Hanover 4 Cheval De Troie M. MacDonald 1 1 3 4 R. Zeron 5 Gnse M. Barrieau J. Charron J. Bruyert S. Filion R. Simard 5-C Oktary o-Daisey Power 7-Super Cavalou S. Bio Time r-Speedy Laliie SIXTH RACE: (V) furlongs, Purse $120,000, 1 Sir Sheibourne 9.40 4.60 3.80, 3 Clear The Bench 7.50 5.80, Exacta: 1-3, $157.30. Also ran: Zanaoen, Grand Gallop, Amchtt Prince, Pure, Col Regeni, Raised Twict. SEVENTH RACE: (V) furlongs, Purse $121,400, 1 Stephanies Dr.",0,0,0,0,0,1
+206,18900620,historical,Thunder,"M. Calloway, Killed by Lightning - Jsuico, Tenn, June 19 A heavy thunderstorm passed over this section yesterday At Williamsburg, Ky, Mrs. Brown and her two small boys were on the bank of the river when the storm came up They were struck by lightning and Mrs. Brown and one of the boys instantly killed The other boy was badly injured and his recovery is doubtful Plot to Burn a House of Refuge Cincinnati, Ohio, June 19 Yesterday, at a meeting of the directors of the Cincinnati House of Refuge, evidence was heard in the case of a plot of about a dozen of the inmates to fire the building and escape The three leading conspirators were taken below and punished By Leala Bvpnolales the Census St. Louis, June 19 Complete returns of 244 of the 288 enumerators for this city, and the incomplete returns of the remaining 44, indicate the population of the city is 430,000 The enumeration is generally denounced as incorrect Bucket Shop Dealing Gambling Louisville, Ky, June 19 The Court of Appeals yesterday rendered a decision which makes all bucket shop dealings gambling The court holds that option dealing is gambling within the meaning of the Kentucky statute",1,0,0,0,1,0
+207,18900410,historical,Thunder,"D. Vlnlng and wife and Mrs. Adam Kile received serious injuries. About twenty houses, two saw mills, a factory and a dozen barns were demolished. Trees were blown down and fences destroyed. The storm continued for seven hours and was the worst that ever visited that section. Unit, thunder. And Cyclone. RoRtftTS, IL, April 9 A tremendous hail storm took place here last evening. Nearly all the window glass on the west side of the houses was broken. Some hailstones measured 7 to 8 inches in circumference and some weighed 7 ounces. Several persons were severely injured. Cleveland, Ohio, April 9 A heavy rainstorm visited Oberlin last night, flooding the cellars of the business houses on College street to a depth of four feet. Paliw, Ohio, April 9 A cyclone struck the nail mill here yesterday, taking off the roof and stack. A few workingmen were slightly injured. IrsiivKR, Col, April 9 A terrific wind storm passed over this city yesterday. Many homes were unroofed and the walls of several buildings in course of erection were blown down. No one was injured. New York, April 9 A terrific thunderstorm passed over this city at three o'clock this morning. The lightning and thunder were continuous for half an hour. No damage is reported thus far. (Jcissmno, Col, April 9 A tornado destroyed $20,000 worth of property here yesterday. Fort Wayne, Ind, April 9 Miss Ida Miller was killed by lightning last night. NEWS FROM DOWN EAST. Late Arrival at New Boot Snare The Disabled No. 1 Towed Into Halifax A Train Wrecker Held for Trial. Halifax, April 9 The steamer Bona arrived from Hamburg this morning with a cargo consisting of 30,351 bags of beetroot sugar, 10,000 for the Nova Scotia refinery and the balance for Moncton and Montreal refineries. The Bona encountered strong westerly gales on the passage and passed one iceberg in latitude 40掳44', longitude 48掳. After discharging, the steamer goes to Baltimore. The disabled steamer Southgate, 1,108 tons, from Placentia, Nfld, in ballast for New York, whose captain declined assistance from the brigantine Alejo I, steamer Alpha and other vessels in the hope of reaching port without help, was towed into Halifax this afternoon by the steamer Coventry, 1,000 tons, Captain Wilson, from Coosaw, SC, bound to the United Kingdom. Rev. Thomas Angwin died this morning, aged 85. He was a superannuated Methodist minister. He was a native of England and was ordained in London in March, 1833, in which year he was sent as a missionary to Newfoundland, where he labored for 23 years. He came to Nova Scotia in 1856, and was stationed at Aylesford, Horton, and at Milltown, NB. In 1864 he retired from active work. Among his children are W.",0,0,0,1,1,0
+208,18810909,historical,Thunder,"B, September 8 General business has been quite dull the past week, there being an apparent falling off in all directions. Flour is firm; sales moderate; quantity coming in is small, and dealers find that offerings are only for two or three weeks hence; the quotations are: spring extra $6.50 to $6.60, fancies and superiors $8.60 to $8.75, choice superiors $6.90 to $7.00, patents $7.50 to $7.75. Cornmeal is firmer and higher in sympathy with the advance reported elsewhere; sales, which are light, are at $3.75; dealers are inclined to hold for another move upwards. Oatmeal is unchanged, cheese has stiffened, and is 1c higher. Pork has taken an advance, and is now $23. There is a decided advance in raisins; there are no new in the market, and the old are almost out. 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. Brown & Seccomb offered catalogue of fresh Messina, Palermo and Catania lemons, in New York on Tuesday, cargo of steamer Washington, with sales of 4,000 boxes at $5.00, $12.50 per box an advance of $1.25 to $1.50 per box, and the fruit not in as good condition as that of the previous sale. WEEKLY REVIEW OF THE PRODUCE AND PROVISION MARKET Montreal, September 8 Reports from most parts of the Northern and Middle States, and westward to the Mississippi, indicate that the drought has continued with much severity; farmers have suffered severely, the drying up of wells and streams having been very damaging to cattle on pasture-lands. The long absence of rain in some parts of Ontario and Quebec has also occasioned a good deal of harm. In this region the ""sultry term"" ended on the afternoon of the 7th inst., after a brief gale of wind from the north-west; and the atmosphere has been clear and cool since then with the feeling of a sudden transition from an extreme summer temperature to a bracing autumn. The highest temperature in this city during daytime, since 2nd inst., was 89掳 on Wednesday; the change occurred on afternoon of that day, and 56 was registered during the night, showing a fall of 33 within about 12 hours. The mean temperature of the first seven days of the present month was 74掳. A thunderstorm passed along the Ottawa Valley on the afternoon of the 3rd instant, and caused much damage; and similar storms were experienced here on the 4th and 5th instant. The bush fires, which have been so prevalent in the United States and Canada, have destroyed much standing timber and other property, fog and smoke darkening the air in some places, and otherwise aggravating the sultriness. There can hardly be any doubt now as to there being considerable deficiencies in the wheat crops of the Western States. The produce and provision trades are not active, though prices are steady. Latest advices from Europe were by Atlantic cable to date, and by mail per steamship Polynesian and Bothnia, dates from London, Liverpool and Glasgow being to the 27th ult. Breadstuffs Wheat firm; flour dull, Provisions Butter firm; cheese strong pork firmer. Ashes Pots weaker; pearls higher. Flour Receipts by railway and canal for week ending 7th Sept., 17,658 brls, total receipts from 1st Jan. to 7th Sept., 540,206 brls, against 419,142 brls at corresponding date in 1880, being an increase of 121,064 barrels. Shipments for the week ending 7th Sept. 23,953 brls. Total shipments from 1st January to 7th Sept., 396,717 brls, against 412,911 brls at corresponding date in 1880, being a decrease of 16,194 brls. The market has shown signs of a relapse, and sellers have reluctantly accepted slightly lower figures. Several round lots of Superior Extra have been sold at $6.35. Spring Extra is not as scarce as of late, but values have been fairly well maintained. Grain Wheat Receipts by railway and canal for week ending 7th September, 294,943 bushels. Total receipts from 1st January to 7th September, 4,313,763 bushels, against 6,719,958 bushels at corresponding date in 1880, being a decrease of 2,406,195 bushels. Shipments for week ending 7th September, 339,861 bushels. Total shipments from 1st January to 7th September, 3,737,763 bushels, against 6,737,763 bushels at corresponding date in 1880, being a decrease of 2,773,198 bushels. A considerable decline in prices during the week has been followed by a decidedly stiffer market and better values; yesterday $1.39 was bid for Canada white winter, which is an improvement of 10c on the day previous. Red winter wheat is quotable at $1.41-$1.43. Corn There have been bids of 71c to arrive, but 72c and 73c are asked. Rye There was a sale of 5,000 bushels on the call board at $1.02 for September delivery. Latest Western Advices: By Telegraph Chicago, Chicago, September 8th Close No. 2 spring wheat, $1.27 for October; No. 2 corn, 64c for October. Milwaukee, September 8th Close No. 2 Spring Wheat, $1.27 for October. Provisions Butter Receipts, 2,602 pkges; shipments, 7,333 packages. Under a good inquiry, a fair business has been done at the following quotations: Western, 17c-19c; Morrisburg, 21c-21.5c; Eastern Townships, 21.5c-22c; creamery, 23c-24c. A firmer feeling and more inclination to do business on the part of shippers have resulted in a larger volume of transactions. Cheese Receipts, 20,989 boxes; shipments, 10,416 boxes. The market has been characterized by a series of advances amounting to 5s and 6s in Liverpool, and fully 10c per lb on this side. Ingersoll market Reported offerings: 5,750 boxes August make, No sales; 12c-12.5c generally bid, and 14c for white. Prices here have moved up 25c-50c per brl, heavy mess being now quoted at $21.60-$22.50. Lard A fair demand has been experienced during the week at full prices, the inquiry being chiefly from local sources. General Produce Receipts at Inspection stores from 1st January to 8th September: Pots, 7,473 brls; pearls, 675 brls. Deliveries Pots, 7,149 brls; pearls, 622 brls. Stocks in store this morning Pots, 412 brls; pearls, 74 brls. Pots Receipts have been moderate during the past week. Firsts have sold at $5.25-$5.35, but the past three days markets have been easier, the figures paid for light tares being $5.10-$5.15. The feeling at close is weak. Seconds have been very scarce and very few are arriving. About 50 brls of first sorts sold at $5.90. Freights Rates of freight are for the most part unchanged and the market is dull. Business has been done in heavy grain to Liverpool at 3s-3s 3d, and Glasgow at 3s-3.3d, and to Bristol, London and other ports, at 4s 3d-4s 6d for shipment by steamers. Steamers and small vessels for orders or for direct ports on the Continent are 5s-5s 9d. Flour to Liverpool and Glasgow, 17s 6d-20s for sacks, and 2s for barrels. Ashes to Liverpool and Glasgow Pots, 17s 6d; Pearls, 25s; Butter and cheese 25s-30s per gross ton to Liverpool, and 35s Glasgow. 2 FAST FREIGHT TRAINS WEEKLY FROM MONTREAL One of the Steamers of this line will leave Sarnia every TUESDAY and FRIDAY night, at NINE o'clock (weather permitting) for Goderich, Kincardine, Southampton, Bruce Mines, Bault Ste. Marie, Silver Islet, Thunder Bay and Duluth. Connecting with the Northern Pacific, St. Paul and Duluth, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba, and Canada Pacific Railroads, for all points in Manitoba, Dakota and Minnesota. Five dollars saved on each through ticket. Through Bills of Lading granted from all points. New and commodious steerage berths for second-class passengers. For further particulars as to rates, apply to any agent of the above Railways, or to HENRY B. RATTY, General Manager, 119 Sarnia. FAHIV JOSEPH GILLO STEEL PENS Sold by all dealers throughout the INTERNATIONAL MILWAY STEAM NAVIGATION GUIDE, PUBLISHED.",1,0,1,0,1,0
+209,18840818,historical,Thunder,"THE WEATHER, Toronto, August 18, 1 a.m. This morning, a warm high-pressure system is extending over Quebec and another in the Northwest. The pressure is slowly giving way throughout the country. Fine hot weather is general in the lake region and the St. Lawrence valley, and warm weather in the Gulf and maritime provinces. Lower temperatures and showers are prevalent in Manitoba and the Northwest. There have been a few local thunderstorms in Ontario, probably. Lake Variable winds; continued very warm weather, with a few local showers and thunderstorms towards night. St. Lawrence Valley: Winds mostly south and west; fair very warm weather with a few local showers or thunderstorms at night. St. Lawrence County: Moderate winds from south and west; fair continued very warm weather with a few local showers and lower temperatures tomorrow. A discount of at least 20 percent on all grades of cigars, 40 brands to select from. Michael, 248 St. James Street. Chicken and hog cholera is prevalent at several places in Connecticut. With Doin's Salad Vinaigrette, there is a wave of disappointment - you are certain to produce a great salad. It costs less than Limonade, and is, besides, a good little drink. LATEST CABLE DESPATCHES France Sounding the Powers In Regard to Egypt. D. Waters shot and killed his father yesterday. The young man was just starting on a hunting excursion when his father ordered him to shoot a neighbor's dog. The boy refused and a quarrel ensued, when the parent got a pistol and fired at his son, who returned the fire with fatal effect. The worst thunderstorm of the season visited this section this evening. Rain fell in torrents, the wind blew a hurricane, and hail as big as marbles fell. Pan Surer's trimmings store was struck by lightning, and the roof partially torn off, and the damage amounted to $10,000 worth. The library hall was struck, and many buildings demolished. New York, August 16. The steamship Aerial Monarch arrived today with 18 thoroughbred Normandy stallions and mares. They are intended for stock farms, it is said the French government is beginning to look with disfavor on these shipments. The Western Union Telegraph Company was fined $150 at Chincoteague for stretching wire on poles at the street. An appeal will be taken. The case will be a hot issue.",0,0,0,0,0,1
+210,18870507,historical,Thunder,"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. Minor Items The St. Louis Supplies Manufacturing Company has failed. Liabilities, $147,000. George in amateur honors has turned professional and has so far met with poor success. It is reported on the best authority that Dwyer Bros. have bought Egmont, the Nashville phenomenon, from the Auburn stables for $15,000 cash. Egmont sold as a yearling in 1881 for $275. London, May 6 This was the first day of the ""Jubilee"" race meeting at Kempton Park. The race for the Queen's Cup (handicap) of 1,000 sovereigns for three-year-olds and upwards, five furlongs, was won by Broderick Cloete's colt, Beauliou; Lambert's filly, Nora, 2nd; Renfrew's colt, Thunderstorm, 3rd; time, 1:15. Thirteen horses started. CANADA FIRST Rev. Principal Grant Lecture Before an Enthusiastic Audience at the Canadian Club, New York, May 6 At the Canadian Club last night Principal Grant, of Queen's University, Kingston, Ont, lectured on the subject of ""Canada First."" A very large audience was present and great enthusiasm prevailed. The lecturer, among other things, said that he trusted the proposed temporary adjustment of the fishery trouble, as suggested by Lord Salisbury, with the full consent of Canada, would be adopted so that during the next few months opportunity might be afforded for a calm and deliberate decision of the whole of the relations existing between the two countries. With regard to unrestricted commercial intercourse between the two countries, the Rev. Principal said that it, as every other question, must be looked upon from the standpoint of Canada first, the question being: Would it be of permanent and material benefit? On the point of material advantage, the Principal said that he could not be considered an authority and would not like to express an opinion, but it seemed manifest that such unrestricted intercourse must be of unspeakable benefit to both sides. At the close of the lecture there was an enthusiastic scene in which motions of thanks were made and seconded by Rev. Dr. Ormeston, Rev. Dr. McArthur, Rev. Mr. Folhergill and Monsignor Ducey, representing the Presbyterian, Baptist, Episcopal and Roman Catholic churches. The Jacques Cartier Bank Claim to be Settled the Tramway Bill Killed (By our own reporter) Quebec, May 6 The house was occupied for a long time today with the consideration of the Government resolutions respecting the claim of the Jacques Cartier Bank against the Government of the province of Quebec. 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. Bourbotte's bill to incorporate the Tramways Company. The bill was killed in committee, the vote to rise and leave the bill being 25 to 22. The house was occupied during the greater part of the night in receiving reports of the committee of supply, and adjourned at 11:45 p.m. Another of the Series of Pleasant Days Promised, Toronto, Ont, May 7, 1 a.m. The pressure continues low in the Northwest Territories and high in Eastern Canada. Elsewhere it has generally increased slightly. The weather has been for the most part fine and warm, except that thunderstorms appear to have been general in the extreme southern portion of the Lower Lake region. The temperature rose to 75 in Manitoba during the day. St. Laurence Moderate winds; fine and warm.",1,0,0,0,1,1
+211,18880607,historical,Thunder,"A. Attendance yesterday, however, in the Kermesse was not quite as large as on previous days, owing to the terrible thunderstorm in the afternoon, and the threatening aspect of the weather during the whole of the evening. The receipts for the day, however, did not fall very far short of those of the day before, amounting to something over $1,000. The receipts on Tuesday amounted to $1,731. The students of Laval University had a dinner in the Kermesse last evening. The following letter appears in the Miner of yesterday: As it may be inferred from the reports of several papers that the Archbishop of Montreal was present at the official opening of the Kermesse, although he was absent, His Grace, as Archbishop and Vice-Chancellor of Laval University, believes himself bound to declare that he cannot endorse certain theories set forth by Hon. Mr. Church in his speech, which, however, was not delivered with any bad intent. As a matter of fact, Notre Dame Hospital, which was established under the auspices of religion, a Catholic institution, dependent upon religious authority, and in which Christian charity is exercised, under the direction of the church, in favor of all the unfortunate without distinction as to creed or nationality. H. McLEOD, Superintendent. The lowest barometer was 29.80 on the 29th, giving a range of 0.751 inches. Maximum relative humidity was 69 on the 19th. Minimum relative humidity was 23 on the 26th. Rain fell on 18 days. Snow fell on 1 day. Rain or snow fell on 18 days. Auroras were observed on 1 night. Lunar eclipse on the 23rd. Solar halo on 1 day. Thunder on 2 days. (Ocean Navigation) KAHKD J. H. Steamship Wanderer, Paratt, Montreal, W. M. McPherson. Steamship Siberian, Moore, Montreal, Allans, Rae & Co. Schooner Rentier, Belanger, St. Pierre Miquelon, Price Bros. Co. Schooner Hon. H. Langevin, Robert, Gaspe, W. & R. Brodie. Notes June 6, steamship Benhulme, from Sydney, arrived in port at 11:00 a.m. and proceeded to Montreal. Steamship Lake Huron left for Montreal at 8:30 a.m., steamship Renan at 11 a.m. and steamship Rodima at 3:15 p.m. Steamship Hibernia Prince arrived from Montreal last midnight and proceeded. Steamships Eldmaudsley and Ashdown arrived from Montreal at 10 a.m. and proceeded. Steamship Laid Nepligon arrived from Montreal at 6:00 a.m. and proceeded. Steamship Polynesian arrived from Montreal at 1:40 p.m. and moored at the company's wharf. Schooner L. Z. Lindsay arrived from Montreal this morning and proceeded under sail. She will take in cargo there. A heavy rainstorm, accompanied by thunder and lightning, broke over the city at 8:30 p.m. and lasted for about an hour, when the wind veered round to east. It is now blowing fresh from that quarter. Captain Carnithers, of the steamship Norwegian, from Glasgow, reports: Left Greenock May 6 at 11 p.m.; had fine weather until the greater part of the passage; suffered a detention of four hours by fog; arrived at Father Point at 7:15 on the 4th June and at Quebec this afternoon. Passed the following vessels: May 6th, in lat. 53掳 01' north, long. 60掳 west, steamship Greenland, bound east; 7:30 a.m., lat. 60掳 11' north, long. 49掳 14' west, a Donaldson steamer, bound east; 5 p.m., lat. 40掳 49', long. 48掳 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. To Montreal: Salt, 50c per sack; coal, 80c; iron, $1 per ton; selling scrap iron, $10 per ton; lumber to Burlington, $1.50 to $3.00 per 1,000 feet board measure, 50 cents. Lumber to Whitehall, $1.10 to $1.75 per 1,000 feet; lumber to Plattsburgh, $1.70 to $1.70 per 1,000 feet. To St. Johns: Pig iron, 13 cents per sack. Lumber from Shuisco to Burlington, Plattsburgh and Whitehall, $1.15 to $1.70 per 1,000 feet. To Three Rivers: Salt, 1.5 cents per bushel; coal, 75 cents per ton. From Montreal: Flour, 8 cents per barrel, 4 cents per bag; pork, 10 cents per barrel; heavy goods, 6 cents per 100 lbs and charges of 0 cents free. FREIGHTS TO LIVING PORTS. From Quebec to Gaspe and Perce, 50c per barrel and per ton; per steamer to Summer, side, Charlottetown, P.E.I., and Pictou, N.S., etc., 40c per barrel and $1 per ton; per schooner $1.50 to $2.00 per barrel. THERE LIVES SACRIFICED. The Protestant Hospital struck by lightning and set on fire. Narrow Escape of Inmates. (From our own correspondent) Ottawa, June 6. 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.",1,0,0,0,1,1
+212,18880803,historical,Thunder,"MANITOBA'S HARVEST, The crops will yield an even better average than last year, Winnipeg, August 2, Crop reports have been received from thirty places in the province and indicate a much larger harvest than anticipated. The area sown is vastly increased, probably about twenty per cent. The yield will not be smaller than the abundant one of 1887. Little or no damage is reported, and although harvest is about a week or ten days later than last year, with favorable weather it will be safely garnered. The probable yield of wheat will be from 20 to 40 bushels per acre, barley 33 to 50, and oats 65. Skin-grafting a Failure, Moilha Eugan, the young Cheshire girl whose scalp was torn off in consequence of catching her hair in a revolving shaft in the shop of the Cheshire Manufacturing Company about a year ago, and who has since been in the New Haven hospital, has recently suffered a relapse, and the physicians do not expect her to recover. The skin-grafting process which has been tried in her case has not proved successful, owing doubtless to the fact that her scalp was torn completely off. The doctors say, however, that the girl is in no immediate danger of dying, and that there is no reason for taking an ante-mortem statement at present. The story which the girl tells is that, while she and two other girls were standing at a window, a workman threw some sand at them, and one of them by way of retaliation knocked his hat off, whereupon he became angry and, grasping the Eugan girl, dragged her toward a window, saying he was going to throw her out. While he had hold of her, her hair caught in the shafting and the accident happened. OVER THE BORDER, Terrible Storm in Minnesota - A Number of Sad Fatalities, Buons's Valley, Minn, August 2, A hail storm passed over the city on Tuesday and ruined all the crops in its wake. The path it cut was over a mile wide and ten miles long. Great loss of property is reported. Near Rosemont mine a young man named Cummings was killed by lightning. Minnkai'oms, August 2, Specials from St. Cloud and Sauk Rapids, Minn, state that a most terrific thunderstorm occurred last night and torrents of rain fell. Many houses were struck by lightning, but there was no loss of life. Whole fields of wheat are under water. A St. Cloud party going to a funeral was overturned in a washout and barely escaped drowning. Two persons were struck by lightning at Sauk Rapids, but recovered. Twenty-one houses were struck by lightning at St. Cloud. Two of Mrs. Klingert's children will die from the effects of the bolt that struck her house. Two horses are also killed. Three passengers riding on the Manitoba road are in the yards at St. Cloud unable to proceed. A Peculiar Tragedy, Chicago, August 2, A startling phase of the mystery surrounding the death of Mr. and Mrs. Hesch was developed today. The parties were ardent believers in treatment by electricity. Hesch was a sufferer from rheumatism, and both he and his wife were in the habit of taking electric baths and being treated by electrical appliances. Investigation at the house of the dead couple revealed an electric battery charged so heavily that a shock from it given by an experienced hand would produce death. It is now supposed that on Saturday night after the Heschs reached home and were about going to bed, having in fact undressed themselves, Mrs. Hesch asked her husband to treat her with the battery. This he did, and in an unfortunate moment accidentally turned on the battery at full strength, giving his wife such a shock that she fell back dead. Realizing that he had been the cause of her death the frantic man took his own life. Killed by Lightning, Jeffersonville, Ind, August 2, Julia Whalen, aged 14, and Alice Fleming, Mamie Hayes and Mamie Glasgow were on their way home from school last evening when a bolt of lightning descended, killing the Whalen girl and rendering the others unconscious. The Hayes and Glasgow girls quickly revived, but it was some time before the Fleming girl was restored. She is still suffering much and talks incoherently. The physicians think her reason has been dethroned. The body of the dead girl a few minutes after the electric current prostrated her was as black as clay. Cooked to Death, A New Albany, Ky, August 2, Mrs. Laura Crull, an inmate of the insane asylum here, was boiled to death yesterday. One of the patients in the female ward opened a hot water tap in the bathroom and allowed the tub to fill. Mrs. Crull entered the room, and seeing the tub full of water threw off her clothes and jumped in. She was cooked to death before assistance arrived. She knew the water was boiling, so it is believed she entered the tub with suicidal intent. Nettled by Marriage, New York, August 2, Steve Brodie appeared in the Supreme Court today with the mother of Gertrude Lord. The latter had consented to the marriage of her daughter to Brodie. The court proceedings were, therefore, dismissed and the officers of the children's society stated their willingness to release Gertrude now that Brodie was going to marry her. The marriage took place this afternoon. Minor Items, I applied to Mr. Justice Davidson for an order to have the warrant for extradition executed at once or withdrawn. Mr. McLennan opposed the demand, and the learned judge having expressed a desire to have authorities quoted as to whether or not a warrant can be issued and kept in abeyance, the case was continued until this morning. Caledonia Springs, Passengers leave Montreal by Pacific railway at 6 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. By boat at 7:45 a.m. from Bonaventure station. Through season return tickets $1; to go one way and return the other $4.50. Saturday to Tuesday return tickets by Pacific railway $3. Threatening the League, It is stated that a meeting has been held by certain doubtful characters at which it was resolved to run down all the detectives of the Law and Order League. Dr. Hamin, president of the league, states that a certain saloon keeper in the city had warned him of propositions which had been made, as they termed it, to ""teach him a lesson,"" and which they would probably have carried out had not the saloon keeper discouraged them. Struck by Lightning, Mrs. Gravel, aged 35, residing in the parish of St. Vincent de Paul, was struck by lightning during a thunderstorm on Tuesday last and instantaneously killed. The electric fluid passed through her head and went out by one of her heels, leaving black spots on those parts of the body which it touched. Before entering her house, through the open window, the electric current had struck and reduced to splinters a tree nearby. Body found, About 8 o'clock yesterday morning the body of a man was found floating in the canal near the Wellington bridge. The body was that of a man apparently about 30 years of age and had been in the water a couple of days. It was dressed in black trousers, vest and jacket; fifteen cents and a knife were found in the pockets. There were no marks of violence on the body. The Coroner held an inquest at the morgue in the afternoon when a verdict of ""Found Drowned"" was returned. Yesterday's Fire, About 6 o'clock yesterday morning an alarm was sounded from box sixty-two for a shed which was on fire in rear of the house occupied by Mr. Nap Brocher at 182 Centre street. The damage done was slight. An hour later box 131 was struck for some lumber which was on fire in a field at the eastern abattoir. Early yesterday morning the men of No. 4 station were called out by a private alarm for a fire at 205 College street which they soon extinguished, before much damage had been done. About 5 o'clock in the afternoon an alarm was sent in from box seventeen. The flue guard of the chimney in the house of Mr. John Harris, 182 St. 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. The prospects for the success of the annual outing are very hopeful, and there is every reason to believe that those who go with the grocers will spend an enjoyable day. Heath's Karskni, During the past two years McGill University has sustained in the ranks of its alumni and professoriate the following losses: The Venerable Archdeacon Leach, died 13th October, 1880; Hon. Judge Ramsay, December 23rd, 1886; Rev. Dr. Wilkes, November 17th, 1886; Hon. Judge Torrance, January 2nd, 1887; Mr. Baynes, bursar, October 9th, 1887; Mr. Kerr, February 12th, 1888; the Hon. Judge Mackay, February 23rd, 1888; Mr. Barnham, May 16th, 1888; and the Hon. Senator Ferrier, who died May 30th, 1888. Mr. Taylor, the librarian, died March 25th, 1888. Struck a Rich, A curious story is told of Mr. Olivier Dunnuis, the California millionaire, who has purchased Mille Flours, the residence of Hon. Senator Thibaudeau. He was born at Boreal and when quite a boy moved out west to push his fortune. At the foot of the Rocky Mountains he fell in with a tribe of Indians who used bands of silver as ornaments for their guns and other purposes. They refused to give any indication as to where they got the silver, but Mr. Dunnuis joined the tribe, married an Indian girl and thus learned their secret. He bought the tract of land from the Government and today is said to be worth over two million dollars. Iroquois House Hotel Company, At a recent meeting of the directors of the Iroquois House Hotel Company of the Balsam Mountain, Mr. Charles Garth was elected president and Mr.",0,0,0,0,0,1
+213,18890712,historical,Thunder,"V, July 11, The report of a drummer who was drowned in the flood is incorrect. Sheriff Sutcliffe estimates the loss in this town alone at $100,000. As near as can be determined there were only 15 people on the Perry Street bridge when it gave way. Five escaped, five were rescued and five were drowned. Several hundred dollars have been raised already for the relatives of the victims of the flood. It hit by lightning. BRADFORD, Pa, July 11, During last night's terrific thunderstorm lightning struck a cottage near Mason Hill occupied by a colored family and killed Thomas Williams, aged 13. At Temple the residence of Aug Mur-ling was struck and the house and contents consumed. Mrs. Geo. Holden, a visitor, had her arm paralyzed. HOLLAND IN NEW MEXICO, A.",0,0,0,0,0,0
+214,18900416,historical,Thunder,"April 15, The forest fire, which came near cleaning out the town Sunday, has broken out afresh five miles north of here. The flames are spreading at an alarming rate. The fire thus far is confined to the Doughty tract, which covers over 30,000 acres. A thunderstorm is looming and it is thought that if it strikes here with any force it will put out the fire. The loss by Sunday's fire was over $40,000. Sportsmen also are big losers, as pretty much all of the young game in the vicinity of Absecon and North Pleasantville was burned up, as well as old game, such as deer, rabbit, and quail. An earthquake and a shipwreck. San Francisco, April 15. The steamer San Juan, from Panama, brings advices stating that the severest earthquake shock experienced on the Isthmus since 1882 occurred recently. The shock lasted five seconds. On February 12th news was received in Guatemala that the steamer Shakharah, which left San Jose for Hamburg, went to pieces on the rocks near Acajulia. The cargo of 18,000 sacks of coffee, valued at $46,000, was lost. Milled His Father's Assailants. DmerrflAN, Mo, April 15. Two of a gang of four masked men, who visited the residence of an old man named Holland, living on the Pike place, near here, last Saturday night for the purpose of whipping him, were killed by Holland's 14-year-old son. The gang had knocked the old man down and were kicking him when the boy opened fire on them with a double-barreled shotgun. As Daggett's Blotting Pads. New Haven, Conn, April 11. Wilkinson Bros. & Co. have attached the postal card works at Ansonia on a claim of $10,000 under instructions from Washington. The government officials have recently found fault with the cards made by contractor A. Daggett and he was forced to procure a new supply of paper from Lawrence, Mass. A lithographic trust. Philadelphia, April 15. The Press says a syndicate of American capitalists, said to have a backing of $200,000,000, is trying to buy up all the lithographic plants in the United States and form a lithographic trust. This scheme means that all forms of advertising outside of the newspapers will be in control of a rich trust. Bucket shops sold to the Wall. Chicago, April 15. President Baker says the right of the Board of Trade with the bucket shops has worked admirably. He states that bucket shops are falling all over the country, and those in this city have to depend on stock quotations, as their grain prices are worthless. Business on the board continues large. Collided With a Freight Car. Schenectady, N.Y, April 15. Train No. 34 on the Fitchburg railroad collided with a freight car last night near Glenville. The engineer was quite badly hurt. The engine, baggage car, and the sleeper were derailed, the first two being badly smashed. The passengers escaped injury. Interfered With Contract Labor. New Orleans, April 15. Ferdinand Brewer, negro laborer's agent, was yesterday convicted of unlawfully interfering with contract labor and fined $100. He was jailed in default of payment. This is the first conviction under this law, which was passed by the last Legislature. A Medal for Finding a Comet. Geneva, Ill, April 15. Professor Brooks, director of the Smith Observatory here, has just been awarded the medal of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific for his discovery of the comet now in the eastern heavens. It is the first medal awarded by this society. Accidentally Shot in the Heart. Sodus, N.Y, April 15. At about 10 o'clock last night a Pole named Wallack Walloftoski was accidentally shot through the heart in the house of Julius Albrecht, on Murray Street, by Wladyslaw Baliknowicz, of White Port. An Electric Light Monopoly. Baltimore, April 15. A deal has been made by the Brush Electric Light Company of this city and the Westinghouse Company of Pittsburgh, by which the latter company practically obtains control of the former. Failed for $300,000. Detroit, Mich, April 15. The Detroit Steel and Spring Company, the largest of its kind in the United States, has suspended payment with liabilities of $300,000. Assets nominally the same. The Southeastern Rivers Falling. Arkansas City, Arkansas, April 15. The rivers here are falling slowly and the backwater is falling after being at a stand for eight days. Everybody seems to be in better spirits. Hasn't Pumped Oil on Sunday. Washington, Pa, April 15. Judge Moll-VJEe yesterday decided that oil well pumping on Sunday is Sabbath desecration within the meaning of the law. A WASTED OPPORTUNITY in such men. The United States Treasury Vaults Only Tin Boxes. Washington, April 15. There was a hastily convened meeting of the appropriations committee of the House tonight. The meeting only lasted a few minutes, but in that time it was agreed to report favorably a bill to the House tomorrow appropriating sufficient money to build new vaults in the treasury building. This hasty action was occasioned by a secret communication from Treasurer Huston. He informed the committee that $100,000,000 in gold and silver is stored in one vault, and over $100,000,000 in silver in another vault, while in a third vault is... Some time ago Treasurer Huston secured the services of a man to commit amateur burglary. In eighteen seconds the man drilled a hole in the vault containing $250,000,000 of paper money, and in exactly sixteen minutes he had a bolt made large enough to admit his body. This exhibit scared the appropriations committee, and in about five minutes a bill, drafted by Huston, making an appropriation for the building of new vaults was approved. No doubt the cracksmen throughout the country who have been laboring so long and earnestly to penetrate first-class modern safety vaults will feel infinitely disgusted when they learn what a haul they missed by not attacking the national treasury. 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.",0,1,0,1,0,0
+215,19920628,modern,Thunder,"(V: NJ - Is1 Mami D 1992 MTI IPC FRONT FRONT PRESSURE RAIN SNOW THUNDERSTORM PRESSURE Partly cloudy High 23 Low 12 Sunny High 22 Low 11 Canada Max Iqaluit Cloudy 6 2 Yellowknife PCloudy 17 8 Whitehorse Sunny 24 6 Vancouver PCloudy 22 14 Victoria Showers 21 14 Edmonton Sunny 23 11 Calgary Cloudy 23 12 Saskatoon PCloudy 21 12 Regina PCloudy 24 12 Winnipeg Showers 18 12 Thunder Bay Showers 18 8 Sudbury PCloudy 22 14 Toronto Sunny 27 15 Fredericton Cloudy 23 12 Halifax PCloudy 22 12 Charlottetown Cloudy 20 11 St. John's Cloudy 11 7 United States Max Atlanta PCloudy 29 19 Boston Sunny 28 17 Chicago Sunny 27 15 Dallas PCloudy 33 24 Denver PCloudy 29 14 Las Vegas Sunny 40 24 Los Angeles PCloudy 25 16 New Orleans PCloudy 33 23 New York Sunny 28 19 Phoenix Sunny 43 28 St. Louis PCloudy 30 20 San Francisco Cloudy 21 15 Washington Sunny 29 17 World Amsterdam Athens Bailing Berlin Copenhagen Dublin Hong Kong Jerusalem Lisbon London Madrid Mexico City Moscow Nairobi New Delhi Paris Rio de Janeiro Rome Sydney Tokyo Sunny PCloudy Cloudy Sunny Sunny PCloudy PCloudy Sunny Sunny Sunny Sunny PCloudy Rain Sunny Cloudy Sunny PCloudy Sunny Showers Cloudy 25 15 28 21 29 20 25 14 54 13 21 14 31 26 32 18 25 14 25 16 29 14 28 15 12 9 24 12 37 27 26 16 28 21 24 16 14 8 24 20 Resorts Acapulco Barbados Bermuda Honolulu Kingston Miami Myrtle Beach Nassau Tampa Virginia Beach PCloudy PCloudy PCloudy Sunny Showers PCloudy PCloudy PCloudy PCloudy Sunny for $7.2 million in gold about two cents per acre The classic question of its genre although 60 guildens is usually expressed in converted form as $24 This is the value attached to the beads trinkets and bits of cloth the Algonquians accepted as payment in full for the island of Manhattan Alan Doiul paid this astronomical sum at least half of it for Vincent van Gogh's Irises Two years later it was revealed that the Sotheby's auction house had in fact lent the Australian half the purchase price Interchange set a price record Cora painting to a hand artist Willem de Kooning the Dutch-born abstract expressionist born in 1904 Alas the Japanese dealer Shi-icki Kamavanu found himself unable to pay the bill and resorted to another Sotheby's layaway plan This is the price Los Angeles Kings owner Bruce McNall paid his Edmonton Oilers counterpart Peter Pocklington for Canada's greatest athlete and ranking role model Wayne Gretzky For home delivery call 007-2400 South Pole Antarctica For the week ending 26 June 1992 Mediterranean Storms A line of freak thunderstorms rumbling across the northeastern Mediterranean coast from Spain and southern France to the principality of Monaco brought two days of disastrous flash flooding to the resort region Raging waters uprooted trees and swept away cars as river levels rose by as much as 3 metres Heatwave Unrelenting heat across most of Pakistan and the western desert region of India killed approximately 50 people and caused many others to fall unconscious Most people remained indoors to escape the searing summer sunshine In Pakistan's twin cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi a line of heavy thunderstorms brought temporary relief but increased humidity from the storms made the subsequent heat even more unbearable Joanne Mills CLEAN LIVING initiative is the Community Support Program which will provide grants to community environmental and heritage groups involved in major environmental activities The program carries a budget of $11.5 million over five years $400,000 of which will go toward covering the group's operational costs such as rent phone stamps and fax The maximum allowable is $2,000 per group per year There is also $300,000 a year to support projects developed and executed by youth those under 25 for environmental protection Again there is a maximum of $2,000 per project In addition Mauzcroll says that $600,000 per year has been earmarked to support conferences and networks that will bring people from various levels of society at the local and regional level together to address their heritage or their environmental problems in a sustainable development fashion There is also increased funding for the Canadian Environmental Network a coalition of approximately 2,000 groups in Canada and annual conferences state for 2 cents an acre Arthur S. Kapfelnls Quiz Answers A On August 15 1971 the U.S. comforted Nikki who told him her parents never loved her Scott told Nikki's lawyer Jessica that he can't wait to get his law license reinstated Jessica and Scott made love after he suggested they'd make a good legal team John realized Karen's mother is an alcoholic and is always with different men Bill recalled being beaten and burned by a man when he was in jail The man who tortured Bill works for Simon Simon is convinced Holly knows the whereabouts of emerald mines in San Sebastian and where to find a jaguar statue that he wants Clay reluctantly remarried Gwyneth in Isabelle's hospital room after a dying Isabelle begged them to tie the knot Dinah Lee was furious when she learned Clay married Gwyneth but insisted the marriage will not last for long Dinah Lee wished Clay a happy life and then stomped off Hannah learned that Kent planned to plant After crashing her car during a bad thunderstorm Erica found shelter in a hunting cabin owned by Dimitri who went to the cabin after his horse left him stranded Dimitri told Erica that he loves her after they made love Jack rescued Angelique who was thrown from her horse while searching for Dimitri Dimitri promised Erica that he will divorce Angelique Brooke is worried about Edmund who woke up in the middle of the night after having a recurring nightmare which he said relates to the fact that his father despised him Gloria told off Helga when she tried to put her down again Taylor told An Li that she will help her come up with a miscarriage story once An Li has taken Brian away from Hayley Brian refused to believe Terrence who correctly believes An Li is lying about being pregnant An upset Hayley saw Brian comforting An Li Stuart asked Gloria out on a date Kevin's violent temper flared when Carl ordered him to stay away from Lorna Kevin tended to Lorna who was slightly injured when a stage light fell on her Ryan who is on the run from the police agreed to meet Carl the night of Dean's concert Ryan looked through a box of old letters that belonged to his mother Carl later sneaked into Vicky's place and stole the box that belonged to Ryan's mother Felicia comforted Lorna who was afraid that Carl will show nude photos of her to her grandmother Sally told Lucas that she suspects Rick was killed by someone who was close to him Marley confronted Dennis about his bet with Jake to break up her and Jamie Marley ran off when Dennis accused her of being afraid of rejection Jamie and Kelsey broke up to avoid gossip at the hospital When Hannah moved in with Jake and Paulina she put a crimp in their romance Tony Rhodes who plays Jesse Lombard on Days of Our Lives had an inkling about what soap-opera life was all about even before he came to the Burbank studio where the show tapes The actor's old friend Kari Kupcinet who played Julie Sanderson on The Young and the Restless helped him learn the ropes Kari and I have been friends for a long long time Rhodes said The two of us went to Birmingham High School together in Los Angeles We even did a play there starring opposite one another in a production of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream When Kari got her role on The Young and the Restless she invited me down to the set to visit her but I never made it he said It was just one of those things Anyway when I was cast on Days I called Kari to tell her the news then I said So what's it like? She told me that being on a soap was a very demanding job and that it took a lot of work and a lot of memorization but with practice it would get easier Rhodes celebrated winning his first soap role by taking his mother sister and a friend out to dinner I've always taken my mother out to dinner at least once a month he said Now that I've got a good steady job I've been taking her out more often about every other week The funny thing though is that before she always wanted to go to inexpensive places but lately she's been asking me to take her to better places like the Beverly.",1,1,1,0,0,0
+216,19970716,modern,Thunder,"WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 1997 QUEBEC ahead at Hydro-Quebec JAMES MENHIE The Gazette At first glance, the dim blue pattern on the computer looks like a raindrop design screen saver, but then you notice the drops are drifting across what is very definitely a map of Quebec and northern New England, and every time one splashes in a white blob, a counter at the top of the screen records another stroke. ""This is a storm that occurred between April 30 and May 1,"" said Remi Poupart of Hydro-Quebec's emergency measures division. Squinting up at the changing digits in the columns above the map, he added: ""The numbers in the first column show the number of lightning strikes between the sky and the ground, the second shows how many went up from the ground to the sky, while the third shows the lightning passing from cloud to cloud."" Carried out at the 16th-floor offices of Hydro-Quebec's maintenance division, a recent demonstration showed how so far there's been no breakthrough in the war against freezing rain, the public utility prepares to deal with bolts from the blue. As Poupart explained how the software for this lightning-tracking system was developed in Florida and purchased four years ago by Hydro, how the lightning strikes are detected by half a dozen antennae erected across the province that triangulate a lightning strike to within 200 metres of the point of impact, the counter on the screen behind him showed more than 1,000 strokes recorded over a 22-hour period. ""They haven't figured out how to make lightning-proof equipment at Hydro, but newer, sturdier, better insulated equipment has reduced the damage toll. ""We've spent about $138 million on upgrading our equipment and we've gone from having 12,000 transformers blown in 1994 to 450 as of this year,"" said Rejean Levasseur, who runs the utility's maintenance division, noting that Hydro's power distribution network uses more than 500,000 transformers. ""I guess you could say the investment was well spent."" However tough Hydro's power distribution might become, though, fire from heaven still takes its toll: in 1995, lightning strikes accounted for 12,220 power failures in Quebec - about 29 per cent of the provincial total. The numbers changed little last year, with 11,668 blackouts, or 22 per cent of the total. No action soon on English health care CAMPBELL CLARK Gazette Quebec Bureau QUEBEC - The new access plans for English-language health services will not be approved until late August or early September, a spokesman for Health Minister Jean Rochon said yesterday. Rochon made a presentation on the plans to the provincial cabinet last Wednesday, Rochon's spokesman, Martin Caille said. The cabinet made no decision on the plans, and no cabinet meetings are scheduled until August. That marks another in a series of delays in the process of approving the new plans, which outline how healthcare institutions will provide service in English. Caille would not say what Rochon recommended to the cabinet, or whether he would recommend changes to the plans, which were drawn up by the province's 16 regional health boards and approved by a provincial advisory committee. The plans became controversial when some Parti Quebecois members complained they would require the hiring of too many bilingual employees at French health-care institutions, and that would conflict with the right to work in French. Rochon then agreed to allow the Office de la Langue Francaise to review the plans, sparking an angry reaction from some anglophone groups, who said they feared the government would try to reduce access to English-language services. The Office told Rochon in March they did not have enough information on how the plans would be put into action to give an opinion. The minister had said a decision on the plans would be made in June, and then said two weeks ago he expected a decision in the next few weeks. David Birnbaum, executive director of Alliance Quebec, said the delay means the English community is left without effective access plans, since the 1989 plans now in effect were drawn up long before the massive changes to Quebec's health-care system. When lightning strikes, they're ready to repair damage total, blamed on thunderstorms. Levasseur said the amount of time it takes for power to be restored to an area depends on the circumstances of the blackout. Levasseur acknowledged that however sophisticated the utility's damage-control policies become for dealing with lightning, so far there's been no breakthrough in the war against freezing rain, which left some North Shore Hydro customers without electricity for days last winter. He said the utility is working on a system that could monitor the weight of freezing rain forming on power lines, but the technology was not yet in use across the power distribution network. Lightning is a source of energy Hydro-Quebec cannot harness, and it is expected once again to blackout homes across the province this summer, as thunderstorms roll across southern Quebec. The lightning-tracking system might look impressive, but it only allows the utility to make an educated guess about where to deploy its repair crews. And even then, the only way Hydro can know if something as earthbound as windblown branches has knocked out power lines serving only a small percentage of their clientele, is when the affected customer picks up the phone and calls the problem in. In an effort to reduce the time customers spend waiting for repairs to be carried out, Hydro has publicized its 24-hour, toll-free number for reporting power outages - it's (800) 790-2424. It also provided several tips on what to do if your electricity is interrupted. They are: Turn off and unplug appliances, particularly sensitive equipment like computers or microwave ovens. Leave on a couple of lamps and don't touch the fridge or stove. Once power has been restored, restart your appliances one at a time at 30-minute intervals. Avoid using your fridge or freezer unnecessarily. If you keep the door closed, food will keep up to 48 hours. Never try to restore power yourself. 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+217,19980522,modern,Thunder,"A towing company employees work to free an 18-wheeler wedged under the train bridge on Guy St, just north of St. Antoine. Workers had to deflate the tires before hauling it out. JOHN MAHONEY, GAZETTE Hydro leaves residents in the dark ALLISON LAMPERT The Gazette Linda McPherson had just bought four bags of milk, cheese and a week's perishable food when the power in her Pierrefonds home went out Wednesday. Worried about losing the purchases, her husband immediately contacted Hydro-Quebec. He was told the power would be restored later that day. But McPherson's home, as well as those of about 2,000 other Montreal-area clients, were still without power yesterday morning. Most of them were in the West Island. ""You keep calling and calling and they kept telling you it'll be back at 6 p.m.,"" McPherson said. Hydro-Quebec told The Gazette Wednesday that power had been restored to the 10,500 homes that lost it earlier in the day. However, Hydro spokesman Claude Rocray said, ""Yesterday, everything was changing very quickly."" Rocray said Wednesday's thunderstorm was especially tough on repairs, since Hydro employees do not work when there is lightning. McPherson said she finally had power restored at 11:30 a.m. yesterday - 22 hours after her home blacked out. Tragedy was avoidable Ammonia plant full of death traps, coroner says Ice-storm hiring called 'big show.' STELLA TZINTZIS The Gazette An ammonia leak that killed a 33-year-old worker and injured 22 others at an east-end veal-packing company in March 1997 was the result of carelessness by their employer, coroner Paul Dionne said in a report issued yesterday. Montpak Ltd, the scene of the fatal accident, was filled with booby traps and safety hazards, Dionne wrote in his report. He said many of the company's 80 employees didn't know where emergency exits were located, oxygen masks were scarce and there was no alarm to sound in case of trouble. POORLY INSULATED PIPE The report also points out that the cooling system's main pipe could not be turned off to stop the leaking ammonia. When inhaled, the colorless gas burns holes through the lungs, which then swell and clog breathing. That's exactly what happened to Herculano Froias on March 21 last year. A poorly insulated pipe filled with liquid ammonia burst in the basement when someone dropped a heavy box on it. Froias, a Portuguese immigrant, was trapped in the basement electrical room with steel bars on the window. Several workers outside heard him screaming and ran across the street for help. They unsuccessfully tried tearing out the bars with metal chains attached to a nearby vehicle. 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. 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. If it was up to you, you'd have ruled out that skirt, sure it made you look too hippy. But she insisted it looked great, and why would she lie? Perhaps because she isn't really your friend, just a not very well-paid employee anxious to keep her job, which hinges on selling a specific amount of merchandise per week, on good days and bad, whether it makes the customer look like Princess Diana or a beluga. And because she has no way of knowing that you aren't a spy, one of those mystery shoppers bosses hire to make sure staff are friendly, courteous and pull out all the stops to make a sale. ""Retail sales is a scam these days,"" said a veteran Montreal saleswoman disgusted with the hard-sell techniques which Canadian retail chains have imported from the States over the last couple of years. ""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. It's so childish, like we're in kindergarten."" It's certainly a big change from the old days, when service, Canadian-style, was a bit of a joke. Years ago, a colleague who had lived in Chicago and Miami once mentioned the rude awakening he got the first time he wandered into a downtown department store 20 minutes before closing time - only to be hustled to the door by bored workers who'd already closed their registers. In a national survey conducted over the Christmas holidays, twice as many Quebecers as other Canadians complained about the service in retail outlets, citing salespeople who were rude, too friendly or overly aggressive. SPOT THE SPY However, as the Canadian pendulum swings toward the Wal-Mart formula, workers have a new worry - corporate snitches hired to guarantee service with a smile. Still, an experienced salesperson can often spot a spy. ""They keep looking at their watches, to see how long it takes you to come over. Or they'll ask really stupid questions or insist on trying on 25 items."" Given the flap over McDonald's workers fighting for better working conditions, the disgruntled saleswoman suggests it's time to give a thought to non-unionized retail personnel. Often middle-aged women who don't have other marketable skills, they can't afford to complain when the store manager raises their sales quota, cuts their hours or gives better shifts to young, inexperienced students who only plan to stay a couple of years and are prepared to do what they're told. As for herself, although she works for a mid-sized clothing chain, she shops in department stores. ""There's no service, but at least nobody bothers you."" Peggy Curran's email address is pcurran@thegazette.southam.ca Live RITOKTCIA for a mortgage-free contest in tomorrow's Weekender section. WEEKENDER CONTEST. Closing stock quotations Thursday in new pence unless pounds or US dollars are indicated. Allied Domecq 628, Glaxo 1706, Associated British Foods 5335, BAA 654, Kingfisher 1099, Bass 1089, Ladbrokes 348, British Aerospace 5M5, Lloyds Bank 901, British Airways, British Petroleum, BT, Burmah Castrol. GRAINS Futures contracts at Winnipeg Commodity Exchange closed mixed in the wake of a choppy session. Floor sources suggested the cautious tone today was due to an absence of fresh market-driving news. Grain quotes Thursday for tonnes, basis Lakehead Open High Low Close. Canola (Canadian): July 417.70 422.00 413.40 413.40 418.80 August 397.00 397.00 September - - - 380.50 380.00 November 382.70 395.20 380.50 382.00 381.10 January 386.50 368.20 384.30 385.70 386.50. Futures contracts at Winnipeg Commodity Exchange closed mixed in the wake of a choppy session. Floor sources suggested the cautious tone today was due to an absence of fresh market-driving news. Ballard shareholders okay stock split Vancouver Sun VANCOUVER - Ballard Power Systems Inc. shareholders yesterday approved a three-for-one split of the high-flying stock. The decision, which came after markets had closed, will take effect June 5, chief financial officer Mossadiq Umedaly told the annual meeting. Shares of the Burnaby-based company fell 70 cents to $164.10 on the Toronto Stock Exchange. At this time last year, the issue closed at $37.95. For the first quarter, Ballard reported a loss of $8.2 million on revenue of $4.8 million. Shareholders peppered management with questions about technology, test projects and the remuneration of directors. But not one of the 723 asked about the company's financial statement. Mass application of its non-polluting automotive fuel technology is years away, but Ballard has Ford Motor Co. and Daimler-Benz AG as shareholders and has won contracts from major auto companies. DIVIDENDS Corporate dividends declared Thursday (quarterly unless otherwise indicated): ATCO Ltd, Class I Non-Voting Shares $0.17 Record June 16, Payable June 30; Class II Voting Shares $0.17 Record June 16, Payable June 30; Camblor Inc.: Common Shares $0.025 US, Payable June 26, Record June 5; Imperial Oil Limited Common Shares $0.185 Payable July 1, Record June 1. MONTREAL EXCHANGE FUTURES 3 month bankers' acceptances $1 million at 100 per Change (HO 01 S25). The Canadian dollar closed down 0.06 cent at 68.98 cents US on Thursday. The U.S. dollar stood at 1.4496 Cdn, up 0.11 cent. Pound sterling was worth $2.3636 Cdn, down 0.22 cent and $1.6305 US, down 0.28 cent. Quotations provided by the Bank of Montreal. Closing Rates US Dollar Thursday, Wednesday 1.4496 1.4485 1.4473 1.4498 CURRENCY based on the amount of transaction. This symbol ) indicates official or restricted rates. 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Tie"" NDSTALL Down 1 Kind of curt 2 ""West Side Story"" gang leader 3 Off kilter 4 Starting points 5 Apple picker 6 Didn't admit anything? 7 Ball game since 1823 8 Problems 9 Old Pontiac 10 He observed labor days 11 ""Here!"" 12 Too No. 04 10 13 It may help one avoid pounds 14 ""The Feast of St. Nicholas"" artist 22 Prefix with monde 24 School course part 25 Fields of comedy 26 Way off 27 Occurs 28 Variety, e.g. 29 Worrier's worry 31 It's an old story 33 Foot pads 36 Remembrance of things past? 37 Small monkey 40 Shoot 43 Throat soother 45 Beat the rap 46 Fall 47 Sap sucker 48 Floor or ceiling 50 Merriment 52 cloth (lingerie fabric) 53 Grandson of 5-Down 54 One of a few ""choice"" parts 57 French key 58 Completed TODAY'S FORECAST For more detailed information, please contact The Gazette QuickLine, 555-1234. Montreal area EXTENDED WEATHER: Tomorrow may be sunny High 21 Low 11; Today's high 18 Tonight's low 9 Mainly sunny, Winds northwesterly 20km/h. Tonight, mainly clear with cloudy periods. Sunday Clouding over High 23 Low 12 Monday Forecast Issued at 5 p.m. yesterday covering high for today and overnight lows between tonight and tomorrow. Quebec Saint-Jovite Partly Cloudy 18, Trois-Rivières partly cloudy 17, Montreal mainly sunny 19. Ottawa Mainly sunny Sherbrooke Variable 17. Tuesday A A ii P Cuisinart High 18 Low near 4. 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 8 14 23 32 41 50 59 68 77 86 95 F WIND INDEX Low Moderate High. 29 minutes to burn Temperatures are given in degrees Celsius ALMANAC Today's Records Max, Min, Precipitation ' Cooling Degree Days to 2 p.m. yesterday Yesterday 1967 - 1.7 measured in mm) Temperature yesterday 25 Yesterday 23 12 Month to date 27.5 May 1 to date Year ago today 24.7 10.7 Month normal 69 20-2 Normal this date 20.8 9.5 Today's normal 20 40 chance of showers High 21 Low 11 Sun & moon sunrise at 5:27 a.m. NORTH AMERICAN WEATHER SYSTEMS Total daylight: 15hrg, 10 mm. Full Canada today 3L Iqaluit Yellowknife Whitehorse Vancouver Victoria, Edmonton Calgary Saskatoon Regina Winnipeg Thunder Bay Sudbury Toronto Fredericton Halifax Charlottetown St. John's. Clear, Cloudy, Showers, Sunny, Sunny, Cloudy, Showers, Sunny, Cloudy, Sunny, Sunny, Sunny, Rain, Showers, Cloudy. Min, Max, -2 -4 14 13 20 23 19 25 24 22 14 18 19 15 11 14 16 7 3 10 9 7 6 7 7 7 2 9 9 6 6 0 5 United States today Atlanta Cloudy Boston Cloudy Chicago Storms Dallas Sunny Denver Windy Las Vegas Cloudy Los Angeles Cloudy New Orleans Cloudy New York Cloudy Phoenix Cloudy St. Louis Cloudy San Francisco Cloudy Washington Cloudy. Min, Max, 31 18 Weather network 40 chance of showers. Regional synopses Abitibi-Témiscamingue High 17, Low near 3, Mainly sunny Laurentians High 18, Low near 4, Partly cloudy Eastern Ontario High 18, Low near 9, Mainly sunny Southern Ontario High 19, Low near 9, Sunny Quebec City High 15, Low near 6, Variable Eastern Townships High 17, Low near 5, Variable Northern New England High 18, Low near 8, Showers Gaspe High 14, Low near 6, Rain. World today Amsterdam Sunny Ankara Showers Athens Beijing Berlin Dublin Sunny Sunny Cloudy Cloudy. Hong Kong Cloudy Jerusalem Sunny Lisbon Sunny London Cloudy Madrid Cloudy Mexico City Sunny Moscow Cloudy Nairobi Cloudy New Delhi Cloudy Paris Cloudy Rio de Janeiro Sunny Rome Sunny Stockholm Clearing Sydney Sunny Tokyo Sunny. Min, Max, 17 8 20 6 24 16 28 16 16 8 16 8 28 26 29 16 23 14 19 10 24 11 30 13 19 13 25 17 42 28 19 11 28 18 23 13 15 7 19 12 25 16 Resorts today Acapulco Barbados Bermuda Daytona Kingston Miami Sunny Cloudy Sunny Cloudy Showers Cloudy. Max, Min, 31 22 31 25 31 Myrtle Beach Cloudy Nassau Cloudy Tampa Cloudy. Great weekend for fishing Trout streams in New York State should be in peak condition GREAT OUTDOORS RON PINET This should be the best weekend to be on any of New York State's trout streams, as the most reliable fly hatches should be peaking. The E. subvaria (Hendricson) is usually found until the end of May, but the rapid warming of the streams has hurried the hatch. The large gray-brown S. vicarium (March Brown) is a reliable mayfly that emerges all day, making it a favorite with dry-fly addicts. The Tan Caddis in size 14 also has been coming off regularly, and giant Stone Flies are making their appearance just after dark. This year's Canadian Sporting Championship will be held on Sunday, June 7 at La Roue du Roy in Hemmingford. One of the more popular shooting disciplines, sporting clays tries to duplicate presentations and conditions usually encountered in real bird-hunting situations. But it does so without the many excuses that field conditions offer, so once the repertoire of three standard reasons have been exhausted - too much or too little sun, wind or load - the inevitable misses are usually accompanied by variations of the exasperated shooter holding the gun at arm's length and looking at it as if seeing it for the first time. Competitors will be shooting at two clays whizzing out at various angles from various heights at each of the 14 stations. Entry fees are $75 for men, seniors and veterans, and $50 for ladies, juniors (16-18) or sub juniors (12-15). Beretta is contributing shotguns as prizes for the winners of the best overall, ladies, junior and sub-junior categories, if participants have competed with a Beretta, and another gun as a draw prize for all entrants. About 150 of the best shooters from the U.",1,0,0,0,0,0
+218,19900622,modern,Thunder,"S Supreme Court thinks she should have the chance to fight in court for royalties from her late father's country-music hits The high court, without comment, let stand yesterday a federal appeals court ruling that Cathy Yvonne Stone, 37, is entitled to have her legal fight put before a jury It also rejected an appeal by country singer Hank Williams Jr against an Alabama Supreme Court ruling that Stone is a legal heir Stone was born in Alabama in 1953, five days after Williams died at age 29 Her mother, Bobbie Jett, and Williams had signed an agreement months earlier acknowledging he might be the father Stone filed suit soon after marrying a lawyer in 1985 Checker, Revere turn back clock NORTH PLATTE, Neb - The bygone days of sock hops and greasy kid stuff returned at a weekend nostalgia concert by Chubby Checker and Paul Revere and the Raiders Checker (left) got the crowd of more than 4,000 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, and made good on the promise when she returned later in a black-lace bodysuit British opera star dies at 98 LONDON Dame Eva Turner, Britain's first internationally acclaimed opera star, has died at the age of 98 Born in Oldham, Lancashire, she made her debut as a page in Tannhauser in 1916 She retired from the stage in 1950 to teach voice at the University of Oklahoma She returned to England in 1959, and continued to coach young singers until recently Summer starts wet with an African beat Senegalese, Zairean bands here this week DANIEL FEIST SPECIAL TO THE GAZETTE Montreal's bountiful summer of worldbeat music will begin this week with concerts by two of modern Africa's most exciting groups The compelling Senegalese singer Baaba Maal, ranked in a class with African superstars Salif Keita, Mory Kante and fellow countryman Youssou N'Dour, will squeeze onto the intimate Club Balattou stage with his eight-piece band Dande Lenol this Thursday night Then, on Friday and Sunday, the free-spirited, super soukous group Loketo from Zaire will inaugurate one of Montreal's newest concert venues, The Coconut, at 3417 St. Lawrence Blvd, just north of St. Catherine St When Baaba Maal and his musicians performed at Balattou about a year ago, the complexity of their rhythms and the stirring brilliance of their music left most in the full-house crowd gasping Their return from Dakar marks an auspicious beginning to this Montreal season of international music Like the best of West Africa's contemporary musicians, Maal's songs are a rich blend of traditional and modern influences His searing vocals and tremendous range put him in a league with Youssou N'Dour, while Dande Lenol, his precision outfit, provide a sumptuous accompaniment propelled by sweltering percussion Massamba Diop's mastery of tama, West African talking drum, in particular is a splendid counterpoint to Maal's explosive singing Much of the group's stunning music is based on traditional Toucouleur yella rhythms Loketo, which has raised the roof in Montreal on a number of occasions, is based in Paris and has been the toast of the town there for several years The band, led by vocalist Aurlus Mabele and guitar virtuoso Diblo Dibala, belongs to a raucous new gang of Congolese stylists who now dominate the African global pop scene On stage, Loketo group members roll, tumble and dance, willing participants in celebratory chaos At times, Mabele seems made of rubber, twisting and turning to keep up with Diblo's blinding speed guitar and the frantic attack of the drums Their bubbling soukous rhythm, with its roots in Cuban rhumba, has been Africa's most popular dance music since the 1950s The word soukous derives from the French secouer, to shake Tickets for Thursday night's 10 p.m. concert with Baaba Maal and Dande Lenol at Club Balattou cost $18 Call 499-9239 for more information Tickets for Loketo's performances at The Coconut on Friday and Sunday cost just $12 Call 282-1929 for more information on those two shows Still to come this summer, with the accent on international music: Montreal's annual jazz festival (June 29 - July 7) celebrates worldbeat in a big way this year The Contrast series at the Spectrum will highlight such major international stars as Fela Kuti from Nigeria, Mahlathini and the Mahotella Queens from South Africa, Jamaica's Toots and The Maytals and Brazilian acts Joao Bosco and Repohlo The festival's free blowout this year, on Wednesday, July 3, will star the legendary Cuban expatriate Celia Cruz, plus Oscar D'Leon and other leading salsa exponents As the jazz festival swings into its second day, Reggae Sunsplash 1990 will roll into the city for a marathon concert at the University de Montreal's Centre Sportif on June 30 The show will star reggae veterans Freddie McGregor, Burning Spear and Marcia Griffiths (a member of the I-Threes, the late Bob Marley's backup singers), plus original toaster U-Roy and the newer reggae-hiphop sensations Shelly Thunder and Shinehead Then, before the jazz festival even ends, the Nuits d'Afrique worldbeat festival begins on July 5 with the highly influential Super Rail Band from Mali (Both Salif Keita and Mory Kante were one-time members of the group) Watch as well for the great Zairean hero Papa Wemba, Algerian rai star Cheb Tati and the thrilling Fatala from Guinea But it doesn't end there This year's Rythme du Monde festival, from Aug 14 to 19, will star Brazilian carnival group Loremil Macado, Boukman Ex-Peryans from Haiti, and in a free concert on the mountain premiere South African reggae sensation Lucky Dube Negotiations are also under way to secure the world's greatest qawwali singer from Pakistan, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan And the beat goes on This may yet turn out to be Montreal's spiciest summer of worldbeat entertainment ever Author happy with Bradbury north drove how Canadians film his TV series GWEN DAMBROFSKY CANADIAN PRESS Ray Bradbury Toronto company shooting episodes in Alberta BANFF, Alta In plotting his return to series television, Ray Bradbury was determined that what happened to Alfred Hitchcock would never happen to him I was afraid, says Bradbury, who was a writer on the famed director's anthology series, Alfred Hitchcock Presents I had seen how TV treated Hitchcock He didn't get the budgets he wanted, he didn't get anything he wanted I thought, My God! This is my hero; look how they're treating him! If Hitchcock couldn't get it, how would I get it? Before the chubby, jovial author agreed to create Ray Bradbury Theatre with Toronto's Atlantis Films, he turned down offers from Screen Gems and NBC On one occasion, contracts were on the desk when Bradbury excused himself for a moment and unceremoniously disappeared into a taxi Barracudas! he harrumphs good-naturedly I sat there and looked at the presidents and the vice-presidents, all smiling at me, and I thought, Barracudas! Two seconds after the ink dries, they know more about writing than I do Luckily, he's pleased with Ray Bradbury Theatre So pleased, in fact, that the Los Angeles-based author came to southern Alberta to visit the set where four episodes are being filmed Partners in the project include Edmonton-based Allarcom Ltd, the Alberta Motion Picture Development Corp and Calgary producer Doug MacLeod While in Alberta, Bradbury dropped by the Banff Television Festival to chat up the series with reporters Relaxing in shorts and a nylon jacket, munching on an oversized bunwich, 70-year-old Bradbury, the author of the classic sci-fi novel Fahrenheit 451, looks a little like an aging Dennis The Menace A ruddy complexion, a shock of unruly white hair, a slightly wicked laugh He says things haven't changed all that much for him since his last regular TV gig writing for The Twilight Zone I don't deal with sexual subjects, except indirectly And I hate these modern horror films where they come at you with a chainsaw or tear off your arm and beat you over the head with it how TV can alter the events it covers How much television airtime is sufficient to cover an important news story? It's a judgment TV newscasts wrestle with every night Deciding which stories get on and how long they run requires ruthlessly pragmatic editorial judgment an imperfect process that can result in distortion and misinformation The World Is Watching (CBMT-6, tonight at 8) gives viewers a cameraman's-eye perspective on television news The documentary offers an unprecedented look at the creative process behind ABC World News Tonight The World Is Watching focuses on Nicaragua in November 1987 a crucial month in the implementation of the then-current peace plan The documentary chronicles a few hectic days in the life of John Quinones, ABC correspondent in Central America A Canadian film crew followed Quinones and his producer, Paul Mason, out to a peasant village devastated by a Contra attack The World Is Watching shows how terror in the countryside is transformed into an ABC World News Tonight report that manages to ignore important political developments in Nicaragua Peter Raymont, a Toronto-based filmmaker with more than 30 documentaries to his credit, directed The World Is Watching, co-wrote the script with Harold Crooks and tried to sell his critique of TV news to the CBC For years, the network wasn't buying CBC policy excluded most independent documentaries, especially those with a strong personal point of view particularly when the strongly expressed viewpoint is skepticism of TV news News is the holiest of holy divisions at the CBC The department considers itself not without justification as the network's indisputably world-class division CBC journalists were not amused by a documentary that dared to suggest that TV news (albeit an American network's product) is less than meets the eye My film raised a lot of hackles at the CBC, Raymont said during a phone conversation yesterday It kind of attacks some of the ethics of television news When I sent in rough cuts of the film, people at CBC News would be upset because they'd feel that in some way it was attacking the tenets that their whole life has been based on But The World Is Watching never mentions CBC News The documentary is about ABC's Nicaragua coverage None of the film's supporting players editorial writer Randolph Ryan of the Boston Globe, Newsweek photographer Bill Gentile, Jon Snow, Central America reporter for ITV of Britain, and Edith Coron of Paris's Liberation is Canadian Raymont chose an American network Bernheim said his group had already received unverified reports from prison sources that questioned whether an escape attempt was indeed taking place when the shooting occurred and whether the use of firearms was justified There might be a coroner's inquest, maybe some other investigations, Bernheim said But people should be allowed to ask authorities questions Penitentiary officials said Irenee Bouchard, 35, was shot once in the back with a bullet from a semiautomatic AR-15 rifle as he attempted to scale the second of two 20-foot fences which form a buffer zone around the penitentiary Correctional Service Canada would not identify the guard who did the shooting from a tower, saying he was being debriefed psychologically and the investigation is not complete Bouchard was one of three inmates who had scaled the first fence to escape another group of convicts who had attacked them with sticks, iron bars and workshop tools, prison officials said Two inmates were seriously injured and two others suffered minor injuries in the fight which broke out in the exercise yard shortly before 7 p.m The most severely injured got their wounds scaling the fence which is topped with wire reinforced with razor-sharp pieces of metal Bernheim said he felt the use of a firearm to stop an unarmed prisoner from escaping was unjustifiable The police are there, guards are there, they have dogs There's a regular motorized patrol around the penitentiary They could have caught him easily even if he had scaled the fence Faulkner said Bernheim doesn't know what he's talking about There's only one pickup truck for the perimeter of the pen, he said, and prisoners know the buffer zone between the fences is forbidden to them The inmates know the rules Even if they're in the buffer zone the guard won't shoot at them unless they start climbing the second fence In Bouchard's case, he said, the guard fired several warning shots and there was even an exchange of words before the fatal shot The guard shouted at him Don't go over the second fence and the inmate shouted back I'm going, Faulkner said he was told Bernheim said his group wants guards to use firearms only in life-threatening situations It isn't a miracle solution, but one way to reduce the number of incidents is to limit the circumstances where firearms are used Faulkner said guards are caught in the middle If they don't shoot and the prisoner escapes they are disciplined and even suspended If they wound or kill someone trying to escape there's always somebody there ready to cast blame on them for that, 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, a Surete du Quebec officer said Thousands lose electric power as thunderstorms lash island Thunderstorms that hit Montreal Island yesterday left thousands of homes without power and felled tree branches that damaged at least 10 vehicles Hydro-Quebec estimated that transformers exploded or power lines fell in about 100 places in greater Montreal, cutting power to at least 20,000 customers Dozens of neighborhoods were blacked out Power was cut to 10,000 homes in Montreal, 1,200 in Yves Barrette of Hydro-Quebec said power should be fully restored to those areas by noon today About 2,000 homes on the South Shore were without power Francois Lebrun, chief of Hydro's South Shore section, said power should be restored by 2 p.m. Rail link to South Shore opens today The Missing Link bicycle path, joining Montreal and the South Shore, opens to cyclists today The 500-metre path under the Victoria Bridge will link existing paths from the southwestern tip of Ile Notre Dame and Seaway Park in St. Lambert An inauguration ceremony is scheduled for 1 p.m. City undecided on Olympic facilities Montreal has not yet decided whether it will assume ownership in 1995 of facilities built for the 1976 Olympic Games, Mayor Jean Dore said yesterday Dore said the city wants to set up a committee to analyze the options open to it in 1995 the year the debt for the Olympics is expected to be paid off Dore was commenting on a Le Devoir story in which he was quoted as saying the city could refuse to take the facilities from the Olympic Installations Board because it costs $6 million a year to maintain them Strike delays opening of beach The opening of a new beach on Ile Notre Dame has been delayed indefinitely by a strike of independent dump truck operators, city officials said yesterday The beach was to have opened Saturday While most of the work has been done, city official Marc Campagna said in a statement, a chalet and changing room have yet to be built and landscaping is incomplete Citizen critical of strip-club signs Downtown resident Valerie Shoffey, saying she's tired of walking past sexually explicit signs on St. Catherine St, accused the city administration yesterday of breaking a promise to regulate such signs The issue arose at council when Valerie Shoffey used the question period to ask what was being done about large, offensive signs outside strip clubs City executive committee member Lea Cousineau answered that the city will suggest ways in the fall to limit sexually explicit signs But Shoffey said the administration has been promising action for three years Councillor Nick Auf der Maur, whose downtown Peter McGill district includes many of the places Shoffey mentioned, said he agrees a bylaw is needed And I don't see why it should be so difficult Sex case hearing set for November A preliminary hearing of sexual assault charges against Michel Chretien, son of former Liberal cabinet minister Jean Chretien, has been set for Nov. 15 Chretien, 21, faces three charges sexual assault, sodomy and illegally confining a 27-year-old woman in his Simpson St. apartment Chretien was arrested May 10, after a woman alleged that she had been bound and sexually assaulted NDP Quebec wing picks new chief Alain Tasse has been elected president of the Quebec wing of the federal New Democratic Party The 17-member executive voted unanimously at a weekend meeting to give Tasse the job until the NDP's Quebec wing convention at the end of the year Tasse replaces Paul Cappon, who resigned June 10 after a power struggle with Phil Edmonston, the only New Democratic MP from Quebec Cappon said Tasse was selected because he can be controlled by Edmonston, but the MP dismissed the suggestion, noting that the vote was 17-0 It's hard to say he's a puppet of anyone The right southbound lane of the Jacques Cartier Bridge will be closed for repairs from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Transport Quebec advises motorists to drive slowly across the span while the work is being done The right and centre northbound lanes of Highway 25 will be closed from the Lafontaine Tunnel to Hochelaga St, from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. Monday to Thursday for two weeks, for repairs to the road surface Winning numbers Monday, 900618 La Quotidienne-4 7-1-6-2 (in order) La Quotidienne-3 7-9-0 (in order) Banco 1-5-17-19 21-22 23 25-28-33-37-38 42 45-46 54-55 64 66 68 Author happy with Bradbury north drove how Canadians film his TV series GWEN DAMBROFSKY CANADIAN PRESS Ray Bradbury Toronto company shooting episodes in Alberta BANFF, Alta In plotting his return to series television, Ray Bradbury was determined that what happened to Alfred Hitchcock would never happen to him I was afraid, says Bradbury, who was a writer on the famed director's anthology series, Alfred Hitchcock Presents I had seen how TV treated Hitchcock He didn't get the budgets he wanted, he didn't get anything he wanted I thought, My God! This is my hero; look how they're treating him! If Hitchcock couldn't get it, how would I get it? Before the chubby, jovial author agreed to create Ray Bradbury Theatre with Toronto's Atlantis Films, he turned down offers from Screen Gems and NBC On one occasion, contracts were on the desk when Bradbury excused himself for a moment and unceremoniously disappeared into a taxi Barracudas! he harrumphs good-naturedly I sat there and looked at the presidents and the vice-presidents, all smiling at me, and I thought, Barracudas! Two seconds after the ink dries, they know more about writing than I do Luckily, he's pleased with Ray Bradbury Theatre So pleased, in fact, that the Los Angeles-based author came to southern Alberta to visit the set where four episodes are being filmed Partners in the project include Edmonton-based Allarcom Ltd, the Alberta Motion Picture Development Corp and Calgary producer Doug MacLeod While in Alberta, Bradbury dropped by the Banff Television Festival to chat up the series with reporters Relaxing in shorts and a nylon jacket, munching on an oversized bunwich, 70-year-old Bradbury, the author of the classic sci-fi novel Fahrenheit 451, looks a little like an aging Dennis The Menace A ruddy complexion, a shock of unruly white hair, a slightly wicked laugh He says things haven't changed all that much for him since his last regular TV gig writing for The Twilight Zone I don't deal with sexual subjects, except indirectly And I hate these modern horror films where they come at you with a chainsaw or tear off your arm and beat you over the head with it how TV can alter the events it covers How much television airtime is sufficient to cover an important news story? It's a judgment TV newscasts wrestle with every night Deciding which stories get on and how long they run requires ruthlessly pragmatic editorial judgment an imperfect process that can result in distortion and misinformation The World Is Watching (CBMT-6, tonight at 8) gives viewers a cameraman's-eye perspective on television news The documentary offers an unprecedented look at the creative process behind ABC World News Tonight The World Is Watching focuses on Nicaragua in November 1987 a crucial month in the implementation of the then-current peace plan The documentary chronicles a few hectic days in the life of John Quinones, ABC correspondent in Central America A Canadian film crew followed Quinones and his producer, Paul Mason, out to a peasant village devastated by a Contra attack The World Is Watching shows how terror in the countryside is transformed into an ABC World News Tonight report that manages to ignore important political developments in Nicaragua Peter Raymont, a Toronto-based filmmaker with more than 30 documentaries to his credit, directed The World Is Watching, co-wrote the script with Harold Crooks and tried to sell his critique of TV news to the CBC For years, the network wasn't buying CBC policy excluded most independent documentaries, especially those with a strong personal point of view particularly when the strongly expressed viewpoint is skepticism of TV news News is the holiest of holy divisions at the CBC The department considers itself not without justification as the network's indisputably world-class division CBC journalists were not amused by a documentary that dared to suggest that TV news (albeit an American network's product) is less than meets the eye My film raised a lot of hackles at the CBC, Raymont said during a phone conversation yesterday It kind of attacks some of the ethics of television news When I sent in rough cuts of the film, people at CBC News would be upset because they'd feel that in some way it was attacking the tenets that their whole life has been based on But The World Is Watching never mentions CBC News The documentary is about ABC's Nicaragua coverage None of the film's supporting players editorial writer Randolph Ryan of the Boston Globe, Newsweek photographer Bill Gentile, Jon Snow, Central America reporter for ITV of Britain, and Edith Coron of Paris's Liberation is Canadian Raymont chose an American network Bernheim said his group had already received unverified reports from prison sources that questioned whether an escape attempt was indeed taking place when the shooting occurred and whether the use of firearms was justified There might be a coroner's inquest, maybe some other investigations, Bernheim said But people should be allowed to ask authorities questions Penitentiary officials said Irenee Bouchard, 35, was shot once in the back with a bullet from a semiautomatic AR-15 rifle as he attempted to scale the second of two 20-foot fences which form a buffer zone around the penitentiary Correctional Service Canada would not identify the guard who did the shooting from a tower, saying he was being debriefed psychologically and the investigation is not complete Bouchard was one of three inmates who had scaled the first fence to escape another group of convicts who had attacked them with sticks, iron bars and workshop tools, prison officials said Two inmates were seriously injured and two others suffered minor injuries in the fight which broke out in the exercise yard shortly before 7 p.m The most severely injured got their wounds scaling the fence which is topped with wire reinforced with razor-sharp pieces of metal Bernheim said he felt the use of a firearm to stop an unarmed prisoner from escaping was unjustifiable The police are there, guards are there, they have dogs There's a regular motorized patrol around the penitentiary They could have caught him easily even if he had scaled the fence Faulkner said Bernheim doesn't know what he's talking about There's only one pickup truck for the perimeter of the pen, he said, and prisoners know the buffer zone between the fences is forbidden to them The inmates know the rules Even if they're in the buffer zone the guard won't shoot at them unless they start climbing the second fence In Bouchard's case, he said, the guard fired several warning shots and there was even an exchange of words before the fatal shot The guard shouted at him Don't go over the second fence and the inmate shouted back I'm going, Faulkner said he was told Bernheim said his group wants guards to use firearms only in life-threatening situations It isn't a miracle solution, but one way to reduce the number of incidents is to limit the circumstances where firearms are used Faulkner said guards are caught in the middle If they don't shoot and the prisoner escapes they are disciplined and even suspended If they wound or kill someone trying to escape there's always somebody there ready to cast blame on them for that, 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, a Surete du Quebec officer said Thousands lose electric power as thunderstorms lash island Thunderstorms that hit Montreal Island yesterday left thousands of homes without power and felled tree branches that damaged at least 10 vehicles Hydro-Quebec estimated that transformers exploded or power lines fell in about 100 places in greater Montreal, cutting power to at least 20,000 customers Dozens of neighborhoods were blacked out Power was cut to 10,000 homes in Montreal, 1,200 in Yves Barrette of Hydro-Quebec said power should be fully restored to those areas by noon today About 2,000 homes on the South Shore were without power Francois Lebrun, chief of Hydro's South Shore section, said power should be restored by 2 p.m. Rail link to South Shore opens today The Missing Link bicycle path, joining Montreal and the South Shore, opens to cyclists today The 500-metre path under the Victoria Bridge will link existing paths from the southwestern tip of Ile Notre Dame and Seaway Park in St. Lambert An inauguration ceremony is scheduled for 1 p.m. City undecided on Olympic facilities Montreal has not yet decided whether it will assume ownership in 1995 of facilities built for the 1976 Olympic Games, Mayor Jean Dore said yesterday Dore said the city wants to set up a committee to analyze the options open to it in 1995 the year the debt for the Olympics is expected to be paid off Dore was commenting on a Le Devoir story in which he was quoted as saying the city could refuse to take the facilities from the Olympic Installations Board because it costs $6 million a year to maintain them Strike delays opening of beach The opening of a new beach on Ile Notre Dame has been delayed indefinitely by a strike of independent dump truck operators, city officials said yesterday The beach was to have opened Saturday While most of the work has been done, city official Marc Campagna said in a statement, a chalet and changing room have yet to be built and landscaping is incomplete Citizen critical of strip-club signs Downtown resident Valerie Shoffey, saying she's tired of walking past sexually explicit signs on St. Catherine St, accused the city administration yesterday of breaking a promise to regulate such signs The issue arose at council when Valerie Shoffey used the question period to ask what was being done about large, offensive signs outside strip clubs City executive committee member Lea Cousineau answered that the city will suggest ways in the fall to limit sexually explicit signs But Shoffey said the administration has been promising action for three years Councillor Nick Auf der Maur, whose downtown Peter McGill district includes many of the places Shoffey mentioned, said he agrees a bylaw is needed And I don't see why it should be so difficult Sex case hearing set for November A preliminary hearing of sexual assault charges against Michel Chretien, son of former Liberal cabinet minister Jean Chretien, has been set for Nov. 15 Chretien, 21, faces three charges sexual assault, sodomy and illegally confining a 27-year-old woman in his Simpson St. apartment Chretien was arrested May 10, after a woman alleged that she had been bound and sexually assaulted NDP Quebec wing picks new chief Alain Tasse has been elected president of the Quebec wing of the federal New Democratic Party The 17-member executive voted unanimously at a weekend meeting to give Tasse the job until the NDP's Quebec wing convention at the end of the year Tasse replaces Paul Cappon, who resigned June 10 after a power struggle with Phil Edmonston, the only New Democratic MP from Quebec Cappon said Tasse was selected because he can be controlled by Edmonston, but the MP dismissed the suggestion, noting that the vote was 17-0 It's hard to say he's a puppet of anyone The right southbound lane of the Jacques Cartier Bridge will be closed for repairs from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Transport Quebec advises motorists to drive slowly across the span while the work is being done The right and centre northbound lanes of Highway 25 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Trans-Am and Pro Sport 2000 series have been added to the program for the Grand Prix de Trois Rivieres (Aug 17-19), but officials are hunting bigger game. With the Player's Ltd Atlantic and the Player's Ltd GM Motorsport East series already on the program, the city is guaranteed a first-class event. There will be an important Production race as well. What promoters hope for now is that improvements (a lot of repaving) to the street course, particularly at Corner One in front of the main grandstand, will allow this varied assortment of race cars to go faster and with maximum safety. That's because the event will be closely studied by representatives of the FIA Formula 3000 International. Trois Rivieres and Mosport, Ont, are being considered as possible sites for two 1991 North American stops of the tough European series. ""I'm sure their track inspection will center around safety,"" Trois Rivieres International race official Lorne Germain said. ""We're certain we can pass their standards. They'll want to see if the roads are wide enough for the cars in that competitive series to pass. They jostle a lot for position in those races. The streets we use are boulevards. There won't be any problem."" The adjustment at Corner One MOTORSPORTS ROUNDUP Ian MacDonald sees a longer radius into the turn. Another change is a shift of the electronic eye used in timing qualifiers farther back from that same right-hand corner. The Pro Sport 2000 series is not to be confused with the popular Export 'A' Inc Formula 2000 event. Though powered by similar 2-litre engines, these are closed-wheel vehicles that resemble small Can-Am cars. Extremely fast, the Pro Sport 2000 series is popular in the Western United States, particularly California, but has never been staged in Canada before. Shutout through the first third of the schedule, Ste. Adele's Stephane Prouix has not lost confidence in his quest for points and international recognition on the FIA Formula 3000 championship circuit. ""I firmly believe I have all the ingredients to be successful, so I'm not discouraged,"" Prouix said yesterday from his Attleborough, England, home base before heading to the fast track at Monza, Italy, for this weekend's race. Nine go to post in North American Cup CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO The $1-million North American Cup might have to be renamed the Canada Cup if another Canadian-owned standard-bred horse shows up in the winner's circle after the seventh edition of the harness race tomorrow night. Nine talented sophomores will line up behind the Greenwood Raceway starting gate to contest this year's event. Canadian-owned horses have won five of six events heading into the seventh edition. Tomorrow, Apaches Fame will lead the contingent of four Canadian-owned horses which also includes Montreal-based Mark Jonathan, Road Machine and Shipps Schnoops. Apaches Fame has won five of six races this year with the only loss coming last Saturday to American-owned Beach Towel, another North American Cup starter. McGill-affiliated Psychiatric Research Centre is conducting specialized investigations with new medications in Depression. If you are feeling sad and hopeless, lack motivation and energy, have difficulty with sleep or concentration, or have other similar symptoms, you may be eligible for our program. Confidential & free of charge. Call George Schwtrti, Psychologist (Mon-Fri 9-4) 761-6131 ext 23333 Many drivers in the past have gone through bleak periods before succeeding. When I started racing, I knew it would not be roses every weekend. Prouix finished the first race at Donington, England. He hasn't finished any of the three since. Last Sunday at Jerez, Spain, he was out after 39 laps. ""I've already turned the page on Jerez,"" Prouix said. ""I'm looking forward to Monza. Even if things haven't gone great, I'm sure I can come back strongly. I'm enthusiastic and I'm looking forward to Formula One next year."" This FIA F-3000 series is considered the final proving ground before a driver gets a Formula One ride. More than half the current field of Formula One drivers are direct graduates of Formula 3000. But Prouix needs results. Meanwhile, he is able to get some satisfaction from last week's race. After a brush with John Jones (Thunder Bay) on the eighth lap, he had to go out for repairs. From that point he made a great run to get back in the race. ""I lost a lap and a half while my nose cone was replaced,"" Prouix said. ""When I got back on the track I was 25 seconds behind the last car. I managed to move up a dozen positions but the suspension gave out."" Jones, meanwhile, is in the thick of the points race. He picked up four points with a third place at Donington and three points with a fourth at Pau, France. Most of the top drag racers in the world will be exploding from the starting line at Sanair International's strip today as qualifications in Le Grandnational Molson get underway. Because of the expense, the only test for these cars is on the track when it counts. Action is for real right from the beginning. Professional classifications are Top Fuel, Funny Car and Pro Stock. Gates open at 7 AM today, tomorrow and Sunday. Qualifications start after noon. Fans are invited to roam through the pit and garage areas to meet the drivers and members of their crews. Last Sunday's Pro Tech Canon F 1600 results at Shannonville, Ont, were lost in the shuffle. After a tremendous see-saw battle among the top three, Mississauga, Ont, drivers Ian Wills and Stephen Adams finished one-two, with Jason McCann of Stratford, Ont, third. Beaconsfield's Greg Pootmans was fourth ahead of Daniel Heroux of Laval, and Michel Provost of Ste. Marguerite. L'Autodrome St. Eustache (Two Mountains) has scheduled a special holiday program. S U j k loto-quebec LT S Draw 900620 You can play up to 8:00 PM. Kathy Postlewait birdied her last hole yesterday to tie Nancy Lopez for the lead at 4-under-par 68 in the opening round of the LPGA Rochester International. Postlewait and Lopez each finished with an eagle, five birdies and three bogeys on the first day of the $400,000 tournament. Amy Alcott and Joan Pitcock finished a stroke back at 69. Barb Bunkowsky of Burlington, Ont, was two strokes off the pace at 70, along with Caroline Keggi, Lori West and Caroline Pierce. Defending champion Patty Sheehan, who won the McDonald's Championship two weeks ago, finished with a par round of 72. 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. ""He's very alert around the net and has a good offensive mind. I feel he could, with his size, be pretty rugged along the boards and in the corners. He has character and a pretty good shot."" Boudrias added that the Canadiens selected a good cross-section of players this year, including their share of scorers. Fifth-round choice Paul DiPietro (56-63 in 66 games) was the Ontario Hockey League's second-leading scorer, fourth-round pick Gilbert Dionne was 48-57 in 64 games with Kitchener, while eighth-round selection Brent Fleetwood had 41-43 totals in 72 games. Fredericton gets AHL Canadiens as 70 businessmen to foot bill Weeks of speculation ended yesterday when the Canadiens announced their American Hockey League affiliate will operate out of Fredericton, N.B., and Kansas City. Le Club de Hockey Canadien Inc will continue owning the franchise and will provide the coach and players. A new coach will have to be hired to replace Jean Hamel, who resigned to become coach and general manager of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League's Drummondville Voltigeurs. The new coach will be either Paulin Bordeleau, who isn't expected to be retained by the AHL's Halifax Citadels, or one of two Quebec Major Junior Hockey League instructors: Hull's Alain Vigneault or Shawinigan's Joe Hardy. Andre Boudrias will remain the team's GM. A group of about 70 Fredericton businessmen, headed by car dealer Dave Emmerson and lawyer Peter Adams, will handle the daily operations of the team. These shareholders will invest approximately $400,000 by the start of next season, will share the profits and be responsible for any deficits. The two sides reached a five-year agreement. The shareholders will pay the NHL Canadiens approximately $400,000 each season and will have an annual operating budget of $1.5 million. The Baby Habs had operated in Sherbrooke for six seasons before announcing last month that they were transferring their affiliate. Average attendance in Sherbrooke last year was 2,200 and resulted in an operating loss of $1,168 million. ""The offers from the different cities were all very good, but there's a lot of advantages in going to Fredericton,"" Canadiens president Ronald Corey told The Gazette from Bermuda, where he's attending AHL meetings. ""The franchise stays in Canada, it isn't far from Montreal and there are now four teams in the Maritimes. This will help everybody scheduling-wise."" The Canadiens appeared headed to Troy until the Fort Wayne Komets, a senior court official, Borg was reported to be in Italy to watch World Cup soccer action with his Italian wife, Loredana. He was given an extension until July 20 to pay the debt. The $1 million debt owed by Borg's former business partner, Lars Skarke, was personally guaranteed by the 1970s-era tennis star. Skarke was managing director of Borg's clothing company that collapsed last year. Borg's lawyer, Henning Sjostrom, said the debt payment was being arranged from Italy but had been delayed. He said Borg planned legal action against Skarke aimed at getting the money back. The retired tennis great also is negotiating with creditors of his failed company to pay off millions of dollars in outstanding debts. Richardson slightly hurt as winds topple tent EASTBOURNE, England Julie Richardson of New Zealand was injured slightly yesterday when high winds toppled a tent pole as rain washed out play at the women's grass-court tennis tournament in this south coast resort. Richardson sustained minor cuts and bruises when a pole supporting the players' tent at Devonshire Park blew over in winds of more than 50 kilometres an hour. She was treated on the site. CANADIAN PRESS, ASSOCIATED PRESS scoring ability Stevenson. ""They've always had a big team. When they selected me I was the happiest kid in the world."" Stevenson turned 18 only last month so don't look for him in a Montreal uniform for some time. In all likelihood, he will continue playing junior for another two, and possibly three, seasons. His junior career probably will be followed by a couple of seasons honing his skills in the minors. Taking things in stride ""I'd like to play only one more year (in Seattle), but it's whatever Montreal decides is best,"" he said. ""As for the minors, if that's what it takes, I'm young, I have lots of time, I'm taking things in stride."" When Stevenson attends his first big-league training camp this September, he'll be accompanied by Seattle teammate Lindsay Vallis, a right-winger who was taken 13th overall in 1989. The 6-foot-2, 198-pounder was 34-43 in 65 games last season. ""At least when I'm there I'll know somebody,"" said Stevenson. ""I'm not just coming to camp and saying I'm young. I'm going in as a first-round pick. I have to go with a hard-working attitude."" The Canadiens announced they were transferring their International Hockey League franchise to Albany, 16 kilometres from Troy. A move to Kansas City, meanwhile, would have necessitated operating in the IHL, which the NHL Canadiens braintrust considers to be an inferior league. The Fredericton Express, an affiliate of the Quebec Nordiques, were an AHL member from 1981-88. The Nordiques, citing poor attendance, transferred the franchise to Halifax. In 1988 the Express averaged 2,814 spectators, ranking them 10th in the 14-team league. Emmerson suggested the team requires an average of 3,000 fans for the shareholders to break even. 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. Of the total number killed, half are golfers. Statistics Canada says that 13 Canadians were killed by lightning over a three-year period from 1986 to 1988. It's not known how many of those deaths occurred on golf courses or how many people actually reported being struck. Still, the only thing worse than playing golf in a thunderstorm is flying a kite in it with a steel line. It's an open invitation for catastrophe. Ask Quebec pro Joey Bissegger, whose amateur playing partner was literally knocked out of his shoes when he was struck by lightning in a Sauvegarde Tour pro-am in Rouyn two years ago. PGA Tour veteran Lee Trevino, along with Jerry Heard and Bobby Nichols, were involved in the most publicized lightning incident in golf history during the 1975 Western Open at the Butler National course in Oak Brook, Ill. A week before that incident, Tom Watson caused a controversy when he walked off the course at nearby Medinah during the 1975 United States Open because of a threat of lightning which officials had deemed was not immediately apparent. As a result of such incidents, the United States Golf Association adopted Rule 6-8a (ii) in its Rules of Golf which allows any player to discontinue play if he feels lightning threatens. Montreal-area golf courses are far from a safe harbor from the storm when it comes to lightning. Montreal averages 25 electrical storms a year, but 20 of those are recorded during the most active golf months of June, July and August. ""We've already had five, including Monday's of this week,"" said Steve McCuskey, weather information specialist at Dorval. ""We've entered the busiest time of the year for lightning."" Lightning is commonly described by laypeople as either ""chain"" or ""sheet,"" but both types present a risk. McCuskey explained the chain variety as the oftentimes spectacular jagged bolts from the sky towards the ground and sheet as the flash of lightning going from cloud to cloud. ""Chain is the more dangerous,"" said McCuskey, ""but sheet lightning can come towards the ground at any time."" It's also incorrect, for the most part, to say someone has been ""struck"" by lightning if they've lived to tell about it. A miracle aside, no one can survive a direct hit of the millions of volts of electricity in a bolt of lightning. What actually occurs is that they've suffered the effects of the bounce of the energy charge when it has struck something nearby. ""They may have received enough of the electrical current to experience a shock, but they certainly were not the main conductor,"" said Professor Geoff Austin of McGill University's radar observatory in Ste. 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. 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Plates regularly shift along fault line; tension and slipping cause quakes. TEHRAN The toll in the earthquake that jolted northern Iran early yesterday rose to at least 25,000 dead, with tens of thousands reported injured, and it could go much higher when rescuers reach remote areas. The Iranian ambassador to the United Nations, Kamal Kharrazi, said yesterday afternoon on Cable News Network that the latest word he has received from the Foreign Ministry in Tehran was that an earlier estimate of at least 10,000 dead was far too conservative. And he said that even the latest figures are likely to increase as rescuers reach remote areas. Iran needs medical equipment, blood, blankets and medicine, he said. ""I understand that international organizations are trying their best to bring some of this equipment and medicine."" The earlier estimate was contained in a statement by the Iranian cabinet, made public after an emergency evening session. 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 Université 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. ""It is obvious to us that there should be a moratorium on further implantation of the Meme,"" said Robert Guidoin, head of the university's laboratory of experimental surgery. ""Our studies show the foam degrades very easily and rapidly and the formation of (the chemical) is obvious,"" said Guidoin, head of the seven-member scientific team. Germany approves economic union REUTER PLEASE SEE IMPLANT, PAGE A2 BONN The West German parliament approved a treaty yesterday to merge its economy with East Germany's on July 1. Earlier East Germany also ratified the treaty which will bring the powerful West German mark and restore capitalism in the East in the first major step to full unification. In Bonn's Bundestag (lower house) 445 deputies backed the treaty, with 60 votes against. One abstained. The East German parliament also voted to recognize Poland's borders as final. West Germany's parliament was set to follow suit, after a debate in which Chancellor Helmut Kohl said Germans in both states should seize the historic opportunity to unite, accepting the permanent loss of territory to Poland as part of the price. ""Germans in West Germany and East Germany are now once again inseparably bound together,"" Kohl declared. He appealed to West Germans to accept economic sacrifices to help East Germany's disintegrating economy. Formal recognition of the Oder-Neisse border, renouncing claims to land which Germany lost to Poland after World War II, was a key condition for international acceptance of German unification after 45 years of division. A potent symbol of the Cold War, the Checkpoint Charlie border post beside the Berlin Wall, is to disappear today in a ceremony attended by the foreign ministers of the four powers which divided Germany after the war the United States, the Soviet Union, Britain and France and the two Germanys. All border controls in and around Berlin are to end July 2 when the West German mark becomes the currency of East Germany, and the East effectively cedes control over its economy to West Germany. Only six of East Germany's 400 parliamentary deputies voted against the Poland resolution, which commits a future parliament of a united Germany to a border treaty with Warsaw. Only a handful of Kohl's Christian Democrats, mainly representing Germans driven out of Eastern Europe after the defeat of Germany, were expected to vote against the identical resolution in Bonn's parliament. CRK In quiet Bievoiuiosi born 30 years ago today Lesage changed course of history CLAUDE ARPIN THE GAZETTE It was 30 years ago today that the late Jean Lesage ushered in Quebec's Quiet Revolution. But if he'd had his way, he would have been a simple actuary, according to his son, Jules. ""Politics wasn't his first love,"" the 50-year-old lawyer said this week. ""Dad enjoyed counting so much he would have been quite happy doing it for a living."" Instead, the Quebec City youth was talked into a legal career. Too poor to send him to Montreal to study accounting, his parents enrolled him in the faculty of law at Université Laval. That decision was to change the course of Quebec's history. When Lesage's Équipe de l'Action (Thunder Team) of Liberals won power on June 22, 1960, it spelled the end of a stifling 16-year reign by Premier Maurice Duplessis, whose tenure was referred to as La Grande Noirceur (the Great Darkness). Reminiscing over the momentous June 22 vote, Jules Lesage recalled that much of the Quiet Revolution was fashioned in his father's house on Bougainville St. in Quebec City. ""I'd say the big decisions were hammered out on our dining-room table,"" he said. ""That's where his father and a handful of cabinet ministers and advisers hatched their most daring plot to seize Quebec's education system from the clergy. ""I maintain that my father's biggest battles weren't with political opponents,"" Jules said. ""They were PLEASE SEE LESAGE PAGE A2 Crash A 58-year-old Montrealer died of injuries yesterday after her car was involved in a seven-vehicle accident. 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+220,19970719,modern,Deluge,"75 OUTSIDE METRO AREA $2,000 ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Laugh it up at comedy Test's Old Port site El SA LANGUAGE Golf gives up our umi limy or $ party hospitals More councillors expected to resign from Vision Montreal next week a warning MONIQUE BEAUDIN and ELENA CHERNEY The Gazette CHRIS TAYLOR The Gazette Local hospitals and health boards are about to come under the microscope of the Office de la Langue Française, according to a letter obtained by Alliance Quebec. In the July 14 letter, sent to the 69 health-care institutions across Quebec that have bilingual status, Office president Nicole Rene outlined her plans for a Sept. 17 meeting. The institutions will be reminded at the meeting that they must be able, at all times, to provide health-care services in French. ""Not all personnel have to be bilingual, but there should always be someone available who is able to offer services in French,"" Rene said in an interview yesterday. The letter comes at a time when regional access plans for English-language health care have yet to be approved by the Quebec government. A decision has been delayed until late August or September. ""It's disgusting, frankly,"" said Michael Hamelin, president of Alliance Quebec. ""For them to find the time to drag in English-language institutions for 'consultation,' it's the kind of intimidation we're seeing day in and day out."" Please see OFFICE, Page A2 Montreal Mayor Pierre Bourque faces the greatest test yet to his leadership after four city councillors quit his party yesterday, whittling his majority down to a single vote. Even as Councillors Pierre Gagnier, Marie Lebeau, Jacques Charbonneau and Serge-Eric Belanger read their resignation letters to reporters, other Vision Montreal councillors were considering whether to join them. ""There are others who are very ill at ease,"" Charbonneau said. At least six other councillors - including executive-committee member Germain Pregent, and Councillors Jean-Guy Deschamps, Michelle Daines, Giovanni Di Michele and Jack Chadirdjian - are rumoured to be thinking of quitting the party, and some could quit within the next week. ""I'm talking to my family, the people who helped me get elected and my constituents, the residents of St. Henri,"" Pregent said in an interview yesterday. ""I'll make up my mind in the next few days."" Pregent and the other councillors could come under considerable pressure, as both the party president and remaining Vision councillors said they'll try to persuade them to stay. ""If they have a malaise, they can come to the family here and see us,"" said party president Robert Archambault, who added that the councillors who quit yesterday never told him they were unhappy. ""I hope that the remaining people are a solid core."" Please see VISION, Page A5 Mayor can stay in power, Page A5 Bourque's time of turmoil, Page A5 The Saguenay: one year later Targeting the OLE Page A3 INSIDE NATION RCMP fear unrest The RCMP predict Ottawa's ""lukewarm response"" to the recent royal commission report on aboriginals may fuel unrest. Page A10 WORLD Mir repairs on hold Mir's critical power shortages are resolved, but mission control likely will wait until the next crew arrives before making further repairs. Page A11 BUSINESS No sale, Imasco says Imasco Ltd. denies that it is negotiating to sell Canada Trust to the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. Page C1 WEATHER GORDON BECK, GAZETTE Chicoutimi is spending $11 million to restore the museum housed in this old pulp-and-paper mill, which was gutted by last summer's flood. Region rebuilding after deluge Partly cloudy tomorrow, Page B8 For weather updates, please call The Gazette Quickline at 555-1234 code 6000. Each call costs 50 cents. INDEX- Architecture, Auto, Births, Books, Bridge, Brownstein, Business, Comilli, Car Doctor, Careers, Classified, Collard, Comics, Crosswords, Curtail, Editorials, Entertainment, Freed, Health Matters, Horoscope, Landers, Legal Notices, Needletrade, Obituaries, QuickLine, RSVP, Scoreboard, Sports, Travel, What's on, Wonderword. First of a two-part series JONATHON GATEHOUSE The Gazette LA BAIE - As the heavens open up, people run for the cover of front porches and cars. The rivulets trickling in the channels between rounded boulders quickly expand into cataracts of roaring white foam. In the gathering darkness, roofs and trees begin to float by on the wall of water and the dull thump of helicopters fills the air. The 2,300 people crammed into the stuffy community centre on a hot July night squirm in their seats and murmur, unsure how to react to the dramatic depiction of the most devastating flood in Quebec history, as thousands of gallons of water flow across the enormous stage in front of them. But when the grand historical pageant they're watching comes to its singing-and-dancing finale a few minutes later, they leap to their feet and deliver a sustained round of applause. The $100,000 the city of La Baie spent on rain-making machines to add last summer's deluge to its main tourist attraction, La Fabuleuse Histoire d'un Royaume, didn't go to waste. It's only one short year since a huge storm dumped 277 millimetres of rain on the Saguenay region in three days, unleashing torrents of water that caused more than $700 million in damage, but the events of July 19-21, 1996, have already become part of the local mythology. Now, as life in the flood-ravaged communities slowly returns to normal, the region has been hit by two far more welcome waves - an economic boom and an inundation of tourists. ""We've had a lot of tourists since the floods, and that's great,"" says Cyprien Gaudreault, La Baie's deputy mayor. ""We want to prove to people that the residents of the Saguenay have recovered and are strong."" Last summer's flooding killed 10 people, drove more than 15,800 across the region from their homes, and destroyed or severely damaged the homes of 3,500 families. The ""once-in-1,000-years"" storm unleashed the full fury of nature on the area bordering the Saguenay River Fjord, which is 175 kilometres northeast of Quebec City. Two reservoirs serving communities in the region overflowed or gave way during the sustained downpour, releasing as much as four times the normal water flow into rivers and streams. Entire villages were left underwater as rivers ate through dikes or carved beds around dams that would not give way. Sections of the area's three major cities - La Baie, Chicoutimi and Jonquière - that had never been flooded in more than a century of settlement were wiped off the map in a matter of hours. Please see FLOOD, Page A3 Fatal floods in Europe, Page A4 QUOTE Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but rising every time we fall. Confucius DNA tests exonerate Milgaard Murder case reopened after man jailed for 23 years is cleared STEPHEN BINDMAN and JOHN IBBITSON Southam Newspapers TORONTO - The Saskatchewan government has apologized to David Milgaard after science proved what he and his family have been claiming for almost 30 years - that he spent most of his adult life in prison for a murder he didn't commit. Sophisticated DNA testing completed at a British laboratory yesterday confirmed Milgaard did not rape and kill Saskatoon nursing-aide Gail Miller in 1969 and appeared to point to the man he and his supporters have long said was the true killer. ""It has been 27 years for all of us, and we are glad it is over now,"" a subdued Milgaard said in Winnipeg. ""Waiting for today has been a struggle."" The startling developments in the 28-year-old murder case prompted Saskatoon police to reopen their investigation and led to a contrite apology from Saskatchewan's justice minister. ""It appears that a wrong of the most serious kind has been done to Mr. Milgaard by our justice system,"" John Nilson said. ""For this we owe him and his family the most heartfelt apology."" Nilson said he is ""actively considering"" an independent inquiry into all aspects of the case and discussions would begin immediately on compensation for Milgaard and his family. The federal justice minister, Anne McLellan, expressed her ""deepest sympathies and regret"" to Milgaard and his family. ""The (DNA) results show that a terrible wrong was done to David Milgaard by his wrongful conviction."" Milgaard was released from prison in 1992 after 23 years when the Supreme Court of Canada overturned his murder conviction following an unprecedented review, but the top court did not exonerate him. The Saskatchewan government said too much time had elapsed to retry him, but has since steadfastly refused to call a public inquiry or compensate him for the years he spent behind bars. Please see DNA, Page A2 NOTE TO READERS TV-channel indicators incorrect Because of an error by the company that supplies listings for the TV Times, the channel indicators for the Saturday listings in today's TV Times magazine are incorrect. We are reprinting today's TV listings with the correct channel indicators on Page C8. The Saturday prime-time grid in the TV Times magazine, however, is correct. The Gazette regrets the inconvenience. embassy; 6:30 p.m. (CBM-FM) Double Exposure Summer '97 7 p.m. (CIQC) National Sports Radio 7 p.m. (CJAD) Saturday Night In Montreal 7 p.m. (CBM-FM) RealTime 7 p.m. (CJFM) Mix 96 Party Mix 7:05 p.m. (CBM-AM) Random Sampling 8 p.m. (CHOM) Hot 8 at 8 8 p.m. (CFQR) Live at Le Castillon, International dance music 8 p.m. (VPR) The Thistle and the Shamrock 8:06 p.m. (CBM-AM) Finkleman's 45s 9 p.m. (CKGM) The Funnies 9 p.m. (VPR) My Place 10 p.m. (CKGM) Golden Age of Radio 10 p.m. (CHOM) Buzzcutz 10 p.m. (VPR) Hearts of Space 10:05 p.m. (CBM-AM) A Propos, A guide to the music of Quebec 11 p.m. (CJAD) Olga and Laurie 11 p.m. (VPR) Best of Hearts of Space 11:05 p.m. (CBM-AM) Saturday Night Blues, Features Canadian and international artists performing blues music 11:30 p.m. (CBF-FM) Le Club de Minuit Midnight (CIQC) Good Time Oldies 92.5 93.5 95.9 97.7 100.7 102.3 103.7 107.9 Midnight (CKGM) People Helping People Midnight (CBM-FM) Night Lines Midnight (CFQR) Numuzik Midnight (CJFM) Club Mix 12:30 a.m. (CBF-FM) La Boîte à Frissons 1:04 a.m. (CBF-FM) Voyage de Nuit 2 a.m. (CJAD) Best of CJAD's Broadcast Day 3:04 a.m. (CBF-FM) Un Dimanche à la Campagne 5:04 a.m. (CBF-FM) La Planète Bleue SUNDAY 4 a.m. (CKGM) Dr. Laura Schlessinger Show (Repeat) 5 a.m. (CBM-FM) Weekender 6 a.m. (CIQC) Religious Program 6 a.m. (CJAD) Dave Fisher 6 a.m. (CKRK) Country Weekend 6:04 a.m. (CBF-FM) La Grande Fugue 7 a.m. (CKGM) Working Mom on the Run 7 a.m. (VPR) Classical Music 8 a.m. (CIQC) Jack Curran Show 8 a.m. (CJFM) American Top 40 8 a.m. (VPR) Weekend Edition 8:11 a.m. (CBM-FM) Choral Concert, With the North German Radio Choir and the Radio Symphony Orchestra Berlin conducted by Karl Anton Rickenbacher 9 a.m. (CJAD) Family Show 9 a.m. (CFQR) Casey's Countdown 9 a.m. (CHOM) Electric Brunch 9:06 a.m. (CBF-FM) Les Enfants du Déluge 9:11 a.m. (CBM-AM) Sunday Morning 10 a.m. (CJAD) Trivia Show 10 a.m. (CKGM) Auto Den 10 a.m. (CBF-FM) Rencontres en Musique 10 a.m. (VPR) Classical Music 10:05 a.m. (CBM-FM) Music Alive, Montreal Symphony Orchestra conducted by Charles Dutoit, with Sarah Chang, violin 12 p.m. (CIQC) The Price Is Right Noon (CKGM) Kim Kommando Noon (CKRK) Golden Eras, Kahnawake's past told with music Noon (VPR) A Prairie Home Companion 12:06 p.m. (CBM-FM) To be announced 12:08 p.m. (CBM-AM) Gilmour's Albums 12:10 p.m. (CBF-FM) Une Oreille sur le Monde 12:30 p.m. (CJAD) Alstin's Alley, With Terry Mosher of The Gazette 1 p.m. (CKRK) Memory Lane 1:05 p.m. (CBM-FM) The Trancontinental, A musical train trip through Europe 1:08 p.m. (CBM-AM) Tapestry, Explores the broad range of spiritual and human issues facing people of various cultures and religions 3:08 p.m. (CBM-AM) Writers and Company 4 p.m. (CKGM) Good Time Oldies 4 p.m. (CKGM) The Group Room 4 p.m. (CBF-FM) Chansons en Liberté 4 p.m. (VPR) The Folk Sampler 4:05 p.m. (CBM-FM) Say It With Music, Leonard Bernstein's New York 4:09 p.m. (CBM-AM) Cross-Country Checkup, Open-line program 4:30 p.m. (CJAD) George Balcan's Funday Monday Replay 5:15 p.m. (CIQC) Showdown 5 p.m. (VPR) All Things Considered 5:04 p.m. (CBF-FM) La Boîte à Frissons 5:05 p.m. (CBM-FM) Random Sampling, This Is Art, Features an essay on music based on the eccentric musings of the host 5:30 p.m. (CJAD) Father John Walsh 5:30 p.m. (CBF-FM) Invitation au Château 6 p.m. (CKGM) Dr. Gabe Mirkin 6 p.m. (CFQR) Lite Rock Favorites 6 p.m. JULY 19, 1997 Le Devoir columnist and separatism supporter Josee Legault portrayed Queen Elizabeth during a show headlined by satirists Bowser and Blue at the Old Port last night. The performance, titled Woodstock for Square Heads, was part of the Just for Laughs comedy festival. Page E1 ALLEN McINNIS, GAZETTE Target: language police Boy, 14, plans to deluge OLF with empty complaints letters CAROLYN ADOLPH The Gazette Message to the Office de la Langue Française: beware of 14-year-olds carrying pamphlets. Liosha Kenjeev, tired of hearing so much angry talk about the language watchdog's stepped-up enforcement campaigns in English-speaking areas, has decided to mount a campaign of his own. ""I was thinking - if I know everyone is upset with the OLF, and I do, it's hard to get people to speak up,"" he said yesterday. ""I'd have to make it quite easy."" Kenjeev's idea is this: as a protest against the sudden outpouring of enforcement activity that has recently hit anglo merchants and municipalities, people should flood the OLF with complaints letters - letters with nothing in them. ""It's a political statement,"" he said. ""I already wrote the OLF to explain what it meant."" Kenjeev gets an A for industry. First he borrowed enough cash from his parents to print 500 posters exhorting people to rain empty letters upon the Office. Then it hit him that people would hardly be able to remember the mailing address he had put on the posters. So he went to Alliance Quebec, which agreed to pay for 1,000 fliers. Kenjeev is delivering them himself, to mailboxes all over the west end. Alliance Quebec president Michael Hamelin said he was impressed and hopes Montrealers will participate. ""What you've got there is a dedicated, angry young person who clearly wants to make a point. We need to make a statement about this harassment."" But OLF spokesman Gerald Paquette was unimpressed by the empty-letter campaign. ""Empty letters go in the garbage - that's what happens. You're shooting the wrong dog,"" he added in English, saying the OLF is merely an administrative organization. Hamelin said Alliance Quebec receives four or five complaints every day from merchants angry about petty infraction letters from the Office. One such complaint came from Brenda Levy, who co-owns a restaurant in a north-end shopping mall. Last month, an OLF inspector nailed her for three signs with equal-sized French and English words and for a unilingual ""hot club roll"" sign. ""I didn't think you could translate that. I don't know of any translation,"" Levy said yesterday. So she called the Office bureaucrat who wrote the infraction letter. ""He said: 'You'll have to find out yourself.'"" Paquette confirmed that complaints officials do not have to help people with translations. Other OLF officials will help, but charge $5 per consultation unless the question is related to a complaint. The address of the Office de la Langue Française is: Post Office Box 316, Tour de la Place Victoria, Montreal H4Z 1G8. ""We need to make a statement about this harassment."" Alliance Quebec president Michael Hamelin accuses vandalism Fire chiefs find office doors glued shut LYNN MOORE The Gazette The dispute between the city of Montreal and its firefighters took another nasty turn yesterday over what the city contended was another wave of vandalism in a conflict tied to contract negotiations. According to city and fire-department officials, disgruntled firefighters vandalized the vehicles and seven offices used by the department's 35 chiefs of operations. ""They have escalated their tactics to a level that is totally unacceptable,"" said Saulie Zajdel, the executive-committee member responsible for the fire department, who claimed fire hoses were used to flood vehicle interiors and glue or caulking was used to seal office doors and locks. ""The city is in the process of moving its chiefs to other sites and yesterday fired off a legal letter to the firefighters' association, informing it that it will have to pay for damage and moving costs."" Gaston Fauvel, president of the Montreal Firefighters Association, acknowledged yesterday there was ""one isolated incident"" of mischief at one fire station in which caulking was used to seal doors. But he insisted the city was seeking to manufacture a ""public-relations campaign"" to smear firefighters. ""It is just a big balloon (of propaganda) that they are trying to blow up."" What has incensed the city and ""has made (Mayor Pierre) Bourque crazy"" is the firefighters' most recent publicity campaign, which features Bourque as a devil with the phrase ""gestion d'enfer"" (administration from hell) across his chest. While yesterday's contest between the two feuding parties played out, the provincial Essential Services Council continued its deliberations on whether to put a stop to the firefighters' pressure tactics. A decision is expected next week, a spokesman said yesterday. The city's contract with its 1,617 firefighters expired in December but negotiations are at a standstill. The hottest point of contention is the city's plan to cut $9.25 million from the fire department's budget and eliminate 124 firefighters in 36 stations over the next two years. Operating on the principle that seeing is believing, Zajdel and assistant fire chief Andre Brunelle took reporters to Station 9 in Montreal's north end, where a substance that appeared to be caulking had been used to seal two interior doors and an exterior door. The substance had also been applied to the locks and one lock had a piece of metal in it. Similar damage was done to the six other offices in stations that house operations chiefs and their vehicles were vandalized, Brunelle said. ""It differs from one (station) to another but this (damage) is representative,"" he said. Fauvel hotly disputed that statement, saying he had visited five of the seven stations and the only damage he had seen was at Station 9. ""At the four other stations there was absolutely nothing,"" he said. ""There was no vandalism, there was nothing broken. There was nothing."" Fauvel's claim was later disputed by Zajdel, who responded: ""Give me a break."" Fauvel said the metal-jammed lock at Station 9 was caused when the chief of operations broke his key in the lock. He ordered that the caulking be removed from Station 9 doors, calling the situation ""an isolated incident that is a symbolic gesture that indicates that we'd prefer that (the chief of operations) stays in his office and doesn't mix with station personnel."" Firefighters at the station - most of whom were wearing Bourque-as-devil T-shirts - said the doors were like that when they arrived for their shift. Firefighter Karen Degagne said she and her colleagues are not allowed to strike and have limited means to make their positions known to management. ""They want to cut everything (the number of firefighters and trucks) and we want to make sure the public has proper service and they aren't in danger, and we aren't in danger,"" she said. ""At the four other stations there was absolutely nothing. No vandalism."" Firefighters' association boss Gaston Fauvel Royal Montreal greens getting greener Call it the greening of the greens. The Royal Montreal Golf Club, site of the coming Canadian Open and home to the oldest golf club in North America, is in the process of doing something groundbreaking: making the fairways safe for small creatures without cleated shoes, motorized carts or expense accounts. We're talking about the birds and the bees and the flowers and the trees. The elite club, which began in 1873 when Alexander Dennistown and his friends took turns putting against the stone wall surrounding Hotel Dieu hospital, has spent two years and considerable effort getting back to nature. Already considered one of the nicest courses in Quebec, the 800-acre property on Ile Bizard is on the verge of being certified by Audubon International as an Audubon Cooperative Nature Sanctuary, a program designed to help landowners ""preserve and enhance the environmental quality of their property for the good of people and wildlife."" ""The open space of a golf course is utilized not only by golfers, but is habitat for a variety of wildlife species,"" says Maria Briggs, senior staff ecologist for Audubon International. ""We are pleased with the efforts of Royal Montreal to become certified in wildlife and habitat management, integrated pest management, water conservation, water-quality management and environmental planning. We look forward to receiving the certification request for their final category: outreach and education."" Two weeks ago, the Hillsdale course in Mirabel became the first in Quebec to be certified by Audubon International. Golf courses have often been singled out for their heavy use of pesticides, which help keep the turf bright green and weed-free but can have a harmful impact on the habitat, and the people who use it. A study by researchers at the University of Iowa identified a potential link between pesticide use on golf courses and higher-than-normal instances of cancer among golf-course superintendents. In recent years, however, some golf-course managers have joined forces with environmental groups, particularly Audubon, to find less potent ways to keep weeds and insects under control. At Royal Montreal, that has meant leaving half the golf course's terrain au natural - woods, wildflower zones and grassy areas which are mowed only once a summer. Other prime habitat areas include dead trees, which provide food and shelter for insects and birds. Blake McMaster, course and property manager, has also promoted integrated pest management. Staff members monitor for pest problems daily and determine what measures, if any, are needed to control them. ""With diseases, a change in the weather will normally bring relief without the need to apply fungicides so we rely heavily on the weather,"" McMaster explained. When a pest problem must be treated, Royal Montreal does its best to spot-treat. ""This is especially true with insecticides, as they will kill all insects including the beneficial ones in the soil,"" McMaster said. ""Last year, we treated a total of 400 square metres out of the 3,237,600-square-metre property - or 0.01 percent."" The project has also meant keeping track of the wildlife that lives in and around the course - so far Royal Montreal has identified foxes, a great blue heron, wood ducks with their young, turtles and a variety of birds. To make sure those animals and others continue to feel welcome, the club has built 46 houses and boxes for bats, bluebirds, purple martins, wrens, flickers and wood ducks. A pond ecologist has been hired to test the course's five ponds for pesticide and nutrient pollution. Royal Montreal proudly cites studies by the United States Golf Association which herald the economic and ecological benefits of golf courses to a community, including research which suggests a turf area of 2,000 square feet produces enough oxygen for one person per year. By that calculation, Royal Montreal is producing enough oxygen for more than 8,700 people a year, which is good news for the birds, and for the birdies. Peggy Curran's E-mail address is pcurran@thegazette.southam.ca Hillsdale gets Audubon seal, Page K3 With every purchase of a place setting, receive a free 8"" rim soup bowl. Purchase a 20 piece set and receive 4 free soups! 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On what was proclaimed a day of national mourning for the dozens of flood victims, more heavy rain pelted this cultural centre's watery streets, already lined with sandbags piled up to the windowsills. In Poland, 48 people have been lost to the overflowing, fast-moving Odra River, which grew to monstrous proportions over the past 10 days. At least 38 deaths in the Czech Republic have been blamed on the deluge. Tens of thousands of people have been evacuated from their homes in both countries, and factories, roads, farmland and animal stocks appear to have suffered massive damage. Meanwhile, in adjacent Germany the Oder River spilled over its banks into the centre of Frankfurt an der Oder, 90 kilometres east of Berlin. A 160 km dike, waterlogged but reinforced overnight by sandbags, prevented more serious flooding. ""Nature has done us in. I've lost 6 kilos in five days because I've been working to protect my home,"" said Janusz Siennack, an engineer who stood, hands caked with mud and pants legs ripped and flapping in the wind, outside his two-storey Wroclaw house. The agricultural tally alone in Poland, where about one-third of all people make a living from the land, is daunting: About 900,000 chicks and ducks, 4,825 pigs and hogs, 1,353 cattle and 90 sheep were carried downstream, according to preliminary farm ministry estimates. Dead horses have been seen floating by farmhouses. In the Czech Republic, the country's largest steel mills - Nova Hut, Vitkovice and Trinecke Zelezarny - cut back on production because raw materials are unable to reach the plants and finished steel couldn't move out. Losses are soaring into multibillion-dollar estimates. Both countries' markets have slumped from fear of flood losses. The storms have sparked legislation and high-level borrowing to cover the emergency. In Poland, the government sought a $110-million credit line from the Polish National Bank and a $300-million World Bank loan. The disaster also has engendered political gamesmanship two months before parliamentary elections. Researchers at the McConnell Brain Imaging Centre of the Montreal Neurological Institute seek volunteers for investigations of the effects of smoking on brain metabolism. Volunteers aged 19 years or older who are currently regular smokers (1 pack/day for the past year) may contact Dr. Cumming 398-1996 weekday mornings. Compensation for your time and inconvenience. Exclusive Wines of California Historic Building VIEUX PORT 39 St. Paul East Old Montreal Buy Direct And Save Open Sunday Brown Jordan Wicker Wrought Iron Reflect your individual tastes. Our designers will help you ""custom create"" your furniture and build it just the way you want it. 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+221,19920216,modern,Deluge,"It takes 6 to 9 kilograms of corn or soy to produce one kilogram of edible pork. And the difference ends up mainly as a whole lot of waste. While past agricultural methods have used manure as a natural soil conditioner, the boom in chemical fertilizers has shifted that balance. Now excess manure is creating pollution problems. In some cases, the waste seeps into local waterways causing not only water pollution but encouraging the growth of algae. This depletes the water's oxygen and reduces or destroys its aquatic life. The problems don't end there. Around the world livestock contribute to deforestation, soil erosion and desertification. Like all environmental issues, EARTHWEEK: A DIARY OF THE PLANET the answers to this problem are not always simple or obvious. The Worldwatch report says the solution lies in different directions including taxing or regulating environmentally destructive farming practices and restructuring development strategies. But it also goes on to say, If livestock are to live in balance with the environment again, First World consumers will have to eat less meat, while Third World citizens will need to keep their meat consumption low. Many of the articles being written on the subject lately state or imply that if you really care about the planet you must become a vegetarian. Durning, a vegetarian himself, doesn't agree. It's not true that to be an environmentalist you have to be a vegetarian. That's like saying to be an environmentalist you must never ride in an automobile. But, he adds, there is a strong environmental argument for reducing meat consumption fairly dramatically in North America and Europe perhaps cutting it in half. The decision to eat meat or not is a very personal one. Nevertheless, there can be little doubt that eating lower on the food chain benefits not only ourselves but the planet. By Steve Newman The warm water ocean phenomenon known as El Nino appears to be producing widespread climatic disruptions that are responsible for unusually severe weather from California to the Caribbean. Three savage storms lashed California, unleashing destructive flooding north of Los Angeles. At least four people drowned and about 20 recreational vehicles were swept away when the Ventura River suddenly surged over its banks. About 160 km of beaches between the Mexican border and Ventura were closed because of a health hazard caused by runoff and sewage spills. El Nino also is being blamed for some of the worst flooding ever to strike Havana. Storms around the Cuban capital whipped up high tides and large waves that flooded many low-lying areas. Government meteorologists predict that cloud cover and rain caused by the phenomenon may stunt crop development across the island through early April. The driest January in 30 years has destroyed at least 75 per cent of South Africa's maize harvest and threatens food supplies across many neighboring countries. Zambia and Zimbabwe also are in the grips of a severe dry spell, but they may not be able to rely on South African farmers to make up for crop losses as in previous poor harvests. The worst drought to affect Ecuador in 30 years has caused a critical shortage of hydroelectric power and forced the government to purchase electricity from neighboring Colombia. The Paute generating plant, which supplies 85 per cent of the electrical power to the national grid, has recently been operating only two of its 10 turbines. It has sometimes been forced to halt operation completely due to the extremely low water level of the Paute River. For the week ending 14 February 1992 A1992 Chronicle Mideast Storms A winter-long string of storms continued to lash the eastern Mediterranean with a variety of destructive weather conditions. Torrential rains caused the Jordan River to flood for the first time in 40 years, and half of the crops in the Jordan Valley have been destroyed by the inundation as well as blizzards, freezing temperatures, and high winds. Transportation, communications and electrical power have been disrupted by the storms from Turkey to the Red Sea. The nearly continuous winter rainfall ended a severe drought across the region by filling reservoirs and replenishing groundwater supplies. A strong earthquake struck the remote Vanuatu Islands, but there were no reports of damage. Earth movements were felt in the Aleutian Islands, Kuril Islands, and Northern California. Tropical cyclone Cliff lashed French Polynesia with winds of 130 km/h and pounding high surf. Forty homes were destroyed on Pukapuka Atoll, while two airfields and a few houses were damaged in the Marquesas Islands. In the Indian Ocean, tropical cyclone Celesta formed briefly east of Mauritius. Villagers living around Indonesia's Mt. Merapi Volcano were warned to be ready to evacuate as the volcano gushed hot lava and burned 10 hectares of forest. Ash fell 30 km away from the 777-metre mountain. Wide areas of New South Wales were deluged by drought-breaking rain that caused serious flooding. Sydney was one of the worst-hit communities, with more than 254 mm of rainfall during a weekend of downpours. Farmers welcomed the rains which should reduce the state's declared drought coverage from 65 per cent to about 20 per cent. Three South Africans who went for an early morning dip in a coastside swimming pool were jolted awake by the realization that they were sharing the water with a visiting shark. The men, splashing around in a tidal pool in False Bay near Cape Town, alerted a nearby lifeguard who used nets and poles to force the 1.5-metre-long shark through a drainage gate, back out to sea. Tidal pools are popular walled-in structures built near the shore along the coast of Cape Province. An especially high wave must have washed in the shark. Additional Source: Meteo Franca, U.A. Sunrise 6:56 Sunset 5:22 Temperatures are given in degrees Celsius High for Montreal Today Skies will be cloudy with occasional periods of light snow. Low for tonight -10. Winds becoming westerly 15 to 25 km/h. Record Max Min 1981 9 1943 -28 Temperature, Yesterday -5 -8 Year ago today -6 -21 Normal this date -5 -12 Regional synopses Abitibi-Temiscamingue High -6 Low near -15 Cloudy with light snow in the morning, clearing this afternoon. Laurentians High -3 Low near -14 A few morning flurries, clearing in the afternoon. Eastern Ontario High -1 Low near -11 Gradual clearing in the morning, sunny in the afternoon. Southern Ontario High 3 Low near -7 A few early morning flurries, followed by gradual clearing. Quebec City High -4 Low near -12 Cloudy with periods of light snow throughout the day. Eastern Townships High -1 Low near -9 Cloudy with periods of light snow throughout the day. Northern New England High 1 Low near -8 Cloudy skies with flurries throughout the day. Gasps High -4 Low near -7 Cloudy with snow and blowing snow. Lower North Shore High -7 Low near -10 Cloudy with snow and blowing snow. A High 1 High 3 Low -7 Low -2 Weather system forecast for 7 p.m. this evening. Temperatures are daytime highs. Canada World Max Min Max Min Iqaluit P Cloudy -30 -36 Amsterdam Cloudy 9 -5 Yellowknife P Cloudy -17 -25 Athens Cloudy 12 6 Whitehorse Showers -13 -17 Beijing Sunny 2 -5 Vancouver Showers 8 4 Berlin Rain 9 6 Victoria Cloudy 8 3 Copenhagen Drizzle 7 -5 Edmonton Sunny -4 -13 Dublin Cloudy 8 5 Calgary Cloudy 5 -8 Hong Kong Cloudy 19 14 Saskatoon Cloudy -4 -14 Jerusalem Sunny 14 4 Regina Cloudy -3 -12 Lisbon P Cloudy 12 7 Winnipeg Cloudy -5 -12 London P Cloudy 10 4 Thunder Bay P Cloudy 0 -8 Madrid Sunny 12 4 Sudbury P Cloudy -3 -14 Mexico City P Cloudy 22 Toronto Flurries 3 -7 Moscow Cloudy 2 -3 Fredericton Rain 4 -2 Nairobi Cloudy 29 15 Halifax Rain 6 2 New Delhi Sunny 22 to Charlottetown Rain 2 -4 Paris Cloudy 10 6 St. John's Snow -4 -12 Rio de Janeiro P Cloudy 30 -21 Rome Cloudy 16 7 United States Sydney P Cloudy 22 16 Max Min Tokyo Cloudy 12 -5 Atlanta Sunny 21 8 Boston Showers 10 1 Chicago P Cloudy 6 1 Dallas P Cloudy 23 9 Acapulco P Cloudy 34 19 Denver Cloudy 12 -3 Barbados P Cloudy 30 -2 Las Vegas Showers 11 6 Bermuda Cloudy 22 15 Los Angeles P Cloudy 14 8 Daytona P Cloudy 24 14 New Orleans P Cloudy 23 15 Honolulu Sunny 27 19 New York Showers 11 2 Kingston P Cloudy 31 22 Phoenix P Cloudy 17 7 Miami P Cloudy 28 19 St. Louis P Cloudy 11 2 Myrtle Beach Sunny 23 8 San Francisco Showers 14 7 Nassau P Cloudy 25 21 Washington P Cloudy 15 3 Tampa P Cloudy 26 17 California slammed again by winter storm ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES Another powerful storm slammed into water-logged California yesterday, dropping heavy snow that lured skiers to mountains and dumping about 25 centimetres of rain an hour. The deluge left rivers bulging and roads flooded anew. It was the third destructive storm system to hit the state in a week. The storms have left at least eight people dead and five missing and caused $23 million in damage. Almost 40 centimetres of rain have fallen in some areas. Yesterday's storm, born in the Gulf of Alaska and fed by tropical El Nino conditions over the South Pacific, did not pack the river-bloating punch that came with storms earlier in the week. Still, it dumped more than 30 centimetres of snow in the northern Sierra Nevada, putting at least a dent in the state's 5-year-old drought and promising a big cash injection for ski resort operators. Surrounded by walls of soggy sandbags, fast-rushing creeks and, in some places, floating furniture, Southern Californians congratulated themselves on facing down the rainstorm.",1,1,0,0,0,1
+222,19980816,modern,Deluge,"THE GAZETTE, MONTREAL, SUNDAY, AUGUST 16, 1998 A9 WORLD Clinton signals he had affair with Lewinsky Will admit inappropriate relationship ZHANG YONGHONG, XINHUA Chinese news agency photo shows students from the Nanchang Military Academy working on the embankment for Jiujiang City on the Yangtze River yesterday. Catastrophe cover-up? Chinese flood toll much higher than officials are saying LIZ SLY Chicago Tribune JIAYU COUNTY, China - On the night of Aug. 1, a portion of the dike protecting the small town of Paizhou and half a dozen surrounding villages from the mighty floodwaters of the Yangtze River caved in, sending a wall of water cascading into adjacent villages. Moments earlier, citizens keeping guard over that portion of the dike had realized it was going to collapse and fled. Word reached the town's party secretary and mayor, who telephoned the army to send reinforcements. Then he hopped in his car and also fled. For those living in villages nearest to the dike, there was no warning. Many were submerged almost instantaneously. Between 8,000 and 10,000 people are missing, presumed dead. When the dike burst at 8 p.m., hundreds of the soldiers who were arriving to reinforce it also were swept away. Only one village was far enough away from the deluge for its residents to escape; a small group of them taking refuge in the county seat of Jiayu gave the above account of what appears to have been a major human tragedy in this flood-stricken corner of China's Hubei province. Two women rescued from the town of Paizhou told a similar story. Even though Paizhou was 19 kilometres from the spot where the dike burst, the waters quickly rose around it, turning the tiny town centre into an island surrounded by a vast lake. Zhang, one of the two women, also said that 10,000 people and at least 200 soldiers had died. On her boat journey to safety, she said she saw no sign of the six villages that had once surrounded the town. Although refugees' stories can't be officially confirmed, it seems clear some kind of catastrophe occurred. Yet there have been no reports of any such disaster in any Chinese news media. Newspapers have briefly reported that 13 people were drowned when a dike burst in the area, but an official with the local flood control office in Jiayu county insisted no one died when the dike burst. As millions of Chinese citizens engage in an epic battle to hold back the still-rising floodwaters of the mighty Yangtze River, another battle also is being waged, to hold back the truth about the human toll being exacted by the worst flooding in nearly 50 years. Foreign journalists have been denied permission to visit flood-stricken areas, and journalists attempting to visit without permission have been detained. Chinese media make no mention of disasters, preferring to focus on individual tales of heroism, such as that of a handicapped man dubbed ""the human sandbag"" by newspapers because he used his body to protect a hole in a dike. The government has announced with precision the number of hectares of farmland inundated (21.5 million), the number of houses destroyed (5.58 million), and the number of sandbags (2 million) and wooden piles (7,800) being deployed to protect dikes in one particular county in Inner Mongolia, also affected by flooding. The state-run Xinhua News Agency reported Friday that floodwaters were threatening China's largest oil field and described how Heilongjiang, an industrial and agricultural province that borders Russia, mobilized one million civilians and soldiers for a ""round-the-clock fight"" against the flooded Nen and Songhua rivers. More than 200,000 people were reportedly fighting flooding in Daqing, where the oil field is located. About 20,000 people were evacuated from the breach in the dike, which expanded to 1,650 feet at one point, Xinhua said. But when it comes to human losses, details suddenly become elusive. Officially, the nationwide casualty toll in flooding stands at a vague ""more than"" 2,000 people. In the latest flooding near the oil field, miraculously, there were no casualties, even after a second dike broke yesterday, according to government media. Yet as floodwaters continue to rise along the river, it seems certain that the final toll from what is fast turning into a nationwide catastrophe also is going to rise. Water levels have now exceeded records set in 1954, when 30,000 people died, and with heavy rains forecast in the coming week, the situation is getting worse. Now, a major crisis also is looming in northern China. State media report that a 24-hour curfew has been slapped on the northern city of Harbin as the level of the Songhua River rose to 390 feet. The flooding on the Yangtze also threatens to worsen. As the season's fourth flood crest rolled downriver toward the sea, a fifth crest was barreling through the river's middle reaches threatening dikes and embankments already weakened by more than a month of flooding. A sixth crest was reportedly forming upriver. Though it is impossible to confirm officially the stories told by the refugees rescued from Paizhou, it seems clear some kind of catastrophe occurred. Some 24 kilometres away, a vast watery lake stretches as far as the eye can see. Only the occasional rooftop or factory chimney protruding from the water offers proof that not so long ago this seemingly placid lake was home to houses, factories and farms. ""The government told us not to say how many people died,"" said an elderly woman evacuated from her home alongside the dike, who is now living beneath a tarpaulin stretched between two beech trees. ""So I can only tell you that many, many people died."" Eventually, the waters will recede, allowing those who escaped to return home. The truth may never emerge, but it seems likely there are other Paizhous, other tragedies that have gone unreported. In the town of Shashi, 160 kilometres away, residents tell of 800 people who were swept away when a dike burst, engulfing a small village on the opposite bank in Gong'an county. A government official in Gong'an called the reports ""nonsense."" Shortly after the two-hour event, 1,000 anti-Nazi protesters gathered nearby. Police fired tear gas toward about 150 of them, who began throwing rocks and bottles and tried to pass police barriers to approach the Nazis. As the tear gas dissipated, bystander Axel Nielsen rubbed his eyes and said: ""You would think it was us who were the Nazis the way police treat us."" A clue to the government's coyness about civilian casualties is offered by a huge political poster that looms over the dike in the town of Shashi. It depicts Mao Tse Tung, Deng Xiaoping and Jiang Zemin, the three generations of Communist China's leadership, standing shoulder-to-shoulder and gazing mistily across the Yangtze. ""Against the Floods,"" it proclaims. ""Bringing Happiness to the People."" A heavy toll in civilian life would represent a failure of that promise to the millions of people living along the banks of the flood-prone Yangtze River for whom happiness and combating floods are two sides of the same coin. The Yangtze River basin is one of China's chief sources of sustenance, supporting a third of the nation's population, supplying 40 percent of its grain, 70 percent of its rice and contributing 40 percent of its industrial production. ""The government told us not to say how many people died,"" Flood evacuee. But for a few weeks every summer, when the rains come and the river swells, it turns into China's biggest killer. Some 300,000 people have been killed by its floods this century. For hundreds of years, taming this unruly river has been a preoccupation of China's governments, and none more so than the Communist Party. ""The safety of the Yangtze River is tied to the state of the nation,"" the People's Daily sought to remind its readers in a front-page editorial Friday. Though the government can't be blamed for the extraordinary weather conditions that have caused this year's disaster, the devastation being wrought is also a symptom of the massive environmental problems looming over China after years of neglect. Erosion caused by deforestation on a massive scale along the once-pine covered banks of the river's upper reaches has increased the amount of silt the Yangtze carries on its journey to the sea, silt that is deposited along the way in the lakes that once served to hold its floodwaters and on the bed of the river. The pressure of population growth and the quest for improved yields has compounded the problem. Farmers have reclaimed land that properly belongs to the river, turning lakes that should serve as reservoirs for floodwater into farmland. The vast Dongting Lake has shrunk by more than half over the past century, to 2,600 square kilometres. In Hubei province, the number of lakes has declined from 1,332 in the early 1950s to 843 in the 1980s, the official Xinhua news agency said. Deprived of its natural sources of drainage, the swollen river seeks refuge wherever it can find an outlet, and this year its escape from its embankments appears to have been facilitated by the weaknesses in the crude earth dikes that offer the only protection against flooding for millions of people. Police detained about 20 Nazis and 31 anti-Nazi protesters for carrying slingshots, clubs or illegal weapons. Hess killed himself Aug. 17, 1987, at Berlin's Spandau prison. Past anniversary marches in Denmark, which was occupied by German troops from 1910-45, have ended in violence. ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON - President Bill Clinton will acknowledge an inappropriate relationship with Monica Lewinsky when he answers to a grand jury Monday, two advisers said yesterday. For the first time, the president signaled he had a sexual relationship with her, the advisers said. The advisers, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Clinton let his lawyers and aides know late yesterday he had a sexual relationship with the former White House intern. ""He may not have used the word 'sex' but he has finally broken through that barrier,"" said one of the advisers. ""He has crossed the Rubicon,"" said the second. The second adviser, a longtime confidant, said the president had already disclosed the relationship to his wife, Hillary, even as he steadfastly denied the relationship publicly. The advisers cautioned the president could still change his strategy in the hours before his testimony. The advisers, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Clinton still intends to tell the grand jury only that he had an ""inappropriate"" or ""improper"" relationship, insisting further details should remain private. But his lawyers expect Clinton will be forced to tell the grand jury he had sex with Lewinsky, the sources said. If Clinton makes a public statement, he would likely admit to an inappropriate relationship or encounters but would go no farther, said the sources. Clinton's lawyers worried any sort of concession to a relationship with the former White House intern would increase the president's legal jeopardy. The unprecedented grand jury testimony tomorrow will be a dramatic culmination of months of sensational and titillating revelations. Clinton's testimony could be a huge step toward political survival - or deeper peril. One adviser involved in preparing the president for Monday said Clinton is having trouble focusing on the chore - distracted by world events, late-night card games and a hankering for golf. After several hours with his lawyers yesterday, Clinton, in shorts and sneakers, stretched his legs with a jog on the South Lawn of the White House and tossed a ball for his dog, Buddy. Two advisers who have talked with Clinton or his wife in recent days said the atmosphere is somewhat tense when the two are together but she has shown no obvious signs of anger. Landslide Brenner Pass closed, Reuter BOLZANO, Italy - At least five people were killed early yesterday when a huge rock and mudslide hit cars on the Italian side of the main highway linking Austria and Italy, police said. The five dead were found in two cars. At least two of the victims were believed to be German tourists. A rescue worker told reporters the bodies in the two cars were ""horribly mutilated."" The Brenner Pass highway, the main road linking Italy with Austria, was closed. Rail traffic and a parallel secondary road were also cut. Police said the death toll could rise if URGENT PUBLIC AUCTION CONFISCATED AND UNPAID CARGO NEW HAND-KNOTTED PERSIAN & ORIENTAL CARPETS Rare 5ct Round Brilliant Cut Diamond Ring est. Value $172,000.00 Location: Freight Warehouse In Old Montreal at 240, Ouest Rue St. Jacques Date: Sunday August 16th, 1998 at 2:00 p.m. Public Inspection from 1:00 p.m. Property taxes paid on sold items. Property identification required upon entry. Some reserves may apply. Additions of donations may vary. Legal sources confirmed Friday that Clinton was discussing with his advisers a possible strategy for describing an intimate, perhaps sexual, relationship with Lewinsky. These sources argued his sworn denial of ""sexual relations"" with Lewinsky is technically truthful under a tortured interpretation of the definition provided to Clinton during a deposition in the Paula Jones sexual-harassment case. Under their scenario, Clinton would refuse to provide details he considers private but would signal to the grand jury and later the country that the relationship went beyond mere friendship, the source said. Early yesterday, it was learned the scenario had taken hold among the president's hardline advisers. Advisers said the language of a possible explanation of the relationship was being discussed. Indeed, there was concern about using the phrase ""improper"" because Clinton specifically said in January he did not have an improper relationship; some advisers have suggested the word ""inappropriate."" ""Going down this road creates another problem for Clinton: why didn't he acknowledge it sooner? That's why some advisers think Clinton must also express regret for prolonging the presidential crisis."" Rahm Emanuel, a top White House aide, refused to speculate about Clinton's intentions late last night. ""I only know that he will testify truthfully and completely,"" Emanuel said, echoing Clinton's earlier statement. Even if he provides the public little or no new information about his relationship with Lewinsky, a legal source who consults with Clinton said the president may well be forced to tell the grand jury more. ""It's one thing to wink and nod to the press. It's another thing under oath to refuse to answer questions and be evasive,"" the legal source said. The president's lawyers will accompany him tomorrow and could try to limit the scope of questioning because he will not be under subpoena. Many of Clinton's political advisers assume if he provides intimate details to the grand jury, the information will eventually leak to the public. Their hope is by the time the details emerge, the public will have already accepted Clinton's explanation and be eager to move on. A familiar pattern. Page D7 kills five rail traffic cut more cars were found under the thousands of cubic metres of mud and rocks. Rescue workers were using metal detectors and earth-moving equipment to search for other possible victims. At least three people were injured and taken to local hospitals, but according to first reports their condition was not critical. Police said it was not clear how many cars were hit by the landslide, which occurred in the middle of the night when traffic was relatively light. 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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.",1,1,1,0,0,0
+224,19960725,modern,Deluge,"B3m i im u lil r THE GAZETTE, MONTREAL, THURSDAY, JULY 25, 1996 Obscene NBA salaries should face special tax GREGORY P. KANE BALTIMORE - Last Thursday, professional basketball star Shaquille ""Can't Hit a Free Throw"" O'Neal signed a seven-year deal with the Los Angeles Lakers worth a total of $120 million (US). Others also have done handsomely. Juwan Howard, formerly of the hapless and luckless Washington Bullets, jumped to the Miami Heat, whose owner will fork over $98 million over seven years. The Heat also re-signed Alonzo Mourning to a seven-year deal worth $105 million. According to Baltimore Sun sports writer Jerry Bembry, the Miami franchise is only worth $97 million. Allan Houston and Chris Childs - two guys not likely to make you forget the names Jerry West and Oscar Robertson - got $56 million and $24 million, respectively, from the New York Knicks. The Seattle Supersonics bestowed a seven-year, $85 million contract on Gary Payton. The Indiana Pacers will hand out $80.5 million and $38.5 million over the next seven years to Dale Davis and Antonio Davis, respectively. Dikembe Mutombo will get $50 million from the Atlanta Hawks over the next five years. Hakeem Olajuwon, who at least has two NBA championships and an MVP award, will get $55 million from the Houston Rockets over the next five years. This orgy of generosity on the part of National Basketball Association owners is not exactly guided by the merit system. Olajuwon, clearly a better player than either Howard or Mourning, will make less per year than each of them. With such dough to throw around, you'd think the NBA would sock some into the pension fund to reward all those old-timers who made the game great. I'm talking about guys like West and Robertson, as well as Bill Russell, Wilt Chamberlain, Elgin Baylor, John Havlicek, Bob Cousy and Earl Monroe. If the amount of money being doled out seems obscene, that's because it is. ""Money doesn't talk, it swears,"" that great songwriter, poet and philosopher Bob Dylan assures us. But let's not begrudge these guys their wealth, their obvious inferiority to players of the past notwithstanding. The money is generated by ticket sales and advertising revenue. I've heard people say it's a shame professional athletes make so much money while teachers make so little. It is a shame, but the analogy is weak. When was the last time you stopped by your neighborhood school and plopped down 50 bucks to watch an algebra teacher help a class master the finer points of a quadratic equation? It's just not done. But there is a disturbing connection about the NBA's willingness to dole out salaries in the megamillions and education: the trend over the past several years of basketball players leaving school early to jump to the professional ranks. In the past NBA draft, more than 20 players were underclassmen. A few were fresh out of high school - mere babes in the woods, their breath still reeking of Similac. There was a time when the NBA only drafted underclassmen who claimed financial hardship. That was when there was still the illusion that college athletes were actually getting the benefits of higher education. That was before college football and basketball themselves became big business. That was before the big-bucks deluge engulfed professional sports. The most galling part of the NBA money binge is that everyone knows these athletes haven't a clue about what to do with all that loot. ""What's the difference between $80 million and $90 million?"" Bembry reported Payton as asking. ""You can't spend it all, anyway."" It seems that the Miami Heat offered Payton more than the $85 million Seattle eventually agreed to pay him. Thank God at least one player had enough conscience to put a limit on his greed. That Payton guy is actually on to something. There may yet be a way to satisfy those who feel teachers should be paid more money and those who feel there's something a tad amiss with NBA players being rewarded so handsomely. Put a special education tax on those NBA players making those millions - to be designated specifically for teachers' salaries. BALTIMORE SUN We need to start thinking about how to spend RICHARD GWYN TORONTO - Two reports from the financial house Richardson Greenshields chunked onto my desk a couple of days ago, and, by luck, I read them in exactly the right order. The first was a chronicle of Canada's contemporary economic woes. Retail sales remain indifferent. Prices of new houses continue to fall. Full-time employment growth is sluggish. The second, about the Canada of tomorrow, might have been describing a different country. As a ""payoff"" for all the years spent fighting deficits and restructuring our industries to equip them to compete internationally rather than just with each other behind tariff walls, ""There is compelling evidence that Canada has entered a new era,"" declared this second report. Canada, it forecast, is set to outperform the U.S. A3 III), M It W M P h H M M M M li or hinder? Wrfiet dm morrow THE GAZETTE, MONTREAL, THURSDAY, JULY 25, 1996 I ma SARAH SCOTT THE GAZETTE The Quebec government is to report tomorrow on whether the operators of dams in the Saguenay region made mistakes that aggravated the disastrous weekend flood. Companies that operate the region's dams, including Abitibi-Price, Stone Consolidated and Hydro-Quebec, have been ordered to report to the province on how they handled the rising waters caused by a freak rainstorm that dumped enough rain to fill up lakes several times over. The report is being drafted amid allegations from local engineers, residents and politicians that the companies operating the dams might have contributed to the disaster. Serious questions are being raised about a dam at the mouth of Lac Ha! Ha!, operated by Stone Consolidated. During the deluge, water from the lake overflowed, crushed one of the dikes and surged down the river to La Baie, destroying houses in its path. RETURN Victims pick up $2,500 advance on aid program CONTINUED FROM PAGE A1 day and an equal amount today. But several hundred people in the Saguenay-Lac St. Jean region, most notably in the ravaged town of La Baie, will probably have to wait months before their houses are either repaired or rebuilt from scratch. Jonquiere mechanic Andre Dallaire, 54, was anxious to settle back into his home on du Barrage St. But a quick survey of his property revealed that it was badly in need of repairs. ""It's much worse than I thought,"" Dallaire said, estimating the damage at $15,000. ""I'll probably have to wait two months before I can move back in. That's a big problem because I work in my garage and it's half-full of water."" Local health authorities reported a surge in requests for psychological counseling. ""People are now beginning to realize the full significance of the devastation,"" said Luc Legault of the Saguenay-Lac St. Jean regional health board. ""Our social workers and psychologists are noticing that a lot of people are under great stress as they realize that they have lost their homes and will have to wait months."" Flood victims were able for the first time yesterday to pick up at banks an advance of $2,500 per household as part of a federal-provincial $200 million financial-aid package. Ottawa also is planning exceptional measures to provide unemployment insurance to people who have lost their jobs because of flood damage to stores and factories, federal Labor Minister Alfonso Gagliano announced yesterday during a tour of the region. Transport Quebec has reopened most main roads and Bell Canada has restored about half of the 26,000 disconnected phone lines. In downtown Chicoutimi, residents who had to leave their dwellings when their electricity and water supply were cut off were allowed to return on a street-by-street basis. Emergency officials checked their identification carefully and inspected each building for damage and fire risks before granting access. Many returning evacuees expressed frustration over the slow pace but said they were happy to be going home. In Laterriere, eight kilometres upstream on Riviere Chicoutimi, returning residents found extensive damage. ""The basement is a total loss,"" resident Jean-Francois Cote said. ""It's still filled with eight feet of water."" Defence Minister David Collenette flew over the region in the morning before arriving at Canadian Forces Base Bagotville. He praised the helicopter pilots who have carried out rescue operations since the flooding began last Friday night. In La Baie, the Saguenay's hardest-hit community, crews using heavy machinery worked round the clock to repair the devastation. During an afternoon press conference, local officials issued a final tally of the effects of the disaster, which killed two children and destroyed 199 houses and 13 businesses. Another 216 residences were heavily damaged and 4,500 people moved out. Officials said at least 2,500 evacuees will be unable to return to their residences for more than two weeks. For some returning residents, the devastation was too much to bear. One crying woman buried her face in her husband's chest. Another man, who would only give his name as Jerome, said he was just happy to be alive. ""My yard was washed away, but that's not serious,"" he said, clutching a garbage bag full of clothes. ""At least the house is still there."" An Ultramar gas station, a convenience store and a caisse populaire were among the neighborhood businesses that were washed away. Some residents grumbled when authorities were unable to tell them when they will be able to return home. ""There isn't any running water or electricity,"" one man said. ""It could be two more days or two more weeks before I can come back."" Chicoutimi engineer Jean Vallee, a geography professor at the Universite du Quebec a Chicoutimi, said yesterday that the company might have failed to open all of the floodgates in the dam that held the water in Lac Ha! Ha! Vallee said he visited the dam on Saturday, after helping rescue dozens of stranded people in La Baie, and he noticed that only one of three floodgates was open. Vallee said he thinks the failure of floodgates to open at Lac Ha! Ha! contributed to the mess because there was nowhere for the rising water to go but over a dike that subsequently crumbled because it was made of earth. If the floodgates had been opened, the flood would have been less severe, Vallee said. But Denise Dallaire, spokesman for Stone Consolidated, doubted the company could have prevented the damage. All the waterways in the area already were swollen by the rain before its reservoir emptied. ""What could you do? The water was coming from the sky,"" she said. ""The situation deteriorated so much so fast there was no way anybody could foresee it."" Civil-protection authorities could not confirm yesterday whether the floodgates at the Lac Ha! Ha! dam opened properly. But Marc Lavallee, an engineer with the civil-protection agency, said the floodgates wouldn't have made much of a difference even if they had opened. The storm dumped so much water into the lake that it would have overflowed whether the floodgates were open or not, he said. ""It's like emptying a bathtub into a sink. Whether the sink was empty or not, it would have overflowed anyway."" At Lac Kenogami, which feeds two rivers that run into Jonquiere and Chicoutimi, the floodgates were opened by remote control on Friday and Saturday. Guy Morin, a professor at the Institut National de Recherche Scientifique, said the floodgates operated properly and the dams reduced the extent of flooding. But historian Russel Bouchard, who has chronicled the region's history, said the flooding was unprecedented. MARCOS TOWNSEND, GAZETTE Internet, worked Montreal streets yesterday to collect money for flood victims. The Red Cross has amassed almost one-quarter of the $2 million it seeks. The total stood at $461,900 yesterday and the list of organizations rallying to the cause of the flood victims of the Saguenay area continued to grow. Even the ponies at Blue Bonnets are helping out. The Hippodrome de Montreal announced yesterday that it will hold a telethon this weekend with all proceeds going to the Red Cross fund. The telethon will be broadcast on the internal Hippodrome television channel and beamed to 18 betting parlors around the province. ""We'll be reaching an audience from Alma to Saint-Jean,"" said Hippodrome information officer Michel Beaudoin. Hardware chain Ro-Na Dismat will hand $100,000 to the Red Cross and provide $250,000 worth of tools, lamps and other household items. Clothing, sleeping bags, blankets and toys are being collected at the riding office of Liberal MP Clifford Lincoln in the Lachine-Lac St. Louis area. If you have any items you would like to donate, take them to 185 Dorval Ave., Suite 202, Dorval, between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. Monday to Friday. The items will be taken to Executive Forwarding in Old Montreal for transport to the stricken area. ""We're hoping that people on the West Island will contribute and that a drop-off point out here will make it easier for them,"" said constituency assistant Florence Grasby. For more information, call 422-9660. Add the Bank of Montreal, the National Bank of Greece and Canada Trust to the list of financial organizations accepting donations to help the flood victims of the Saguenay valley. Money collected will be funneled through the Red Cross, the designated relief fund, D'Anjou said: ""Those are the kinds of calls we're getting right across the country."" The three alumni associations at Concordia University, which has launched its own fundraising campaign to help flood victims, appealed yesterday to alumni groups across Canada. ""People I've been talking to across the country all want to help - they just want to know how,"" said John Freund, who is coordinating Concordia's effort. In the Toronto area, a small freight forwarding company that appealed to Ontarians on Monday to donate emergency supplies has hired five extra employees to handle the calls, sort through the material and prepare it for shipping to the disaster area. ""The three phone lines have been going since 7:30 a.m.,"" company president David Aiello said yesterday. Freight Forwarders International is preparing to send several truckloads of clothes, blankets, sleeping bags and food. ""People are donating all kinds of things - we have three refrigerators, tea kettles, a television set,"" Aiello added. He said the response has been overwhelmingly positive. ""We've had maybe a couple of negative calls out of hundreds.""",0,0,0,0,1,1
+225,20070722,modern,Deluge,"A8 WORLD THE GAZETTE, MONTREAL, SUNDAY, JULY 22, 2007 II: swiff ww 1, a, ss!oi: J CHRISTOPHER FURLONG GETTY IMAGES Above it all is Tewkesbury resident Graham Weatherley on his penny farthing as rising levels of the River Severn threatened further flooding in England. Floods, sweat and tears in Europe Extreme weather continues AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE London - Extreme weather continued to hit Europe yesterday with the death toll from a heat wave in Romania, Austria and Bulgaria rising to 18 and hundreds facing another night of misery in flood-drenched England. A total of 11 people have now died in Romania amid a heat wave that led to five deaths in Austria and two in Bulgaria. In England, meanwhile, the problem was not heat but rain, causing the second serious outbreak of flooding within a month. People in many parts of the country were being advised not to travel. Rail company First Great Western told would-be passengers to stay at home, while thousands of motorists were stranded for hours as highways in some parts of the country came to a standstill. Weather forecasters had severe weather warnings for a thick band of southeastern and eastern England. In Worcestershire, in the badly hit west central region of the country, more than 1,000 people were spending last night in temporary accommodation. Military helicopters have rescued more than 100 people from rooftops, trailer parks and a bridge as well as strips of land cut off by water since rains hit on Friday. At Stratford-upon-Avon in central England, the Royal Shakespeare Company was forced to cancel two performances after its riverside theatre was flooded. More storms were expected late yesterday and today although on a less severe scale. After 141 flights to and from London's Heathrow Airport were cancelled on Friday and passengers were being reissued tickets yesterday, flights were running normally. Stewart Wortley, a government meteorologist, said 142.6 millimetres of rain fell in Pershore, Worcestershire, on Friday and 43 millimetres fell in one hour in south London on Friday. The latest bad weather came after four people died in floods in June, and thousands of people are still homeless after flood damage in central and northern England. A flash flood that tore through a remote mountain village in northwest Pakistan has killed at least 56 people and left dozens missing and feared dead, a local official said yesterday. Rescue workers were searching for more bodies after the flood on Friday, brought by torrential rains, swept away hamlets in the Upper Dir district in North West Frontier Province, said local official Subhan Khan. Four Afghan refugee girls died when the roof of their mud house collapsed in a heavy downpour in the provincial capital, Peshawar, overnight, said local official Ibrahim Qasimi. The death toll from fierce rainstorms and flooding in China continued to rise yesterday as the government scrambled to step up relief and prevention efforts, state press reported. In eastern Shandong province, the toll rose to 40 dead and nine missing as of Friday night, following a week of record rains that deluged the provincial capital, Jinan, and surrounding areas, Xinhua news agency said. By yesterday more than 559,000 people had been affected by flooding in Shandong and 112,600 evacuated as water levels on the nearby Yellow River and in surrounding reservoirs remained above warning lines, the report said. Meanwhile, the death toll in Chongqing in China's southwest rose to 42 people and 12 missing from torrential downpours that have affected up to 6.8 million people since Monday. More than 292,000 people have been evacuated in the mountainous region along the Yangtze River, with more than 100,000 homes damaged and crops on about 175,000 hectares of farmland destroyed, Xinhua said. BORYANA KATSAROVA AFP GETTY IMAGES A forest fire near the town of Stara Zagora, Bulgaria, is one of several triggered by a heat wave in the country. TODAY'S FORECAST The Weather Network Make the right call Montreal area Today's high 25 Tonight's low 13 Sunny. Winds light. Humidex 27. Tonight, clear. EXTENDED WEATHER: Tomorrow Mainly sunny High 25 Low 18 The Weather Network. Regional synopses Tuesday Sunny High 24 Low 17 Wednesday Forecast issued at 5 p.m. yesterday covers highs for today and overnight lows between tonight and tomorrow. Quebec City Sunny 25. Jovite Sunny 25. Montreal Sunny 25. Ottawa Sunny 26. Trois Rivieres Sunny 26. Sherbrooke Mainly sunny 24. Sunny High 29 Low 20 Thursday Sunny High 31 Low 20 Sun & moon Sunrise 5:27 a.m. Sunset 8:34 p.m. Moonrise 2:12 p.m. Moonset 11:53 p.m. The Weather Network 2007 Total daylight 15hrs, 07 min. 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+226,19930730,modern,Deluge,"I H, y wx i, I, 1 t v - i Vf J - C?v -1 f: it - GAZETTE, JOHN MAHONEY Pedestrians huddle under store awning to wait out the storm that hit Montreal yesterday, FLOOD Fierce storm skipped weather stations in both St Hubert, Dorval but deluged Verdun CONTINUED FROM PAGE A1 lems inside buildings, and leaks penetrating under garage doors, windows and back porches, Baril said. Baril insisted that none of the road floods were caused by sewer backup, as was the case on several occasions in the 1987 storm. ""We checked our system and everything was working fine,"" he said. ""We just had a lot of rain, that's all."" The fierce storm began about 3 p.m. and cut a swath between weather stations in Dorval and St Hubert - two cities where virtually no precipitation was recorded. Because the storm fell between the weather stations, where rainfall levels are measured, it may take a couple of weeks before it is known exactly how much rain fell. The Montreal area had already been enduring a week of wet, ragged weather before yesterday's outburst. The average weekly rainfall for Dorval is 19.3 millimetres, but by yesterday it had already hit 53.4 millimetres. By 3:30 p.m. yesterday, the westbound Bonaventure Autoroute underpass leading toward Nun's Island was submerged in almost three feet of water and had to be closed as cars began to stall and float. ""The water was coming up to my windshield,"" said Oliver Auvray, 28, a Nun's Island resident who was one of the last to make it through the underpass before it was closed. ""My car was about to give out,"" he said. ""But just as it was about to give out, I gave the gas a boost and it went out of the underpass."" About 20 vehicles had pulled over to the side of the road, fearful to use the underpass, he added. The water level was so high, Auvray said, it would have been impossible for him to open his doors without flooding the car. Provincial police moved in and closed the underpass, as well as the exit from Highway 15 north to the eastbound Bonaventure Autoroute, which leads downtown. Lucie Boult, a Sûreté du Québec spokesman, said that both exits were reopened by about 6:30 p.m. Transport-Quebec reported that the Mountain St. exit on the eastbound Ville Marie Expressway was also shut down for about a half-hour at the height of the storm because too much water was collecting. Around Montreal, city crews were also working to disperse floods on roads and in tunnels. The heavy rains knocked down some trees in the west end of the city, while several basement floods were reported in Rivière des Prairies. At the corner of Sherbrooke St. Hollywood's land of the RISING SUN Passion and prejudice govern the world; only under the name of reason, John Wesley Sean Connery stars as LA cop in contentious thriller C1 MONTREAL Outside metro area Ml A A v SINCE 1778 p T ' ""I t "" "" ""; Iff: - i Sin Courier, Sampras lose at Jarry Mikael Pernfors, above, upsets second seed Jim Courier at the Player's International tennis tournament. Top seed Pete Sampras is also defeated. PAGE D7 Expos nip Pirates 3-2 in 11th Delino DeShields drives in the winning run to lift the Expos over the Pirates and end a dismal road trip. The Expos lost five games by only a run. PAGE D7 Convicted MP won't run again Tory MP Maurice Tremblay, convicted of fraud-related charges, won't seek a third term in the Commons. He represents Lotbinière near Quebec City. PAGE B1 CBC head Veilieux resigns Gerard Veilieux quits a year before his term as CBC president is up, two months after warning that funding cuts are crippling the federal broadcaster. PAGE B1 Supplies stalled Relief agency executive Paul Odiong (left) says vital supplies shipped to Sudan have been sitting in Vancouver for months because of a lack of money. PAGE A3 Apple to launch MessagePad Apple Computer Inc. is gambling that its video-tape-sized Newton MessagePad, with touch-sensitive screen and stylus instead of keyboard, will be the techno-hit of the year. PAGE D1 Bosnia peace plan adopted Muslim, Croat and Serb leaders have agreed in Geneva to end hostilities in Bosnia-Herzegovina, but heavy shelling persists around Sarajevo. PAGE A6 Japanese premier-to-be named Morihiro Hosokawa has emerged as Japan's probable next prime minister after he was chosen by the opposition alliance as its candidate. PAGE A10 Seinfeld cohort set for gala Michael Richards, who plays Kramer on TV's Seinfeld, says he is thrilled by his cult-figure status. ""Kind of a shock, but it pays the bills,"" he said before his appearance at the Just for Laughs festival. PAGE C3 Showers Today's high 23 Tonight's low 18 Cloudy with scattered showers today and tonight. Possibility of an afternoon thunderstorm. PAGE B12 CV For free weather information, updated four times a day, please call The Gazette INFO-LINE at 841-8600, code 6000 BirthsDeaths B11 Bridge D6 Brownstein C3 Business D1 Classified B4 Comics A8 Crossword B10 Dear Doctor A9 Dining Out C7 Editorials B2 Horoscope B5 Info-Line B12 Landers A9 Legal Notices B10 Letters B2 Living A9 Movies C3 Needletrade B10 0rr A2 Participation Sports D8 Preview C1 Schnurmacher A9 Scoreboard 0 12 Sports 07 TV Listings C10 What's On C8 9 10 Wonderword B10 PLEASE RECYCLE THIS PAPER newspaper including inserts, can be recycled. Use your recycling boxes. Montreal residents can find out about the recycling station nearest them by calling The Gazette INFO-LINE at 841-8600, code 1234. Now Montreal is awash if I GAZETTE, OLIVER AUVRAY Car awash on Nun's Island shows extent of flooding after flash deluge hit parts of city yesterday afternoon. Freak deluge hits Verdun, Montreal recalling '87 storm GEOFF BAKER THE GAZETTE Parts of Verdun, Nun's Island and Montreal were deluged yesterday by freak thunderstorms that caused floods in homes, offices and on nearby highway exits. Gilles Baril, public works director for Verdun, said last night that the flooding around his city was worse than the flood of July 1987 - which caused millions of dollars in damage to the Montreal area. ""From the results that we've seen visually, it's worse than in 1987,"" Baril said, adding that his office had already received about 300 complaints concerning floods in homes and buildings. ""There was so much water so suddenly and quickly that the whole sector was hit very hard,"" he said. ""There were several feet of water in places."" The commercial sector of Nun's Island, near Place du Commerce and Île des Sœurs Blvd, was hit particularly hard. Most of the indoor floods were caused by pipe problems. PLEASE SEE FLOOD, PAGE A2 GAZETTE, ALLEN McINNIS Alan Lee shelters fiancée Julie Ho from flash flood. $10-million report urges zero tolerance CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA - Male violence against women has reached crisis proportions and every segment of society must deal with it, says a federal panel that spent two years and $10 million studying the problem. ""Every day in this country women are maligned, humiliated, shunned, screamed at, pushed, kicked, punched, assaulted, beaten, raped, physically disfigured, tortured, threatened with weapons and murdered,"" says the panel's final report, released yesterday. The panel, appointed by former prime minister Brian Mulroney, made 494 recommendations to further women's equality and eliminate tolerance for violence against women. Mary Collins, the federal women's minister, said the government would implement a policy and philosophy of zero tolerance for violence. But Collins would not promise to spend any new money on the problem and she played down the fact that the report recommended a number of policies her government has rejected or cut. Those policies include a national child-care program, core funding for women's shelters, sexual-assault centres and women's organizations, a program to fund court challenges by women fighting for equality rights and mandatory violence sensitivity training for judges. ""Our record is not bad,"" said Collins. But Mary Clancy, Liberal MP and critic for women's issues, said the report's recommendations aren't new, aren't specific enough and aren't based on hard data. Many contradict current government policy. ""I'd toss the report out the window,"" said Clancy. ""If the government wants to do something it can reinstate the court challenges program and ban military assault weapons."" The government has cancelled the program which funds legal challenges to assert women's equality rights, as well as cut funding for women's shelters and low-income housing and abandoned a national daycare plan. These are all things the report recommends. ""We can't continue to do this work if we don't have the money,"" said Karen Morehouse, who works at a centre for abused women and children in Ottawa. Concordia University political science professor Maria Peluso said the zero tolerance campaign will PLEASE SEE VIOLENCE, PAGE A5 Risks Oblivion, PAGE A5 I Zero tolerance, PAGE B3 Israel sends tanks into Lebanon as diplomats try to arrange ceasefire JOEL GREENBERG NEW YORK TIMES JERUSALEM - Columns of armor and infantry reinforcements moved into the Israeli-controlled buffer strip in southern Lebanon yesterday as Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin vowed to press ahead with a huge offensive against Iranian-backed guerrillas of the Hezbollah or Party of God movement. Witnesses said about 100 tanks and armored personnel carriers crossed the border to reinforce Israeli troops in the zone. The drive, the biggest in Lebanon since Israel invaded its neighbor in 1982, raised fears of a ground offensive. In addition, Israeli warplanes and artillery pounded dozens of targets for the fifth straight day as diplomatic efforts intensified to arrange a ceasefire. The UN secretary-general, Boutros Boutros-Ghali, criticized the Israeli attacks, which have reportedly devastated dozens of Lebanese villages and sent hundreds of thousands of people fleeing north. ""The policy of deliberately forcing people to abandon their homes must be stopped forthwith, and those who have been displaced should be enabled to return in peace and safety,"" he said yesterday. Nearly 500,000 refugees, more than 10 per cent of Lebanon's population, have fled north toward Beirut in a ""human catastrophe of tragic magnitude"" since the Israeli push began Sunday, Lebanese Health Minister Marwan Hamadeh said in Beirut yesterday. Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin acknowledged that there had been discussions with the United States on ways to stop the fighting, but asserted that the army would pursue its campaign against guerrillas who yesterday fired new salvos of Katyusha rockets into northern Israel. ""The main objective is to ensure that the settlements and residents in Israel will not be hostage to the Party of God in its clashes with the Israel Defence Forces,"" Rabin said. ""As long as the objectives of the operation have not been achieved, there will be no halt to IDF activity."" The army chief of staff, Lt. Gen. Ehud Barak, said the offensive would continue until the rocketing of Israeli settlements was stopped. The Israelis appeared to be in a race against time to inflict maximum damage on Hezbollah before a ceasefire is arranged by U.",1,0,0,1,0,0
+227,19970510,modern,Deluge,"F 845-7277, La Temps d'une Vie, by Roland Lepage, at 4 and 8:30 p.m. at Theatre du Rideau Vert, 4664 St Denis St 844-1793, Trots Dans le Des, Deux Dm b TStt, by Jason Snerman, at 8 p.m. at Theatre la Bcome, 4559 Papineau Ave, 523-2246, Des Hommes d'Ttoonew, by Aaron Sextan, at 4 and 8:30 p.m. at Theatre Jean Duceppe, Place des Arts, Last-minute tickets cost $20, 842-2112, at 8 p.m. at Theatre Espace la Vettee, 13710 Mano St L52&582, I'll Show Me the Funny from 10 p.m. (doors at 9 p.m.) at the Just for Laughs Museum, 2109 St Laurent Blvd, Admission: $15 486-4421 Scott Fautonbridges at 9 and 11:15 p.m. at Comedy Nest at Le Nouvel Hotel, 1740 Rene Levesque Blvd, Admission: $10; students $5 for the 11 p.m. show, 932-6371, Ron Vailliy at 9 and 11:15 p.m. at Comedyworks, 1238 Bishop St Admission: $10, 398-9661, DANCE Les Grands Ballets Canadiens presents La Mémoire Mémoire de l'eau, by choreographer Jean Grand-Martre, plus Désir and Duende, by James Kudelka and Nacho Duato at 4 and 8:30 p.m. at Theatre Maisonneuve, Place des Arts, Tickets range from $20 to $55, 842-2112, Bagne, presented by choreographers Pierre-Paul Savoie and Jeff Hal, at 8 p.m. at Agora de la Danse, 840 Chemin St E, Admission: $17; students $12, 525-1500, Les Ateliers de Danse Méderoe de Montreal, under the artistic direction of Tassy Teekman, at 8 p.m. at Maison de la Culture Frontenac, 2550 Ontario St E, Free admission, 729-1686, Dantal featuring Rock Becerril and Georgina Martinez at 8:30 p.m. at Espace Tangente, 840 Chemin St E, Admission: $10, Call 525-1500, REPERTORY CMrn rfeiHete, 3682 St Laurent Blvd, (843-6001) L'Homme Perché, 12:30, 6; Magical Flowers: The Secret Adventures of Thumbelina, 4, 7:30, 9:30; La Nuit du Déluge, 4, Cinematheque Quebecoise, 335 de Maisonneuve Blvd, Saul Gordon on the loss of his wife, Rose, David Hershon President The family of MATTHEW DRESHER wishes to express our heartfelt love and thanks to relatives and friends for your thoughtful expressions of sympathy and support and charitable donations made in his beloved name, We were especially touched by your wonderful memories of him, the ways he moved you, gave you strength and made you laugh, He will never be forgotten, CARD OF THANKS The family of the late FLORENCE GREENSPAN wishes to express their gratitude and appreciation to relatives and friends for their kind expressions of sympathy, cards, and generous donations made in her memory, Please accept this as our personal thank you, CARD OF THANKS The family of the late ANNE MILSTEIN wish to extend their heartfelt gratitude and appreciation to family and friends for their expressions of sympathy, support, and charitable donations made in memory of our beloved mother, Please accept this as our personal thank you, CARD OF THANKS The family of the late ROSANNA BERTOLDI Thank you to all of the Bertoldi family and friends who helped us through our time of sorrow, We would also wish to thank the Taylor-Thibodeau, Chalet d'Enfants Primavesi and the West Island Readaptation Center for your support, Please accept this as our personal thank you, CARD OF THANKS The family of the late NORBERT BUCHFUHRER wish to express their gratitude and appreciation to relatives and friends for their kind expressions of sympathy, cards and generous donations made in his memory, Please accept this as our personal thank you, CARD OF THANKS ELIZABETH CLARK She was a wonderful lady, loved by many people; she was caring, loving and fun to be with, We must remember she is no longer suffering and now is in Heaven living in peace, She will be missed dearly by her family and friends, but in our hearts and souls she will never be forgotten, Written by Jillian Clark, youngest granddaughter, Please accept this as our personal thank you, Curling rink becomes home for 400 natives Must wait 2 weeks before they can return to reserve NELLE OOSTEROM Canadian Press STE ANNE, Man - Colin Atkinson sat in a tiny makeshift room he shares with four family members and softly strummed his guitar, The shy young man with the ponytail and gentle eyes is among about 400 flood evacuees from the Roseau River Reserve who have made the Ste Anne curling rink their temporary home, For two weeks, they've been close, sometimes too close, with whole families living in areas the size of a small bathroom, the lines of privacy drawn with blankets, towels and free-standing room dividers, They eat side by side at long tables, line up for showers at the industrial trailer outside and sign up to do their laundry at the single, constantly churning washing machine, If there's a quarrel, everyone hears it If it rains, everyone's inside, They all try to get along, They have to, They have another two weeks to go before they can return to their reserve in the flooded Red River Valley It's not bad for me, Atkinson said with a shrug, his music blending with the chatter of a nearby television, where a group of children are watching the Ricki Lake talk show, They must wait for the repair of roads washed away by floodwaters, The houses within the ring-diked reserve 50 kilometres south of Winnipeg are OK except for a few with sewer backup in their basements, The natives are among about 20,000 people who remain out of their homes as water from Manitoba's worst flood in a century gradually recedes, Like most of the other evacuees, half of the reserve was put up in hotels or in homes of friends or relatives, The other half of the reserve is in this predominantly francophone community of 1,500 about 35 km east of Winnipeg, About 75 local people have pitched in to make meals, organize outings, obtain supplies and entertain the 125 children, They've just been there, they've been great, evacuee Susan Powers said of the Ste Anne community, Town councillor Guy Deschambault added: At first, there was a certain amount of uneasiness because we were all strangers, But as time went on, people seemed to accept more and more, We've created a new friendship, a new bond between two communities which will last for a long time, Deschambault was proud to help in collecting willow branches to build a sweat lodge behind the grounds of the town's graceful spired church and old monastery, In the evenings, a campfire blazes in front of the low, round sweat lodge hut, with sounds of drumming and chanting coming from within, Even though I was raised around native people when I was younger, we didn't learn much, Deschambault Winnipeg kids predicted deluge in February study SCOTT EDMONDS Canadian Press WINNIPEG - Forget the highly trained flood forecasters-Just ask the kids, Eighty-one per cent of Grade 7 students at Winnipeg's Sargent Park school who took part in a national study said months ago their city might be in danger of flooding this year That compares with just 69 per cent nationally who felt a flood might hit their neighbourhood, said Kate White, who conducted the federally funded research as part of the United Nations decade for natural disaster reduction, Even in Toronto, where flood warnings had been issued about the same time as the survey, only 70 per cent of children at North York schools felt a flood might hit their neighbourhood, White said 20 per cent of the Winnipeg children thought a flood was very likely, compared with just 6 per cent in Toronto, At first blush, the results appeared puzzling, White noted that in February, Winnipeg schoolkids weren't being bombarded with flood news as they have for the last month or more as the worst flood in almost 150 years submerged the Red River Valley, The survey was done when emergency officials were concerned about the possibility of flooding but by and large not when it was in general public discourse, White said, She spoke at the junction of the Red and Assiniboine rivers in downtown Winnipeg where high water still covers the docks and riverside paths, The children themselves said they just had to look out the window to know what was coming, There was lots of snow, we had a large amount of snow, said Heather Brereton, 13, taking a break from class in the library at Sargent Park, MANITOBA FLOOD, JOE BRYKSA, CP Grande Pointe resident Ed Hanna, the third generation on the homestead, returned home yesterday afternoon to find 100-year-old photographs of his grandparents damaged by the Red River floodwaters, said, Now we're learning by leaps and bounds, A volunteer security force of about 20 reserve residents and townspeople works around the clock to guard against vandalism and other problems, So far, there have been no incidents, Jackie Mourant, the town's evacuation coordinator, was walking about briskly with a cellular phone in hand, pointing out the features of the mini-village that was thrown up overnight The arena snack bar has become a TV and game room, the trophy room is a daycare centre, a drink refrigerator is full of medicine, including tetanus vaccines that every member must receive before returning home, One storage room is devoted entirely to diapers and infant formula, There's no way I could have done this without training from the EMO (Emergency Management Organization), Mourant said, We had staged mock disasters, so you get the feel for it, In Winnipeg, Mayor Susan Thompson announced the establishment of a special fund to help the city pay for the disaster, And 60 more families evacuated from their homes in Winnipeg will be going home today About 4,600 people in Winnipeg are out of their homes, But more are expected to return over the weekend, The city also began removing a few layers from the top of sandbag dikes in some neighbourhoods along the river to prevent riverbank erosion as water levels drop, At Emerson, near the border with the United States, essential-services personnel were allowed to return to help prepare for the re-entry of the rest of the town's 750 residents, Snow was certainly the villain in the drama, Winnipeg already had almost twice as much snow as usual when it got hit with a record April 5 blizzard that was the final straw for an overloaded river After watching almost nothing but flood on television for the last month, Brereton and three classmates who also took part in White's study are a walking library of facts and impressions, They know how many troops were fighting the flood-8,500, Which town got hit the hardest - Ste Agatha And they're certainly not shy when it comes to saying who deserves praise for the flood fight - the army and volunteers - and who doesn't - Prime Minister Jean Chretien, Here, I'll shake your hand, said a grinning Lara Farthing-Nichol, 12, referring to Chretien's awkward visit to the dikes the day before he called the June 2 election, He didn't make any sandbags or anything, added Angelito Panganiban, 13, who said if there's another flood next year, he might get to do a little sandbagging himself, Farthing-Nichol was more impressed with those army dudes, All four admitted the idea of another flood was just a bit scary, As for the chances, Brereton said that's easy, It depends on how much snow we get, Charles Quinit, 12, also has advice for those who want to prepare: Store a lot of sandbags, White is going to get the Winnipeg children to take the survey again now that they've gone through the flood and compare the results, It's a chance researchers don't often get, she said, Among other things, she said her study of risk and how it is perceived can be used to prepare course materials for schools to help students cope better with natural disasters, It involved 1,000 children nationwide.",1,0,1,0,0,1
+228,19961204,modern,Deluge,"IHE GAZETTE, MONTREAL, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1996 A1 FLOODS Insurance officials advise people to videotape items before discarding them CONTINUED FROM PAGE A1 Lard said Because it is difficult to draw a direct link between the mould and newly reported health problems, she and other health officials warned. But, they added, the risk of allergic reactions and infections was certainly higher in homes where cleaning was delayed. ""It's a big, big problem,"" said Maryse Harrison, emergency-services director at CLSC Saint-Hubert. ""A lot of people are not insured, and for those who are it takes an enormous amount of time to inspect the damage."" The result, Harrison said, is that ""people find themselves coping with walls or floors that they can't take out and furniture they can't get rid of."" They wonder whether they're going to be paid if they get rid of things. Harrison herself was hit by flooding at her Delson home - and it triggered her asthma so badly she moved out for a week while the damage was cleaned up and her home dried out and disinfected. ""I moved all my furniture outside, and disinfected the next day. But what happens under your floor you don't see, and that's where it's most dangerous."" The flooding last month was terrible. Deluged by record rainfall that also hit other parts of Quebec, 8,000 homes in 66 municipalities on the South Shore were damaged when more than 150 millimetres of rain fell in 30 hours between late Nov. 7 and Nov. 9. Saint-Hubert was among the hardest hit; 2,000 households have filed damage claims. Chambly had 600 claims, many of them from people too ill or poor to clean up the damage before it affected their health. ""The people who really had problems were those who didn't have the money to go ahead and do the cleaning promptly,"" said Chambly's executive director, Michel Merleau. ""Other people shot video and took photos of all the damage to their home and then just stripped the joint,"" he added. Insurance claims for the flooding are rising across the South Shore, and companies are coping with tremendous demand, said industry spokesman Anne Morin. ""We're talking several thousand claims; so far, it's up to $41 million, and we think it will wind up costing about $60 million by the time everything's settled."" Some insurance adjusters have been slow to get to every home early to inspect damage, but the problem should not lead to people falling sick, added Morin, communications director for the Insurance Bureau of Canada. ""I can't say it's impossible that adjusters have delayed visiting, because if you're an insurance company that is pretty concentrated in the market - say, that covers 2,000 homes - then perhaps, yes, there is a delay,"" she said. ""But people should not put their health in danger by holding on to their belongings. That is clear. They have a duty under their contract to protect their belongings, and that can mean avoiding any aggravation of the damage by leaving the home wet,"" she said. Before getting rid of things that are waterlogged, contaminated or rotting, homeowners should first photograph them or list each item, she added. ""Most homes are not covered for floods unless it's specified in their contract,"" she said. ""It isn't there automatically. At the high end, sewers backing up are often covered, but in basic contracts they aren't."" Linda Hansen of Chambly didn't have insurance. She and her husband awoke Nov. 10 to find the basement of their Gagne St. home flooded with sewer water. She and her husband, Tom, 47, used their swimming pool sump pump to get rid of most of the water, and set up dehumidifiers in the place. ""Then Tom started getting sick,"" she said. First it was a tightness in his throat, then ""smashing, instant"" headaches, then, after supper last Sunday, he felt as if his heart had seized. Tom is now in a hospital in St. Jean, under observation. ""Doctors don't know what he has, but Linda suspects bacteria from the flooding."" She got the idea after South Shore health officials sent out warning fliers this week. ""After the flood, we were running on exhaustion,"" Hansen said yesterday, admitting that her husband's health may have deteriorated because of simple stress. ""I can't rule that out,"" she said. But if doctors can't come up with a cause, she wondered, what better explanation than bacteria from the flood? Even in homes that have been cleaned and disinfected, mould and mildew can still be present and can ""cause or aggravate"" a number of health problems, the Monteregie regional health-board fliers pointed out. Those problems include coughs, congestion, runny noses, sneezing and noisy breathing; rhinitis, bronchitis and asthma; irritated eyes, throat and nose; skin problems; fever, headaches, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea. Homeowners should use gloves when they clean up, and thoroughly ventilate parts of the house hit by flooding, the health board advises. Wet rugs should be thrown out and upholstered furniture thoroughly dried out - and if the smell of mildew persists, those items, too, should be junked. Objects that are kept should be disinfected with a solution of bleach and detergent, rinsed and dried out. ""People find themselves coping with walls or floors that they can't take out and furniture they can't get rid of. They wonder whether they're going to be paid if they get rid of things."" 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+229,19961017,modern,Deluge,"A 12 THE GAZETTE, MONTREAL, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1996 A cable car in from labor mini Not enough safety checks, Rioux says by JACK BRANSWELL CANADIAN PRESS QUEBEC - Quebec's labor minister severely criticized a government agency yesterday for lax inspection of a cable car that crashed last weekend, killing one tourist and injuring 15 others. Matthias Rioux said he found it strange that the funicular, a popular tourist attraction, is only supposed to be inspected every five years. The Régie du Bâtiment du Québec has admitted that it was behind in its work and that the cable car had last been inspected in February 1990. ""A lift that carries that many people in a year - 400,000 - under normal circumstances should be inspected more frequently than every five years,"" Rioux said. Rioux also wondered about the quality of maintenance by Otis Canada, which serviced the lift. ""In my opinion, we have to also question the responsibility of Otis,"" he said. The funicular plunged the last 7 metres and crashed into the base of the ride after a restraining cable snapped last Saturday. Quebec law does not set out specific inspection schedules for lifts and elevators; that is left up to the judgment of the building inspection board. There are six ongoing investigations over the funicular crash, including one by a coroner who is investigating the death of British tourist Helen Toombs, 46. Rioux said he would wait for all the reports to come in before deciding whether to order changes in how Quebec's 14,200 lifts and elevators are inspected. ""If we have to toughen up the law or rules we will."" Rioux also ordered the building inspection board to come up with a new inspection plan for the province's more frequently used lifts. The board has called Otis inspectors into a meeting today to talk about their maintenance schedule. But Rioux said that according to a maintenance log, the company was up to date on its inspections. He also said the accident ""is sad and (one) is always too much,"" but it has to be put into perspective. Rioux said in the past 20 years, there has been only one other accident on all of Quebec's lifts and elevators. That incident concerned a teenager who had stopped an elevator between floors and then injured himself while trying to jump to a lower floor. Bureaucrats shrug off blame for July's flooding disaster by CLAUDE ARPIN THE GAZETTE CHICOUTIMI - Environment Quebec bureaucrats yesterday shrugged off all responsibility in last July's flooding disaster and virtually blamed local residents for courting danger by clamoring for high water levels in a government-run reservoir. The seven-member delegation from Quebec City emerged smiling and unscathed from a three-hour session before the Scientific and Technical Commission on Dam Management, a government body investigating the July 19-21 deluge that caused damage of $704 million and required the relocation of 15,000 people. With three mandarins in the witness box and another four seated in the audience, Quebec's dam experts systematically refuted every point raised by commission chairman Roger Nicolet and his five commissioners. The officials had testified last month but were ordered to face the commission again yesterday to answer more questions. This time, they argued that their management of Lake Kenogami was beyond reproach, even though all three dams on the 17-kilometre lake malfunctioned and some of its 10 dikes overflowed. Yvon Gosselin, director of the department's hydraulic division, said he'd been hearing for weeks that the cities of Jonquière and Chicoutimi might have been spared heavy flooding if Lake Kenogami's level had been low prior to the rainstorm. ""The fact of the matter is,"" said Gosselin, ""that when the lake's level dropped to 109 feet during the summer of 1995, we were pelted with insults by people who said we'd failed to anticipate the drought and had neglected to stock sufficient water supplies."" Gosselin added that a formal agreement worked out in 1982-84 between his department, local residents and industrial users required Environment Quebec floodgate operators to maintain the lake's level at 115 feet during summer months, ""to satisfy boaters and swimmers."" He said studies conducted by his department in recent weeks show that the lake's level would have had to have been at 87 feet to avoid flood damage when 27 centimetres of rain fell on the 52-square-km lake in a 72-hour period last July. ""But that wouldn't have honored the government's pledge to users along Chicoutimi River and Rivière aux Sables, with whom the summer-level management plan was negotiated."" Even if the lake had been at 94 feet and thus capable of absorbing much of the downpour, Gosselin said Environment Quebec would have been subject to harsh criticism: ""People simply would not accept that low a level in summertime."" He added that department studies show it would have taken 10.5 days prior to the downpour to bring the lake to that level without causing heavy flooding downstream. ""Whenever we have to raise the outflow rate to accommodate higher than usual runoffs, people are surprised."" ""Even if we'd decided to be at 103 feet on July 19, it would have taken 5.3 days to get there by emptying the lake at the rate of 960 cubic metres per second, or twice the flood ceiling, which is 480 cubic metres per second."" According to Bruno Robert, Environment Quebec's engineer in charge of the province's floodgate operators, Lake Kenogami is ""most difficult"" to manage in summertime. He likened it to a ""delicate balancing act"" that involves releasing just enough water but never too much. ""In the past 50 years,"" he added, ""the trend had been to minimize the effects of spring runoffs by gradually reducing the lake's outflow along the two rivers from 400 cubic metres per second to 250."" This kind of ""efficient management,"" he added, tended to make people feel more secure about building summer homes closer to the rivers. ""But whenever we have to raise the outflow rate to accommodate higher than usual runoffs, people are surprised and they say: 'See, they've mismanaged things again,' instead of saying, 'We shouldn't have built so close to shore.'"" Robert said that if Environment Quebec were to switch to a substantially lower reservoir level, ""summer sports and hydroelectric plants would take a beating."" He allowed that during the night of July 19, department officials could have opened the floodgates wider in anticipation of heavy rain. ""If we'd opened them at four or five in the morning, we would have drowned people in their sleep; that's not something we could do,"" Robert said. To a commissioner's concerns about the department's policy of managing water levels from Quebec City, Gosselin replied that similar ""long-distance"" techniques are common on other major bodies of water, including the St. Lawrence Seaway and the Great Lakes. ""The duty engineer has access to all the pertinent data and when he goes home at night he takes his portable computer along."" Last July, he said, Roger Poulin - the duty engineer - had five operators on call at the lake's dams to open floodgates. ""You can be sure that he didn't sleep a wink Friday night (July 19)."" All three dams had malfunctioned, added Gosselin, because of the volume of water flowing over floodgates. ""The weight was simply too great for the electric motors that lift the huge wooden beams that act as doors on floodgates."" Robert told commissioners the mechanical breakdowns at all three dams were ""as unpredictable as when you take off for a trip and your car stalls by the side of the road."" The commission winds down today with a series of questions for managers of Stone-Consolidated Corp, a newsprint manufacturer whose Lake Ha! Ha! reservoir overflowed, flooding the town of La Baie. Lost handicapped boy found safe but hungry Jean-François Gagnon, a 16-year-old intellectually handicapped boy, was found safe yesterday after being lost for 19 hours in a dense forest near Mont Laurier, about 230 kilometres north of Montreal. ""He walked most of the night. He's tired and hungry, but otherwise he's alright,"" said Pierre Lemarbre of the Sûreté du Québec. Jean-François, who has the mental capacity of a child of 5 to 7, was taken to a Mont Laurier hospital, where he was reunited with his mother. He disappeared after leaving a Mont Laurier high school at about 4 p.m. Tuesday carrying a lunch and wearing only jeans and a windbreaker. The Sûreté launched a search with more than 30 police officers, 40 volunteers, a helicopter and a tracking dog. ""We were really worried for him because the temperature dropped to minus 6 overnight,"" Lemarbre said. ""You love for less Brand name women's fashions at discount prices. Choose from our large collection of coats, casual career and dressy designs. Bring in this ad and we'll pay the GST and PST, now through Sunday, October 20 (on regular priced merchandise) at 570 Beaumont St. (near L'Acadie and Park Ave.)! Tel. 272-9000. Smart Shopping. Closed Friday evening and Saturdays - Open Sundays. On TVs and AUDIO PRODUCTS of $799 and more & on CAMCORDERS of $999 and more at regular prices including clearance models. Das Zweite Erwachen Der Christa Klages (The Second Awakening of Christa Klages), 8. Le Cinema Parallele, 3682 St. Laurent Blvd. (843-6001) La Nuit du Déluge, 7; Sous-Sol, 9. Cinema du Parc, 3575 Park Ave. (287-7272) Cinema 1: Flirting With Disaster, 3; Restoration, 4:45; Dead Man Walking, 7; The Spitfire Grill, 9:30. Cinema 2: Grace of My Heart, 2:45, 5; 7:30, 9:45. Cinema 3: Mille Bolle Blu, 3:15, 5:15, 7:15, 9:15. ETCETERA Imax in Old Montreal presents The Living Sea and Special Effects at 10:15 a.m., 3:35, 7 and 9 p.m. (in French) and at 1:35 p.m. (in English) and Across the Sea of Time at 12:15 and 5:35 p.m. (in French). For ticket information, call 496-IMAX. Arts Festival, celebrating Kalai Arangam, featuring music and dance at 7 p.m. at the Durkai Amman Temple, 271 Jean Talon St.",1,0,0,0,0,0
+230,20080630,modern,Deluge,"THE GAZETTE, MONTREAL, MONDAY, JUNE 30, 2008 MONTREAL City editor: Ross Teague 514-987-2462 rteague@thegazette.canwest.com Assignment editor: 514-987-2617 crtynews@thegazette.canwest.com What’s on WE'RE IN A PERIOD when the rain is coming faster and more furious than before and how people are coping with this depends on where you live These are the downpour days Huntingdon - One woman here didn't fret when the sewage water started bubbling up in her toilet bowl during last month's record-setting downpour of rain She calmly removed a loose floor tile from behind the toilet, reached down into the floor, opened a lid on the sewer pipe and stuffed a towel inside Problem solved No more sewage backup Elsewhere in this old mill town in the Chateauguay Valley, residents were able to rely on their own trustworthy backwater valves and sump pumps, as well as back-up sump pumps and generators And as always, there was the fire department Off-duty firefighters partying at a wedding shower at the local Royal Canadian Legion raced out to a dozen local homes to lend a helping hand and pump The result of Huntingdon's state of preparedness was that the worst one-day accumulation of rain in the meteorological history of the upper Chateauguay Valley - 96.9 millimetres, or four inches, according to Environment Canada - ended up producing only six insurance claims The damage could have been a lot worse Huntingdon, like a lot of other Quebec municipalities, has an outdated sewage system with no separate storm-sewage component But the flip side is that bad public infrastructure turned out to be the mother of invention in Huntingdon Because the city is so prone to flooding during the spring thaw on the Chateauguay River, people have had to deal with the shortcomings themselves In most other small towns in Quebec, the kind of rain that Huntingdon received would very likely have resulted in major home flooding and politicians declaring the region a disaster zone worthy of public financial assistance Not in and around Huntingdon, though Carol Leduc, a Huntingdon bakery employee who lives in adjacent Godmanchester, said she didn't even realize how much rain fell on that Saturday, May 31, until she woke up on Sunday and saw that water levels in the Chateauguay River outside her home had risen by a metre overnight Despite the fact that a new local record for rainfall was set, the most remarkable thing about the deluge was just how unremarkable it really was, in terms of what meteorologists say they are seeing provincially and nationally It isn't that we are getting more rain Rather, it's that what rain we are getting is tending to fall in shorter, heavier bursts This kind of rain is called flash-flood rain, or la pluie abondante Many businesses and government services will be closed or operate on different hours for the Canada Day holiday tomorrow Here is a partial list of those affected: All banks will be closed All federal and provincial government offices, including immigration and unemployment centres, will be closed Most city of Montreal departments, including Access Montreal offices, will be closed Many services in other municipalities are reduced; consult your city hall for details Most supermarkets will be open but operating hours may vary Many retail stores will be closed It's one sort of drain problem when the expressway floods, another ""In the last three or four years, the phenomenon of flash-flood rain has become more common,"" said Andre Cantin, an Environment Canada meteorologist For the insurance industry, the new trend in rain is being watched very closely, because payouts to policyholders for water damage have risen in lock-step with the rising incidence of flash-flood rain While Huntingdon was weathering its storm, the principal director of the Insurance Bureau of Canada was in Quebec City ""It is imperative to build and rebuild our infrastructures with new climatic values in mind,"" Robert Tremblay of the Insurance Bureau of Canada warned delegates to the annual meeting of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities of the need to upgrade their infrastructures to take account of climate change ""It is imperative to build and rebuild our infrastructure with new climatic values in mind,"" Robert Tremblay said Chateauguay, St Constant and Chambly are among municipalities in the Montreal area that have been warned by insurance companies in recent years about the need to improve sewage drainage, according to Bertrand Marchand, director of government relations for the EBC's Quebec region In 2005-06, Quebec insurers paid out $500 million in water damages, or 45 per cent of $1.1 billion paid out overall This compares with just 21 per cent in 2001-02 This has resulted in the cost of insurance against water damage in Quebec rising steadily in the same period ""We've seen prices rise from $20 to $30 to $50 to $100, depending on the policy,"" said Norbert Bourgon of Assurances Bourgon of Huntingdon, established in 1887 Water-damage protection doesn't come automatically on residential home-insurance policies It has to be bought separately as part of an endorsement or a rider clause Even then, it only mainly covers flooding resulting from sewer backups Ordinary river flooding, like the kind of predictable flooding many riverside communities in Quebec see every spring, isn't insurable The jury is out on why rain is changing Some blame climate change; others say we're just going through a cycle The fact that eight out of the past 10 years in Quebec have been warmer than normal could mean that our rain has become more ""tropical"" in nature - more violent Or then again, maybe not It's really all just informed conjecture at this point ""Ten years is really a very short period of time in which to make judgments,"" said Peter Finlayson, an Ormstown farmer Start: 11 a.m. July 1 H Montreal CANADA DAY PARADE The streets that will be closed for St",1,1,0,0,0,1
+231,19961228,modern,Deluge,"W At Laval only Details in store Limited time Certain conditions apply With credit approval ished a close third in voting for top news story Lou Clancy, managing editor at the Toronto Star, said the Somalia affair reached into the top echelons of the military Lynn McAuley, an editor at the Ottawa Citizen, didn't want to diminish Bailey's efforts But I would say the flood was epic The flooding killed at least seven people, including two children who died in a mudslide, and caused about $700 million damage It was the worst natural disaster in Canada since a tornado hit Edmonton in 1987, killing 27 people, injuring hundreds and causing $300 million in damage The pictures were worth a thousand words A little white house in Chicoutimi that was engulfed by water, but left standing Bailey tasted gold at Olympics after the deluge, has become an enduring symbol of resilience It's a classic, said Jacques Pronovost, managing editor of Sherbrooke's La Tribune newspaper Canadians saw entire houses floating down swollen rivers, roads that became mud craters and a local credit union that crumbled into the swirling waters of the Saguenay River These images are going to stay in people's minds, maybe even more than the human drama of the floods, Pronovost said The army airlifted hundreds of stranded people to safety in helicopters and set up a tent city at nearby CFB Bagotville for them Both Prime Minister Jean Chretien and Premier Lucien Bouchard toured the area to see the disaster Learning from disaster editorial PAGE B4 expected Jan 10 of rain could fall in 76 hours, as happened this summer, Cliche said from his home in Saint-Zacharie He said the commission, headed by Roger Nicolet, was to have submitted its report to his department by Dec 10, but was given a one-month extension During public hearings, the inquiry was told of inadequate water-management techniques, floodgates that couldn't open wide enough to drain overflowing lakes and a badly outdated inventory of the region's dams and dikes CANADIAN PRESS TO 50 OFF J 1 Xj 2350 LUCERNE RD J w MAC PC Compatible vvfi Pentium processor- 2030 4f V Pharmaceutical Group r KfA) (Mon, Tue) Dino Junior (Wed-Fri) Betes de tele (CNN) CNN Today CDS) (Mon, Tue) Foodstuff (Wed) Wilderness Trail (Thu) Harrowsmith (Fri) Heaven (ESED Movie (Mon) A Boy Named Charlie Brown (1969, children) (1 hr 30 mins) (Tue) DuckTales: The Movie - Treasure of the Lost Lamp (1990, children) (1 hr 30 mins) (Wed) Robin Hood (1973, children) (1 hr 30 mins) (Thu) Trading Mom (1994, fantasy) (1 hr 30 mins) (Fri) Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971, fantasy) (2 hrs) CUE) (Mon) Family (Tue) Alive! 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Sassoon, The unleashing of market forces as a solution to mass unemployment is today a monument to human folly N HIS BOOK The Unconscious Civilization (which won the 1996 Governor-General's Award for non-fiction), John Ralston Saul portrayed the neo-conservative technocrats who clamor to cut the public sector as enjoying power without responsibility Their language becomes parodic, even nonsensical They will say that the nation is experiencing strong, real growth, and then, in the same paragraph, add that the nation is bankrupt Well, which is it? It is common today to run growth and bankruptcy together the way medieval Catholicism - through the Inquisition - would say God is strong, good and kind, therefore we must torture you Senior Liberals have stressed the need for Canada to be competitive in the global economy The prime minister has been insistent that in our foreign policy, trade must take precedence over human rights Opposing voices within the Liberal caucus and party are largely mute For in Chretien's words, The most important fact in the world of today is trade Hardly the stuff of traditional Liberalism But then, as former Tory prime minister Kim Campbell remarked on a visit to Montreal this year, Some of the policies they fought tooth and nail when we were in government are now their policies Estragon I sometimes wonder if we wouldn't have been better off alone, each one for himself We weren't made for the same road Vladimir: It's not certain Estragon No, nothing is certain Vladimir: We can still part, if you think it would be better At the year's last turning, Jacques Parizeau was still the premier of Quebec He left the job at the end of January, amid widespread relief Many sovereignists had been embarrassed by his offensive remarks on the night of the referendum Many federalists cordially loathed the man But the Lucien Bouchard who seized the reins of power was still, in certain respects, an unknown quantity His brilliant campaign during the referendum had made him not just the darling of Quebec nationalists, but also the only credible successor to Parizeau Famous for his short temper and his personal courage, he was also renowned for tailoring his loyalties according to the needs of the hour Now the hour was his What would he make of it? Against strenuous opposition from unions and powerful activists within the Parti Quebecois, he insisted on the urgency of reducing Quebec's budget deficit Left-wing ministers such as Louise Harel began to promise an overhaul of the costly welfare system In March, the premier delivered a speech in English at the Centaur Theatre before a crowd of invited anglophones; although the speech was devoid of specifics, Bouchard went on to resist pressure from within his own party to tighten the laws against the use of English Yet he remained committed to Quebec sovereignty And although his popularity slid from its Promethean levels, Bouchard is still by far the best-liked politician in Quebec His Liberal opponent, Daniel Johnson, looks flimsy by comparison In October, Johnson's predecessor, Robert Bourassa, lost a long and brave fight against cancer The reaction to his death highlighted the profound differences between French- and English-speaking Quebecers Among anglophones, the veteran premier had inspired only grudging respect; many of them suspected him of being a separatist in sheep's clothing The wounds he opened by the passage of Bills 22 and 178, which curtailed English linguistic rights, never entirely closed So in English Montreal, grief was muted But among francophones, Bourassa was widely mourned: as a leader with principles, not just a consummate pragmatist; as a man of informal charm and grace; and as a premier who had set Quebec's good before his own - even at great personal cost Among the trio of white, male, fatherly, French-speaking, late middle-aged Quebec politicians now at the helm of our lives (Jean Chretien, Lucien Bouchard and Pierre Bourque are all between 54 and 62 years old), it is the mayor of Montreal whose stature fell the furthest in 1996 Since his election two years ago, Bourque has displayed an almost touching incompetence The electorate has paid heavily for his lengthy on-the-job training But this fall, Bourque faced an allegation graver than mere ineptitude: that he took part in money-laundering during the 1994 campaign The charge, levelled by his former chauffeur, Maurice Brault, has not been fully answered When the city's interests were being ignored or downplayed in Quebec City, Bourque tended to keep his mouth shut According to the familiar rhetoric, Montreal is the motor of Quebec's economy; in truth, it makes up a good part of the bodywork, too The Montreal area, after all, has about 45 per cent of Quebec's population - but it pays roughly 60 per cent of Quebec's tax revenues Yet on issues like hospital closings, issues that touch the daily lives of his citizens, the mayor failed to intervene with any degree of success The city drifted, as though waiting for salvation - a salvation that like Samuel Beckett's Godot, showed absolutely no sign of materializing Bouchard appointed a bright lieutenant, Serge Menard, to look after Montreal; but Menard's expertise is legal, not economic And our economic problems are colossal Throughout the metropolitan area, the official unemployment rate has risen to nearly 13 per cent (the figure is even higher for the city of Montreal) In the last six months, Quebec has lost about 50,000 jobs - two-thirds of them in Montreal Over the same period, by contrast, 33,000 new jobs were born in Toronto And yet, as always, there's a caveat If you compare Montreal's quality of life with that in most other big cities around the world, you'll realize how lucky we still are In 1996, housing costs stayed reasonable Murder rates stayed low Air quality remained high Artistic life remained vibrant And of the Montrealers who left, most did so with regret The heavens opened; the earth gave way In the Saguenay-Lac St Jean region last July, more than 27 centimetres of rain fell in a 72-hour period Seven people died in the resulting floods Nearly 500 homes were destroyed Estimates of the damage now exceed $700 million The figures can't begin to suggest the human cost But was all this an act of God, as a shaken Lucien Bouchard suggested? In the Saguenay, few people believe it - especially in light of some damning testimony before a provincial commission in the fall Andre Fortin, an engineering professor at the Universite du Quebec a Chicoutimi, said that Quebec is riddled with potentially deadly dikes and dams - but people don't want to hear such news, because of the costs involved and the fact that too many homes in hazardous areas would be uninsurable We are still waiting to find out how steeply insurance rates across Canada will rise to meet the costs of the flood About $350 million is being paid out, much of it to companies like Stone-Consolidated - the giant papermaker whom many hold responsible for the damage downstream from Lake Ha! Ha!, where its antiquated dike gave way Yet under Canada's insurance rules, Saguenay homeowners will not be compensated We're also waiting for solid answers as to whether the clear-cutting of the region's forest, along with Quebec's haphazard maintenance of dams and dikes, were prime contributing factors in the disaster In a telling phrase, Jean Vallee, who teaches geotechnical engineering at Chicoutimi, called much of the flooding nature's revenge In the same month that the residents of Chicoutimi, Jonquiere and La Baie were battling the deluge, Hurricane Bertha flailed the Caribbean Large chunks of Rome, Bangladesh and southern China were also under water Maybe Waterworld-Kevin Costner's sodden epic - was better as prophecy than entertainment In 1996, it grew more and more clear that natural disasters are seldom purely natural any more Global warming, it appears, is no longer just a prediction One of its principal effects - an increase in violent, unpredictable storms - has already come to pass The consensus is that we are already outside the realm of natural variability, said Chris Flavin, vice-president for research at the WorldWatch Institute in Washington, D",1,0,1,0,1,1
+232,20001123,modern,Deluge,"ELL ENTERTAINMENT Band's cult following a blessing and curse THE GAZETTE, MONTREAL, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2000 CRIMSON Continued from Page EU King Crimson has maintained a connection to its past via a deluge of archival releases. A three-CD recording from the ConstruKction of Light tour's European leg has already been released. And then there's the King Crimson Collectors' Club, which distributes CDs of vintage Crimson to members. For details, visit the Web site www.disciplineglobalmobile.com. On stage, however, King Crimson is concerned with its present and future. When its current tour began, pre-Thrak material was absent from the set list. A few audience favourites have snuck in since then, but Gunn explains that the emphasis on new songs is a necessity in King Crimson's evolution. ""How do you get people to treat this as a new band? You don't do it by going out and playing the old hits. Also, if you don't play anything old, then you have a void and you have to write new stuff."" King Crimson's borderline-obsessive following is a blessing and a curse. It has allowed the group to pursue its own vision, free of the boundaries imposed by commercial considerations, but paradoxically keeps the group mired with one foot in the past. ""We have two kinds of fans,"" Gunn said. ""There are fans that know that the band evolves, and fans that don't want the band to evolve. I don't find it obnoxious, but people yell for us to play songs that this lineup could never play. It's only because the name King Crimson is there that they think we would play Cat Food (from 1970's In the Wake of Poseidon). We could have called the band something else. But they didn't, and the multitude of lineups that have operated with a common name validates Fripp's fondness for referring to King Crimson as 'a way of doing things.' And while the constantly mutating group offers little in the way of job security, Gunn actually uses the word 'fun' when talking about the present-day King Crimson. ""You never know what's going to happen with this band - whether we will even be working in four months. Being in King Crimson is like living in a state of complete uncertainty, and that's not fun. However, being on stage with this particular band is a lot of fun."" King Crimson performs tonight at 8 at Metropolis, 59 Ste. 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But meteorologists said both short- and long-range forecasts held out hope that that region would not be pounded by prolonged heavy rains again this year. ""Over most of South Africa at least for December, January and February, our models are calling for normal to slightly below normal rainfall conditions,"" said Mark Majodina, a meteorologist at the South African Weather Bureau. In Mozambique, nine people were reported killed when storms, which started on Sunday, uprooted trees and destroyed flimsy homes. On Tuesday, Radio Mozambique reported that people in the southern Gaza province had begun moving to higher ground after heavy rain on Monday night. Gaza was one of the areas worst hit by floods in February and March that killed more than 700 people. The country, one of the poorest in the world, is still recovering from the disaster. In South Africa yesterday morning, police said they were searching for three people believed to have been washed off a bridge in eastern KwaZulu-Natal province, where 500 millimetres (19.7 inches) of rain fell in some areas from Sunday until Tuesday. Floods in South Africa last summer killed several people, affected crop production and pinched economic growth. While more showers were expected over KwaZulu-Natal province and southern Mozambique yesterday, the South African Weather Bureau said skies should start to clear today and temperatures should rise. In the longer term, Majodina said South Africa's Northern Province could see above normal rain patterns, according to forecasting models. This could still have an impact on Mozambique as some of the province's watersheds seep into South Africa's neighbour. Environmentalists say last summer's floods in Mozambique were exacerbated by the loss of vital wetlands and heavy rains in neighbouring countries. The erosion of wetlands and overgrazing of grasslands in upper watersheds of the Limpopo river in Botswana, Zimbabwe and South Africa channeled raging waters into its lower watersheds or catchments in Mozambique. ts;i: ' ran Sw&- i ( t 1 V VTdeotron Channel 63 (Montreal-CkX, Digital Service 77 For complete program listings www.cpac.ca 1-877-287-2722 Public iHan MnMony Csnsdsi csbk companies DOUG CAMILLI Show-biz gossip, and more, with a real point of view. Five days a week. IjT froniVJ -1 M 1 J----liKw El -- a m m I B NaiALLtUj NOVEMBER SPECIAL HIGH EFFICIENCY 2001 MODELS HEAT PUMPS ACs SAVE UP TO 50 Oil HEATING No sub-contracting 24 hr service Hydro rate reduction We refuse to be undersold! No payments until April 2001, 6019 St. Francois St., St-Laurent 337-7210 You help 250 separate local charities build a much-needed relief network in our community. You lend support to UK; L eimd a h arid Ml 40,000 volunteers who help 500,000 people overcome their problems and improve their lives. 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""We believe there are more constructive ways to achieve our goals of preventing dangerous climate change,"" several groups said in a letter. If ratified, the Kyoto Protocol would commit industrialized nations to reduce their combined greenhouse-gas releases by 2012 to a level at least 5 percent below emissions in 1990. Earlier yesterday, negotiators said some progress had been made on several important sticking points, including the roles of nuclear power and the situation in Russia, where emissions have plunged because of economic decline. Nuclear power has been a pivotal issue for the European Union and many environmentalists, which have pressed to have it excluded from a list of technologies that rich lands could export to poor countries to help them avoid future emissions of carbon dioxide. Canada, China and the United States oppose such a ban. And France, despite its outward opposition, relies heavily on nuclear plants for its electricity. 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+233,19900129,modern,Cold,"PROBE A moving company employee tips over a tree stump and drops a reader's washing machine. SCHNURMACHER Beaver Club's 32nd annual dinner scores another great success. Highlights include the appearance of an almost-white elephant. ROCH CARRIER MONDAY MORNING Catching the sun Baking bodies nicer sight than ice-covered sidewalks - Montreal sidewalks may be covered with ice but, here on a Jamaican beach, the sand is like amber. The dormant sea is as beautiful as eternity. I should be in ecstasy. Instead, I throb with a hundred distractions. In rows, like cookies in an oven, bodies are being baked under the sun. They are all sizes, all shapes. On some beach chairs, excess flesh spills over like corn from an overfilled popper. I'm not wearing my glasses, but I seem to have no vision problems when the baking body before me is that of a lady who has removed the top part of her bikini. If the lady notices my glance, I pump out my chest, pull in my belly and swear to myself that, when I'm back in Montreal, I will enroll in a health club. I cannot help thinking too that, not long ago, our Christian ancestors did not shrink from using the whip to teach the natives that they should wear clothes. Tourism is a new way of colonizing islands and here we are, naked, showing what was so offensive to our ancestors when the natives were showing it. Now, perhaps, we are offending the natives? So we walk on the beach. It's not easy. There are 10 hustlers for every tourist. My friend, do you want to buy a delicious coconut? Do you want fresh peanuts? Does your friend want to have braids made? Do you want to buy a carved pissing man? Would you like some freshly cooked lobsters? What about a tour on a glass-bottomed boat? You're invited to our restaurant, which is the best. Come with us scuba diving. Would you prefer snorkeling? Why don't you try parasailing over the calm water of Negril? Oh! You don't like the ocean: what about horseback riding? Nothing? So you don't like Jamaica. Everyone suntans, nobody swims. Painful as it is, I prefer the abuse to scraping the ice off my car windshield at six in the morning. So to thwart the hustlers, we edge into the ocean. The water is clear and clean. Nobody is bathing. Tourists are busy at their suntanning. On a seven-day trip, they want their skin to be dark enough to show back at their offices that they were intelligent enough to escape frozen Montreal. Is it not true that winter is a bizarre invention? Was it divinely created? Is it written in the Bible that God created winter? On which day of the week did he do that to us? I will check; there is a Gideon's Bible in my night-table drawer. ""Everything cool, mon?"" A tall young man stands idle in the water up to his chin. If there were no sun, his smile would light the whole bay. His long hair is divided into thin ringlets. That hairstyle shows his religious leanings. According to Rastafarianism, a popular cult on the island, the messiah was Haile Selassie, the late king of Ethiopia, the King of Kings, the Lion of Judah. Many young Jamaicans identify themselves with the lion. They turn their hair into a mane; they imitate the lion's imperial way of walking. ""Are you from England, mon?"" Do I look like an Englishman? If my Roman Catholic French-Canadian mother hears about this, she will rush to confession. ""I'm from Canada,"" I said. ""Oh it's cold rass in Canada! It's all ice,"" the hairy young man explains. ""There is no water like this, it's all ice."" What is he trying to sell me? The young man makes his smile still wider. The light on his teeth is still more brilliant. Heading for Canada ""Today is my last day in Jamaica,"" he announces. ""I'm spending all my time in the ocean, right here there is a bunch of white fishes around me! I don't know what they want. They stick to me. And there is a lazy ray sleeping on the sand. I stay on this spot all day. I came here this morning and I did not budge. I'm just enjoying myself. I'm waiting for my girl, Blossom. She cooks at the hotel. When she is finished, she'll come. We'll have a swim, will go right under this tree of life, right there, and we'll smoke ganja. After, we'll go to my cabin, behind the tree of life. Dat Blossom is pretty to rass. After, we'll smoke ganja and wait for the sunset. When night has come, we'll move where there is good reggae. We'll dance until the morning. Then I'll catch the bus to the airport."" ""Why do you go to the airport?"" ""I'm leaving tomorrow for Canada. My cousin makes roofs in Canada. He needs me to make more roofs. It's very cold in that country. They don't only have ice, they have snow."" ""Yes, it's cold. Don't forget to bring a woollen sweater."" ""Canada is cold for sure. I'll make roofs and I'll buy a car. They all drive big cars up there, but they drive on the wrong side of the road. I'll come back to Jamaica with my big car. I'll take Blossom for a ride. When she has had enough, I'll stop. Like tourists, we'll do some skinny-dipping. We'll lie down under a tree of life and we'll smoke ganja."" ""Good luck!"" I said. ""Canada is cold but spring always comes!"" COSMIC CHIC Ankh appliques and crystal jewelry put New Age spin on a look that's hippiedom reincarnated. Prime mover here is Rilat Ozbek, whose collection was shown recently in London. WORLDS MOST NORTHERN STATION PHOTOS BY DAVID PHILLIPS Miles from home. Alert is not Canada's coldest weather station, but it is closest to the North Pole. Frozen CeiD JSBlrt MfSlllOil! Canada's remotest weather post is lonely, forbidding DAVID PHILLIPS SPECIAL TO THE GAZETTE ALERT As we Montrealers begin to mutter about what seems like another interminable winter, spare a thought for a small group of weather technicians locked in a cheerless wasteland above the Arctic Circle. While visions of spring or vacations in the sun seep into the dreams of many of us, isolation and mind-numbing cold are more likely in the minds of four intrepid observers at this tiny outpost 720 kilometres from the North Pole. This is Alert, N.T., home of the ""frozen chosen"" who gather weather data regardless of the season in the starkness of the world's most northerly permanent settlement. They are not alone in their dark melancholy at the top of the world. Canada maintains about 30 other stations north of the Arctic Circle; the United States also has some, as do the Soviet Union, Iceland, Finland and the Scandinavian countries. None, however, is perched as far north or as close to the Pole as Alert. The weather centre is part of Canadian Forces Station Alert, where 200 military personnel live and work. It is Canada's most classified military station, a listening post for radio signals from around the world. Alert in winter has the look of a space station, barren, remote, ringed with radio antennae, locked in the grip of unspeakable cold and cloaked in near-perpetual darkness. Named after survey ship, the post was built as part of a Canadian-American project. Other High Arctic stations had preceded it at Resolute and Eureka in 1947, and Isachsen and Mould Bay in 1948. Isachsen was closed in 1978. Alert was named after one of the ships of an 1875-76 expedition by Sir George Strong Nares to survey the north coast of Ellesmere Island. Before an airstrip was built, equipment and supplies for Alert had to be shipped by icebreaker or flown to the remote station from Thule in western Greenland, then dropped by parachute. During one airlift in 1950, an RCAF Lancaster crashed, killing all nine persons on board. A memorial cairn and nine crosses mark the gravesite overlooking the Arctic Ocean. CFS Alert was established in 1957, and a phased withdrawal of U.S. support from joint Arctic weather stations began in 1970. Clyde LeGuerrier, electronics technician for the Dept. of Transport, looks out over panorama at Cape Columbia near Alert. Alert is not Canada's coldest weather station. That distinction belongs to Eureka, 500 km to the southwest. Alert's average temperature is -18 Celsius. But never on record has the temperature risen above 20 C. There has never been a thaw in January, and the average frost-free season lasts only four days. The most memorable cold spell at Alert occurred in February 1979. Only once did the temperature climb above -40. Meteorological technician Andrew Smart remembers cheering on Feb. 9 when the thermometer registered -50, the lowest ever recorded at the station. (Colder temperatures have been recorded in Banff and Lake Louise.) Seasoned staff at Alert, though, are not unduly affected by periods of prolonged cold. For them, a jump from -40 to -20 can feel like the first warm day in spring. Long winter walks under a full moon are possible, with no worry of becoming lost since a person's trail is well marked by small clouds of ice crystals from his or her breath that hover at head level for some time afterward. Other outdoor activities are also possible when winds are low, although extra precautions must be taken to prevent throat and lung burn from overexertion in the frigid air. Spring is obviously welcome. After months of darkness in below-freezing temperatures, skies lighten, winds slacken and the air warms. Summer arrives slowly but doesn't last long. With continuous daylight, however, there is time for building, repairing, cleaning, and playing baseball and golf at any time of day or night. An exceptionally hot summer's day may bring double-digit temperatures, but occasional snow showers remind southerners where they really are. The High Arctic is one of the driest regions in the world, although moisture is plentiful in its lakes and rivers, in the muskeg and permafrost, in the snow cover, in the permanent ice and in the Arctic Sea. Snowfall is surprisingly light, averaging just 150 centimetres a year at Alert. Records show that there has never been a thunderstorm, and rainfall averages a paltry 18 millimetres a year. At Alert, periods of total dark or total daylight last about 21 weeks. On Feb. 28, the sun will make its first appearance on the southern horizon without question the most heralded occasion of an Arctic winter and the start of a celebration at the weather station that residents call the Sunrise Festival. In March, daylight increases by more than 15 minutes a day, with around-the-clock daylight beginning early in April. On Oct. 15, the sun disappears for the winter. Weather technicians at Alert, men and women in their 20s who are employees of Environment Canada, are posted for three to eight months and receive at least three weeks' leave. The daily work schedule consists of 10-hour shifts. Weather balloons are released every 12 hours. As well, there are weekly ice-thickness surveys, twice-monthly snow surveys and daily radiation measurements. A major new program began at Alert in August 1986, with the opening of the world's most northerly environmental monitoring laboratory. Alert is now one of 20 global air-pollution observatories measuring greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide, methane, and Arctic haze. Unfortunately, even on a clear day, you can no longer see forever in the Arctic, primarily because of industrial pollution soot particles, heavy metals, and organic and acidic sulphates originating in Europe and the Soviet Union. The new lab helps scientists identify major routes of toxic substances in the Arctic. Recently, pesticides were found in snow on Ellesmere Island, in the air at Mould Bay, and in the internal organs of fish, seals, whales and polar bears. Why do the weather technicians come to this far end of the earth? For many, it is the money generally they work 55 hours a week which, when overtime is combined with isolation pay, can double their base salaries. Just the same, life is far from dull. The Arctic is no longer the dreaded, alien place of years gone by. Living at the top of the world is peaceful and silent, with most of the comforts of home provided. Other inducements include Arctic cuisine, no heat waves, few pests, the possibility of seeing Arctic wolves stalking muskox, dancing Arctic hares, first-rate star-gazing, and the chance to walk where few have ever gone. The weather observers are lodged with the National Defence staff in one of three large two-storey buildings. The barracks are arranged in wings connected by a central corridor to the main complex, which has a dining room, post office, movie theatre, darkroom, library, television and ham radio studios, three bars and a commissary. There is also a gymnasium, two-lane bowling alley and a curling rink to help pass the time. Bedrooms are comfortable single accommodations. Although weather observers at Alert are better off than their counterparts at most Arctic stations, thanks to weekly incoming flights bearing mail and fresh produce, direct contact with family and friends in the south is limited. Technicians are allowed only one 20-minute call home every eight to 10 days. Visitors, and pets, are not permitted. So spare a thought for them this winter as they maintain their icy, isolated vigil. David Phillips is a climatologist with Environment Canada. This article originally appeared in Canadian Geographic. The Antico Martini, that long-standing fixture in western N. LAMBERT, 44, Heated, Hoi me'r' Gr""n'lSViKS: FOR lovers! Metro Sauve, luxuri- PersonJ84J42L JORT LAUDERDALE front U73 soOHice 737-9311 J bel Undry 444-444. 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Copies of The Gazette may be viewed at The Gazette lobby, 245 St. James Street West, Montreal, or at public libraries. All entries must be received at The Gazette, 250 St. Antoine St. West, Montreal. Alert staff weathers loneliness Technicians stationed at Canada's most remote weather station endure isolation and mind-numbing cold just 720 kilometres from the North Pole. PAGE B9 Ducharme play a revelation The revival of Rejean Ducharme's Ha ha! at Theatre du Nouveau Monde is a revelation: It reinvents standard notions about Quebec dramaturgy. PAGE A9 Light snow High: Low: 3 -5 Light snow is expected to begin just after noon today throughout most of southwestern Quebec. Moderate winds are also forecast. PAGE A12 Ask Your Vet B11 Births/Deaths D12 Bridge D11 Business B4 Careers B8 Classified D1 Comics C1 Crossword B8 Dear Doctor B10 Editorials B2 Farber C1 Horoscope B8 Interest Rates B5 Landers B11 Letters B2 Living B9 Movies A11 Needle trade O10 Ombudsman B3 Probe B10 Racing C8 St. Laurent A2 Scoreboard C8-9 Show A9 Sports C1 Todd A3 TV Listings A10 What's On All Wonderword B8 Your Money B4 The Gazette's CLUB MED contest, PACK A 12: Lemieux's $2 million-plus tops NHL salary list RED FISHER GAZETTE SPORTS EDITOR Mario Lemieux will head the list when the National Hockey League Players Association shortly goes public with players' salaries on the league's 21 teams. The Pittsburgh Penguins' centre is the NHL's only $2-million-dollar man well ahead of the $1,720,000 figure which appears on Wayne Gretzky's contract with the Los Angeles Kings. Lemieux also has an undisclosed amount of deferred compensation. Lemieux, Gretzky and Edmonton's Mark Messier are the only millionaires, even though the understanding was that Detroit's Steve Yzerman had joined that elite club when he signed a new contract during the off-season. Yzerman's contract calls for $700,000. Messier, who's a leading candidate for the Hart Trophy as the NHL's most valuable player this season, needs his $42,800 in deferred compensation to edge beyond the $1-million plateau. His basic salary, in Canadian funds, is $990,700. Yzerman's salary also is considerably less than Dave Taylor's contract with the Los Angeles Kings, which calls for $500,000 a season, plus $450,000 in deferred compensation. For now, at least, the NHLPA plans to release its salary lists next Monday. The Gazette obtained a copy. The figures are basic salaries. In other words, they represent the numbers contained in the contracts teams file with the league. Individual and team bonuses aren't included, but the numbers the NHL sees on contracts are what the players get. Under-the-table deals aren't permitted by the league. On the other hand, there are cases and Gretzky may be one where a player can sign another contract with a company controlled by the owner of a hockey team but divorced from the hockey operation. An example is the contract the Canadiens filed with the NHL for Larry Robinson last season. His basic salary was $350,000, but he also had a $100,000 contract for off-ice services with Molson brewery, the Canadiens' parent company. Robinson now is earning $550,000. AP Soviets urge total troop pullout by East, West JEFFREY SMITH WASHINGTON POST Romanians protest in front of Bucharest's Victoria Palace, the government seat, which is guarded by armed troops. 30,000 Romanians defy troops Protesters say governing front is trying to steal election MIKE TRICKEY SOUTHAM NEWS BUCHAREST Nearly 30,000 Romanians marched on Victory Square yesterday in the largest anti-government protest since the December revolution. Organized by the National Peasants and the National Liberals, who claim Ceause-scu-era Communists are trying to steal the people's victory, the slogan-chanting protesters called for the ruling National Salvation Front to resign. Undeterred by the cold or a ring of soldiers backed by tanks, the crowd broke through the barricade and descended on the Foreign Ministry building being used as government headquarters. President Ion Iliescu appeared on the building's balcony, but quickly went back inside when his pleas for national unity were shouted down by the throng. Fights broke out as demonstrators loyal to the front about 20 per cent of the crowd clashed with those opposing the government. However, there were no reports of serious injuries. Iliescu later said opposition parties met with his government and have agreed to broad talks. The opposition parties have demanded that the front resign and that a provisional government made up of representatives from the 18 opposition parties be established to lead the country to the May 20 election. Opposition to the front has grown steadily since last Tuesday when it announced it would take an active role in the election after indicating earlier that it would remain in power only until a new government could be elected. Vice-President Dumitru Masilu resigned from the front on Friday, saying ""Stalinist methods"" were still being used. And the country's most influential newspaper, Romania Libera, until last week a solid supporter of Iliescu, has been critical of the front, saying the government's actions are reminiscent of the regime of the executed Nicolae Ceausescu. In other developments in eastern Europe: Yugoslav police shot to death four ethnic Albanians yesterday, bringing to at least 14 the number killed in weekend political protests in the troubled southern province of Kosovo, witnesses said. The four were killed as police battled some 10,000 demonstrators in Suva Reka, 50 kilometres southwest of the regional capital of Pristina, town residents said. Bulgaria's opposition will not join the government before free elections are held because any reforms it backs could be blocked by the Communist-controlled parliament, said Georgi Spassov, spokesman of the Union of Democratic Forces. Thousands of people jammed a church outside Prague yesterday to greet the first Catholic bishop to be consecrated since Czechoslovakia's revolution ousted the hard-line Communist leadership. Bishop Karel Otcenasek, 70, who spent 11 years in jail for carrying out his religious duties secretly in the 1950s, became residential bishop at Hradec Kralova. ADDITIONAL REPORTING: REUTER, AP VIENNA, Austria The Soviet Union is willing to withdraw all of its troops from Eastern Europe within five years if all United States and allied foreign troops are removed from Western Europe within the same period under an international agreement, a senior Soviet official says. The proposal by Oleg Grinevsky, Moscow's chief negotiator on conventional force reductions, goes further than any previous Soviet offer and would essentially scrap a major feature of his country's defence policy for the past 45 years. ""We are ready (for all Soviet troops) to leave Eastern Europe by 1995 in the second stage of the negotiations on reductions in conventional forces if NATO withdraws its troops stationed in Europe,"" Grinevsky said in an interview. His proposal is intended to bring the issue of troop cuts back to the East-West negotiating forum, which has been virtually eclipsed by calls from Hungarian, Czechoslovak and Polish leaders for a swifter and more extensive Soviet withdrawal than required in current NATO and Warsaw Pact proposals. The Soviet proposal may create a delicate political situation for U.S. law-enforcement agency for",1,0,0,1,0,0
+234,19980124,modern,Freezing,"16-PAGE SPECIAL SECTION Looking back on days of freezing rain and chaos: the stories of people caught in the tempest MONTREAL SINCE 1778 SPORTS FINAL JANUARY 24, 1998 $1 Weather expert Pommainville is one of the lucky. Power was restored to his home on Tuesday afternoon, even before he left the office. His house is warm and bright. Some of his colleagues, by contrast, have turned into surprised refugees. Worried employees huddle for a smoke in the lobby of the St. Laurent building. They expected dramatic weather. But they never anticipated weather powerful enough to snap Hydro pylons like chicken bones. The meteorologists are scrambling to keep up with the demand. As well as their regular forecasts to the general public, the media and the region's airports, they are now providing special forecasts to Hydro-Quebec. They also begin to make regular calls to the premier's office. By 11:17 a.m., the outlook has changed. It now seems clear that Wednesday will bring relatively little freezing rain to southern Quebec. Still, the new bulletin warns: A more important system will affect most regions tonight and Thursday. It will give important additional quantities of freezing rain. Bombardier Eric Steinkey brushes up. THE ICE STORM OF '98 THE GAZETTE, MONTREAL, SATURDAY Rene Ivesque Blvd, near Bleury St, on ties of freezing rain. Like Cassandra in the Trojan War, the weather forecasters can predict the ravaging future. But they're powerless to change it. Hydro launches a massive de-icing and repair operation of its distribution network. More than 770 crews, including those from private companies, are sent out to remove branches from lines and to chip ice away from wooden electricity poles that are still standing. The work proves frustrating to many linemen: ice-glazed branches continue falling on lines that have just been repaired. ""It's going to take a lot more than 24 hours to fix this,"" Millette says. ""We need additional manpower."" Millette calls Ontario Hydro, but that utility has run into the same problems in the Ottawa region and can't afford to send linemen to Quebec. He tries utilities south of the border and manages to recruit some crews. On Montreal Island, the number of disrupted lines has dropped to 100. Weekdays, gourmet dinner for two and continental breakfast included. Jacuzzi tubs, fireplaces, and fairy tale bedding. 1-888-525-3644 www.riortrflerrjfiouse.com SMUGGLER'S NOTCH Save money! Rent directly from homeowner of equipped condo (fireplace, deck, HBO), in award-winning family resort. Large unit sleeps twelve, efficiency available for four. Pool, hot tub, alpine, cross-country skiing on site. Minimum two nights stay. Book early for January Specials. Call (514) 488-3521 Fax: (514) 489-4368. Canceling flights can lead to penalties TRAVELING RIGHTS PAUL UNTERBERG Many airlines, even charter airlines, are being pretty lenient with Quebecers who had to cancel or change their travel plans because they were too busy chipping ice off their cold, dark homes to catch the plane. Most are letting their passengers re-book without penalty, but the chaos of the last couple of weeks makes this a good time to review what your rights as a traveler are, as opposed to what the airlines are willing to do for you as a goodwill gesture. To know who is entitled to what, we must first examine the kind of contract and the type of product. A full-fare airline ticket on a regularly scheduled carrier is almost always fully reimbursable. APEX tickets or any other reduced fare tickets might have a cancellation or change-of-date penalty, but it's usually not very much. SEVERE RESTRICTIONS Charter flights and packages are very different. In exchange for a lower price, severe restrictions apply. These may, in cancellation cases, equal the total purchase price. Such severe penalties are valid on the condition that the traveler was made aware of them when he bought the ticket or package. These penalties are applicable against the traveler even though he has the world's best reasons for canceling - a death in the family, job loss, freezing rain and an icy home or other acts of God. Those who were prudent enough to have bought cancellation insurance will be happy to know that many (but not all) such policies have a clause allowing cancellation and the collection of a refund if the insured's principal residence becomes uninhabitable. Read your policy carefully and if necessary call your insurance agent for info. Don't forget that there may be delays you have to respect. VACATIONS CUT SHORT What about people, happy in the sunny south, who had to cut short their vacations because their home in the ""black triangle"" is without heat and light? The same principles apply. Package contracts have a clause stating that unused portions are not reimbursable. Such clauses are valid. Often cancellation-insurance policies have a clause covering trip interruption for things like the principal residence becoming uninhabitable. This might cover return airline tickets and perhaps even reimbursement of the unused portion of the package. Read your policy carefully. When you buy a package or a cheap ticket, you have to keep in mind that any cancellation penalties mentioned in the contract are legal and valid regardless of the reasons for canceling. That's why cancellation insurance is so useful. Such policies don't cover everything, but they often help. Paul Unterberg is a partner in Unterberg, Labelle, Lebeau, a law firm that specializes in class-action suits and travel-related legal problems. If you have such a problem, you can write to Unterberg at The Gazette, Travel Section, 250 St. Antoine St. You can phone the Eco-Quartier there and give your time to clean the parks. Mount Royal was still off-limits yesterday as tree-pruners sawed off dangling branches in the midst of a snowstorm. The parking lot near the chalet and small refuges or other places where animals might be suffering. This is not the SPCA, Bercovici said. She is just an incredible lady who loves animals. More help is on the way. The mission is sending bunk beds to house volunteers. And a foundation that helps poor people is trying to start a government program to pay welfare recipients to work at the refuge. The area was filled with thousands of branches, stacked in piles as high as 10 feet. The Parks Department estimates that about 160,000 trees were damaged by the ice storm this month. At least 2,000 were destroyed. Those figures don't include the damage to wooded areas. In the next three months, city crews plan to carry out an exhaustive inventory of the damage in all parks and streets. In total, Montreal has about 445,000 trees in public spaces. City officials were unable to give the number of trees damaged on Mount Royal. But Peter Howlett, president of Les Amies de la Montagne, said that 75 per cent of the park's 200,000 trees suffered minor to severe damage. About 35 per cent of them, or 70,000, were destroyed, he estimated. Freezing rain had coated branches with ice up to 2 inches thick, causing them to snap. The trunks of some trees even split in two. ""It's light-years beyond any stress, any damage, any experience that natural areas such as this have ever been exposed to in our lifetimes,"" he said. ""It is only obvious to realize that it is completely beyond the responsibility of the city services alone to take care of this. The community has to step up. It's going to take a lot of collaboration from the public to make this work."" OTTAWA - The city of Ottawa will look for ways to replace or restore thousands of trees damaged by this month's ice storm. ""One of my duties is to protect and preserve Ottawa's natural legacy,"" Mayor Jim Watson said yesterday. ""The ice storm has put that legacy at risk and steps must be taken immediately to ensure that future generations will know a green and healthy Ottawa."" Watson announced the creation of the Atkinson Fellowship in Public Policy, now entering its eleventh year, is an award designed to further the tradition of liberal journalism and commitment to social and economic justice fostered by Joseph E. Atkinson, former publisher of The Toronto Star. It will be awarded to a full-time journalist for a one-year research project on a topical public policy issue, culminating in the publication of results in a series of articles, which the journalist is then free to develop into a book. The Fellowship includes a stipend of $65,000. As well, a budget for research expenses up to $25,000 is also available. The research year begins September 1, 1998. Application forms will be available January 17. The closing date for entries is March 13, 1998. Sponsored by The Atkinson Charitable Foundation, The Toronto Star and the Beland Honderich Family. For Application Forms: Christine Avery Nunez, Coordinator Atkinson Fellowship Committee, One Yonge Street, Fifth Floor, Toronto, Ontario M5E 1P9 Telephone inquiries (416) 368-5152. To that end, Les Amies will launch a fundraising drive next week to restore Mount Royal's flora, Howlett said. The group also plans to organize a cleanup after the park is reopened. The city hopes to reopen sections of Mount Royal - Beaver Lake, the Belvedere along Camillien Houde Way and the chalet - by next Saturday. Among the districts that were hardest hit are St. Henri, Point St. Charles and Ville Emard (94 per cent of the trees were damaged); Notre Dame de Grace and Cote des Neiges (89 per cent); and Rosemont and Petite-Patrie (77 per cent). COST UNKNOWN Claude Jean Lapointe, commissioner of the Scouts du Montreal Metropolitain, said his troops will continue volunteering after the Angrignon Park cleanup. ""It's all part of our values; games, teamwork and nature,"" Lapointe said. ""During the ice storms, some of the older Scouts helped out at some seniors' residences. After the freezing rain, we have to concentrate on the cleanup and we will be involved until it's all over,"" Bourque said he doesn't know what it will cost to repair and replant the trees, but Quebec will foot part of the bill under its disaster-relief program. A task force of environmental and community representatives to look at the options available to replace and maintain the city's trees. A preliminary survey indicates that 45,000 of the city's 60,000 on-street trees suffered significant damage. It is estimated that 6,000 of those trees will have to be cut down because of the severe damage they suffered. It could cost millions to replace those trees, the city said in a statement as it announced a fundraising campaign to help pay for tree replanting. All hell is breaking loose Tuesday, Jan. 6: The route demands phoning the utility's hotline on the second floor. The fire department is also calling, asking Hydro to repair distribution lines that have snapped under the weight of freezing ice and fallen branches. The electricity has stopped flowing in more than one-quarter of the 840 distribution lines that crisscross the island. Entire neighborhoods are plunged into darkness. ""This is bad,"" distribution operator Simard says to one of his two co-workers. ""We've got to call in more staff."" The situation is far worse on the South Shore. More than 124,000 households have lost their power by 2:30 a.m. Most of the homes are located in what is later dubbed the ""triangle of darkness"" - a sprawling area bounded by Saint-Hyacinthe to the north, Granby to the east and Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu to the south. Medium-voltage transmission lines that supply that area with electricity have toppled. Andre Martineau is jolted out of bed when the phone rings. It's the overnight foreman at Hydro-Quebec. He's to report to work. Now, all hell is breaking loose. Freezing rain is still pounding on the windows of his Laval West bungalow as he dresses. It's pitch black, the street lights are out in places and the roads to the west sector's offices on Henri Bourassa Blvd are a sheet of ice. The morning shift isn't scheduled to start until 7 a.m., but there are dozens of teams already at their trucks when Martineau, 38, gets in. Others are still awaiting work orders. There are power outages all over the place. Wires down everywhere. Where to start? Fellow lineman Bernard Dagenais doesn't stumble in until after 8 a.m. He'd gotten a middle-of-the-night call, too. But he's been off on Christmas holidays and this is no way to get back in the groove. So the 17-year Hydro veteran rolled over and went back to sleep. But there's no avoiding this ice storm. It hits him like a ton of bricks. Schools across the island have canceled classes. His daughters, 6 and 8 years old, are romping around the house, celebrating. Ice and snow blanket the trees on Mount Royal around the Women's Pavilion of the Royal Victoria Hospital on THE ICE STORM OF '98. His wife books off work. By midday, Dagenais has climbed a dozen trees and dragged hundreds of ice-laden branches and downed wires from the middle of streets across Hampstead, LaSalle and Pointe Claire. It's gray and gloomy and the freezing rain still hasn't let up. He's getting pretty dexterous with the chainsaw. But it's impossible to keep dry, even with the big raincoat he wears over his Hydro Quebec parka. Behind the wheel of his Mazda, Millette glimpses signs of the devastation: ice-laden branches crashing to the ground, high-voltage transmission towers buckling under the weight of thick ice and loose wires dangling in the wind. In Montreal, Millette alerts Quebec's civil-protection authorities. ""We have to mobilize our resources,"" he says over the phone. ""We don't know how long the freezing rain is going to last."" THE GAZETTE, MONTREAL, SATURDAY JANUARY 24, 1998. On the 16th floor of a downtown office tower, Millette and his team work the phones all day long, dispatching linemen from across Quebec to the stricken areas. But the number of blacked-out homes and businesses keeps rising. The forecast was right, but Pommainville's home in Laval is still bright and warm when he leaves for work under a starless sky. His children can sleep late; their classes have been canceled. Soon after the scientist reaches the office, his house goes dark. The atmosphere in the Environment Canada office is tense. Pommainville and his colleagues sense that an exceptional weather event is underway. But the more unusual the event, the greater the pressure to come up with an accurate forecast. Their work, as a result, is not only scientific; it's also linguistic. If their words seem exaggerated, the forecasters will be criticized. But if the words appear to minimize a problem, the forecasters will come under equal attack. On the fifth floor of Montreal Urban Community police headquarters on Bonsecours St, in Old Montreal, about a dozen police officers file into a warehouse-like room filled with computers, electronic monitors and banks of telephones. The group consists of representatives of the MUCPD's planning, logistics and emergency-measures departments. Telephone hook-ups have been established with Hydro-Quebec and local fire departments. Two hours earlier, Hydro-Quebec had warned that its power-distribution system in Montreal - as well as that serving southwestern Quebec - was in imminent danger of collapse in a freezing rain storm. Reports are already coming in from two dozen precincts on the western side of Montreal Island that power has been lost and whatever traffic hasn't skidded off the road is beginning to tangle. But the police high command is hearing a different story from its precincts in the east end. Power is being maintained, and while the roads are slick, no one is hitting the panic button. One senior officer will later recall that the gist of the message sent from the east side of St. Laurent is that ""this is not the first time we've had freezing rain."" The downtown core remains lit. The media are concentrating on the devastation wrought by the freezing rain on the South Shore, but Montreal, while battered, has not broken down. The operations centre monitors the situation until midnight, then closes. By now, more than 800,000 Hydro customers in the Monteregie, Laurentians and Montreal Island are without power. Near Drummondville, a high-voltage line collapses, blocking Highway 20. The weather bulletin this evening tries to give a ray of hope: ""The south of Quebec will experience a respite Wednesday, Jan. 7, this evening and tonight, as very little freezing rain is predicted."" But, the bulletin continues, ""Another disturbance coming from the Great Lakes will give the south of Quebec more sustained freezing rain on Wednesday."" A day earlier, 9 millimeters of freezing rain had fallen on Montreal - more than the usual amount for the whole of January. Today, the total will be 15.6. Tree branches are starting to buckle. People are starting to flee their homes. In the evening, when he leaves the parking lot outside his office, forecaster Pommainville has to scrape a thick layer of ice off his car. DAY 3 WEDNESDAY, JAN. 7 GAZETTE: Ice cripples region LAPRESSE: 760,000 foyers sont privés d'électricité JOURNAL DE MONTREAL: 2 millions de Québécois privés de courant LE DEVOIR: La ville figée dans le cristal. More freezing rain, with heavier winds this time, knocks out a major Hydro substation in Saint-Hyacinthe, making a bad situation worse. It doubles, to 500,000, the number of South Shore Hydro customers (businesses and households) without power, along with 130,000 on the island of Montreal and 70,000 in the Laurentians and Outaouais. As Hydro repeats that it might take days to restore power, Continued on Page 5 DAVE SIDAWAY, GAZETTE DAY 4 THURSDAY, JAN. 8 GAZETTE: Here comes Round 2 LAPRESSE: Encore du verglas LE JOURNAL: Un courant de solidarité LE DEVOIR: La météo fait craindre le pire. The precipitation ends, but not before dumping another load of freezing rain over parts of southwestern Quebec, creating even more havoc. As the crisis deepens, Premier Bouchard accepts an offer from the Canadian government to send in the army. The first 2,500 soldiers arrive at night from CFB Valcartier near Quebec City. They are joined by more than 800 tree-trim and line-repair workers from the northeastern U.S. It warns, ""will give many types of precipitation to the above regions into the night, and again on Friday."" In the Montreal region, a mixture of freezing rain and ice pellets will persist until tonight and will resume on Friday after a brief period of calm. The forecast would prove correct, up to a point. Even so, it seems clear in retrospect that Thursday is the day when Montreal dodges a bullet. Over a 24-hour period, Montreal receives only 2.8 mm of freezing rain. In Ottawa, by contrast, the total is 19.6; in Saint-Hubert, 22.7. These totals are preliminary. Among the minor effects of the freezing rain is its ability to clog the sensors of the meteorologists' machines. MORNING The temperature in the Goral home has dropped like a stone overnight. THE ICE STORM OF '98. They get Marilyn Monroe, we get Mother Nature. Weaker wood pylons are only temporary. HYDRO Continued from Page 1. There were 6 kilometers of line left to connect before the Saint-Césaire substation can be restarted, said Hydro spokesman Jean-Claude Lefebvre. Saint-Césaire's intricate network of wires, pylons and transformers act as power brokers, breaking down the electricity that snakes into Saint-Césaire along 230-kilovolt lines from a Boucherville station into the more manageable voltage of 120 kv. The 120-kv lines from Saint-Césaire then supply the neighborhood. Saint-Césaire is dually important, Cliche said, because while it provides electricity straight to the Saint-Césaire area, it also sends 230-kv lines out into wide swaths of the Monteregie, to be further broken down and then shipped to neighborhood transformers. While freezing rain in the first days of the storm took a toll on lines leaving Saint-Césaire, Cliche said, the real catastrophe for Saint-Césaire came with the last dump of ice, which came Jan. 9. The final day of the ice storm killed Saint-Césaire's power supply, which comes down from Manicouagan along 735-kv wires before passing through the Boucherville station, where its voltage is stepped down to 230 kv. Under normal circumstances, the work of repairing the lines from Boucherville down through the Monteregie and across the Richelieu River to Saint-Césaire would take between three and four months, Cliche said. To complete the task in under three weeks, Hydro has had to do more than just import skilled help from south of the border. Wooden rather than metal pylons are being used to hold up the lines because they are faster to build. ""Normally, this would not conform with Hydro standards,"" Cliche said. ""Right now, we will use wood, and then later we will replace them."" Compromising standards also means compromising reliability, Cliche admitted readily. ""What will the performance be? We can't assure people it will be 100 per cent."" ""Thunder is an enemy, wind is an enemy. Today we have wind,"" Yvan Cliche said. The odds of major blackouts because of the new system's relative flimsiness ""can be reduced if people reduce their consumption of power,"" he said. Mild weather would also help, he said. ""It's like a hockey player with an injury - you send him back out there and you see if he can stand it."" For now, reconnecting the lines is like sewing, but with heavy wires rather than thread. The linemen are slowly pulling the wire through the pylons - some newly constructed out of wood to replace fallen metal ones - to link Boucherville and Saint-Césaire. Atop the last pylon, across the road from the station, two linemen spent hours in the blizzard yesterday getting connections ready for the final pull. The wires feeding into the last pylon are hooked to a pulley system, which is controlled by a tractor on the ground. When it's time, the tractor will pull the whole Boucherville-Saint-Césaire connection taut, and ""juice,"" as the Hydro workers call it, will return to the triangle of darkness. It won't happen all at once, Cliche cautioned. Power will be reclaimed by Saint-Césaire's control center very slowly to make sure the equipment, which has been frozen and out of use for two weeks, can handle the flow. It will also be phased into the distribution system to avoid trying to warm up tens of thousands of freezing households all at once - a sure way to get another good power failure going, Cliche said. Even once the power is on full blast, between 60,000 and 70,000 Quebecers will probably still be in the cold because their distribution network is damaged, Hydro cautioned this week. But with the energy flowing, Hydro will have an easier time pinpointing local problems and fixing them, according to spokesmen. While Saint-Césaire was still waiting for juice yesterday, the station itself was ready to go, chief Leo Quenneville said. It wasn't badly damaged by the ice, and workers were just fine-tuning operations yesterday. Hopefully, they'll get around to the light bulb in the downstairs station bathroom; it seems to be out. IRWIN BLOCK OF THE GAZETTE CONTRIBUTED TO THIS REPORT Clinton plans public response TAPE Continued from Page 1. Lewinsky's deposition scheduled for today before lawyers in the Paula Jones sexual-harassment civil suit against Clinton, 52, was postponed indefinitely. Lewinsky's lawyer suggested she is in no condition to be making public appearances or precipitous choices on her legal options. ""She is devastated, concerned, upset and fearful,"" said Ginsburg, adding that Lewinsky was in hiding with her mother. ""She does not know what the future holds."" Lewinsky's options are constrained by a signed affidavit stating she did not have a sexual relationship with Clinton. Starr, a special prosecutor, is also restricting her choices by threatening to indict her if she does not cooperate with his investigation of Clinton. If Lewinsky stands by her affidavit, then she would also be admitting to inventing her allegations of an affair with Clinton, allegations captured in secretly recorded audiotapes of conversations with her co-worker Linda Tripp. Lewinsky's options include showing up for a deposition in the Jones sexual-harassment suit and using the Fifth Amendment to refuse to testify on the grounds that her answers may be self-incriminating. She could also choose to testify as a prosecution witness before a grand jury, but that would only happen if she is granted immunity from prosecution, her lawyer said. That could be lethal to Clinton's presidency, but any testimony would be vulnerable to attack by the president's lawyers. Transcripts of taped conversations posted on a Newsweek magazine website suggest Lewinsky cast doubt on her own credibility. ""I have lied my entire life,"" she is reported to have told Tripp, according to the transcript. A Los Angeles Times source who listened to some of the tapes yesterday told the newspaper that Lewinsky said Clinton frequently telephoned her at home late at night, engaged in telephone sex with her and eventually devastated her emotionally by becoming involved with several other women. The source said Lewinsky is heard saying that she engaged only in oral sex with the president, and that Clinton told her he did not consider such an act to constitute a sexual affair. Yesterday, Clinton's press secretary, Mike McCurry, said the president feels empathy for Lewinsky and hopes to publicly explain his relationship with her before his State of the Union address Tuesday night. McCurry said presidential lawyers and aides are working to assemble the information that Clinton needs to explain his relationship with the San Francisco native and to answer any follow-up questions that might arise. McCurry said Clinton would ""be better off"" if he could address the nation prior to the State of the Union address and a trip the next day to Illinois and Wisconsin. White House officials said Clinton is weighing a variety of nationally televised formats to try to clear the air. THE POWER CRISIS THE GAZETTE, MONTREAL, SATURDAY, JANUARY 24, 1998 Quebec offers business-loan program KATHERINI WILTON The Gazette Finance Minister Bernard Landry expects about 3,000 business owners to apply for government-backed loans to help companies recover from financial losses during the ice storm. Landry said yesterday the government will guarantee loans of $50,000 to $500,000 for companies that were without power as of Jan. 12. Business owners must first apply for a loan from a bank. If it is approved, a government agency will guarantee 80 per cent of a loan up to $50,000 for small businesses, and 70 per cent of loans from $50,000 to $500,000 for manufacturing firms. All loans must be repaid within three years. To qualify, businesses must have been profitable before the storm and must have closed as of Jan. 12 because of a power failure or because of a Hydro-Quebec restriction on opening. Business owners have until April 30 to apply for the loan guarantee. ""This measure is necessary because thousands of businesses lost money during the ice storm, especially in the hardest-hit areas,"" Landry said. ""Some of them need a financial boost to get over their losses."" The loans will be guaranteed by the Société de Développement Industriel du Québec. The agency will set up temporary offices in the hardest-hit areas to handle the program. A study this week of 500 businesses in the Monteregie revealed that 75 per cent of industrial firms were operating, but not at capacity. About 80 per cent of firms that still have not reopened lack sufficient personnel or financing, or have been penalized because of late deliveries. Landry said the SDI will also provide consultants who will help business owners renegotiate lost contracts with clients and provide other technical assistance. For more information about the loans, call the SDI's office in Montreal at 873-4375. MORE TROUBLE Snow blamed for 4 deaths IRWIN BLOCK The Gazette Four people died in traffic accidents yesterday as a storm dumped 22 centimeters of snow on southwestern Quebec, making driving treacherous. The snow also caused numerous fender-benders, tied up traffic in the Montreal area and slowed Hydro-Quebec's efforts to restore its delivery and distribution network. At the storm's height in the afternoon, two women were crushed when the driver of their car lost control near Sainte-Angelique, about 50 kilometers east of Hull, and swerved into the path of a semi-trailer, the Sûreté du Québec reported. At Sainte-Rosalie, near Saint-Hyacinthe, a van was hit by a truck and the van driver was killed. Near Saint-Nicephore, south of Drummondville, a 55-year-old woman died when her car collided with a truck. Six people were slightly injured in a 30-vehicle pileup on Highway 40 east of Repentigny. In Montreal, about 500 plows and graders were out last night, pushing the snow to curbside. ""We will decide tomorrow on when our snow-removal operation will begin,"" said Pierre Bonin, spokesman for the public-works department. Around the city, there was a rash of small accidents. In some areas, such as on Sherbrooke St, near Girouard St, traffic came to a virtual standstill because of stalled cars, police said. The storm dumped almost 19 centimeters at Mirabel, 22 at Saint-Hubert and 14 at Dorval, Environment Canada meteorologist Chantal Matthieu said. A narrow icing cover of freezing snow was expected overnight. Temperatures were rising overnight and should reach the zero mark today, then drop again tonight to between minus-10 to minus-12C. Come to where the values are as famous as our jeans, jackets and tops. Come to where it's fun to save on end-of-lines, one-of-a-kinds and Levi's Irregular Jeans, so close to perfect you have to hunt for any difference. Levi's Outlet, it's where selection and service are a cut above at much below. COME VISIT THE BIGGEST JEAN CENTER IN CANADA WITH A VARIETY OF JEANS AS WELL AS CLOTHING FOR THE FAMILY OFFERED AT OUTLET PRICES. Winter is approaching southwestern Quebec. The precipitation associated with this system will begin in the form of rain mixed with ice pellets, which will eventually change into freezing rain. The message goes out to the usual clients: radio and TV stations, airports, police. Gosselin glances up at one of the maps of Quebec that adorn the walls of the big, open-plan office. Soon, people all over the province will wake up to the forecast of what the heavens have in store for them. But no one - not even Gosselin - has any idea how catastrophic that low-pressure system will prove to be. DAY 1 MONDAY, JAN. 5 DAY 1 of the Great Ice Storm of '98 - and the first day back at work from the holidays for hundreds of thousands of workers in southwestern Quebec. It begins innocently enough - with freezing rain and the predictable morning traffic chaos. ""A nightmare,"" says one radio traffic reporter. But the real nightmare is only beginning. Road crews are out all day salting and sanding, and the streets and sidewalks of the city of Montreal look like mashed potatoes. The city never cleared away the snow that fell during the Dec. 30 snowstorm. Tuesday, Jan. 6: Notre Dame de Grace's Hingston Ave. Isabelle Guibert of Outremont is framed by ice-covered branches as she and the freezing rain has begun to form a layer of ice on city sidewalks and poorly plowed side streets. Pierre Bonin, an official with the city of Montreal, says mild temperatures are forecast for Montreal this week. ""But if conditions deteriorate, and we get more snow in the next few days, then we'll probably begin a snow-clearing operation,"" he says. Famous last words. ""We're in a state of alert. There are some blackouts and we have to follow things carefully,"" Pierre Millette, director of emergency plans for power failures said. The highway down from Laval is crammed during a wet, slippery rush hour, but Pierre Pommainville pulls into the St. Laurent weather office by 7:30 a.m. His three children are on their way to the first of five days of school. At the young age of 37, Pommainville is the shift supervisor among all the meteorologists in the office. That means he's in charge of a team of scientists, most of them casually dressed, all but one of them men. With his big glasses, eager manner and thinning hair, Pommainville looks the part; he'd be only slightly out of place in Flubber. Sipping a coffee, he glances at the morning's papers. A front-page headline in La Presse announces: ""Ça va aller mal!"" But the article has nothing to do with the miserable weather; it describes the fears of Quebecers for 1998. Now he studies the information in his computer. The data swirl there like a windblown cloud: air movement, temperature, humidity, pressure, fronts, precipitation. To a layman, the patterns would be hard to decipher. Fielding Ave. is blocked by fallen trees. On Tuesday, Pommainville understands their meaning. He doesn't like what he sees. A high band of warm, wet air is moving northward from the Gulf of Mexico. At the same time, northeast winds have sent a mass of cold, dry air down the St. Lawrence Valley. Montreal looks fated to be the prime battleground between these two streams of air. The latest bulletin had gone out at 3:47 a.m., just as the battle commenced. ""The precipitation,"" it announced, ""has begun in the form of snow mixed with ice pellets, and is rapidly changing into freezing rain. This zone of freezing rain is already affecting the Outaouais and the Montreal region. Over the morning, it will spread to the Eastern Townships, the Beauce and the centre of Quebec. The freezing rain will become intermittent in the afternoon."" It's the conjunction of two distinct air masses - a higher, wet one and a lower, dry one - that serves as the catalyst for freezing rain. The moisture starts as snow in the highest clouds, melts into rain as it falls, but then solidifies in the final stretch down. Complicated, but not in itself abnormal: freezing rain affects Montreal a few times in most years. What concerns Pommainville is that such a conjunction usually has a short life span: one air mass or the other tends to get blown away. This time, however, the opposed weather systems look like they're settling in to stay. In the afternoon, Pommainville and his staff issue a new weather alert. It warns that although the freezing rain, ice pellets and snow may be weak this evening, they're expected to intensify overnight and Tuesday. JOHN MAHONEY, GAZETTE Jan. 6, South Shore. In Chateauguay, freezing rain topples a power line, cutting off electricity to 2,000 households. At 9 p.m., Millette calls Rejean Le-vasseur, Hydro's coordinator of maintenance crews. ""We're in a state of alert,"" Millette tells Levasseur. ""There are some blackouts and we have to follow things carefully."" Across the St. Lawrence River, near Jarry Park, Marcel Simard is working the night shift at Hydro's nerve centre for Montreal Island. Simard, a distribution operator, is monitoring computer screens that give him updates, every five seconds, of the power grid. DAY 2 JAN. 6 GAZETTE: More weather mess on the way LA PRESSE: Encore plus de verglas LE JOURNAL: Un temps de chien. By sunrise, large pockets of southwestern Quebec, the Outaouais region and eastern Ontario are without power as the freezing rain has turned into an escalating ice storm, downing thousands of tree branches and hydro lines. Every school board in and around Montreal closes. In Papineauville, east of Hull, the ice storm claims its first victim: 82-year-old Rolland Parent succumbs to carbon-monoxide poisoning while running a gas generator in the basement of his home. The storm drops almost 25 millimeters of freezing rain on Montreal, and is already being called the region's worst ice storm since 1961. Cities and towns start opening recreation centres and other public buildings as shelters. Vacationing in China, Montreal Mayor Pierre Bourque decides to return home at once. Chaos reigns at Dorval airport. On the Metropolitan Expressway, heavy road salting creates flood-like conditions, with cars axle-deep in water. ""It's going to be long, it's going to be hard, and it's going to take several days,"" Hydro-Quebec's Steve Illigann warns in an ominous warning about the power outages. I went way out on a limb - this must have been last fall when leaning on branches wasn't nearly as dangerous - and said we were going to have winter again this year. However, nowhere in their brazen call for a big snowstorm to bring in the new year did they say anything about freezing rain. So before you start stockpiling camp stoves and thermal sleeping bags for Armageddon on St. Patrick's Day, remember: they could have been guessing. There's only one way we're going to make it to May and that's by accentuating the positive. Carole Jacques, former Tory MP for Mercier, government financing to land an $18-million contract to supply petroleum tanks to the U.S. The Renovation Guide. Cadillacs and Dinosaurs. Stuff. Saved by the Bell. Family Matters. The Night of the Twisters (1996, drama) John Schneider, Devon Sawa. Old grievances surface while a father and son fight to survive tornadoes ravaging their Nebraska farm community. (1 hr, 35 min.) Great Crimes and Trials of the Twentieth Century. Mighty Mighty Bosstones. Tendances jazz (2 hrs). A communiquér. Anne Petrie's Talk TV. Le Monde ce soir. Seinfeld. (7:25) Cinema L'Incompris (1 hr, 35 min). Bob Vila's Home Again. Jonny Quest. The Warlord: Battle for the Galaxy (2 hrs). Now the race to build the first supersonic jet leads to Cold War espionage. The World's Most Incredible Animal Rescues. A pot-bellied pig rescues its owners; dog risks freezing; kitten is saved from drowning; elk is trapped in a mudslide. Trauma: Life In the ER. The University Hospital trauma unit in Newark, N.J. 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+235,19980107,modern,Freezing,"P's Hairdo Art patron Kahn Hawley's tariff act co-sponsor 58-Across Ingredient Call from the minaret Poet dramatized by Goethe Shortly Down 1 Sound at the movies 2 Now you see it, now you don Skilled Big Apple museum, for short, with the Witches' brews Well-informed about Prize of the Nibelung Bankrupt Peanut butter choice 10 Working again 11 ai 12 Single-named supermodel 3! 41 81 9! No 1126 13 Like first-place medals In Grenoble 21 Mauna 22 Nurml, the Frying Finn 25 Cotton down 26 Yukon home 27 Gives over 28 Demographer's region 29 Sunrise to sunset to sunrise, e.g. 30 Feminist Germaine 31 First name in skin care 32 Simile's center 35 Quiz 37 Time for the werewolf alert 38 Out on 43 Che, formally 46 Collect, as volunteers 47 Tomcat 48 Combo bet at Belmont 51 Irish name part 52 Logo at Arthur Ashe Stadium 53 Austen heroine 54 Santa Fe Trail stop 55 Certain insurers 56 Nutcase 57 Acctg principle 58 Kiwi's extinct cousin 61 jollity TODAY'S FORECAST for updated weather information, please call The Gazette QukkUtt, 65SU34, COM fOOO Caen call coat SO conn (Montreal area Today's high -1 Trtnlrtht'e liui S WW 100 chance of freezing rain, Winds light Windchill -6, tonight, 100 chance of freezing rain, Forecast issued at 5 p.m. yesterday cover highs for today and overnight $ tows between tonight and tomorrow, Quebec: to pellet Salnt-Jovtte Montreal ) -jfflt reenng ram 471 I Trott-Rrvteres lowing ram -44 Sherbrooka Ra3-6 Ottawa Freeing rem NORTH AMERICAN WEATHER SYSTEMS r 33"": T 1 r r r r iw f r r -r Weather ayaiema down o In 2 p.m. today, CowlioM Hlgh (WW iff 99 F, Ran 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 uirvini mora than 2 hours Temperatures are given in degrees Celsius ALMANAC Today's Record 1946 1945 Temperatures Yesterday Year ago today Normal this date Man 6 7 -9 3 1 5 6 EXTENDED WEATHER: Tomorrow Min araclprUtkm Haatlng Oagraa day to 2 p.m. (to 2 p.m. yesterday Yesterday -30 6 measured in mm) 21-4 Yesterday 7 8 6 Man to date 24 5 Sept 29 to date 11 4 Month normal 72 1850 14 2 Today's normal 1 9 901 chance of freezing rain, Low -4 100 chance of vwr, High -3 Low -7 Saturday 90 chance of light snow High Low 141 Sunday 90 chance of light snow High Low -8 -11 Sun A moon MoonrlM 7:31 a.m. y 12 S3 p.m. 1 V, Moant 4:J Mk, Yff, 2:01 m Total daylight: Bhr 53 mm OCDOCD ix 12 im 70 JanTS F3 run New Canada today Mat Min Mutt Sunny -22 -31 Yellowknife Cloudy -30 -35 Whitehorse P Cloudy -33 -35 Vancouver Showers 6 -4 Victoria Showers 5 -1 Edmonton P Sunny -23 -28 Calgary P Cloudy -18 -27 Saskatoon Snow -18 -28 Regina Flurries -14 -25 Winnipeg P Sunny -11 -18 Thunder Bay P Cloudy -4 -10 Sudbury Flurries -2 -14 Toronto Showers 7 0 Fredericton Flurries -5 -8 Halifax Cloudy -1 -1 Charlottetown Flurries -4 -9 St John's P Cloudy -7 -10 United States today Max Min Atlanta Rain 17 16 Boston Rain 7 6 Chicago Rain 4 3 Dallas Rain 7 6 Denver Sunny 7 -11 Las Vegas P Cloudy 12 0 Los Angeles P Cloudy 19 8 New Orleans T Showers 19 17 New York Cloudy 12 8 Phoenix Sunny 18 4 St. Louis Rain 16 12 San Francisco Cloudy 13 9 Washington Showers 17 11 The Network Regional synopses AbNIM-Tomlacamlnguo High -8 Low near -19, Cloudy Laurentlant High 1 Low near -8, Rain Eastern Ontario High 1 Low near -5, Freezing rain Southern Ontario High 7 Low near 0, Showers Quebec City High -6 Low near -7, Ice pellets Eastern Townships High 3 Low near 5, Rain Northern New England High 5 Low near 2, Rain Gaspe High -9 Low near -11, Clouding over Max Min Amsterdam Cloudy 9 5 Ankara Cloudy 6 -1 Athens Sunny 16 11 Beijing Clearing 4 -4 Berlin P Cloudy 8 3 Dublin M Sunny 8 4 Hong Kong P Cloudy 23 18 Jerusalem P Cloudy 19 13 Lisbon Clearing 16 11 London Showers 10 7 Madrid P Cloudy 12 5 Mexico City Sunny 21 6 Moscow Cloudy 1 -1 Nairobi Showers 27 16 New Delhi Sunny 20 7 Paris P Cloudy 12 9 Rio de Janeiro Sunny 30 24 Rome M Sunny 17 7 Stockholm Sunny 1 -2 Sydney Sunny 24 16 Tokyo Sunny 9 3 Resorts today Max Min Acapulco Sunny 32 21 Barbados Sunny 29 23 Bermuda Sunny 22 17 Daytona P Cloudy 25 21 Kingston Showers 32 24 Miami P Cloudy 28 24 Myrtle Beach Cloudy 18 17 Nassau P Cloudy 27 20 Tampa Cloudy 27 21 QUEBEC NATION Red Cross balks at helping launch Quebec blood plan DENNIS BUECKERT Canadian Press OTTAWA - The Canadian Red Cross has thrown up a major obstacle to the creation of a separate blood agency for Quebec. The Red Cross is not interested in transferring its blood-related assets to the Quebec government and would not consider a proposal to open negotiations on the matter, a Red Cross spokesman said yesterday. We support an integrated national system, said Dennis Orchard, acting national director of public affairs for the humanitarian agency. We've looked at the Quebec alternative and rejected it. Experts say it would be difficult and costly for the Quebec government to set up a new blood system from scratch. A spokesman for Quebec Health Minister Jean Rochon expressed surprise and disbelief when told of Orchard's comments. What I am told is that the door to the Red Cross, concerning the personnel and assets of the Red Cross, that the door is still open, and that the option is still open, said France Amyot. The Red Cross has given no indication that it would not be open to discuss assets and personnel. But Orchard said it would not make sense to maintain a blood system for one province only, given the complexity of the apparatus and expertise. It would not make sense, period. He said the Red Cross's position on the issue was reinforced by the Krever report on the country's blood system, which said services should be managed by a single national entity. A federal-provincial-territorial committee - including representatives of all provinces but Quebec - is currently negotiating with the Red Cross to acquire blood-related assets worth several hundred million dollars. The committee also plans to transfer some 2,100 employees to the new Canadian Blood Services, the agency which will replace the Red Cross as operator of the national blood system. Last summer, after the other provinces announced plans to set up a new national blood agency, Rochon said he would prefer to retain Red Cross services in Quebec. When the Red Cross rejected that option in December, Rochon expressed interest in the creation of a separate Quebec blood agency using the existing staff and assets of the Red Cross in Quebec. The latest comments from the Red Cross appear to squelch that option. Michel Amar, spokesman for the Canadian Blood Service Transition Bureau, said Quebec would be welcome in the national agency. It would certainly make things a lot easier in terms of managing supply, he said. If you have a national blood system where there's a single national license, it's a lot less of a regulatory burden than having to regulate two separate systems. Amar said Quebec would face significant administrative problems trying to create a separate system from the ground up. Amyot said Quebec is still considering several options, including joining the national agency, and will not make a decision before the next meeting of health ministers. Court strikes down tough joyrider law Toronto Star NEWMARKET, Ont. - A tough new law aimed at making it easier to convict joyriders was declared unconstitutional Monday when a judge acquitted a 17-year-old. In a strongly worded ruling, Ontario Court Judge Sherrill Rogers said the law punishes people merely for being present during a crime and therefore violates a citizen's rights. The federal law, proclaimed last June, was designed to make it easier to convict young passengers who go for a spin with someone who has taken a car, often belonging to a parent, without consent. It allowed them to be convicted and jailed for up to six months, for no other reason than being present in the car. To make such a young person culpable in a criminal sense seems quite removed from the objective of curbing joyriding, Rogers said. Defence lawyer James Silver said Rogers's decision, thought to be the first to strike down the law, could influence but will not bind other judges in the country. Publication of the accused youth's name is banned under the Young Offenders Act. Rogers ruled that the law casts such a wide net that it could catch a young person who, seeking a quick way home, is offered a ride from school in a car that he or she later finds was taken without the owner's consent. The Crown has 30 days in which to file an appeal. THE GAZETTE, MONTREAL, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1998 A3 THE BIG FREEZE PEGGY CURRAN: This ice is not? I nicel But Montrealers tough it out again Jan 5, 1643, Sieur de Maisonneuve planted a wooden cross atop Mount Royal to thank God after the colony narrowly escaped being destroyed by flooding. Three hundred and fifty-five years later, it looks like we're gonna need a bigger cross. The Storm of the Millennium is upon us. Better not put away your candles and battery chargers yet. So much for life getting back to normal after the holidays. Those of us who were lucky enough to make it through Day One without a power failure awoke yesterday to the sound of falling trees, crashing icicles, revving engines and whining windshield wipers. Hedges wilted, roofs strained and snowplows pushed away broken branches. Instead of packing the kids off to school, it was time to talk them out of playing in the slush. Those of us who absolutely had to go to work - or couldn't come up with a half-way believable excuse to stay home after two weeks' vacation - skidded on slippery highways or waded through the ice floes doing our best imitations of penguins in Sorel boots. Good thing the Rolling Stones aren't coming to the Olympic Stadium until next week, or the world's only octogenarian rock band might have fallen down and had to change their name to the Tragically Broken Hip. TAKES PRACTICE Montrealers weathered the fiercest ice storm in nearly 40 years with the aplomb that comes with generations of practice. When Mark Twain came to Montreal in 1881, he said that what we lacked in weather, we made up for in the means of grace. If grace means a mixture of prayer, fortitude and crazy endurance, we've got it by the shovelful. Whether we want to or not, real Montrealers carry a resilient winter gene. It doesn't matter how many years we've been away or how much we'd rather be in the sunny tropics, when the worst weather comes, we know what to do. Hoist that shovel. Lift that pail of rock salt. And never stick your tongue on a metal fence. However, Montrealers have different ways of putting this instinctive knowledge to use, of which several have been isolated and documented: The cozy-slipper syndrome (Montrealis fuzzy pantoufus): Copes with the rigours of winter by avoiding it. Books off sick at the first hint of a flurry. Pantry well-stocked with hot chocolate. Sometimes closes the blinds, plays old Don Ho albums and pretends to be in Waikiki. Knows that if he/she waits long enough, the snow/sleet will melt. Subscribes to extended cable service. The hot-dog syndrome (Montrealis stupidus extremis): Believes what's good for July is good for January. This social deviant makes no concessions to climate change when barreling down boulevards with one hand on the wheel and the other on the telephone. Honks at mothers with strollers and old people with canes who take too long crossing the street. Thinks nothing of parking in other people's driveways. The entrepreneur syndrome (Montrealis makeabuckus): Can't wait to get their power back. Meanwhile, they're sitting in the dark designing the I Survived T-shirts. NOTHING DAUNTED The hardy, persevere-against-all-odds strain (Montrealis undauntibus): When the going gets tough, the tough get shoveling. They would never let a little thing like a monster ice storm or fractured ribs keep them from going about their business. Typical is my friend Rita, who broke her wrist when she fell on the ice while delivering Meals on Wheels a few days before Christmas. She eventually went to the hospital - but only after she finished her rounds, washed the dishes, went bowling and had the rest of her bowling club over for holiday treats. She finally got her cast at 5 a.m., in time to drive an elderly distant relative to her appointment at the hairdresser. Truly, there's nothing like a cold-climate catastrophe to test our sense of community, whether that means helping the folks next door lift a tree off their car, giving strangers tips on how to ford the big pond without getting drenched or brewing coffee and organizing slumber parties for relatives without electricity. This is two parts good will, one part self-preservation. No one wants to be remembered as the guy who refused to push when the neighbour's car got stuck in an ice bank. And they will remember, until the next big one. Peggy Curran's E-mail address is pcurrandathegazette.southam.ca Ice ties up roads and airport - One of the worst storms I've lived through SUSAN SEMENAK The Gazette Hundreds of people turned up at hospital emergency wards yesterday with hip, leg and arm fractures resulting from nasty spills on ice-glazed driveways, sidewalks and streets. Virtually every school board in and around Montreal, including the Montreal Catholic School Commission and Protestant School Board of Greater Montreal, canceled classes, as did Concordia University's Loyola campus. And the ice storm, the worst to hit the city in nearly 40 years, isn't over. Environment Canada is calling for more rain and freezing rain throughout the Montreal region over the next several days. Getting around should prove to be equally treacherous today. Hydro-Quebec says it will be days before its crews finish repairing power lines and clearing away broken tree branches. And municipal crews will be salting and scraping streets and sidewalks for days before their job is done. Transport Quebec closed Metropolitan Blvd. and one lane of Decarie Blvd. in both directions overnight to remove the snow and ice that clogged drains and snarled traffic, axle-deep in water, yesterday. Both arteries were to reopen at 5:30 today. Highway 15 was also closed last night between de Salaberry and Cartier in Laval for snow removal, but reopens early this morning. There's no guarantee the chaos that reigned at Dorval airport yesterday will have improved for air travelers coming and going this morning. We have no reason to believe things will be improving, said Air Canada spokesman Priscille Leblanc. And there's nothing we can do about it as long as this weather continues. Yesterday, most flights in and out of Dorval were delayed by 1 hour or more as planes lined up for de-icing. What's more, most airline staff on duty yesterday were an hour or more late reporting for work, Leblanc said, because of treacherous road conditions. By midday, 20 flights - nearly half the 48 regularly scheduled arrivals and departures - had been canceled. Pierre Morrissette of He Perrot and his wife, Suzanne, spent the first night of their winter vacation at an airport hotel in Toronto because they missed their connection to Barbados. He said they arrived at Dorval yesterday at 4:45 a.m. to catch a 6 a.m. plane to Toronto, in what he thought was plenty of time to make a 9:30 a.m. flight to Barbados. It was not to be. The first employee to show up at the Air Canada counter didn't get there until 15 minutes before the flight was supposed to leave, Morrissette fumed while killing time at Pearson airport in Toronto. By then the lineups were endless. Then the flight was canceled. The next flights were delayed and by the time we finally got out of there it was too late. Closer to home, there was so much panic that the administrators of the region's 911 emergency line put out an urgent appeal to Montrealers to stop calling except in cases of crisis. Richard Boyer, director of the 911 emergency centre, said his operators fielded 5,300 calls yesterday morning. That's 1,300 more than they get all day on average. Boyer said 1,500 were calls from people complaining of broken tree branches. They jammed the lines and forced others with real health emergencies to wait to speak with an operator. The lines have been overloaded. It's one call after another, many from people who are not really in any danger, Boyer said in an interview. We are urging people to be patient, to wait until the crews have had a chance to do their work. Suzanne Daningburg and her three A6 THE GAZETTE, MONTREAL, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1998 THE BIG FREEZE JOHN MAHONEY, GAZETTE F-word follows another Freezing rain, flooding cause nightmare for road crews DAVID JOHNSTON The Gazette It was an unusual combination: freezing rain and flooding. Both at the same time. As ice pellets pounded down on southwestern Quebec during morning rush hour yesterday, road crews responded with massive salting of major highways and urban thoroughfares. The salt melted the ice all right, but the resulting water failed to drain into the sewer system. Reason: manhole covers were plugged up. Result: widespread flooding on sections of highways and busy city streets. So many manhole covers were plugged by frozen snow and heavy slush yesterday morning that the volume of water circulating through the Montreal Urban Community's sewer system was less than the average for a dry Montreal morning. In an average dry morning, water flows through the island's sewer system at a rate of 30 cubic metres per second in the form of residential, industrial and commercial waste; none of it is due to precipitation. At 7 a.m. yesterday, the MUC sewage engineers recorded a flow of 29 cubic metres. The manhole covers all just got plugged up, said Rejean Levesque, director of the MUC sewage-treatment plant. Sometimes we see the same phenomenon in the fall when leaves plug up manhole covers, preventing drainage during a major storm. As yesterday progressed, municipal road crews worked to unplug manholes and curbside catch basins designed to catch storm waters. Peter Clark, director of public works for Pointe Claire, said his crews had unplugged probably hundreds of manholes and catch basins. With a mixture of rain and freezing rain forecast for the rest of the week, it's hard to say what curbside and sidewalk conditions will be like. If temperatures rise above freezing, slush and ice will thaw into water - and as long as manhole covers simultaneously open, all that water will drain within 24 hours, Levesque said. If the resulting drainage volume exceeds the sewage system's treatment capacity of 80 cubic metres of water per second, the surplus will be discharged untreated into the St Lawrence River and Riviere des Prairies through 180 outfall pipes, he added. Yesterday's flooding was worst on major highways, which must be heavily salted for safety reasons, and in municipalities like the city of Montreal that had not cleaned their streets of snow that fell during the holiday season. We'd worked like the devil to clean our streets of snow, said Clark, because you wouldn't have wanted to get anything on top of what we got between Christmas and New Year's. Loft: Pedestrians along Édouard Montpetit Blvd. yesterday were forced to find a way around fallen tree limbs at McKenna St. Below: Andrew Leaver wore protective headgear while chipping ice from his car in Saint-Lambert. JOHN KENNEY, GAZETTE vision The Gazette Grappling with the worst ice storm to hit the region in nearly four decades, and with more freezing rain in the forecast, Hydro-Quebec warned yesterday that blackouts won't end quickly. It's going to be long, it's going to be hard, and it's going to take several days, Hydro spokesman Steve Flana- gan told reporters. Act responsibly and find a comfortable place to stay. Heavy accumulations of ice and broken tree limbs snapped power lines across a wide swath from Hull to Drummondville, but the Montreal region bore the brunt of the damage. One death was reported, that of an 82-year-old man of carbon-monoxide poisoning from a gas generator in his basement. Rolland Parent of Papineauville, east of Hull, installed the generator after his power went out. By 10 p.m., Hydro crews had re-established electricity to just over 60,000 customers in the Montreal region. There were still 332,000 clients without electricity on the South Shore and 124,000 in the Laurentians and the Outaouais. On the island of Montreal, there were 235,000 households without power - a little less than 25 per cent of Hydro's customers on the island. At Dorval airport yesterday, 20 morning flights were canceled and many others were delayed for 90 minutes or more in lineups awaiting de-icing. Hundreds of people went to hospital emergency wards for treatment of fractures suffered in falls on icy walks, and thousands showed up for work an hour or more late because of treacherous road conditions. INSIDE WEATHER Freezing rain Today's high, -1 Tonight's low, -5 For weather updates, please call The Gazette QuUk&ie at 555-1234 code 6000. EoCrmilt costs 50 cents. INDEX- Friedman C 8 Auto Plus D1 Horoscope E6 Bridge E5 Business MfcA Legal Notices D7 Camilli Lotteries A2 Careers CS Obituaries E8 Classified yA a 1 mi Probe E5 Comics S)i, fclCJcdreboard 86 Curran A3 Sports 84 Editorials BT The WEB page C9 Entertainment Al 63Ztings A1 8 Family Doctor E5-4 What's On Al 7 Food A El Wpnderword 8 QUO I k By the time you've found the key to success, they've changed the lock Anonymous WORLD Hundreds slain in Algerian massacre Survivors say that Algeria's Islamic insurgency has claimed the lives of at least 392 more men, women and children in recent days. Page Bl MONTREAL Turcotte to speak After sparking anger with remarks on sovereignty, Cardinal Jean-Claude Turcotte calls a press conference for today to explain himself. Page A7 NATION Call for tough line A new federal report urges a tougher line on bogus refugees and would completely revamp the law on immigration. Page A1 ENTERTAINMENT Sonny Bono dies Sonny Bono, who went from pop stardom with ex-wife Cher to U.S. Congress, dies at age 62 after hitting a tree in a skiing accident. Page A1 A small miracle Firefighter saves 2-year-old in LaSalle YVONNE ZACHARIAS The Gazette Through the smoke and darkness, Ron Monahan ran his coarse firefighter's hands over the rumpled bedsheets. He was looking for a body - a baby, the one Maleha Amrov couldn't get back to save when a storm and then a huge electrical fire shattered the quiet of her LaSalle home. Monahan could hear Amrov's cries outside: My baby, my baby. He dropped to his hands and knees and ran those big hands over the floor. He felt a foot. Then inch by inch, he located a tiny body under the bed. I got her, I got her, he yelled to no one, to nothing but the empty darkness. He pulled on the foot. But there was no reaction, no moaning, no nothing. Right then, I knew something was very wrong. That's when the pounding in his chest started. Cradling her, he stumbled through the darkness, outside the door and to the only light he could find - a streetlamp surrounded by a pool of water. He got his first look at the human treasure tucked in his massive arms. Her face, framed by curly brown hair, was covered in soot, and her lips were blue. Monahan couldn't see breathing. He tried, a few hours later, to describe the terrible loneliness that washed over him under the streetlamp, standing deep in water, a storm raging around him. His eyes filled with tears: I'm on the street and I'm alone. Monahan paused for a moment, then searched for the right words. I really felt alone. There was nobody around, he offered weakly. He lifted the baby in his arms, lowered his face and carefully clamped his lips over her nose and mouth, just like they'd taught him in training. One breath in. No response. He later said that he'd prayed silently to himself: Please, God, please, God. Make this right, make me do the right thing. Please, please, make her come back. Another breath. Then a tiny cough. Please see RESCUE, Page A2 As the extent of the damage became known, Montreal and a number of suburbs opened emergency shelters for people left without electricity. Montreal opened its Little Burgundy and Cote des Neiges sports centres as shelters while Outremont treated its residents to warmth and refreshments in the municipal library. Please see REGION, Page A2 More storm coverage inside For a list of phone numbers to report power failures, or to contact municipalities to report fallen trees or other dangerous objects, turn to Page A2. Virtually every school board in and around Montreal cancels classes, as does Concordia University's Loyola campus. Chaos reigns at Dorval airport, and Metropolitan Blvd. is closed overnight. Page A3 Town and cities in many parts of the Montreal Urban Community open their libraries and other public buildings to provide the residents with overnight shelter while Hydro-Quebec crews struggle to restore electricity to stricken areas. Page A4 Mayor Pierre Bourque cuts short a vacation in Asia to oversee work crews' efforts to clean up the city after the ice storm. Page A5 Road crews are out in force applying salt to all major streets and roads. The salt melts the ice, but the water can't reach sewers because manhole covers are plugged. Page A6 FROM THE BUTCHERSHOP BONELESS $C99 NEW YORK STRIPLOIN 3 lb A perfect cut of prime quality beef, aged to perfection the way you like. Superb for steaks or roasts. BUTCHERSHOP SUPER SPECIAL: ""an winced beef $1.39 Efegsst Stshcsssa la Tcva. Perfectly prime for perfectly delicious hamburgers and casseroles. SPKIAISVAUD FROM JAN 7-13 98 Major credit cards accepted. MARIE-FRANCE COAUIER, GAZETTE Blame it on that El Nino Expect a yo-yo of a winter season DOUG SWEET The Gazette Our weather sucks. That's why much of southern Quebec was slipping and sliding yesterday through another ice storm. Actually, it's the St. Lawrence River Valley that sucks cold air from the northeast, Environment Canada meteorologist Pierre Pommainville said yesterday. That cold air, when it lies under a mass of warm moist air that has moved up from the Gulf of Mexico, is what makes freezing rain. And this year, thanks to the El Nino effect in the Pacific Ocean, we can expect more freezing rain than usual, said Lawrence Mysak, a professor of atmospheric and oceanic sciences at McGill University and past president of the Canadian Academy of Sciences. Yesterday's storm, which dumped about 23 millimetres of freezing rain at Dorval airport, was about the fourth or fifth worst storm on record, Pommainville said. The worst was Feb. 25, 1961, when 21.5 millimetres fell in one 24-hour period, leading to an ice coating 3 centimetres thick. Pommainville said the Montreal region can expect another 5 to 10 millimetres of freezing rain today. Rain in January is not unusual, he said, noting that the first month of the year usually racks up about 20 millimetres of rain at the Dorval weather station. When rain from the warm air aloft passes through a low-altitude layer of below-zero air that has been drawn down into the St. Lawrence Valley, from Sept-Iles to Montreal, it freezes on contact and the fun begins on sidewalks, roads and driveways. If the rain has a chance to freeze on the way down, we get ice pellets. That's the good news. The bad news is that this year could be a nasty one for freezing rain because of a periodic climatological effect called El Nino. Named for the baby Jesus because it begins to appear in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of South America at about Christmas time with a relaxation of the normal east-to-west trade winds, the El Nino phenomenon results in the shift of a large pool of warm water from west to east in the Pacific, affecting weather in many parts of the globe. The results can be devastating. In 1982-83, the most pronounced El Nino effect recorded, about $8 billion in damage was attributed to weather around the world. So far, this El Nino is huge compared with '82-'83, Mysak said, referring to the substantial rise of up to 5 or 6 degrees Celsius in Pacific surface temperatures that has been recorded as well as the lengthy duration of this El Nino, which began last summer. Savage storms can be expected along the Pacific coasts of North and Central America, leading to landslides and flooding, while severe drought is forecast from southern Africa to Australia. And Montrealers can look forward to a yo-yo of a winter, where the temperature could plummet with a blast of dry Arctic air or stay mild enough to produce copious quantities of rain, freezing rain, ice pellets or wet snow. While yesterday's storm might not be directly attributable to El Nino, it was consistent with the kind of weather the effect can produce, Mysak said. The principal forces governing our weather during an El Nino period are a huge high-pressure system over Winnipeg and a massive low over the Gulf of Mexico near Florida, said Mysak. These systems, along with an Aleutian low, are more intense than normal and form what is called the Pacific North America Teleconnection Pattern. The high over Winnipeg spins clockwise, forcing cold air from the north down into eastern Canada and sucking warm, dry air up from Texas and the U.S. 12919 The Gazette number is 6000. Please recycle this paper More REGION Continued from Page A1 Other shelters on the island were opened in LaSalle, Verdun and Town of Mount Royal. The Fairview shopping centre in Pointe Claire stayed open overnight to shelter West Islanders left without power. On the South Shore, a number of cities and towns - including Saint-Bruno, Greenfield Park, Saint-Lambert, Longueuil and Candiac - were offering emergency accommodation for residents. The widespread power outages left Hydro officials grasping for adjectives. Lucy Bertrand, vice-president (customer service), said the storm damage appeared to be even worse than last winter's freak ice showers that left hundreds of thousands of people in the Lanaudiere region without electricity for more than a week. Last year was exceptional, she said. This is even more exceptional. The area is a lot bigger, and many more customers have been affected. Bertrand refused to predict when customers, some of whom have been without power since late Monday, will have power restored. It all depends on the weather, she said. We hope the situation will stabilize. Bertrand said yesterday's relatively mild temperatures were a mixed blessing; they kept power consumption low, but if a cold snap arrived, pushing up demand, more blackouts could follow. More than 2,000 Hydro employees were working around the clock to inspect power lines, clear fallen trees and repair damage. Public institutions like hospitals and old-age homes that were without electricity were the utility's first priority. At least five area health-care centres - including the Jewish, Lakeshore General and Charles Lemoyne hospitals - had to rely on emergency power for most of the day. Workers restored electricity to 25,000 customers between noon and 4 p.m., but couldn't keep pace with expanding power failures. Additional crews from the Quebec City and Abitibi regions were supposed to be on the job by early evening. Emergency workers from utilities in the northeastern United States were on standby should the predicted freezing rain worsen the problem, as it might well do. Environment Canada is forecasting freezing rain for the next few days. Today, we should get freezing rain in the morning, turning to drizzle this afternoon. The temperature today is expected to hover around the freezing point. But tomorrow will be worse. Meteorologists are predicting more freezing rain, but it will be accompanied by ice pellets. The high will be around minus-2 Celsius. And there's another low-pressure system heading our way after that, said meteorologist Steve McCusky. We should feel its effects by Friday. It doesn't look like this weather will end before the weekend, McCusky said. By last night, about 23 millimetres of precipitation had fallen since early Monday. The freezing rain and drizzle is being caused by cold air that's trapped in the St. Lawrence River valley between the Earth's surface and warmer, humid air above. As the precipitation falls through the colder air, it freezes, turning to ice pellets or freezing rain as it hits the Earth. In a steady drizzle on Notre Dame de Grace's Oxford Ave. yesterday afternoon, Hydro workers Daniel Cote and Roch Petit struggled to haul dangling tree limbs from sagging wires. With each shift of the breeze, more ice-laden branches fell from the trees above them. I was in the Lanaudiere last year, but this is much worse, Cote said. There are so many trees and wires in such a close space. Petit was succinct. It's hell, he said. Donald Fraser, a crew foreman surveying lines on du Manoir Ave. in Outremont, said he knew the damage would be severe when the storm continued through Monday. He and his assistant had been on the job since 3 a.m. I've never seen anything like it, the veteran Hydro employee said. Fraser said he fears things may get worse before they get better. The worst thing that could happen now is wind. If the breeze picks up, all of these ice-covered trees will just snap. Jean Lapointe, who lives in a nearby apartment block that had been without power since early morning, said the building was becoming uncomfortable. It's not a joke. The whole building does not have any heat. In addition to the tens of thousands of smaller power-line breaks, seven large hydro towers along the Nicolet-to-Boucherville corridor collapsed under the weight of ice yesterday. High-tension wires blocked a portion of Highway 20 near Drummondville for part of the day, but the road had reopened by nightfall. A Hydro official said power was quickly rerouted to another transmission line and the fallen towers did not contribute to the blackout. But the damage will take months to repair, she said. Pierre Martel, Montreal region director of Quebec's Public Security Department, said the situation, though dire, was not considered a true emergency because so far there has been no need for mass evacuations. However, Martel advised people to take the blackout and its inherent dangers seriously. If you have a heating source other than electricity, use it moderately. Or go (and stay with) a friend or family. He warned people not to try to heat their homes with barbecues, camp stoves or other outdoor heaters because of the danger of carbon-monoxide poisoning. He also cautioned people to steer clear of fallen wires, even if they seem to be inert. Martel said perishables should keep in a closed fridge or freezer for one or two days but people should throw food out if they doubt its freshness. Much of Ottawa-Hull remained frozen last night in the grip of the storm, which knocked out power and downed trees in most neighbourhoods, and disrupted air and road traffic. SUSAN SEMENAK AND MONIQUE BEAUDIN OF THE GAZETTE CONTRIBUTED TO THIS REPORT Phone your town about damage caused by the storm DAVE SIDAWAY, GAZETTE Firefighter Ron Monahan (right) gives Jenanne Amrov a teddy bear at the Montreal Children's Hospital as her father, Mahmoud Amrov, looks on. Baby's cries bring tears RESCUE Continued from Page A1 Relief came over Monahan like fine spray from a firefighter's hose. He clamped his big, clumsy firefighter's breathing apparatus over the baby's chubby face. Her eyes opened and closed - it was like she was in and out. Mahmoud Amrov was at his elbow. His wife was fine. So were four of his children. But what about his little Jenanne? Was she going to be OK, too? Monahan lost track of time. He lost track of the other firefighters - even his partner, Jean Beaudet, who had gone off to search one part of the master bedroom while Monahan plunged into the darkness on the other side, where Jenanne had been curled up for the night. But somehow Monahan remembered there was a hospital a short distance away. It wasn't exactly procedure, but he spotted Mahmoud Amrov's car and said: Let's go. They sped over sidewalks, around fallen branches, over clumps of ice and straight inside a door left open for ambulances. Monahan's knees were buckling. I ran into the emergency room. There wasn't a soul there. I'm opening doors like a madman in the emergency room, and finally they directed me to the intensive-care unit. It was there that he heard the baby with the big brown eyes cry for the first time. Now that did it for me, Monahan's voice choked and his eyes flooded. It was hard to explain, even when it was all over. Yesterday, a city shuddered and shook itself awake to an ice-glazed world outside. There were fallen branches, padlocked schools and fires like the one at 6:15 a.m. that destroyed the Amrov home at 8534 Champlain Blvd. in LaSalle. Police think it was caused by a power surge after an electrical blackout caused by the storm. But there was a small miracle, too. Two-year-old Jenanne Amrov was alive, recovering after being transferred to the Montreal Children's Hospital because one firefighter wanted nothing more in the world than to bring her back to life. While light dawned on a city of dark houses, a 40-year-old man trudged out of a fire station in LaSalle. He felt good, a little proud, terribly at peace with himself. The sky showered a fine mist on him as he rode through empty streets. And when he got home, smelling of smoke, his eyes bleary, he leaned over and gently kissed his 11-year-old son and 8-year-old daughter. Monahan became a firefighter 17 years ago because he wanted to help people. This time, he thinks, maybe he succeeded. Don't phone 911 - it should be used only in the event of emergencies. For power failures, call Hydro-Quebec toll-free at (800) 790-2424. For fallen trees or other damage caused by freezing rain, call your municipality's public-works department. Some phone numbers for Montreal-area municipalities are listed below: Anjou: 493-5130 Baie d'Urfe: 457-3321 Beaconsfield: 428-4500 Candiac: 444-6000 Cote St Luc: 485-868 Dollard des Ormeaux: 684-1012 Dorval: 633-4046 Hampstead: 369-8280 École Bizard: 620-6331 Kahnawake: 622-7500 Lachine: 634-3471 LaSalle: 367-1100 Montreal: 872-3434 Montreal North: 328-4100 Montreal West: 484-8616 Outremont: 495-6257 Pierrefonds: 624-1599 Pointe Claire: 630-1230 Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue: 457-8105 Saint-Hubert: 445-7667 Saint-Lambert: 672-4444 St. Laurent: 956-2400 St. Leonard: 328-8300 Town of Mount Royal: 734-2999 Verdun: 765-7200 Westmount: 989-5222 To our readers: Many of our home-delivery customers benefited from the extraordinary efforts of our carriers, who braved fallen trees, downed hydro lines and ice-covered steps to deliver papers during the storm. Our distributors, district managers and drivers also faced difficult and dangerous conditions to get The Gazette delivered. If you did not receive your paper, please call customer service at 987-2400 for a credit.",1,1,0,0,0,0
+236,19980109,modern,Freezing,"THE GAZETTE, MONTREAL, FRIDAY, JANUARY 9, 1998 A3 THE BIG FREEZE Transportation falls victim to weather Freezing rain turns highways into rivers of slush and railway lines into sheets of ice AARON DERFEL The Gazette Most trains, planes and automobiles ground to a halt yesterday as the second ice storm in a week battered the Montreal region's transportation network. Freezing rain turned highways into rivers of slush and rail lines into sheets of ice. Many motorists chose to stay home rather than venture out in the treacherous weather. Major airlines canceled flights in and out of Montreal, bus trips were delayed by as much as 45 minutes and train service was disrupted. At Dorval Airport, hundreds of commuters sat forlornly in the food court for hours on end, waiting to catch one of the few flights out of the city. ""It's like Siberia out there!"" Taline Kabadjian, 38, said as she picked at a half-eaten pastry. Kabadjian, who lives in Nice, flew to Montreal last week for a family visit. ""But I can't wait to go home,"" she said, tears streaming down her cheeks. ""I've done nothing here but stay indoors and watch TV."" Ben Yankson, 21, arrived at the airport from Calgary a day late and was lounging in the terminal for hours, hoping to be picked up by his girlfriend. ""The problem is I can't reach her by phone,"" Yankson said. ""I don't know where she is and I'm hoping she'll come and get me. I'm a patient guy, but this is too much,"" he added. The airlines canceled 255 flights in and out of Dorval, up from 200 on Wednesday even though the runways were clear. The ice storm forced Transport Quebec to close 30 highways for most of the day and 13 were still off-limits late last night. Montreal Island highways, however, remained open and work crews were busy de-icing them overnight. Via Rail canceled its train routes west of Toronto in both directions because of fallen debris on tracks. ""The bus drivers are being very careful on the road because of the icy conditions,"" officials said they expected some lines would stay shut this morning. ""This is probably the first time that service from Toronto to the east coast has been canceled in a single day,"" Via spokesman Malcolm Andrews said. Commuter-train service was also hampered. The Montreal-Rigaud line has been closed until further notice, while there will be no service between Dorion and Rigaud until Monday. The other commuter lines should run normally. West Island commuters who thought they'd get to work early yesterday morning by rushing for commuter train No. 10 had another think coming. After pulling into Beaconsfield station about 20 minutes late, the 7:42 a.m. Montreal-bound train ground to a halt one kilometer short of Dorval station when live electrical wires were spotted on the track. As many as 400 passengers were then told to disembark and walk to Dorval, where they could board buses bound for the Lionel Groulx metro station. At the Montreal bus station, trips to New York and Boston were canceled, while passengers had to endure delays for up to 45 minutes on all other routes. ""The bus drivers are being very careful on the road because of the icy conditions,"" bus terminal official Patricia Papineau said. The Montreal South Shore Transit Corp. cut 40 of its rush hour bus routes in the afternoon, leaving commuters with only the 21 major ones to get home. The transit system could no longer keep up after three days of blackouts at all three of its garages, which left only backup generators to provide power for lighting, vehicle-repair equipment and a few fuel pumps, communications director Raymond Allard said. The Sureté du Quebec reported fewer highway accidents than in normal weather conditions because most motorists chose to stay at home. ""The rush hour was quite calm,"" Constable Francois Dore said. ""Fewer and fewer people are taking to the road and we expect that to continue today."" Debbie Parkes and Claude Arpin of The Gazette contributed to this report. Storm bringing people together Kahnawake elders look on bright side LYNN MOORE The Gazette Gratitude for an ice storm that has walloped their region hard, knocking out power to about half a million South Shore residents, is about the last thing one might expect from residents. But Joe Deer, his wife, Josie Deer, and other elders of Kahnawake figure that the storm has provided a set of opportunities that might come once or twice a generation. ""It's getting the people back together and it reminds people of their relationship with other people,"" Joe Deer told visitors to his Kahnawake home yesterday. An estimated 60 to 70 percent of Kahnawake's homes and businesses were without power yesterday afternoon. Evidence of the enduring storm was inescapable in the region. 200 COTS READY In Chateauguay, ice-laden trees partially blocked some riverside roads while Longueuil officials warned motorists, especially truck drivers, to avoid secondary roads and low-hanging, ice-laden power lines. Kahnawake's emergency shelter provided about 300 suppers last night and 200 cots were at the ready to serve as beds. ""We are prepared,"" community-services committee member Rheena Diabo said. And word of the shelter had been spread. About 15,000 notices had been distributed, advising people of the shelter set up at the Knights of Columbus hall. Local radio station K103, using an emergency generator, alerted residents to news of the shelter and conservation officers had traveled in trucks and all-terrain vehicles to outlying homes, offering those residents a lift into town. But about 55 elderly or infirm people who had no power or heat refused to leave their homes, Diabo said. ""They grew up during the Depression and take this in stride,"" she said. ""They are tough and they know what to do."" They do have wood-burning stoves and light sources, Diabo added. And authorities or family members check on them regularly, she said. Deer, who is pushing 76 and breaks out the ceremonial tobacco when visitors arrive at his home, understands the stand taken by his contemporaries. So does Kellyann Meloche, who turns 23 next week, and uses computers, cellular telephones and fax machines in her job as coordinator of emergency planning for the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake. ""They (the community elders) have been through tough times. For them, this is not difficult. And they have wood stoves. Now everyone is gathering around the stoves in their homes and talking. They like it that their children and grandchildren can come and sit around the fire and talk about things,"" Meloche explained. Among the items on Meloche's agenda yesterday were meetings with other emergency workers and council members to determine whether a state of emergency should be declared in Kahnawake. Another item was what the community's response would be to any possible offers of assistance from the Canadian Forces. It was a topic that Meloche approached gingerly yesterday. (During the 1990 Oka crisis, emotions ran high as armed Mohawks blocked the Mercier Bridge in solidarity with Mohawks in Kanesatake locked in a 78-day standoff against provincial police and the army.) ""These are certainly different circumstances,"" Meloche said. ""I know that a lot of people have put '90 in the past. For instance, we have got cots (for Kahnawake's shelter) from the Red Cross and there was a time in '90 when it refused to come in here because they deemed Kahnawake a war zone. But now we are working with them."" Damage from ice will be most costly GEOFF BAKER The Gazette A senior insurance official now says the ice storm that has ravaged southern Quebec this week will cost more to fix than any other winter weather disaster in Canadian history. ""I think this is definitely the worst storm where insurance was involved in terms of winter storms,"" said Raymond Medza, general manager for the Quebec region of the Insurance Bureau of Canada. Medza said that from the initial reports he's been getting, the cost of storm damage should rise well into the tens of millions of dollars when his umbrella association, which counts about 140 insurers in Quebec, starts getting financial estimates from members next week. Costly winter storms are unusual, he said, since the biggest inconveniences are usually limited to traffic chaos and not physical damage. The insurance bureau began tracking storm costs after the July 14, 1987, flood in Montreal that resulted in payouts of about $70 million. Financial damage from storms before that would have trouble cracking today's Top-50 list because of inflation and Medza said none of the winter ones - including Montreal's so-called ""storm of the century"" in March 1971 - come even close to what this week's will cost. ""I was in this same office I'm in now back in 1971 and I was stranded here for two days,"" he said of the storm that dropped 47 centimeters of snow in Montreal on March 3 and 4 of that year. ""We actually had a pretty good time here. While the streets were blocked and you couldn't go anywhere, you didn't have power failures or tree branches crashing down on cars and homes."" The most expensive winter storm recorded in Canada from an insurance perspective was a March 1991 tornado that tore through Sarnia, Ont., and caused $25 million worth of insurable damage. None of Montreal's previous ice storms made the insurance bureau's list of the most costly Canadian natural disasters. ""Two people who work with me had tree branches crash through their roofs,"" Medza said the heaviest storm damage occurs during the summer months, when high winds can cause tornadoes and excessive rain brings sewer backups and floods homes. Of the 48 most costly Canadian storms, 31 of them occurred during the months of July and August. But it was on Sept. 7, 1991, that a severe hail storm rained down on the city of Calgary, causing $342 million in insurable damage to homes and cars - the highest total recorded by any natural disaster in Canada's history. Quebec's worst insurance bill was for $212 million after the July 1996 flooding in the Saguenay - although about $108 million of that total came from one company reporting three commercial-property claims. The cost of disaster Most expensive storms Cities Claims Amount paid Calgary, Alta. (hail) Sept. 7, 1991 116,311 $342 million Saguenay (flood) July 19-20, 1996 6,461 $212 million Edmonton, Alta. (tornado) July 31, 1987 58,506 $148 million Calgary, Alta. (hail) July 16-18, 1996 21,918 $103 million Calgary, Alta. (hail) July 24-25, 1996 17,337 $75 million Montreal (flood) July 14, 1987 NA $70 million Montreal and Quebec City (flood) Nov. 9, 1996 9,094 $65 million Southern Ontario (various storms) July 13-15, 1995 23,836 $53 million Calgary, Alta. (hail) July 17, 1995 18,839 $52 million Medicine Hat, Alta. (tornado) June 7, 1988 21,764 $50 million Most expensive winter storms Sarnia, Ont. (tornado) March 27-28, 1991 14,608 $25 million Ont., Que. fighting the ice Ottawa declares state of emergency; parts of Vermont, Maine in the dark JONATHON GATEHOUSE The Gazette It may be cold comfort to the millions of Quebecers left shivering in the dark by a series of freezing rain storms, but they are not alone in their misery. The same weather system that has dumped more than 50 millimeters - and counting - of icy precipitation on southwestern Quebec this week has also wreaked havoc on eastern Ontario and several U.S. states. More than 200,000 Ontario Hydro customers in the areas of Ottawa, Kingston and Cornwall were left without power yesterday, and officials said it may be days before service is re-established. ""It's difficult to tell how long this is going to take, the weather is really working against us,"" said Ontario Hydro spokesman Al Manchee. ""It could be a matter of hours for some and a matter of days for others."" In Ottawa, more than 30,000 of the 110,000 Hydro customers in the city were without power yesterday morning, and the storm was again blamed for wiping out progress made earlier in the week. ""We're right back in the thick of things now,"" Hydro spokesman Dan Ralph said. City officials declared a state of emergency, and Ralph said it will be at least another 24 hours before the damage is repaired. The weather and Ottawa airport delays have forced Prime Minister Jean Chretien and the provincial premiers to postpone from Saturday to Sunday their departure on a trade mission to Latin America. While storm-struck people in Ottawa and Montreal scramble to find flashlights and friends with electricity, people living in the surrounding countryside are facing other challenges, like helping their animals survive and dealing with isolation. At the Claire farmhouse in Vankleek Hill, Ont., the phone was ringing off the hook - just about the only appliance that is still working since the ice storm hit. ""No, I don't have a generator, I need a generator,"" Lorie Claire explained to a fellow dairy farmer on the other end of the line. ""We've been out since Monday. Oh God, it's terrible."" NOT GOING ANYWHERE Hundreds of Montrealers have fled their frigid homes for the warmth of a hotel room, but Warren and Lois Gamble endured their third night without power in Notre Dame de Grace to keep an eye on their dog, two cats and a budgie. The couple, both 68, bundled up in sweaters and winter jackets against the chilly 11C temperature in their home and spent part of last night reading newspapers by candlelight to pass the time. Bouchard praises Quebecers Solidarity and acts of kindness are unprecedented, he says PHILIP AUTHIER The Gazette Premier Lucien Bouchard last night praised Quebecers' efforts to deal with the freezing rain ice storm, saying the level of solidarity and acts of kindness they are showing is unprecedented. Bouchard, who was forced to abandon his own Outremont apartment and is staying with his family in a hotel because of the power failure, said it's warming to see ordinary citizens pulling together at a time of crisis. ""I have full admiration for the way the people of Quebec are supporting those difficult times,"" Bouchard said at a press conference held at his offices in the Hydro-Quebec building downtown. ""They are patient. They are courageous and they show a marvelous solidarity. It's really warming to see how much people are reaching to help each other, how they open their homes. I think this is the recipe of success. I hope this manifestation of patience and solidarity will hold on because we need some more days. I want them to be assured that Hydro-Quebec, the municipalities, that so many people from outside Quebec, are really giving a hand to get out of it."" Bouchard said Newfoundland Premier Brian Tobin and Manitoba Premier Gary Filmon had also called him to offer their own hydro workers to help bring Quebec's power system back. American states are also lending a hand, offering personnel to Hydro-Quebec, he said. Inside Quebec, Bouchard said the show of solidarity is unprecedented, from individuals taking in friends and relatives to hotel owners offering reduced rates for those who have been ousted from their homes. He mentioned Hydro workers who are putting in long shifts to reconnect homes and the work of hundreds of volunteers helping people cope. He said government and municipal officials have now opened 154 shelters in the province for those with nowhere to go and said the government is looking at opening another huge center at the former Saint-Jean military college which could accommodate 2,500 people. DON MAC DONALD OF THE GAZETTE CONTRIBUTED TO THIS REPORT City runs out of rooms DAVID JOHNSTON The Gazette There was no room at the inn. A Montreal company that keeps a centralized computer record of hotel bookings on behalf of 22,000 two-star or better hotel rooms in greater Montreal said only eight hotel rooms in four hotels in its network that still had power early yesterday evening hadn't been booked. ""And those rooms became available only because of late-afternoon cancellations,"" said Gilbert Deschenes, co-owner of Hospitalite Canada Tours, the company that operates the central reservations system. ""So basically, everything was booked. It will prove to be the busiest night of 1998."" Unless, of course, there's no room at the inn again tonight as well. DIGGING IN ""I'm staying as long as it takes,"" Benita Greenspon of Notre Dame de Grace said early last evening, as she stood in the lobby of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel on Sherbrooke St. This is Greenspon's first stay in the ritzy Ritz. She booked in Wednesday, and says she's having a great time. ""I've brought my dog, and I'm trying to make a mini-vacation of it all,"" she said. She's taking advantage of a special $98-a-night ice-storm rate introduced by the hotel on Tuesday afternoon. Greenspon, a businesswoman, is staying in a room that would normally go for $150 in winter and $250 in summer. ""Most of our local guests are from Saint-Lambert."" THE GAZETTE, MONTREAL, FRIDAY, JANUARY 9, 1998 F7 Across 1 Kind of wrench 7 Venomous, as a snake 13 Do well 14 Not real 16 Reducer 17 Eavesdropped 19 With 49-Across, underlying theme of 24-Down 21 Prefix with stasis 22 only 23 Appropriate, in a way 25 School sub 26 Hall of fame 28 Brine-cured cheeses 30 The skeptic 32 Hairy-chested 33 With the worst consequences 35 Convictions 36 Foods, Inc 37 Frequent 24-Down subject 38 Picture 39 Public relations interpretations 40 Undermine 41 Vituperates 43 Oft 47 Site of temptation 49 52 54 55 56 57 58 See 19-Across Nice work if you can get it James Russell Lowell, for one Freshens, in a way Bow out Illegal race track workers Secret fraternity ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE Down Put on ""Goody!"" Desire Wind-up toys? Incessantly Arctic Very much Climb Wallop Some investors' income: Abbr 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 in the 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. Windchill -15 tonight, 100 chance of ice pellets. Forecast issued at 5 p.m. yesterday covers highs for today and overnight. High -6, Low near -13, Snow Laurentians High -2, Low near -8, Ice pellets Eastern Ontario High -1, Low near -8, Freezing rain Southern Ontario High 2, Low near -4, Cloudy Quebec City High -5, Low near -8, Ice pellets Eastern Townships High 1, Low near -2, Rain Northern New England High 2, Low near -1, Showers Gaspé High -9, Low near -10, Flurries THE GAZETTE, MONTREAL, FRIDAY, JANUARY 9, 1998 A9 NATION Binnie named to Supreme Court STEPHEN BINDMAN Southam News OTTAWA - A highly respected but little-known Bay Street lawyer and constitutional expert is the newest member of the Supreme Court of Canada. But Prime Minister Jean Chretien's surprise appointment yesterday of Ian Binnie is being criticized as a missed opportunity to appoint another woman to the country's top court. ""It's absolutely mind-boggling,"" said University of Calgary professor Kathleen Mahoney. ""Fifty percent of the people in Canada are women and there are so many good women on the bench that they can no longer justify just two women out of nine on the Supreme Court of Canada."" University of Ottawa professor Ed Ratushny agreed that, while Binnie will make an excellent judge, several strong female judges on the Ontario Court of Appeal could have received the nod. Fifty-eight-year-old Binnie, a partner with the country's largest national law firm, McCarthy Tetrault, replaces Justice John Sopinka, who died suddenly late last year. He is Chretien's second appointment to the high court - New Brunswick Judge Michel Bastarache was appointed in October to replace retiring Gerard La Forest. Mild-mannered and publicity-shy, the Montreal-born, Cambridge-educated lawyer has represented a wide variety of clients during his 30-year legal career, ranging from large corporations to Guy Paul Morin, who was wrongfully convicted of killing his neighbor. Binnie is also no stranger to Ottawa, having spent four years as assistant deputy minister of Justice in the 1980s, responsible for all litigation by or against the federal government. He has appeared before the Supreme Court more than 25 times, arguing both for and against the federal government on issues ranging from gay rights to cruise-missile testing. He has represented the media in several important cases, including challenges to the publication ban in the Karla Homolka case and to a law that restricts the reporting of opinion polls in the days before federal elections. Binnie has extensive constitutional experience. Besides arguing numerous cases involving the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, he recently represented Newfoundland in its bid for constitutional reforms to its religious-based education system and was counsel to a Senate-Commons committee on the Meech Lake accord in the late 1980s. Chief Justice Antonio Lamer said Binnie will be sworn in Feb. 2 and will spend the following few weeks preparing for the hearings on Quebec's right to secede unilaterally, which will proceed as scheduled on Feb. 16. He said Binnie's appointment from private practice will help keep the court in touch with the society it serves. Chretien defended the appointment even though there are only two women on the top court - Claire L'Heureux-Dube and Beverley McLachlin. He said Justice Minister Anne McLellan recommended a lawyer from private practice to replace Sopinka. ""It's not a question of numbers. We do not select based on sex and language and religion and color. We try to have the best person available,"" said Chretien, who as justice minister appointed Bertha Wilson as the first woman on the top court. Ontario lawyer is called sharp, funny Binnie steps into late John Sopinka's shoes JIM BRONSKILL Southam News OTTAWA - The magazine article featured prominent lawyer John Sopinka, but the accompanying photograph was of colleague Ian Binnie. It was an easy mistake to make: the two legal eagles, with neatly trimmed mustaches and wide-rimmed glasses, looked strikingly similar. The 1988 mugshot mix-up eerily foreshadowed events to come. Binnie, appointed yesterday to the Supreme Court, fills the vacancy left by Sopinka's untimely November death. Both men made the rare leap from careers as practicing lawyers to the country's highest bench. And the similarities do not end there. Associates say Binnie possesses two of Sopinka's finest traits - the ability to distill complex arguments into simple language and a warm sense of humor. ""The late John Sopinka, in the opinion of most, is irreplaceable,"" said Ottawa lawyer David Scott. ""But Ian is certainly a worthy successor, tragic as John's departure was."" A constitutional expert, Binnie has handled cases on a wide range of subjects, including freedom of expression, pharmaceutical regulation, free trade, aboriginal issues and international boundaries. As a young man, Binnie's formidable intellect led him to England's Cambridge University, where he earned a law degree before returning to Canada to continue his studies. After establishing a track record in private practice, he served four years as associate deputy justice minister in the federal government. In 1986, he joined the law firm McCarthy Tetrault. Peter Russell, a law professor at the University of Toronto, said the Supreme Court will benefit from Binnie's solid experience in constitutional and international affairs. ""A lot of the court's most challenging work ahead lies in those fields."" Binnie hinted that joining the court will not prevent him from occasionally wading into debates about how the law applies to current events. ""I certainly think that judges are accountable, because they exercise a lot of authority on matters that are important to individuals,"" he said. ""I don't think they should be immune from criticism and I don't think that they should pretend that their views are of no importance and, therefore, not speak out."" Binnie said he was ""astonished"" when he was approached last month to see whether he would be a candidate. ""I had not applied for any judicial position and there was certainly no lobby,"" he said. ""The process that produced it is something that I don't know about."" He said, ""I've been to the Supreme Court often enough as a lawyer and it's going to be interesting to see it from the other side of the bench."" Binnie said he is a fan of the charter and is prepared to use it to strike down laws. ""I think when the charter was brought, it was intended to be used constructively and creatively, and I think that's what the court has done. The elected legislators gave the courts the tools by which they have invalidated some laws."" It's not as if the courts have usurped the power that the parliamentarians never intended to confer. ""I don't know that I can pigeonhole myself as a conservative or liberal or activist. I think those concepts are applied by others to judges when they see what kind of track record is developed. That will emerge over time."" Binnie has four children with wife Susan, who works for the Law Society of Upper Canada. Daughter Alexandra is a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University in England. Although he typically has a full legal plate, Binnie has made time for gardening, skiing and sailing. He is invariably described as kind and personable, but not to be taken lightly in the courtroom. A colleague remembers a 1992 boundary dispute with France in which Binnie, representing Ottawa, boiled down a confusing point into an amusing analogy about a joint bank account. The story not only clearly explained the point, but had the French lawyer and the judge in gales of laughter, recalls the associate. ""Not an easy thing to do. It's certainly one of the key features of his approach to difficult issues, to get at the essence of them and to express that in very simple, very matter-of-fact but very persuasive language."" Binnie was often called in to rescue floundering cases on appeal - for example, last year he persuaded the Supreme Court to let three Nazi war-crimes cases proceed despite a secret meeting between a judge and a senior federal lawyer. ""He's one of the best lawyers in Canada and he's the kind of person we need on the Supreme Court of Canada,"" said Osgoode Hall law professor Patrick Monahan. Scott sees Binnie intellectually as something of an iron fist in a velvet glove. ""One should not confuse his very gentle appearance and approach as any timidity or absence of focus or purpose,"" he said. ""He knows exactly what he's doing."" STEPHEN BINDMAN OF SOUTHAM NEWS CONTRIBUTED TO THIS REPORT The Montreal Urban Community Police Service has added extra police patrols around the dock patrolling our streets. Officers in their local community stations are helping local citizens handle crisis situations. The Montreal Urban Community Police Service is encouraging all citizens to be especially careful and vigilant when approaching non-functional traffic lights. Police officers will be paying special attention to those who are driving dangerously, speeding and not conforming to proper road ethics. The Montreal Urban Community Police Service is advising citizens to avoid parking their vehicles under trees. CRIME PREVENTION TIPS DURING WEATHER WARNINGS Before leaving your home: Verify with your neighbors or your family who is staying and who is leaving. Be discreet about your emergency plans. Inform your neighbor/family where you will be staying and telephone number where you can be reached. Indicate to your neighbor approximate times you will be passing by to verify your abandoned home. If possible leave your neighbor a house key so they can make occasional verifications inside your home. Turn off all appliances so that your system will not be overloaded when electricity is re-activated. Giving your home that lived-in look: Inquire if your neighbor can park a car in your driveway. Ask your neighbor to make occasional verifications inside your home. Make sure all newspapers and mail are removed from the mailbox. Put away all tools and items that can help someone enter your home. Lock all doors and windows prior to leaving. We are asking that all Montreal citizens lend a helping hand and show a community spirit in this crisis! Please contact your neighborhood police station for further information. A message from The Montreal Gazette and your MUC police service. COMMUNAUTÉ URBAINE DE MONTRÉAL Police An advisory regarding your telephone service. The freezing rain storms have affected some telephone lines interrupting service in your region. Some further disruption is possible. Rest assured that we're doing everything in our power to provide service as conditions permit. Thank you very much for your understanding. Bell and Côte St. Luc that lost their power. ""We opened up a closed unit and scrambled to get the beds set up for them,"" executive director Barbra Gold said. ""It's going very well - in fact I'm afraid they'll be afraid to leave."" Rev. Eric Maclean, president of Loyola High School, said disasters seem to bring out the best in many people. ""Most people seem to really pull together,"" Maclean said, as staff in his office fielded calls from people looking for shelter. ""We had a warm building and decided to share it with others."" In Montreal West, more than a dozen volunteers worked the phones to call 2,500 households in the area to make sure no one was freezing or going without the necessities. Some people were calling their local YMCAs and offering to help out. ""We've had lots of calls from people who are very supportive and these are people we don't even know,"" said Richard St-Yves, director of the Park Avenue YMCA. The Old Brewery Mission is at 866-6591. A listing of food banks did not include the Share the Warmth Foundation, which operates a food bank in Point St. Charles, servicing Montreal's southwest sector Little Burgundy, Point St. Charles, St. Henri and Verdun. Phone 933-5599. As well, a single telephone number was given for the Gai Écoute and Gay Line listening services. Although the two lines share a phone-message system, each service has its own number. Gay Line, for English-speaking callers, is at 866-5090. Gai Écoute, for French-speaking callers, is at 521-1508. Bouchard accepts Canadian Forces aid BLACKOUT Continued from Page A1 Environment Canada is forecasting another 10 millimeters of freezing rain for Montreal today, but they expect it to end in the late afternoon. Tomorrow and Sunday, it will be cloudy with a few sunny breaks and a 30- to 40-percent chance of flurries. Monday's forecast calls for up to 5 centimeters of snow and Tuesday is expected to be cloudy with a chance of flurries. Municipal authorities have set up 154 emergency shelters around the province, and spaces were filling up as night fell. All available rooms in metropolitan-area hotels that still had power were taken by 6 p.m. There have been six storm-related deaths so far, and more than 100 reported cases of carbon monoxide poisoning, as people tried to heat their homes with camp stoves and barbecues. And it appears that the situation might worsen still. Environment Canada says the new storm system expected to roll into Quebec late this morning will deposit even more freezing rain on the Eastern Townships than on Montreal, with areas near the U. THE GAZETTE, MONTREAL, FRIDAY, JANUARY 9, 1998 B7 Quebec has experienced its worst freezing rain storm in 15 years, damaging a record number of windshields and car windows. In order to respond efficiently to this urgent situation, all Lebeau Vitres d'autos service centers are extending store hours. So don't delay. Inquire at a Lebeau Vitres d'autos service center in your area. MONTREAL AREA Centre Centre Ouest Nord D' SPORTS Savage scores 4 as Habs beat Islanders 8-2. NATION Bay St. lawyer Binnie named to Supreme Court. A9 MONTREAL SINCE 1778 SPORTS FINAL FRIDAY, JANUARY 9, 1998 57 OUTSIDE METRO AREA 70 More pain ahead: Hydro blackout spreads, ice, rain forecast JONATHON GATEHOUSE The Gazette Hydro-Quebec's already damaged power-distribution system has been crippled by the latest onslaught of freezing rain, leaving more than 2.5 million Quebecers in the dark, and pessimistic officials say it will be several more days before electricity can be fully restored. ""At this point, we don't have a problem with supply,"" Hydro chairman Andre Caille told reporters last night. ""We have plenty of power. The problem is that the distribution network for our customers is out of service. It's not a matter of hours; it's a matter of days."" By last night, just under one million businesses and households were without power, more than half of them on the South Shore. More than 213,000 customers on Montreal Island were blacked out, as were 12,000 in the Beauce and 187,000 in the Laurentians and Outaouais. Many people are beginning their fourth day without heat or light. Quebec's Public Security Department has asked employers to be ""sensible"" and provide workers with time off so they can deal with their housing problems and take care of children who have been out of school all week. Please see BLACKOUT, Page A2 INSIDE COMMENT- New views Columnist Gretta Chambers takes over the weekly French Press review, starting today. The issue of government’s helicopter purchase tops the news. Page B3 WORLD- Panic buying Indonesians line up to buy sugar, rice, cooking oil and whatever else they can grab as the rupiah sinks to an all-time low. Page B1 QUEBEC Bureaucrat bows out A bureaucrat who steered $4.8 million in federal grants to Option Canada has quietly left her post. Page A1 - PREVIEW Campaign humor Barry Levinson's Wag the Dog is a very funny, very scary U.S. presidential satire, film critic John Griffin writes. Page D1 INDEX Auto Plus F1 Bridge C5 Business E1 Chambers B3 Classified F1 Comics F8 Comment B3 Crosswords F2, F7 Curran A3 Dining Out D8 Editorials B2 Family Doctor C8 Horoscope F8 Johnson 83 Lion McDonald A4 Lomey E1 Landers C8 Legal Notices F5 Living C8 Markets E4 Movies D2 Mutual Funds E8 Needletrade F4 Obituaries F5, F6 Preview D1 Probe C8 Robinson 82 RSVP F3 Scoreboard C6 Sports C1 TV Listings D10 What's On D9, D10 Wonderword C4 World B1 QUOTE- Admiration Our polite recognition of another's resemblance to ourselves. Ambrose Bierce. PIERRE OBENORAUF, GAZETTE A young boy broke into tears as he sat on an army cot in the city of Montreal's Little Burgundy shelter yesterday. Story, Page A3. Workers sent home or SHEILA McGOVERN and ANDY RIGA The Gazette Thousands of workers were sent home early yesterday and told not to come back today. Others are being told they never have to leave - they can camp out in their heated workplaces, or bring the children to the office, or bring the whole family for a hot meal in the cafeteria. Across the Montreal region, major employers are scrambling to deal with the storm, which shows no signs of letting up. Overall, employers reported their staff are a resilient lot - with the majority struggling in every day, despite the fact that their homes are turning into ice palaces. But yesterday afternoon, some employers decided to call it quits. Pierre Martel, regional director of the provincial Public Security Department, urged all employers to be flexible with employees having trouble getting to work and, if possible, give them today off. Longueuil-based Pratt & Whitney sent 6,500 workers home until at least Sunday. CAE told its 4,000 employees how power gets to us (usually) Tremendously high voltage used for transmission over vast distances must be stepped down for household use. DOUG SWEET The Gazette Electricity is one of those things we tend to think about only when it's gone. Our lights, stoves, furnaces, water heaters, refrigerators, TV sets, VCRs, radios and computers work most of the time. We just push the button or twist the switch. We might ponder our use of power a bit more when we get our hydro bills, but then it's time to crank up the stereo or do the wash. Getting that electricity from dams to doorsteps in Quebec involves transmission over vast distances via the highest-voltage power lines on the continent. The electricity in household circuits typically flows at 110-240 volts (the higher number is for appliances like a stove or dryer) and 100 or 200 amperes, which is a measurement of current. But between James Bay and Jeanne Mance St, the voltage goes on a roller-coaster ride. It starts with water spinning a turbine in a power dam. That turns a generator, which produces about 13 or 14 kilo-volts of electricity. Please see POWER, Page A7 JOHN MAHONCY, GAZETTE MUC police Constables Stefan Bisson and John Boersma take a man home to a LaSalle apartment building that had been evacuated. Avon Canada Inc. in Pointe Claire told its 900 employees to leave early yesterday and stay home today. ""We've decided it's just too dangerous for people to be on the roads today,"" said Greg Power, manager of public affairs for Avon. Please see EMPLOYERS, Page A2. Samaritans bringing joy to strangers MONIQUE BEAUDIN The Gazette Jolene Barton toughed it out at her Kirkland home without electricity for two days, but with her husband out of town and no hope of getting her power back, she threw in the towel Wednesday, packed up her two kids and headed for a downtown hotel. That's when she met her Good Samaritan, one of hundreds around the Montreal region who have been helping friends, neighbors and mostly complete strangers through the devastation of the continuing storm. Barton, a Kentucky native who moved here in July, hit a pothole on Highway 40 and blew one of the tires on her minivan. Stuck on a patch of ice, she and her two sons waited as car after car whizzed by, but none stopped to help. Fifteen minutes later, a shiny black Porsche stopped and a man ""dressed to the gills"" in a three-piece suit escorted her off the highway and followed her to a car dealership on St John's Blvd. It was closed, knocked out by the power failure, like several service stations at which she had stopped. Please see SAMARITANS, Page A2. Here's what's coming Weather details, Page F7 About 10 mm of freezing rain, cloudy with sunny breaks; 40-percent chance of flurries, a mixture of sun and clouds with a slight chance of flurries up to 5 cms. More storm storage To the rescue: 3,000 Canadian soldiers will help Hydro-Quebec and municipalities clear away the storm debris. Page A3. Mount Royal is beautiful, devastated; list of shelters growing; Big O ready for Stones. Page A4. Freezing rain shuts highways and runways and turns rail lines into sheets of ice. Page A5. Ottawa declares a state of emergency and parts of Vermont and Maine are blacked out; the great shutdown rumor; we have more answers to common storm questions. Page A5.",1,0,0,0,0,1
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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? 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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! 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+238,20080105,modern,Freezing,"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 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 pcurranthegazette, canwest, com MONTREAL DIARY Time for romance After the stress of the holidays - and the resultant breakups - January is a busy month for the Misty River matchmaking service Page B2 montrealgazette, com 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 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, dismissed the morning weather reports on the radio as the usual alarmist hype to keep listeners tuned in ""I'm thinking, 'What are they yelling about?' There's nothing there, you just scrape the stuff off the car"" High above Peel St, on the 20th floor of the Marriott Residence Hotel, Barry Beloff and his fiancée, Ora, weren't giving the weather a whole lot of thought ""It didn't seem to be anything more than we were used to as Montrealers It just seemed like it was cold and it was icy and it was raining and snowing,"" Beloff said In the midst of planning a wedding for 330 people, with guests coming in from across Canada, the United States, Europe and the Middle East, they had their hands full with fittings and caterers and menu plans ""You are kind of floating in a cloud You're not really living a real life You are living in this bubble where you have to get this thing done for Jan 18"" ""I remember when it started to rain thinking how beautiful it was,"" said Jason Hughes, then coordinator at the N.G. Community Council at the corner of Cavendish Blvd and Somerled Ave ""You recognize that it's difficult for people to get around and it's slippery and it's dangerous But I was 10 years younger and it didn't bother me at all, I was just sort of trudging through"" But as night fell, the rain continued, wrapping branches and strangling high-tension wires with a thick sheath of ice Joan Foster, head nurse for home care at the CLSC in Notre Dame de Grace-Montreal West, was in Lachine, offering a course to prospective Brownie leaders ""Driving home, I thought this is insane Only Girl Guides would not cancel training on a night like this"" Tomorrow: Continue reliving the ice storm day-by-day with stories from Jan 6, 1998 Weather: Ice pellets, freezing rain, drizzle High: minus 2C Low: minus 9C Total precipitation: 17.5 mm Travel: At Dorval airport, a few flights were delayed (As were a few trains, at Central Station) Power: Total Hydro-Quebec customers without electricity: 4,500 (2,500 households in Chateauguay, 2,000 in the west end of Montreal) THE GAZETTE, HYDRO-QUEBEC, ENVIRONMENT CANADA, ICE STORM '98 (INSTITUTE FOR CATASTROPHIC LOSS REDUCTION) COMPILED BY LIZ FERGUSON Hydro-Quebec's Andre Caille: enduring image Page B3 Anatomy of an ice storm - how it happened Page B5 When it was all over, we were different Page B4 Intensive French Program Improve your French through our highly focused, comprehensive, full-time French Intensive Program Expand your linguistic knowledge and your communicative skills This program leads to the McGill Certificate of Proficiency in French Classes begin the week of January 14 and end March 14 Register now at (514) 398-1202 Intensive English Program Acquire the linguistic skills needed to communicate comfortably in English in relation to your professional, academic and social goals This program leads to the McGill Certificate of Proficiency in English Classes begin the week of January 14 and end March 14 Register now at (514) 398-1212 For more information: www.mcgill.ca/eflp McGill Centre for Continuing Education HE KEPT THE TURTLENECKS But this part of the story of Andre Caille's personal journey since the 1998 ice storm makes the storyteller's eyes fill with tears The then 54-year-old Hydro-Quebec president clad in a dark suit coat and turtleneck with the public utility's ""Q"" and thunderbolt on the collar, became an enduring image of Quebec's biggest natural disaster Seated next to Premier Lucien Bouchard at daily news conferences, the two men were the face of the rescue work The ice storm started on Monday, Jan 5, 1998 It dragged on for weeks, and at one point there were 1.4 million households, businesses and institutions without power in Quebec, leaving millions of people in the dark Day after day, Caille's uniform seemed to convey protection and strength, like a father rushing from home to an emergency wearing an incongruous combination of clothes Its unfussiness conveyed solidarity with electricity-deprived Quebecers and with those who worked for the Q and thunderbolt ""They didn't know me at all before,"" he says today of the public ""After, they all knew me"" He's kept the turtlenecks, he says over coffee ""But he hasn't touched them since"" ""I can't put them on,"" he says, his voice breaking off, when he's pressed to explain why ""It's too hard,"" he adds in a near whisper ""There's something that's changed inside of me, that I don't even recognize I become emotional sometimes I guess I haven't taken it all in"" When it was all over, he tucked away 10 turtlenecks, minus one, in a drawer at home The one went to a man he didn't know It was a couple of weeks into the crisis and the power was back at his Outremont home so he was back sleeping there Caille was being driven to work when he heard his name being called by someone on a city bus that was stopped next to his car at a red light The man on the bus who was calling his name was pointing at something He wanted the shirt Caille climbed out of his car and motioned to the bus driver to let him on He pulled his turtleneck off in the middle of the bus aisle and held it out The shocked man uttered ""Thanks"" Two weeks later, the man wrote a letter to Caille vowing to keep the shirt forever Caille first donned the turtleneck on the rainy afternoon of Jan 6, 1998 He had just returned in haste from Paris, where he had delivered a speech the day before He asked his driver to take him directly from the airport to the Hydro-Quebec office in St Hyacinthe A Radio-Canada news crew soon showed up there asking for an interview outside Caille had on a suit and tie and a trench coat, appropriate for the weather in Paris Someone at the Hydro-Quebec office scrounged up a turtleneck and jacket so he could go outside A lot of memories are bundled up with those shirts He can recall nearly every minute of each day of the crisis He usually slept on a couch in his office, or in the car At 8 a.m., Caille's inner circle would meet in his office for an hour, including Marie-Josee Nadeau, who was responsible for communications and his right arm, Hydro-Quebec assistant director general Yves Fillion, who was supervising operations on the ground in Montreal and on the South Shore After that, he usually visited line workers and other Hydro workers on the job to try to help keep everyone motivated Some pylons were built three times because one would be built, then topple Then it was back to the office to supervise Shortly before 4 p.m., his inner circle met again in his office to recap what was new that day At 4 p.m., he'd take the stairs from his office on the 21st floor to the 11th floor to the premier's office to meet with Bouchard At 5 p.m., they descended to the main floor for their daily news conference After that it was back to meet workers and electricity-deprived farmers ""We were trying to show we weren't crushed, and that we were still alive,"" Caille says The constant fear for Bouchard and him was that people would die In fact, Caille felt tremendous remorse when a Videotron worker was killed and then when a Hydro worker lost his legs in an accident Caille says he became more protective of his family after the ice storm ""I see things in a different way Public safety is fragile"" He knows he's more emotional sometimes, but he hasn't found the answers to identify what's changed in him That's in a drawer at home PIERRE OBENDRAUF THE GAZETTE 1998 Ice storm news conference: Hydro-Quebec's Andre Caille talks to reporters with Premier Lucien Bouchard at his side ""We're in a state of alert There are some blackouts and we have to follow things carefully,"" Pierre Millette, Hydro-Quebec spokesperson Anatomy of an ice storm Starting Jan 5, 1998, a week-long ice storm gripped Quebec and eastern Ontario The storm toppled hydro pylons and caused widespread power outages It was intense both in the amount of rain it dropped and its endurance COLD AIR FROM LABRADOR One after another through the week, three warm-air masses moved up from the Gulf of Mexico, taking moisture north to Ontario and Quebec COLD AIR A stationary mass of cold air forced the warm air to rise, causing precipitation to begin Precipitation fell in different forms depending on the temperature of the air that it met on the way down TORONTO Warm air melts snow into rain over Toronto, causing rain OTTAWA & MONTREAL Warm air melts snow into rain over Quebec and eastern Ontario The bank of cold air supercools it, keeping it in liquid form but a few degrees below zero When it hits cold objects on the ground, it freezes quickly and this is freezing rain MONTREAL A7 THE GAZETTE, MONTREAL, SATURDAY, JANUARY 5, 2008 A fearless prediction: For better or worse, 2008 will occur Trying to predict the future is always a dicey undertaking, if only because while you may think you know what's going to happen, you never actually know until it does For example, waking up at 5 a.m. yesterday, you probably would have thought most of the Western world's brain cells would be sparking over whether the United States is on the threshold of electing its first black president An hour later, a look at the news websites would have suggested the bigger, closer-to-home question was whether gas prices would break the $1.30 per litre mark Thirty minutes after that, however, it would have become clear that even though who leads the most powerful nation on Earth and how much we'll pay for the lifeblood that runs most of the planet are matters of concern, all anyone would be talking about was whether Britney Spears had finally gone around a bend that was way past anything resembling a rehab clinic Nor are the problems created by the volatility of a 21st-century news day unique to professional news analysts On Boxing Day, I asked readers for their expectations and predictions for 2008 One of the more notable I received dealt with Britney Spears and was provided by Norm Spears (who pointed out he is no relation) ""Probably the biggest story of 2008,"" JAMES MENNIE on readers' forecasts ""While things may not get better this year, they'll become infinitely worse if we don't take a more active role,"" Spears wrote, ""will be the emergence of Britney Spears as a candidate for the office of the president of the United States under the banner of her New Prohibition Party with her running mate Paris Hilton"" Joe Soul felt readjusting Quebec's electoral map to give more power to urban rather than rural voters was part of the key to ""Quebec's real growth and progress"" Terry Pearson summed up the next 12 months of federal (or, for that matter, provincial) politics by observing: ""There won't be an election, because the Liberals won't be ready for one"" Simon Karpat said he was unable to predict specifically what challenges we'd face in 2008, so his view of the next 12 months was broad: ""Certainly, Afghanistan and now Pakistan, climate change, infrastructure and fuel costs will figure prominently"" Karpat's suggestion on how we can help meet those challenges was crystal clear, however ""I propose that all who are eligible actually exercise their constitutional right to vote! Perhaps if more of us took a more active role in how our representatives become elected, we would be a little more concerned about how they governed"" Peter Howlett, founding president of Les Amis de la montagne, suggested eight ways Mount Royal could be better enjoyed and protected in 2008 They included improved co-ordination among the two municipalities and four Montreal boroughs that share the mountain's 10 square kilometres of protected territory, preservation and maintenance of the heritage properties on Mount Royal, and making the site more accessible to pedestrians and bicyclists Yvon Lebrun's predictions included a Conservative loss (but no Liberal majority) in a federal election fought on the issues of the environment and the war in Afghanistan He also sees more mergers in the forestry industry, oil hitting $200 a barrel and a terrorist attack occurring ""at the least expected event in Canada"" Elspeth Dowell, attributing her ""psychic"" abilities to nothing more than educated guesses based on observation, foresaw a transit strike and a major snowstorm ""followed by freezing rain"" next month While she doesn't expect more overpasses to collapse this year, she does reckon ""there will be a couple of bad car accidents due to warped and sunken road surfaces"" William Bullett called to predict not one but two transit fare hikes in 2008 ""And I see the unions giving Mayor (Gerald) Tremblay a lot of problems this year"" Another reader was even less optimistic ""I'll bet you that (2008) will turn out the same way 2007 did,"" he noted in a voice message, ""We're all getting rammed up the wazoo by the city They want more and they're not doing anything We should get rid of all these little boroughs of Montreal and turn them back into (demerged) cities"" If there was a thread of consensus that ran through all your replies, it was that while things may not get better this year, they'll become infinitely worse if we don't take a more active role in charting our destiny There's something to be said for that point of view, if only because in the end, no one really knows how things will turn out Unless, of course, you bet money on Britney's having another meltdown jmennie thegazette, canwest, com Unwanted car gets hook The abandoned Saab 900S of Park Ave has been relocated, but it still appears to be orphaned Until yesterday, the car had sat for about a week on the busy thoroughfare next to Mount Royal Park without being ticketed or towed, despite the fact it was parked in a lane reserved for city buses - a no-parking, no-stopping zone - and even after snow-clearing crews plowed around it Wednesday evening According to the city of Montreal's towing information website, the car was moved just after midnight Thursday and deposited less than a kilometre south It now sits on Park Ave, near Prince Arthur St, with a $92 ticket under its windshield wiper $42 for the parking infraction and $50 for towing It's parked in front of an unpaid parking meter, and is still mostly covered in snow City officials said they didn't tow it during snow removal Wednesday night because no warning signs had been posted, as the Plateau Mont Royal borough decided at the last moment to clear the snow A sign was posted Wednesday night giving the driver 24 hours to move the car He or she did not Police said checks of the licence plate show the car has no history of ticket offences, nor has it been reported stolen The city's towing information website is http://servicesenligne2.ville.montreal.qc.ca/inforemorquage LASALLE COLLEGE ""An exemplary Choose your Fashion Fashion Design Apparel Production Management Fashion Marketing Social Hotel Management Computer Science Data Management Food Service Management Network Management International Studies Special Care Counselling Techniques Early Childhood Education Techniques Tourism International Management Accounting & Management Business Management Transportation Logistics Day or evening classes in French or in English Registration in progress! 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We reserve the right to limit quantities! Montreal Saturday, January 5, 2008 Since 1778 montrealgazette.com Sports Final Day 1: Isn't it pretty, the way the freezing rain ices the trees? Day 2: The power never stays off for more than a few hours Day 3: The kids are cold, you're out of batteries and you hear trees crashing down under the weight of the ice You head for the nearest city storm shelter Day 4: Montreal is in a state of emergency Police are going door to door, making sure people are safe The number of shelters triples Day 5: It's the worst-case scenario, and it happens: The water plant goes dark Montreal has four hours of water left - to drink, to flush, to fight fires in candlelit homes Even the phone network needs water to operate Can the island be evacuated? Only one tunnel is open, and there are a million people to move Relive the ice storm, one day at a time starting today with the cold drizzle of January 5, 1998 THE GAZETTE, MONTREAL, SATURDAY, JANUARY 5, 2008 WANT TO TALK TO US? Foreign editor: Raymond Brault 514-987-2457 rbrault@thegazette.canwest.com KENYA: 100,000 FACING STARVATION WORLD Violence tapers off but party leaders hold firm lines ROBYN DIXON LOS ANGELES TIMES Nairobi - Up to 100,000 Kenyans face starvation in western Kenya because of election-related tribal violence, the World Food Program warned yesterday, as rivals in last week's disputed presidential vote showed no willingness to talk President Mwai Kibaki and opposition candidate Raila Odinga, who had led through much of the vote-counting process, continued to put uncompromising positions: The opposition called for a new election and Kibaki agreed - but only if the courts ordered it Odinga already has described the courts as packed with Kibaki's cronies Many analysts and diplomats do not see the courts as a solution, partly because cases take so long to process Opposition claims of vote-rigging in the election triggered tribal violence that has killed about 300 people European Union observers said the vote failed to meet democratic standards Violence ebbed in Nairobi's slum districts and many areas across the country yesterday and only a few opposition demonstrators turned out to try to march to Nairobi for an opposition rally In the coastal city of Mombasa, police fired tear gas to disperse more than 1,000 protesters But opposition supporters remain angry over claims the election was rigged, and there is still a high level of tribal tension More than 180,000 Kenyans have fled their homes, the United Nations reported, and 500,000 will need aid in the coming month, according to the International Committee of the Red Cross, which launched a $15-million appeal yesterday The World Food Program plans to distribute food soon through the Red Cross, but 75 truckloads carrying 2,500 tonnes of food were stranded in Kenyan cities because of poor security in the countryside Armed gangs from different tribes have thrown up roadblocks, and only convoys with military protection can move freely Helping hand Canada will provide $1 million to aid victims of election-related violence in Kenya, it was announced yesterday The money will go to the Kenya Red Cross 'Blogger' in trenches keeps world informed NICK BRITTEN LONDON DAILY TELEGRAPH London - The extraordinary story of a First World War soldier is keeping thousands of people around the world on tenterhooks after his account of life in the trenches was turned into a real-time Internet blog Private Harry Lamin's letters home are being posted as an online diary, with each dispatch published 90 years to the day it was written Now tens of thousands of readers who have become hooked on Private Lamin's story on www.warblog.blogspot.com are waiting to see whether he survived to see his family or died in battle Publishing the bulletins in real time was the brainchild of Private Lamin's grandson, Bill Lamin, who painstakingly pieced together the remnants of his grandfather's wartime correspondence Lamin said: ""He left for the war when my father was one, People pick through the rubble in Popular Olympic athlete stoned to death by gang TIM COCKS REUTERS Eldoret, Kenya - A Kenyan Olympic runner who competed internationally for many years was among the victims of the country's post-poll violence when a mob stoned him to death this week, a friend said yesterday Lucas Sang, a middle-distance runner, had competed in the 1988 Seoul Olympics as part of Kenya's 4x400 metre relay quartet, and again in the 1992 games in Barcelona A close friend of Sang and also a former professional athlete, Martin Keino, said the runner was attacked on Tuesday night by a stone-throwing gang as he walked with a group of friends He died when a rock hit his head and the gang then burned his body ""One of the ways they recognized him was there was a piece of his tracksuit still not burnt on the leg,"" Keino said ""It's really sad He was very well known and popular"" Eldoret has seen the worst of ethnic clashes many Kenyans can scarcely believe are happening in their country, usually seen as a relatively stable nation in a turbulent region Much of the violence has targeted Kibaki's large, economically dominant Kikuyu ethnic group, especially in Eldoret and the Rift Valley region, where about 90 people have been killed and hundreds of homes burned Thousands of people have fled town and about 40,000 in the Rift Valley region are internally displaced, aid workers say Keino said the rioters mistook the athlete - who hails from the Kalenjin tribe whose youths have launched many of the attacks in Eldoret - for a Kikuyu PROTESTER TAKEN OUT INDIAN Chilean riot police officers detain a demonstrator during a rally outside of La Moneda Presidential Palace in Santiago yesterday The demonstration was held to protest against the death of Matias Catrileo Quezada, 22, a Mapuche Indian, who died on Thursday after being shot during clashes with the police in a land dispute in southern Chile ""It was at night, in the dark Tensions are high; They mistook him for someone else, I guess No one would have done this if they knew it was him He was so respected"" Lying about 2,000 metres above sea level on the western side of Kenya's fork of the Great Rift Valley Eldoret has produced a series of top athletes The most famous, Paul Tergat, held the world record for the marathon from 2003 to 2007, until he was beaten by arch-rival Haile Gebrselassie of Ethiopia Keino said Tergat was a friend of Sang, but he had not yet managed to contact him to tell him ""He'll be very disappointed, very sad,"" he said A funeral will be held in Eldoret today Keino said he hoped it would bring people together ""Hopefully, it's going to make people realize this violence has to stop"" Researchers caught in the chaos AARON ZECHERS WINNIPEG FREE PRESS Winnipeg - Researchers with a University of Manitoba project are caught in the middle of the civil chaos engulfing Kenya The senior manager of the university's research projects in Kenya has been stuck in the south of the country since the violence erupted after the Dec 27 national elections ""All the research personnel are safe and have not been affected by the violence,"" said Larry Gelmon, who was hoping to return home to Nairobi, the capital, today and have the project's offices open by Monday ""What you've seen in the newspaper, the violence, has been pretty isolated It's not like the whole country is in flames"" While Gelmon hasn't been affected directly by the violence, he said some members of the Kikuyu tribe living in the nearby town have had their houses burned down and businesses looted In Nairobi, Helen Wandaka, an administrator for the project, said the violence seemed to be receding ""I think calm has returned today Businesses are open People want to go back to work, go back to normal,"" said Wandaka, who was born and raised in Kenya While Wandaka has stayed clear of the violence, she knows those who have been affected Her friend's maid was killed when she visited a local market ""She was slashed to death,"" Wandaka said ""They must have used a machete or something It's sad to see people turn against each other We've seen this happen in Rwanda and Somalia, but we never thought this would happen here"" It's raining iguanas AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Miami - An unexpected cold snap this week sent thermometers plummeting in Florida and heat-hungry iguanas dropping from tree branches like autumn leaves Passers-by in Bill Baggs and Crandon parks in Key Biscayne, south of Miami, were seen picking up the seemingly lifeless lizards from the ground beneath trees and setting them in the sun, where after a brief warm-up, most revived and scampered off into the bushes The cold-blooded lizard's comfort level begins at 23 degrees Celsius But on Wednesday and Thursday the mercury in south Florida dropped to 4C ""At temperatures below about 1.5C they become completely immobile and begin to suffer serious stress,"" said University of Florida wildlife expert Perran Ross ""Because all three iguana species shelter in tree branches and crevices, he said, when the temperature falls low enough they are unable to hold on and drop to the ground"" That broke a 61-year-old record The mercury stayed above freezing until Jan 9 On Jan 15, we got 15 centimetres of snow and Arctic air moved in On Jan 17 and Jan 26-30, temperatures were in the minus 20C range Celsius ""40 30 20 FEBRUARY February came in chilly and stayed that way, except for Feb 2 (0C) and Feb 27 (1.8C) A 15-cm snowfall on Valentine's Day made deliveries extra difficult for florists Sherbrooke received almost 60 cm of snow, the greatest amount in one day since Environment Canada began collecting such statistics MARCH March 2 brought 35.2 cm of snow We had the coldest March 6 on record, minus 24 A JlA 1 VxAv vv y - - - 71 3 mm -30"" 57 6 cm 61 3 cm i 63 2 mm j 45 4 mm I 1 35 2 cm I I H pi 21 2 mm J 0 mm 1 I Tracts AUGUST On Aug 1, Environment Canada issued a high heat and humidity warning, along with a smog alert for Montreal On Aug 6, most of the province got 20 to 30 mm of rain, but Montreal saw 44 mm fall on the downtown A thunderstorm on Aug 16 cut power to 10,000 homes on the island of Montreal SEPTEMBER Montreal had its sunniest September since 1969, with about 83 more hours of sunshine than usual On Sept 7, the temperature reached 32.4C, the hottest for that day since 1960 Environment Canada issued a heat and humidity warning for Montreal and Laval Sept 25's 29.3C was the hottest for that day since 1872 OCTOBER People could play golf or wear sandals for most of the month On Oct 22, Montreal's temperature of 25.3C was hotter than Atlanta, Houston and New Orleans We had two big rainstorms On Oct 18, Montreal got 39.2 mm, while other parts of the province got as much as 60 mm Schefferville got 20 cm of snow NOVEMBER Snow, rain and high winds, remnants of Tropical Storm Noel, hit eastern Quebec on Nov 3 and 4 On Nov 22, 10 cm of snow fell at Trudeau airport in Dorval, but in the city it came down as freezing rain and ice pellets that made sidewalks treacherous Many other areas of Quebec got snow Monthly precipitation for Montreal Snowfall (centimetres) Rainfall (millimetres) 60.4 mm 106 mm DECEMBER We had two major snowstorms, on Dec 3 and Dec 16, with a total of 63 cm It is rare to have two big storms before January",0,1,0,0,0,0
+239,20071223,modern,Freezing,"EARLY EDITION: A4 THE GAZETTE, MONTREAL, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 23, 2007 WINTER WEATHER We're on alert, We're watching carefully, Hydro-Quebec spokesperson Jean-Philippe Rousseau Recipe for disaster: rain, then a cold snap STREETS WILL BE CLEARED, CITY SAYS Temperature forecast to drop 12 degrees overnight JAN RAVENSBERGEN THE GAZETTE Keep your fingers crossed, A one-two punch of heavy rain today is forecast to be followed by a below-zero Christmas Eve, Slippery sidewalks and icy streets could get in the way of Tuesday's traditional rounds of Yuletide visits with family and friends, As much as 25 millimetres of rain is forecast today by the Weather Network - accompanied by a big temperature swing SNOW Statistics aren't very precise CONTINUED FROM A1 ""Snow is the most difficult weather parameter to measure,"" said Environment Canada meteorologist Andre Cantin, ""Rain is very easy, Wind and pressure are straightforward, But when we're talking about snow amounts - especially when it's melting, it's mixed with rain or ice pellets, or if it's very windy - precision goes down, ""We do the best we can but we can't say that it is very precise,"" Montreal relies on three weather stations across the city that use an automated system that calculates snowfall by melting falling snow and measuring the water that results, The rule of thumb: 10 centimetres of snow will produce one centimetre of water, Environment Canada, for its part, counts on a weather station at Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport in Dorval, An automated instrument similar to Montreal's is used, as well as a simple ruler in the hand of a human being, The city says its measurements better reflect what snow-clearing crews contend with, ""We know that in Montreal, in the streets, there will be more snow than if you go to a field in Dorval,"" said Michel Frenette, an engineer with Montreal's snow-strategy office, which oversees snow measurements, ""For one thing, the city isn't just dealing with snow falling directly from the sky, It's also cleaning up snow that falls on roofs, then blows on to streets and sidewalks,"" Frenette said, Environment Canada doesn't claim its figures represent snowfall across Montreal Island, said Serge Desormeaux, a meteorologist with the agency's weather-monitoring section, ""Montreal's a big island - what's measured in Dorval maybe isn't the same as what falls on Beaver Lake on Mount Royal or near the refineries in the eastern part of the island,"" Snow doesn't fall uniformly across the city ""Mount Royal isn't a big mountain but snow could be more intense on one side than the other, One point in Dorval can't capture all these variations, It may be zero Celsius and snowing in Dorval but if it is a half-degree warmer downtown (because of cars and other human activity), the snow there might be more wet or the precipitation might fall as rain, Desormeaux said, Half a degree doesn't sound like a lot but when you're near zero, it's critical The variation can make a big difference One of the reasons it is difficult to estimate snow depth using the standard 10:1 snow-to-water ratio is the variability of snowflakes: some are more densely packed with water, others less so, From a high today of 7 Celsius to minus 5 overnight Environment Canada also forecasts as much as 25 millimetres of rain, At Hydro-Quebec, memories of the ice storm that hit almost exactly a decade ago in 1998 remain vivid, ""We are on alert,"" Jean-Philippe Rousseau, the utility's spokesperson for Montreal, said last night, ""We are watching carefully"" for any indications the precipitation is turning into freezing rain ""and we have teams available if needed. Conflicting totals are products of measuring methods The city of Montreal and Environment Canada use different ways to estimate snowfall, That often leads to conflicting totals like those announced after Montreal's first two major storms, Montreal says the city gets an average of 231.5 centimetres of snow every year, while Environment Canada says it's 217.5 centimetres, Here is a look at the different snow-measuring methods: The city As city of Montreal workers hosed water onto a rink across the park, Michel Frenette unlocked a 3-metre-high chain-link gate topped with barbed wire, It protects one of the city's best-kept secrets, Inside is a contraption that resembles a large, old-fashioned milk can topped by an upside down bell, They are held in place by steel wires fastened to the ground; more wires and cables connect the device to a small concrete shed nearby The facility, in Rosemont's Lafond Park, is part of a little-known network city officials refer to as ""the Montreal Triangle"" - three snow-measuring stations the city has been running since 1978, The others are in Ahuntsic-Cartierville and Sud-Ouest boroughs, Montreal pays Enviromet International, a private company, $180,000 a year to measure snowfall at the stations, Each captures falling snow in a snow gauge containing antifreeze (to ensure snow melts instantly and to keep the liquid from freezing) and oil (to prevent liquid from evaporating), said Frenette, who works for the city department that coordinates centralized aspects of Montreal's snow-clearing operations, Atop the snow gauge sits a conical device that reduces wind turbulence that can affect the amount of snow captured, The snow gauges constantly measure the weight of the liquid, information is then sent to the nearby shed, where a computer calculates the snowfall. It uses a 10-to-1 ratio, figuring that 10 centimetres of snow typically melts down to one centimetre of water, Using a telephone line, the computer relays the snow data to Enviromet, where the average from the three stations is calculated, It sends reports to the city every six hours, Most Montrealers haven't heard of the snow stations because the data is usually not for public consumption, though the city this month started using its internal snow totals (which are typically higher than Environment Canada's) to justify delays in snow clearing, Snow is typically lighter and less dense (contains less water for a given volume) when the weather is warm, said Jessica Cox, a Ph.D. student who completed a master's degree on measuring snow density, at McGill's Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, The reason? ""The crystals tend to stick together as they're falling and they look like fog isn't much CHICAGO - Dense fog and clouds forced O'Hare International Airport to cancel 100 flights yesterday, the busiest travel day of the year, ""When there's a delay at Chicago, there's going to be a ripple effect throughout the entire nation,"" said Laura Brown, a spokesperson for the Federal Aviation Administration, in an interview, ""Even if you're having great weather where needed,"" Rousseau said, ""The rain and ice won't stop Montreal's current round of snow-clearing, city spokesperson Andre Lazure said, It ""should be pretty well finished"" by tomorrow, ""In case of ice, he said, some PIERRE OBENDRAUF THE GAZETTE Michel Frenette in Rosemont borough, at one of the city's three snow-measuring stations, Normally the data is used only to give the city an idea of how long it might take to clean up and to calculate how much it must pay private companies for the snow-clearing work they do, Until 1978, the city relied on Environment Canada data gathered at Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport, The new system was put in place after private contractors complained snowfalls at the airport weren't representative of what they see on city streets, Frenette said, Most of the work is automated but a human observer is stationed at the Ahuntsic station 24/7 during the winter to monitor precipitation types, ""That's important because private clearers are paid for snow and ice pellet accumulation - not for rain and freezing rain,"" The city does not use the data from its stations to determine when to dispatch trucks to clear form these great big snowflakes,"" she said, ""If you imagine a starlike snowflake, there's so much empty space and that's what is making it so light"" Snow is typically heavier and more dense when it's colder ""because of the shape the crystals form in, If they form into hexagons or needles, those can basically be packed in together much tighter there are fewer air pockets, better than snow you are, if there's a delay at one of our major hubs, it's going to create problems throughout the rest of the system,"" New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport, Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport and Newark Liberty International Airport were experiencing delays as long as two hours for flights departing to Chicago, the agency said, BLOOMBERG NEWS blue-collar workers would be moved from snow-clearing duties to spread abrasives to provide pedestrians and drivers with some traction, Although many roads and sidewalks remain encumbered by the 40 centimetres of snow city streets and sidewalks, For that, ""people arrive at the boroughs and they take a ruler and they say: Ah, we have 2.5 centimetres - we're going out"" Environment Canada Yes, whenever it snows, someone wanders around a fenced-in enclosure at Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport sticking a ruler into the snow, But Environment Canada also relies on an automated instrument to help it determine how much snow has fallen, The data are gathered by weather observers, on site 24 hours a day, They work for Nav Canada, a private company that also provides air traffic control at Canadian airports, Environment Canada oversees the operation and calibrates the instruments, For ruler measurements, observers walk around a 30-metre-by-30-metre enclosure sticking a ruler in the snow at several spaces, ""As if things weren't complicated enough, at times, the opposite is true - warm-weather snow is heavier because liquid water droplets attach to snowflakes,"" Cox explained, Snowflake types also affect how snow settles on the ground, Because of its weight more intense or deeper snowfalls compact more quickly that blanketed the city a week ago, snowbank-clearing equipment bites through iced-up, water-logged snow just as quickly as through the regular stuff, Lazure explained, He spoke after Mercier Hochelaga-Maisonneuve, Cote des Neiges-Notre Dame de Grace and Plateau Mont Royal emerged as the biggest losers to date in the city's snow-clearing efforts, The thoroughfares in those boroughs had been half-cleared of snow - 50 per cent, 52 per cent and 53 per cent respectively - by 11 a.m. yesterday official city figures show, The daily data snapshot only provided percentage-completion figures for 11 of the 19 boroughs, The other eight ""didn't fill them in,"" Lazure said, Far ahead of the pack was the Bizard-Ste. Genevieve borough, in the west, with snow-clearing spots, and clearing the snow every six hours, Its automated instrument is similar to the city of Montreal's technology - it melts snow as it falls, then calculates how much water is produced, The automated and human measurements are both considered, with the observer making a judgment call about which measurement to give more weight to, On very windy days, the ruler measurements are less reliable because snow blows around, On those days, more weight is given to water-content measurements, Another automated instrument is currently being tested at the airport It sends an ultrasonic pulse towards the ground and measures the amount of time it takes to bounce back, As snow accumulates under it, the machine can determine its depth, That can make a difference when measuring with a ruler ""The properties of a snowfall change rapidly,"" Cox said, ""If you were to measure snow on the ground every hour for 12 hours straight you would get a different snow depth than if you just measured once a day,"" ariga thegazette, canwest, com shown as 95 per cent completed, St. Leonard was running 80 per cent complete, with operations expected to wrap up today Remember last Christmas? Christmas Day last year was green, with temperatures slightly above zero, reaching a high of 3.3 degrees, according to Environment Canada records, In 2006, clear Christmas morning skies turned cloudy in the afternoon; a snowfall that began at 11 p.m. left 14 centimetres of snow on the ground for Boxing Day The Weather Network, used by The Gazette, called last night for 20 to 25 millimetres of rain this afternoon and evening with a 7-degree high; flurries tomorrow, with a high of 1 Celsius and a low of minus 5; and variable cloudiness Christmas Day with a high of zero and a low of minus 8, janrthegazette, canwest, com Storms: boon for business But good luck finding a shovel - most stores are sold out IRWIN BLOCK THE GAZETTE All that snow is turning into dollars and cents for hardware stores, At Rona L'Entrepot at Les Galeries d'Anjou, they ran out of the large ""sleigh"" shovels yesterday as well as so-called Tempo shovels, used to clear plastic car shelters and roofs, ""Sales have been extraordinary,"" said manager Stephane Borris, adding that he only has a few smaller shovels left, Not only have the smaller shovels been an extremely popular item, so have the much more expensive motorized snowblowers, ""I sold as many in one day two weeks ago - 22 or 23 - as during our entire season last year,"" Borris said, The snowblowers at his store cost between $1,000 and $1,600, The sleigh shovels cost between $36 and $40, Some scrapers go for $40, ""It's a similar story at the H",0,0,0,0,0,0
+240,19921115,modern,Freezing,"NOVEMBER 15, 1992 WW EMOTIONAL SCARS As far as children are concerned, there's no such thing as getting over Mom and Dad's divorce. Divorce has a lifelong impact on the children in a family, says Pennsylvania State University researcher Thomas Berner, author of Parents Whose Parents Were Divorced. ""It does not mean that children of divorce go through life flawed,"" Berner said, ""but it means that a piece of them is still trying to resolve the trauma of their parents' divorce."" PET PROJECT As you replace or top off the antifreeze in the car to prepare for winter, be careful of spills. Antifreeze poisoning of dogs and cats is common this time of year, because animals are often drawn to the sweet-tasting liquid. Pets who live outdoors in subfreezing temperatures may find that the only unfrozen water available is in places where radiators were drained. NICE TRY Nice guys - and gals - really do finish last. Likability ranks dead last among traits employers value, according to a survey of executives by the outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas. Team-playing was far and away the most valued employee trait, followed by dependability and being responsible. SNAKEY DEALS Drug dealers are using poisonous snakes to guard their illegal valuables, researchers at the University of Colorado at Boulder have discovered. David Chiszar, an animal behaviorist, became curious at several requests from Colorado law officers to help them handle poisonous reptiles found at the scene of drug busts. Chiszar sent questionnaires to reptile experts around the country and discovered several had been called on to help officers with snakes found through drug dealers. The reptiles included rattlesnakes, cobras, mambas, African vipers and tiger snakes. Besides being used as guards or to intimidate customers, snakes have also been used as objects for smuggling drugs, being force-fed packets of drugs and later sacrificed to retrieve the goods. CANCER RISK CUT Taking vitamin E may reduce one's risk of oral cancer, a study by the U.S. FRONT PARTLY CLOUDY High 1 Low -6 PARTLY CLOUDY High 0 Low -1 Canada Iqaluit Yellowknife Whitehorse Vancouver Victoria Edmonton Calgary Saskatoon Regina Winnipeg Thunder Bay Sudbury Toronto Fredericton Halifax Charlottetown St. John's Sunny Snow Flurries Rain Rain P Cloudy Sunny P Cloudy P Cloudy P Cloudy P Cloudy P Cloudy Cloudy P Cloudy P Cloudy Rain Max Min -19 -23 -8 -16 -2 -8 6 5 6 11 2 3 0 0 -1 -1 4 4 4 7 6 5 -3 -2 -7 -7 -10 -7 -7 -8 -5 0 -2 5 United States THUNDERSTORM FREEZING RAIN LOW PRESSURE Max Min Atlanta Sunny 15 2 Boston P Cloudy 4 -2 Chicago P Cloudy 21 -4 Dallas Sunny 20 8 Denver Sunny 19 1 Las Vegas Sunny 23 9 Los Angeles Sunny 25 14 New Orleans P Cloudy 20 8 New York Sunny 4 -2 Phoenix Sunny 30 14 St. Louis P Cloudy 9 -1 San Francisco Sunny 20 12 Washington Sunny 7 -1 World Max Min Amsterdam Sunny 9 2 Athens Cloudy 18 15 Beijing Sunny 10 2 Berlin Rain 5 3 Copenhagen Sunny 7 1 Dublin Rain 11 6 Hong Kong P Cloudy 25 17 Jerusalem Sunny 20 6 Lisbon Drizzle 16 12 London Cloudy 7 0 Madrid Cloudy 12 6 Mexico City Haze 21 11 Moscow Cloudy 2 -1 Nairobi Cloudy 25 15 New Delhi Sunny 27 15 Paris Cloudy 8 3 Rio de Janeiro P Cloudy 29 23 Rome Sunny 15 7 Sydney Cloudy 19 13 Tokyo Sunny 19 10 Resorts Max Min Acapulco Barbados Bermuda Daytona Honolulu Kingston Miami Myrtle Beach Nassau Tampa Sunny P Cloudy Cloudy Sunny Sunny Sunny Cloudy Sunny P Cloudy Sunny 33 26 27 24 25 23 20 8 30 23 33 24 26 20 16 2 29 20 22 11 Britain, other nations feud with U.S. Making up Smart Shopping columnist Sandra Phillips tells where you can get a makeover. Page D5 What women want Women want more and they want it sooner, says columnist Janice Kennedy. Page D2 Duel of wits Quiz master Arthur Kaptainis challenges readers to test their knowledge of dueling trivia. Page D3 MONTREAL, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1992 SECTION J Users guide to winter Freezing rain, snow flurries and ice pellets what does it all really mean? MARK ABLEY THE GAZETTE Winter's almost here. Children all over town are impatiently asking when it will be time to make snowmen, when it will be time to go tobogganing, and when Santa Claus will finally arrive. Adults have other kinds of questions. Do we have enough flashlights and candles in the cupboards? Does the car have its snow tires and antifreeze? And just what does ""sleet"" mean, anyway? Today, we bring you a user's guide to bad weather everything you wanted to know about Montreal winters, but were afraid to ask. We hope it helps you understand those ominous weather forecasts in the dark months ahead. FREEZING RAIN Unpleasant stuff. It usually falls when a cold mass of air has filled the basin that Montreal occupies. A warm front approaches, but can't flush the cold air out of the valley. Rain begins to drop through the dome of chilly air. But because the objects on the surface are colder than the air, the rain freezes as it hits the ground or you and me. ICE PELLETS Even nastier. Ice pellets fall when a thick dome of cold air (often at minus-2 or -3 Celsius) hangs over Montreal. An approaching warm front sends rain down through the dome but as the rain falls, it freezes in mid-air. How do the weather forecasters decide when to predict freezing rain and when to call for ice pellets? ""Judgment and experience,"" according to Environment Canada's Richard Fournier. ICE FOG Beautiful, scary and rare around Montreal. To form, ice fog needs an air temperature of minus-25 C or colder. It also requires an open body of water. When a wind blows damp air off the water, the moisture evaporates and crystallizes into fog. SNOW FLURRIES We've had them already, we'll have them again soon. Flurries are predicted when the weathermen are looking for ""no significant accumulation of snow."" But as soon as snow is expected to cover the ground, the term ""flurries"" is replaced by ""snow."" SNOW Even in summer, precipitation forms as snow at high altitudes. But until the arrival of winter, those snow crystals melt into rain as they drop through warmer air. In winter, when the air temperature is below freezing all the way to ground level, we get snow. BLOWING SNOW Best advice: avoid it. The weather office calls for blowing-snow conditions when the winds have reached at least 40 kilometres an hour, when visibility is 1 km or less, and when these factors are likely to persist for six hours or more. The secret of ROD CURRIE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO Ever wonder if your toddler terror of the keyboard might be another Glenn Gould? Or your virtuoso of the crayon set, blithely redecorating the walls, another Emily Carr? Don't worry. If you've got a budding genius or child prodigy another Mozart or Margaret Laurence they'll let you know. As English poet Owen Meredith put it: ""Genius does what it must, and talent does what it can."" Blowing snow is more severe in rural areas than in the city. BLIZZARDS Loosely, we use the word ""blizzard"" to describe any old snowstorm. But the weathermen have a more specific usage. For them, a blizzard occurs when blowing-snow conditions are accompanied by intense cold a wind-chill factor of 1875 watts per square metre. That's the equivalent of minus-40 C. Montreal gets such a pure and dur blizzard less than once a year. SNOWSTORMS They come at us from two main directions: the Canadian West and the U.S. East Coast. Western storms usually bring dry snow; coastal storms give us wet snow, excellent for making snowmen. But those wet storms are often followed by a spell of very cold weather, as the wind systems shift around. A third, less important source of our storms is the Mississippi-Ohio Valley. These tend to be not so dry as the prairie storms, nor so wet as the Atlantic ones. Luckily, it's exceptional for Montreal to endure a cold-weather system out of Hudson Bay. MISCELLANEOUS STUFF Why does it never hail in winter? Because hail is born of warm air. Hail falls, mostly in summer, when droplets of moisture solidify into stones that are too heavy to stay aloft. For this to happen, the genius: a rare what it can. In the view of Canadian arts experts and teachers, true genius will not be denied, but talent must often be discovered. Sometimes the clues are elusive. Nicholas Goldschmidt, long a prominent figure in Canadian music, used to tell students: ""If you haven't got it, you've had it."" Genius is a rare combination of heart, head and hand, says Goldschmidt, the Vienna-born first director of the Canadian Opera Company. ""Wunderkind"" is the German word for it wonder child, like moisture must be lifted high up into belts of freezing air. Updrafts of up to 6,000 feet a minute have been recorded. Why do the worst storms seem to come in December and March? Because those are the months when a belt of Arctic air is most likely to meet up with a belt of warmer air from the south. The clash of systems can bring heavy snow. In January and February, by contrast, Montreal usually lies well inside a zone of cold air. What is sleet? That's a tricky question. Environment Canada doesn't like the term, because it can mean different things to different people. The commonest meaning of sleet is a mixture of snow, rain and freezing rain. But it can also refer (in the United States, especially) to the thin coat of ice that forms when rain freezes on cold surfaces; and in Britain, it can mean wet snow. How much snow do we get in an average winter? The average amount, between 1961 and 1990, was 214.4 centimetres. Are winters getting longer? No if anything, they're getting shorter. But Environment Canada is wary of making definitive pronouncements about the climate. Still, it's noticeable that the last seven winters have all produced less than 214.4 cm of snow. In the driest winter on record (1979-80), we received a mere 93.1 cm. Last winter's total (206.3 cm) was boosted by a depressingly large amount of snow in April. combination Gould,"" he says of the pianist who made his Toronto Symphony debut at 15. Then there was Mozart, the most astonishing prodigy of them all, composing at age 5. The late Harold Town, outrageous multi-talented bad boy of Canadian art, drew on the walls and the kitchen table. ""It was a part of me as much as my blond hair,"" he's quoted as saying in a recent book on his life. Laurence, who gave the world The Stone Angel and A Jest of God, started writing in Grade 2. Whether rain, weather office ""Every storm is different,"" Martin Bartczak was saying. ""We look forward to a good storm it adds excitement to the office. It gets our adrenaline flowing."" Bartczak is one of 13 employees (all of them men) at the Dorval Weather Office of Environment Canada. Someone is on duty there, day and night, to give weather information to radio stations, farmers, vacationers, fishermen, film crews and the public at large. To reach the weather office, you take the elevator to the fourth floor of Dorval airport's main terminal building. Its plate-glass windows look north, over the runways toward the distant Laurentians. Although the forecasts reach us from Dorval, Montreal-area forecasters work out of a building in St. Laurent. They transmit their predictions to the Dorval weather office, whose employees adapt and pass them on to us. Environment Canada also maintains more than 50 weather-observing stations around Quebec. Because of automation, the number is decreasing. A few months ago, the station at Ste. Agathe was closed as a cost-cutting measure. Bartczak and his colleagues are experts at explaining the vagaries of local weather. Their job is to adapt the raw data of the sky to the needs of each client. ""It can happen,"" of heart, head ""It wasn't a hobby,"" she once recalled, ""but a vocation."" Still, nature can play dirty tricks, with mere panache or the cavalier flourish masquerading as genius. A would-be Karen Kain may have all the ballet attributes at 9 but suddenly develop a dumpy figure. Candidates may have talent, bone structure, intelligence and style, said Carole Chadwick who conducts the annual cross-country auditions for the National Ballet School. But they won't make it if they don't have the royal jelly of ""the natural storm or snow is on the job he remarked, ""that we'll have rain here in Dorval, freezing rain in Laval and snow in Ste. Therese. ""Or it might be 2 degrees at Dorval and minus-2 at Mirabel. That's a bad place for an airport, eh? In the dip just before the Laurentians begin, you get lots of fog and freezing rain."" The employees at the weather office are approaching one of their busiest times of year. April and October are their quietest months: little snow, and no agricultural forecasts. Rush-hours for weathermen come in summer and winter. The pre-recorded local forecasts attract about 12,000 calls a day not counting people who give up because the line is busy. When a storm is coming, up to 15,000 calls a day are received. Our biggest-ever snowstorm dumped 43.2 cm of snow on March 4, 1971. In the Dorval office, that day is remembered fondly- ""I was working here, plotting maps,"" said Richard Fournier. 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""I expect this meeting to be peaceful, and I expect that if it isn’t, it will be handled very, very quickly and you won’t even know it."" It will be quiet if no protesters show up. ""How can you expect to make a point if you aren’t here to make it?"" asked lonely demonstrator Randall Mathei, who stood on wind-swept Park Ave, just blocks from the Waldorf. KEEP MOVING That Mathei even stopped to speak to the media was a violation of police orders, as anyone not penned in designated protest areas had to keep moving. In one of those pens from early in the morning were several hundred Falun Gong protesters, followers of the spiritual movement outlawed by the Chinese government. Wearing yellow scarves, they exercised to blaring music. A few blocks away on Park Ave, about 12 protesters from Friends of the Earth were swarmed by a far greater number of reporters looking for a big protest story. Last year's Davos gathering was marred by street battles between protesters and police, and every international economic gathering since the 1999 World Trade Organization meeting in Seattle has been accompanied by massive - and violent - protests. One demonstrator was killed by police at the G7 summit in Genoa last July, the last big economic meeting. ""I hope it’s going to be peaceful,"" New York police commissioner Raymond Kelly said. ""That’s all I can say."" ROOFTOP DEMO By noon yesterday, police had made their first arrests, five women who had climbed to a rooftop and unfurled a banner reading ""Bush and big biz agree that people with AIDS drop dead."" They were charged with trespassing and reckless endangerment. A handful of other demonstrators were arrested for defacing a Starbucks coffee shop with graffiti and scratching the window of a Gap clothing store. At the Gap outlet on Fifth Ave, 600 union activists led by the AFL-CIO protested against the clothing chain's alleged sweatshop practices in Guatemala and other developing countries. A wall of 30 cops stood single file across the storefront. Inside, a few shoppers checked out blue jeans. Protest organizations promise that the weekend will bring bigger demonstrations. Extra train coaches added STORM Continued from Page A1 It reached Toronto overnight Wednesday, creating havoc on city roads and upsetting travel plans as the snow changed to ice pellets and freezing rain yesterday afternoon. With dozens of flights in and out of Toronto cancelled yesterday, Via Rail laid on extra staff and cars to accommodate passengers traveling between Ontario and Quebec yesterday and today. All afternoon and evening trains from Toronto to Montreal and Ottawa were sold out by early afternoon, said Catherine Kaloutsky, a spokesman at Via's offices in Toronto. The storm also disrupted air traffic in and out of Dorval airport yesterday, Aeroports de Montreal spokesman Jacqueline Richard said. ""There were 26 or 27 cancellations on flights from Toronto, Boston, Chicago, New York and Philadelphia,"" she said. In addition, some flight departures from Dorval were delayed ""because of aircraft not coming in or being late."" Transport Quebec road crews were on alert yesterday as the storm slowly moved into the area. Planning to travel? For information on Via arrivals and departures today, check the Web site at www.viarail.ca. For information on flights at Dorval and Mirabel airports, consult www.admtl.com. ""The salt trucks are out and they will be employed as needed,"" Yves Kirouac, a Transport Quebec technician, said yesterday. ""It’s not a storm that will take us by surprise - it’s just a little late. We ask people to drive carefully, especially as it’s the first storm of the season."" While winter’s first blast took a long time coming, Montrealers had to wait even longer for their first real snowfall in the winter of 1979-80, Lam of Environment Canada said. The first big snowstorm of that season dumped 20 centimetres on the city - on March 14. ""That was also the season with the least snow on record,"" Lam noted. Only 93.1 centimetres of snow fell on Montreal that year, down from an average of 228.4 centimetres. Ann Carroll's Email address is acarroll@thegazette.southam.ca. i ' i?Z: ""C rM 4rv- ' ' f Name; Address Or Postal Code: Phone ( ) Card Jxpiry Date: Subscription Start Date: Signature: re-authorized Monthly Payment Plan Just $12 per month! Debited automatically from your Visa, MasterCard, Amex or chequing account. Please return coupon to: More is Less - National Post, 300-1450 Don Mills Road, Don Mills, Ontario M3B 3R5 or Fax: 1877 301 7678. C system 22 Article written by Freud 25 They have low ranges 26 Deseret denizen: Var 27 It's often dressed 28 Philosopher Kierkegaard 29 Went undercover 30 Bel 31 Certain battery 32 Cry while holding a paper 33 Well-rehearsed 44 Sta-fabric softener 45 Cedar Rapids college 48 Kind of arch 49 Military assignment 50 Seat of ancient Irish kings 51 Do perfectly 52 Buchanan who wrote ""The Corpse Had a Familiar Face"" 53 Is on the bottom? 54 Sudden burst 55 Reverse 56 Alaska's first governor William A. TODAY'S FORECAST The Weather Network make the right call Montreal area 1-900-565-weather Weather On Demand $1.50/min Today's high -4 Tonight's low -12 Ice pellets, Winds northeasterly 35km/h, Windchill -12, Tonight, 100% chance of ice pellets, Forecast Issued at 5 p.m. yesterday covers highs for today and overnight lows between tonight and tomorrow. Quebec Snow -1147 Si Saint-Jovite Snow -7-17 of Rivieres 0 Snow -9-15 Montreal J"" i , Jjjpe pellets -Af-Tgi I Sherbrooke "" i&iif Freezing rain 0-18 Snow -2-12gy J 1 NORTH AMERICAN WEATHER SYSTEMS Xl sV JVf i'l J Weather T7T20 1 5 V DSnSi 'Vv '-'H - systems n -' V r siown are - i'ff , for 2 p.m. u tiwiu rrunx I UIU rrum niyi piesaum v' Ttough Low pressure tit 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 f Low Moderate High Extreme more than 2 hours to sunburn Temperatures are given in degrees Celsius ALMANAC Today's Records Max, Min, Precipitation Heating Degree days to 2 p.m. laB 10""i ' Co 2 p.m. yusterrjay Yesterday 1932 - -31.7 measures in rrnnj 27.5 Temperature Yesterday 0 Yesterday -5 -14 Month to date 29 Oct. 1 to date Year ago today -5 -9 Month normal 72 1853.4 Normal this date -6.7 -15.1 Today's normal 1.8 EXTENDED WEATHER: Tomorrow Mainly sunny High -7 low -13 Sunday Partly sunny High Low -3 -7 Monday 80% chance of light snow High 1 Low -7 Tuesday 80% chance of light snow High -3 Low -11 Sun & moon Sunrise 7:16 a.m. Sunset 6:01 p.m. Moonrise 9:54 p.m. Moonset 9:41 a Total daylight: 9hrs, 45 mm (DO Feb 4 Feb 12 Feb 20 Feb 27 New Full Canada today Max, Min, Iqaluit Sunny -24 -33 Yellowknife Flurries -22 -28 Whitehorse P Cloudy -6 -9 Vancouver Showers 6 6 Victoria Showers 7 7 Edmonton P Cloudy -8 -16 Calgary M Sunny -6 -12 Saskatoon P Cloudy -14 -22 Regina P Cloudy -12 -16 Winnipeg P Cloudy -17 -18 Thunder Bay P Sunny -10 -20 Sudbury Flurries -12 -19 Toronto Rain-snow 0 -8 Fredericton Snow -7 -16 Halifax Snow 0 -11 Charlottetown Snow -5 -14 St. John's M Sunny -9 -10 United States today Atlanta Showers 16 1 Boston Rain-snow 4 -1 Chicago Flurries 0 -10 Dallas P Cloudy 9 -2 Denver P Cloudy 3 -8 Las Vegas P Cloudy 11 -3 Los Angeles P Cloudy 16 7 New Orleans Showers 14 6 New York Showers 16 1 Phoenix P Cloudy 17 5 St. Louis Cloudy 3 -4 San Francisco P Cloudy 11 5 Washington Rain 21 2 pWeather tg Network www.TheWeatherNetwork.com Regional synopses Abitibi-Temiscamingue High -15, Low near -24, Light snow Laurentians High -7, Low near -17, Snow Eastern Ontario High -2, Low near -12, Snow Southern Ontario High 0, Low near -8, Rain-snow shwr Quebec City High -11, Low near -17, Snow Eastern Townships High 0, Low near -18, Freezing rain Northern New England High 0, Low near -10, Snow Gaspe High -13, Low near -18, Light snow World today, Max, Min, Amsterdam Rain 11 8 Ankara Cloudy 1 0 Athens Cloudy 18 9 Beijing Sunny 8 0 Berlin Rain 10 4 Dublin Rain 13 7 Hong Kong Cloudy 14 13 Jerusalem Sunny 19 9 Lisbon Sunny 16 9 London Rain 12 11 Madrid Sunny 12 -3 Mexico City Showers 21 9 Moscow Snow -11 -13 Nairobi P Cloudy 26 11 New Delhi Sunny 22 8 Paris Rain 11 9 Rio de Janeiro T Storms 32 27 Rome P Cloudy 14 10 Stockholm Rain-snow -1 -4 Sydney Rain 24 24 Tokyo P Sunny 5 5 Resorts today Max, Min, Acapulco P Cloudy 31 25 Barbados P Cloudy 29 24 Bermuda Sunny 23 19 Daytona P Cloudy 25 16 Kingston T Showers 31 23 Miami P Cloudy 26 20 Myrtle Beach P Cloudy 23 7 Nassau P Cloudy 28 21 Tampa P Cloudy 26 17 SPORTS Whelan's return boosts volleyball Martlets McGill volleyball player Wendy Whelan certainly has picked up where she left off. The 25-year-old from Beaconsfield, who returned to the court with the Martlets only a few weeks ago after a three-year sabbatical, is the Canadian Interuniversity Sports female athlete of the week. The 6-foot-1 middle blocker was MVP at the Ottawa Gee-Gees Invitational last weekend, with 79 digs, 68 kills, 16 stuff blocks, five aces and a 2.34 passing ratio (out of 3.0) in five matches to lead McGill to the tournament title. In league play, Whelan's performance, as well as that of other veterans like fifth-year setter Shauna Forster, along with middle-blocker Elizabeth Jamieson and power-hitter Joliane Allaire, both fourth-year players, has the Martlets in a tight end-of-season battle for first place with Université de Montreal and Laval. ""What Wendy brings to the team in terms of performance on the court, experience and the maturity she gained during the three years she was away has been invaluable,"" said Rachele Beliveau, now in her 11th season as head coach of the Martlets. ""Her presence has brought a lot of stability and more confidence to the team."" Whelan played at McGill from 1995 to 1998, was a three-time Academic and CIS All-Canadian and graduated with a degree in physical and occupational therapy. Whelan, who is back at McGill as a special student studying psychology, French and computer technology, spent 18 months as a member of Canada's national team after graduating and went on to play professionally in Austria. COMPLIMENTS OTHERS ""Wendy really compliments others on the team,"" Beliveau said. ""Shauna, Elizabeth and Joliane have also gained in experience and demonstrate a lot of maturity on the court. The four are players who can make the difference between winning by two points and losing by two points."" The Martlets, tied with U de M and Laval with identical 6-5 league records, are ranked seventh in the country. They entertain U de M tonight and fifth-ranked Laval on Sunday. HAPPY 125TH: McGill, the oldest organized hockey team in the world, marked its 125th anniversary yesterday. ""How do we know we’re the oldest? Because there is no evidence of the existence of a hockey 'team' before McGill started playing,"" said Earl (The Pearl) Zukerman, sports information director at McGill and vice-president of the Society For International Hockey Research. ""People may have played hockey at the time, but McGill had the first organized team,"" Zukerman said. McGill students, instrumental in the origins and development of the game, founded the world's first hockey club, according to an article that appeared in the McGill University Gazette on Feb. 1, 1877. The first game was a challenge between McGill and the Victorias, a team composed of members from Montreal's old Victoria Skating Rink, the Montreal Lacrosse Club and the Montreal Football Club. McGill won 2-1 in a game played at Victoria Rink in the heart of the city in an area bordered by Drummond St., de Maisonneuve Blvd. and Rene Levesque Blvd. (formerly Dorchester). A Tilden car-rental franchise now occupies the site. The game between McGill and the Victorias was played in accordance with a list of rules published the following month in The Gazette, on Feb. 27, 1877, and before another confrontation between the teams in early March. The list of rules included: The ball may be stopped, but not carried on by any part of the body. No player shall raise his stick above his shoulder. Charging from behind, tripping, collaring, kicking or shinning shall not be allowed. All disputes shall be settled by the umpires, or in the event of their disagreement, by the referee. Zukerman said the game was initially played with a hard rubber ball, but took on a puck-like, yet square shape, when an enterprising McGill student cut off the rounded sides of the ball. To mark the anniversary, McGill will play host to Queen's University tonight at 7:30 in a continuation of the second-oldest men's college hockey rivalry in North America. McGill and Queen's first met in 1895, 10 years after Queen's and the Royal Military College faced off in Kingston. McGill principal Dr. Bernard Shapiro and Queen's principal Dr. William Leggett, a former vice-principal at McGill, will take part in a pre-game ceremony. McGill entertains RMC tomorrow night at 7. Canadian spirits high Soccer team can still finish third at Gold Cup Canadian Press PASADENA, Calif. - Like an exhausted boxer, battered and bruised from a lopsided fight, the Canadian soccer team returned to practice yesterday after yet another dramatic finale at the Gold Cup. Players limped off the bus some 12 hours after their 4-2 loss on penalty kicks to the U.C. MONTREAL SPORTS FINAL FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2002 65 (OUTSIDE METRO AREA 854) ""CJH0! ""I 1 C3C3 They say they’re allowed as little as 15 or 20 seconds to assess each visitor arriving at ports of entry. Arrivals are waved through even when their language isn't understood. WILLIAM MARSDEN The Gazette Call it the 15-second defence. Canada's front line against terrorists or other undesirables seeking entry to the country is basically a customs officer who has 15 to 20 seconds to check a traveler's story. The current system of assessing visitors arriving at our airports and other ports of entry still relies heavily on a thin line of often overworked customs officials whose main responsibility is checking for smugglers. Terrorists or other criminals are secondary. What's more, Canada Customs admits that nothing has changed since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. ""The only thing we have changed is to make sure officers enter everybody's name into the computer,"" said Sgt. Andre Belleville of Canada Customs. ""But we have been doing that really all along."" In fact, harried customs agents, pushed to process hordes of visitors at busy airports across the country, are given little more than 15 to 20 seconds to decide whether a visitor is a possible security risk and should be detained for an immigration check, according to former immigration agents interviewed by The Gazette. Belleville says these are not official quotas and an agent can take longer. Nevertheless, that's the expected time at airports, the immigration agents say. And they are pushed to stick to it. So after the one-tier check, when customs waves a traveler through with a coded customs card, the person is free to grab his luggage and enter the country. Immigration agents play no part in this vetting. Please see CUSTOMS, Page A7 Refugee watched by CSIS, Page A7 NEW RULES Want to sue cop? Make it snappy GEORGE KALOGERAKIS Gazette Justice Reporter New rules for the merged city of Montreal make it harder to sue police for negligence or wrongful arrest. When the Montreal Urban Community police existed as the regional force, people had three years to sue. Since the MUC police became Montreal police on Jan. 1, the deadline dropped to six months. And those who want to sue must send a warning letter within 15 days of whatever incident they feel warrants a lawsuit. That warning letter wasn't necessary before. New rules and regulations for the amalgamated city, drafted by the Quebec government as part of the process of imposing municipal mergers, have raised the ire of some lawyers who specialize in suing police forces. Reevin Pearl said yesterday that the change erodes the rights of the public. ""People don’t run to a lawyer immediately,"" he said. ""It doesn’t hit them right away. They are still in shock. They have to think about it first."" The new deadlines refer to all cases except those of personal injury or death, for which the delay remains three years. Here are some examples of what is affected: A man illegally detained in police cells or wrongfully arrested on insufficient evidence. A landlord who sees police damage one of his apartments during a raid. An improper police response worsens damage caused by a riot or a thief. Pearl gave an example in which he represented merchants who successfully sued police after the 1993 Stanley Cup riots. Police had reacted slowly when hordes of rioters looted stores along St. Catherine St. Please see LAWSUITS, Page A2 -WEATHER- o o o e o o o o o o e o e o e Stormy Today's high, -4 Tonight's low, -12 Details, Page C I I INDEX- Aubin B3 Auto Plus B6 Boone A 2 Bridge B9 Brownstein A 6 Business C I City Life A6 Classified B6 Comics C I 2 Comment B3 Crosswords B7, C1 1 Editorials B2 Horoscope B7 Lamey C I Landers B10 Legals Auctions B10 Movies D2 Nation All Needletrade B9 Obituaries B10, BU Phillips C11 Preview D 1 RSVP B5 Scoreboard C I O Sports C7 Stewart B3 Todd C7 TV Listings 09 What's On D10, D11 Wonderword B9 QUOTE It has yet to be proven that intelligence has any survival value. Arthur C. Clarke canada.com J' Make! Make The Gazette Black History Month revives memories 4- fcfc i-'"" ; rf '-""t 1- ' II vtff I c J 1114111' fill , , ,? I f 1 Vy8WWW , r "" wrnti i', 'iim,,', "" ,r ' ,f - ' "", ' , i ; 1 I--: -""r' t V - i4 li fc,f n i i 1 7 vyiy ALLEN McINNIS, GAZETTE Former football star Ivan Livingstone checks out his boyhood haunts, along Coursol St. in Little Burgundy, during a visit Wednesday. At home in soul of the community IRWIN BLOCK The Gazette It was always a small downtown neighbourhood, tucked below the CPR tracks, but the importance of Little Burgundy to Montreal was far greater than its size. It nurtured the famous - like jazz stars Oscar Peterson, Oliver Jones and Charlie Biddle - and the not-so-famous. Former Alouettes football star Ivan Livingstone remembers that part of the St. Henri district, just west of Mountain St., as the heart and soul of Montreal's black community well into the 1960s. ""We went through some very difficult times,"" Livingstone recalled when interviewed about Black History Month, which starts today. His memories include living with his 11 brothers and sisters in a ""cold Gat"" heated by a kerosene stove. ""I remember my dad couldn’t afford the $22 a month rent downtown in 1939 or 1940. We had to make sacrifices."" Then there were the racist taunts that Livingstone faced while playing football at Macdonald College of McGill University. ""I was called 'nigger' by my teammates. Once, we lost a game against the University of Ottawa and I had scored five touchdowns, yet they blamed the loss on me."" Livingstone was part of a tough yet dynamic community that included the walk-up tenements between Mountain St. and Atwater Ave., and went south from the tracks to St. Jacques St. The people there didn't have much but they had dreams and a strong community to support them. Please see COMMUNITY, Page A4 Solace in Friends Page A4 Globalization protesters feel New York chill JOE LAURIA Southam News 1st storm finally here Road crews ready for heavy snow, freezing rain ANN CARROLL The Gazette NEW YORK - Anti-globalization protesters were sparse on the streets of midtown Manhattan for the opening day of the World Economic Forum, and the weather might have had as much to do with it as the presence of riot police. After three days of record-breaking warmth, yesterday's freezing rain and slicing winds drew only the most ardent anti-capitalists outdoors. The sight of cops in full riot gear mounted on horses and others toting submachine guns may have also been a deterrent. Television pictures of New York police rehearsing crowd-control tactics were beamed across the country all week. 'MEDIA STUNT' ""It was a media stunt designed to scare people away,"" said Eric Laursen of Another World Is Possible, the coalition formed to organize protests for the first WEF meeting, which was held outside the Swiss alpine village Davos. At the opening press conference at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani predicted police will maintain order. Please see GLOBALIZATION, Page A7 A storm blowing in from the southwestern US is expected to dump as much as 15 centimetres of snow and ice pellets on Montreal by tonight, snarling traffic and delaying or cancelling flights. ""This is the first major storm of the season affecting southern Quebec and the St. Lawrence Valley,"" Environment Canada meteorologist Laura Lam said yesterday. Heavy-snow warnings are in effect for Montreal, the Laurentians, Quebec City and the lower St. Lawrence. Total accumulation in the Quebec City region is expected to reach 25 centimetres. The snow and ice pellets falling on Montreal this morning could change to freezing rain this afternoon as the temperature climbs to about minus-3C, Lam said. The weather is expected to be fine tomorrow, with a high of minus-8, followed by light snow Sunday and Monday, with highs of minus-1. The storm has been blamed for 16 deaths in the United States and three more in Ontario. Please see STORM, Page A7 U vUJ mm U0fllf ' Try fir, nr'wif(ifPt mi -O i iO - ' - ' ""TM your home page: canada.com/unionmontreal",0,0,0,0,0,0
+242,19980115,modern,Freezing,"S Open with boyfriend Fedorov of the Detroit Red Wings, 10 years her senior. In Australia, she has been photographed with star cricket players. Kournikova may be 16 but looks and acts like 26. For the moment, though, she'd settle for 17 so she could play any tournament she wants. That won't happen until June 7. BRIEFS IN HOBART, Australia, unseeded Jana Nejedly of Toronto hampered by a sore groin and windy conditions, was beaten 6-2, 6-0 by seventh-seeded Barbara Schett of Austria in second-round action at the Tasmanian International women's tournament. WINTER SPORTS Canadian speed-skater Jeremy Wotherspoon swept the 500- and 1,000-metre events while teammate Catriona Le May Doan earned a gold and silver in the same events yesterday at a World Cup long-track speed-skating meet in Baselga Di Pine, Italy. Wotherspoon, from Red Deer, Alta, posted a track record in the 1,000 metres with a time of one minute, 11.68 seconds and another course record in the 500 in 36.34 seconds. Le May Doan won her second 500 metres in as many days and her fourth straight in 38.83 seconds, followed by Canadian teammate Susan Auch at 38.90. In the 1,000 metres, Franziska Schenk of Germany maintained a 10-point World Cup lead with a second straight win in 1:18.37. Le May Doan, second overall, followed in 1:18.43. Auch was sixth. The last pre-Olympic competition for the Canadian sprinters is the world sprint championships in Berlin Jan. 24-25. IN MILAN, Italy, Russians Elena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze, who have skated together only 18 months, won the European figure-skating pairs title, establishing themselves as Olympic contenders. It was the 31st time in the last 34 years that Russian or former Soviet skaters won the European pairs gold. OUTDOORS RON PINET From now to the end of March, the north branch of the Yamaska river is open to trout fishing. The combination of rapids and underground alkaline spring seepages helps keep the river ice-free for 8 kilometres downstream from its headwaters in Lac Boivin through the town of Granby. Rivers that flow through limestone have a higher pH, which raises its freezing point and supports more insects and crustaceans, such as scuds or freshwater shrimp, which encourage the fish to eat (and grow) year-round. The Association des Chasseurs et Pecheurs de l'Estrie, in collaboration with the Department of the Environment, have been stocking the river with over 60,000 brown, brook and rainbow trout since 1992, as well as undertaking stream-improvement measures. The $10 permit includes member the restless age-limit rule is. Anna Kournikova returns volley yesterday in loss to Lindsay Davenport from Aussie Open since suffering calf injury last month. The country also picked up the silver with Oksana Kazakova and Artur Dmitriev, who were third after the short program. Five-time French national champions Sarah Abitbol and Stephane Bernadis slid to third. SOCCER The Impact has traded midfielder Darko Kolic and future considerations to the Edmonton Drillers for midfielder Ziad Allan, who is expected to arrive in Montreal today. Ziad, a 27-year-old native of Kuwait, had 16 points in eight games with Edmonton this season in the National Professional Soccer League. He spent the last two seasons in the Continental Indoor Soccer League with the Houston Hotshots and was the CISL's second-leading scorer in 1997 with 35 goals and 29 assists. IN LONDON, Arsenal needed a penalty shootout to overcome modest Port Vale while Sheffield Wednesday edged Watford of the Second Division on a night of tense FA Cup games. Arsenal, held 0-0 at Highbury and then 1-1 at Vale Park, eventually subdued its First Division rival 4-3 on penalties while Sheffield Wednesday downed Watford 5-3 in another shootout at Hillsborough after the two teams had ended extra time tied at 0-0. Aston Villa struggled to beat First Division Portsmouth 1-0 at home in another third-round replay, while Wolves romped to a 4-0 win at Third Division Darlington. MISCELLANY The city of Indianapolis has reached a new lease with the National Football League's Colts that will keep the team in the city for at least the next 10 years. These collaborative ventures between clubs and the provincial government are becoming more popular, to the benefit of both. Is it necessary to add that you should call Tourism Granby at (514) 372-7273 for conditions? The Lower Canada Arms Collectors Association will be holding its first Arms Fair of the new year on Sunday, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Place Desaulniers, 1023 Taschereau Blvd. in Longueuil. With more than 40 tables and exhibits, you'll find something absolutely essential that you had no idea you needed. Flies are artificial lures concocted of fur, feathers and synthetic material, which are tied to a hook and intended to entice or aggravate fish into biting them. Of the thousand or so patterns, some try to imitate actual insects in compulsive detail, while others are more expressionistic. No one has verified which the fish prefer, but the variety available offers the excuse that when the fish aren't biting, it's because the wrong fly is on the end of the tippet holding her back. The city will provide the Colts with about $8.9 million a year as part of a new lease. Team owner Jim Irsay had been negotiating a deal since last spring. He had never threatened to move the team, but said the extra revenue was vital to keeping the Colts competitive in the NFL. IN PHOENIX, baseball's executive council approved changes to the postseason format, giving more advantages to the teams with the best regular-season records. Teams with the top records - excluding wild cards - will have the home-field advantage in the first two rounds of the playoffs, under a resolution approved by the council. In addition, the teams with the best records will have the home fields in Games 1, 2 and, if necessary, 5. IN BERMUDA DUNES, Calif., Andrew Magee, seeking his first PGA Tour victory in more than three years, clipped seven shots off par on the front nine in a 9-under 63 that gave him the first-round lead in the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic. Fred Couples, Brad Fabel and Steve Lowery were a shot behind after the opening day of the 90-hole tournament held at four different courses in the desert resort area. IN LAS VEGAS, Nev., the former owners of the Houston Rockets said they have purchased one-quarter of the National Basketball Association's Sacramento Kings for $37.5 million and might consider buying a bigger piece of the team. Members of the Maloof family of New Mexico also said they took a look at buying into the San Antonio Spurs, but that those negotiations did not produce a deal. Lord Byron's arch comment on fishing - that it is an activity involving a fish on one end and a fool on the other - comes to mind for some reason, but who was he to criticize such a wholesome and benign pastime? One of its pleasures is the tying of flies. Usually many flies, because fly boxes look complete when packed hackle to hackle, and because of the worry that the one fly you don't have is the very one the fish will be elbowing each other out of the way for in their eagerness to impale themselves upon it. This is called equipment anxiety: the belief that more and better tools will produce better results. Peter Farago of the Boutique Classique Angler (414 McGill St. in Old Montreal, 878-3474) is offering 15-hour fly-tying classes for beginners on Mondays, Tuesdays or Wednesdays, from 6:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. The five-week course costs $50 and all equipment is supplied. He is also prepared to teach an intermediate-level course, if enough people are interested. This could be the beginning of a beautiful hobby. You can send E-mail to Ron Pinet at: rpinet@istar.ca. Leagues affected by storm But there are ways to make up games. League members who missed a night of bowling as a result of the ""storm of the century"" can make it up in a number of ways. Bowlers can either play what amounts to a double-header at a later date, bowl on a different day, or have the season extended by a week. Another option is to drop the week completely. Fortunately, most sanctioned leagues have a rule in their constitution that dictates what steps will be taken in the event of power outages or storms. A number of tournaments also fell victim to the storm, including the second leg of the Canadian Tire Challenge at Centre 440, which has been postponed until this weekend. The final is slated for Sunday afternoon. The task of rescheduling will likely be the first order of business when leagues resume play this week, so be prepared to vote for the choice that you prefer, and hope that a majority of your peers feel the same way. Jocelyn Carre and Ghislain Renaud have dominated the field on the Canadian Tire Challenge telecasts on RDS. Both bowlers have won eight consecutive matches, while earning $5,500 and averaging 226 and 234, respectively. In the Canadian Tire Open at Laurentian Lanes, Bahjat Zoorob has also won eight consecutive matches on TV while pocketing $5,900. Jacques Hamelin remains in second place with five consecutive wins, while Eric Bourret has four wins to his credit. Qualifications for the final leg of the tournament have already begun and will continue through next weekend, with the finals slated for the evening of Jan. 25. The event should provide great drama, as always. The recently contested Montreal Youth Tenpin Association's team trios tournament at Pincourt Lanes saw the team of Bruno Hebert, Marc-Andre Daigneault and Patrick Roger beat the team of Josh Benoliel, Jonathan Marcotte and Michael Frascarelli by 106 pins to capture the handicap division. In the tightly contested scratch division, Mathieu Valliers, Amelie St. Onge and Frederic Fries tied the team of Daniel Skitt, Jamie Barnoff and Randy Ryan for the silver medal, falling 13 pins short of the gold-medal performance by Mathieu Valliers, St. Onge and Stephanie Hamelin. Gerry Auger captured the 440 New Year's Pressure Cooker tournament with a surprisingly low score of 205. To stay alive, bowlers had to roll a minimum of 160 in the first game, 170 in the second game and so on. Ross Hargrave, Leslie Kalapos, Paul Plasse and Hirsh Schnayer made it to the final round, but succumbed to the pressure and were cooked. Here are some of the interesting statistics from the recently published 1997 edition of the MTBAMWTA yearbook. Thirty-five sanctioned 300 games were rolled last year, while the nearly impossible 7-10 split was converted nine times. Bowlers who surpassed the elusive 800 mark last season included: Paul Plasse, Juan Roquebert, Donald Dagenais, Frank Buffa (twice), Kevin Jessiman, Frank Herriott and Gaetan Cusson. Finally, congratulations are due to the following bowler-of-the-year winners: A Class: Frank Buffa, Danyck Briere, Hirsh Schnayer, Celine Desautels, Debby Ship, Helene Brousseau. B Class: Robert Boutin, Stephane Larocque, Sylvain Thuot, Linda Fure, Patricia Humphreys, Jose Ladouceur. C Class: Michel McKenzie, Giuseppe Porco, Michel Racicot, Monique Lagendresse, Dominique Hadrill, Linda Bradley. D Class: Herman Lachance, Mathieu Grenier, Sebastien Desjean, Cindy Krupka, Francine Trudel, Gina Disalvo. E Class: Chantal Morrow, Michelle Bisson, Donna Glencross. Any bowlers who feel they have achieved scores that are worthy of recognition are invited to have their league secretaries submit the scores to their MTBAMWTA house representatives, who will then submit the scores to The Gazette for publication in the Gutter Talk column. THE GAZETTE, MONTREAL, THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 1998 THE GAZETTE, MONTREAL, THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 1998 WEG7 WEST END: THE STORM OF '98 G6WE MARIE-FRANCE COALLIER, GAZETTE Nelson Perez, 3, shows off by flexing his muscles at the shelter at Centre de Loisir in Cote des Neiges. Watching are his 11-year-old brother, Julio (far right) and the Naims, Oussama, 6, Hamza, 4, and Siham, 12. Emergency funding City makes aid available to help welfare recipients buy food ALLISON LAMPERT Special to The Gazette Loading stacks of microwave dinner-like trays into a van, Multi-Caf worker Fred Mehrabi is thrilled that the community food bank, for once, has too much food. The Cote des Neiges based organization helped feed residents of the 400-bed Centre de Loisir Communautaire - the area's largest shelter. ""Today there's a surplus, tomorrow who knows,"" Mehrabi said as he transported the food back to the depot. Mehrabi anticipated the demand for food among people with low incomes would grow dramatically as they return home from shelters to refrigerators filled with spoiled food. ""It's a big problem. One of our big worries is that people will go home, find that they have no money and eat whatever is left over even if it might be rotten,"" said Project Genesis worker Gary Saxe. ""There's one family that has electricity at home but is staying here (at the shelter) just to have dinner,"" Saxe said. Like many local community workers, Mehrabi believed the freezing rain and power outages have been devastating for West End residents on low incomes. This is because many local welfare recipients are just finding out about emergency measures taken by the Quebec government in response to the situation, after what advocacy groups call a difficult wait. The province is currently issuing emergency cheques and payment guarantees to welfare recipients who have lost food during the storm, said Pierre Baraby, a spokesman for the Ministry of Employment and Solidarity. The amount of emergency aid is to be determined by welfare agents on a case-by-case basis, he said. A spokesman for Montreal's Revenue and Securities Department, Roch Corriveau, said these measures are allowing recipients to purchase food at stores with the guarantee that the province will compensate merchants later. Although Corriveau noted that there had been no publicity about the emergency aid since it became available last Monday, the city had issued 260 cheques on Tuesday alone. ""In certain offices we've had huge lineups,"" Corriveau said. But local advocacy groups were angry that the measures were not better publicized. ""We think it's unfortunate that the government did not make the news public,"" said Project Genesis lawyer Rick Goldman. ""Unlike other areas of Montreal, in Cote des Neiges, a lot of people are still getting out of shelters,"" he said. ""It's impossible for people to get any information. There were only three telephone lines for (350) people."" Elvia Perez and her three sons had been living at the shelter for a week after their Van Home St. apartment lost electricity. Playing with her 11-year-old son, Julio, Perez remained optimistic even though she has no idea how she'll be able to buy more food. ""It's alright, we'll get by, we're all really fat,"" the Mexican native said. But another resident, 41-year-old Abdi Elmi, is not as confident. He spent more than a quarter of his $360 a month welfare cheque on food, only to have lost perishables such as meat and chicken. ""If I go home, I have nothing to eat,"" he said Tuesday. Other people on low incomes have to cover storm costs aside from food, said Project Genesis community organizer Jennifer Auchinleck. ""A lot of people had to spend extra money on batteries, candles, transportation."" While many shelters in the West End this week were nearly filled to capacity, few homeless people decided to spend the night. ""We had one homeless person but he really didn't want help,"" Salvation Army worker Marilynn St. Onge said at the group's N. THE GAZETTE, MONTREAL, THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 1998 DAVID SIDAWAY, GAZETTE Master Cpl. Stephane Jodoin (left) peers through the window of a Carignan home to see whether residents inside are in danger. Above, Pte. Francois Duprercg checks house off his list after inspecting the grounds. Army marches in Blackout victims hail soldiers for patrolling neighbourhoods and bringing order to chaos LYNN MOORE The Gazette The best news in a ""situation that has got worse at every turn"" was the arrival of the Canadian Forces in her town, Carignan Mayor Renee Legendre told everyone who would listen yesterday. ""The army's help is extraordinarily important. Everybody has to be told that,"" Legendre said as residents of her South Shore community streamed into the town's second emergency shelter, set up yesterday morning by the army. The cold snap, which began Tuesday, has increased the danger levels for those trying to remain in cold homes. Before dawn, ""about 60 people, including children and whole families, were found trying to sleep in their cars"" by roving patrols of Carignan security officers and volunteers, Legendre said. Those residents, trying to make do with woodstoves and fireplaces, probably had heard that there wasn't any more room to stretch out in the town's original shelter, she said. ""But at least they could have found a place to sit (in the shelter) and be warm,"" Legendre said. ""It's very dangerous trying to sleep in cars."" By lunch yesterday, the army had opened Carignan's second shelter, for 170 temporary inhabitants, set up a camp kitchen, and - perhaps most importantly - established a presence, exuding a sense of order and calm amid chaos and confusion. ""We need strong arms, equipment, firewood, hot food and we need to know what's happening,"" Legendre said. The mayor was highly critical of the provincial government, the provincial police and provincial civil-protection officials. ""For seven days, until Monday, there was a total absence of communication and information,"" she said. When she heard Monday night that a ""turf war"" had erupted because the Surete du Quebec or the union representing its rank and file felt its members should patrol storm-ravaged Quebec, Legendre spent half the night worrying that the army would be yanked out of her area, she said. Brig.-Gen. Christian Couture, who commands about 4,700 of the 9,000 soldiers deployed across southern Quebec in the aftermath of last week's ice storm, noted yesterday that the Surete is in charge of the overall coordination of policing efforts. ""There may be some (jealousy and power-jostling between the army and Surete), but I have not experienced any of it,"" Couture said as he surveyed operations in Boucherville. Whether working with provincial or municipal police officers or members of their own unit, his men ""feel privileged and have a sense of accomplishment in assisting their fellow citizens,"" Couture said. Meanwhile, on the outskirts of Carignan, a commandeered school bus full of soldiers lumbered around sinkholes in the thick ice that has consumed Lareau Rd. At various points, pairs of soldiers disembarked, boots with thick treads on their feet and smiles on their faces. ""Our orders are to go door-to-door on the left side of this street and determine if the residents are adequately protected from the cold,"" Master Cpl. Stephane Jodoin explained. The soldiers were on the lookout for homeowners using dangerous fuels like kerosene to heat their homes. If they found any, their job was to convince the residents it was time to move or alert police to the situation. Many homes appeared empty and well-secured by departed storm victims, but the soldiers had to check them out and note their location for later patrols. That meant traversing yards that had been turned into skating rinks, jumping fences to peer into back windows and occasionally scrambling up garage roofs to peer into upper windows. ""I like it that the army is here,"" said Nadia Guerin, whose family had remained in their home thanks to a dual heating system that uses wood and a generous neighbour who shares his generator. ""I know a couple in Chambly who stayed in their home beyond the point when it was safe,"" Guerin said. ""It was the army that convinced them it was time to get out."" Clearing trend Work crews battle bitter cold, slippery sidewalks and fatigue to remove dangerous branches and ice YVONNE ZACHARIAS The Gazette Slowly, steadily, Benoit Laplante digs the picks strapped to the bottom of his heavy work boots into the bark as he climbs the tree. It rocks slightly with each step. So does the chainsaw dangling from his waist. But his eyes never waver from the branches above him. He studies them carefully, deciding where to loop the rope next. It's a decision not to be made lightly. It is the only difference between his perch in the sky and the hard ground - oh, say, a good 10 metres below. Reaching behind him, he swings the chainsaw to the front. Dangling at mid-branch, he yanks a cord. The power saw fires up, its racket splitting the cold, clear air. He slices through tree limbs, sending a constant shower of ice and branches crashing to the ground. A bird swoops overhead. Life in a pinched and bent-over city passes by on the street below. But Laplante does not give it a passing thought. He has too many other things on his mind - where the branches will fall, where the rope is, where his feet are. ""There's no room for error,"" he said later, warming up in the cab of a truck. Just as no two trees are alike, he knows. He's spent 17 years dangling from them. Laplante isn't the type of guy to think of himself as a hero. Tell him that he's part of the minus-15 club, the army of tree acrobats, firefighters, Hydro-Quebec crews and others working from dawn to dark in the cold to piece together a broken city. Just try it and that chiseled face of his would crack into a crooked smile. But look up, look way up, and you'll see them there, clearing menacing branches, chipping ice from rooftops, grappling with the snarled electrical wires that have given a city so much grief. Things are never quite the way they look from the ground. Take the situation of the firefighters clearing ice from a street in Old Montreal. There's the cold seeping into their yellow rubber boots, into their heavy leather gloves. A spray of ice and snow swirls up. ""It's freezing like hell,"" firefighter Robert Labelle says. ""I don't mind because of the situation we're in,"" each time their axes fly into the solid sheet coating the ledge of a building. But life way up in a cherry-picker has another downside. It's the swaying. Some never get used to it, firefighter Robert Labelle says. Others hardly notice it after an hour. ""You see up there,"" he says, pointing with his gloved finger up to where two other firefighters are swinging like madmen at a phantom enemy. ""Look at how it moves."" Then there's the fleeting thought that the supposedly fail-proof crane hoisting them into the sky could fail after all. ""It's supposed to be mechanically safe, but you never know."" With the same gloved finger, he points to the boom, or the bottom part of the crane. ""Do you have any idea how hot the oil is in there right now?"" In case there aren't enough reminders of the dangers, a huge piece of ice came crashing down on a fire truck yesterday morning. ""It has a few things missing now, like the lights in the front,"" Labelle noted. The streets of Old Montreal were pretty much deserted yesterday, except for the army, the unmistakable red fire trucks that were there to make things safe for the clerks, the bookkeepers, the secretaries - the company men and women - before they return to their warm, comfortable offices. Labelle spots someone going into an entryway. Good. That means another place to get warm. ""It's freezing like hell. I'm freezing my butt off,"" Labelle wasn't complaining, though. ""I don't mind because of the situation we're in."" Situation, now that's one way of summing up the rain, broken branches, downed power lines, falling sheets of ice. Hell freezing over. No wonder a Hydro worker from the Gaspe has a few words to say about the boss, ""le patron."" ""The boss has targets to meet, a magic number of happy customers at the end of the day. Him and his objectives."" The worker mutters something incomprehensible about the world and people being more important. ""You have to block it all out,"" he said. ""You have to concentrate on the job."" Understand that he's been working 16-hour days. That the footing underneath has turned to solid ice, that no one has cleared the branches from the street and that all the equipment is freezing up in the sub-zero temperatures. Even the oil in the truck's hydraulic engine doesn't circulate properly in this kind of weather, he explains between deep drags on his cigarette. What's his name? He looks at the reporter as if she's crazy, then breaks into laughter. ""Do I honestly think he will give his name after all that business about le patron?"" Back at his tree-pruning operation near Dawson College, Laplante swings from branch to branch, giving himself a slight push-off each time, his chainsaw flying behind as an afterthought. On the ground below him, blood congeals on Jean-Guy Godin's face. Scratches from branches, he explains. He and Luc Prault catch them as they fall, then shove them into a maw that spits them out as wood chips. ""Hell, no, they aren't cold. Even if they were, do you think they'd admit it?"" French are urged to get out of the cold, doctors advise to provide warmth for crisis victims. Consider leaving home if indoor temperature plunges below 7C. Presse Canadienne PARIS - The Association France-Quebec issued an appeal yesterday to the French to provide financial aid to victims of Quebec's ice storm and power crisis. Donations will be collected by the association and turned over to the Red Cross in Quebec. ""We received an enormous number of calls from our members, asking what they could do,"" explained Georges Poirier, president of France-Quebec. ""Many French have close friends or relatives in the hardest-hit regions. They couldn't help but react."" The Association France-Quebec, founded 30 years ago, is one of the principal organizations fostering close relations between France and the province. In France, it has about 5,000 members. An appeal for aid is to be published today in hundreds of regional newspapers. It is the first aid operation of its kind undertaken by the organization. French media, which rarely cover Quebec events outside elections and referendums, have been giving heavy coverage to the storm damage and power outages. JEFF HEINRICH The Gazette How do you survive in a cold house if it's minus-20 degrees Celsius outside? You don't, so don't risk it, public-health officials warned yesterday. ""With temperatures where they're at now, if people are in their homes with no source of heat, and they haven't had any for several days, it's unthinkable that they stay,"" said Dr. Lucie-Andree Roy, spokesman for Montreal's environmental-health unit. ""Trying to sleep in a cold house, when it's minus-20 outside - it's crazy. Our advice is, if the house temperature drops below 7 degrees, people should start thinking very seriously about leaving."" Stay, and your risk of hypothermia - literally, freezing to death - increases. You'll know when it starts: although your breathing and pulse might be normal, you begin shivering all over, feel groggy and can't quite think straight. That's mild hypothermia. Beware of the danger signs that mild is turning to moderate and even severe, the Ottawa-based Canada Safety Council warns: With moderate hypothermia, the shivers get violent. You can't pay attention. Your breathing gets slow, shallow. Your pulse slows too, and gets weak. When the hypothermia gets severe, you stop shivering altogether. You lose consciousness. You breathe only a little, or not at all. Your pulse goes from weak to irregular to none at all. If you're stuck, how can you ward off the cold? Do the following: Wear a warm hat. Wear layered clothing. Protect your feet and hands. And don't fall into the traps of losing interest, going to sleep, or drinking alcohol or smoking - you'll just get cold faster. If you find someone who has hypothermia, here's some basic first aid: Handle the person gently; too rough, and his heart may stop. Keep him horizontal. Get him warm with clothes or blankets, including under him. If he's conscious, give him something warm to drink (not alcohol or coffee). If he's unconscious and not breathing, do artificial respiration. If there's no pulse, do cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Don't do the following: Don't rub the person's body to improve circulation; all you're doing is helping cold blood flow back to the body's core, making it even colder. Don't apply direct heat from things like water bottles; they can cause the heart to beat irregularly. Don't make the person exercise; exhaustion makes hypothermia worse. And if you really insist on staying at home, think again. If it's a shelter you're avoiding, or you don't want to impose on strangers or relatives with heat, you want to protect your house from looters, or you simply want to be there when the power comes back, consider the consequences. That home you cherish so much could be your last place of residence. Takashi Yamamoto, Japan, 1:57.26; James Hickman, Britain, 1:58.76; Stephen Parry, Britain, 1:59.57; Han Kyu Chul, South Korea, 2:00.26; Scott Goodman, Australia, disqualified. Consolation Final: Ugur Taner, US, 1:59.13; Stefan Aartsen, Netherlands, Anatoli Poiiakov, Russia, 1:59.98; Vesa Hanski, Finland, 2:00.30; Chris-Carol Bremer, Germany, 2:00.37; Pieter Horvath, Hungary, 2:00.73; Massimiliano Erok, Italy, 2:00.79; Xie Xufeng, China, 2:03.24. BY GUY THIBAUDEAU Things are slowly getting back to normal in the Laurentians and Lanaudiere while they are at a dead halt in the Eastern Townships and Montérégie. Here ski areas are under Hydro orders not to operate ""until further notice."" There is fear that this could extend to the end of next week if the South Shore situation remains as it is. Meanwhile Laurentian areas are restricted to minimal operation using lifts sparingly, not making snow or providing night skiing despite mid-winter conditions. Quebec and Charlevoix areas, however, are far enough away from the weather calamity and have no restrictions. They also were not affected by any freezing rain. Cross-country is excellent in the Quebec City region as well as in Lanaudiere and a few Laurentians centres such as Esterel, the Linear Park, Far Hills and the wider trails at St. Jovite-Mont Tremblant. NEW SNOW TOTALS: CHARLEVOIX 10-12cm; EAST TOWNSHIPS 0cm; MONTREAL 0cm; LAURENTIANS 10-15cm; LANAUDIERE 7-15cm; NEW ENGLAND 2-7cm. Jan. 2, Jan. 2, Jan. 13, Jan. 13, Jan. 13. ALPINE IMS: THIS SKI AREA OPEN TOTAL WEEK MAKING COM. QUEBEC-CHARLEVOIX Le Massif 18 (90) 10cm 42 MGPO; Le Relais 25 (100) 12cm 100 MGPO; Mont Grand Fonds 14 (100) 10cm 60 MGPO; Mont Santo Anne 49 (91) 10cm 85 MGPO; Stoneham 25 (100) 10cm 95 PPMG. EASTERN TOWNSHIPS: Bromont 0 (0) 0cm 85 CT; Mont Glen 0 (0) 0cm 0 CT; Mont Orford 0 (0) 0cm 85 CT; Mont Shefford 0 (0) 0cm 0 CT; Mont Sutton 0 (0) 0cm 60 CT; Owl's Head 0 (0) 0cm 85 CT; Mont Rigaud 0 (0) 0cm 100 CT; Laurentians Belle Neige 14 (100) 16cm 80 MGPP; Chantecler 16 (73) 12cm 85 MGPP; Cotes 40-80 6 (100) 12cm 0 MGPP; Gray Rocks 17 (74) 10cm 95 MGPP; Mont Avalanche 0 (0) 15cm 85 CT; Mont Ave 0 (0) 0cm 100 CT; Mont Brome 12 (34) 10cm 85 MGPP; Mont Gabriel 0 (0) 10cm 83 CT; Mont Tremblant 66 (86) 10cm 75 MGPP; Vallee Bleue 16 (100) 15cm 60 MGPP; LANAUDIERE Mont Garceau 15 (94) 15cm 90 MGPP; Ski Montcalm 6 (40) 10cm 75 MGPP; Val St Come 21 (100) 7cm 95 MGPP; NEW ENGLAND Burke Mountain 27 (90) 7cm 50 PPMG. LEGEND: CS: Closed for the Season; CT: Open May; FOs: Frozen Granular; OF: Granular; MP: Hard Packed; IC: Icy; Lf: Limited; GS: Machine Groomed; AIM: Machine Made; NA: Not Available; NOT: Not Yet Open; NP: New Powder; NS: New Snow; NT: Not Track Set; ON: Opening Tonight; OS: Opening Soon; OT: Opening Tomorrow; PO: Powder; PP: Pack Powder; SC: Spring Conditions; SP: Soft Pack; TS: Track Set; VA: Variable; WO: Wet Granular; WC: Wet Only; Wk: Wet Snow. For the latest ski conditions call The Gazette at 556-1234 and use the following code: 7669. SKATING Ukraine 110 6, KtnM awanfcM and On Ouaoi, Clth Hepuow, 11 6 6 mga No4kiaov and AiakMindr Aiwitenks, AiMBaitan, 116; II, Marsha PaluhiiwlMflki and Andrew iimet, sVrurn, 160 II, flam AsanMl and Jet McXeevM, OnMc, li 6; 11, Org 64lanhgova end Jel (Mian, tWvMia, I , II feMaierwa NearetMvi and (Nrldre MiMai, tswraa, 20, 14 atawy mata and AauanrM ChMUMh, Ayiatnt, 20,1 1 rWtrrr6hru)n), 1 0 No (and puemga, t Awaaavs OrMn, 26, J, Auibol aernedn, 10; 4, 2aaertk-6iuMti, 4 0; 6, Ichwari, MuM(, 6 0, 6 7enMrMrchrifca, 60, 7, OtertM-Paiamwciwe, 7 0, a, fVvanknv Ckaooia, 10 1 Maw Antchenk, 6 0, 10, PoMurtCheou, SabrMk. PAUL B. BRADING Lachine CJAD needs Duff back on staff. Bravo to CJAD's Jim Duff for understanding why, in extreme circumstances, it is necessary to put public service ahead of the bottom line. When CJAD went off the air Jan. 9, I immediately switched over to Mix 96 under the false assumption that, surely, programming staff would have moved CJAD's continuous news coverage over to its FM sister station. Under the circumstances, it was the easiest decision to make until CJAD had secured an alternate transmitter site. More importantly, breaking Mix 96's format would have been the easiest choice to ensure that Montrealers received the up-to-the-minute information they required. Instead, we heard almost continuous music on Mix 96 on the night of Jan. 9, when most of Montreal was plunged into darkness at the peak of the province's worst ice storm in history. General manager Rob Braide did a great disservice to Montrealers by not following Jim Duff's advice. Radio licenses are regulated to ensure that the public is properly served. The CRTC should respond when profits are put ahead of public service in times of crisis. Listeners will undoubtedly remember the night that CJAD management put profits and dance music ahead of public service. Sound programming decisions pay off in the ratings. CJAD's decision, in this case, was not sound. CJAD needs Mr. Duff back on staff. His judgment was sound and he put his professional reputation on the line to defend the best interests of Montrealers. Can the same be said of Standard Broadcasting's upper management? BRIAN BOYER Montreal recently despaired of our future, and who were saddened by the apparent lack of compassion of certain political and religious leaders, should take heart. We will probably never have political harmony unless we first have social harmony. So in the years ahead, when we look back on the way fellow citizens have come together in common cause, I believe that we will be able to say with real pride that these have been our finest hours. RICHARD TOBIN Share the Warmth Montreal Banks offend. It has been very refreshing to see chivalry, respect, decency, sharing and caring from individuals, drivers, small-business owners, community centres and shopping centres during this ice-storm crisis. However, I have yet to see a certain business sector that has declared huge profits and is dependent on the very tiny as well as the most well-off of people reach into its coffers and hand out a coin or two. I find it very offensive the banks are not prepared to help out by providing food to Sun Youth or a shelter or two, for example, or even offering to pay for daycare in certain areas where they operate. I'd boycott banks. Unfortunately, what alternative do we have? ANNETTE PANKRAC Cote St. Luc LETTERS WELCOME They should be signed and must include the writer's full name, address and daytime phone number. Letters may be condensed, although care is taken to preserve the core of the writer's argument. Copyright in material submitted to The Gazette and accepted for publication remains with the author, but The Gazette and its licensees may freely reproduce it in print, electronic or other forms. We are unable to acknowledge receipt of letters or return unpublished letters. Send letters to: 250 St. Antoine St. W Montreal HZY3R7. Letters can be sent to our fax number at 987-2639 or E-mail us at: Letters@thegazette.southam.ca. The revenge of Mother Nature Climate experts aren't blaming last week's ice storm on global warming. But you can't help but think that something very weird has been happening to Mother Nature and maybe, just maybe, she is paying us back. We've seen a lot of freak weather lately. In only five days, 100 millimetres of freezing rain - about two normal years' worth - fell on Montreal and in parts of eastern Canada. Last year's floods in Manitoba's Red River and in Quebec's Saguenay region were also caused by weather gone awry. Calgary and Winnipeg were devastated by hail storms in the summer of 1996. Vancouver is buried in snow and just last month in Edmonton, people were golfing and playing tennis outdoors. Outside Canada, the weather hasn't been any less extreme. Last month, snow fell and temperatures plummeted to minus-20C in parts of Mexico. The Pacific island of Guam was hit with winds of up to 380 kilometres an hour, the highest ever recorded. In Ecuador, there were flash floods. Last year, extreme drought caused fires that ravaged Indonesia and destroyed crops in Malaysia and the Philippines. It's almost as if extreme weather has become the norm around the world. Some climate experts blame El Nino, the recurring movement of warm water in the Pacific Ocean that produces warm air flows affecting weather around the world, including the weather that caused last week's ice storm. While we have known about El Ninos for about 500 years, there is little data about their intensity. But based on what we know - there have been 11 recorded in the past 53 years - there is evidence that El Ninos have been more intense, frequent and longer-lasting in recent years. Could the warming of the Earth's surface have an impact on the intensity of El Ninos? Eleven of the 12 warmest years of the past century and a half have occurred since 1980. Is there a connection between global warming, El Nino and the ice storm? JENNIFER ROBINSON ""We don't really know,"" says Environment Canada senior climatologist Dave Phillips. No direct link can be made between global warming and the extreme weather we have been seeing in many parts of the world. While many scientists suspect that global warming has the potential to create extreme weather systems, no scientific link has been made between warming and climatic change, much less to disasters like last week's ice storm. ""We know the Earth is warmer - a half a degree warmer than a century ago,"" Mr. Phillips said. ""We suspect that burning fossil fuels, carbon-dioxide emissions and other forms of pollution have contributed to warming. What scientists don't know yet is how exactly it affects climate."" For those who think that global warming can only be a bonus for Canadians who spend half the year in a deep freeze, last week should give us cause to think again. The warm air from the unusual El Nino that flowed into eastern Canada brought freezing rain instead of the snow that could have fallen if temperatures had been a bit colder. Climate-change experts predict that there could be more ice storms to come. This is the harsher side of what global warming may mean to Canada. But it is a possibility that federal and provincial governments have preferred to downplay. Canada is one of the world's largest contributors to increased greenhouse-gas emissions this decade. Despite a much-ballyhooed commitment in 1992 at a conference in Rio de Janeiro to cut emissions by the year 2000 to 1990 levels, Canada's carbon-dioxide emissions have increased 13 percent. The U.S.'s performance was worse. That country's emissions increased 15 percent despite its commitment at the Rio conference. Last month, there was another conference, this time in Kyoto, and another promise to reduce emissions, this time by Jean Chretien's Liberal government. Canada, like other countries, vowed to cut emissions to 1990 levels by 2007 (for Canada, that represents a 20-percent reduction from current levels) and even further by 2015. Last week's storm should be enough to convince us all, including our political leaders, that not only must the promise be kept, but that cutting emissions is more urgent than we think. After last week's devastation, I don't need any more proof that when we hurt the environment, Mother Nature will pay us back. Jennifer Robinson is associate editor of The Gazette. Her E-mail address is: jrobinson@thegazette.southam.ca. THE GAZETTE, MONTREAL, THURSDAY, JANUARY 13, 1998 THE POWER CRISIS Officials mull fate of schools on South Shore Board chiefs, provincial authorities will debate when to resume classes A6 JOHN KINNEY, GAZETTE Striding along an icy sidewalk past the tangled debris of fallen tree branches, a young man on Walkley Ave. shielded his ears against the biting cold yesterday. Makeshift heaters blamed for poisoning 'epidemic' JEFF HEINRICH The Gazette Try telling a homeowner he can't heat his house if there's no electricity. The message isn't getting across to many of the 1.2 million people in the Monteregie. Firing up poorly vented generators, kerosene burners and hibachis in their homes, hundreds of people from Valleyfield to Sorel and the U.S. border have poisoned themselves with the carbon monoxide the devices give off. ""It's a major epidemic,"" said Dr. Louis Jacques, spokesman for the Monteregie public-health unit. ""People are trying to keep warm, they're desperate for heat, but they're paying the price."" And the price is high. Since the ice storm hit last week, nearly 600 homes and apartments have been polluted with carbon monoxide from bad burners, poisoning more than 1,500 people. Four have died. (By contrast in Montreal and Laval, Urgences Sante has reported 165 cases, none fatal.) Those worst hit have been taken by ambulance across the river to Montreal's Sacre Coeur Hospital. It's one of only two hospitals in Quebec equipped with a hyperbaric chamber to save victims' lives with high-pressure oxygen. And it's been extremely busy these days. Normally, the hospital treats 150 people a year who have carbon-monoxide poisoning. In the last week alone, it has treated 43, mostly from the Monteregie. The 43 include five pregnant women, two infants under age 2, and seven other children and youths under 18. Fainting, headaches, confusion, loss of judgment, nausea and vomiting - the only thing they didn't suffer was a coma and, of course, death. How did they get that way? Desperation - and carelessness. In half the cases, generators had been installed in the basement or garage of houses. Others used hibachis inside, plus a variety of propane-powered devices to stay warm. Inside Sacre Coeur's hyperbaric chamber, a steel unit that seats seven people, the air is under a lot of pressure - six times normal, the equivalent of water pressure 50 metres below the surface. It takes about two hours inside to rid the body of carbon monoxide and replace it with oxygen. Without rapid treatment, survivors could have found themselves facing new, debilitating symptoms: memory loss, dementia, Parkinson's disease and psychiatric problems. Although gas poisoning is the most insidious of health hazards from the ice storm, there are others. Trauma on the South Shore has been a constant problem: fractures from falls on ice and falling ice, burns from candles and fuels, eye injuries from tree branches as people try to clean up their yards and streets. And as people return to their homes over the next few weeks, another problem looms: mental distress. ""When they get back home, and see the extent of the damage, they will be alone and more prone to overreact,"" said Project Genesis community organizer Jennifer Auchinleck. ""A lot of people had to spend extra money on batteries, candles, transportation."" While many shelters in the West End this week were nearly filled to capacity, few homeless people decided to spend the night. ""We had one homeless person but he really didn't want help,"" Salvation Army worker Marilynn St. Onge said at the group's N. THE GAZETTE, MONTREAL, THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 1998.",0,1,0,0,0,1
+243,19980118,modern,Freezing,"G moved anyone anywhere so they could be better off. He had no power for seven days, but was willing to help others. Throughout all this he had to work, and even had a fire at his moving business. He was willing to help out others although he had problems of his own. FRANK CIAMPINI Tom Johnstone of Montreal West took extraordinary measures to save our 11-year-old goldfish, Sushi, when he was found at the bottom of his tank out of oxygen and almost frozen. We rushed him into a smaller tank at the Johnstone B&B, where Tom performed artificial respiration by blowing air into the tank through a straw placed near Sushi's mouth. Sushi finally began to move around. We are happy to report that our beloved goldfish lived to swim again. JENNY CHOPRA Continued from Page C2 If unsuccessful, he said the citizens will probably pitch in and pay this. It would be a small price to pay for personal protection. Besides continuing to do the nightly checks on the vacated homes and on people who insisted on staying put, power to that neighbourhood isn’t expected to be fully restored until at least Thursday. Vorias is spending most days helping his electrician brother-in-law temporarily get area residents electricity. He's also cutting branches and doing whatever I have to do. Thirteen-year-old Megan Semenchuk recognizes a hero when she sees one. And in the past two weeks, the Kirkland youngster didn't have to look far. In my mind, one of the heroes of this storm was my dad. Neil Semenchuk has been the town's recreation director since 1988, and was in charge of the emergency shelter set up at the Kirkland community centre. He gave up his time to help other people, chop wood, set up cots, made people laugh, organized meals and volunteers, the proud daughter said. Semenchuk unceremoniously celebrated his 22nd anniversary of working for the town while scrambling to accommodate area residents in need of refuge from the ice storm and its aftermath. He stressed that Jan. 12 will be an unforgettable date from now on, and not just because that is when he started his job with the municipality. Last Monday, Semenchuk was in the middle of eight chaotic days of heading a staff of eight and roughly 100 volunteers who all helped accommodate a total of at least 1,000 storm refugees. Like some of his fellow staff members and volunteers, Semenchuk averaged 19-hour days at the shelter and spent two whole nights there. I certainly didn’t do it alone, stressed the 1993 recipient of a Canada 125 medal for community work. Semenchuk called the latest undertaking the biggest operation ever thrown together at the last second. He described the entire ordeal as horrible, yet also wonderful and satisfying. I'm very proud of him and know that a lot of people helped him, said Megan, who didn’t hesitate to nominate her father for hero status. I'm proud of all of them, too. Nick Stachiew, 61, swears he saw halos above the heads of Connecticut Power Co. workers who appeared on his Pierrefonds street on Day 4 without power. We got power back the following day and I like to think it was because of them, said Stachiew, who worked through the sleet storm of '61 installing cables for Bell Canada. To show his gratitude, Stachiew gave one worker a duck he carved himself from an old telephone pole, a gift that took two months to make. It took freezing temperatures to break the ice between Lila Beaudoin and the family across the street, the Bulgarellis. Continued on Page C4 MALCOLM FOSTER Ritha Candelshine and her husband in Côte St. Luc accepted friends who, one by one, had lost power. At one point, we were five families in the house. At mealtime, there were 20 or 25 kids among us but she just kept slapping cold cuts on the table. Eventually, her house, our shelter, lost power and it was unfortunate that we had to move on - but not until the last minute. KERRY KASSELBY Jack and Karen McInnis of Chateauguay are my heroes. Their house was always full of people; their stove always had pots of soup and food. When the power was out, they used their generator and their barbecue. HELEN REDDY My friend's brother-in-law Rodney Rycroft had no power for three days, but he connected his generator to three homes for several hours at a time so that each could have heat and hot water for a few hours. His house suffered damage, but he put the needs of people before his own. KELLY Robin McIntosh, the electrician for Pointe Claire, was called in the middle of the night last Monday and returned home only last night. He worked with little or no sleep for eight days straight helping out at shelters or people at home. He deserves a medal. PHILIP LINCRIST Our boss, Michel Marchand of the McDonald's in LaSalle, kept his restaurant on Champlain Blvd. open 24 hours a day. It became a home to our customers. He refilled coffee at almost no cost and gave hot water until it ran out. MICHELLE AND LISA Bill Cordner of Beaconsfield arrived on Day 1 of the blackout to fix an ice dam on our roof. Afterward, he disappeared, only to return with a thermos of hot tea, a Coleman stove and an invitation to supper at his house, which was also out of power but had a wood stove. The next day, he returned with his generator and heated it up to 15. He was doing this for five other families, as well as clearing trees and roofs. SALLY AUCKER The Verdun police worked double shifts, knocking on people's doors and just making you feel safe. LOUISE TIMMINS Jim Graham of Kensington Ave. in N. A6 THE GAZETTE, MONTREAL, SUNDAY, JANUARY 18, 1998 THE POWER CRISIS Residents pool resources to stay warm GENERATORS Continued from Page Al Of the municipality's 2,000 residents, about 1,400 remain in their homes or at the nearby homes of neighbours and friends, said Sureté du Quebec officer Andre Caron, who was part of a team dispatched from Quebec City to go door to door to make certain that people weren't trying to remain in freezing, dark houses. On the Island of Montreal and in the dark triangle last week, powerless residents have shown a stubborn determination to remain in their own homes. In Naperville, not far from Saint-Paul, the Sureté removed an 80-year-old woman from her home, where the temperature was below zero degrees Celsius. Her family had called the police to help them get her to safety. Most Saint Paul residents seem to be scraping by in their own homes, pooling resources and scaring up generators to keep them warm. Caron's team has visited 900 Saint-Paul homes in the past couple of days and he has noticed how many are using generator power for heat and light. In some of the homes, as many as 10 and 15 people huddle together. I'd say between one-third and one-half (of the 900 homes) have a generator, Caron said. The other half or two-thirds have wood stoves. The need for generators has made them a hot commodity for thieves. Since the storm hit two weeks ago, 40 generators have been reported stolen in the Montérégie region, Sureté Constable Ronald Boudreault said. The Sureté seized a stolen generator on Friday at a Saint-Paul residence after it was reported missing Thursday, Boudreault said. Everyone in Saint-Paul has heard that generators are being stolen, and some people are taking precautions with the life-sustaining machines. Fleury, for example, is locking his $1,000 machine in the garage when it's turned off. DR AND MRS DAVID SHIZGAL Like magicians, Marguerite Crag, a handicapped 82-year-old who lives in an autonomous senior residence, and her family, Gordon and Noreen, found sterno stoves. NO NAME When plain old I poured some wine down the kitchen drain, a couple of bottles of soft drinks were dispensed down the toilet and the shower drain got a good dose of mouthwash. No, I've not developed animosity toward these products; I was just trying to keep the pipes from freezing. These solutions all have freezing points considerably lower than water. Ice can do a lot of damage. It can burst water pipes, cause airplanes to crash, sink gigantic ships and bring a sophisticated electrical distribution system to its knees. Obviously, we need to know as much about the stuff as possible. As pure water is cooled to 0C, it begins to form ice. This simply means the H2O molecules randomly scurrying about in the liquid state assume an orderly pattern and begin to form crystals. Any substance dissolved in the water will interfere with this crystallization by getting in between the water molecules and disrupting the ordered arrangement that characterizes crystal structure. Interestingly enough, the nature of the dissolved substance is not important. How low the freezing point goes is determined only by the number of dissolved molecules or ions. Salt, sugar and alcohol are all very effective at lowering the freezing point. Commercial antifreezes that are mixtures of water and methanol or water and ethylene glycol will not freeze until about minus-40. But let's get one thing straight; while salt certainly lowers the freezing point of water, it does not melt ice! Only heat can do that. So why do we throw salt on our driveway? Because salt is hygroscopic. It has a very strong attraction for water. We've all seen what humidity can do to the salt in a salt shaker. When we apply salt to ice, it begins to tug at the water molecules that make up the ice crystal. As these molecules are liberated, they are absorbed by the salt which, being soluble in water, slowly dissolves and forms a salt solution. But a salt solution has a lower freezing point than water, so unless it is really cold, it will not refreeze. Even if it does, the result is a non-slippery slush. The salt did not melt the ice, it dissolved it! Calcium chloride is even more hygroscopic than rock salt, therefore, it will dissolve ice more quickly. A real ice-buster! One of the most interesting properties of ice is that it is less dense than water, and, therefore, floats. This is very important - otherwise lakes and rivers would freeze solid, destroying all aquatic life. But the fact that water occupies more space as a solid than as a liquid can have catastrophic consequences. The sinking of the Titanic is one example. The bursting of our water pipes is another. The force exerted by the expansion of water as it forms ice is tremendous. As a student, I saw a film that featured a classic demonstration of this phenomenon. A steel bomb made of half-inch thick metal was filled with water and closed with a tight-fitting screw cap. The contraption was immersed in liquid nitrogen to freeze the water inside. Before long, there was a tremendous bang - the steel container cracked open! It was this indelible image that haunted me during the Ice Storm '98 power outage. Visions of first the hot-water pipes, then the cold-water pipes, bursting danced in my head as I contemplated draining the system. Why would the hot-water pipes freeze first? There are a couple of reasons. Gases, such as oxygen, nitrogen and carbon dioxide are more soluble in cold water than hot. Since dissolved gases can depress the freezing point, cold water has a lower freezing point than hot water. Furthermore, as cold water freezes, it releases its dissolved gases, which form an insulating layer in the pipe. Hot water has previously had all the dissolved gases driven out by heat and, therefore, cannot benefit from this type of insulation. I should point out that there are many other theories that purport to account for this effect, and there is even some controversy about whether hot-water pipes really do freeze first. But I sure wasn't going to put this to a practical test. Luckily, before I had to drain anything, the power was restored and the matter reverted to one of academic interest. And there is plenty of academic interest in this area. Tissue damage caused by ice-crystal formation precludes the freezing of human organs. If this problem is solved, large-scale organ banks might be possible. The American Cryonics Society seems unaware of this particular problem. It promotes the freezing of dead bodies with the hope that at some distant time in the future they can be thawed out and revived. In fact, it maintains it isn't even necessary to freeze the whole body; the head alone will do. By the time of ""reanimation,"" it hypothesizes, science will have progressed so far that not only can all diseases be cured, but the body can be cloned from the preserved cells. Anyone with a good head on their shoulders should be extremely skeptical of this possibility. A tissue-damage solution, if ever one is found, might come from a study of fish. Fish are cold-blooded animals, meaning they have the same internal temperature as their surroundings. Yet many species happily live in icy waters. Why don’t they freeze? Research has revealed these fish produce and store certain ""antifreeze"" proteins in their blood. These not only lower the blood's freezing point to a temperature below that of sea water, but they also inhibit the formation of large ice crystals. As soon as tiny ice crystals start to form, the antifreeze proteins coat their surface and prevent other water molecules from attaching. No large crystals of ice grow. Some preliminary experiments with rat livers indicate the addition of such fish proteins may dramatically reduce tissue damage. A more imminent possibility is the use of antifreeze proteins in ice cream to prevent a phenomenon known as re-crystallisation. This happens when large ice crystals grow upon storage and produce the disturbing crunchiness of aging ice cream. An even more exciting possibility is the insertion of a gene that codes the antifreeze protein into the genome of a plant to protect it from freezing. After all this talk about freezing, would you believe the formation of ice actually releases heat? Since it takes heat to melt ice, it stands to reason heat must be liberated when water freezes. And, indeed, it is. This principle is used by farmers who try to protect their crops from freezing by spraying them with water. The common misconception is that the layer of ice that forms acts as an insulating barrier against the cold. This is not so; it is the heat released by the water as it freezes that protects the crop. There is yet another interesting property of ice: it sublimes. In other words, it can pass straight into a vapor without going through a liquid state. Even without a thaw, a lot of this ridiculous ice will in fact sublime and disappear! Joe Schwarcz, who has a PhD in chemistry, teaches at Vanier College and McGill University. He can be seen regularly on the Discovery Channel and is heard every Friday from 10:30 a.m. to noon on CJAD radio. You can write to him c/o The Gazette Magazine, 250 St. Antoine St. Roofing. It's extremely dangerous, so we're making zero money. The woman, who wouldn’t give her last name, said some homeowners are frustrated over the refusal of roofers to repair leaks. I had a person who threatened to come down and physically harm me, she said. I told him this is not a good time. It was leaking around his air-conditioning unit. Most plumbing and electrical companies are so busy that owners and bosses who usually spend most of their time in the office are out on the road, leaving answering services to field calls. Linton Answering said it has a long list of tradesmen and for the last 12 days has been fielding calls at about four times the normal rate. As a matter of fact, I have seven calls waiting right now, said one operator, eager to get back to work. Call these numbers for help. Residents who want to report power failures and trees fallen on electrical lines can call Hydro-Quebec toll-free at (800) 790-2424. For fallen trees or other damage caused by freezing rain, call your municipality's public-works department. Here are some phone numbers for Montreal-area municipalities: Anjou: 493-5130, Baie d'Urfe: 457-3321, Beaconsfield: 428-4500, Boucherville: 449-3131, Candiac: 444-6000, Chateauguay: 698-3184, Côte St. Luc: 485-6868, Delson: 638-0911, Deux-Montagnes: 473-4688, Dollard des Ormeaux: 684-1012, Dorval: 633-4046, Greenfield Park: 466-8100, Hampstead: 369-8280, Ile Bizard: 620-6331, Kahnawake: 632-7500, Lachine: 634-3471, La Prairie: 444-6684, LaSalle: 367-1000, Laval: 662-4666, Longueuil: 646-8300, Montreal: 872-3434, Montreal North: 328-4100, Montreal West: 484-8616, Outremont: 495-6257, Pierrefonds: 624-1599, Pointe Claire: 630-1230, Rosemere: 621-4640, Roxboro: 684-0555, Ste. Anne de Bellevue: 457-8105, Saint-Bruno: 653-2443, Sainte-Catherine: 632-0590, Saint-Constant: 638-0911, Saint-Georges-de-Clarenceville: 294-2111, Saint-Hubert: 445-7667, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu: 357-2187, Saint-Lambert: 672-4444, St. Laurent: 956-2400, Saint-Lazare: 424-8000, St. Leonard: 328-8300, Town of Mount Royal: 734-2999, Verdun: 765-7200, Westmount: 989-5201 (power), 989-5311 (trees), 989-5222 (incidents). At least this crisis isn’t constitutional. Just after New Year’s, Terry (Ais-lin) Mosher had a cartoon on The Gazette's editorial page that was simply a drawing of an ocean liner - well not just any ocean liner. It was the Titanic, except that the name on the ship was 1998. Remember, this was just two days into the new year. And the cartoon's caption had somebody on the bridge saying: ""Well, so far, so good!"" Well, here it is, just three short weeks into the new year, and we have to say in retrospect that the cartoon was pretty funny. Harhar. Most of us - well, me at least - were kind of hoping that 1998 would turn out to be better than 1997. So far, it seems, 1998 is about 18 months old. Some of us have forgotten what life was like before the crisis. But thank God for small mercies. At least this time it isn't a constitutional crisis. Novel, what? I know there are still a quarter-million people freezing on the South Shore and more scattered elsewhere, but I've had it with the Great Ice Storm of '98. This will be my last comment on the topic. It's gotten so that on Friday night I got irritated seeing people wearing ""I Survived the Ice Storm"" T-shirts produced by rival radio stations. Now I know radio did an excellent job in this emergency, as only radio can. I suppose TV did, too, but my cable is out, so the only time I got to see TV was when I ventured out to Ziggy's bar to get warm. But the crisis dragged on so long, I even started getting irritated by radio. First of all, there was the CJAD Duff affair, made all the worse because I count both Rob Braide and Jim Duff among my friends. No matter what the rights or wrongs, it was a public-relations disaster for CJAD, coming on the heels, as it were, of being knocked out of the No. 1 morning-radio spot for the first time in about a century and then getting knocked off the air by the storm. There's good reason CJAD has always been the champion of local radio (still is, if you figure the new ratings leader is a syndicated show out of Gomorrah). When CJAD was started up in the 1940s by J. Arthur Dupont, he had an affiliation arrangement with a US radio network. Back then, radio was like what network TV was to become. All the big radio shows - from Amos 'n' Andy to Boston Blackie - were network shows. Well before CJAD went on the air, CBC radio decided to exercise an option it had with the American network with which the new private station was intending to go. Disaster for CJAD! No network affiliation for a radio station! Well, CJAD had to improvise. Local radio was what they were forced to do. It was a huge success, and local radio became the winning format continent-wide as TV grew. Back then, of course, the CBC was the big boy on the radio block, and they weren't shy about using their muscle. But they never recovered from the mugging they tried to pull on CJAD. Now they are a small-time radio operation, but they managed to shine during this crisis, switching their AM operation to FM. With CJAD off the air, even for a short time, people were forced to hunt for local news. Most radio listeners are creatures of habit and leave their radio tuned to the same station all the time. But during the storm, English listeners hunted for news and found, according to my informal survey, CBC and CIQC, both of which, I'm told, did a fine job. A female lawyer friend did remark, however, that she found it odd all the announcers on CIQC were male and all the announcers on CBC appeared to be female. I listen mostly to classical music on the radio. And I have one of those radios without a dial. It's digital and you have to punch things in and I don't know how to work it, so I can't hunt around. So after a while, I started getting irritated with the CBC. They ended up with two English FM signals broadcasting their AM emergency programming. Why couldn't they give me back my classical music? French Radio-Canada did a similar switch, but reverted to regular FM music programming - with expanded news reports - much quicker than its English counterpart. Of the little TV I managed to watch, I was most impressed by the CBC's Mark Kelley. A woman friend in California phoned me to ask about the ice storm and then ended up swooning over Kelley, whose reports she had seen on CNN and NBC. He's just like the Scud Stud from the Gulf War, she said. That other Canadian, what's his name? (Arthur Kent, brother of Peter). So what should we call Kelley? The Frozen Hoser? The Chilled Canuck? The Ice Ace (stiff and hard)? The major heroes, of course, were the hydro linemen. And the populace treated them accordingly. I'm told that on Saturday night a group of linemen from Long Island, N.Y., got nicked with a $400 moving violation for his efforts. In Pierrefonds and Côte St. Luc, the heroes of the EMS discovered other heroes in the course of doing emergency rescues. Jonathan Cooperman, a 24-year-old Concordia University student, responded to an Earle Rd. house fire, to find a man, barely conscious, slumped on the floor just inside the door. The unconscious man was a neighbour who, noticing the fire and remembering there were children in the family, kicked down the door to the smoke-filled house. As it turned out, the occupants were safe and sound in a nearby shelter. When the temperature in Francine Sherman's house dipped dangerously low for her 79-year-old mother-in-law, she took her to nearby Galleries des Sources shopping mall to thaw out. Mona Yacoub happened by the mall and noticed Helen Sherman - a total stranger - sitting alone at a table and invited her to spend the night in her warm home. That woman was so lovely, said the younger Sherman. I have never met anyone like that. She gave my mother-in-law her own room in her home and at 11 o'clock at night, she spread cold cuts, bread and cheese out for all the people staying there. Besides her husband and three children, Yacoub also had another friend who was pregnant with two children staying with her. Chris Polykandriotis kicked down the door of a Pierrefonds apartment to rescue a 16-month-old baby who, in the midst of a confusing evacuation, had accidentally been locked in her home. Polykandriotis, 30, was helping drive victims of the storm from their apartments to nearby shelters, as well as getting nurses to the ill, when they got a call from a Gouin Blvd. building that was filling with carbon-monoxide fumes from a broken pipe. It was 10:30 at night and totally dark. You couldn’t see anything, Polykandriotis recalled. As he was escorting a woman out of her apartment, the door closed behind them - with the keys still inside. The woman began crying, My baby, my baby! Polykandriotis mustered up all the strength he could and kicked down the door. He scooped up the baby, wrapped it in his down coat and safely transported it to a shelter with its mother. Dawn Batson was more than a pal and neighbour to Lynn Nugent during the ice storm - she was a godsend. Here is a story that angels come disguised as friends, Nugent said, referring to the unselfishness displayed by Batson during the past two weeks. Batson's three-bedroom bungalow was one of the first homes in her Pierrefonds neighbourhood to lose power Jan. 6. But she has a wood stove in her basement and when I complained of being cold, she didn’t hesitate to welcome me and my children and another single mom into her home, Nugent recalled. Batson has two children and a 91-year-old mother she cares for while her husband is away working in the United States. Dawn hardly slept for five days for fear of having her guests go without warmth, so she was up constantly putting logs in the stove, Nugent said. I did stay up stoking the stove because I was worried about a house fire, Batson explained. That didn't prevent a near-disaster, however. One night, a fondue pot tipped over, setting her clothes and the floor ablaze. I was very lucky to put out the fire and not get burned, she said with a mix of embarrassment and relief. Both Nugent and Batson spoke of the festive atmosphere during the five nights they were all huddled together. With nine of us confined to a small area of a small house, she ignored the mess we made and had us all laughing at her Pollyanna attitude, Nugent said. We managed so well with everyone chipping in and good camaraderie, Batson added. You had to make the most of it and we had fun at times. Sometimes, laughing helps. The 46-year-old daycare worker noted one night in particular when we were sitting by the stove sipping brandy and swapping stories. Dawn doesn’t realize that, even without the wood stove, her house always offers warmth - the warmth of her heart, an appreciative Nugent stressed. A true angel. It took a fierce ice storm to thaw the year-long chill between two Kirkland neighbours. Frank Carroll said that, because of a stupid argument a year ago, he and Wesley Neilis haven’t talked. But that quickly changed Jan. 10 when an old generator loaned to Carroll blew up and started spewing thick, black smoke, he recalled. I couldn’t find the lever to turn it off and when I looked for help, I saw Wesley running up the street with a fire extinguisher and an axe. Of all the people on the street, and everyone was around that morning, he’s the last one I expected to come to my rescue, he said. Carroll noted that both men live three houses away from one another and share an Irish temper as well as the same street. He came back that night and we got drunk, he added. We are talking again. Juan Barros came to Canada from Chile in 1975 as a political refugee after spending a year being tortured in prison. And while the recent ice storm pales in comparison, it was enough to reduce the 42-year-old to tears. He was on the phone with his brother in Vancouver and crying and his brother said, Come on, you’ve been through worse than this, said his partner, Diane Gregoire, 40. But he was worried about me and my asthma. By Day 5 without power, Gregoire and Barros were starting to panic. Two shelters refused to let them in with their springer spaniel and golden retriever, so the couple set up a tent in the basement and, dressed in woolly socks, long underwear, toques, sweaters and coats, cuddled up with the dogs and two duvets. During the day, they would spend a couple of hours in their car with the engine running, then return to their underground campground. It was really warm in the tent, but if we came out, it was freezing, said Gregoire, adding that Barros kept her laughing with his jokes. By the time we got power on Tuesday, it was like Christmas. They might start calling him Super Mario from now on. Some residents in a certain block of Gardenville St. in Longueuil still knew Mario Vorias as ""Mario in diapers"" until the ice storm hit. But the 32-year-old stage technician is now being considered somewhat a saviour in his boyhood neighbourhood. When power was knocked out at his parents' Gardenville home on Jan. 6, Vorias not only came to their rescue but also helped others in the immediate vicinity bordered by Victoria, St. Laurent and Marie-Rose Sts. Marc Shaheen, who grew up on Gardenville close to the Vorias household, said his former neighbour went door-to-door on the street to convince senior citizens who had no heat to go to shelters. Shaheen noted that, since those elderly people were reluctant to leave, Vorias promised to keep an eye on their homes between police patrols. I was acting for the security of family and the community, Vorias said. I was a Scout leader in Saint-Lambert as a youth and I was just doing what I was trained for - to always be prepared. I'm glad I did my part until the cops got there four days later, he recalled. With the arrival of the police arose an incident that proved that being a good Samaritan sometimes comes with a price. Vorias's wife, Joanne Tremblay, would drive him on his nightly rounds to check on about 15 homes, but relented on Tuesday when the weather forecast called for minus-30C overnight temperatures. Although Vorias has never had a driver's license, Tremblay let him borrow her car that night. Despite having a bright-red ribbon tied to the antenna and the emergency lights flashing, Vorias was pulled over by police shortly before 1 a.m., because they suspected his slow driving meant he was casing the empty homes. Ironically, they stopped me right in front of my father's place, he said. The recently married Vorias was still using his old address, leading police to believe he was home. When they discovered he had no license, however, the police fined Vorias $400. The cops kind of went easy on me, he figured. Normally, they impound the car. Vorias plans to contest the ticket on the grounds that he was performing a humanitarian duty. Continued on Page C3 VOICES My Aunt Miriam and Uncle Pat opened their doors to me, my three children, my sister and her son. Not only did they open their doors but their refrigerator and their hearts. They never once made us feel like a burden. How can you say thank you when thank you is not enough? SUSAN ICKETT Our priest called to find out how we were coping; I told him our condition and he said he would come. I told him not to. Later, at the window, I noticed a man getting out of his car wearing a hard hat and with tree-cutting equipment. It was the Rev. Howard Hogg. He did yeoman service: he cleared the driveway, chopped overhanging branches, sawed them, bundled them, put them aside. He broke off as much as possible the ice that clogged driveway access to the street. PHYLLIS AND DALI MODDER Our landlords, Stefan Reicheland his wife, Kay, bought a generator and hooked up their duplex, my duplex as well as four others on Coolbrook. 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+244,19970106,modern,Freezing,"C was third in 52:15. The junior men's 10-kilometre event went to Gordon Jewett of Toronto in 35:21. CALGARY - Tyler Seitz of Calgary won his first Canadian senior luge title yesterday after World Cup veteran Clay Ives of Bancroft, Ont, was disqualified. Seitz, 20, who won a surprise bronze medal at the 1996 junior worlds and moved up to the Canadian senior team this season, raced to victory with a two-run time of one minute, 33.294 seconds. Arlan Dellsle of Edson, Alta, was second in 1:35.46. Ives, a four-year veteran of the national team, trailed Seitz by 6-hundredths of a second after the first run and was disqualified when the steel runners on his sled were found to exceed the maximum allowable temperature. In the men's junior two division, Kyle Connelly of Calgary showed no lingering effects from a broken kneecap to win by a large margin. Other winners yesterday were Jorgen Krause of Calgary in men's junior one, Crystal March of Calgary in women's junior two, and Chris Moffatt and Jason Kloster in junior doubles. Puzzle by Martlynn Huret Across: Dish of leftovers 5, Ink problem 9, Ill-tempered woman 14, Turkish official 15, Money to buy car, maybe 16, Kind of fairy 17, 1981 Treat Williams film 20, Followers of Xerxes 21, Socks cover them 22, Nevertheless 23, Weep 24, Groups entering Noah's ark 25, Yield, as a dividend 26, Actress Arthur and others 27, Taxi 30, Knight's horse 33, 34, Middling 35, 1945 Mel Tormé song 39, Start of a counting-out rhyme 40, Like an old bucket of song 41, Memorable period 42, E-mail, e.g. ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE: ""It's freezing!"" 44, Fountain order 45, Butt 46, Vegas 49, Mall-related 52, Spy for the U. PAGES D1, D2 Victorious juniors return An enthusiastic crowd of family members and well-wishers gather at Dorval airport to greet the three Quebec members of Canada's gold-medal-winning junior hockey squad. PAGE D1 Show Avro Arrow to fly again The story of the Avro Arrow - a fighter-interceptor jet scuttled by John Diefenbaker's government - is dramatized in a four-hour TV miniseries starring Dan Aykroyd. PAGE E5 Woman News Minister with a mission Faye Wakeling, a minister who has directed a United Church outreach mission in Point St. Charles for 14 years, is one of the women to watch in 1997. PAGE E1 Flurries Today's high 2, Tonight's low -8, Cloudy with scattered flurries, turning colder with a brisk wind at times today. Windy and cold with isolated flurries tonight. PAGE B5 For weather updates, please call The Gazette QuickLine at 555-1234, code 6000. Each call costs 50 cents. Z C7 Automotive Plus CI, Living B6 Births/Deaths C5, C6 Lotteries A3 Bridge C2 Mini Page B4 Chandwani A2 NeerJIetrade B7 Classified 64 Probe B6 Comics E4 Scoreboard D4 Crosswords D7 Sports D1 Editorials B2 Todd D1 Entertainment E5 TWIB F1 Family Doctor B5 TV Listings E6 Grierson A4 Watson B3 Horoscope E4 What's On E6 Landers B6 Woman News E1 Legal Notices B8 Wonderword B8 Letters B2 World B1 All happiness depends on a leisurely breakfast John Gunther. Ottawa to apologize, pay fees to avoid trial ROD MACDONELL THE GAZETTE: The federal government will be issuing a full apology to Brian Mulroney and paying the legal bills - estimated at more than $1 million - that the former prime minister has racked up in his unprecedented libel action against Ottawa. A source close to the case said last night that the settlement, which came about 12 hours before the trial was to begin this morning in Quebec Superior Court, was reached at the initiative of the federal government. Further details of the deal are to be made public today. Mulroney was suing Ottawa for $50 million for alleging in a letter to Swiss authorities that he had accepted as much as $5 million in kickbacks in Air Canada's 1988 purchase of 34 Airbus A320 jetliners and in two other military deals. The settlement is not expected to affect the RCMP's investigation of Mulroney, as well as Frank Moores, a former Ottawa lobbyist, and Karlheinz Schreiber, a German-Canadian businessman. The Mounties say the investigation could last another three years. Mulroney's spokesman, Luc Lavoie, said last night that Mulroney's lawyers will be in court today to advise Superior Court Justice Andre Rochon of the settlement. Lavoie confirmed that the settlement does not affect the Airbus probe and said the question did not come up in the settlement talks. ""It never was an issue for us and it still is not an issue,"" he said. ""The RCMP can investigate whoever they want."" Mulroney has stated frequently PLEASE SEE MULRONEY, PAGE A6 Ready for the storm. JEFF HEINRICH THE GAZETTE JOHN KENNEY, GAZETTE William Dere stops on Viger St. to make sure son Jordan, 3, is well protected from yesterday's downpour. Ice buildup cuts power to 200,000 AARON DERFEL THE GAZETTE More than 200,000 households north of Montreal were in darkness last night after freezing rain snapped electricity lines earlier in the day. The blackouts hit a vast region stretching from east-end Riviere des Prairies to the upper Laurentians. Meanwhile, icy conditions and fog caused fender benders across the Montreal area and delayed flights in the morning at Dorval and Mirabel airports. The ice melted in the city as the temperature rose during the day. Hydro-Quebec crews were able to restore electricity to about 5,000 residents in Riviere des Prairies by late afternoon, but 200,000 households - including those in Repentigny, Saint-Sulpice and Assomption - were still without power last night. The hardest-hit regions included the Laurentians and Lanaudière; 160,000 households lost power in those two areas alone at one point. In Mauricie, 35,000 homes were blacked out, including 16,000 in the town of Louiseville, where a Hydro pylon tumbled. Other communities still without power were Sorel and Nicolet. ""We have 200 teams working around the clock to resolve the problem,"" Hydro spokesman Steve Flanagan said. ""We're doing the best we can, but the ice keeps forming on the wires and causing them to snap."" Flanagan predicted that a ""good number"" of households would still be without power early this morning. Some Hydro crews also cut off electricity on some lines for several minutes as a preventive measure to shake ice from the wires. ""When you have freezing rain that falls so quickly, it's hard to do anything about it,"" Flanagan said. ""It's not just the ice itself but tree branches that are snapping and falling on the wires."" Transport Quebec closed several highways in the Montreal area for a PLEASE SEE WEATHER, PAGE A6 California floods. PAGE B5 Europe's cold spell. The lack of sunlight that has cast a pall over Montreal is triggering an unusually high incidence of SAD, or seasonal affective disorder, a depressive state associated with shorter days and prolonged cloudy weather. Mental-health clinics at the Royal Victoria and Douglas hospitals are reporting a rise in cases since the skies started casting over in December. And it's more than just winter blues. ""In late November and then through December, we had very few sunny days, and we have been receiving more calls from people who have been experiencing so-called seasonal depression,"" said Royal Vic psychiatrist A. Missagh Ghadirian. ""It is the light, more than the temperature, which affects this kind of people,"" said Ghadirian, a McGill University professor who runs the SAD clinic at the Vic's Allan Memorial Institute. ""When they complain, they tell us they are in a sad mood."" Typically, patients feel lethargic, can't concentrate, sleep longer hours and eat more - ""women, especially, get a craving for carbohydrates and sweets,"" Ghadirian said. At the Douglas, staff psychiatrist Hani Iskandar also has received more calls this season from people with SAD symptoms, including a craving for chocolate and pasta. ""We have winter blues in Montreal, which is OK for most people - we're at latitude 45.5, where it is usually pretty light, not up north in some place like Kuujjuaq,"" said Iskandar, who specializes in mood disorders such as SAD and postpartum depression. ""But if it is repeated every year and people end up more confined to their beds, then that is what we call seasonal affective disorder."" This winter has been exceptionally dark over Montreal - in fact, December was the darkest on record, going back 29 years. ""There were 42 hours of bright sunshine in all of December - the norm is 80 hours, so this was the cloudiest on PLEASE SEE SAD, PAGE A8 Questions linger in assassination of Martin Luther King B Many of the civil-rights leader's compatriots worry that if convicted killer James Earl Ray should succumb to liver disease, the truth about the slaying will die with him. THE GAZETTE, MONTREAL, MONDAY, JANUARY 6, 1997 B5 Kew floods threaten in California Sun shines, but 'it looks like everything is ruined' ASSOCIATED PRESS MODESTO, Calif - Brilliant sunshine broke across Northern California yesterday as the surge of water pouring out of the mountains breached more levees and turned additional people into refugees. ""It looks like everything is ruined,"" said Marie Ferriere of Modesto, who hadn't been home since rising water from a week's worth of storms caused her to flee on Thursday. ""I try not to think about it. I want to go home, but I don't know if I have a home."" Many of the 125,000 people driven from their homes last week were returning as the state lifted older evacuation orders, state emergency official Steve Martarano said. In Marysville, 13,000 residents were told yesterday that they could leave shelters and trek back home. But many others got no such good news; some were told they might not be able to return home for as long as two months. And about 2,000 were ordered to evacuate during the night from the town of Meridian, along the Sacramento River near hard-hit Yuba City. Yesterday, Meridian residents and contractors raced to save an elementary school by bulldozing up a 6-foot-high, 3,000-foot-long earthen wall near the building. ""I've never seen anything like this. I've never heard of anything like this,"" said Sergio Aceves, a Sutter County employee working on the dike. Besides 3,000 people already ordered to evacuate in the Central Valley city of Modesto, authorities yesterday told residents to leave an additional 100 homes in the Weatherbee Lake area, emergency official Rex Osborn said. More farmland also disappeared beneath the muddy tide. As much as 40 inches of rain fell on the region last week, while rising temperatures melted dense snow in the Sierra Nevada, and snow and rain also devastated areas of Washington, Oregon, Idaho and western Nevada. California rivers continued surging yesterday as upstream dams were opened to make room in reservoirs for still more runoff water. President Bill Clinton had issued disaster declarations for large parts of California, Idaho and Nevada. Four deaths had been blamed on the flooding and storms in California, in addition to 15 in Washington and three in Oregon. One man was missing and presumed dead in Nevada. Sinking tanker sparks crisis in Japan, Russia NANETTE VAN OERLAAN LONDON DAILY TELEGRAPH MOSCOW - Japan sent a naval task force yesterday to fight an oil spill threatening fishing grounds after a Russian tanker split in two off the coast. An estimated 3,700 tons of heavy oil has leaked from the tanker and is heading for the main island of Honshu. Tokyo said any oil washed ashore would be a serious blow to the region, where shellfish and seaweed production are a major industry. The sinking of the tanker has also sparked a crisis in the Far East region of Russia, which was depending on the oil it carried to ease a severe energy shortage. High winds and seas caused the 26-year-old Russian tanker to split in two on Thursday. Thirty-one crew members were rescued by Japanese ships, but the captain is missing, believed dead. Rescue efforts were hampered at the weekend by stormy conditions and thick fog, and most of the vessel is now under water. The governor of Russia's Kamchatka region, Vladimir Biryukov, said all enterprises were barred from using fuel without permission and energy would be rationed. Electricity supplies are to be cut by 15 percent and homes will be heated for several hours a day only. Biryukov said that, even with rationing, energy supplies will last only until Jan. 12. The next tanker, carrying 30,000 tons of fuel, is not due to arrive until Jan. 17 or 18. Biryukov said he had asked Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin to send emergency supplies. For updated weather information, please call The Gazette QuickLine, 555-1234. Montreal area Today's high Cloudy with scattered flurries, turning colder with a brisk wind at times today. Windy and cold with isolated flurries this evening and tonight. Winds southwesterly 25-45 km/h. Tonight's low -1 -7 -13 -5 -11 -17. Total: 1 h: low: 7. Weather records Max Min Precipitation 1946 11, 1 to 7 pm yesterday 1945 -27, 8 Rain (mm) Temperature Normal 3 Yesterday 14 -1, 6 snow (cm) Year ago today -17, 7 -27, 2 Month 6 Normal this date -6, 1 -13, 4 Normal 8. High -8, Low near -19. Light snow, High 0, Low near -11. Cloudy with periods of light snow and a brisk wind at times. High 0, Low near -9. Cloudy with scattered flurries, a brisk wind at times. High -1, Low near -7. Scattered flurries, cold with a brisk wind. High -2, Low near -10. Cloudy with periods of light snow and a brisk wind at times. High 1, Low near -8. Cloudy with periods of light snow and a brisk wind at times. High 1, Low near -8. Cloudy with scattered flurries, a brisk wind at times. High -6, Low near -13. Cloudy with light snow, a brisk wind at times. Weather systems forecast for 7 p.m. this evening. Temperatures are today's daytime highs. Mostly cloudy, cold with scattered flurries, windy at times. Records Max Min Precipitation 1946 11, 1 to 7 pm yesterday 1945 -27, 8 Rain (mm) Temperature Normal 3 Yesterday 14 -1, 6 snow (cm) Year ago today -17, 7 -27, 2 Month 6 Normal this date -6, 1 -13, 4 Normal 8. High -8, Low near -19. Light snow, High 0, Low near -11. Cloudy with periods of light snow and a brisk wind at times. High 0, Low near -9. Cloudy with scattered flurries, a brisk wind at times. High -1, Low near -7. Scattered flurries, cold with a brisk wind. High -2, Low near -10. Cloudy with periods of light snow and a brisk wind at times. High 1, Low near -8. Cloudy with periods of light snow and a brisk wind at times. High 1, Low near -8. Cloudy with scattered flurries, a brisk wind at times. High -6, Low near -13. Cloudy with light snow, a brisk wind at times. Weather systems forecast for 7 p.m. this evening. Temperatures are today's daytime highs. Canada today World today Iqaluit Cloudy -17 -23 Amsterdam Cloudy -2 -6 Yellowknife Snow -19 -26 Ankara Cloudy 10 -2 Whitehorse Cloudy -8 -29 Athens Sunny 17 6 Vancouver Rain 6 3 Beijing Sunny -4 -12 Victoria Rain 7 2 Berlin Cloudy -4 -9 Edmonton Flurries -3 -12 Dublin Cloudy 3 -2 Calgary Cloudy -2 -11 Hong Kong Sunny 21 13 Saskatoon Sunny -16 -23 Jerusalem Cloudy 12 3 Regina Sunny -14 -21 Lisbon Cloudy 11 4 Winnipeg Sunny -17 -25 London Cloudy 3 -2 Thunder Bay Cloudy -14 -23 Madrid Cloudy 3 -2 Sudbury Flurries -5 -16 Mexico City Sunny 24 8 Toronto Flurries -1 -7 Moscow Snow -9 -14 Fredericton Flurries -2 -8 Nairobi Cloudy 26 12 Halifax Cloudy 4 -5 New Delhi Sunny 21 8 Charlottetown Snow -3 -7 Paris Cloudy -2 -6 St. John's Cloudy -3 -4 Rio de Janeiro Showers 29 25 Rome Cloudy 9 5 United States today Stockholm Cloudy -2 -10 Sydney Sunny 26 19 Atlanta Cloudy 11 2 Tokyo Showers 8 4 Boston Sunny 5 -3 Chicago Cloudy -4 -11 Resorts today Dallas Cloudy 3 -1 Denver Cloudy -6 -15 Acapulco Sunny 32 23 Las Vegas Cloudy 9 1 Barbados Cloudy 29 25 Los Angeles Cloudy 15 8 Bermuda Cloudy 22 18 New Orleans Cloudy 13 8 Daytona Cloudy 23 13 New York Cloudy 4 -2 Kingston Cloudy 31 23 Phoenix Showers 13 6 Miami Cloudy 27 19 St. Louis Cloudy -1 -7 Myrtle Beach Cloudy 17 4 San Francisco Sunny 14 6 Nassau Sunny 28 18 Washington Sunny 9 -1 Tampa Cloudy 26 17 Sunrise: 7:34 GF1 Sunset: 4:27 Total daylight: 8 hrs 53 min Moonrise: 4:33 a.m. Moonset: 2:26 p.m. First quarter 15 Jan. Full moon 23 Jan. Last quarter 31 Jan. New moon 8 Jan. Europe’s coldest spell in a decade claims 210 lives in 10 days More snowfalls in France DENIS DOYLE, AP The snow in Spain A young boy puts the finishing touches to a giant snowman he built in Madrid's Retiro park yesterday. Overnight snow fell as the cold weather affecting large areas of Europe swept across Spain. ASSOCIATED PRESS LONDON - Four camels brought into Britain shivered in blankets, French trains were diverted to pick up stranded skiers and German train stations opened to the homeless as more icy weather gripped Europe yesterday. The continent's coldest spell in a decade claimed another eight lives, bringing the total in the past 10 days to more than 210. In Britain, police recovered six bodies from snow and ice during the weekend, including the corpse of a 47-year-old woman last seen chasing after her dog in Dorset, southwest England, on Saturday. Sports were badly affected, with 52 horse race meetings and 39 big soccer matches canceled. Four camels brought into Britain on Dec. 26 from the Canary Isles by an entrepreneur hoping to introduce camel-trekking began their third week in southwest England wrapped in sleeping bags and blankets. Trains in France were diverted to get skiers home at the end of Christmas and New Year vacations. France's second week of freezing weather has killed nearly 30 people and knocked down phone lines. In southeastern France, where more snow fell yesterday, about 12,000 homes were without electricity and 5,000 without phones, France Info radio reported. Weather forecasters predicted a new blast of cold today. In Italy, a 51-year-old man had an arm and a leg ripped off when he slipped and fell under a train in rural Lombardy, northern Italy, on Saturday, the Italian news agency ANSA reported yesterday. The train dragged the man several yards outside the station where he lay in snow - which stemmed the bleeding and saved his life - until a railway worker found him at dawn yesterday. In Germany, the cold wave's death toll rose to about 40 during the weekend, including an elderly man who froze to death in an unheated, ramshackle house. After criticism by social workers, the German Federal Railways allowed homeless people to stay overnight in stations. At Frankfurt airport, icy weather meant 65 flights, mostly within Europe, were canceled yesterday. National Defence ESTRIE GARRISON (FARNHAM) QUEBEC Day and night firing exercises of small arms weapons will be carried out at Estrie Garrison (Farnham) Firing Range until further notice. The range consists of DND controlled property situated within the Estrie Garrison and is lying on the west side on the Yamaska River at approximately 1-34 miles northwest from the Town of Farnham. If required, a detailed description of the range may be obtained from the Base Construction Engineering Officer at CFB Montreal. All entry ways, roads and tracks into the Garrison area are marked by sign posts in French and English indicating that there is to be no trespassing. STAY AWAY AMMUNITION AND EXPLOSIVE OBJECTS Bombs, grenades, shells and similar explosive objects are a hazard to life and limb. Do not pick up or retain such objects as souvenirs. If you have found or have in your possession any object which you believe to be an explosive, notify your local police and arrangements will be made to dispose of it. No unauthorized person may enter this area and trespassing is prohibited. BY ORDER Deputy Minister Department of National Defence OTTAWA, CANADA 17630-77 Canada National Defence WARNING SAINT BRUNO RIFLE RANGE Day and night firing will be carried out at Saint Bruno Rifle Range until further notice. The range danger area lies within the boundary of Saint Bruno camp near St. Basile le Grand, Quebec, and is in the Parish of Ste Julie (Fifth Concession) and the Parish of Saint Bruno. If required, a detailed description of the Saint Bruno Ranges may be obtained from the Base Construction Engineering Officer at CFB Montreal. All entry ways, roads and tracks into the camp area are marked by sign posts in French and English indicating there is to be no trespassing. STRAY AMMUNITION AND EXPLOSIVE OBJECTS Bombs, grenades, shells and similar explosive objects are a hazard to life and limb. Do not pick up or retain such objects as souvenirs. If you have found or have in your possession any object which you believe to be an explosive, notify your local police and arrangements will be made to dispose of it. No unauthorized person may enter this area and trespassing is prohibited. BY ORDER Deputy Minister Department of National Defence OTTAWA, CANADA 17630-77 Canada Have you ever noticed how there's always less windchill behind really tall people? That's because they act as human wind barriers, capable of protecting you from numb cheeks and shivering midsections. To learn more about our pedestrian's wake, you can sidestep nasty breezes, making your winter walks healthier and virtually enjoyable. At 150 pages, it's hardly streamlined, but it'll definitely get the job done. Perfectly Seasoned. SIGHTS TO WARM THE HEART ON A RAINY SUNDAY: Deion Sanders and Michael Irvin down and out. HEROES: Craig Rivet, Sebastien Bordeleau, Jassen Cullimore, Jocelyn Thibault, Pat Jablonski, Vincent Damphousse, Brad Isbister, Boyd Devereaux, Marc Denis, the Jacksonville Jaguars, fog games, rain games, the Green Bay Packers, Gilbert Brown, Sam Mills, the Carolina Panthers, Mark Brunell, Pat Terrell, Curtis Martin, Danny Wuerffel, Desmond Howard, Don Cherry, Lamar Lathon, Guy Lafleur, the Canadiens coming to life, expansion teams in both NFL conference finals - and all of us a week closer to spring training. ZEROS: Erik Williams, Michael Irvin and the rest of the Dallas Cowboys, Ron MacLean, Kevin Smith, Beer commercials, Those noisy Bell Mobility commercials at the Keg, Freezing rain, Ron MacLean, again, George Seifert, Barry Switzer, Notre Dame football, Bowl games which are one long commercial break occasionally interrupted by football, The Bud Bowl, Pat Summerall and John Madden acting as the Official Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders, And last but not least - the first Monday after the holidays. Good luck. Juniors shed tears at emotional meeting CANADIAN PRESS GENEVA - With 22 players from different teams in different leagues thrown together for a three-week run at a gold medal, team-building was a big part of Canada's world junior hockey success in Geneva. That included one group session at the team hotel in which players bared their innermost fears and troubles to their teammates. ""We had 22 guys crying,"" team captain Brad Larsen said. ""You can't share that with anyone. It was very personal and it brought everyone together."" Briere watch - Swiss observers had their eyes on Daniel Briere of the Drummondville Voltigeurs. The Swiss league likes to pick up skilled Canadian players deemed too small for the NHL and the 5-foot-9, 160-pound Briere looks made to measure. Briere, sometimes compared with Chicago's Denis Savard, was drafted in the first round, 24th overall, by Phoenix last spring. The speed and exceptional playmaking that made him arguably Canada's most dangerous forward in Geneva should let him survive in the rough-and-tumble NHL, but it's never certain with small players. Most scouts have suggested he's too small and lacks the sheer speed to make it in the NHL. Former Montreal Canadiens small forwards Stephan and Patrick Lebeau are among the former NHLers now starring in the Swiss league. Swiss teams kept an eye on forward Daniel Briere. Hair Loss? A healthy, full head of hair is an important asset to any lifestyle. 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A crush of reporters had been expected at the trial, and an Ottawa-based satire magazine had a small blimp made for the occasion to be flown outside the courthouse. ""I feel somewhat deflated,"" said Glenn McGregor of Frank magazine, who said he will be heading over to the courthouse nonetheless this morning with the balloon attached to him. On the balloon is written, among other things, ""Byron Muldoon's Trial Balloon."" ADDITIONAL REPORTING: PAUL WELLS OF THE GAZETTE OTTAWA BUREAU Allegations in Airbus affair first surface in 1994 book A chronology of the Airbus affair: 1988 - Air Canada buys 34 A-320 medium-range jets from Airbus Industrie, a consortium of French, German and British interests. 1989 - The RCMP investigates the deal, but later puts the file on hold. 1994 - A book by journalist Paul Palango says when the Airbus deal was made, Prime Minister Brian Mulroney put pressure on Air Canada to pay $5 million in consulting fees to a lobbying company owned by Frank Moores. Mulroney and Moores, a friend of Mulroney's and a former Tory premier of Newfoundland, deny the allegation. March 1995 - CBC-TV and a German newsmagazine suggest that Airbus might have paid secret commissions to Canadians to facilitate the sale, allegedly negotiated by German-Canadian businessman Karlheinz Schreiber. The RCMP revives the investigation. Sept. 29, 1995 - The federal Justice Department and the RCMP write Swiss authorities for help, including a request to freeze bank accounts allegedly linked to the deal. The Swiss become involved after allegations that bribe money is stored in a Swiss account. Nov. 12, 1995 - Swiss TV reports that unnamed Canadian political leaders received commissions of about $20 million on the Airbus deal. Nov. 18, 1995 - Lawyers for Mulroney announce their intention to sue the federal government, RCMP and an official in the Justice Department after the Financial Post publishes details of the Sept. 29 Justice Department letter to Swiss officials alleging criminal activity by Mulroney. Nov. 20, 1995 - The Justice Department maintains that it made no accusations against anyone in its Airbus probe and merely followed normal procedures in its investigation. Mulroney's lawyers file a $50-million libel suit. April 17, 1996 - Mulroney tells a pretrial hearing that the federal government has permanently damaged his reputation. Later, federal lawyers lose a bid to delay proceedings by up to a year. June 13, 1996 - Ottawa confirms informal meetings between government and Mulroney lawyers to explore the prospect of an out-of-court settlement, but Justice Minister Allan Rock insists that no firm offers are made. Sept. 11, 1996 - Mulroney's lawyers subpoena three reporters and an aide to Justice Minister Allan Rock. Nov. 30, 1996 - Government lawyers subpoena Norman Spector, Mulroney's former chief of staff. Dec. 1996 - William Thorsell, editor of the Toronto Globe and Mail; Luc Lavoie, Mulroney's spokesman; Philip Mathias, the Financial Post reporter who broke the story; Eddie Goldenberg, Jean Chretien's adviser, are all subpoenaed. Jan. 5, 1997 - An out-of-court settlement is reached. CANADIAN PRESS WEATHER Storm system began north of Lake Huron CONTINUED FROM PAGE A1 few hours because of slippery conditions, but most roads reopened in the afternoon as unseasonably mild weather melted any lingering ice. Only Highway 170, between Saint-Bruno and Chicoutimi, remained closed last night. The freezing rain also knocked out power at the Mont Tremblant ski resort in the morning, but the lifts were able to operate on auxiliary power. The weather, however, forced the cancellation of the Taschereau Cup junior-skiing race. ""It's a major letdown for us,"" said Tremblant resort official Yves Juneau. ""On a typical day, we get about 6,000 to 7,000 people on the slopes, and today we had fewer than 500."" The resort had to move skiers from the south side of the mountain to the north side because of strong winds and fog. A storm system that originated north of Lake Huron is responsible for the freezing rain. The 150-kilometre-long system moved across Quebec in a northeasterly direction, followed by a warm front. A total of 12 millimetres of precipitation fell on the Montreal area yesterday and the temperature reached 1.4 degrees Celsius. That's 7.5 degrees above normal. The temperature should rise to a high today of 2 degrees. The Sureté du Quebec reported fender benders but no serious road accidents. ""We had about 30 accidents across the province, including three that involved minor injuries,"" said Constable Mathias Tellier. Tellier said a heavy snowfall over a couple of hours usually causes more road accidents. Authorities at Dorval and Mirabel airports were taking no chances and delayed flights for up to 40 minutes in the morning. JOHN KENNEY, GAZETTE Diana Ziemianski, armed with a shovel, couldn't avoid the puddles in Lachine. Fitness Plus NO INITIATION FEE Our 90-day fitness package will get you into shape, no matter what shape you're in! Nautilus & Keiser equipment, Weider Weightroom, more than 50 fitness classes every week (Step, Body Design, CardioPump, Afro-Caribbean and much more), warm-up bikes, running track, double gym, racquetball, aquafitness, indoor pool. New members only, ages 18 and over (not a member for previous 6 months). Cannot be combined with any other promotion. Offer expires February 28, 1997. 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Our personnel are available in the mornings, afternoons, weekends, overnight or on a live-in basis. We prepare meals, keep the home tidy and generally assist seniors. Also available are companion-drivers, home cleaners & handypersons. For a free brochure outlining our rates & services call 483-0515. SAD Get more light, good food and exercise, specialists advise CONTINUED FROM PAGE A1 record,"" said Environment Canada meteorologist Martin Bartszak. November was a little more like normal: 77.5 hours, compared with the average 84.2. But like December, January shows little sign of brightening: so far this month, Montreal has got only half an hour of bright sunshine, when the average for this time of year is three hours per day. ""It is a little discouraging, I must admit,"" Bartszak said yesterday from his St. Laurent forecasting office. The sunshine itself is measured at a little monitoring station between runways at Dorval airport. Wait until Wednesday. ""We could use a - what do you call them - happy lamps? We could even use one here in the office,"" Bartszak said. ""I'm pale."" Montrealers will have to wait until Wednesday for more sunshine. The forecast calls for more clouds today and tomorrow, with snow flurries. Wednesday should be sunny and colder. In the meantime, specialists like Ghadirian advise people to brighten up their homes with artificial light, eat more nutritious foods and exercise more to keep their spirits up. Sufferers dose themselves. Both the Vic and the Douglas offer counselling for the worst cases of SAD, which is thought to affect 5 percent of the population between the end of summer and spring. Some sufferers end up buying a $195 ultraviolet-free lamp made in Montreal by Northern Light Technologies, and dosing themselves with high-intensity light. The special lamp is designed specifically for people with SAD. ""All of us are affected by dull gray days, day after day,"" Ghadirian said. 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+245,20070113,modern,Freezing,"S' troops to Iraq? Yes: 16 votes No: 84 LOTTERIES FRIDAY, JANUARY 12, 2007 Quotidienne-3 1-0-9 (in order) Quotidienne-4 4-2-3-2 (in order) Extra - 3-2-2-3-9-4-7 (in order) Super? 13-17-22-24-34-38-42 Bonus: 27 Banco 1-3-9-10-22 24-25-26-28-31 34-42-44-46-48 50-53-59-64-65 Mini Loto 5-4-7-1-0-2 wins $50,000 4-7-1-0-2 wins $5,000 7-1-0-2 wins $250 1-0-2 wins $25 0-2 wins $5 5-4-7-1-0 wins $1,000 5-4-7-1 wins $100 5-4-7 wins $10 In the event of discrepancy between this list and the official winning list of Loto-Quebec, the latter shall prevail Please recycle this newspaper A MARCOS TOWNSEND THE GAZETTE, Yves Girard, manager of the city's cleanliness and maintenance unit, with a map showing where the snow dumps and operations are located. He's tracking the best practices of various boroughs. As winter trends change, so does city planning LESS PLOWING, MORE SIDEWALK SALTING Montreal creates office to set standards, look at boroughs' most efficient efforts LINDA CYULAI GAZETTE CIVIC AFFAIRS REPORTER It isn't your imagination, Montreal winters have changed, the people who run snow-removal operations for the city say. And that means the city has to change the way it budgets for and executes snow removal to respond to a trend over the past few winters of less snow, more freezing rain and episodes of melting snow and refreezing, Montreal's snow head honcho, Yves Girard, said in an interview this week. Girard, who is in charge of the city's newly formed cleanliness and maintenance unit, said his office is studying the best practices of the 19 boroughs, from the type of salt spreaders they're buying to the blend of salt and gravel they use to the specifications in their snow-removal contracts. Each borough is still boss of its own snow-clearing operations, Girard said. But Mayor Gerald Tremblay's administration created Girard's office to establish standards. For instance, Girard's priority this winter is to get salt spread on sidewalks as fast as possible. The past two winters have been marked by freezing rain and cycles of unseasonably mild temperatures followed by sudden deep freezes. Girard's office also wants to better synchronize snow-clearing operations between boroughs along major public transit bus routes, he said. His office is also analyzing the boroughs' snow-clearing contracts, which are worth a combined $50 million. Should they still be based on 200 centimetres of snowfall? And most contracts expire March 15, even though snowstorms frequently occur after that date, he said. Ahuntsic-Cartierville borough has already started adjusting to the weather changes. The borough bought four new tractors designed to spread abrasives, borough spokesperson Marie-Elaine Ladouceur said. The borough has also created a snow-clearing unit that will attack snow as soon as it falls on streets where parking is always prohibited, like in front of schools, rather than wait several hours for public-works crews to put up no-parking signs across the borough before clearing any snow. ""It's so easy to say that you go in and clear the snow, spread some salt and it's over,"" Anie Samson, borough mayor of Villeray-St. Michel-Park Extension, said. ""But it's not like that anymore. The sidewalks are icy more often, chunks of ice block up sewers (and) it's hard to calculate whether it's best to spread salt or gravel or a mix because the temperature fluctuates so much."" Since you now get a mix of rain, freezing rain and snow in a single day, Samson said, the borough often spreads abrasives twice a day. The city also will have to rethink winter activities, Samson predicted. Her borough decided to forgo its February winter carnival after last winter's extreme temperature changes. She cited the number of outdoor skating rinks that have no ice this season as an example. ""We no longer have the winters we had 10 years ago,"" Igyulaithegazette, canwest. Josh Freed's column will be back next week HOW TO REACH US General inquiries 514-987-2222 Home delivery Montreal area: 514-987-2400 elsewhere: 1-800-361-8478 Advertising Classified, Automotive, Real Estate: 514-987-7653 Employment, Careers: 514-987-7653 Obituaries: 514-987-7653 Retail, National: 514-987-2350 Billing: 514-987-2250 Newsroom Reader Information and copyright permission: Phyllis Beaulieu 514-987-2610 Editor-in-chief: Andrew Phillips 514-987-2500 Contests, promotions: 514-987-2336 Newsroom fax: 514-987-2399 Privacy The Gazette is published daily by CanWest Media Works Publications Inc. The CanWest companies collect and use your personal information primarily for the purpose of providing you with the products and services you have requested from us. 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It's his opinions that drive traffic to his blog, rated No. 4 best blog by The Mirror's Best of V. CORDON BECK THE GAZETTE ve-Amelie Towner-Sarault (left), Claudia Sanche-Poulin, Kristy Franks, Nadia Ponce-Morales, Rachel Benoit and Isabelle Randria helped start the Canada World Youth Green Miles Project. Trees will not reach maturity—the seat to Nairobi can be offset by the planting of 20 trees. Over 20 years, those trees will absorb the atmospheric pollution generated by the participant's flight to Nairobi. ""The Green Miles Project is an optimistic, realistic solution,"" Franks said. ""There's a bigger picture than just this one seat on this plane. It's about making an effort."" The idea for the project was stimulated, in part, by the climate change conference held in Montreal in 2005. People from all over the world were coming to this city to talk about pollution and CWY decided to take action. Part of the organization's philosophy is promoting environmental sustainability. After CWY conducted an impact assessment during the summer of 2005, organizers found the majority of the pollution they generate was caused by air travel, one of the least environmentally friendly modes of transportation. So they decided to target the problem directly. Last year, when the green initiative was in its pilot-project phase, trees were planted on public and private properties across Canada by the travelling participants, who also raised the money to buy the trees. This year, the organization is trying to secure funding to implement the project more widely at home and branch out to plant trees in host countries. ""We need to be aware of the ecological footprints that we leave on the planet,"" Franks said, ""and we need to take action and be responsible for it."" For more information about the Green Miles project, contact Kristy Franks at kfranks@cwy-jcm.org. SUSAN KRASHINSKY THE GAZETTE, MONTREAL, SATURDAY, JANUARY 13, 2007 ""It's starting to look like winter will be something that comes and goes,"" jean-francois Grec SCRAPING UP SAVINGS Warmer weather has boroughs seeing green CITY SPARED COSTS OF SNOW-CLEARING But a few blizzards before the spring could melt cash savings, municipal officials warn. LINDA CYULAI GAZETTE CIVIC AFFAIRS REPORTER When the snowflakes are scarce, pennies drop from the sky. The lack of snow so far this winter has generated savings for Montreal's 19 boroughs. But there's no use in counting on a cash bonanza yet, borough mayors and public-works managers warned this week, as yesterday's rain and above-freezing temperature melted an early morning snowfall that had blanketed parts of the island. The four to five centimetres that accumulated temporarily was about as much snow as Mother Nature has been able to muster locally in one shot since the start of the season. On the other hand, it would take only a few blizzards to melt the savings and deplete the boroughs' combined $127-million snow-removal budgets this year, the officials said. ""I'm crossing my fingers that it continues like this without extreme changes,"" said Anie Samson, mayor of Villeray-St. Michel-Park Extension borough. ""But since it's extreme weather, we don't know what could happen. I'm worried."" The lack of snow is disappointing for the city's outdoor skaters and is fueling concern about climate change, but boroughs are hearing the ching-ching of savings ringing up as they close their books on the 2006 fiscal year, which ended Dec. 31. Ville Marie borough, which includes downtown and Old Montreal, estimates it saved $600,000 to $700,000 up to Dec. 31, spokesperson Jacques-Alain Lavallee said. The borough's 2007 snow budget is $8.75 million. But predictions for boroughs' 2007 budgets are as uncertain as a long-term weather forecast. The funds must last through the rest of this winter, plus November and December. Ville Marie's savings in 2006 were on payments to private companies, which handle half the snow removal, and on overtime for city blue-collar employees who do the other half, Lavallee said. Overtime costs shoot up during a snowstorm, as does fuel use, he said. The borough also saved on not having to call in blue-collar temps, as it usually does when the city has to dig out. On the other hand, the savings can only climb so high in any borough because of fixed costs, like employee salaries, orders for salt and gravel that get placed before winter, and minimum payment guarantees that are written into contracts with private snow-removal companies. Most boroughs contract out a portion of their snow-clearing work. Almost all contracts guarantee a minimum 50-per-cent payment. Boroughs base the contracts on 200 centimetres of snowfall and guarantee a minimum payment for 100 centimetres. For instance, the Southwest borough has $2.5 million in contracts with five companies and is committed to pay at least $1.25 million regardless of how much snow falls, said Ronald Cyr, the borough's manager of public works. The borough hasn't compiled final figures for 2006, but Cyr said it has probably saved about $100,000 on overtime for its 80 blue-collar employees and about $50,000 because it hasn't had to call in 20 temporary employees. As in other boroughs, Cyr said, Southwest's 80 permanent workers have been dispatched to do work normally done in spring, like cleaning streets, fixing roads and repairing benches and equipment. The story is similar for other boroughs: Cote des Neiges-Notre Dame de Grace: The borough has saved about $200,000, mayor Michael Applebaum said, and if the weather continues to be mild could save $500,000 on salting operations alone, and as much as $1.2 million overall on its $7-million snow budget. Applebaum already knows how he'll spend any savings. He'll funnel part of it into a snow reserve, in case the borough is short money during a future winter. The rest will be invested in services, Applebaum said. Plateau Mont Royal: The borough expects the weather relieved it of a chunk of snow-removal costs, spokesperson Marie-Eve Humbert said. But it is still calculating year-end figures. The Plateau, which spends DOM DE LA CATHEDRALS 514 282 9525 LAVAL (GALEMES LAVAL) 450 681 2202 KIWILAMO (CENTRE RIOCAN) 514 694 6276. ""All indications are (that) the climate system has a risk of being more sensitive than we previously thought,"" Cordon McBean. FLORA FOOLED INTO SPRING BEHAVIOUR Plants could suffer setback come April, May CHERYL CORNACCHIA THE GAZETTE The sap is running, magnolias are budding and crocuses are blooming in southern Quebec. It's definitely not like winter, but whether it's a welcome respite is debatable. Botanists and horticulturists caution that Montreal gardens could suffer later. Trees, shrubs and perennials are all being affected by the lack of snow cover and the warmer-than-usual temperatures. The full impact of this winter's wacky weather will only be known when spring arrives for real. ""Things are way too green,"" said Christina Idziak, curator at McGill University's Morgan Arboretum in Ste. Anne de Bellevue and a tree specialist. During a walk through the McGill tree sanctuary this week, THOMAS COEX AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES Skiers get a bird's eye view of green runs in Wengen, Switzerland, where warm weather forced the cancellation of a World Cup race yesterday. Warm weather dampens Europe's World Cup action Dandelions sprout on ASSOCIATED PRESS Wengen, Switzerland - At many ski resorts across Europe, there's more mud than snow. World Cup race courses are flanked by dead, brown grass. Tourists twirl umbrellas in the streets rather than clump around in ski boots. In France, it's been raining at an altitude of 2,500 metres and most ski resorts are below that. In Chamonix, France, one of the world's top ski destinations, the temperature this week reached 12 degrees Celsius. Only about 60 per cent of the resort's slopes are open. Lean on snow and unable to make more on its World Cup course because of mild temperatures, Chamonix was forced to hand over its races to another French resort, Val d'Isere. Less than 40 per cent of slopes were open at the posh resort of Gstaad, Switzerland - known as the Beverly Hills of the Alps. At Wengen - a World Cup host - this should change during the coming week, when much colder air is expected in southwestern Quebec. The Weather Network's forecast highs and lows for Tuesday and Wednesday are minus 12C/minus 26C and minus 17C/minus 17C, respectively. From Jan. 1 to Jan. 10, the average temperature at Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport was 2.4 T -1.2 80.4 30.6 2.1 44.8 4.4 Figures are estimates T: Traces of snow Figures until Jan. 10 SOURCE: ENVIRONMENT CANADA leaves or straw atop a garden bed - protects garden plants. The mulch helps keep trees and other plants dormant through winter by keeping the soil cold and preventing roots from waking up and sending nutrients to branches, leaves and buds. In the absence of mulch, she said, snow cover does the job. This winter, however, many gardens have been without either. As a result, Atkinson said, some perennials, especially those that are not well established, could fail to come back in the spring. She said her Dorval neighbour's crocuses came up just before Christmas - ""blooms and all."" Although her spring bulbs have not done the same, she said, Atkinson continues to watch for signs of premature life in her primrose garden. ""All we can do is hope for the best,"" Atkinson said. Outside the city, after days of above-zero temperatures during the day and freezing temperatures at night, the sap is running. Serge Beaulieu owns 23,000 sugar maples in Ormstown 50 kilometres southwest of Montreal, who plans to tap his trees in mid-February as usual. But some of his neighbours have already begun tapping their sugar maples and will be boiling the sap this weekend, he said. ""I've seen that once or twice before at the end of January, but never mid-January,"" Beaulieu said. As for going to a sugar shack, sit tight, said Jean-Pierre Bellegarde, a spokesperson for Quebec's maple syrup industry and its 7,400 producers. Most people want to go to a cabane a sucre in March or April, not January or February, and Quebec sugar-shack owners have no plans to change the annual spring rite, Bellegarde said. The cabane a sucre is a place to say a sweet goodbye to winter, said Bellegarde, of the Federation des producteurs acericoles du Quebec. ""There's no desire to change that,"" ccornacchia thegazette, canwest.com. He stressed the current mild winter is not necessarily the result of global warming. ""Just as I'm not going to say that this proves climate change, a cold winter next year, if it happens, doesn't disprove it, either,"" he said. ""We need to look at the trends, the ensemble of events, the statistics of it."" Climate scientists have predicted Earth could heat up by anywhere between two to six degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels by the end of the 21st century because of the greenhouse gases that trap heat from sunlight in the Earth's atmosphere. ""Just to put that in quick context, the difference between now and an ice age, when there was several kilometres of ice over this part of Canada, is about five degrees globally,"" McBean said. ""So we're talking about a temperature change in the next 100 years that is of the same order, perhaps larger, perhaps a little bit smaller than what we had going in and out of an ice age. That's a big difference, and it's happening in 100 years, not in tens of thousands of years."" ONLINE EXTRA: The chairperson of Lloyd's, the world's biggest insurance market, urges a ""radical rethink"" of public policy in response to global warming. montrealgazette.com California shivers through state of emergency los angeles - California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger declared a state of emergency yesterday as California shivered under a blanket of unusually cold weather. The cold snap has been caused by an arctic low-pressure system from Alaska that has swept south to California, sending temperatures plummeting to near record lows, officials said. Temperatures in Los Angeles were expected to reach 2 degrees Celsius overnight yesterday. At Lake Tahoe, temperatures hit minus 20C. The cold weather system dumped about three centimetres of snow and ice on mountainous areas in the San Diego region in southern California yesterday, forcing several schools to close.",0,0,0,0,0,0
+246,18900911,historical,Rain,"M. S. Lonigan and Bell in for the railway company, September 10. Special trains from Montreal to Wilmington direct station, 2 p.m. Return fare, 10c. AN ALDERMAN'S COMPLAINT About the Blockades of Bleury Street. Alderman Jean D. Villeneuve Ward. The Alderman and the Foreman, The Road Committee met yesterday afternoon, there being present Ald. Prefontaine (chairman), W. Kennedy, P. Kennedy, J. B. Dufresne, Brunet, and Dubuc. After the usual routine business had been transacted, Ald. Jannotte introduced a deputation of St. Catherine Street property owners and stated their grievances. They had to complain that the sewer on St. Catherine Street, between Panet and Papineau Streets, was in bad order. It was made twenty-two years ago, and was insufficient for present purposes, as whenever there was a heavy rain the water flooded the cellars along the street, causing great damage. Ald. Dubuc spoke in favor of action being taken in this matter, and pointed out that a similar condition of affairs existed on Ontario Street, but he thought the Health Department should take the initiative. Ald. Jannotte pointed out that, as the new pavement was being laid on St. Catherine Street, this matter required immediate attention, so as to prevent the necessity of having to tear up the new pavement to build the sewer. On motion of the chairman, the affair was left to a subcommittee, consisting of Ald. Brunet, Dubuc, Wilson, and Mr. St. George, the city surveyor, who were to have authority to act in the matter. Then the aldermen engaged in a desultory chat, and as there was no sign of business, Alderman P. Kennedy made the suggestion that they adjourn and go to see the lacrosse match. Business was then temporarily resumed and Alderman Thompson was given a hearing, as he wanted to make a suggestion. He dwelt upon the unsatisfactory condition of the drains generally, and suggested that the committee recommend to the council that all matters relating thereto be left to a standing committee on drainage. In his opinion, not until this was done would the present unsatisfactory state of affairs be remedied. The Chairman, however, was of the opinion that there were too many committees who had to do with the streets and, as most of the aldermen agreed with him, no action on Ald. Thompson's suggestion was taken. A COMPLAINT. Aid. Cunningham was then allowed to speak with reference to the grievances of the business men on Bleury Street in regard to the drain now being made on that thoroughfare. He pointed out that last year the water pipes were laid on Bleury Street, thus blocking traffic and interfering with business; this year a drain was being made from St. Jacques Street to Dorchester and he understood that next year it was their intention to extend this to St. Catherine Street. He did not see, nor did the business men he had come there to represent, why the whole could not be completed this year, thus having the nuisance over and done with at once. No one saw any objections, and instructions were given for action accordingly. A CHARGE OF INCIVILITY. Aid. Villeneuve also had a complaint to make. He complained about the incivility of Foreman Rousseau, who had charge of the street improvements in St. Jean Baptiste Ward. He, himself, had only recommended one man to be taken on the works, but the foreman had returned his letter unopened. He had treated Dr. Germain most uncivilly, and whenever he (Aid. Villeneuve) met the foreman he turned his head and looked the other way, for fear he might be spoken to about some much-needed improvements. The sidewalks were in a most disgraceful condition; in fact, they had never been worse when the ward was a small village; and when Mr. Rousseau was spoken to about the matter he promised to do something, but never did it. No attention was paid to their remonstrances. Aid. Dubuc and Aid. Wilson defended Mr. Rousseau. Everybody spoke at once. Mr. St. George tried to obtain a hearing to defend Mr. Rousseau and explain to Aid. Villeneuve, but could not. The Chairman said there were grounds for complaint in regard to the condition of the sidewalks in St. Jean Baptiste Ward, but not more than in any other. This was not the question, however. Mr. St. George, being allowed to speak, said the sidewalks were in a bad condition, but they had no money to better them. Whenever Aid. Villeneuve asked for anything he put it down to compute the cost. He defended Mr. Rousseau, saying that he could not lay a sidewalk or repair one without coming to him (Mr. St. George) for instructions. Aid. Villeneuve: Let me interrupt you to let you know how matters stand. Mr. Rousseau stated to one of the assessors that St. Jean Baptiste should never have been annexed. Mr. St. George had stated the same thing himself, for the reason that when it was annexed the streets were in a very bad order and they had not since had the money for repairs. When Mr. Villeneuve saw the official statement he would be satisfied that the best possible had been done. Aid. Villeneuve with some animus reiterated his statements about Mr. Rousseau. """"I know,"""" he said, """"that he is the enemy of St. Jean Baptiste Ward."""" Mr. St. George warmly defended his foreman, saying he was a most efficient workman and it was most unfair to so abuse a man who had no chance of defending himself, and who, in doing as he did, had only acted under his (Mr. St. George's) orders. Aid. Villeneuve: He does not obey his orders. I would like Aid. Brunet, who lives near, to give me half an hour and I would convince him of the truth of my statements about the bad order of the sidewalks. Aid. Brunet was willing to make the examination and report to the Road Committee and let it report to the council. Aid. Villeneuve: We have been annexed five years and not a cent has been spent on seven streets. Then after all this talk had been talked and nothing done, Mr. St. George was instructed to inquire into Aid. Villeneuve's complaints. The Market Committee. A meeting of the Market Committee was held yesterday morning, Aid. M alone in the chair. Messrs. LACROSSE CHAMPIONSHIP, TORONTO vs SHAMROCK Shamrock Lacrosse Grounds SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13th, Ball Fared at 3:30 p.m. Six Hours' Play, Rain or Shine, Henry McLaughlin, Hon. Sec'y. TICKETS for sale by Jno. Lewis, Victoria Square; Brault & McGoldrick, Bleury Street; U. Y., September 10. The highest flood which has been known in this section since 1850, with one exception, visited the valley of the Canisteo this morning. After a night of unusually hard rain at 8 o'clock this morning a third of the city was inundated. Crosby Creek was sweeping down Canisteo Street and covering the Erie yard. Canacadea Creek was overflowing, as was the river. The fire department was called out and did good work in securing bridges and buildings. The Erie is completely tied up, no through trains running since midnight, when train No. 6 went up the western division, but that has been stopped at Andover all day, unable to go either way. Three through trains have been lying at this city all day, one is at Addison and a fifth at Cameron, with no prospect of an opening before morning. It is now raining heavily and the streams are rapidly rising again, and unless it stops within an hour disastrous results will follow. Advices from Canisteo report that the village is completely under water and at the mercy of the stream. Almond and Alfred Centre are badly flooded and much damage has been done. Advices from Wellsville say that the water is unusually high at that place and all the bridges in that section are gone. At Corning many houses are surrounded and much damage done. The Northern Central has trouble at Watkins, where the tracks are flooded and washed out. ANOTHER RAILWAY HORROR. Albany, September 10. The passengers on the train known as the Steamboat Express, leaving Lake George at 4:50 p.m., had a narrow escape from a frightful catastrophe at the Lumber Street crossing on the Delaware & Hudson Railroad at 8 o'clock tonight. The engineer on the train noticed the danger signals and stopped his engine about 300 feet from the crossing. Shortly afterwards he was given the signal to go ahead and obeyed. At the crossing, however, owing to a misplaced switch, the passenger train was sent onto a track on which was standing an engine with steam up attached to a loaded freight train of thirteen cars. The passenger train clashed into the freight train, but beyond a general shaking up of the passengers no one was injured. The Steamboat Express always passes the Lumber Street crossing at a high rate of speed and had the train been stopped for some reason or other above the crossing, it would have run into the freight train with terrific force and a number of the passengers would have undoubtedly been killed. TRAIN WRECKERS IN COURT. Troy, September 10. John Kiernan and John Cordial, two of the Knights of Labor charged with wrecking the Montreal Express last Monday night on the Central Hudson Railroad, were arraigned before County Judge Gilfiith this morning. The prisoners pleaded not guilty to a charge of placing obstructions on the track and the examination was adjourned till Saturday at 11 a.m. Lee gave each of the prisoners money. They were taken back to the Troy jail. Reed was not arraigned and it was stated that he is still a prisoner in Albany. The affidavit of A. Harrington, assistant superintendent of the Central Hudson Railroad, charges five men with the offense: John Reed, John Cordial, John Kiernan, Thomas Cain, and Arthur Buett. It is said Buett fled the next morning after the wreck. His right name is said to be Buell. Troy, N.Y. ESTABLISHED - 1880. Capital, $100,000. JOHN G. GRANT, Stock Broker, Auditor and Accountant, Member Montreal Stock Exchange. 1 HOMB'AL, STREET I. Telephone No. 100. P.O. Box 100. Chicago Correspondent Norton & West. Union, rain or provision bought for cash or on margin.",0,0,0,0,0,0
+247,18830914,historical,Rain,"R. JACOBS, Proprietor & Manager, Resort for Ladies and Children, Performance every Afternoon and Evening, Change of Programme Every Week, HOP O' MY THUMB has arrived, also the ROYAL MIDORI 8, the three most accomplished Little Puilans in the world, Baron Little Finger, Count Rosebud and Miss Jennie Lingley, with new faces and new programme, Better than ever, Admission free, Two Hours of Lacrosse Royal Caughnaga -- in (SHAMROCK LACROSSE) Shamrock Lacrosse Grounds, SATURDAY 25th ISSTA, Ball faced at 110, Two hours play, Admission as usual, Play rain or shine, IRON WORKS (Iron, etc.), Rail Plates (for Umbrels, Cr Axles & etc.), MUX Small proper management of the boats and formation of crews, Sir Hector Lefeuvre will leave for Quebec on Saturday 1st, where he will remain for a few days, as he has abandoned, for the present, his trip to the Northwest, The Exhibition, another celebration Victoria, Toronto, September 13, The third day of the great exposition has been a dreary one for visitors, About noon rain commenced to fall and there has been a steady downpour all afternoon, Notwithstanding this fact a large gathering of visitors were on the grounds, As outdoor amusements were out of question visitors had to confine themselves to the buildings, His Excellency the Marquis of Lorne, accompanied by Prince George and several city gentlemen, visited the various buildings and showed great interest in different exhibits, The electric railway is in full swing and passengers are carried the round trip for five cents a head, The judges have completed their duties and are the awards on all exhibits of the first value, The buckthorn fencing exhibit is attracting a good deal of attention and is fair to be very largely used here, This evening the grounds are almost deserted, The visitors are mostly from a distance who cannot remain over another day, The electric light was working in fine form this evening and the grounds were brilliantly illuminated, Should the weather be fine tomorrow a good day's sport is anticipated, as a number of attractions set down for today will take place tomorrow in addition to the regular programme, The Viceroy's party this morning visited the Infant's Hospital and Home of Providence, The farewell address by the corporation was presented by Mayor Boss in the greens park this afternoon in the presence of about 5,000 citizens, On the platform were the leading political, clerical and civic managers and a large number of others, Rain commenced to fall about one o'clock and continued during the whole afternoon, but, notwithstanding, the avenues leading to the park were lined with spectators, His Excellency was accompanied by the Prince, Prince George and others, by the arrival of the Philharmonic Society who sang Save the Queen, After the War Office read the address His Excellency replied in a feeling speech, saying that it would be the wish of his life to further the interests of Canadians, The Philharmonic Society then sang 'Auld Lang Syne' which terminated the proceedings, The party returned practically unchanged and met with a great reception, It was announced that the 25th of October is the date fixed for their Excellency's return to the Old Country, The congregation of the German Lutheran Church have appointed a committee of businessmen to take a share also of the West Indian and Newfoundland trades, it was proposed to build the mill in proximity to the elevator, as a suitable site could there be obtained, It was proposed to start with a mill of about 300 barrels capacity and increase the size as the demand required, An establishment of this size could be built and thoroughly equipped for operation in less than six months, and a company with $10,000 capital could so start and safely inaugurate the business, Meal as well as flour could be ground, The details of the scheme were freely canvassed and talked over, and the greatest unanimity of feeling prevailed, The Quebec express train for Gambo ran into this morning just on the eve of Londonderry by the coal train special, Both engines were completely wrecked, and the express, baggage car and one or two coal cars badly damaged, others slightly, No one was injured, as the engineers and firemen jumped, they claim that they had a clear right of way from the last station they each left, and were consequently unaware of the other's approach, Resignation of the Superintendent of Education, Fredericton, N.B., September 13 Theodore N. Rand, A.M., D.M., A Man Pullman Car, Can., Pac Sterling Ex., Money, 181 41 741 211 41 6 1, 11 100 1M 8 l, Wt 81 i 101 1 83 HI 041 iwJ ml Mil 811 1161 l'ii, 22 128 125 Ki u 51)1 5:if Sept, 11 81 11)2 83? 30j 1261 148 1041 81 811 1164 122 1221 127) 125i 201 Bli Sept, 10 6fiJ 25 16, (At, 274 41 li 731 22j, 41 'it 601 244 10l 108 '67J 4, 6 811 a 'i' 127J 14K4 106 121, 84J 81! 117 mi low: Weather warm and pleasant, light rain in Iowa, Corn very active, large speculative business, closing rather irregular; there is no decrease in the estimate of damage by frost; indication of a slight decrease in receipts, Wheat more active; receipts today lighter than expected and caused some covering by shorts; market sensitive, advances easily and looks as if it would pay to buy, Oats firmer at present prices; supply not equal to demand, Considerable corn and oat shipping to Michigan; Provisions moderately active and irregular; closed steady; fluctuations largely in sympathy with corn, The Chicago wheat market was irregular, closing 2c higher October at $1.00, and 1c off November and December at $1.00, It will not be any day before the first arrivals of Labrador berries will reach this port, the Greenland having started for Dead Island to load about twelve days ago, The Sir Commodore followed a few days afterward for Labrador, Advance to state that the catch is good, THE STATE of TRADE, Although the volume of wholesale trade during the week under review has not been at all extensive, as was expected, against the feeling of cheerfulness and confidence coming to prevail in the commercial atmosphere owing probably to the caution excited in the upcountry and the almost entire neglect of trade, Among the most important features of the week, we note a decided improvement in dry goods, especially in the presence of a large number of Western customers, It is reported there to be 11 5c, and currents are very firm at 6c to 8c, Advice from Greece report that heavy rains poured all over the Peloponnesus on the 21st and 22nd nit, damaging the crop seriously and bringing about a real catastrophe, the currant crop there being the chief product, Half the crop was said to be exposed on the drying grounds, not more than 10,000 tons being housed prior to the rain, Since then telegrams report that after a short period of fine weather, heavy rain again set in and now we understand there is nothing to be had but ruin damaged fruit, the finest qualities going to other markets at high prices, The bulk of the rain-damaged crop will probably find its way to the French brandy districts, Valencia raisins are undoubtedly a large and fine crop, secured in splendid condition, but the influence of the currant maker has already been felt in Denmark where prices are thinning, recent cable quoting an advance of 1c per quintal, The first shipment of new Valencia have reached London and New York and the quality is highly spoken of, New crop Malaga have also been received in the same markets, The opening price of new lesson' prune was 20f, Bordeaux, the quality being one and got up in good condition, The tea trade has shown some improvement, owing to the fear of the Franco-Chinese trouble stopping the supply, Already several lots offered on English account have been withdrawn from this market, Small parcels of green have changed hands, and about 800 packages Japan dust at 8c to 9c, A lot of fine basket-fired Japan was also sold at 33c, Other sales were reported of Japan at prices ranging from 10c to 15c, There is a good enquiry for low grade, Coffee is quiet but prices are unchanged, Java are held steadily, owing to the damage of the crop to the Dutch East Indies, In tobacco there has been a rise of 1c to 2c per lb in block and bright, owing to the firm market at higher prices for leaf tobacco in the South, Spices are firm, white pepper being quoted at 4c to 25c, black do at 11c, pimento at 8c to 9c; unbleached ginger firm at 14c to 14.5c, and Cochin do at 11c, Rice, in sympathy with the advance in England and the prospective advance in freight which usually takes place at this season, is very stiff here and values are hardening, $1.00 to $1.41 now being the ruling rate at this quality, In canned goods the market is firm and advancing, and we quote prices at $1.75 to $1.80 per case for herring, and at $4.00 to $4.79 per case for mackerel, sardines are steady at 25c each for quarters, The sales of brandy have not been large during the past week as those reported for the week previous, although in a jobbing way they have been fairly satisfactory, Our buyers have also met with fair enquiry, the ordinary jobbing demand for sherry, champagne, and other wines being favorable, Reports from the French vineyards concerning the vintage expected during the past month indicate that the greater part of the demand done by the cold has been met, In fact, in many districts rain would be exceedingly beneficial, In B—, it is stated that the village on the Medoc will take steps to build, out of which one is already disposed of about $10,000 worth of goods, There is no change in prices, which are likely to remain steady, It is noted that some manufacturers report a steady business, while others find orders coming in rather slowly, Those manufacturers who supply the jobbing trade are still running on full time, Prices are steady, but there is a general complaint of small profits, We quote: Men's thick boots, waxed, $2.50 to $4; do split boots $1.50 to $2.25; do kip boots, $2.50 to $3.25; do calf boots, pegged, $3 to $4; do buff and pebbled Balmorals, $1.75 to $3; do split do, $1.26 to $1.65; short shoe packs, $1.00 to $1.25; long do, $1.25 to $2.25; women's buff Balmorals, $1.00 to $1.60; do split do, 85c to $1.00; do prunella do, 50c to $1.00; do congress do, 61c to $1.25; buckskins, 60c to 75c; misses' pebbled and buff Balmorals, 60c to $1.21; do split do, 70c to 80c; do prunella do, 80c to $1.00; do congress do, 60c to 70c; children's pebbled and buff Balmorals, 60c to 90c; do split do, 55c to 60c; prunella do, 50c to 76c; infant's sacks, per dozen, $1.75 to $6.50; women's summer button and tie shoes, 80c to $1.25; men's shoes, 70c to 90c; children's do, 60c to 80c, leather, With the exception of choice plump B.A., sole and the best line of black leather, which are scarce and firm, prices are generally low and unsatisfactory, The volume of business still keeps limited, We quote: Spanish sole, No. 1, B.A., 25c to 27c; do No. 2 B.A., 22c to 24c; China, No. 1, 22c to 25c; do No. 2, 19c to 21c; Buffalo, No. 1, 21c to 22c; do No. 2, 19c to 20c; slaughter, No. 1, 25c to 27c; rough (light) 12c to 15c; harness, 10c to 12c; waxed upper, light, 36c to 37c; do do, medium and heavy, 33c to 36c; grained upper, long, 35c to 37c; Scotch grained upper, 35c to 40c; buff, 15c to 16c; pebbled cow, 12c to 15c; split, medium, 22c to 37c; do, junior, 19c to 21c; calfskin, light, 61c to 75c; do, heavy, 75c to 80c; French calfskin, $1.15 to $1.30; English kidskin, 6c to 7c; patent cow, 12c to 16c.",0,0,0,0,0,0
+248,18820707,historical,Rain,"THE GAZETTE, MONTREAL, FRIDAY, JULY 7, 1882 WEEKLY REVIEW OF THE PRODUCE AND FUEL MARKET Montreal, July 7 There has not been much warm seasonable weather in this part of the Province, and the experience, on the whole, has been unequal, and this applies to the midsummer month so far as it has gone. Rain fell here on nine days during the first part of June, and on six days of the latter half; and only on two or three occasions has the temperature been up to a fair summer heat. July came in with heavy rain, which continued with more or less frequency until the 3rd inst, showers coming on again on the 5th and 6th. The highest temperature (74) of the past six days occurred on the 4th and 5th inst; the lowest (53) was on the 4th inst, the average daily mean being 61. Inquiries respecting the season's prospects in the Eastern Townships and part of Vermont and Maine have elicited information as follows: Country looks backward; cold weather and too much rain; hay crop on new meadows good, but light on old land; Indian corn and potatoes very backward; oats looking well; wheat considerably damaged in some sections, by wire worm. Notwithstanding very unfavorable weather in some of the Western States, crop prospects are said to be fair. Business has been interrupted this past week by holidays, Dominion Day falling on Saturday, and the United States national holiday on Tuesday. Latest advice from Europe were by Atlantic cable to date; by mail per S.S. Peruvian and Parthia, dates from London, Liverpool and Glasgow being to 24th ult. Breadstuffs: Wheat quiet; flour steady; provisions: Butter dull; cheese unsettled; pork strong; ashes: Pots steady; pearls nominal. Flour: Local receipts by railway and canal for week ending 6th July, 11,202 brls. Total receipt from 1st January to 5th July, 308,012 brls, against 394,790 brls at corresponding date in 1881, being a decrease of 26,788 brls. Local shipments for the week ending 6th July, 17,801 brls. Total shipments from 1st January to 5th July, 219,600 brls, against 227,607 brls at corresponding date in 1881, being an increase of 11,933 brls. Business since the holidays has much improved, and a considerable quantity of flour has changed hands this week, some 2,000 brls being on lower ports account. Superiors have sold at $6.25, $6.22, $6.20 and $6.17; extra superior (which is specially in demand) at $6.05, $6.00 and $6.05; spring extra at $5.80, $5.90 and $5.96, and superfine at $5.25. Values, compared with last week's quotations, have ruled slightly in buyer's favor, but at the close are quite steady. Grain: Wheat: Local receipts by railway and canal for week ending 5th July, 101,264 bushels. Total receipts from 1st January to 6th July, 1,862,480 bushels, against 2,486,529 bushels at corresponding date in 1881, being a decrease of 624,083 bushels. Local shipments for week ending 5th July, 67,872 bush. Total shipments from 1st January to 5th July, 1,318,254 bushels, against 1,938,765 bushels at corresponding date in 1881, being a decrease of 615,511 bushels. There is scarcely any movement in wheat, the only reported transaction being a small lot of No. 2 Canada white winter at $1.30. Values are steady. Corn has sold at 84c in bond, but closed firm at 85c. Peas are very firm in consequence of scarcity, holders asking $1 and 98c bid. Oats also are firmly held at 44c. Rye and Barley nominal. Latest Western advices (By Telegraph): Chicago, 6th July. Close: No. 2 Spring wheat, $1.13 for July; No. 2 corn, 79c for July. Milwaukee, 6th July. Close: No. 2 spring wheat, $1.17 for August. Provisions: Butter: Local receipts by railway and canal, 2,982 packages; local shipments, 3,134 packages. Market dull and unchanged, only a dull business doing. Cheese: Local receipts by railway and canal, 23,158 boxes; local shipments, 44,287. A moderate business has been doing at steady values, but at the close there is an unsettled feeling. Ingersoll market report, 4th instant: Twenty-seven factories offered 6,277 boxes, last part of June make; 3,416 sold at 10c, 10c and 10½c. Pork: The still higher prices have farmer diminished the demand, Western mess bringing $25 and Canada short cut $25.00-$26.00. TRAIN SCHEDULE: The train for Portland, with Parlor Car attached, leaves for PORTLAND, with Parlor Car attached, local train for KNOWLTON and RICHFORD, and Intermediate stations. No. 6: 30 p.m. -Through Night Express, with Pullman Sleeping Car, for Boston and intermediate stations. Passengers taking the 9 a.m. train arrive at Portland at 8:10 and Old Orchard at the same evening, passing through the celebrated White Mountain Notch. Elegant Parlor Cars, Day Trains between Montreal and Portland and Montreal and Boston, and Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars on Night trains between Montreal and Boston. No. 4 stops only at Chambly, Canton, Marieville, West Farnham and Cowansville, between Montreal and Richmond, except Saturdays, when it will stop at all stations. EXAMINER, July 7, 1 a.m. An area of depression is now central over Minnesota and the pressure is high from the lower lakes to the Gulf of Mexico. The weather has been fine and warmer in Ontario and generally cloudy and showery in Quebec and the Maritime provinces. PROBABILITIES: Lakes Fresh to strong southerly to southwesterly; increasing cloudiness and rain. Warm and clearing Saturday. St. Lawrence, upper: Fresh southerly; increasing cloudiness and warm; rain at night. Lower St. Lawrence Gulf, moderate to fresh westerly to southwesterly; fair and warm. Maritime: Moderate to fresh west to southwest; clearing and warmer. Washington, D.C., July 7, 1891.",0,0,0,0,0,0
+249,18950122,historical,Rain,"B. Rendell, liabilities about $578,780; assets, $40,000; Baine, Johnston & Co., liabilities, $700,900; assets, $331,620. TURNING COLDER Weather data from the Southwest and then clearing. Meteorological Office, Toronto, January 21, 11 p.m. To-night the storm centre is near Sault (St. Marie); the pressure is about average in the Northwest territories and also in the Maritime provinces. Rain has fallen today throughout Ontario, while in Quebec and the Maritime provinces the weather has been fair with rising temperature. Minimum and maximum temperatures: Edmonton, 0 below, 10; Calgary, 4 below, 22; Prince Albert, 28 below, zero; Qu'Appelle, 16 below, zero; Winnipeg, 18 below, 9 below zero; Montreal, 6, 32; Quebec, 8, 23; Halifax, 12, 30. Lake Ontario (strong winds and gales from westward; partly fair, with snow flurries; turning colder). Upper St. Lawrence Gales from southwest and west; gradually clearing and turning colder. Lower St. Lawrence Strong winds and gales; cloudy, with sleet or rain; turning colder tomorrow. Gulf (Strong winds and gales; cloudy; and milder, with snow or sleet). Maritime Strong winds and gales from south and west; mild; cloudy and rainy. Manitoba air, with low temperature. Rain 84 Height above sea level, 187 feet. Barometer reduced to sea level and to temperature of 32 Fahrenheit (Humidity relative, saturation being 100, below zero). Maximum temperature of the 21st was 33.5, minimum temperature of the 21st was 8.0. Rainfall on the 21st was 0.62. January 21, 1895 Readings taken at 1610 Notre Dame street, by Uearn & Harrison's standard thermometer this day: Maximum, 23; minimum, 1. Same data last year: Maximum 37; minimum 16, readings below zero. Eighteen lives lost. Tell City, Ind., January 21. Later and complete reports from Wolf Creek regarding the loss of life by the sinking of the steamer State of Missouri place the loss of life at eighteen. This includes the cabin crew, the carpenter, one passenger from Pittsburgh and one from Barefield. The five lady passengers were saved. Five lifeboats were lost. IN CARNIVAL AT OTTAWA Was formally opened yesterday by Sir James Grant. THE WEATHER WAS NASTY It rained nearly all the afternoon and poured all night. The Shamrocks defeated the Electrics. From our own correspondent, Ottawa, January 21. The clerk of the weather has not been kind to the Ottawa Winter carnival. A cold mixture of rain and sleet has been falling all this afternoon and evening and the streets are in such slippery condition that walking is not only difficult, but dangerous. Nevertheless, the carnival has opened with considerable éclat and indications are that it will prove a great and unqualified success. The decorations are exceedingly good and the electric display is far ahead of anything hitherto attempted in Canada, and probably excels that of any other city in this or any other continent. Sparks and Bank streets have been converted into fairyland. Thousands of colored incandescent lights are strung across the streets. Almost every building on the two thoroughfares is decorated with banners, streamers and flags are flying everywhere. The cars each carry 21 colored lights and as they flash along the streets the effect is very beautiful. The cold drizzle has had a depressing effect, but nothing short of a second deluge could dampen the ardor of people who have thronged the streets all day and are still trudging about tonight despite the icy sidewalks and the chilly wind. The formal opening of the festival took place shortly after two o'clock, when the president of the Carnival committee, accompanied by Sir Adolphe Caron, Hon. Jno. Haggart, Hon. Jno. Costigan, Hon. C. Rooms. There was not a very large attendance at any of the sports owing to the inclement weather. Rain fell all night, and walking was next to impossible. At Dey's rink the Shamrock team of Montreal covered themselves with glory by defeating the unconquered Electrics a second time. The score was 5 to 1. In the first half both teams scored once, but in the second half the Shamrocks played all round the Electrics. The teams were as follows: Shamrocks: Electrics - Mobile (goal), Hliua, Klyfe, Point, Nolan, Steven, Cover point, Murphy, McOulsten, Forwards: Murphy, Fairbairn, """"I"""" Wall, """"Baldwin, Brown, """"O'Neill. Referee: Joe McDougall. At Rideau rink the smart set were entertained to an """"At home"""" by the directors of the club.",0,0,0,0,0,0
+250,18950124,historical,Snow,"SNOW SHOVELS FROM ALEX BREMNER, CO Bleury St MONTREAL DISTRICT trade marks ILLINOIS and DESIGNS, Hanbury A Budden, Advocate, Attorney and Solicitor, 617 NEW YORK LIFE BUILDING, R M, Laurence Westerly winds; fair and colder, Gulf Fair and colder, with light local snow, Maritime Westerly winds; mostly fair and colder, with light local snow, Manitoba Fine and continued very cold, MONTREAL RECORD observations taken at McGill College Observatory January 23, time 9:00 29, I, Tarte present to correct the statement that Mr Justice Mathieu has decided on this point, The question had never before been raised in this form, When Mr Tarte arrived he explained the facts to him, and the latter affirmed that what Mr Crankshaw called the scum-laden article of the Herald was true in all particulars, and in effect gave the lie to the revising Barrister, finally he apologized for his statements, An appeal may be taken by Mr Maclennan, Maclennan, A Street Railway Communication, To the Editor of the Gazette: Sir, In the matter of the Street railway and salt, Montreal seems to be in just as bad a plight as St John, but in Ottawa, where the use of salt is prohibited, there seems to be no trouble, The following would appear to be a way of getting over any trouble there may be, and keeping the streets in good condition for sleighing, Let the car company provide a tank car, something such as they use in Toronto for summer street watering, and beside, with perhaps rollers, hangers and ice cutting plough, to cut the ice down at the rails and round the surface up between and at each side, Instead of salting the street promiscuously let them water the snow when the thermometer is well below freezing, Once having brought the surface into proper shape it would last well, the plough would clear it easily, and the snow would not be continually working back on the rails, As it thawed it could from time to time be built up again by a further watering on cold nights, J, dissenting, Mowub (defendant in court below), appellant, and Malo (plaintiff in court below), respondent The appeal was from a judgment which condemned the appellant to pay the respondent the sum of $134, Wurtele, J, giving the judgment of the court, said that appellant was the owner of three cottages at Longueuil, They had been damaged by the ice, and he was desirous of having the damage repaired, He asked de Martigny if he knew anyone who could repair the houses for him, They went over to Longueuil together, and Ferland, a contractor, said the work could be done for $150, Ferland stated afterwards that he meant $150 per house, De Martigny told appellant the work could be done for $150, and appellant instructed him to go on and get it done, He thereby constituted de Martigny his agent for the repair of the three houses, De Martigny told Ferland to do the work, There was no contract, Ferland ordered lumber from the respondent De Martigny gave respondent a note for the amount of his account When it became due, it was not paid, Malo took an action against de Martigny and obtained judgment, but there was a return of nulla bona, Malo then sued appellant and obtained judgment against him, and the appeal was from this judgment, The question was whether the principal was liable under the circumstances, The majority of the court were of opinion that article 1710 of our code, which states that a mandatary who acts in his own name is liable to the third party with whom he contracts without prejudice to the rights of the latter against the mandator also, governed the present case, The judgment of the court below was therefore well founded, and it was maintained, Blanchet, J, dissenting, Lonnitrs (defendant in court below), appellant, and DomoN (plaintiff in court below), respondent, The judgment appealed from maintained an action by respondent and awarded him the sum of $100 for the loss of four fingers of his left hand, Respondent was employed in appellant's shop, and while planing a piece of wood on a planing machine, the accident occurred, It was contended by the appellant that the accident was due wholly to respondent's negligence; that the machine was in perfect order, and that a guard was attached to it for the protection of the workmen, and that if this guard was not on the machine at the time, respondent could easily have obtained it The court was unanimously of the opinion that the judgment could not be sustained, The weight of evidence was to the effect that the accident occurred through respondent's carelessness in using the machine without the guard, in disobedience of the directions given to him, He was a skilled workman and accustomed to the use of the machine, and knew the danger of using it without the guard, The judgment was therefore reversed and the action dismissed, CORPORATION OF THE VILLAGE OF DUNHAM (defendant in court below), appellant, and Garick (plaintiff in court below), respondent, The appeal was from a judgment rendered by the Superior Court in the district of Bedford, condemning appellant to pay respondent $75 damages suffered by him while driving a vehicle on the highway, While passing over a small bridge the horses took fright and the vehicle went over the edge of the bridge, and respondent was injured, The question was whether the appellant was bound to provide hand-rails to make the bridge safe, The court below maintained the action, and this decision was unanimously confirmed by the Court of Appeal, CIKMAN (defendant in court below), appellant, and Jkhomk (plaintiff in court below), respondent The appeal was from a judgment which maintained respondent's action and condemned appellant to pay $200 and interest, The Court of Appeal reversed the judgment, Blanchet, J, dissenting, Davidson et al, (defendants in court below), appellants, and Thiemhlay (plaintiff in court below), respondent This was another case of employer's liability, The judgment condemned appellants to pay respondent $2,000 damages alleged to have been sustained by him by reason of the death of his minor son, caused by an accident while in appellants' employment The court was of opinion that the weight of evidence was against the appellants, The presumption of negligence was against them from the fact that the law was not complied with as respects covering the belt and providing guards for the machinery, After reviewing the facts of the case, the court came to the conclusion that the judgment should not be disturbed, and it was confirmed in all respects, Coohi, in (defendant in court below), appellant, and Pake (plaintiff in court below), respondent, Hall, J, said that the action was by a proprietor against his tenant, The roof of the building occupied by the tenant fell in, According to respondent's pretension the accident occurred owing to the weight of snow on the roof, The roof was repaired by the proprietor, now respondent, and the present action was to recover the cost The rule of law was that the tenant is responsible unless he can show that the injury resulted from no fault on his part The court did not think that the tenant in this case had proved that the injury occurred without any fault of his, The evidence showed that there was a large quantity of snow upon the roof, and the court was of opinion that this accumulation of snow was the primary cause of the accident, The tenant was in default to remove the snow and, under the circumstances, the judgment of the Court of Review, which held the tenant responsible, was well founded, and it was confirmed, The Chief Justice stated that judgment in the case of Drysdale and Dugas would not be rendered at present, It would, perhaps, be given on Thursday, In the afternoon the hearing of the case of Wineberg, appellant, and Hampson, respondent, was commenced, Messrs Green Shields, Q A LONDON STORY, The under and I, luhli, ing, Know, Hitil huh Buanhtue in Three Hours, London, January 23, A heavy snowstorm prevailed in London during the night and turned into rain this morning, At 6:20 this morning the sky suddenly became dark, the darkness resembling that of nightfall, and a violent hailstorm, accompanied by thunder and lightning, set in, The thunder and hailstorm lasted until ten o'clock, when snow began to fall again, The snow fell for about an hour, when the skies cleared and the sun shone brightly, The storm caused a tremendous rising of the Thames, Thousands of acres at Windsor and Felton are flooded, and many other sections are submerged, The violence of the wind unrooted trees, and at Kingston several brick walls were blown down, The steeple of St Stephen's church, Westminster, was struck by lightning and set on fire, but the flames were extinguished before any serious damage was done, Three persons, in different parts of London, were killed by lightning, and the roofs of a number of houses were struck and slightly damaged, A high northwest wind is blowing over the channel, Tugs sent out from Dover are helping many vessels in distress, The night mail boats are not making their usual trips, French fishermen found a derelict barque off Calais today and towed her to the north of the harbor, where she sank, blocking the entrance, CABLE NOTES, London, January 23, The parliamentary election in the South or Evesham division of Worcestershire, yesterday, resulted in the return of Colonel Long, Conservative, by a vote of 4,760 to 3,585 for Mr",0,0,0,0,0,0
+251,18870401,historical,Snow,"THE BLOCKADE RAISED The railway traffic which has been demoralized for some days past on account of the heavy snowstorm is again resuming its normal condition The block on the intercolonial has been raised and the first mail from the lower provinces for a week was distributed last night Ten engines and snow ploughs were employed clearing the track Mr Daley, the Dominion immigration agent, received the following telegram yesterday morning from Campbellton, N.U. Johnson, J. This was an action of damages against the railway company brought by the widow and children of the late Norman McDonald for having, by the fault and negligence of the company, caused the death of the husband and father, and a most distressing case in itself of course it is, though, unfortunately, what distresses and disturbs does not tend to give any one a clearer view of their right under the law This young man, now dead, and leaving behind him a young widow and several children, who say the railway company are responsible for his death, left his house on the morning of the 5th of April, 1886, and went with another man called Donald Smith, and a pair of horses and a sled to the woods where they loaded up with some heavy logs, and started thence to draw them to the saw mill, having on their route to cross the railway track, which they reached without much difficulty, though the snow in some places had disappeared The load was drawn up the incline onto the track, which was bare of snow; but there it stuck, and the horses could get it no further The train came down rounding a curve towards the spot where the sleigh had stuck on the track; and there is evidence that if the engine driver had shifted his seat from the convex to the concave side of the curve he might have seen the obstruction somewhat sooner; but it was a downgrade at that place; and he only succeeded in stopping the engine after it had struck the loaded sleigh The unfortunate man MacDonald would have had time to save himself, by getting out of the way after he saw the train coming, for he and his load remained on the track some ten minutes; but he put himself most unfortunately where he would have been in all probability sure to suffer if his load should be struck by the engine; and accordingly, when it was struck, it was dashed with tremendous force against him, and he was killed The action in the usual form alleged negligence and fault on the part of the company with all the other necessary allegations required by the circumstances; and particularly set forth that the accident was a direct consequence of the bad condition of the railway crossing which the company were bound by law to keep so that the rails should not be more than one inch above or below the level of the road, while they were alleged to be eleven inches above the level The conclusion was for $20,000 The defendants pleaded, first, an express denial of each of the allegations of the plaintiff, and they further pleaded contributory negligence by the deceased himself in respect of the bare state of the roads, the weight of the load, and the weakness of the horses; and that the deceased had resided close by, and knew when the train was due; and in spite of all this attempted imprudently to cross the track; that the bell was rung and the train was stopped as soon as possible; that it was running at an ordinary rate, and on time; and the deceased with common caution could have escaped, but placed himself behind his load so as inevitably to bring about his own death The issues of fact were tried at Sherbrooke by a jury, and they found on the evidence that there had been no fault or negligence on the part of the defendants; but that there had been negligence on the part of the deceased, to which his death was directly attributable This is the effect of the finding of the jury; and the plaintiff on the ground that it is against the evidence, moves for a new trial The several questions (thirty-four in number) submitted to the jury cover every fact of importance that can bear upon these two main points, viz: the fault and negligence of the defendants, and the fault and negligence of the deceased; and the principal particulars of negligence urged against the defendants were the level of the rails being above the legal limit; and the fault of the engine driver in not stopping sooner The jury found both against the plaintiff's pretensions, and though they were particularly told, as to the latter point, that if the engine driver could have stopped sooner by doing anything he had omitted to do, they found clearly in answer to the 23rd, 24th, 25th, and 26th questions, that everything was done that could have been done; the bell was rung; and whether the driver had seen a few moments sooner or not would have made no difference on that descending grade With respect to the level of the rails, the law cited is in the statute 42 Vic, ch. 9 sec. 15, subsections 2 and 4 The provisions are very clear and easily understood It provides that on the highway or right of passage over the track to which the public is entitled, the rails must not be more than an inch above or below the level of the way, and as I understand the evidence, that was proved by the defendants' witnesses It is true that there was evidence on both sides The friends of the deceased on the one side, who made no measurements; the witnesses for the defendants on the other, who did take precise measurements, and it cannot be said, if the jury was to estimate and weigh the value of the evidence on both sides, that they have found against evidence by saying in effect that they prefer the proof of the defendants on this point to that of the plaintiff It was their right to say so; and I must say I agree with them The fourth subsection, which was altered by the second statute, does not affect the case at all Then, on the other issue, viz, the want of care and prudence in this poor man who met his death, this subject was spread over several questions, and the jury found in answer to the seventeenth and eighteenth, that the road was bare of snow and the men were driving a heavy load for such roads; and in answer to the twenty-first, that the deceased was familiar with the crossing and knew the time the train was due Besides this the jury found in their answer to the twenty-seventh question, in the most direct manner that McDonald was guilty of rashness, recklessness and imprudence in attempting to cross the railway at that particular time of the day and season of the year; and to the twenty-eighth they say also with equal plainness that the deceased did, by his own acts and negligence, contribute to bring about his own death It could not be maintained; it was not argued, I believe, that on this last part of the case (the fault of the man himself), the jury had found against evidence Therefore, upon the whole case, we are obliged to say the verdict should stand The plaintiff sued in forma pauperis, and the defendants, of course, though they have the right to judgment for costs, will not, we hope, exercise it under the circumstances David vs. La Compagnie de Jurisprudence et al Johnson, J. This was an action of damages for libel The defendant's journal, Le Monde, published in a paragraph on the 9th October that, on the day before, in the plaintiff's presence, he being then a candidate for Parliament, a sum of $2,000 had been offered to one Lemay, a supporter of the other candidate, Mr. Gravel, to get the latter to retire and so secure the vote of the workingmen for the plaintiff The judgment went against the printing company only, and exonerated the editor and manager personally The company now inscribes: It had pleaded to the action that the article was published in good faith and was true, and published for the public benefit If it meant anything it meant that an act of corruption was committed before the plaintiff's face, for his benefit, and with his approval The proof did not sustain that at all, but something very different and which in no way reflected discredit on the plaintiff The judgment gave $200 on damages There cannot be the slightest doubt that the defendants did not prove what they pleaded, the offer of the money for the purpose they had said They admitted the publication, and of course damages were due, but we are in reality asked to reduce the damages, that is all No pretext whatever was suggested for such a step on our part, it is not a matter of fancy or arbitrary will We have no right to touch a judgment of the court without a sufficient reason, and none whatever is alleged Judgment confirmed O'Connor vs. Grand Trunk Railway Co Johnson, J. The trial of the issues of fact in this case was had before a special jury: and they found unanimously a verdict which on the face of it clearly entitles the defendants to judgment dismissing the plaintiff's action; and accordingly they move for judgment in their favor; but the plaintiff comes with a motion for a new trial on grounds of misdirection, admission of illegal evidence, and of verdict rendered without evidence, and contrary to evidence The point of misdirection was not heard, as there was nothing of record as required by law to show what the direction was Therefore, the points are reduced to the evidence and the rulings at the trial The action was to recover $896 as the alleged value of a quantity of railway ties which the defendants were alleged to have permitted to be put where they were afterwards consumed by fire, attributed to their fault and negligence The defendants denied any such permission, and any such neglect or fault on their part, and said, on the contrary, that the plaintiff put his ties on the property of the railway at his own risk; and was in fact a trespasser, and had no right of action against them, if his ties were destroyed And further, the defendants pleaded that before action brought, the plaintiff had waived and discontinued his pretensions The plaintiff made answer to that part of the plea, denying all permission to him to place his ties on their property by setting up an alleged custom of the people about there, who had ties to sell, of placing them alongside the track on the railway property, and alleged that the defendants had acquiesced in such a custom The real issues for the jury were three: First the permission, secondly the fault of the defendants, and thirdly the waiver; and these questions were amplified and diluted into a number of minor particulars, according to the practice The jury found that there was no permission, and no custom of the kind that was set up They also found there was no fault or negligence by the company; and thirdly, they found the plaintiffs had withdrawn and waived, before they brought their action, all their claims arising out of this matter The plaintiff contends now that he proved this usage He cannot contend, of course, that he proved a permission, for the evidence is in the teeth of such a pretension There was evidence on the subject no doubt, but it did not satisfy the jury, that it amounted to a custom known to and tolerated by the defendants, still less assented to, or binding upon them A few persons may have had the bad habit of trespassing in this manner, as a few fools will still continue to jump on trains in motion, but neither in the one case nor in the other is the """"custom"""" so called, one in which railway companies can be assumed to participate without more distinct proof than there has been in this case The next issue was the fault and negligence of the defendants in setting fire, of course, the defendants as a railway company, will have some difficulty in running their trains, unless they may lawfully use fire to raise steam for their engines, and within the limits of their own property, I do not see that anyone can complain if he chooses to come without their permission, and, so to speak, bring with him a bundle of sticks, and poke them into the fires in use on the line if the sticks should be burnt up Therefore, unless the finding on this head were shown to be against evidence, we are not held to go any further into the other points, but may properly say the burning of wood placed on the railway property close to their track without any permission, express or implied, gives no right of action against the company, but is a thing occurring entirely by the fault of the person who put the wood there in a place exposed to fire But in point of fact the findings as to the defendants' negligence, or even as to the cause of the fire, excluding the idea of their negligence, are all in accordance with the proof, as the jury had a right to appreciate that proof There was circumstantial evidence that the fire might have come from the defendants' engines; there was a probability of such a thing in the absence of any other assignable cause, and the jury were so told by the court; but the fact was entirely within their province, and they found against the plaintiff; they found there was no proof, and unless we can say what is the precise amount of proof that ought to satisfy a jury one way or the other, it is impossible to find fault with the verdict in this particular; otherwise it is no longer a trial of the facts by a jury, but by the court But this circumstantial evidence of the possibility or probability of the cause of the fire was met by a most complete and careful, I may add, scientific evidence to show that that particular engine could not, on the two days alleged, have set the fire All that would remain would be the question of waiver, It is with respect to the admission of evidence on this head that the ruling at the trial is complained of; but it is unnecessary to proceed to that part of the case, either as regards the facts or the law, since the evidence of absence of permission or custom, and that of fault or negligence on the defendant's part amply sustains the findings on those points, and fully disposes of the case I ought, perhaps, to cite, in view of the abuse of the motion for new trial in almost all jury cases in this court, an authority of the highest description that ought to serve to mitigate the indiscriminate infliction of them except in cases resting on distinct principle It is the case of the Metropolitan Railway Company vs. Wright, decided last year in the House of Lords, and it is Lord Selborne's judgment What concerns the case in hand is this: """"In many cases the principles on which new trials should be granted on the ground of difference of opinion which may exist as to the effect of the evidence, have been considered both in the House of Lords and in the lower courts; and have always understood that it is not enough that the judge who tried the case might have come to a different conclusion from the jury, or that the judges in the court where the new trial is moved for might have come to a different conclusion; but there must be such a preponderance of evidence, assuming there is evidence on both sides to go to the jury, as to make it unreasonable and almost perverse that the jury, when instructed and assisted properly by the judge, should return such a verdict If this is the law of trial by jury we cannot properly interfere with this case The jury were unanimous and no injustice appears Therefore the plaintiff's motion is dismissed and the defendants' motion for judgment is granted with costs (To be Continued) ENJOY LIFE What a truly beautiful world we live in! 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Mottutt, of our club, is in Montreal Parly you telegraph about must be Tom Molt'alt, a professional Have nothing to do with him In reply to this came a letter from which the following is taken: """"The committee of the St. George Snow-shoe club join me in expressing our gratitude for the prompt manner in which you answered the telegram re Moduli affair We found the fellow just what you predicted a professional and one of the worst kind It was very amusing to witness his seemingly honest display of indignation when he was requested to withdraw from the events, as we had undoubted proof for railing into question the met of his being a bona fide amateur, he doubted the authenticity of our being able to produce sufficient evidence to warrant any steps being taken to prevent him participating, and there being no other course left we had to return your telegram You can well imagine the look of consternation when it dawned upon him that he had been caught in his own trap Enclosed herewith you will find a copy of Moltut's entry, and memorandum attention of committee to the fact of his not being Tom Monatt, the professional, but T.P. for Selkirk Man, arrived in the city today from Montreal He will leave here tomorrow or Saturday for New York in connection with his Hudson Bay railway Mr. Sutherland will have two bills before the Dominion Parliament this session, one providing for an extension of the road, and another to consolidate the various acts relating to the Hudson Bay railway Work on the road will be resumed as soon as the snow leaves the ground The civic board of works have taken steps to introduce a system of permanent street paving during the coming summer As a start Daly avenue and Metcalfe street will be paved throughout with cedar blocks, unless the work be petitioned against by a majority of the property owners who, under the local improvement by-laws, would be taxed for it His Excellency the Governor General has issued invitations for a state dinner party on the evening of April 11 The Marchioness of Lansdowne will give an """"at home"""" for ladies the same evening Mr. MacdowelL M.P. for Saskatchewan, leaves today for Scotland via New York, on private business He has """"paired"""" for the time he will be absent VERY MIXED WEATHER Lynchburg, Va., March 31 A heavy snowstorm prevails here today Five inches of snow have fallen, and in the mountains it is ten inches deep Reports from Tazewell county say a terrible thunder, hail and snowstorm visited that section yesterday Hail stones an inch in circumference fell and the lightning was terrific Many telegraph poles were split to pieces and telegraph and telephone instruments were destroyed",0,0,0,0,0,0
+252,18811010,historical,Snow,"Arrival of the new Governor A stormy voyage Heavy snow storm St John's, October 6 The royal mail steamer Nova Scotian, Captain Richardson, arrived at seven o'clock this morning, having been detained two days on her voyage from Queenstown by uninterrupted gales of westerly and northwesterly winds. During the whole voyage westward the deck of the steamer was not dry for one hour. The new Governor for Newfoundland, recently nominated by the Queen, Sir Henry FitzHardinge Maxse, came passenger by the Nova Scotian. During the past sixteen years he administered the government of Heligoland. Throughout the Crimean war he was aide-de-camp to Lord Cardigan and was engaged in the famous charge of the Light Brigade. The then Lieutenant Maxse was one of those who came back when """"not the six hundred,"""" but he came back wounded. For his bravery he received from his sovereign several badges and decorations and was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. He was enthusiastically received this morning and was escorted by the cavalry and infantry, constabulary of the city and by detachments from Her Majesty's steamers in port to the viceregal residence. Flags were displayed on all the public buildings and the shipping in the harbor was gaily and profusely decorated with bunting. The British steamship Juliet, Captain Williams, master, owned by Bowring Bros of Liverpool, arrived at this port early on Thursday. The Juliet is on a voyage from Dundee, Scotland, to New York, laden with iron and a general cargo of bale goods. She has on board fifty passengers for the United States. The passage from Dundee to St John's occupied twelve days and is pronounced by Captain Williams to have been boisterous beyond all his former lengthy experience on the Atlantic. From the time of leaving Dundee until last night the wind blew a tremendous gale, varying from west-southwest to northwest, but abating not one jot in violence. In fact, the Juliet may be said to have been under water for ten complete days. On Thursday last, when the storm was at its height, the sea crashed in through one of the port side-lights and carried everything before it. A poor lady passenger was dashed to leeward and had her skull fractured. She was landed this morning in a dying state with a coffined child that succumbed last night to its sufferings. A furious gale of west-northwest wind blew over the west coast of Newfoundland last night, accompanied by a driving snow. The frost was very slight. The snow fell to a depth of seven inches. The range of the gale was from St George's Bay to Bonne Bay. Sports and Pastimes MONTREAL The unpropitious weather for the last three Saturdays has certainly not been conducive to outdoor sports; however, the Hunt is to be congratulated on the large attendance of its members each day, and despite the downpour on Saturday last, the turnout of mounts was the largest of the season, including for the first time four ladies, a fact we were glad to notice, for we had begun to wonder if the fair sex, who in years gone by used to grace the field, were to have no successors. The Meet, which was to have been at Summerhill, the country seat of Mr. Hickson, was changed to Cote des Neiges, on account of that gentleman's absence in England, and the Hunt are indebted to Mr. Baumgarten and Mr. Paton for a capital breakfast at Lumkins, under the charge of Messrs. Hall & Scott, whose names are a sufficient guarantee that everything was as it should be. When the horn sounded we recognized the following ready to start: Mrs. Blackwood, Mrs. B. Davis, Mrs. Brice, Miss Ogilvie, Mr. Crawford, Dr. Hings-ton, Mr. Baumgarten, Mr. Galarneau, Mr. A. Stuart, Mr. Stevenson, Mr. Hutchins, Mr. K. A. Whitehead, Mr. Gault, Mr. Strathey, Mr. Stephens, Mr. Staufield; those in carriages were Mr. Esdaile, Mr. H. Paton, Mr. and Mrs. Riley of Boston, Mrs. Hutchins, Mr. Wolfe, Capt. Milburn, Mr. B. Campbell, Mr. A. White of Quebec, Capt. Shepherd, A.D.C., Capt. Ritchie, S.S. Peruvian, Mr. Harper, Mr. Stick of Swansea, and Mr. Magniao of England, whom we learned was a master of a fine pack at home. The coverts below Snowdon's farm were tried, and soon not one, but it seemed, a litter of foxes were found. For three or four hours the hounds and riders were kept on the move from one covert to the other. Those on foot viewed the foxes several times crossing the small open between the coverts; in fact, so rank were """"the varmint"""" that an unfortunate skunk got mixed up and was earthed by the stopper. The proprietors in the neighbourhood ought to be much obliged to the Hunt for their visits, to rid them of the enemies of their hen roosts, instead of stopping some of the members, as they did on Saturday, and demanding money for the damage done to a few fences. The Hunt are always most willing to repay the farmers for any damage that may be done to their property. LATEST NEWS The Grand Jury on Saturday brought in a true bill against Guiteau. Sir Henry Maxse, the new Governor of Newfoundland arrived at St John's on the 6th by the Nova Scotian. Workmen in the Staffordshire potteries have demanded increased wages from the 1st of November, which the masters have resolved to resist. The strike which is threatened in consequence will affect upwards of 80,000 men. Hartmann, the supposed Nihilist, has returned to Europe from the United States. A Tunis despatch says French officers have been put in command of the Tunisian regiments under Ali Bey. Snow to the depth of seven inches fell in Newfoundland last week. King Alfonso of Spain is to be invested with the Order of the Garter. General Pendergast is to supersede Blanco as Captain-General of Cuba. Sensational rumours are telegraphed of an intention to annex Turkey to Austria and Russia. The French have occupied all the Tunis forts, and 2,000 men now lie at the city's gates. The Austrian Minister of Justice has brought a bill before the Chambers to allow the marriage of Jews with Christians. Dominion News FROM OTTAWA An important enterprise is now under way which will replace the lost one of the Ohio Company, that for a year and a half past worked the Forsyth Iron Mines in Hull township. Mr. Lawless has leased lot No. 13, 7th concession of the township of Hull, to a company of American capitalists for a period of five years. The Lawless property lies adjacent to the Forsyth Baldwin mines, and the mine opened proves to be most rich and promising. Although papers were only signed yesterday, 10 tons of ore were taken out with the appliances at hand, under the superintendence of Captain Timmons, who was recently in the employ of the company which worked the Forsyth mine. New mining machinery has been ordered from New York, and work will be pushed forward during the winter. The company have agreed to pay 40c per ton royalty, with the privilege of buying the property, which comprises 100 acres, any time for $100,000. The ore will be sent to the States to be manufactured into pig iron. Mr. Blanchard of New York is President of the company, which has started the enterprise, and Dr. Carpenter of New Jersey, the Treasurer. The capitalists interested belong to New York, Jersey City and Boston. Mr. Hale, Engineer-in-Chief of the Canada Atlantic Railway, and the Duffy party will remain in this section a week or more. Three distinct lines will be run into this city from Hurdman bridge locality and the most feasible line adopted. A line will also be surveyed from the city station grounds to the Chaudiere, so that connection with the saw mills can be made, as the transport of lumber is one of the greatest objects for which the railway is being built. It is the purpose of intending contractors to examine the route of the Toronto & Ottawa Railway between Sharbot and Lake Madoc before tendering. A number are expected in the town shortly with that object. Work in Maberly goes briskly on. The contractors are now going through a heavy cut, and after that they will be engaged in a deep fill. The work seems to go on vigorously, and although the gang is small they intend to enlarge it as soon as they come to more sand excavating. There is a large number of men now clearing the right of way on the south side of the village. Tomorrow morning, Mr. Murray Mitchell, with a staff of three engineers and twelve men, leaves to survey the route of the proposed Gatineau Valley Railway between Hull and the Desert, about one hundred miles north of this city. This road will run through what was once thought to be a barren waste, but experiments have proved it to be not only very rich in phosphate and iron, but from an agricultural point of view. Work is now being done on four new lines centering at Ottawa, the New York, Waddington-Ottawa Railway, the Toronto & Ottawa Railway, the Canada & Atlantic, and Gatineau Valley Railway. Besides these projects, there will be Pontiac & Pacific Railway, or the extension of the Y.M.",0,0,0,0,0,0
+253,18870115,historical,Snow,"D. Purcell and Mr. Fred Hirka asked for liberal appropriations for the Snow-shoe and Toboggan clubs, and succeeded in securing $2,000 and $1,500 respectively. The Lansdowne, Montreal, Park and Tuque bobsled slides will be illuminated every evening of the carnival. Mr. V. De Maitigny, St. Jerome; C. Deguise, Maurice Chevalier, Sorel; Paul P. Kiset, Aicienne Foret; and Alfred Garmtau, in lices only. Odd of the candidates for practice was plucked for having endeavored to play an exceedingly well-conceived trick by which he expected to be placed in possession of the answers to the set of questions. As soon as the papers in the various branches upon which he was to be examined had been placed before him, he hastily copied them on a sheet of paper, took an apple from his pocket, and cutting out the core, he introduced the paper into the fruit. He then coolly opened the window, apparently for the purpose of obtaining fresh air, and threw the apple with the questions to a young member of the bar outside, the intention being to have it returned with the answers. Unfortunately, the trick was detected, and the candidate who had perpetrated it was consequently plucked. The snowstorm was one of the severest experienced for some years. The delay to the trains. The snowstorm which commenced on Thursday night and continued without intermission all day yesterday had the effect of delaying trains in all directions. No information could be gleaned from the officials at the Bonaventure depot, but the following appeared on the blackboard: No. 1, West, due at 8:30 p.m., 1 hour and 15 minutes late; No. 7, Ottawa, due at 11:30 a.m., 9 hours and 30 minutes late; No. 10, C.V.R., 8:40 p.m., 2 hours late; South Eastern, due at 8:30 p.m., 2 hours late; No. 4, East, due at 8:12 p.m., cancelled. So far, this winter has been exceptionally hard as far as snowstorms are concerned. Yesterday's snowstorm was declared to be the heaviest of the season, and the railway officials fear that traffic will be seriously impeded. At an early hour, the storm had not caused much delay to the service, but as the snow fell steadily the whole day and evening, accompanied by a blizzard in the country, there is every likelihood of a block occurring. The number of farmers who arrived in the city yesterday was small, notwithstanding that it was market day. The few who did face the terrific storm complain bitterly of the trouble experienced in reaching the city, owing to the heavy roads and blinding storm, and state that it is the worst they have been subjected to for several years past. The storm evidently prevailed throughout the whole province. Dr. de Jongh's Light Brown Cod Liver Oil. In consumption, its efficacy is unequalled. Dr. Nedley, Physician to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, writes: Of all the preparations of that valuable remedial agent, Cod Liver Oil, the most uniformly pure, the most palatable, and the most easily retained by the stomach, is Dr. de Jongh's Light-Brown Oil. I have habitually prescribed Dr. de Jongh's Oil in cases of Pulmonary Consumption, with very beneficial results, and I can confidently recommend it as the most efficacious kind. Sold only in capsules: Imperial Half-pints, Pints and Quarts, by all druggists. Sole Consignees, Ansar, Elford and Co., 210 High Holborn, London. The Philadelphia Humane Society keeps a boat and runners at the skating club's house on the Schuylkill, ready to rescue anyone who breaks through the ice. Carter's Little Liver Pills are free from all crude and irritating matter. Concentrated medicine only; very small; very easy to take; no pain; no griping; no purging. P. Minn. 4 Man 3 114 Ont. Aucenic K'y 117 Paton Manrg. Co. 100 126 Montreal 4 p.c. stock 100 101½ Montreal 5 p.c. stock 114½ Honds Canada Cotton bonds 103 108 Mont'l Cotton bonds 106 I (Hildas Cotton bonds. I Champ 4 Ht. I bonds 103 106 Can. Central bonds 112 12 Can. Pac. land bonds 1105 105 Inter. Coal bonds 1 91 Harbor 6¼ p.c. bonds 1 6 p.c. bonds 11 6 p.c. bonds 1 -Ex div. William Mackenzie, stock broker. No. 98 St. Francois Xavier street, reports the rates for gold, greenbacks and exchange as follows: bought at Gold, greenbacks American Silver Exchange on New York, Sterling in New York, Sterling in Montreal 8 prem. Hitkpre- 482½ II 4JAKAU4N NM'lfHITIKN IUKIN THE PAST YEAR. For the first time since this Journal was established now nearly four years, the financial retrospect usual at this season yields almost unalloyed satisfaction. A comparison with this time last year shows that, with rare exceptions, pre-existing securities have advanced in value in some cases very considerably and there has been, we are glad to say, no fresh instance of default or disgrace. As compared with what could be said of Australia or South America, but little new work has, however, been done. No Government issue of any kind has been made: Dominion, Provincial, or municipal. On account of railway companies, the principal operation was the issue in April last of the balance of the Canadian Pacific railway bonds. That company's Manitoba Southwestern bonds have also been placed this year, chiefly, however, in Amsterdam. The Manitoba and Northwestern Railway company have also got their bonds into the market. The Island of Anticosti company has been floated during the year, and bonds have been issued on behalf of the City of Winnipeg Water Works company and the Halifax Graving Dock company. The three defaulting railway companies are practically as they were a year ago. The Montreal and Sorel bonds issued in April 1883 at 97 are now quoted 12 to 16, and are probably worth nothing at all, except as voting counters. Quebec Central are considered to have some prospects, and they are quoted 29 to 32, which is 3 higher than the price of a year ago. Newfoundland railway bonds are quoted 40 to 46, and may be dealt in at that, for, though interest is in default, there is every prospect, we think, of sooner or later some settlement being come to with the Newfoundland Government. If the committee of bondholders are willing to deal fairly with the Government, who, it should be borne in mind, have been greatly injured under the concession, they may at any time, we believe, get equitable terms. As to the improved market value of Canadian securities known in Great Britain, there is much to be said. Dominion 3½ per cents are as much as 6 higher, having risen from 92¼ to 98¼. Provincial Government bonds have as a rule improved, but the older 6 per cents are naturally inclined to lose some of their considerable premiums, as the redemption dates come to be thought more of. Of municipal bonds, those of Quebec and Toronto show a rise of about 3 percent, but Toronto's credit is a long way ahead of that of any other Canadian city. But the most considerable advance is in railway securities. All those which have any pretension to soundness have risen considerably. Canadian Pacific shares were 60 a year ago, and they have recently been above 75, but are now just under 70. The company's bonds, in spite of the large addition to the amount on the market, have risen from 102¼ to 107, and they changed hands at 108 a week or two ago. The Grand Trunk series have advanced to a still larger extent. The guaranteed stock, which was 56, is now 74; the first preference has advanced from 5 to 76½, and the second preference from 38 to 58. The bonds of the various lines leased to both these great companies have correspondingly improved. The minor companies also show great progress in some cases. New Brunswick railway bonds have risen from 82 to 98, Northern of Canada third preference bonds from 82 to 96, and Windsor and Annapolis B debenture stock from 62 to 100. St. John and Maine shares have been as high as 46, but they are now not much over 30. In the other sections, there has also been some improvement. Bank of British Columbia shares have risen from 26 to 28; Bank of British North America shares, which were 60, are now 68; and Bank of Montreal shares, which, with $200 paid, closed last year at $100, are now $181. Loan shares are better than they were a year ago, Trust and Loan shares, however, being still at a slight discount. Land shares have, as a rule, improved; but there has recently been a reaction from the unduly high price of Hudson's Bay shares of a month or two ago. There is practically nothing to say of the other sections of our Canadian investments. London Canadian Gazette, COTTON MARKETS. LIVERPOOL, January 14. Cotton quiet; uplands, 6d; Orleans, 6d. NEW YORK, January 14, 1 p.m. Cotton steady; uplands, 9c; Orleans, 9 11/16c. Futures barely steady; January, 9.43c; February, 9.61c; March, 9.62c; April, 9.73c. Close, steady. COMMERCIAL. OAXTTOFPIN, Friday Evening. European Breach in the character of the cable advices, but the tendency seemed to be toward improvement. Cargoes of wheat on passage or for shipment were steadier. Red winter off coast was at 36s 6d, No. 1 California 37s 3d, California just shipped at 38s 3d and California nearly due at 37s 3d. In Liverpool, wheat was steady, with red American spring limited at 7s 4d-7s 5d. Corn was 1d lower, at 6s 8d and Canadian peas unchanged at 6s 8d. At Mark Lane, wheat and corn were quiet and flour steadier. First bakers' flour was at 26s 0d. The London Wheat and Flour Circular, of December 11, says: The weather since our last has been severe. On Sunday there was a storm of wind and snow, and the country now is generally buried in many places to some considerable depth, especially in the south and east. The temperature has been mild since, so that, although the snow remains, a great deal of it has melted and the ground is accordingly very much sodden. A heavy fall of snow is at all times welcomed from an agricultural point of view, as it acts as a fertilizer and at the same time a covering to vegetable life against frost. So much of the time since our last review of the corn trade has been taken up with the Christmas holidays that there is little to chronicle except the very marked fact that, despite the period of the year, which is always one of dullness, the firmness of the trade continues and the advance in value still goes on. During the whole of the past year, business in the corn trade has been of the most wretchedly inert description, values generally keeping much on the same par, declining gradually in the first few months, then recovering themselves until about harvest time, after which they dropped again, when in the latter part of November they commenced to mend, and have gone on improving until there is fully an advance of 6s to 10s from the lowest point, if not more. Fluent qualities of English wheat, which were selling at 34s-36s, are now fetching 40s-42s, and the improvement in Australian and Indian descriptions is fully 11s much. The first cause of this advance was no doubt the scarcity of English wheat, country millers as well as the various town mills finding it difficult to supply their requirements even on the spot, and at the same time the importations of American flour have not continued on the same scale as they were. This has caused some considerable demand on our stocks of wheat and flour, which have become much reduced from what they were. The movement thus set going has no doubt been helped by the dread of foreign political complications, and we find ourselves with the conviction that the price of wheat was unwarrantably low, while we have only India and America to look to for supplies, and are sure to have France as a competitor for them. DULUTH MARKETS. The grain markets in Chicago were worse and ruled lower. Wheat was weak and declined 1c, closing at 78c February, 79c March, 85c May. Corn eased off 1¼c, closing at 36c February, 37c March, 41c May. Oats closed at 20c February, 21c March, 30c May. Today's inspection was 23 cars winter wheat, 48 spring, 270 corn and 124 oats. At the seaboard, wheat was weaker and declined 1c-2c, closing at 91c January, 92¼c February, 93c March, 95¼c April, 96¼c May. Corn fell off 1c, closing at 47c January, 48c February, 49c March, 60c April, 60c May. Oats closed at 35c January, 38¼c February, 35c March, 36c April, 30c May. Ocean freights to Liverpool by steam were at 4d per bushel. The Toledo wheat market was about steady. No. 2 red closing at 81c cash, 81¼c January, 84c February, 86¼c March, 89c May. Corn was unchanged, closing at 87c cash, 42c May. Oats were higher at 27¼c cash. At Detroit, wheat was stronger and advanced 1c, No. 1 white closing at 83c cash. In Milwaukee, wheat declined 1c, closing at 76c cash, 78c February, 84c May. Maclver & Barclay, 120 St. Francois Xavier street, report the Chicago markets today as follows: Wheat- Feb. 4.00$1.60 and buckwheat, at $1.00 per bag. In vegetables, business was fairly active at former quotations. Potatoes brought a dime per bag, lemons at $1.00 per box, turnips fine per bag, celery 10c per dozen, plums 10c per bushel, sweet potatoes $1 per barrel, and rhubarb 50c per bunch. For fruit, there was a fair inquiry at unchanged prices. Apples sold at $3.00 per barrel, lemons at $3.00 per box, cranberries at 4½c-5½c per gallon, bananas at $7.00-8.00 per barrel, and pineapples at 50c each. Dairy produce was in light supply, for which there was a good inquiry at former values. There was an active demand for poultry and game, the offerings of both being large at quotations. Fowls sold at $1.00 each, ducks at $1.10-$1.20, geese at 70c-85c each, and cock turkeys at $1.00-$1.60 each. In game, black ducks brought $1.00-$1.50 per pair, bluebill ducks 45c-$1.00, plover $3.50-$4.00 per dozen, partridges 60c-65c per pair, and snowbirds 30c-35c per dozen. There was a large supply of fish offered, which met with a brisk demand at steady prices. THE TRAMPS TODAY. The track to Lachine will be very heavy for the St. George Snowshoe green steeplechase runners, the only point in their favor being the fact that the Montrealers will start half an hour ahead and make some kind of a road for them to travel over. The Montrealers start from the gymnasium sharp at 3 o'clock, and it is to be hoped a good gathering will be there when the president gives the word. St. George tramp off half an hour later. They also want a big muster. OTHER TRAMPS LAST NIGHT. Fifteen members of the Artillery club tramped over the mountain in the heavy snow last night and fully enjoyed their pleasant time at Donahue's after their very hard work. Next Friday will be ladies' night and is sure to be a success. On the following Friday, the annual green steeplechase will be run. Notwithstanding the stormy weather, some twenty-five members of the Prince of Wales Snowshoe club tramped out to the Athletic club house last night, where an enjoyable time was spent. The Argyle Snowshoe club held their ladies' night last evening, when about sixty couples were present. To state that a pleasant time was spent goes without saying. THE OLD TOGGER BLADES. The """"vets"""" will muster at the Gym at 3 o'clock sharp, for the tramp to Lachine. About seventy-five are expected to sit down to dinner at Harvie's. SOCIETY. MISCELLANEOUS. The new slide of the Guelph Snowshoe and Toboggan club was opened in good style on Monday night. The Ottawa Cricket club has written to Daft, Nottingham, Eng., to get a man of first-class abilities as coach. Harry McKeona, the billiardist, has been playing straight rail, three-ball billiards, 500 or nothing, in Boston. There is to be a pigeon shooting match at St. Catharines on January 19, at which $200 will be offered in prizes. Thirty members of the Sportsmen's association, Pittsburg, Pa., have leased 60,000 acres near Winchester, W. Va., for sporting purposes. John Black, Jr., of Fergus, wants to skate any man in Ontario a five-mile race for $100 a side. Black left a good deal of money in Montreal once when thinking he was a skater. Decker, the champion collar and elbow wrestler of America, arrived in town yesterday and is making Carney's his headquarters. He will give exhibitions nightly with Carney, and is well worth seeing. Among the players now before the public who were members of league teams in 1876 may be mentioned: A. H. Harbridge. A man named Fitzpatrick wants to jump any man in the following series: One and three standing jumps, standing and running high jumps, standing back jump, standing hop, step and jump, with weights, and standing high jump without weights, and a high kick. The match is to be for any part of $200. TORONTO TOWN TOPICS. A Warehouse Flooded-Board of Trade Officers-The Ontario Creamery Association. Toronto, January 14. Owing to the carelessness of the engineer to turn the feed off the boiler last night, the wholesale dry goods warehouse of Simpson & Co., corner of Yonge and Mclihda streets, was found to be flooded this morning, the water being on each floor to a depth of several inches. The damage to the stock is estimated at $20,000, for which no compensation can be obtained. Some of the ceilings are also badly damaged, and are likely to give way. The firm has only recently taken possession of the premises. A meeting of the directors of the Ontario Creamery association was held here this afternoon. There was a fair attendance, but several were unable to be present owing to the snow blockade on the railways. By-laws were adopted and it was decided to hold the annual convention in this city, on February 16th and 17th, when several important papers will be read. With a view to more rapidly introducing the creamery system and raising the standard of butter, the following gentlemen were appointed to deliver lectures wherever farmers desire their assistance: D. Derbyshire and John Spragge, east, and M. Moyer and George Drowning, west of Toronto. A special meeting of the Board of Trade was held this afternoon to receive nominations for officers for the ensuing year. There was a very large attendance of members. William Lee, of Perkins, Line & Co., wholesale grocers, was unanimously elected president, and W. M. Russ was re-elected treasurer. Nominations were made for the council, board of arbitration, harbor commission and industrial exhibition association. The officers contested will be balloted for at the annual meeting next Friday. Notice of motion was given that Mr. Darling, the retiring president, be made a life member of the board in recognition of his invaluable service. THE CZAR'S GOVERNMENT MAKES PROPOSALS TO SETTLE THE BULGARIAN DIFFICULTY. Vienna, January 11. The most recent proposals Russia has collected for the settlement of the Bulgarian difficulty were made by Count Peter Schouvaloff at Berlin. In these, Russia maintained the candidacy of Prince Nicholas of Montenegro for the Bulgarian throne, provided that the Prince's well-known demands on the regency be generally supported. Negotiations are now proceeding on the basis of these proposals. The Continental powers are disposed to accede to Russia's proposals, and it is said that England is also desirous that a general understanding should be reached. NOTE TO OUR READERS. Followed by clearing, colder weather. Effect of the greatest snowstorm for years on the railways. Toronto, Ont., January 14, 1 a.m. The depression over Indiana yesterday is now central over Ontario. It has caused a general snowfall, turning to sleet and rain in the southern portion of the Lake region, and is now causing snow throughout the St. Lawrence. Owing to another depression now forming off the Atlantic coast, a snowstorm is prevailing in the Maritime provinces with strong winds and gales. The storm signals ordered for Maritime ports yesterday morning will be continued. St. Lawrence: Cloudy with snow followed by clearing weather; higher followed by lower temperature. A GREAT SNOWSTORM. Yesterday's snowstorm was the heaviest for many years, the amount registered at McGill observatory up to 11 p.m. being over twelve inches. This naturally had a disastrous effect on the punctuality of trains from all over the country, particularly to the west, dispatches bringing word of delays of from three to twenty hours, many trains in Western Canada, especially the locals, being cancelled. The country roads in the majority of cases are completely impassable, and it will take several days to get them into good condition again. Several freight and one or two passenger trains are reported stuck in drifts on the Grand Trunk railway and Canadian Pacific railway lines in Ontario. The Grand Trunk mail train which left Montreal at 9 p.m. on Thursday only reached Belleville at 12:30 p.m. yesterday, and the Canadian Pacific railway train, due at Ottawa at 4:48 a.m., only reached the Capitol at noon. Sir John Macdonald and Hon. Thus. While were passengers by it. The snow was so deep on the London, Huron & Bruce that the snow ploughs stuck and traffic was stopped. The Great Western division was open from Niagara to Detroit, but the Chicago Grand Trunk was badly blocked. A dispatch from Toronto at midnight said: The Grand Trunk line to the East has been cleared and the train for Montreal was dispatched in two portions, the first at 8 o'clock, the second after arrival of the first train from Detroit at 9:30. The train from Montreal due at 10:40 tonight is running over three hours late and is losing time. The Canadian Pacific railway train from Montreal this evening was cancelled and a special run from Havelock. Midland trains running to the main line at Port Hope were one hour late. The Hamilton branch was obstructed by snowdrifts and trains were considerably delayed. The express from Sarnia this morning was seven hours late. The western section of the Canadian Pacific railway is open and trains from Owen Sound and the Southern division are running on time. Snowploughs have been run in front of all the trains. The storm has been the heaviest known here for years and still continues. 382 -S 2 90 Overcast NE 82 7 00 10 mill -2 5 00 Snowing. Winnipeg, January 14. Mr. Stewart Mulvey, first vice-president of the Winnipeg Conservative association, has decided to contest Selkirk in the forthcoming Dominion elections. Both the old and young Liberal associations are holding a meeting tonight to decide on a candidate for Winnipeg. LA PRAIRIE COUNTY. A Conservative meeting for the county of La Prairie was to take place on Monday, but owing to the snowstorm which has rendered the roads almost impassable, it has been resolved to postpone the meeting till Wednesday, the 16th inst., at 11 o'clock in the forenoon. The meeting will be presided over by Mr. Pinsonneault, M.P., and will be addressed by Mr. Traft, M.H., P. Pampanon, J. Dolathionner, U. Berthelet and A. Du'lointreux. A Good Samaritan. As Mr. Nicholson, milk dealer of Lachine, was driving into the city yesterday morning, he found a young woman scantily dressed lying in the snow in an unconscious state on the bank of the canal. She was removed to an adjoining house where it was found that parts of her body were frozen. Every attention was paid her, and she is now in a fair way of recovery. CHOWAN OMOA STATISTICS. Mr. Chan Dfkii, of the office of the Crown and Peace, has just completed the statistics of his department for the past year. The table shows that $3,001.32 were paid in fines, $6,187.70 in peace fees, $1,220 in crown fees, and $3,211.20 in building taxes. These figures form a total of $13,620.42, showing a surplus of $376.45 over the receipts of 1892. Board of Health. A meeting of the Board of Health was called for yesterday afternoon, but the only members present were the chairman (Aid. Gray) and Aid. White, and the meeting had to be postponed. The principal business was to purchase eight tons of coal for St. Roch's and to consider the petition for compensation for the removal of Linker's glue factory outside the city limit. The HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. The Montreal Horticultural Society and Fruit Growers' Association for the province of Quebec will hold its annual meeting for the discussion of fruits, at Granby, P.Q., on Tuesday evening next. The meeting promises to be a very interesting one. Return tickets can be obtained at one and a third first class single fare at the Central Vermont Railway office, St. Paul's.",0,0,0,0,0,0
+254,18891227,historical,Snow,"AM, Holland thus estimates the population of Montreal Island today at Montreal 1,000,000. Henri in, (in hie, Kondo lv, Cote St, Louis 8,000, Mile End 10,000, Cote St, Pierre 1,100, Cote Visitation 8,000, Mount Royal Vale 160, Mount Royal Avenue 490, Notre Dame de Grace 100, Coteau Village 600, Verdun 1,000. Total 1,174,160. In 1911 the city and suburbs were supposed to contain 310,700 inhabitants and the anticipated gain is about 44,000. SOME CHRISTMAS RELICS. Two Years Penitentiary for a Robbery. Police Court. Selling liquor without a license took $93 and cents out of Nellie Hull's pocket. Miss Nettie Bedsteail hails from Cornwall, Ont., and holds the position of captain in the Salvation Army. She came down to this city Christmas morning and deposited herself and her worldly effects in the Salvation Army barracks. Soon after her arrival the effects were missed and when the police found them they were in the possession of Peter Gorman and John McGuire, whom they arrested. They were found guilty and sentenced to six months each. Joseph Chagnon saw things so blue on Christmas that he tried to hang himself. The police interfered and His Honor, who saw that whiskey was the cause of Joseph's distress, discharged him on his promising not to do it again. Thomas Milton drank and drank on Christmas day until he was drunk. While in this glorious state of intoxication he turned his attention to his wife. When he had finished, a policeman requested him to come over and interview His Honor. The man didn't care about going, but the policeman was so persistent that at last he gave in. The result of the interview was that Mrs. Milton will be a widow for two months. Edward Bergin ruined his footing on Christmas day by stealing a goat skin from a man named Pilkicr, but which he was relieved of by a policeman shortly afterwards. His Honor relieved him of his liberty for ten days. The next occupants of the dock were Joseph Lapointe, Joseph Jobin, and Ovila Deiordi. They were accused of having snowballed Walter Falls, a patrolman of the Royal Electric Light Company, and when he objected, they considerately changed their treatment to bare knuckles. The explanation comes off on Saturday. Three other men, who also took a hand in, are requested to call at any police station and help in the explanation. Church and Croysdill, the two young men who got $105 out of another young man named Lee by telling him that he was under arrest and that that sum would settle matters, as reported in these columns at the time, were committed to the Court of Queen's Bench. Michael Doolan was fined $3, requested to pay $3 damages or go into confinement for three months for having smashed several windows and a door lock of John Barry's residence. Court of Special Reunion. John G. Strachan, the man arrested for stealing lead piping from Joe Beef's old saloon, was found guilty. Since John has been boarding at Payette's it has been discovered that he was the leading genius in a series of small robberies in which various articles, ranging from a cooking stove down to a felt hat valued at 75 cents, had been taken. His Honor sized John up, and in the end considered that the world would not miss John for two years and that during that time he could fill a long-felt want in the select society of St. Vincent de Paul penitentiary. Recorder's Court. There was a long parade in this court yesterday of people who had taken a drop too much on Christmas day. Of the forty-seven cases on the list, three-quarters of them obtained the honor of an introduction to His Honor through a little drunk they had had. His Honor kindly let them off at $3 a head, and when the heads which could pay up had done so it was found that the city was $84 better off. Theophile Theberge, for committing an indecent assault upon Joseph Dupre, in Notre Dame church, obtained a chance to figure among the innocent at Payette's for two months. Helbmann Upright Pianos are built regardless of expense to successfully reproduce the most extreme atmospheric changes. Holiday stock of these famous Pianos now on sale. C. H. Crawford says that he will wager $5,000 that Stamboul can beat Stamford's Palo Alto, who holds the same record, the proposition to remain open one year. Ex-Alderman Stroud is busy with his invitations for the big snowshoers' supper on the 23rd of next month, and the boys may rely upon having a rattling good time. Mr. George Middleton, the well-known Chicago horseman, offers to match the famous gray gelding, Jack, against any trotter in the world for from $5,000 to $15,000. Numerous operations have been performed lately by English veterinarians to cure roaring by removing the arytenoid cartilage, but the result is now officially declared to be a failure. A well-known athlete says: It is a safe prediction that there will be half a dozen American amateur runners on the cinder path next season who will be able to beat 61 seconds for a quarter. Joe Donoghue, champion amateur skater, appeared before a large throng at the Palace rink in Minneapolis on Saturday evening, and was well received. He gave an exhibition mile over a 7½-lap course, covering the distance in 2:05, and it was done with apparent ease. The McGill Football Club has elected these officers: President, Mr. SOWB1IOEIXG. The Crescents Tramp. In spite of the gale that tore along the roads and howled through the naked branches of the trees, the Crescents mustered in full force for their tramp to the Athletic Club house. Once arrived at that snowshoers' haven of rest, the usual enjoyable time was spent. Songs were sung by Messrs. F. Anley, and after some other routine business had been transacted, the club started on the homeward tramp, thoroughly pleased with the evening's outing. The Club House. Mr. James Paton has evidently not let the grass grow under his feet in his efforts to improve and beautify the Athletic Club house. The lower club room is rapidly approaching completion, and by the first week of the new year it will re-echo to the merry songs of the snowshoers. The work of kalsomining the walls is also being pushed forward, and several of the rooms are already finished. The ladies' dining room is a little-gem, thanks to the efforts of Mrs. James Paton, Mrs. Fred Larmonth, and Mrs. Hugh Cameron, whose deft fingers and feminine taste have done so much towards the ornamentation, and the other rooms show marked improvement. Nor have our citizens been backward in donations towards the welfare of the snowshoers' rendezvous. Messrs. P. are mentioned as the probable reform candidate for Lisgar at the next Dominion election. Resolutions protesting against the abolition of the French language in schools have been passed by the trustees of the Norquay school district. Wheat is quoted at from 60 to 76 cents. WEALTH OF UNITED STATES. Increase of Amended Valuation from $15,000,000 to $23,000,000 in Ten Years. The New York World has obtained from the treasurer of each state the value of property as assessed for taxation. The census taken in 1880 made a report of its exhaustive and laborious inquiry into the proportions existing in each state between income and property, which ranges between 8 percent in Illinois and 18 in Wyoming. The report shows an increase in taxable property of $1,000,000 and an increase in actual wealth of $1,000,000. SHIPMAN ENGINES, COAL OIL, Marine and Stationary. Engines ample capacity to drive any machinery. Boilers for Printing Offices, Grain Elevators, Machine Shops, and Working Shops, pumping water, driving dynamos for incandescent lighting, or any other light work will be found the best and most durable motor in use. Our complete Launches and Engines and Boilers for $W will be ahead if anything in the market. If you want an Engine and Boiler for your boat or complete launch, you should place your order at once. Write for Circular giving prices, etc., and testimonials. H. Hearth, Mr. Whitlock, Mr. Fallen-der, and seventeen intermediate and seventy steers. A WARNING OF THE FUTURE. Washington, December 20. The Brazil-lit Brazil-lit II has received the following cablegram, dated today, from Guy Brio, minister of finance at Rio Janeiro: The report about the meeting of a corps of artillery is false. There was only a meeting of a few soldiers, immediately repressed. The circumstances increased confidence in the government, which shows it is prepared with prompt and decisive means to put down any disturbance of public order. The aggravation of General da Fonseca's illness is not true; on the contrary, he is recovering speedily from his former complaints. The assistant doctor believes his recovery to be certain. At any rate, the fate of the revolution, now accepted by the whole country, does not depend on the contingency of any one man's life, however precious it may be. In the army itself, the revolution can rely on other chiefs of great prestige and no less devoted to the cause. All the different political parties have espoused with enthusiasm the term fixed, November 15, 1889, for the meeting of the constitutional assembly, they considering by this act the stability of the republic is assured. """"Beware of newsmongers."""" A Most Significant Fact. New York, December 20. Private cables received today from Brazil state that the markets for exchange at both Rio and Para are in bad shape, while the rubber supply on hand will only last a few weeks. Rubber has taken an upward jump. At Para, exchange is demoralized, while at Rio the rate has declined 2 percent to 2. This makes a total decline of 8 percent since Dom Pedro's expulsion. FAIRAVISATIIUR TODAY. Yesterday's Storm Gone to Sea Lower Temperatures Probable. Toronto, December 20, 11 p.m. The depression which was over Lake Superior last night had by morning developed into a most severe storm, central in the Ottawa valley, and has since moved to the Bay of Fundy. A heavy westerly gale has prevailed all day in the Lake region, and a northeast snowstorm along the St. Lawrence from Montreal eastward. Snow and rain are falling in the Maritime provinces. Temperatures at 8 p.m.: Calgary, 40; Qu'Appello, 24; Winnipeg, 18; Toronto, 60; Montreal, 24; Quebec, 22; Halifax, 18. St. Lawrence: Decreasing west to northwest winds; fair weather; stationary or lower temperature. MONTREAL'S RECORD. OBSERVATIONS TAKEN AT MONTREAL, THE ANCIENT CAPITAL. Mr. Frank Boss' Magnificent Donation. Getting Ready for Next Season's Timber Trade. A Case of Influenza. Quebec, December 26. It is said that Mr. Frank Boss, of this city, brother of the late Senator James Gibb Boss, has acquired the Marine hospital at Quebec, and that he has donated $1,000,000 to found an institution for the sick of all creeds and nationalities. A very large quantity of deals arrives daily by the Lake St. John railway, and are discharging on the Louise embankment ready for shipment in the spring. It is said 40,000,000 feet of lumber will be taken out along the line this winter. A fierce snowstorm from the east set in about noon and still continues. It is reported that a genuine case of influenza has broken out here. The sufferer is 8.",0,0,0,0,0,0
+255,18860422,historical,Ice,"N. Co. While the meeting was in progress a telegram was received from the Kt. Lawrence Co. ratifying the agreement. The consensus of opinion of the shareholders present was that the bargain was to the advantage of the company. None of the company's boats have been damaged by the ice in any way worth mentioning. The Union and St. Lawrence, the lately acquired Saguenay steamers which have been wintering in the River St. Maurice, were moved by the ice, but they are now safe from damage. The L'Antigueuil and Montarville were also forced away from their quarters at Boucherville, but with the aid of the South Eastern they were both towed back to a place of safety. Navigation in the port of Montreal will open today, when the Longueuil will resume her regular trips between the city and Longueuil. It is expected that all the lines between here and the Gulf will have been opened by next Monday. The Quebec will arrive in port Monday morning and will leave for the Ancient Capital the same evening. The Trois Rivieres and Chambly also begin their regular trips on Monday. THE POLICE COMMITTEE held a very short and uninteresting meeting yesterday afternoon. A meeting of the Police committee was held yesterday, at which were present Aid. Jean not (chairman), Brunei, Kennedy, Villeneuve, Dubuc and Lee. A discussion arose about the peddlers travelling from door to door and not paying their license. After some discussion the matter was referred to the Chief. Aid. Kennedy spoke of two men who were employed at the East End abattoir in the pay of the corporation, and it was resolved that so long as the Abattoir company paid the cost of their service it might be continued. The policemen petitioned that they should be excused from payment of the water tax as well as the sergeants of the police. This after some discussion was referred to the Chief. A complaint was entered against the carters on Phillips square for improper conduct and this was left to Chief Paradis to deal with. Some argument arose before the members of the committee concerning the continuance in office of those who had been employed by the St. Jean Baptiste authorities, and it was decided to continue those in office who were meritorious. The meeting then adjourned. THE ROAD COMMITTEE want a special appropriation to repair the damage caused by the floods. A meeting of the Road committee was held yesterday afternoon, when there were present Aid. Laurent (chairman), McShane, Beausoleil, Wilson, Prefontaine, Bainville and Gray. An application from the City band to play in the summer months in the Vigor gardens was granted. It was resolved to report to council for an appropriation of $700 to pay the commissioners on the expropriation of streets. Tenders were opened for general supplies, and the principal one, that for lumber, was awarded to Mr. Huneau. On the motion of Aid. Gray it was resolved to ask the council for a special appropriation to cover the damage to the streets and sidewalks caused by the recent floods. The committee then adjourned. """"EEL AIR,"""" DORVAL As anticipated, the announcement of the sale of the magnificent residence of the late Mr. Alfred Brown, at Mr. William H. Arnton's auction rooms yesterday morning, drew a very large audience of gentlemen representing the wealth of Montreal. THE SITUATION GONE, the City Resuming its Normal Appearance-Condition of the Principal Streets. The river continued to fall steadily all day yesterday and by night nearly every street, with the exception of one or two in the low-lying parts of Griffintown, was dry. All through Griffintown, Point St. Charles and the flooded portions of St. Antoine and West wards the sidewalks were floated by the water, and will have to be relaid. On some streets the sidewalks remain intact, anchored in place by the trees and lamp posts, but more frequently they were used for rafts, and miles of sidewalks will have to be replaced entirely. Last spring this work cost $4,008, and it will probably amount to twice as much this time. On Commissioners street masses of ice, broken sidewalks, barrels, bags and all sorts of material were heaped up in a most peculiar manner. At Bonsecours market the dealers were drying their stock and removing that spoiled. Gangs of men were already at work clearing away the debris in the street. Lichtenhein's rag store, the scene of the late fire, was still smouldering. The appearance of Notre Dame street, Chaboillez square, and the depot was most deplorable. The sidewalks were broken up, plate glass windows smashed, the furniture and fittings of the stores broken to pieces with the debris strewed in all directions and the storekeepers looking anxious and bemoaning their losses. The remains of the broken sidewalks are to be collected and piled on Commissioners street and from this repository in preparing the material for repairs will be drawn until new planks can be purchased to replace those lost, stolen or strayed. The sewers have also been badly damaged by the floods. At St. Lambert the road has not only been rendered totally impassable through being cut up by the shores, but large blocks of ice extend right across it and over the fields adjacent. On the road are piled in all directions telegraph poles, railway sleepers, trestles, heavy timbers belonging to the bridges and outbuildings, fence rails and all kinds of debris from saw mills and other places. The plank sidewalks of the village from one end to the other have been completely carried away. A farmer's son, in trying to save the contents of the barn, is suffering so severely from the effects of exposure in the ice cold water that he is not expected to live. Another man lost his life attempting to swim his mule and another horse over into the water, and both driver and horse were rescued with difficulty. The following butchers have kindly offered purchases of meat for the market: Mr. Jo, Richard, 4011 lbs; Mr. Bottles, 200 bologna sausages and 150 lbs; Mr. A. Desparnwe, 80 lbs, and Mr. G. Haylinger, 100 lbs. THE THIRD READING. The following bills were read a third time and passed: To incorporate the Brockville & New York Bridge company Mr. Wood (Brockville). To amend the criminal law, and to declare it a misdemeanor to leave unguarded and exposed hole cut in the ice on any navigable or frequented waters Mr. Robertson (Hamilton). To amend the Consolidated Railway act of 1871 Mr. McCarthy. THE GRAIN MARKET. The bulls remained in possession of the wheat market, which was strong accordingly, prices registering a considerable gain. At Chicago war rumors prevailed, which, together with good buying, created a strong feeling and the price was up above yesterday at 85¼c April, 81½c May, 83c June. The corn market was firmer in sympathy and improved ½c-4c, closing at 36¼c April, 38c May, 39¼c June. Oats acted firmer, closing at 29¼c April, 30½c May, 30¼c June. Today's inspection was 2 cars winter wheat, 24 spring, 47 corn, 103 oats, and 16 barley. A despatch to Maclver & Barclay today says: The estimated receipts at Chicago for tomorrow are: Hogs, 16,000; wheat, 17 cars; corn, 8 cars; and oats, 112. Wheat closed strong on shorts covering freely and war news. It was reported that 100,000 bushels of spring wheat were taken for export today. The New York wheat market was strong and advanced 1-2c-1c, closing at 94½c April, 94¼c May, 94½c June, 94c July. Corn moved up ½c-6c, closing at 46¼c April, 47c May, 47¼c June, 47c July. Oats closed at 37¼c April, 38½c May, 30c June. Ocean freights to Liverpool by steam were lower at 3½ per bushel. At Toledo wheat was strong and improved 1-2c, No. 3 red closing at 87c-89c cash, 87½c April, 87⅞c May, 88¼c June, 88¼c July. Corn advanced 1c, closing at 39¼c cash, 39¼c May, 40c June, 41c July. Oats were neglected. No. 1 white at Detroit was strong and moved up ½c, closing at 81c cash, 80¼c June. At Milwaukee wheat advanced 1c, closing at 81¼c May, 83c June. The hog market was steady. The local provision market was quiet, with only a very small business in pork. Values may be quoted unchanged. Canada short rib, $13.00-14.00; pork, weaker; short cut, $14.00-15.00; beef, $10.00-12.00; hams, $12.00-14.00. The cheese market is about as before. Some stock has been damaged by the flood. Business today was limited to 1,000 lbs, quoted fine lard at 10¼c-11c, and one lot of 1,000 lbs, quoted at 10¼c. The market for cheese was quiet, but steady. We quote fine cheese at $3.36 per 100 lbs. In eggs there has been a large business done and today the market was firm and higher, with a good demand at 13c-15c per dozen, with some sales in the 12-cent range. About 160 rams changed hands at 13. Maple Syrup and Sugar. Maple syrup has been fairly inquired for, and the market was steady at 80-70c per tin, and at 80c per gallon in bulk. Maple sugar is plentiful, and the market easier at 7-9c per pound. Milk is scarce and about off the market. High prices were asked for the few packages of new butter on the market, up to 32c. Butter is very scarce and commands a ready sale at full prices. Our top quotations might be exceeded but the fact is that business is confined to very small lots. New butter 24-28c creamery, good to choice. Townshend, 21-21½c; Townshend, fair to good, 14-20c; Morrisburg 11-22c; Trenton 13-21c. The cheese market is about as before. Some stock has been damaged by the flood. Business today was limited to 1,000 lbs, quoted fine lard at 10¼c-11c, and one lot of 1,000 lbs, quoted at 10¼c. The market for cheese was quiet, but steady. We quote fine cheese at $3.36 per 100 lbs. In eggs there has been a large business done and today the market was firm and higher, with a good demand at 13c-15c per dozen, with some sales in the 12-cent range. About 160 rams changed hands at 13. Maple Syrup and Sugar. Maple syrup has been fairly inquired for, and the market was steady at 80-70c per tin, and at 80c per gallon in bulk. Maple sugar is plentiful, and the market easier at 7-9c per pound. Milk is scarce and about off the market. High prices were asked for the few packages of new butter on the market, up to 32c. Butter is very scarce and commands a ready sale at full prices. Our top quotations might be exceeded but the fact is that business is confined to very small lots. New butter 24-28c creamery, good to choice. Townshend, 21-21½c; Townshend, fair to good, 14-20c; Morrisburg 11-22c; Trenton 13-21c. The cheese market is about as before. Some stock has been damaged by the flood. Business today was limited to 1,000 lbs, quoted fine lard at 10¼c-11c, and one lot of 1,000 lbs, quoted at 10¼c. The market for cheese was quiet, but steady. We quote fine cheese at $3.36 per 100 lbs. In eggs there has been a large business done and today the market was firm and higher, with a good demand at 13c-15c per dozen, with some sales in the 12-cent range. About 160 rams changed hands at 13. Maple Syrup and Sugar. Maple syrup has been fairly inquired for, and the market was steady at 80-70c per tin, and at 80c per gallon in bulk. Maple sugar is plentiful, and the market easier at 7-9c per pound. Milk is scarce and about off the market. High prices were asked for the few packages of new butter on the market, up to 32c. Butter is very scarce and commands a ready sale at full prices. Our top quotations might be exceeded but the fact is that business is confined to very small lots. New butter 24-28c creamery, good to choice. Townshend, 21-21½c; Townshend, fair to good, 14-20c; Morrisburg 11-22c; Trenton 13-21c. The cheese market is about as before. Some stock has been damaged by the flood. Business today was limited to 1,000 lbs, quoted fine lard at 10¼c-11c, and one lot of 1,000 lbs, quoted at 10¼c. The market for cheese was quiet, but steady. We quote fine cheese at $3.36 per 100 lbs. In eggs there has been a large business done and today the market was firm and higher, with a good demand at 13c-15c per dozen, with some sales in the 12-cent range. About 160 rams changed hands at 13. Maple Syrup and Sugar. Maple syrup has been fairly inquired for, and the market was steady at 80-70c per tin, and at 80c per gallon in bulk. Maple sugar is plentiful, and the market easier at 7-9c per pound. Milk is scarce and about off the market. High prices were asked for the few packages of new butter on the market, up to 32c. Butter is very scarce and commands a ready sale at full prices. Our top quotations might be exceeded but the fact is that business is confined to very small lots. New butter 24-28c creamery, good to choice. Townshend, 21-21½c; Townshend, fair to good, 14-20c; Morrisburg 11-22c; Trenton 13-21c. The cheese market is about as before. Some stock has been damaged by the flood. Business today was limited to 1,000 lbs, quoted fine lard at 10¼c-11c, and one lot of 1,000 lbs, quoted at 10¼c. The market for cheese was quiet, but steady. We quote fine cheese at $3.36 per 100 lbs. In eggs there has been a large business done and today the market was firm and higher, with a good demand at 13c-15c per dozen, with some sales in the 12-cent range. About 160 rams changed hands at 13. Maple Syrup and Sugar. Maple syrup has been fairly inquired for, and the market was steady at 80-70c per tin, and at 80c per gallon in bulk. Maple sugar is plentiful, and the market easier at 7-9c per pound. Milk is scarce and about off the market. High prices were asked for the few packages of new butter on the market, up to 32c. Butter is very scarce and commands a ready sale at full prices. Our top quotations might be exceeded but the fact is that business is confined to very small lots. New butter 24-28c creamery, good to choice. Townshend, 21-21½c; Townshend, fair to good, 14-20c; Morrisburg 11-22c; Trenton 13-21c. The cheese market is about as before. Some stock has been damaged by the flood. Business today was limited to 1,000 lbs, quoted fine lard at 10¼c-11c, and one lot of 1,000 lbs, quoted at 10¼c. The market for cheese was quiet, but steady. We quote fine cheese at $3.36 per 100 lbs. In eggs there has been a large business done and today the market was firm and higher, with a good demand at 13c-15c per dozen, with some sales in the 12-cent range. About 160 rams changed hands at 13. Maple Syrup and Sugar. Maple syrup has been fairly inquired for, and the market was steady at 80-70c per tin, and at 80c per gallon in bulk. Maple sugar is plentiful, and the market easier at 7-9c per pound. Milk is scarce and about off the market. High prices were asked for the few packages of new butter on the market, up to 32c. Butter is very scarce and commands a ready sale at full prices. Our top quotations might be exceeded but the fact is that business is confined to very small lots. New butter 24-28c creamery, good to choice. Townshend, 21-21½c; Townshend, fair to good, 14-20c; Morrisburg 11-22c; Trenton 13-21c. The cheese market is about as before. Some stock has been damaged by the flood. Business today was limited to 1,000 lbs, quoted fine lard at 10¼c-11c, and one lot of 1,000 lbs, quoted at 10¼c. The market for cheese was quiet, but steady. We quote fine cheese at $3.36 per 100 lbs. In eggs there has been a large business done and today the market was firm and higher, with a good demand at 13c-15c per dozen, with some sales in the 12-cent range. About 160 rams changed hands at 13. Maple Syrup and Sugar. Maple syrup has been fairly inquired for, and the market was steady at 80-70c per tin, and at 80c per gallon in bulk. Maple sugar is plentiful, and the market easier at 7-9c per pound. Milk is scarce and about off the market. High prices were asked for the few packages of new butter on the market, up to 32c. Butter is very scarce and commands a ready sale at full prices. Our top quotations might be exceeded but the fact is that business is confined to very small lots. New butter 24-28c creamery, good to choice. Townshend, 21-21½c; Townshend, fair to good, 14-20c; Morrisburg 11-22c; Trenton 13-21c. The cheese market is about as before. Some stock has been damaged by the flood. Business today was limited to 1,000 lbs, quoted fine lard at 10¼c-11c, and one lot of 1,000 lbs, quoted at 10¼c. The market for cheese was quiet, but steady. We quote fine cheese at $3.36 per 100 lbs. In eggs there has been a large business done and today the market was firm and higher, with a good demand at 13c-15c per dozen, with some sales in the 12-cent range. About 160 rams changed hands at 13. Maple Syrup and Sugar. Maple syrup has been fairly inquired for, and the market was steady at 80-70c per tin, and at 80c per gallon in bulk. Maple sugar is plentiful, and the market easier at 7-9c per pound. Milk is scarce and about off the market. High prices were asked for the few packages of new butter on the market, up to 32c. Butter is very scarce and commands a ready sale at full prices. Our top quotations might be exceeded but the fact is that business is confined to very small lots. New butter 24-28c creamery, good to choice. Townshend, 21-21½c; Townshend, fair to good, 14-20c; Morrisburg 11-22c; Trenton 13-21c. The cheese market is about as before. Some stock has been damaged by the flood. Business today was limited to 1,000 lbs, quoted fine lard at 10¼c-11c, and one lot of 1,000 lbs, quoted at 10¼c. The market for cheese was quiet, but steady. We quote fine cheese at $3.36 per 100 lbs. In eggs there has been a large business done and today the market was firm and higher, with a good demand at 13c-15c per dozen, with some sales in the 12-cent range. About 160 rams changed hands at 13. Maple Syrup and Sugar. Maple syrup has been fairly inquired for, and the market was steady at 80-70c per tin, and at 80c per gallon in bulk. Maple sugar is plentiful, and the market easier at 7-9c per pound. Milk is scarce and about off the market. High prices were asked for the few packages of new butter on the market, up to 32c. Butter is very scarce and commands a ready sale at full prices. Our top quotations might be exceeded but the fact is that business is confined to very small lots. New butter 24-28c creamery, good to choice. Townshend, 21-21½c; Townshend, fair to good, 14-20c; Morrisburg 11-22c; Trenton 13-21c. The cheese market is about as before. Some stock has been damaged by the flood. Business today was limited to 1,000 lbs, quoted fine lard at 10¼c-11c, and one lot of 1,000 lbs, quoted at 10¼c. The market for cheese was quiet, but steady. We quote fine cheese at $3.36 per 100 lbs. In eggs there has been a large business done and today the market was firm and higher, with a good demand at 13c-15c per dozen, with some sales in the 12-cent range. About 160 rams changed hands at 13. Maple Syrup and Sugar. Maple syrup has been fairly inquired for, and the market was steady at 80-70c per tin, and at 80c per gallon in bulk. Maple sugar is plentiful, and the market easier at 7-9c per pound. Milk is scarce and about off the market. High prices were asked for the few packages of new butter on the market, up to 32c. Butter is very scarce and commands a ready sale at full prices. Our top quotations might be exceeded but the fact is that business is confined to very small lots. New butter 24-28c creamery, good to choice. Townshend, 21-21½c; Townshend, fair to good, 14-20c; Morrisburg 11-22c; Trenton 13-21c. The cheese market is about as before. Some stock has been damaged by the flood. Business today was limited to 1,000 lbs, quoted fine lard at 10¼c-11c, and one lot of 1,000 lbs, quoted at 10¼c. The market for cheese was quiet, but steady. We quote fine cheese at $3.36 per 100 lbs. In eggs there has been a large business done and today the market was firm and higher, with a good demand at 13c-15c per dozen, with some sales in the 12-cent range. About 160 rams changed hands at 13. Maple Syrup and Sugar. Maple syrup has been fairly inquired for, and the market was steady at 80-70c per tin, and at 80c per gallon in bulk. Maple sugar is plentiful, and the market easier at 7-9c per pound. Milk is scarce and about off the market. High prices were asked for the few packages of new butter on the market, up to 32c. Butter is very scarce and commands a ready sale at full prices. Our top quotations might be exceeded but the fact is that business is confined to very small lots. New butter 24-28c creamery, good to choice. Townshend, 21-21½c; Townshend, fair to good, 14-20c; Morrisburg 11-22c; Trenton 13-21c. The cheese market is about as before. Some stock has been damaged by the flood. Business today was limited to 1,000 lbs, quoted fine lard at 10¼c-11c, and one lot of 1,000 lbs, quoted at 10¼c. The market for cheese was quiet, but steady. We quote fine cheese at $3.36 per 100 lbs. In eggs there has been a large business done and today the market was firm and higher, with a good demand at 13c-15c per dozen, with some sales in the 12-cent range. About 160 rams changed hands at 13. Maple Syrup and Sugar. Maple syrup has been fairly inquired for, and the market was steady at 80-70c per tin, and at 80c per gallon in bulk. Maple sugar is plentiful, and the market easier at 7-9c per pound. Milk is scarce and about off the market. High prices were asked for the few packages of new butter on the market, up to 32c. Butter is very scarce and commands a ready sale at full prices. Our top quotations might be exceeded but the fact is that business is confined to very small lots. New butter 24-28c creamery, good to choice. Townshend, 21-21½c; Townshend, fair to good, 14-20c; Morrisburg 11-22c; Trenton 13-21c. The cheese market is about as before. Some stock has been damaged by the flood. Business today was limited to 1,000 lbs, quoted fine lard at 10¼c-11c, and one lot of 1,000 lbs, quoted at 10¼c. The market for cheese was quiet, but steady. We quote fine cheese at $3.36 per 100 lbs. In eggs there has been a large business done and today the market was firm and higher, with a good demand at 13c-15c per dozen, with some sales in the 12-cent range. About 160 rams changed hands at 13. Maple Syrup and Sugar. Maple syrup has been fairly inquired for, and the market was steady at 80-70c per tin, and at 80c per gallon in bulk. Maple sugar is plentiful, and the market easier at 7-9c per pound. Milk is scarce and about off the market. High prices were asked for the few packages of new butter on the market, up to 32c. Butter is very scarce and commands a ready sale at full prices. Our top quotations might be exceeded but the fact is that business is confined to very small lots. New butter 24-28c creamery, good to choice. Townshend, 21-21½c; Townshend, fair to good, 14-20c; Morrisburg 11-22c; Trenton 13-21c. The cheese market is about as before. Some stock has been damaged by the flood. Business today was limited to 1,000 lbs, quoted fine lard at 10¼c-11c, and one lot of 1,000 lbs, quoted at 10¼c. The market for cheese was quiet, but steady. We quote fine cheese at $3.36 per 100 lbs. In eggs there has been a large business done and today the market was firm and higher, with a good demand at 13c-15c per dozen, with some sales in the 12-cent range. About 160 rams changed hands at 13. Maple Syrup and Sugar. Maple syrup has been fairly inquired for, and the market was steady at 80-70c per tin, and at 80c per gallon in bulk. Maple sugar is plentiful, and the market easier at 7-9c per pound. Milk is scarce and about off the market. High prices were asked for the few packages of new butter on the market, up to 32c. Butter is very scarce and commands a ready sale at full prices. Our top quotations might be exceeded but the fact is that business is confined to very small lots. New butter 24-28c creamery, good to choice. Townshend, 21-21½c; Townshend, fair to good, 14-20c; Morrisburg 11-22c; Trenton 13-21c. The cheese market is about as before. Some stock has been damaged by the flood. Business today was limited to 1,000 lbs, quoted fine lard at 10¼c-11c, and one lot of 1,000 lbs, quoted at 10¼c. The market for cheese was quiet, but steady. We quote fine cheese at $3.36 per 100 lbs. In eggs there has been a large business done and today the market was firm and higher, with a good demand at 13c-15c per dozen, with some sales in the 12-cent range. About 160 rams changed hands at 13. Maple Syrup and Sugar. Maple syrup has been fairly inquired for, and the market was steady at 80-70c per tin, and at 80c per gallon in bulk. Maple sugar is plentiful, and the market easier at 7-9c per pound. Milk is scarce and about off the market. High prices were asked for the few packages of new butter on the market, up to 32c. Butter is very scarce and commands a ready sale at full prices. Our top quotations might be exceeded but the fact is that business is confined to very small lots. New butter 24-28c creamery, good to choice. Townshend, 21-21½c; Townshend, fair to good, 14-20c; Morrisburg 11-22c; Trenton 13-21c. The cheese market is about as before. Some stock has been damaged by the flood. Business today was limited to 1,000 lbs, quoted fine lard at 10¼c-11c, and one lot of 1,000 lbs, quoted at 10¼c. The market for cheese was quiet, but steady. We quote fine cheese at $3.36 per 100 lbs. In eggs there has been a large business done and today the market was firm and higher, with a good demand at 13c-15c per dozen, with some sales in the 12-cent range. About 160 rams changed hands at 13. Maple Syrup and Sugar. Maple syrup has been fairly inquired for, and the market was steady at 80-70c per tin, and at 80c per gallon in bulk. Maple sugar is plentiful, and the market easier at 7-9c per pound. Milk is scarce and about off the market. High prices were asked for the few packages of new butter on the market, up to 32c. Butter is very scarce and commands a ready sale at full prices. Our top quotations might be exceeded but the fact is that business is confined to very small lots. New butter 24-28c creamery, good to choice. Townshend, 21-21½c; Townshend, fair to good, 14-20c; Morrisburg 11-22c; Trenton 13-21c. The cheese market is about as before. Some stock has been damaged by the flood. Business today was limited to 1,000 lbs, quoted fine lard at 10¼c-11c, and one lot of 1,000 lbs, quoted at 10¼c. The market for cheese was quiet, but steady. We quote fine cheese at $3.36 per 100 lbs. In eggs there has been a large business done and today the market was firm and higher, with a good demand at 13c-15c per dozen, with some sales in the 12-cent range. About 160 rams changed hands at 13. Maple Syrup and Sugar. Maple syrup has been fairly inquired for, and the market was steady at 80-70c per tin, and at 80c per gallon in bulk. Maple sugar is plentiful, and the market easier at 7-9c per pound. Milk is scarce and about off the market. High prices were asked for the few packages of new butter on the market, up to 32c. Butter is very scarce and commands a ready sale at full prices. Our top quotations might be exceeded but the fact is that business is confined to very small lots. New butter 24-28c creamery, good to choice. Townshend, 21-21½c; Townshend, fair to good, 14-20c; Morrisburg 11-22c; Trenton 13-21c. The cheese market is about as before. Some stock has been damaged by the flood. Business today was limited to 1,000 lbs, quoted fine lard at 10¼c-11c, and one lot of 1,000 lbs, quoted at 10¼c. The market for cheese was quiet, but steady. We quote fine cheese at $3.36 per 100 lbs. In eggs there has been a large business done and today the market was firm and higher, with a good demand at 13c-15c per dozen, with some sales in the 12-cent range. About 160 rams changed hands at 13. Maple Syrup and Sugar. Maple syrup has been fairly inquired for, and the market was steady at 80-70c per tin, and at 80c per gallon in bulk. Maple sugar is plentiful, and the market easier at 7-9c per pound. Milk is scarce and about off the market. High prices were asked for the few packages of new butter on the market, up to 32c. Butter is very scarce and commands a ready sale at full prices. Our top quotations might be exceeded but the fact is that business is confined to very small lots. New butter 24-28c creamery, good to choice. Townshend, 21-21½c; Townshend, fair to good, 14-20c; Morrisburg 11-22c; Trenton 13-21c. The cheese market is about as before. Some stock has been damaged by the flood. Business today was limited to 1,000 lbs, quoted fine lard at 10¼c-11c, and one lot of 1,000 lbs, quoted at 10¼c. The market for cheese was quiet, but steady. We quote fine cheese at $3.36 per 100 lbs. In eggs there has been a large business done and today the market was firm and higher, with a good demand at 13c-15c per dozen, with some sales in the 12-cent range. About 160 rams changed hands at 13. Maple Syrup and Sugar. Maple syrup has been fairly inquired for, and the market was steady at 80-70c per tin, and at 80c per gallon in bulk. Maple sugar is plentiful, and the market easier at 7-9c per pound. Milk is scarce and about off the market. High prices were asked for the few packages of new butter on the market, up to 32c. Butter is very scarce and commands a ready sale at full prices. Our top quotations might be exceeded but the fact is that business is confined to very small lots. New butter 24-28c creamery, good to choice. Townshend, 21-21½c; Townshend, fair to good, 14-20c; Morrisburg 11-22c; Trenton 13-21c. The cheese market is about as before. Some stock has been damaged by the flood. Business today was limited to 1,000 lbs, quoted fine lard at 10¼c-11c, and one lot of 1,000 lbs, quoted at 10¼c. The market for cheese was quiet, but steady. We quote fine cheese at $3.36 per 100 lbs. In eggs there has been a large business done and today the market was firm and higher, with a good demand at 13c-15c per dozen, with some sales in the 12-cent range. About 160 rams changed hands at 13. Maple Syrup and Sugar. Maple syrup has been fairly inquired for, and the market was steady at 80-70c per tin, and at 80c per gallon in bulk. Maple sugar is plentiful, and the market easier at 7-9c per pound. Milk is scarce and about off the market. High prices were asked for the few packages of new butter on the market, up to 32c. Butter is very scarce and commands a ready sale at full prices. Our top quotations might be exceeded but the fact is that business is confined to very small lots. New butter 24-28c creamery, good to choice. Townshend, 21-21½c; Townshend, fair to good, 14-20c; Morrisburg 11-22c; Trenton 13-21c. The cheese market is about as before. Some stock has been damaged by the flood. Business today was limited to 1,000 lbs, quoted fine lard at 10¼c-11c, and one lot of 1,000 lbs, quoted at 10¼c. The market for cheese was quiet, but steady. We quote fine cheese at $3.36 per 100 lbs. In eggs there has been a large business done and today the market was firm and higher, with a good demand at 13c-15c per dozen, with some sales in the 12-cent range. About 160 rams changed hands at 13. Maple Syrup and Sugar. Maple syrup has been fairly inquired for, and the market was steady at 80-70c per tin, and at 80c per gallon in bulk. Maple sugar is plentiful, and the market easier at 7-9c per pound. Milk is scarce and about off the market. High prices were asked for the few packages of new butter on the market, up to 32c. Butter is very scarce and commands a ready sale at full prices. Our top quotations might be exceeded but the fact is that business is confined to very small lots. New butter 24-28c creamery, good to choice. Townshend, 21-21½c; Townshend, fair to good, 14-20c; Morrisburg 11-22c; Trenton 13-21c. The cheese market is about as before. Some stock has been damaged by the flood. Business today was limited to 1,000 lbs, quoted fine lard at 10¼c-11c, and one lot of 1,000 lbs, quoted at 10¼c. The market for cheese was quiet, but steady. We quote fine cheese at $3.36 per 100 lbs. In eggs there has been a large business done and today the market was firm and higher, with a good demand at 13c-15c per dozen, with some sales in the 12-cent range. About 160 rams changed hands at 13. Maple Syrup and Sugar. Maple syrup has been fairly inquired for, and the market was steady at 80-70c per tin, and at 80c per gallon in bulk. Maple sugar is plentiful, and the market easier at 7-9c per pound. Milk is scarce and about off the market. High prices were asked for the few packages of new butter on the market, up to 32c. Butter is very scarce and commands a ready sale at full prices. Our top quotations might be exceeded but the fact is that business is confined to very small lots. New butter 24-28c creamery, good to choice. Townshend, 21-21½c; Townshend, fair to good, 14-20c; Morrisburg 11-22c; Trenton 13-21c. The cheese market is about as before. Some stock has been damaged by the flood. Business today was limited to 1,000 lbs, quoted fine lard ",0,0,0,0,0,0
+256,18860424,historical,Ice,"(Figures in brackets indicate distances in marine miles below Quebec) April 23, 8 p.m. Cap Rouge 354 Ther 37; cloudy and raining; light southeast wind. Inward yesterday afternoon, two schooners. No Ice, Manicouagan and Point des Monts Clear and warm; light southwest wind; no ice. Anticosti Ther 25; dull; light south wind; no ice. Café Dkbpair (384-Bainting); light southwest wind; no ice. Point Esquimalt Dull; light southwest wind; light, open ice everywhere, moving northeast. Café Toke mentink Clear and fine; strong southwest wind. Ice about a mile in extent. Meat Cove, C.B. 60; dull; variable winds; heavy open ice stationary. Three schooners in sight. Low Point, C.B. 575 Cloudy and warm; light southwest wind. Heavy open ice distant, moving northeast. Cape Ray, Nfld Clear, warm and calm; no ice; fishery fair. THE RECENT FLOODS Serious Loss on the South Shore-Lighthouses and Plant Damaged-But of the City. A walk through the recently flooded districts of the city yesterday showed the various proprietors and tenants rapidly repairing the damage to their property. The various shops are announcing cheap sales of damaged goods. In the streets were found stranded sidewalks, and the corporation workmen were busy repairing the other ones. In some places there was a most disgusting stench from the sewage matter deposit. The Health department has sent a supply of chloride of lime and quick lime to the following stations: No. 1, Point St. Charles; No. 7, Young street; No. 8, Seigneurs street; and to the fire station, Chuchillcz square. The poor can obtain what they require on application at these depots. The chloride of lime is intended for throwing into privies and sprinkling on the floors of cellars and into the gutters in front of the houses, and the quick lime for whitewashing fences and cellar walls, etc. The Rev. Father Tiche, cure of Lachine, has forwarded 4 loaves to the Rev. cure of Laprairie, for distribution among the poor of his village who have recently been flooded. The Rev. fathers of St. Ann's church were out all yesterday afternoon giving assistance in deserving cases of distress. Rev. Mr. Patterson has been prosecuting his visits among the poor in the flooded districts, and has been instrumental in relieving many families in Wellington, Queen, Prince, Natureth and Ann streets, and also in St. David, Roy and Dupre lanes. Many sad sights, he says, were to be seen. At this stage our great need is that of fuel to dry the terribly damp houses and household belongings. It is urged that the national societies should take up this matter, as no time is to be lost. The clothing of many of the poor people has been lost and injured to a great extent, and cast-off clothes would in many cases be most acceptable. The Island wharf is almost free of water. About 100 men were busy breaking up ice on the wharves yesterday by order of the Harbor Commissioners, in preparation for the arrival of ocean steamers. There is still a very considerable quantity of ice on the wharves, but it is rapidly disappearing under the influence of the sun and wind. Work in the Grand Trunk shops at Point St. Charles, which has been almost entirely suspended during the floods, will be fully resumed next Monday. A trip along the south shore yesterday presented a sad sight. All the fences along the river bank, between Laprairie and Longueuil have totally disappeared. Many outbuildings have been very seriously injured, and, in some cases, completely demolished. The road has been washed out in several places and altogether the view is a sad one and shows a heavy pecuniary loss. The jamming of the ice and the recent flood has had a telling effect on the lighthouses along the St. Lawrence. At Point Valois the lighthouse was torn away and stranded on Dorval Island. The piers are extensively damaged also. The pier of the new lighthouse just completed at Pointe Claire has been damaged heavily. The one recently constructed at Isle Ste. Therese withstood the shock remarkably well, except the entrance door, which was smashed in. The pier is slightly damaged. The lighthouse at Isle Vache is yet submerged and consequently the damage is not known, but it is thought to be very heavy. The lighthouse at Windsor pier, Ste. Anne, has been carried away, and the pier is seriously damaged. Several other lighthouses have been damaged more or less. BROCKVILLE BOOMING At no former period were so many buildings being put up in Brockville as there are this spring. In every direction houses are going up, mostly all of a good and some of a very superior character. On Main street there is not a single vacant store of any kind. Mr. Bigg is putting up a couple of good stores on the lot opposite the Central hotel. Mr. Comstock is putting up a magnificent building on the lot opposite the new post office on Court House avenue, and some forty dwellings are about being constructed already in various parts of the town. This will be a lively season for the building trades in Brockville. Monitor, The man who never does any harm might crawl into a cave and stay there ten years without being missed. Chicago Tribune Backache is almost immediately relieved by wearing one of Carter's Smart Weed and Belladonna Backache Plasters. Try one and be free from pain. Price 25 cents. GOOD FRIDAY, Services at the Various Churches-The Generally Observed Day. The service in the churches of this city yesterday were all well attended and were peculiarly devotional in their nature, as was appropriate to the day. All the Roman Catholic churches were suitably draped in purple, and the voice of devotion was subdued and somewhat sad, soon to rise in a tone of joy and praise on Easter Sunday. The day was everywhere observed as a holy day throughout the city, and not so much as a holiday. In the Protestant churches appropriate services were pretty generally observed and the attendance was large. Below will be found a few particulars concerning the different services held. Tenebræ services were performed in all the Roman Catholic churches during the afternoon. This service consists of the placing of thirteen lighted tapers in the sanctuary which are extinguished one by one, after the singing of """"The Passion."""" The exception is that the thirteenth representing Our Saviour is kept burning, the other tapers being intended to represent the twelve apostles. In all the Roman Catholic churches the special shrines in honor and memory of the Eucharist were visited by large numbers of worshippers. At St. Patrick's church the celebrant of the office was the Rev. Father J. Touplu, assisted by the Rev. Fathers Walsh and Hamel, as deacon and sub-deacon. The Passion was sung by the Rev. Father Hamel.",0,0,0,0,0,0
+257,18860610,historical,Ice,"THE CHAIRMAN'S ADDRESS The Chairman said: From the Harbor Master's report it will be seen that the tonnage for the month of May is the largest which we have ever had. The ocean vessels seem to be getting larger every year, the number for 1883 having been 74, average tonnage 1,171, with the same number this year they average 1,310 or 180 tons more than four years ago, so that for the same number of vessels, the tonnage has increased nearly 15,000 tons. It is worthy of notice that, notwithstanding the height of the floods reached this year, the water by 31st May had fallen to 20, that being the lowest for the previous three years, the difference being respectively 14, 8 and 12 inches less than the three previous years. The statement of revenue shows an increase of fully 14 percent for the month, as will be seen by the revenue statement. From the Engineer's report I note the following remarks: The ice left the Richelieu at Sorel, on the 12th April, without damage to the vessels wintered there. The main body of ice on the St. Lawrence between Montreal and Sorel moved off on the 18th April, and on the 24th the harbor dredging fleet came up from their winter quarters to Montreal. On the 20th the setting of the buoys was commenced with two boats, one working upwards and the other downwards from Sorel, and on the 30th April those which are essential to the opening of navigation were all placed. On the 27th the first dredges of the ship channel fleet left Sorel, and by the 6th May all were at work on their stations. MONTREAL HARBOR On the clearing away of the ice from the harbor it was found that, although no very great destruction had occurred at any one place, there had been a number of minor damages, which in the aggregate are rather larger than the average. No such quantity of ice was left lodged on the wharves as in the spring of 1885, but from section 21 (opposite Canadian Pacific Railway station) downwards, there was much more than usual, and it was necessary, in order to make vessels' berths, that a great deal should be removed by hand. The expenditure for this amounts to about $1,900. Dredging commenced on the 3rd May. Section 16 The pier used at the St Helen's island ferry wharf had the plank top stripped off and was otherwise considerably damaged during winter. The downstream side, which was the worst, is being built, and a new top is being put on throughout. The roadways and wharves received minor damages during winter in many places. These have been, in a great measure, repaired during the month, and, with the exception of the crib work in sections 9 and 10, Windmill Point, the whole is now in a fair condition for use. It may be noted, as a matter of record, that two grain carriers have been built at high level across the wharf at sections 21 and 22 for carrying grain from the new Canadian Pacific Railway elevator to the mill in the lumber, and they seem to be working well. An important judgment was rendered in our favor on the 28th May, regarding the responsibility of the commissioner in the event of damage to vessels by the work of the steamboat Ottawa. The Chief Justice stated that he was unable to find any law for holding the commissioner responsible for the accident, that they were not private corporations, but a public corporation created to perform certain work under the supervision of the Government, and with authority in placing buoys in such places as they might consider necessary. The following letter has been received from the Department of Public Works: Ottawa, June 7, 1888, Sir, I am directed to state for the information of the Harbour Commissioner of Montreal that, in compliance with the request made, an order thereon has been issued appointing Henry K. Perley, representing the Board of Trade and Corn Exchange Association of Montreal, John K. Sherwood, representing the Board of Marine Commissioners of Montreal, and Percival W. K., Secretary of the Commission, It is satisfactory to know that the Commission has at last been appointed, and that they will be sent today to meet. It is hoped that they may be able to arrive at an early decision, so that all possible work may be done this season. AS EXPLANATION During the last few weeks I have noticed several letters in the papers commenting on an interview with me made by a gentleman of the press. These I did not think it necessary to notice, as they seemed to be too absurd to be believed, but in justice to the gentleman let me say that I am credited with saying that Mr. Thomas Workman had in the thirties written his name under the eaves of the building where Joe's canteen now stands, from a river boat. If instead of from a river boat you will read from the ice it will be correct, Mr. Workman being my authority, and I believe the year was 1839. My object in mentioning this was to show that when there was no revetment wall the shelving bank allowed the ice to be pushed up to a much higher height than has been the case since the revetment wall was built. As for Mr. Hogan having built from the foot of Nelson a monument, I never spoke to Mr. O'Hara on the subject, know nothing about it, and do not believe it. REPORT OF MARITIME Number and tonnage of sea-going vessels that arrived in port from the opening of navigation up to June 1st the following years: Years 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 Parent, Mayor Hurtubise, of Longueuil, L. L. Morin, Mr. Lalonde, and Mr. Vauasse, M.P. for Yamaska. Windmill Point was visited, and the proposed extension of wharves upwards was explained and the ground pointed out. The tug steamed down the river to near Longue Pointe, and returned to Montreal. On the way down the Harbor engineer showed plans of the proposed lumber wharves at Hochelaga, and also plans of notable ice thaws, etc., for several years past. HOUSEHOLD SUPPLIES Where a Good Selection Can be Secured This is the season when a visit to Bonsecours market can be made with most satisfactory results, for the quality, quantity and variety of household supplies offered cannot be equaled elsewhere. This week the offerings have been liberal, even profuse, which ensures to the buyer ample scope to make selections, and at prices too which are low enough to suit nearly every purse. A special feature of this week is the display of early fruits, including excellent apricots from California, and peaches and cherries from the same quarter. Strawberries have become more plentiful and consequently more reasonable in price. The dairy produce department is worthy of patronage as several of the dealers make it a point to keep the very best stock on hand. There was a good line of fresh killed poultry, and frozen turkeys, geese, chickens, etc., are always kept by the principal dealers who have large refrigerators for that purpose. Beef, mutton, lamb and smoked meats of fine quality are to be had at moderate prices, with no change made for delivery, which is always made promptly. Fish from salmon to herring can be purchased on satisfactory terms. Altogether Bonsecours market is well worthy of the extensive patronage it receives.",0,0,0,0,0,0
+258,18840107,historical,Ice,"P. Bowes, contractor, broke through the ice opposite the Montreal Rolling Mills on Saturday and was lost. Patrick Hanley, 150 Young Street, was struck by a piece of ice falling from a roof on Notre Dame Street on Saturday morning and received a severe cut on the head. Mr. Thomas Robertson, M.L. Light, Chief Engineer of Railways of the Province of Quebec, in a letter to the Chronicle, favors the construction of a bridge to span the St. Lawrence near Quebec. He says recent surveys with modern inventions having proved that the River St. Lawrence could be bridged near Quebec at a reasonable cost, without detriment to navigation, I would suggest that the time has arrived for the construction of such a bridge, and that the Federal Government, on behalf of the Intercolonial, should unite with the Grand Trunk and Canadian Pacific Railways to effect this object by means of which the traffic of the Grand Trunk and Intercolonial Railways should be enabled to enter the city of Quebec, and a winter outlet be afforded to the Canadian Pacific over the Intercolonial Railway. Regarding the cost of the bridge, I have no doubt that for such an object the money could be borrowed at 4 percent, with a Government guarantee, as in a presently similar case at St. John, N.B. Several offices in the Departmental Buildings are being converted into committee rooms in anticipation of the meeting of the Legislature. Mr. Francis Eden has been appointed Vice-Consul for Sweden and Norway. There is a report current that Almi will give two concerts in Quebec next summer. Two French frigates from the Newfoundland station will visit the St. Lawrence next year. The first mails from the country parishes since the great storm which set in on the 1st instant reached town today, the bags having to be carried in on snowshoes. Such a complete stoppage of communication in the country has not been known here for twenty years. The markets today were consequently but very slightly attended. The cold here is not so intense as reported West, and the thermometer has not yet, up to tonight, reached zero. Madame Verier, boarding house keeper, Garneau Street, dropped dead last night at her residence from apoplexy. Quebec, January 6. The weather was excessively cold today and for a time, there was an ice jam right across the river, the boats having great difficulty in keeping the bridge from forming. THE WEATHER Toronto, January 7. The area of highest pressure extends from Manitoba southeast to the middle Atlantic coast, and there is a disturbance covering Texas and the adjacent states. Throughout the continent the weather has been unusually cold, the temperature falling to 20 degrees as far south as the State of Mississippi. The lowest temperatures reported in Canada have been 20 below zero at Parry Sound, 33 below at Corkliffe and 21 below at Quebec. The excessive cold which has prevailed for some days in the Northwest Territories is beginning to moderate. Forecast: Winds gradually shifting towards the eastward; generally fair weather today; snow areas tomorrow; not much change in temperature. St. Lawrence: Moderate to fresh winds; fair, continued very cold weather. Maritime: Moderate to fresh west to northwest winds; fair, continued very cold weather. At Chicago the thermometer at 7 AM on Saturday was 27 below zero. Batavia is still partially paralyzed. There were a number of fires last night, and the endurance of the firemen was taxed to the utmost. The Interviage flats caught fire, and a number of people were compelled to seek the street in their night clothes. The severe weather caused a great many needy people and tramps to besiege the relief agencies. At St. Louis the thermometer registered 22 below zero; the lowest since 1640. At Kansas City it was 29 below, and many miles were frozen to death on the Pacific train. At Louisville, Kentucky, it was 18 below, and several deaths are reported from freezing, and much suffering occurred among the cattle. At Fort Wayne, Indiana, it was 24 below, at Elkhart 23 below, and at New Albany 21 below, the coldest known in thirty-five years. In the South the heaviest snowstorm in years prevailed over almost the whole of Virginia, extending to South Carolina. NORTHWEST WHEAT QUESTION: A letter from General Van Horn on the subject to the Winnipeg Free Press. We find the following important letter from General Manager Van Home in the Winnipeg Free Press of the 31st December, 1883: To the Editor of the Free Press; So I have watched with deep interest the discussion of the wheat and elevator situation in the newspapers of Manitoba, and as it had taken such shape as to injure the country abroad, and as much that has been said reflects upon the policy of this company, I beg permission to say something on the subject, but first I wish to remark that the discussion, as it has been carried on, would impress one not conversant with the facts with the belief that the entire wheat crop of Manitoba, instead of a small percentage of it, had been ruined by frost. The general question of rates is too wide to admit of clear discussion within the limits of a communication of this kind, but a comparison of the prices paid for wheat at our stations with those paid in Minnesota and Dakota will prove conclusively that our farmers are as well off, and generally better off, in this respect, than their neighbors to the South. It is not the rate between two local stations that should be considered, but the through rate that the company is able to offer and on which the local grain markets are based. Just now the chief cause of complaint seems to be the prices offered for damaged wheat, of which there is a large quantity in some localities. The Canadian Pacific Company will gladly do anything within its power to enable the farmers to dispose of this wheat at good prices; but as it does not answer the purposes of the Manitoba millers, one of two things must be done with it. It must either be held for spring shipment via Port Arthur, or it must be shipped through by rail to eastern points. The all-rail rates will leave scarcely anything for the farmers. We have used our best endeavors with the eastern lines to secure a reduction in rates, but without avail. We have reduced our own rates on the damaged wheat one-third, but were we to have it free over our own line it would not afford appreciable relief. The damaged wheat is very uneven in quality, and among the millers everywhere there is a wide difference of opinion as to its value. The shippers cannot know what prices it will bring on reaching the eastern market, and for safety they are obliged to allow large margins. It appears, therefore, that the all-rail shipment of this wheat must result in sacrifice either to the farmer or the shipper. On the other hand, there is good reason to believe that the damaged wheat, if stored in large quantities until the opening of navigation, would heat, and buyers are not disposed to take this risk. They would require very large margins to justify them in doing so, and they cannot reasonably be blamed for exacting them. Nor are the Manitoba millers to blame for not buying this wheat. They have a special market for their shipping flour, and have endeavored to secure for it the highest standing in the eastern and foreign markets, already with considerable success, but they must have the very best wheat from which to make it, and it is certainly to the interest of every farmer in the Northwest that the reputation of Manitoba flour, as well as of Manitoba wheat, should be put above all the rest of the world and kept there, as it can and should be. I know that it will pinch many farmers who have much damaged wheat to hold it until the opening of navigation, but I believe that if they can and will do it, and will in the meantime guard against its further injury by keeping it dry and giving it light and air, they will have little cause to complain. As to the so-called elevator monopoly, I beg to say that none exists on our lines. Every person who likes may build an elevator on our grounds without charge for ground rent, and on as liberal terms as are given to anyone, and no individual or corporation will have any advantage over him in rates. Our requirements in the way of elevators are not severe. The stations are graded for buildings of 10,000, 15,000 and 20,000 bushels minimum bin capacity, according to the prospective business. If any company or individual should build an elevator at a cost of $10,000 at any station it will not prevent the building by any other party of one costing less than half that amount, if it comes up to the required capacity for that station and is provided with the usual appliances for handling and cleaning grain. In this matter we have followed the practice of almost every railway company in the grain-producing States, a practice which long experience has shown to produce the best results for all concerned and to be absolutely necessary where grain is largely produced. Some railways provide elevators of their own, and require all grain to be handled through them, but this plan has never worked satisfactorily, as it has a tendency to breed a crop of irresponsible buyers. A grain buyer in an ordinary warehouse, buying two or three kinds of grain and several grades of each kind, has little chance to grade it properly, and when it is coming in freely he cannot grade it at all. Wheat is then wheat, and must all go in the same pile, good and bad, """"goose wheat"""" and """"hard rye."""" Such a mixture does not bring the average value of the different lots, but only a little more than the value of the lowest grade, and the buyer can only pay for the best about the value of the worst. The buyer is unable to clean his grain, and he must ship it, dirt and all, and must leave a margin for that. Again, a flat warehouse costs but a few hundred dollars; and where they are permitted they multiply until the station ground is covered, and until there are more buyers than the market will supply at a reasonable profit. If they compete, they are driven to cheating in weights or grades. If they do not compete, they divide their purchases and take a sufficient margin to afford a living for all. The usual margin among a lot of warehouses is from 10 cents a bushel upwards, unless they are able to make the nominal margin less by taking the difference out of grades or weights. At the elevator the margin is usually between three and four cents. This is according to my experience on grain roads, which has covered a period of more than twenty years. It is true that the elevator men sometimes take wider margins, and sometimes cheat, but they are more easily watched and controlled, and they have too much at stake to justify the risk. A threat on the part of the railway company to withdraw their protection has never failed, so far as I know, to have the desired effect, and to straighten out anything crooked. The elevators are provided with separate bins for the different kinds and grades of grain and with cleaning apparatus, and are able to handle grain more cheaply, and to get more value out of it, than can be done by means of any warehouse, and I feel sure that every farmer who has had experience with both systems will agree with me that, notwithstanding the original abuse of their system by the elevator men, the elevator benefits the producer as well as the consumer. The only way to secure the elevators is by providing the necessary facilities. An elevator exists, if he will build it, and an elevator in connection with the railway is the best way to sell his grain to advantage. Our elevator contract requires us to receive, store and load grain at reasonable rates, and the principal rates for handling are two cents per bushel, as low as anywhere in the western States. In conclusion permit me to say that this company has as great an interest as the farmers themselves in the payment of the highest possible prices for grain and other produce and that it is making every effort at Port Arthur and elsewhere to provide the cheapest possible outlet for the products of the Northwest, and no expense will be spared to that end; but the value of Manitoba wheat will depend largely upon its general reputation abroad, and this is within the control of the farmers. They must plough early and not wait until the verge of winter. They must sow good seed and of the kind most wanted, and they must sow it early; and when they have secured a crop, they must stack it carefully and keep ice and snow out of it. Fine particles of ice and snow in wheat marketed in winter cannot be detected, and one lot containing them may ruin ten times the quantity in an elevator bin. This increases the risk of the buyers and is certain to widen their margins, the careful farmer suffering with the careless. Neglect in those particulars has contributed largely to the present causes of complaint. Respectfully yours, W.",0,0,0,0,0,0
+259,18850217,historical,Ice,"HUDSON'S BAY NAVIGATION, Report of the Commander of the Expedition of Last Year, THE ICE BARRIERS ENCOUNTERED, GTTiwi, February 10, The report of the Minister of Marine and Fisheries, presented this afternoon, contains a most interesting and important report by Lieut. Gordon, who commanded the expedition to Hudson's Bay last summer. The Neptune, the vessel chartered for the expedition, left Halifax on July 7, 1911, and arrived at Churchill Island, Hudson's Bay, on September 9th, and at York Factory on the 11th of the same month, having established along the way a number of observatory stations. The main interest in the report centers in the condition and character of the navigation of Hudson's Straits and Bay, on which point Lieut. Gordon says: The ice has been supposed, hitherto, to be the most formidable barrier to the navigation of the straits, but its nature disappears, to a great extent, under investigation. The ice met with on the cruise of the Neptune may be divided into three classes having distinctly separate origins. They are: icebergs from the glaciers of Fox Channel; heavy Arctic field ice from the channel itself, and what may be called ordinary field ice, being that which had been formed on the shores of the bay and straits. We met no icebergs in Hudson's Bay, nor did I hear of any being seen there. In the straits a good many were seen, principally along the north shore, where many of them were stranded in the coves, and some were met with in mid-channel. Of those seen in the eastern end of the straits, some had undoubtedly come in from Davis' Straits, passing between Resolution Island and East Bluff; but all of those met to the westward had come from Fox Channel, as observations made by Mr. Ashe, at North Bluff, show that an iceberg coming in sight from the westward will pass out of view to the eastward in from three to four tides, showing an easterly set of upwards of ten miles a day. The ICEBERGS SEEN IN HUDSON'S STRAITS in August and September would form no greater barriers to navigation than do those met with off the Straits of Belle Isle, nor were they more numerous in Hudson's Straits than they frequently are off Belle Isle. The ordinary field ice was met with off North Bluff and the Upper Savages, on the 11th of August. This ice, though it would have compelled an ordinary iron steamer to go dead slow, gave no trouble to the Neptune, the mate on watch running the steamer at full speed through between the pans, rarely touching one of them. Just before entering Ashe's Inlet we had to break through a heavy string, which was, however, done without in the slightest degree injuring the ship. In the harbor (Ashe Inlet) the ice came in with the flood tide, and set so fast that the Eskimo were able to walk off to the ship, a distance of three-quarters of a mile. On the south shore our experience was much the same, but no ice was met with through which the ship could not have forced her way without damage. In the center of the straits, to the east of North Bluff, no field ice was seen at all, and after leaving Stuart's Bay, on the outward voyage, although the vessel lay-to for the night in the ice, it was only to wait for daylight, and not because the ice was too heavy. This pack extended about eighteen miles out into the straits, and after getting over this distance we came into clear water. From this point to Charles Island, and thence to the end of Salisbury Island, icebergs were frequently seen, but as their direction was invariably parallel to our course, or nearly so, we coasted round them. On the homeward voyage none of this field ice was seen. The Eskimo, both at Ashe Inlet and Stuart's Bay, informed me that there was an unusually great quantity of ice in the straits this year, and that they had never seen the ice hang to the shores so late in the season. THE HEAVY ARCTIC ICE, After passing the east end of Salisbury Island the ice got heavier and closer, and when off Nottingham Island the pack was so run together that I determined to give up the attempt to force the ship through it, and working out again, headed more to the southward. In making in for the land here we broke the propeller, but succeeded in taking the ship into harbor with the stumps. Viewed from the top of a hill on Nottingham Island the sea in every direction was one vast ice field, and to the southward, between Southeast Point and Cape Oigges, we saw four vessels fast. The ice was altogether of a different type to what we had hitherto met with. Some of it was over 40 feet thick of solid blue ice, not field ice, which had been thickened by piling of pan on pan, but a solid sheet of ice which had evidently been frozen just as we saw it. Much of it was 20 feet thick, and for the general average of all the field we passed through coming into harbor I estimate that the thickness would have been upwards of 15 feet. The question as to the origin of this ice and whether it will be frequently met with in the west end of the Straits is an important one; for in such ice, when closely packed, a vessel even of the build and power of the Neptune was perfectly helpless. I do not consider that it is possible for ice to form in Fox Channel to a greater thickness than 10 feet in a single year, and I feel convinced that much of the ice which we encountered was the accumulation of several years. The depth to which water will freeze has, so far as I know, never yet been determined, but it is certain that ice being a very poor conductor of heat, once a certain thickness of ice has been formed, the rate of thickening will be very slow. In regard to this point, measurements of the formation of ice will be made at some of the observing stations in Hudson's Straits this year, which will assist in finally determining this question. If, as seems probable from the reports of the Hudson's Bay ships, this year and last year have been exceptionally heavy ice years, it is reasonable to conclude that only occasionally does this heavy Fox Channel ice appear in Hudson's Straits. Another piece of confirmatory evidence as to the EXCEPTIONAL NATURE of THE ICE met with in the northern part of the bay this year is the statement in Captain Fisher's letter, found at Marble Island and quoted in the narrative portion of my report, that he had been unable to reach, up to the date of his letter, the east shore, or to go up the Welcome on account of the ice. The harbor ice forms at Churchill on the average about the middle of November and breaks up about the middle of June. As this is the only known harbor on the west coast of the bay, these times may be taken as marking the extreme limits of the season during which it would be possible for a ship to enter and leave the harbor. It is only fair to state that had I been making the passage from Cape Chudleigh, direct to Churchill instead of coasting and working across the Straits, I do not consider that I should have been delayed by ice more than forty-eight hours; but no ordinary iron steamship, built as the modern freight carrier is, could have got through the heavier ice that was met without incurring serious risk, if not without actual disaster. Since the foregoing was written, I have received a copy of the report of Lieut. Kay, United States Signal Service, to the Chief Signal Officer, on the conduct of the observations at Point Barrow in the Arctic. He gives as the greatest thickness of ice formed in one season 6 feet 3 inches. At Point Barrow the formation of ice on the shore is certainly influenced by the passage of a current of warm water passing through Bering Straits and setting northeast. Fox Channel has no such advantage, and I still think it possible that a sheet of ice 10 feet in thickness might be formed there in one season. L. Mathews, P.O. Box 10. The annual dinner will be held in the Windsor on Saturday evening, when a pleasant time is assured. THE TRAPPERS AT QUEBEC, Quebec, February 10, La Trappeur Snow Shoe Club of Montreal have had a splendid time since their arrival here yesterday morning. This afternoon the city clubs marched to the St. Louis Hotel and escorted the visitors on a tramp across the ice bridge to the Tofield Hotel, where they were treated to a sumptuous luncheon, after which they turned to the city en route for the concert at the Music Hall. At the conclusion of the day's sports the clubs of the city accompanied the visitors to the North Shore Station with lighted torches and headed by two bands. A display of fireworks took place along the route and considerable enthusiasm was manifested. A great concourse of people had assembled at the depot to see them off, and as the train left the station three hearty cheers were given. C. McDonald; $75, from Messrs. Chase & Sanborn, being the net proceeds of the sale of the """"Standard Java"""" coffee at the Crystal Ice Palace during the carnival week for the benefit of the hospital; $10 from Mrs. James McLeod; $1 from Master Willie Bagg, and 50 cents from a gentleman, a reward for spectacles found. The St. George's Society beg to acknowledge, with thanks, the receipt of one barrel of flour from the Montreal Curling Club. The Board of Outdoor Relief acknowledges with thanks from Miss Ellis, $2; W. EX, H. BREMNER, 640 Craig Street, Montreal. PORK! PORK! Short Cut Meats, Pork, Sugar-Cured Hams, Lard in Drums, Tubs, and Pails, all from fine Canada-fed Hogs. WHAT THIS BOSTON TRANSCRIPT SAYS ABOUT """"CARNIVAL WEEK"""" THE CARNIVAL WEEK, 1886, Illustrated, published at 162 St. James St., Montreal, contains on its title page a vivid sketch of the Canadian Sports that have attracted so many visitors to Montreal during the last two years; a view of Victoria Square, showing MARSHALL WOOD'S Celebrated Statue of the Queen, with a fine sketch of the TUQUE BLEUE Toboggan Slide, a glimpse of Victoria Skating Rink, and last but not least, a picture of the ICE PALACE as it will appear under the attack of two thousand SNOW-SHOERS. The contents of the number are interesting and varied. ICE ON THE ATLANTIC, Large quantities encountered A steamer's peril, (Special to the Gazette) If any February 10, The steamer Rioon City, Capt. Jenkins, from New York bound to Newcastle, England, put in here damaged by ice. Captain Jenkins makes the following report: We left New York at noon on the 1st instant with a cargo of merchandise. On the 7th ice was met and that evening after dark we sailed right into an open bay of ice; it became impossible to force our way any farther and about midnight the plates close to the water line were cracked and damaged. The steamer's position at the time was about 48° 20' North and 58° West. The ice had closed in around her and as far as the eye could reach nothing was visible but a vast field of ice and there were immense bergs towering hundreds of feet above the surface, with their glittering pinnacles. North of latitude 45 seemed a solid field. Captain Jenkins states that he never saw so much ice in his life, particularly in the position and so early in the season. For four days the steamer was wedged in solid, and when at last it was managed to get her out she was headed at once for Halifax. She will be temporarily repaired here and proceed for her destination as soon as possible. The port warden will make a thorough inspection of the Ripon City tomorrow. He took a look at her today; although the vessel is leaking somewhat in the forward compartment, temporary repairs, he considers, will be quite sufficient to carry her safely across. The mail steamer Campion, which arrived at 8 a.m. today from Liverpool, had a mild passage across. On Friday last, in lat. 1:12, long. E. de Cossar, who is personally acquainted with King John and thinks not meanly of his talents and character, and of the prospects of his people under favorable circumstances, was of the opinion early last summer that if his good offices were sought, he would prove a valuable ally. Whether it is still possible or desirable to utilize his friendship in that way we do not know, but perhaps it has remained for Italy to avail herself of opportunities which England allowed to pass unused. It is also possible that the Abyssinians, seeing the Mahdi in possession, may be moved to try the chances of a march from Gellabat which, Sir S. Baker says, would be a direct descent upon Khartoum by the river Ilahad and the Blue Nile, through a fertile country teeming with supplies. Awkward as would, at other times, be such a move, whatever would engage the attention of the victorious Mahdi would be welcome at the present crisis. Though acting for herself, Abyssinia would in such a case be England's timely ally. HUDSON'S BAY NAVIGATION, The information acquired by Lieut. Gordon, who commanded the expedition to Hudson's Bay last summer, is necessarily of a partial and incomplete character, the journey being somewhat hurriedly made, and having for its object the establishment of observatory stations rather than the ascertainment of definite and large knowledge of the duration of navigation in the bay and straits. Such conclusions as can be drawn, however, from the observations made and the data obtained, point to the possibility of safely navigating these waters during three or four months of the year. The character of the ice met with is divided into three classes, having each a separate origin, namely: icebergs from the glaciers of Fox Channel, heavy Arctic field ice from the channel itself, and ordinary field ice formed on the shores of the bay and straits. Icebergs were not seen in Hudson's Bay, and in the straits those encountered are reported to have been not more numerous or more formidable than are met with off the Straits of Belle Isle. The ordinary field ice forms no barrier to the easy passage of steamers, but the heavy field ice attaining a depth of forty feet, and averaging last season quite fifteen feet in thickness, renders the progress of steamers and vessels impossible. This apparently serious drawback to navigation is qualified by Lieut. Gordon with the explanation that the season was an unusually severe one, and an unfair test of the character of the ice ordinarily encountered in the straits and bay during August and September. He expresses the opinion that the more formidable ice of this description was the result of an accumulation of several years. It is probable from the report that the expedition will have to be made and observations taken during three or four years in succession to solve with reasonable certainty the duration of the safe navigation of Hudson's Bay, and in view of the importance of the question to the Northwest, a definite settlement of the problem is well worth the expenditure involved. The great value of the fisheries of Hudson's Bay is made apparent by the report of Lieut. Gordon, from which it appears that New England whaling vessels have been engaged in these waters for many years past, and have taken therefrom in a recent period fish to the value of more than two million dollars, and that the catch per vessel averages nearly thirty thousand dollars. The Hudson's Bay Company also is extensively engaged in the fisheries of the bay, deriving therefrom considerable profit. The company has established extensive refineries at several of their northern stations, and instead of exporting the blubber of the porpoise in bulk, now refine it and ship the pure oil in casks. Fresh salmon in refrigerators are also largely exported to England where a ready and profitable market is found. In connection with this subject, Lieut. Gordon makes the timely suggestion that in any negotiations undertaken by the Canadian government looking to reciprocity of trade with the United States, the value of the fisheries of Hudson's Bay should receive due consideration. They are already valuable in character, largely availed of by the Americans, and likely to become more and more sought after as the resources of the region become better known, and pending a treaty it is desirable that such regulations should be framed as will prevent the use of explosives in the whale fisheries of Hudson's Bay, the effect of which is inevitably to rapidly exhaust the supply. Another undue advantage the Americans now enjoy is trading with the natives of the region. The Hudson's Bay Company, in trading, have to pay duties, and a considerable amount of money accrues to the government from customs dues on importations at Churchill, York, and Moose Factory, but every American whaler entering the bay is an unlicensed trader, carrying in American goods and trading with the natives, in unfair competition with the Hudson's Bay Company, whose goods pay duties. The French papers which have of late been prophesying the uprising of India should reflect that there is far more likelihood of an insurrection in Tunis and Algiers. The wave of fanaticism is more likely to sweep westward by its old route along the Mediterranean seaboard than it is to cross the Indian Ocean or to make its way through conflicting nations and tribes to beyond the Indus. It is the Sultan, if anyone, that should be concerned about the Mahdi's success. It is forgotten that Islam is not one any more than Christendom, and that the sword of the faithful has for long centuries been drawn as often against each other as against the giaour. The Canadian Gazette says: Many of the leading commercial men of the Dominion are actively supporting the action of our chambers of commerce, in regard to Canada's bankruptcy law. As will have been seen from our Dominion News last week, a very influential deputation waited on Sir John Macdonald on the subject, on his return from England, and evidently desired to strengthen in every way possible the impression produced on the mind of the Premier by the representations of the gentlemen who approached him on the matter whilst in London. Sir John addressed the deputation at some length, and from the general tenor of his remarks it is evident that while still recognizing the difficulties of the problem, he is resolved that the whole matter shall be considered most earnestly by the Government at the earliest date. The supreme importance of the question to the trade of Canada is fully recognized. These remarks are all the more to the point now that, as our readers are aware, a committee has been appointed to collect information on the subject from all the provinces. The Rev.",0,0,0,0,0,0
+260,18960427,historical,Ice,"APRIL 27 A BREAK AT QUEBEC The Ice in Front of the City Passes Out THE CAP ROUGE JAM First Report Said It Had Also Broken But This Is Doubtful Quebec, April 26 (Special) The two remaining ice jams in the river gave way tonight, and now everything goes so far as obstructions to free navigation are concerned. All yesterday and all today, while the ferry crossed to and from Levis in perfectly clear water, a sheet of heavy ice from above jammed into the Quebec narrows of the river, extending right across from under the Citadel, just above the ferry crossing, to nearly a mile upstream. It was an object of much concern to shippers and of great interest to spectators and promenaders on Dufferin Terrace, thousands of whom were watching it at 7:15 tonight, when it suddenly broke and moved out with the falling tide. The ferry steamer Polaris had to run before it to seek shelter at Indian Cove, and the tug Spray was immediately dispatched downstream to meet the steamship Vancouver, which was then about due at that point, providing it had continued on its way upstream, and to warn it of the danger of the heavy ice, which it would thus have had time to avoid by turning about and seeking shelter downstream. Mingled with the ice that passed down for an hour and a half in front of the city was a large amount of debris of various kinds, and quite a quantity of logs, indicating that it had come, in part at least, from the Chaudiere, where so many bridges, houses, and logs were swept down into the St. Lawrence some days ago. It made a grating sound against the riverside wharves and dashed up lots of water, and some fear was experienced for the safety of the gas buoys on the Government wharf, but they were fortunately untouched. Everybody was engaged in discussing the probability of the ice jam at Cape Rouge still holding for some days, when at 9 o'clock telegraph and telephone messages came in from the Cape that it had given way, and from New Liverpool, Etchemin, Sillery, and Bridgewater Cove, to the effect that the lake ice and that from the Sillery jam were passing down together. This ends the blockade in the river, and though there will be floating masses of ice of considerable size carried up and down the stream in and about the harbor here for the next two or three tides, summer pontoons will be in their places in a day or two, and summer ferries to Levis, and the Island and the Montreal and Saguenay steamers will find no obstacles to contend with after a couple of days more. Ocean steamers will be able to ascend the river on Tuesday without any fear of damage here from ice. The fruit ships now in Indian Cove may not leave their haven there tomorrow, and it will altogether depend upon the manner in which the tides dispose of the ice whether the Vancouver will be able to round the point and make the Louise dock tomorrow. Had she arrived up during this afternoon before the jam broke, everything was ready for her entrance into the basin. The steamship Loughriggholme, previously reported here, with coal for Webster & Co., came up today from Indian Cove, and went into Louise Basin, where she will discharge tomorrow. The placing of the buoys in the river will commence on Tuesday. The first of the Cap Rouge and lake ice passed here shortly before midnight. The steamship Vancouver is anchored at Baie des Aulnaies. The steamer Spray, that left here just as the ice did, with Mr. Ramsay, of the Dominion Steamship Line, aboard, to intercept the Vancouver, had a narrow escape in getting out of the basin. She just cleared it as the descending ice struck the wharf. The Spray is now in shelter at St. Laurent. It is reported that portions of a lighthouse from some point between here and Montreal have been found, with other wreckage, in the ice, and Mr. S's immigration staff arrived here today for the season. Cap Rouge May be Solid Yet Quebec, April 27 Ice that passed here about midnight is not Cap Rouge ice at all, but Chaudiere Basin ice, Cap Rouge ice not having yet reached here. Experienced river men believe it has not moved at all, but that New Liverpool, Etchemin, Sillery, and Bridgewater Cove, who report it on the way, have all mistaken Chaudiere Basin ice for it and reported accordingly. There is not a telephone at Cap Rouge, and the telegraph company cannot raise their operator there. Being on 3 o'clock now, the non-arrival of ice from Cap Rouge casts doubts on original reports of the break of the jam. It is too late for correspondents to reach Cap Rouge over present roads in time to ascertain facts and get back here early enough to transmit intelligence. The Loughriggholme's Trip Up Quebec, April 25 Capt. Millican, of the steamship Loughriggholme, has forwarded to the Chronicle, of this city, the following report, which will prove of considerable interest to Montreal shippers: """"We left Louisburg at 6 a.m. on the 19th instant, with coals for Quebec. When off Cape Sottari found the ice close packed and heavy from the land to the north and east, as far as we could see from the masthead. Stood E.E. along the southern edge of ice for thirty miles, and so got round it and made for Cape North. At dark, finding the ice ahead, hove to for daylight. Started at daylight, 20th, and had to keep more northerly for St. Paul's. After passing through six miles of loose ice, stopped at Atlantic Cove and had a visit from the signalman and his friends, who were anxious to have a late paper, as the last one they saw was of the 1st April. He reported heavy ice at the Magdalen Islands, but had no news of the ice off Anticosti. The ice seemed close packed from St. Paul's to Cape North. After passing north of St. Paul's found clear water for quite a distance west of that Island, in which were two American schooners halibut fishing. Made Bird Rocks, but could not get near them, as the ice was pretty close for eight miles north of them, saw one three-masted schooner and several small schooners amongst this ice. Skirted round this ice and, dark coming on, hove to. At midnight a fresh gale sprang up from the northwest. Started at daylight against the still strong breeze and many short head seas. Saw Bird Rocks 14 miles off W.W. of us, but no ice was to be seen. The breeze dropped down to nothing, and we made Anticosti at daylight on the 22nd. Thence had fine weather; no ice. At 8 a.m. on the 23rd, got pilot at Bio and proceeded to River du Loup, where we anchored at 1 p.m., to keep the company of the Fremona and Flumoro, steamers bound for Montreal. After communicating with Mr. Harold Kennedy, and consulting pilot, we decided to start for Indian Cove, which we did at 7 a.m. this day. It seemed to us very pretty work to watch the way Pilot Joseph Larochelle picked his way along the banks by the lead, more especially was this observable coming through the Traverse, where the shore marks are so distant as to be hardly made out. Everything went well, and we made our way out safely, met no ice till we reached St. Laurent, but thence to town met quite a few large pieces, one of which gave us but bare room to pass it and keep clear of the ground. Spoke steamer Contest, who said he had got out of the Lachine, which gave us hopes of reaching that much-desired haven. We accordingly made for the entrance at 8 p.m., and hailed the shore for an opinion of our being able to enter, and the answer came, yes. We, however, did not get our rope ashore, when we were hailed again with the news the ice was coming down, and we had no time to get in, so there was no help, but we must run for Indian Cove, which we reached before the ice, and so made fast to await the breaking away of the ice. Steamships Reach Port The steamships Tiber and Acadian arrived in port on Saturday, from Sorel, to commence their season's work. The Tiber is in command of Capt. John Delisle, but the Acadian, which has recently been purchased from the Allan line, is in command of Capt. Joseph Delisle, the son of Capt. John Delisle. During the winter months the Acadian has been thoroughly overhauled, and she has now some first-class passenger accommodation. The Acadian will leave about Wednesday with a full general cargo for the Lower Provinces. Notice to Pilots Mr. Robertson, the Secretary of the Harbor Commissioners, received the following letter on Saturday from Mr. Gregory, the Agent at Quebec for the Department of Marine and Fisheries: """"I am notified that several lights above, notably Pointe aux Cèdres, near Batiscan, front light Contrecoeur, front light Les Raisins, front light L'Islet, Richelieu, front light Grondines, and probably others, have been more or less injured and cannot be relied upon as being in operation at present. Every effort is being made to remedy defects. Please notify pilots to be cautious."""" Notice In re Buoying of Channel The principal buoys are now planned between Montreal, via the Lavaltrie (or North) channel, and Three Rivers. Two boats will leave Sorel early tomorrow morning to begin placing the most important buoys below Three Rivers. First Arrival at Kingston Kingston, April 20 The schooner Annie Minns was the first sailing craft to arrive here from across the lake. She sailed Friday from Oswego, having left there on Thursday with a cargo of fresh mined Scranton coal. Capt. Savage is again on deck. He says that on the trip across much ice was encountered. The schooner was obliged to round up at Pigeon Island and sail back to the upper gap, entering the harbor by that route. An Obstruction In Lake Huron Colchester, Ont., April 25 The steam barge Teutonia, with two consorts, ran foul of a wreck two miles west of here, and almost directly in the channel, last night, and is still fast. The obstruction is supposed to be the remains of the schooner Gibbs, sunk about three years ago off Bar Point. It was brought down by the ice last winter. The vessel is being lightened. For Coal Service Portsmouth, N.H., April 25 The Dominion Coal Company has chartered four large schooners, the Sarah E. Palmer, Mary E. Palmer, Augustus Palmer, and Win. L. Palmer, to carry coal from Nova Scotia to Boston. Disasters London, April 25 The steamer Bushmills, from New Orleans for Dromon, has arrived at Plymouth, where she landed the crew of the American schooner Eunice L. Crocker, Captain Croaker, from Fernandina, March 10, for Boston, which was abandoned at sea April 10, waterlogged. The schooner's crew state that they remained on board the wreck of their vessel for a week after she lost her masts and became waterlogged, and that when they abandoned her they set her on fire. London, April 25 The British barque Mozambique, Captain Strachan, from Rio Janeiro, for New York, was spoken April 13 in lat. 5 S, long. 3'W. Signalled that five of her crew had died from yellow fever. London, April 25 It has been found unnecessary to dry dock the German steamer California, before reported damaged by collision at Hamburg with the collier Tyne-mouth. The work of repairing the steamer will be completed by Tuesday next. The British barque Maiden City, from Liverpool, previously reported ashore at Santos, in an exposed position, will prove a wreck. The Swedish barque Marianne, Captain Tjernberg, from London, November 27, for Darien, which was towed to Dover, December 7, in need of extensive repairs, has been sold and her hulk dismantled. San Francisco, April 25 The British ship Craigmore, bound from Newcastle, N.S., to San Francisco with a cargo of coal, is out 83 days, and not a few shipping and insurance men believe she burned at sea. The ships Nairnshire and Prince James, from Newcastle, are also causing a good deal of alarm. The Nairnshire is now over 130 days from Burmoh and the James is out over 100 days from South America. All three carry cargoes of Cardiff coal. St. John's, Nfld, April 23 The British steamer Clenlivet arrived here today from Cadiz, laden with salt. Her bow plates were crushed by her coming in contact with ice and she is leaking badly. She reports meeting heavy bodies of ice 150 miles off the coast. One hundred and thirty-eight icebergs of various sizes are in sight off Cape Race and are floating in the southern track of shipping. Detroit, Mich., April 25 The steamer Philip Minch, bound down in tow of the tug Thompson, collided with whaleback No. 101 in the river here yesterday. The pumps of the whaleback kept her free until Lake St. Clair was reached, when the water began to make very fast and the barge sank near the lightship; wreckers are working on the sunken vessel. She is laden and owned by the American Barge Company and is valued at $75,000. 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+261,18940330,historical,Ice,"It was ice, and lots of it, that impeded the progress of the freight steamship State of Georgia from Aberdeen to this port. She got in yesterday morning with her forepeak flooded to the water line and a hole nine feet long and four feet high in her starboard bow. She took a high northerly course, where her skipper might reasonably expect to find Arctic conditions, and, on March 13, east of the Banks of Newfoundland, she struck into pack ice that forced her to slow down to quarter speed. She tried to push her way through, but the further she steamed the thicker the ice seemed to get, and she was at length compelled to steer to the eastward. Then they discovered that she was leaking forward and detected the injury to her bow. Her progress was infinitesimal and when a thick fog came on Captain Laurie decided to stop her and let her drift, as he feared she might crash into an iceberg. At 8 a.m. the next day, while the ship was going ahead, the skipper saw through the mist what appeared to be a dense fog bank on the starboard. He kept on his course until he noticed that the fog bank had assumed a greenish hue. Then he knew that he was within hailing distance of a gigantic berg, and he put his helm hard up, and missed the apparition by less than a ship's length. The intense coldness of the air convinced the skipper that he was in the neighborhood of a fleet of bergs, and he proceeded with much caution. At 4 p.m. the ice and the fog were so thick that the ship's engines were stopped again, and she drifted with the packed ice. The pumps connected with the forepeak had been sounded, and it was found that the inrush of the sea was too much for them to clear. The collision bulkheads, just forward of the chain locker, had been closed, and the leakage was confined to the forepeak. While the ship was drifting Captain Laurie and the carpenter were lowered over the starboard bow on a staging and made an inspection of the damage. They decided that there was danger of the wound extending by the steady pressure of the ice, and they constructed a """"collision mat,"""" made of two timbers nine feet long, across which were nailed, as in a boardwalk, pieces of plank four feet long and two and a half inches thick. The face of this was covered with oakum. To the middle of each end timber a chain was fastened, and to the free end of each chain a hawser was bent. The chain and hawser on the lower edge of the mat were passed over to starboard under the ship's bow and made fast on deck on the port side. The chain and hawser on the upper edge were made taut as the mat was fitted over the breach caused by the ice. The lengths of chain were used because a hawser would have chafed on the keel and the rail. The nose of the steamship looked as if it were in a sling. A smaller patch was put over a hole in the ship's port bow. The work was finished at 7 p.m. and, the fog having lifted and revealed lighter ice to the southeast, the ship was headed that way. She passed a dozen or more bergs with fantastic towers, peaks and minarets, and many solid chunks of green ice that projected twenty feet above the water, and in a fog were more dangerous than bergs. Five hours after her wounds had been dressed the bandages were torn off by seas piled up by westerly gales. The skipper and his engineer and carpenter examined the collision damage, which was strengthened by chain piled in the chain locker, and decided that it was not necessary to bandage the ship's nose again. They were somewhat fearful when the seas were high, and they looked over the bow and saw, as the ship rose on a tall wave, the gaping wound, that more plates might be ripped off. Whenever the ship rose on a wave she spilled a cataract from the gap. The skipper contradicted a report that a submarine had tied into the hole. He said, however, that there was a small fish there yet, and that he proposed to secure it as a memento when the ship was put in dry dock. Mr. Fay mil' Critics, To the Editor of the Gazette: Sir, I would like to say to the party whose nom de plume is 'An Outsider' that it would be well if, before becoming too confused and dumbfounded in the toils and snares of doubt and fear, he would call on the Rev. Dr. A. trophies. These little emblems are in the shape of watch charms, and are very handsome as well as valuable. An Insurance Hatch, There is one good thing about insurance, and that is that the gentlemen engaged in it can afford to take chances that ordinary mortals would not. If anything should happen to them, of course, they are all insured in their own companies, and then they all know where the damages will come in. At least that was what people said last night when the ambulance bells disturbed the slumbers of the good people on Drummond street. They were simply caused by the urgent demands of various non-insured hockey players, who discovered that even moderately soft ice was considerably harder than the average insurance man's head. The headgear, too, was only a comparatively small portion of the anatomy injured. These gentlemen wisely refrained from getting themselves into trouble until the season was over, thereby not setting a bad example to any of their clients. The Guardians did not live up to their name. They were not guardians; in fact, they were rather the other thing and appeared as if they were standing in with the coroner and wanted a few more figures added to the mortality statistics that the London & Lancashire want to keep down. But the match that promises to be one of the features of annual sport took place, and there was not enough skin lost after all, as MacShaughnessy would say, to make a cornet of hussars. How they managed to amuse the spectators for a whole hour can only be appreciated by those who were there, for lives were insured on one side and the ice could not be burned. The match wound up by the Guardians taking the London & Lancashire men into camp with a score of 6 to 1. ATHLETICS; Valleyfield Amateur Athletic Association, The annual general meeting of the above association was held in the Town Hall in Valleyfield last evening, and the meeting was largely attended. The president, Mr. HICKELLAKEOCN, At the recent meeting on the ice track it will be remembered that a rather pretty looking little girl occupied a place in the judges' stand and was religiously taking notes. Burns' familiar quotation was never more apt: """"A chield's among you, taking notes,"""" and faith she printed them. She claimed to be the youngest lady journalist in the world, and she called her paper the Twentieth Century. Her second number has just been issued, and while she has not told horsemen anything they did not know before, she has worked in a very readable page of sporting news as well as theatrical matters. The lady's name is Miss Helen Tabor. Crisp Made a Senator, Atlanta, Ga., March 29, Governor Kortlien has appointed Speaker Crisp to succeed the late Senator Colquitt.",0,0,0,0,0,0
+262,18900718,historical,Torrential,"M. Dapny will question the Government in the Chamber of Deputies tomorrow in regard to the result of the negotiations with the powers aiming to minimise the effect of the McKinley bill, whether it is possible to appeal to international law to prevent America from pronouncing condemnations and whether the common law tribunals cannot settle customs disputes. Minister Ribat will reply tomorrow or Saturday. A M I Union In the Federation. London, July 17 A tablet in memory of the late Mr. Daley, an Australian statesman, was unveiled in St. Paul's Cathedral today by Lord Rowberry. His lordship made an address in which he called attention to the fact that the tablet was the first memorial erected in the cathedral to a colonist, and said it was, therefore, a milestone in the path of those having faith in the federation of the Empire. Servia Wants Reparation. Psiobads, July 17 The Servian Government has sent a circular to the powers with reference to the recent murder of the Servian consul at Pristine. The circular says the murder was not due to personal vengeance, but to religious fanaticism, and demands special reparation from Turkey. Laid it on TeoTblek. Lawrence, July 17 The Press Association understands that the American version of the Bering Sea communications between Lord Salisbury and Mr. Blaine, although in substance correct, is couched in stronger terms than Lord Salisbury used. Disastrous Rains In India. Calcutta, July 17 Heavy rains prevail in the Darjeeling district, and part of the country is flooded. Bridges have been carried away in many places, and the only means of communication between the planters is by boat. The Argentine Plan Revived. Buenos Ayres, July 17 The President has sent a message to the House of Deputies asking it to authorize the issue of $6,000,000 in small paper currency. This move has alarmed the money market. Gold is quoted at 201 premium. Boers Not Revengeful. Pretoria, July 17 A jury of Boers has acquitted the Englishmen charged with rioting and with insulting the Transvaal flag on the occasion of President Krueger's visit to Johannesburg. Bulgaria Pressing the Sultan. Constantinople, July 17 The agent of Bulgaria here has demanded that the Porte answer his Government's recent note whatever the nature of the reply. The Moorish Italian In Danger. Tangier, July 17 A number of prominent residents of Fez have been arrested for an attempt on the Sultan's life. A Liberal from Mid-Durham. London, July 17 Mr. Wilson, a Liberal, has been returned to Parliament for Mid-Durham by a majority of 2,000. Cholera Spreading In Russia. St. Petersburg, July 17 Cholera is prevalent in Kowno and Vilna and is spreading. Many fatal cases are reported. Foreign News In Brief. The floods at Kustendil, Austria, have caused much damage. The Austrian Government has ordered the building of four new ironclads. The Mersey Dock Board will expend £500,000 in deepening and improving the docks. The Bulgarian Government has adopted quarantine measures against arrivals from Spain. Cholera has spread from Mesopotamia to Lake Van. Nomads are spreading the infection. The Guatemalan legation at Paris denies that war is imminent between Guatemala and San Salvador. The American riflemen arrived at Dingoo last night. The city was decorated and illuminated in honor of the Americans. Thunderstorms and torrential rains in the southern and midland counties of England have had a destructive effect upon the crops. Count Conrad Stollberg, heir to one of the biggest landowners in Germany, was accidentally shot and killed yesterday while duck shooting. A whole family, consisting of father, mother, and six children, was suffocated by charcoal fumes in a room in the Rue Avron, Paris, yesterday. An extraordinary meeting of the Turkish Ministerial council yesterday discussed Bulgaria's demand for the recognition of Prince Ferdinand as ruler of Bulgaria.",0,0,0,0,0,0
+263,18840527,historical,Torrential,"S kindly assisted in the classification of the bones. In dealing with his subject, Dr. Dawson remarked that great interest attaches to any remains which, in countries historically so old, may indicate the residence of man before the dawn of history. In Egypt, nodules of flint are very abundant in the Eocene limestones, and where these have been wasted away, remain on the surface. In many places there is good evidence that the flint thus to be found everywhere has been, and still is, used for the manufacture of flukes, knives, and other implements. These, as is well known, were used for many purposes by the ancient Egyptians, and in modern times gun-flints and strike-lights still continue to be made. The debris of worked flints found on the surface is thus of little value as an indication of any flint-folk preceding the old Egyptians. It would be otherwise if flint implements could be found in the older gravels of the country. Some of these are of Pleistocene age, and belong to a period of partial submergence of the Nile Valley. Flint implements had been alleged to be found in those gravels, but there seemed to be no good evidence to prove that they are other than the chips broken by mechanical violence in the removal of the gravel by torrential action. In the Lebanon, numerous caverns exist. These were divided into two classes, with reference to their origin; some being water-caves or tunnels of subterranean rivers, others sea-caves, excavated by the waves when the country was at a lower level than at present. Both kinds have been occupied by man, and some of them undoubtedly at a time anterior to the Phoenician occupation of the country, and even at a time when the animal inhabitants and geographical features of the region were different from those of the present day. They were thus of various ages, ranging from the post-Glacial or Antediluvian period to the time of the Phoenician occupation. Dr. Dawson then remarked that many geologists in these days had an aversion to using the word """"Antediluvian,"""" on account of the nature of the work which, in years now gone by, unlearned people had attributed to the flood described in Scripture, but as the aversion to the use of that word was, he thought, not called for in these days, he hoped it would pass away. Speaking as a geologist, from a purely geological point of view, and from a thorough examination of the country around, there was no doubt that there was conclusive evidence that between the time of the first occupation of these caves by men—and they were men of a splendid physique—and the appearance of the early Phoenician inhabitants of the land, there had been a vast submergence of land, and a great catastrophe, aye a stupendous one, in which even the Mediterranean had been altered from a small sea to its present size. In illustration of this, the caverns at the Pass of Nahr-el-Kelb and at Ant Elias were described in some detail, and also, in connection with these, the occurrence of flint implements on the surface of modern sandstones at the Cape of Has near Beirut; these last were probably of much less antiquity than those of the more ancient caverns. A discussion ensued, which was taken part in by a number of distinguished Fellows of the Royal Society, including Sir H. Barkly, F.",0,0,0,0,0,0
+264,18921018,historical,Torrential,"THE GAZETTE, MONTREAL, TUESDAY OCTOBER 18 1892, """"THE BRITISH CATTLE MARKETS"""", """"A Better Tone Apparent but Prices Unchanged"""", """"Kuhne Cattle in Tour Outlined in Admission of American cattle discussed General Market Honors"""", """"(From our own correspondent) Liverpool, October 8"""", """"While trade cannot be described as better, there are indications apparent in various reports which would build up that a firmer tone has been established"""", """"So far as Liverpool and London are concerned I cannot say this feeling exists, for our salesmen here found it very difficult, indeed, to make anything over the rates current a week ago"""", """"At Stanley on Monday the heavy supplies of Irish cattle fully compensated for any deficiency on Canadians, and buyers openly admitted they were getting Dublin cattle relatively cheaper than imported stock"""", """"The rough, unvanquished character of the Dominion stock made dealers fight shy of them, while the torrential rain made all attempts at business except at intervals nearly impossible"""", """"As cabled, 5d was the very extreme touched for Canadians, and taking the run of sales through, 43d really exceeds otherwise the general average"""", """"The milch cows sold on Thursday realized fair prices, dairymen and farmers being loath to let the bargains go"""", """"The good attendance at Sullivan's sale induced some competition, resulting in business of a much more satisfactory kind than anything experienced in the open market"""", """"At Birkenhead States cattle have been selling equally freely, the highest price made for good bodies touching 45d down to 4Jd"""", """"This would be equal to 53d to 5d for cattle, which, bearing in mind the quality and weight of the bullocks, is anything but a good price, although at the same time, I believe, they were handled without loss"""", """"In the stocker trade Canadians sold at Dundee this week are reported as having on the whole met a satisfactory trade, but the report which reaches us from there (see below), I think ought to be taken with some reservation"""", """"THE ADMISSION OF STATES CATTLE is just now the principal theme of cattlemen's talk, and speculation runs riot over the possible effect of unrestricted trade in Yankees"""", """"I send for publication the article by Mr. W. T. Hear for the Standard this week, which expresses the situation from a productionist point of view, and while strongly denouncing on such grounds the free admission of American live stock, also emphasizes the fact that infectious diseases other than pleuro are still rampant throughout the States"""", """"Mr. Bear is a practical farmer, was formerly editor of the Mark Lane Express, and is held in high estimation as an authority on all agricultural matters"""", """"As yet no formal demand has been made by the United States Government that its livestock shall be admitted on equal terms with the 'most favored' nation, and probably if such demand were made it would be put off for further consideration"""", """"Meantime the new minister of agriculture is making a general progress through the agricultural districts of Scotland, informing himself fully upon all matters, and no doubt he has before him very prominently the question of lifting the embargo from States cattle"""", """"To discuss the situation before any action has been entered upon by the States authorities, and the nature of the reply thereto by them, is unnecessary at present"""", """"THE SURPRISING ALLEGATIONS of the Dundee Courier man dwindle down to very small beans on investigation, and the whole affair may be traced to a certain amount of jealousy on the part of the enterprising newspapers which shed their literary light upon the Dundonians""""",0,0,0,0,0,0
+265,18941218,historical,Torrential,"U1ASCE AND MADAGASCAR The French have taken the first step towards spending the recent vote of $12,500,000 by occupying Tamatave, and no doubt the news will be received at Paris with great enthusiasm, though this is only the first and simplest step in the undertaking. Evidently the whole nation has been smitten by the war fever. The legislative bodies could not withstand the pressure of popular excitement and passed the vote by large majorities. In their heart of hearts many members of the Senate and the Chamber probably know better, and would vote against the expedition if they dared. But France has got herself into such a position with regard to Madagascar that she must either go on or withdraw, and in the present state of public feeling withdrawal is impossible. What France is to gain by the expedition is not clear; and the loss she risks is not merely of money and soldiers' lives, but of national honor. No doubt France can crush Madagascar if she puts forth her energies, but the operation may be a very expensive one. The Hovas are said to have a reserve of 70,000 men, well supplied with rifles and modern artillery. The difficulty of the expedition is greatly increased by the nature of the country. Of the road from Tamatave to the capital, an English resident in Madagascar says: Speaking generally the route is an endless succession of hills. Here and there are short easy stages, but for the greater part the French troops will have to cut their way, two or three abreast at the most, in the beds of gullies made by the torrential rains. At other points they will have to cut their way through dense, fever-laden forest. Even with small parties it often happens that the porters have literally to drag one another out of the thick, red mud in which they sink to their waist. From the top of the hills and rocks a mere handful of Hovas could, without danger to themselves, seriously harass the troops toiling hundreds of feet below them. It is evident that the French force, which is to consist of 15,000 troops in the first instance, will have no easy task before them. If the Hovas have anything like the military discipline and modern weapons they are given credit for, they will offer a serious resistance, and it may be that the French will meet a more destructive foe in the malarial fever. Even if the Hovas give way and the expedition proves a success, what return is the French government likely to get for its expenditure? The island is said to be unsuitable for European colonization, and if it offered a good field, the French would not colonize it. The population of France is practically at a standstill, and the government has no need to seek room for expansion. It does so merely from a foolish national jealousy of England, whose small size and overflowing population make colonization and colonial trade an absolute necessity. The French of today have neither the circumstances nor the characteristics which impel young Englishmen to emigrate. The young Frenchman is happy at home; he thinks France the finest country in the world, and he looks upon emigration as exile. Before national feeling had reached its present fever heat, the oro spoke out plainly: France will never colonize Madagascar, and nobody wants it but those to whom the island will be the happy hunting-ground of functionaries, of exotic banks, and of railways without passengers or traffic. This is what will happen if all goes well; but if disaster comes, the story of Tonquin will be repeated, and the Government which is now keeping in power by yielding to the popular voice will be swept out of office amid universal execration. The news of the unexpected death of Robert Louis Stevenson will bring to many of his admirers the pain of a personal loss. His genial, beautiful, cheerful spirit endeared him to thousands who knew him, and in the passing away of such a gentle spirit English literature sustains a loss we can ill afford. Stevenson had none of the pessimism and cynicism which mark some of our modern novelists. He was thoroughly human, and it is his entire humanity that gives his stories their greatest charm. It is because of this quality that we follow with breathless interest the adventures of his freebooters and wild Highland men and simple Lowland youths or English sailor boys. He had also in high degree the gift of romantic imagination. For the first time in English literature he united the pictureness of Scott with the exactness of Defoe. Careful workmanship and distinction of style made his books as delightful to the literary critic as to the schoolboy. No greater boon can be given to the young people than to make them acquainted with his stirring tales and charming essays. The next move against the liquor trade in this province is to be for the purpose of separating the sale of intoxicants from that of other articles of merchandise. The host of petitions presented in the Legislature yesterday is evidently the reconnaissance in force that is intended to precede the real attack. There are such reasons in favor of the change asked for that it has been adopted in many places. The temperance element has been having so much to say in shaping the laws here of late, too, that it is not unlikely that Quebec may before long be among them. There will be a great outcry from the Lancashire cotton spinners at the renewal of the proposal to levy a tax on cotton imports into India; but so long as the theory is held that India is governed for her own benefit and not for the advantage of England, one does not see how for the sake of English interests the administrators of Indian affairs can be restrained from doing what they say is absolutely necessary for India's welfare. At the same time, it is a severe blow to the Manchester school of free trade delivered in their tenderest spot: their pockets. Sir Charles H. Tupper appears by the reports to have been subjected to a good many interruptions at some of his British Columbia meetings. Liberals, when they feel they are getting the worst of the situation, have a weakness for resorting to such tactics. One of the worst interrupted meetings ever held in Canada was that in the Montreal drill shed, called by the Conservatives, just previous to the overthrow of the provincial Liberals in 1892. Before it Montreal had two Conservatives in the Legislature; after it she had six. The conduct of the Toronto Street Railway Co. in employing detectives to watch the judge and counsel conducting the boodling investigation is, to say the least of it, most extraordinary. When suspected persons employ detectives to investigate the private lives of the magistracy it is getting things down pretty fine, and a boodler has been correctly defined by a Montreal judge as the meanest kind of thief. Mr. Gigault's report on the success of the dairy industry in Denmark shows that Canada has yet abundant room for expansion in that direction. Close attention to the peculiarities of the English market is the first condition of success, and on this head the report contains suggestions to which Quebec farmers will do well to give heed. A vessel from Canada has been refused a permit to land cattle at Antwerp because of the prevalence of foot and mouth disease in this country. Either the cable has made a mistake or the man who gave the order did. The Belgian authorities seem to be imitating the British in crediting Canada with faults it does not possess. Another British warship is on its way to China. There must be quite a powerful British fleet now watching the progress of events at the principal Chinese ports. If Great Britain should feel called upon to interfere with the contestants, she would be able to intervene to some purpose.",0,0,0,0,0,0
+266,18960728,historical,Torrential,"BRITISH LIVE STOCK Cooler Weather Brings Better Prices for Cattle BUT MARKET STILL LOW Details of the Market - Only Three to Three and a Half Cents Paid in Canada Can Make Money (From our own Correspondent) Liverpool, July 18 After fourteen days' dreadfully hot weather, a complete change in the atmospheric conditions now prevails almost generally throughout the Kingdom, and instead of sweltering under 87 to 90 in the shade, we are slipping on an extra coat and wondering how it can feel so cold at 65. The change has been decidedly beneficial to the meat and cattle trade, and although it only made itself apparent on Thursday, it seems likely to keep up for a few days. Values for cattle are from to 1c stronger, and lightweight beasts of good quality might have made 1c more. The run of stock, however, from Canada and the States, has, as a rule, been to the heavy side, and consequently it has not been possible to make the most of the change. Advices from London report a steadier demand at Deptford and a fair good clearance at Smithfield. This will give some encouragement to our Birkenhead operators and induce a more active demand. Altogether the prospect is not so bad, and if exporters can now buy suitable stock at 3c to 3½c, and ship them on a 40s or 42s 6d freight, they can stand our markets with some degree of composure. LONDON DEPTFORD Monday's supply of 3,535 beasts, compared with Monday last, showed an increase of 937 head, and consisted of 1,710 from the States, 1,864 from Canada (the largest consignment this season), and 431 from South America. Owing to the large number on offer, combined with the hot weather, trade was very dull, rates being fully 1d per lb in favor of buyers for prime quality, and a still further decline for seconds, at which sales had to be forced and a clearance was almost impossible. The very best States and Canadians made 2s 1½d to 3s per lb. Argentines nominally quoted at 2s 4d to 2s 6d. The sheep supply, amounting to 1,987, was 171 larger than on Monday last, and consisted of shipments from Argentina. Trade was steady with an earlier clearance than usual. Best pens made 3s 1½d per 8 lbs. The following were the numbers on offer on the corresponding day, with the current top rates: Beasts, 2,873, 3s 10d to 3s 11d per 8 lbs; sheep, 4,115, 3s 10d to 4s per 8 lbs. On Thursday trade improved remarkably owing to the clearance reported at Smithfield (but forced at shocking prices) and the cooler weather following upon the heavy torrential rains pretty general over the country. The supply consisted of 1,538 States and 337 Canadian cattle. This did not, however, include all arrivals, a good many being kept in reserve for Monday and also to fill any requirements on Friday, Saturday or Sunday, the demand at times for extra orders occasionally helping out a bad sale on Thursday. Some good States and Canadians made up to 4½d, say 9c, but the current top rate for fair to good bullocks was 9c. No Argentines on offer. The sheep trade was quite active the short supply (900 South Americans and 57 Canadians) enabling sellers to put up the price to 6d (12½c) for picked pens of Argentines, the average of sales as they ran was quite 12c. The Canadian sheep were not a gilt-edged lot, and at 1s 1d (11½c) were well sold. A very much better trade is looked for next week, as the offerings are not likely to be too weighty.",0,0,0,0,0,0
+267,18970514,historical,Torrential,"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.",0,0,0,0,0,0
+268,18980629,historical,Torrential,"AUGUSTI'S POSITION He Cables the Madrid Government That It Is Grave HEKMED IN BY INSURGENTS Difficulties of Defence Are Increasing Provinces Are Deserting to Join the Insurgents Many Men Sick Madrid, June 28 The Government has received the following despatch from Captain-General Augusti, dated from Manila on June 23: """"The situation is still grave I continue to maintain my position inside the line of block houses; but the enemy is increasing in numbers, as the rebels occupy the provinces, which are surrendering. Torrential rains are inundating the entrenchments, rendering the work of defence difficult. The numbers of sick among the troops are increasing, making the situation very distressing, and causing increased desertions of the native soldiers. It is estimated that the insurgents number 30,000 armed with rifles, and 100,000 armed with swords, etc. Aguinaldo has summoned me to surrender but I have treated his proposals with disdain, for I am resolved to maintain the sovereignty of Spain and the honor of the king to the last extremity. I have over one thousand sick and 200 wounded. The citadel has been invaded by the suburban inhabitants, who have abandoned their homes owing to the barbarity of the rebels. These inhabitants constitute an embarrassment, aggravating the situation, in view of the bombardment, which, however, is not seriously apprehended for the moment. The Governor of the Visayas and Mindanao Islands cables that he has defeated the insurgents in an engagement during which Chief Arec, Aguinaldo's representative, was killed. He adds that tranquility now prevails throughout these islands, and he further asserts that the principal Malay chiefs of the Mindanao group declare they desire to fight on the side of the Spaniards. Madrid, June 28 Advices from Manila state that Captain-General Augusti's family is still in the hands of the insurgents. General Pena, with a thousand soldiers, has surrendered. His soldiers, most of whom were natives, joined the insurgents. A majority of the detachments in the Island of Luzon have surrendered owing to their lack of food, though some succeeded in escaping. Numerous Spaniards, including the Governors of Uatanga, Laguna and Dulacana, have taken refuge at Cavite. The rebels who are besieging Manila exceed 25,000 men. The city is completely isolated, and the arrival of the Spanish squadron is anxiously awaited, for the position of Manila is untenable. Small rebel craft navigate the bay, conveying prisoners to Cavite.",0,0,0,0,0,0
+269,18980802,historical,Torrential,"THE PLAN OF CAMPAIGN, Camp Dewey, July 26, via Hong Kong and Paris, August 1, Torrential rains continue. The men encamped are exposed to the weather, and unless a forward movement occurs soon much sickness is inevitable, as the camp is on low-lying land, not easily drained. According to the present plans it is probable a demand for the surrender of Manila will be sent to Captain-General Augustin. If surrender is refused the fleet will attack in front and the First and Second brigades, under General Anderson, will advance southeast through San Pedro, Macatu and Wanduolayon, upon the Spanish positions at Santa Mesa and Santa Anna. If Captain-General Augustin surrenders, the American troops will land at Manila, the troops at Camp Dewey holding the insurgents in check. General Anderson will not co-operate with the insurgents. General Greene, commanding Camp Dewey, has established outposts entirely regardless of the position of Aguinaldo's soldiers. Orders have been given to impress on the natives whatever is desirable, regardless of the dictator's prohibition upon the sales of horses and supplies to the Americans. The troops have begun to build with bamboo a corduroy road from Camp Dewey to Pasig, via Pasoy. THE PHILIPPINES, No Negotiations Between Great Britain and United States, London, August 1. In the House of Commons today, the Parliamentary Secretary of the Foreign Office, Mr. Geo",0,0,0,0,0,0
+270,18990919,historical,Torrential,"NEW ARGENTINE RULES Details of the Leading Foreign Animals Markets - A Sheep Sale From our own correspondent Liverpool, September 9 Business has been bad, chiefly due to the sultry weather since greatly improved after a torrential downpour of rain, and a magnificent thunderstorm. Supplies on the open market still continue liberal, owing to prospects of Winter beef being so poor, but this premature disposal will probably now be checked, as in many districts there is quite a marvellous recovery of aftergrowth. A feature of the trade at Deptford has been the complete absence of South American cattle and sheep. This is attributed to the stringent rules and regulations enforced by the Argentine Government which came into operation on 1st August. It is said that shipowners object to the serious liability imposed by these regulations, and have refused point-blank to carry cattle at any price. So far Argentine shippers have not lost much, and as this is the quiet season with them, we presume shipowners and exporters are bluffing the Government a bit, and at the same time seeing what effect it has on markets this side.",0,0,0,0,0,0
+271,18991018,historical,Torrential,"A PSYCHOLOGICAL STUDY, Calve's Carmen is a psychological study worthy of much deeper analysis; but perhaps what strikes the ordinary observer more is the extraordinary versatility and power of the actress. Carmen's torrential passions require an energy of expression within the capabilities of very few on the tragic stage today; her fierce blazes of anger cannot be expressed by poise and fury; they come from the very depths of her nature. With the startling suddenness of a summer thunderstorm, these outbursts of concentrated passion break in upon Carmen's gentler moods. One moment she is all smiles and witchery; the next a demon of malice and hatred. How Calve expresses all this and brings it home to the most careless observer cannot be told in cold print. Her lissome grace of movement, suggestive of the tigeress or the serpent, her wonderful play of feature, from her arch raillery in the first scene to the dumb horror and amazement with which she faces her fate as told by the cards, her last cry as she flees from death all this is beyond description, and it would be worse than useless to attempt it.",0,0,0,0,0,0
+272,18871229,historical,Snowstorm,"THE ANCIENT CAPITAL A Political Shuffle Talked of A Furious Snowstorm Does Much Damage A Big Mearilus Planned (From our own correspondent) Quebec, December 28 A furious snowstorm from the east set in this morning and still continues, raging with great violence. About 9 o'clock the steamer Pilot was at Barras wharf, Levis, when suddenly an enormous mass of ice caught it and pinned it to the wharf, causing considerable damage. It was torn from its fastenings and was being drifted away. It needed all the ability of the captain and crew to prevent a serious accident. Fortunately the steamer got safely up the river to its own wharf. It is said that a deputation from the Quebec Board of Trade will proceed to Ottawa in a few days to wait on the Premier and his colleagues on the ocean mail subsidy question. The deputation will be very strong and representative of the leading interests of the place. The people of the town of Chicoutimi and of Hebertville are organizing a great excursion to Quebec, via the Lake St. John railway, on the occasion of the opening of the Provincial Legislature. A number of merchants from Chicoutimi have been in town since the beginning of the winter, all coming by rail, although the distance from Chicoutimi to Lake St. John is so considerable. Goods to and from Chicoutimi are also sent by this route. There is a rumor on the street, which is given for what it is worth, to the effect that a swap is on the tapis by which Hon. Mr. Shebryn and Mr. Francois Langelier will change positions, Mr. Shebryn going to Ottawa to sit in the Commons, and Mr. Langelier assuming for the time being, during Mr. Mercier's illness, the post of Acting Premier of the province. Messrs. Shebryn and Langelier each represent Quebec constituencies so strongly Liberal in their tendencies that there would be no risk in making the proposed arrangement. NEW GRAIN STANDARDS For Manitoba Wheat Strongly Denounced by the Toronto Board of Trade Toronto, December 28 The grain and flour sections of the Board of Trade met this afternoon to consider the order-in-council changing the present standard of grain for Manitoba and the Northwest. After a warm discussion the following resolution was passed by the grain section and ordered to be telegraphed to Mr. Hull, Inland Revenue department, Ottawa: """"That, whereas an order-in-council has been passed changing the grades of Manitoba wheat, which will disarrange and cause endless trouble in carrying out contracts already entered into for future delivery on the basis of present grades, as well as necessitating the withdrawal of all samples now in the hands of foreign buyers and the furnishing of new standards, thereby causing great delay and cessation of business operations; therefore, be it resolved, that this board desires to express its strong feeling of disapprobation at the changing of grain standards by the governor-in-council without consulting the commercial interests of the country through their various channels; and would, therefore, move that the council of this Board of Trade take such action in the matter as they may deem best to obtain, if possible, the remanding of the order-in-council until such time as all interested are consulted and their views ascertained."""" The flour section passed the following resolutions: Resolved, """"That whereas an order-in-council has been passed amending the standard of Manitoba wheat, and which is fraught with most pressing import to all millers and flour dealers, any change at this time when the grades are fixed, approved and known, is undesirable and likely to obstruct business and also involve in litigation all contracts of sale fixed and still executed. Resolved that this section deprecates the fact that any change in existing standards of grain is not possible, not coming through the regular constituted board of grain examiners, who should be, in our opinion, the only authority possible."""" The council of the Board of Trade will meet tomorrow, and it is probable a deputation will be appointed to wait upon the government at Ottawa. A ZERO WAVE Very Cold Weather to Follow the Big Snowstorm How the Trains Were Delayed Toronto, Ont., December 29, 1 a.m. The depression nearing the Lakes yesterday has developed throughout into a severe storm, and is causing a gale throughout the Lake and eastern district. The weather is clearing in Ontario and becoming decidedly colder. It is snowing heavily in Quebec and the Maritime provinces with moderately cold weather. Storm signals will be continued in the Maritime district. St. Lawrence, gales from the west and northwest; clearing weather, becoming decidedly colder, temperature falling to below zero by night.",0,0,0,0,0,0
+273,18940216,historical,Snowstorm,"B, February 15 A heavy easterly snowstorm set in this morning and up the St John river. The wind tonight is almost hurricane. Major-General James Kilner, whose wife died about three weeks ago, was carried off today by paralysis. He was born in Middlesex, England, in 1807, and when 21 years of age went to India as lieutenant and continued in active service in the army till 1858, when he took up his residence at Fredericton. Five children survive him, three daughters in Fredericton and two sons in Toronto. The stream of returning exodians is now swollen by many New Brunswickers who have been discharged by the Missoula Mountain Lumbering Company. John W. Stroud, of Wm Stroud & Sons, arrived in St John last night, and put up his horse at Hamm's stables, having driven all the way from Montreal, striking through Quebec from River du Loup to New Brunswick and following the St John river from Woodstock to this city. FEBRUARY 16 1894 3 CUT AND DISTRICT MS Severe Snowstorm to the South and Delays all Trains. Dr. McXarhran's Letter The Hftxnr-cite III Fire In a Cheese Warehouse Ald. Beansolell Protested. St Henri Town council has authorized the borrowing of 200,000 to widen St James street. Public telephones are being placed in all the Police stations. No. 6 received its yesterday. Its number is 2316. The council of the Bankers' association held a meeting yesterday, but the business transacted was of a private nature. The employees in the cut nail department of the Montreal Rolling Mills are out on strike, having refused to accept a 15 percent reduction in wages. The special train of the Canadian Pacific Railway for Ottawa, which left the Windsor depot at 4:45 yesterday afternoon, was crowded with passengers. Mr. Julien Chabot, ex-general manager of the Richelieu Company, states that he did not resign from his position, as was stated, but that he was dismissed on short notice. The case of Abbott vs. P, one of the ex-presidents of the association, who was prevented from being present in consequence of family bereavement. Mr. George G. Foster said that so far as Brome County was concerned, there was no change that he knew of since last year. They were ready to work whenever there was an election. It was only a small county, but at that meeting there was present, with one exception, a man from every township. The one who was absent would have been in attendance had it not been for the snowstorm. A communication was read from Mr.",0,0,0,0,0,0
+274,19920709,modern,Drought,"-K-A, BK mm, ilV KB mm n, n We all take water too much for granted. We use it as if it were an endless resource. But imagine if you turned on the tap one day and nothing came out. Or if our water had to be boiled and purified before drinking. I'm not talking about the situation in many countries where clean, drinkable water is a precious commodity, and even usable water is scarce. Water shortages aren't only happening in desert regions. Even on the North American continent there are places where reservoirs become low enough to require summer water rationing. Those of you in many Montreal Island municipalities have only to think back to last summer to remember the garden watering restrictions imposed in the middle of the season. All this in a province that prides itself on water as a renewable resource, and in a country that holds nearly one-fifth of the world's fresh water. I'm not suggesting that we're going to run out of water right after your next shower, but there will be more and more limits to our consumption in the future, and as gardeners we may be part of the problem. We waste a lot more water than we have the right to, and it's not necessary. What we have to do as responsible gardeners is set things up so less water is used, less is wasted, but plant growth is not adversely affected. Save rainwater. It's not difficult. It all depends on how you irrigate, what type of soil you have, using mulch properly, and your choice of plants. First, try to save rainwater in a barrel. And don't waste what's called gray water, the leftover from washing or rinsing. Use what you can, as long as it's not full of grease or detergents. Using a sprinkler is the least efficient way to irrigate a garden. It's a good distributor of water to a lawn, but it's very poor for anything else. Much of what sprays out is lost to evaporation or the wind, particularly if it's a fine spray. You can make better use of it on the lawn if you turn down the pressure until the jets are rather thick streams and you can keep them from going too high. Garden beds with plants need the water delivered where it will do the most good to the roots. This means gently applying it on or reduce moisture to cut Q. Our turn-of-the-century townhouse has two very large skylights. One is about 4 by 4 feet and the other is about 8 by 12 feet. They are both in good condition. They each have a ventilating pipe in the center. In the winter, moist air rises through these pipes and condensation drips down onto the glass below them. The amount of water that can accumulate is very significant. Certainly they do not work very efficiently to remove hot air in summer. Can you recommend a remedy? This is a tricky question. Some experts have long been in favor of blocking off the vent; others are in favor of keeping it open as the vent does work to keep air circulating. The Victorian skylight serves two functions. The first and most obvious is that it allows light to enter the dark upper reaches of buildings that have complete walls on two or more sides. The second is that it provides a certain amount of air circulation; it provides a way for the pressurized air that builds up in a house to escape. Normally what should happen is that with one or two windows open on various different floors during North Hatley antiques show set for weekend Rare antiques as diverse as cabinet doors and art-deco jewelry will be featured at the North Hatley Antique Show and Sale this weekend. The show will officially open tomorrow night with a collectors' night that offers a preview and sale for serious buyers. Showing their one-of-a-kind collectibles will be 27 dealers from the Eastern Townships, Quebec City, Montreal, Ottawa and Toronto. A pair of early 19th century doors, shown by Peter Baker Antiques of Huntingdon, have glass panels and hand-forged iron hinges that resemble a curved rat-tail. Also going up for sale at his booth will be two Quebec armoires, one of which Knowlton church host of Festival of Flowers and Music party-summer flowers will be on display in the 150-year-old St. Paul's Church in Knowlton, on July 14 and 16 as part of the current celebration of the 150th anniversary of the gray stone Anglican church. A long-nose watering can is among STUART ROBERTSON GARDENING under the soil surface. You can soak the surface with a long-nosed watering can that has a rose on the end to make a gentle spray, or you can use a hose with a soaker nozzle on the end that splits up the spray into lots of tiny streams. Both of these methods will apply plenty of water but not in such a way as to disturb the plants or erode the soil. Don't use a pistol-grip or fogging nozzle for the same reasons as the lawn sprinkler. The latter is not efficient, and the former is downright dangerous with its strong jet. Delivering water underground directly to the roots needs a bit more planning, but is even simpler once installed. You'll need some form of irrigation tubing that can be buried a couple of inches beneath the surface and snaked around the plants. Several systems are available for easy home installation that are made of recycled plastic. They have thousands of tiny pores in the tubing that allow a slow and steady flow of water to garden beds. In the summer, the air circulates up to the skylight and zips out through the vent. Of course, for this to happen, the skylight windows should be open. Even in extremely large skylights, there should be one or two sashes, or individual windows that open by a rope and pulley mechanism. Unfortunately, with time, the ropes often go missing in action. I strongly suspect that this is what has happened in your case. If this is so, try propping them open, or reinstalling the sash cord through the pulley and leaving them open during the day and night, to help vent off the hot air. While you are working in the skylight shaft, you may find it worth your while to throw two or more coats of a high-gloss alkyd paint. The other is circa 18th century in its original blue color. Obsession Antique Ltd. of Montreal specializes in jewelry and this year features some very elegant finds, such as an art-deco group consisting of a brooch, necklace, earrings and bracelet. The European set is delicately crafted in 15-karat gold and silver, and set with diamonds. Another stunning set is a Victorian-styled brooch and earrings. Crafted in Italy, the jewelry has an 18K gold setting studded with lava stone. The theme of the flower arrangements will be the four stages of life: birth, adolescence, maturity and old age. And there'll be music - it's called the festival of flowers and music. Limits are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., both the most efficient methods for delivering flow of water to the root zone whenever you turn on the tap. Most allow for the addition of organic fertilizer into the stream. Over the course of a few hours you can efficiently deliver a measured amount of water to the critical part of your garden, keeping the surface quite dry and robbing small weeds of the moisture they need to flourish. And new electronic timers turn the water on and off even if you're not around to supervise. However, the efficiency of an irrigation system depends on the type of soil you have. In clay soil the water is absorbed slowly and spreads sideways but doesn't penetrate very deeply. The surface evaporates quickly and turns into a hard cake. In sandy soil it flows downwards quickly but doesn't spread over a very wide area and some can even be lost to the depths. Moisture and nutrients are soon depleted. In a sandy loam you get the best of both worlds, with water penetrating to a good depth but also spreading and being absorbed for later use. Working on your soil to get it to this consistency is obviously the best goal if we want deep-rooted plants that can last much longer in dry spells without showing ill effects. Mulching is the third essential. If you're applying the water efficiently, the next objective is to keep it from being lost to evaporation by the wind and sun. Covering any exposed soil surface will considerably reduce this loss, and will also deter skylight condensation preferably white, onto the skylight shaft itself. This will help reflect more natural light into the house during the winter, and protect the wood or plaster of the shaft. As to the condensation itself, I can't really think of any perfectly good solutions. You shouldn't try blocking the vent with something like foam rubber or glass fiber; this would only lead to the moist air being trapped in the shaft and condensing on other nearby cold glass surfaces. Probably your best way to deal with the situation is to caulk the lower windows, the ones that should be operated by a pulley, in place with a strippable caulk, this should stop the air from reaching the upper, colder reaches of the skylight and condensing. However, warm moist air might still find a way of infiltrating the skylight and condensing. For that reason, the vent must remain functional to allow this moisture to go outside. Check all the caulk in the skylight, and the putty holding the window panes in place on the skylight and the bottom window. Replace any that is rotten. In the process, you may want to install a new thermopane, or glazed insulating glass unit in the bottom. North Hatley Antique Show and Sale will be held in two buildings on Capelton Rd (Highway 108), the main street of the town: the North Hatley Curling Club and the Community Centre. Admission for the collectors' night (tomorrow from 6:30 to 10 p.m.) is $20, which includes a party of food, wine and beer. Advance reservations are recommended; call (819) 842-2179 or (819) 842-2637. Tickets can also be purchased at the show. General admission for Saturday (10 a.m. to 6 p.m.) and Sunday (11 a.m. to 5 p.m.) is $5. Annabelle King days. There is no admission charge and visitors are welcome. To reach Knowlton, take the L'Acadie townships route (10) to Route 90 and follow Route 243 to the village. For more information, call (514) 243-5787. GAZETTE FILE PHOTO. Mulch can be anything that does the job. Dark plastic film, sheets of newspaper, a thick layer of straw or even gravel will do. Perhaps a bit more elegant would be compost, dried manure, leaf mold, dried grass clippings, shredded bark or wood chips. The organic mulches mentioned decompose to help the soil structure and most of them add nutrients as they do so. This blanket over the soil also maintains a consistent moisture level around the roots so growth is steady and not interrupted every time there's a slight drying of the soil. The last essential to a water-wise garden is to use the right plants in the right places. Areas that are heavily exposed to the sun will suffer the most from water loss, so they should have plants that are deep-rooted and slightly drought-tolerant. Try annuals such as arctotis (African daisy), cornflower, dwarf morning glory, dimorphoteca (Cape marigold), California poppy, gaillardia, mirabilis, nasturtiums, annual phlox, portulaca, salvia splendens and zinnias. Also such perennials as achillea, anthemis, coreopsis, dianthus, echinops, gazania, gypsophila, phlox, potentilla or rudbeckia. If you position these plants properly you can also make sure the foliage of each grows to meet its neighbor, therefore providing a kind of living mulch or cover to keep the moisture in the soil. All in all, setting yourself up this way to use less water should give better results in your garden. But all this work should really not be necessary: it should function reasonably well without the new glass. This leads me to believe that perhaps your household is producing too much moisture in winter, and that reducing the amount produced is the key to the solution. Do you have a humidifier running during the winter? Is your clothes dryer vented to the outside? Is there a kitchen vent? Do you take a lot of hot showers without leaving a window open to vent off the steam? I would examine my winter living patterns before going to the trouble of installing a thermopane or rebuilding the whole skylight. And if all else fails, all you should have to do is open a window for a bit to vent out the moist air causing the problem. A 2 THE GAZETTE, MONTREAL, THURSDAY, JULY 9, 1992 The elephants and The closest to the experience of real thirst that I can imagine is a hangover dream. You know the kind. Deep in an alcohol-induced sleep, you crave ice-cold water and dream you're drinking gallons and gallons of the stuff and still get no relief. It was grim reading recently of Zimbabwe's millions of thirsty and starving people because of the worst drought in this century and the resultant culling of 2,000 elephants in Gonarezhou National Park to help feed them. I saw figures that said as many as 30 million people could die in the whole of the southern African region before the winter. I have just come from my parents' farm in Northumberland County, about an hour or so's drive west of Kingston near Lake Ontario. It's difficult to fathom, since we seem to be living through Nordic monsoons here in Montreal, but they also have been experiencing a drought. Well, drought is a relative word here. My parents haven't had rain for many weeks. Their gardens drooped; their soil was hot and dusty underfoot. The lawns were like shredded wheat. And the old well was low. We had to be very careful with the water. That was more of a nuisance than anything else, what with the mob of people there. Bathwater got shared several times (shaving of legs forbidden). We flushed the toilet only every third or fourth time. We never could run the tap to brush teeth or wash gritty lettuce leaves or have the hottest water to fill the kettle or rinse dishes for the dishwasher. Yes, the dishwasher. Isn't that ludicrous? In the middle of a dry spell, we still used the dishwasher. Well, we have 11 people at meals, we said. We have to. The fact is, we're spoiled brats. We know very little about conserving, really, and even less about deprivation. We cannot even begin to comprehend what it's like to depend for our survival on something that is well and truly gone. Like water. Like crops and cattle. Like northern cod. In the middle of the lush Montreal summer, I've been trying to fathom the agony. What's chilling is that it is the killing of the elephants that has sharpened the blade of the African tragedy for me. I've been reading for months of the drought and sighing, despairing, clucking my tongue as I do for almost everything that is they believed I must be an important person and told her she would be allowed to fly with her children. The current rescue is far from complete. Due to political and military restrictions, Berjan's husband can't leave Yugoslavia. Berjan herself knows she will have to return, but has no idea how or when. Berjan's mother Zarifa, Kabilio-Greenberg's childhood playmate, is hiding out in a village near Sarajevo. It's been a month since anyone in Jerusalem has spoken to her on the telephone. Still alive and hiding in a basement of a Sarajevo house is Berjan's disabled grandmother, Zejneda Hardaga, now 73. It was Hardaga and her husband, Mustafa, who sheltered the Kabilio family in Yugoslavia during World War II. Zejneda and Mustafa Hardaga lived across from a German police station in Sarajevo when they took in young Tova Kabilio, her mother Rifka and father Joseph and brother Benjamin after the Kabilio house was destroyed. Kabilio-Greenberg remains astonished at the courage of her family's rescuers because a sign on the German police station warned that anyone caught hiding Jews would be executed. When Kabilio-Greenberg's father was taken to an Italian-run work camp in Yugoslavia, the Hardaga family tracked him down and sent him food. Katsarkas now is testing Gyura in the lab to try to find out what's causing his problem. Most dizziness problems, Katsarkas said, are caused by defects in the body's vestibular system, which is situated near the inner ear. The system tells the brain how the head is moving in relation to the rest of the body. For example, the system allows us to keep our eyes fixed on something while our head is moving. It also monitors the pull of gravity and sends signals to muscles to keep our balance when we are moving. When you lose your vestibular functions, you have less posture control, you cannot control your eyes and you have all sorts of other problems. Katsarkas has identified more than 40 diseases that cause dizziness, but he said he still can't diagnose 25 percent of the patients who come to his lab. While the lab is mainly used to treat patients, Katsarkas also deals with legal and insurance cases. TELEPHONES General Information 987-2222 Circulation Service 987-2400 Advertising 987-2350 Business Office 987-2250 Advertising Invoice Inquiries 987-2220 Advertising Payment Inquiries 987-2240 Community Relations 967-2390 NEWSROOM Business Section James Ferrabee 987-2512 City Desk -Ray Brassard 987-2505 Ombudsman Bob Walker 987-2560 Sports Section Jack RomarwRl 987-2522 West End Bureau Marian Scott 481-5753 West Island Bureau -Alyua AmbroM 694-4981 South Shore edition Harvey Shepherd 987-2487 CLASSIFIED Regular Classified 987-2311 Auto Real Estate 987-2327 Careers Jobs 987-2351 Credit Payment Inquiries 987-2230 The Gazette publishes daily. Publications Mail Registration Number 0-219 USA Registration Number 0-0031 Second class postage paid at Champlain, NY 12919 987-2400 1(800)361-1479. The Gazette is a member of the Quebec Press Council. In the middle of a dry spell, we still used the dishwasher. Well, we have 11 people at meals, we said. We have to. The fact is, we're spoiled brats. We know very little about conserving, really, and even less about deprivation. We cannot even begin to comprehend what it's like to depend for our survival on something that is well and truly gone. Like water. Like crops and cattle. Like northern cod. In the middle of the lush Montreal summer, I've been trying to fathom the agony. What's chilling is that it is the killing of the elephants that has sharpened the blade of the African tragedy for me. I've been reading for months of the drought and sighing, despairing, clucking my tongue as I do for almost everything that is they believed I must be an important person and told her she would be allowed to fly with her children. The current rescue is far from complete. Due to political and military restrictions, Berjan's husband can't leave Yugoslavia. Berjan herself knows she will have to return, but has no idea how or when. Berjan's mother Zarifa, Kabilio-Greenberg's childhood playmate, is hiding out in a village near Sarajevo. It's been a month since anyone in Jerusalem has spoken to her on the telephone. Still alive and hiding in a basement of a Sarajevo house is Berjan's disabled grandmother, Zejneda Hardaga, now 73. It was Hardaga and her husband, Mustafa, who sheltered the Kabilio family in Yugoslavia during World War II. Zejneda and Mustafa Hardaga lived across from a German police station in Sarajevo when they took in young Tova Kabilio, her mother Rifka and father Joseph and brother Benjamin after the Kabilio house was destroyed. Kabilio-Greenberg remains astonished at the courage of her family's rescuers because a sign on the German police station warned that anyone caught hiding Jews would be executed. When Kabilio-Greenberg's father was taken to an Italian-run work camp in Yugoslavia, the Hardaga family tracked him down and sent him food. Laidlaw denies cleanup liability Antoine Landry, communications manager of Laidlaw Environmental Services Ltd, said yesterday that a story in The Gazette on Tuesday could have been misleading. The story dealt mainly with the fact that the Quebec Environment Department had sent a letter to Laidlaw about contamination of lagoons beside the company's toxic-waste incinerator in Mercier. In the story, Landry was quoted as saying that the government shares responsibility for a cleanup. This suggested that Laidlaw accepted some responsibility for the problem at the lagoons, but Landry said yesterday that he had been talking at the time about a different pollution problem. He said that Laidlaw denied all liability or responsibility for the problem at the lagoons. Landry also insisted that the headline was misleading. It said, """"Multimillion-dollar waste cleanup ordered."""" Landry said the letter from the government merely had asked Laidlaw to submit a cleanup plan within 30 days. Landry said that the company had so far been given no order from St. Lambert. In fact, Letendre is from St. Lambert. The Gazette regrets the error. On human fragility CELEBRATES MONTREAL'S 350th Fire destroyed hundreds of homes and left several thousand homeless. Today is July 9. On this date in 1852, The Gazette reported: """"Yesterday morning between nine and ten o'clock, a fire broke out in St. Catherine St., St. Lawrence Suburbs. Within half an hour a hundred houses were on fire. They were generally the dwellings of poor artisans and laborers, and it was a heart-rending spectacle to see the poor people gathering their few household goods together and carrying them to perhaps some place where the fire reached them a few minutes after, perhaps to a place of safety. The St. Lawrence Suburbs were centered on the corner of Ste. Catherine St. and St. Laurent Blvd. More than 600 houses were destroyed by the fire. ROBERTS- Est. 1948 ON ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING Featuring J3ALLY Footwear Handbags & Accessories. THIS IS WHAT YOU'VE BEEN WAITING FOR! LOCATIONS: Fairview Pointe-Claire 695-2940, Place Bonaventure 866-5410, Centre Carrefour Laval 681-8227, St. Catherine St. 288-5040, Les Promenades St. Bruno 653-1651, Centre Westmount 931-4622. Roberts Footwear & Accessories Inc. Retailing from 22 locations across Canada. Toronto Montreal Ottawa Calgary Edmonton Winnipeg man. Regardless of how superior we might feel we are, we are servants of nature. It controls us, not vice-versa. And ironically, destroying nature increases our dependence. When we encroach on it through overpopulation, overdevelopment, overuse, we pay by becoming needy. We always realize this in crisis, when it's too late when we've mismanaged, upset the balance. When we face loss. In this land of plenty, we don't think much about loss. Most of us have what we want as often as we want it. We fill our baskets at the supermarket. We run our hoses for hours to wash our cars, water our lawns. We invade sparkling lakes with our bodies and our noisy boats. But we are always on the brink of loss of some kind. I'm thinking, for example, of the St. Lawrence River, whose vision I'm privileged to live with every day. From my study window, its elegant sweep belies its deadly reality. How we continue to take it for granted! The loss of the Newfoundland cod-fishing industry is Canada's drought. It is a hefty and poignant cry for awareness to us all how the loss of a resource threatens - not only individuals, but a region, a country. The destructive implications are far-reaching. But greater than their cost which is partially reparable, for now is the ineffable shame of the situation. We have once again tipped the balance of precious nature and may ourselves be forced to eat elephants. As this city's oldest newspaper, The Gazette has been recording Montreal's history since 1778. Watch this space every day in 1992 for brief extracts from our archives. And on Saturdays, read our special full page about Montreal's past as seen by both Gazette writers and readers, and up to 4,000 people were left homeless. Sparks from it ignited two other considerable fires elsewhere in the city.""",0,0,0,0,0,0
+275,19950518,modern,Drought,"THE GAZETTE, MONTREAL, THURSDAY, MAY 18, 1995 SSH 7 The laminated look Shopping for wood flooring? New products might be your answer If you thought high-quality hardwood flooring had to be made of solid hardwood, there's good news for you and the environment. One of the fastest-growing segments of the hardwood flooring industry is a new generation of products - laminated hardwood products. This new breed of flooring features a laminated construction that uses heat and pressure to bond up to five layers of hardwood into a single, highly stable, highly durable homogeneous flooring unit. Not only are these products top quality, but they offer the same design versatility as solid products and installation options not always possible with solid planks or parquets. More importantly, they maximize the use of every tree harvested. There are two key reasons for the move to laminated products, according to Vicki Dryden, vice-president of sales and marketing for Harris-Tarkett, one of the leading producers of prefinished laminated flooring products in the United States. """"Advanced technology is one reason for the shift,"""" she says. """"Our industry has moved in the last 20 years from one of blades and saws to one of highly sophisticated computer technology, which allows us to make the most of the raw materials we use. This technology is responsible for the precise milling and curing that creates today's laminated products."""" The second reason for the shift to laminated products is an environmental one, said Dryden. """"Although most wood flooring manufacturers harvest their raw materials from managed forests, our collective goal is to maximize this valuable resource,"""" she says. """"Because we only need a one-seventh-inch-thick top layer of first-quality hardwood, rather than the three-quarter-inch thick piece required for a solid plank, for example, we can maximize the lumber from each board we mill,"""" she said. The savings in raw materials with this process is most obvious when you consider an average flooring installation, she said. """"A two and one-quarter-inch-wide piece of unfinished solid strip oak flooring requires four times as much top-grade hardwood to cover an area as compared to a Longstrip laminated product, one that is produced in planks to resemble strip flooring when installed,"""" she said. A key purchasing influence when choosing wood flooring is the design and installation versatility. Laminated products meet these purchasing needs as well, said Dryden. """"Harris-Tarkett's newest laminated introduction, the Perennial Collection, for example, is available in the industry's two leading species: red oak and maple."""" There also is a range of five colors, including white, although the top seller continues to be natural, adds Dryden. The Perennial Collection offers LES ENTREPRISES Ba(aX ENTERPRISES Lawn Care Painting Excavation Fences Patio Interior & Exterior Renovation Spring Clean Up FREE ESTIMATE COMPETITIVE PRICES Richard Dalpe LANDSCAPING CONTRACTOR Specialist in Cedar Hedges Environmental friendly: Laminated wood uses less raw materials Making certain you don't stunt new trees' growth Establishing trees on your lot is an important step, and landscaping professionals suggest you buy the largest trees you can afford. However, there is another factor even more important than their cost. The faster the trees grow, the sooner you will have cooling shade and a look of permanence for your lot. Homeowners sometimes lose or stunt young trees because of some common mistakes. Lack of water is the biggest danger. It takes a new tree up to three years to develop roots to make up for those lost in transplanting. During that time, they are vulnerable to drought. Moreover, when first transplanted, trees have so few roots that they may not even be able to take up all the water available. If new trees wilt badly, prune some of the top branches to balance the loss of roots. You can also shower the foliage until wilting stops. To water the roots, make a donut-like depression a few inches deep and 2 to 3 feet from the trunk so water will not run off. Not long ago, a dish-like depression extending the same distance around the tree was considered ideal. But the donut works better because it prevents puddling around the trunk, where water could cause rot. Water deeply - as much as 5 gallons for a 3-to 4-foot tree - each week that there is less than 1 inch of rainfall. Wrapping and staking are sometimes required by nurseries if their guarantee is to be honored. Wrapping the lower trunk with tree wrap or heavy paper will prevent sunburn until the canopy of leaves grows enough to shade the trunk. Wrapping also prevents some damage from insects and power tools, such as lawn mowers and trimmers. Use masking tape, and leave the wrap in place. Staking was, until recently, a rule without exception. New research, however, has shown that some sway is necessary for trees to develop strength and resilience. Too much swaying will keep the roots constantly under stress and prevent them from settling and spreading. So, use the minimum staking necessary, perhaps none for small transplants. Remove ties to test the tree for strength, and take out stakes when you're sure they're not needed. Another danger to trees is girdling. This often happens to new trees that come with a wire label loosely attached. As the tree grows, the trunk or branch grows so much in circumference that the wire is embedded in the bark. Growth will then be restricted, and there will be a swelling above this point. Laminated products are easy to care for. Most are prefinished at the factory, two widths: a 2 and one-quarter-inch-wide strip and a 3-inch-wide plank, both with the option of a square-edge design or a slightly eased edge. """"The good news for the homeowner and home remodeler is that the laminated products offer the same design versatility as a solid product,"""" she said. There are also installation advantages. """"Laminated products are inherently dimensionally stable,"""" said Dryden. """"This means they are often the better choice in areas of high humidity since they resist the swelling and shrinking that can occur with solid products."""" From an installation point of view, the most versatile laminated product is the Longstrip product, produced in 8-foot planks to resemble strip flooring when installed. Longstrip is the only laminated product that can be permanently installed without the use of nails or adhesives, added Dryden. Laminated products are easy to care for. Most are prefinished at the factory and feature a tough polyurethane coating for a durable, yet easy-care surface that requires no waxing for routine maintenance. W JAPCO CONSTRUCTION Extensions Decks Kitchens Garages Skylights Basements Carports Bathrooms Plans, etc. Licensed & Insured General Contractor FREE ESTIMATE Jaap Breunesse 441-4296 """"Your Satisfaction Is our Inspiration"""" Environmental product Made in Canada More than 25 models Various heights 3 colors: white, beige, grey 9 am Showroom; 5:30 pm Monday to Friday 9 am - 3 pm Saturday LIFETIME WARRANTY 9555 HEHRI-BOURASSA EAST MONTREAL (QUEBEC) HIE 1P8 (514) 494-2400 TOLL FREE 1 800 NORACIT EVERYTHING FOR YOUR BATHROOM AT A DISCOUNT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC VISIT OUR FACTORY SHOWROOM Mon. to Fri. 8 am to 5:30 pm, Sat. 9 am to 3 pm. 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H 68 THE GAZETTE, MONTREAL, THURSDAY, MAY 18, 1995 Baths that are made of cast acrylic can do that much better than those made of ordinary material, experts say. Money-saving tips on remodeling your bathtub Make sure the tub you choose can withstand the rigors of family life. Experts report that baths made of cast acrylic can do that much better than those made of ordinary materials. Before you plunge into buying a new bath or shower, here are some money-saving tips and important facts that should wash well with style-conscious homeowners: 1. When remodeling, if you do your own demolition, it's messy but fairly easy, and it can save hundreds of dollars. 2. When designing your bath, avoid moving plumbing fixtures and relocating drains and supply lines. 3. Try to keep walls and windows where they are; structural changes can be very expensive. 4. Choose a material that is both beautiful and durable. Lucite cast acrylic, for example, is one of the more popular materials for tubs and showers. This beautiful material is commonly used for top-quality, large contoured tubs. The material features deep, rich colors, easy maintenance with common household cleaners and long-lasting durability. Beware of bargain-priced bathware; they may not be built to last, and you could end up replacing them in a few short years. Avoid making major changes once remodeling work has started. When tradespeople have to backtrack, the bill can grow alarmingly. Make gardening easier with the right equipment. Carving out a garden is a difficult chore without the right tools. Start with a few basics, as listed below. As your interest in gardening and landscaping grows, keep adding to your tool inventory to lessen your workload. Remember: Although forged tools are more expensive, they are more durable. 1. Spade (either with a straight or D-shape handle) for breaking new ground, general digging, and mixing soil. 2. Spading fork for breaking up soil or moving well-rooted plants. 3. Hard-toothed metal rake for smoothing soils, breaking up dirt clods, or gathering garden debris. 4. Lightweight metal rake serves as a broom for your garden. 5. Hoe for cultivating, removing weeds. 6. Scuffle (pronged hoe) for bigger jobs and cultivating in tight areas. 7. Trowel for digging small holes for individual plants. 8. Claw for cultivating tight areas. 9. Shrub clipper for pruning and cutting shrubs and small vines and sticks for your compost pile. 10. Two-handed lopper for bigger pruning tasks. 11. Dandelion lifter for removing dandelions and other long-rooted weeds. 12. A 5 x 8-inch hose for watering. 13. Watering can for individual plants. 14. Wheelbarrow for hauling dirt, large plants, and compost. 15. Bucket for smaller hauling chores. Proper ways to prune your roses It may seem like you're taking a step backward to cut away healthy wood from a rose, but it's actually in the rose's best interest. Pruning is necessary to control the size and shape of a plant and to keep it healthy, vigorous, and covered in blooms. If you fail to prune, the rosebush will soon become tall and rangy and produce few good flowers. Pruning should be done before the buds break, just after they have begun to swell. Timing will range from mid-winter to mid-spring, depending on your climate. If forsythia blooms in your neighborhood, prune roses when yellow forsythia buds begin to show. It's important to use the right tools for the job. Curved-edge pruning shears are better than straight-edge anvil types, which can crush the stems as they are cut. Use a long-handled lopper or a pruning saw for thick canes. Where winterkill does not force you into a lower pruning height, cut hybrid tea, floribunda, and grandiflora canes to a height of 12 to 18 inches. Floribundas can be left taller and fuller for increased flowering capabilities. The hybrid perpetuals should have only the oldest canes removed. Prune shrub and old garden roses just to shape them and to remove dead wood. Prune minis to about half of their summer height; shape them according to their use in your landscape. Tree roses are pruned like bush roses, but they must be kept symmetrical. Polyanthas require little pruning. Cut their height by half, and shape; remove dead wood as it appears. Because trimmed canes can be a source for blackspot spores, throw them away immediately after pruning. Water: How much should you use? There isn't a simple answer, but these guidelines will help; Nature can take care of most of the plants native to your region by watering them through rain, dew, and underground sources. Sometimes, however, you may need to help with a sprinkle or two to keep your lawn green and your plants flourishing. Plants need water to survive. Water transports nutrients, which may abound in the soil, from the soil into the roots. Plants maintain proper temperature and rate of growth by transpiring water through the leaves. Plants (vegetables in particular) consist of up to 90 percent water. A loss of water can result in wilting and death. Soil texture is a key factor. Gardeners often ask how often and how much they should water. There isn't a simple answer. Soil texture is a key factor; clay soils can hold three times as much water as sandy soils and will not have to be watered as frequently. Improving your soil allows it to use and conserve water most efficiently, creating the foundation for healthy plants. As a rule of thumb, apply 1 inch of water per watering, and don't water again until the soil surface dries. The time it takes to apply 1 inch of water depends on your method of watering and your water pressure. A simple and inexpensive way to measure your watering is to set up a rain gauge or several empty cans and time how long it takes to collect an inch of water. Drought, weeds, and diseases Light and frequent watering can do more harm than good - it uses more water and encourages shallow root growth, making plants more vulnerable to damage from drought, weeds, and diseases. If only the surface is moist, the roots will concentrate there and derive their nutrients from a very limited area. Deep-rooted plants are better nourished and anchored, and they are better equipped to withstand a drought. There is one time when shallow watering is useful: when seeds are germinating and you want the ground around them to stay moist. If you're planting a new lawn during a dry spell, you may need to water five or six times a day. Spring or fall rains will usually relieve you of frequent watering chores, but you'll need to be ready with the sprinkler if precipitation lags. The system you choose to water your garden depends on the size of your yard, your budget, and the time you want to invest. Watering by hand is time-consuming and inefficient for large areas, but it's often necessary for container plants, seedlings, and hanging baskets. An oscillating or rotating sprinkler will cover large areas, but make certain that the watered areas overlap for even coverage. To avoid dragging the garden hose around the yard, consider installing a sprinkler system. Drip irrigation systems are recommended for flower and food gardens. Water usually travels to plants through tiny holes in a hose on the ground or by small emitters from the hose. Drip irrigation uses less water more efficiently than sprinklers because water is kept closer to the ground instead of sprayed in the air, where much of it is lost to evaporation. Foliage also stays dry, which promotes healthier growth. Temper the wind's force Early morning is the best time to water; less moisture will evaporate in cool temperatures. Avoid watering in the evening to help prevent the risk of fungus diseases. To reduce water lost to evaporation, avoid watering on a windy day. If your garden is exposed, install a hedge or windbreak to temper the wind's force. You can conserve moisture in the soil and reduce the amount of water needed by placing a 2-to 3-inch layer of mulch around plants. A mulch will also keep down competitive weeds. Organic mulches, such as shredded bark, grass clippings, and composted leaves, also enrich the soil as they decompose. You can also use a commercial anti-transpirant spray. Along with reducing water loss from leaves, anti-transpirants greatly reduce transplant shock. There are times, usually in the spring, when too much rain falls for prolonged periods and the soil becomes so saturated that roots die for lack of air. To lessen the damage, plant seeds treated with fungicide so they will be less likely to rot in the ground. Apply additional nitrogen to the soil to spark plant growth and make up for the deficiency from leaching. You can also bore holes around large plants and trees to aerate the soil. BROCCOLI Product of USA ZUCCHINI Product of USA A head start perks you up A HEAD START EVERY DAY For home delivery call 987-2400 Specials valid from May 16 to May 22, GRAPEFRUIT BEEF TOMTEX $10.99 lb REGULAR OR GARLIC LIVER PATE $6.57 kg $2.99 lb TANCO GRAND! CAMEMBERT $5.56 lb HOMEMADE APPLE PIE $2.99 Le Centre Horticole de La Piniere mc HARDY Carpartira Hosta Panache Dianthus Deltoides LANDSCAPING SERVICE 100% guarantee on all construction and gardening work John Cabot rosebush 2 gallons, rustic & carefree $9.95 DesPres Sheep Manure Compost 30 litres $3.695 AT-HOME CONSULTATIONS Plans and Sketches 20% off retail price of applicable greenhouse purchases.""",0,0,0,0,0,0
+276,19930724,modern,Drought,"S are committed to respecting the Geneva Conventions that demand refugee status and asylum for people who have left their home countries out of fear of persecution because of their race, religion, nationality, political opinion or membership in a particular social group. The drafters of the 1949 refugee conventions had in mind several million Europeans uprooted by World War II. Throughout the years of the Cold War, refugees fleeing ideological oppression were received with open arms. But the 1980s saw an explosion in the world's refugee population. A record 100 million people are now classed as international migrants by the United Nations Population Fund in its report The State of World Population. Of them, 17 million are refugees and another 20 million have fled violence, drought and environmental destruction, the report says. Migration is the visible face of social change, the report said. It is a face often greeted with apprehension. Critics of federal immigration policy are not moved by arguments that there is a limit to what we can afford to do for refugee claimants, says Juneau of the Immigration Department. This year, Canada expects to give refugee status to about 25,000 people who have arrived in this country on their own. In addition to that, another 19,000 are expected to be sponsored from abroad. If Canada were to conclude an agreement with the U. S. A PLANET OF THE INSECTS New studies explain pest success: 'we're resistant to extinction' WASHINGTON - If human beings had any sense of proportion, they would know that Earth is ruled not by two-legged anthropoids or by mammals or even by vertebrates. They would acknowledge what entomologists have long known: this is the planet of the insects. In evolutionary terms, these six-legged creatures are by far the most successful form of animal life known. Scientists have discerned more than 876,000 distinct species. Dozens of new insect species are added to the list every day. For mammals, the figure is closer to one a year. And yet, for all the study, according to two paleobiologists who have just completed a major review of the world's literature on fossil insects, the textbook explanation of why there are so many kinds of bugs is wrong in at least two major respects. First, the researchers report in the July 16 Science, it's not because insects do more evolving than other kinds of life. It's because they are surprisingly resistant to extinction. And second, insect body forms did not suddenly diversify when flowering plants arose 125 million years ago, even though such plants dominate the planet today and are major hosts for insects. Instead, the rate of insect evolution appears to have slowed since then. Moreover, the research challenges the usual view that flowering plants offered new kinds of ecological niches to which insects became adapted. Instead, it might have been the other way around: the plants evolved to take advantage of insect types already in existence. People have had the wrong impression about insect evolution for a long time and mainly for one major reason - they didn't think the fossil record had much to say about insects, said Conrad Labandeira, a specialist in fossil insects at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History who wrote the new report with J. John Sepkoski Jr., a paleontologist at the University of Chicago. WASHINGTON POST WILD The Missouri River, a tributary of the Mississippi, floods a trailer park in St. Charles, Mo. ISABEL WILKERSON NEW YORK TIMES Archeologists unearth ancient piece of linen NEW YORK - Archeologists digging at Çatalhöyük, the site of a prehistoric agricultural village in southern Turkey, have found a small fragment of cloth dating back to 7000 BC. It is the earliest known example of woven fabric and is almost certainly a piece of linen made from domesticated flax. Analysis shows the weave to be an adaptation of even earlier basket-weaving technology. Once people began settling down to farming in the Middle East more than 9,000 years ago, they shed their old hunting clothing of animal skins and learned to make lighter, cooler garments from the fibers of flax. They became the first weavers of textiles, one of the earliest crafts - well before ceramics - associated with the beginnings of agriculture and the rise of human civilization. Robert Braidwood, a University of Chicago archeologist and co-director of the excavation, said it was a rare find because fabrics are seldom preserved in prehistoric ruins. The cloth fragment was in a semi-fossilized state, still clinging to what was probably a tool made of antler. Archeologists are not sure what the material was for. But in the following millennium, figurines would be showing people wearing apparently unisex cloth skirts. NEW YORK TIMES Andromeda has double nucleus, Hubble shows NEW YORK - Astronomers peering deep into the core of the neighboring galaxy Andromeda are seeing double. Where there should be only one nucleus of densely clustered stars, they have detected two, and so are confronted with yet another puzzle over the violent forces that roil the central regions of galaxies. The discovery of the apparent double nucleus in the M31 spiral galaxy in the Andromeda constellation was announced this week by the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore. In a detailed examination of new photographs taken by the orbiting Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers identified two bright spots of light at the heart of the galaxy, which is the nearest major aggregation of stars to our own Milky Way. The dimmer of the two spots appears to be at the center of the galaxy. The brighter one is at least five light-years away from the true center, but it corresponds to what astronomers had previously thought was the galactic nucleus, based on observations from the ground. It is not the first time a double nucleus has been found at the center of a galaxy, but astronomers said its occurrence in the Andromeda galaxy was particularly surprising and hard to explain. The few double-nucleus galaxies that have been discovered in recent years are generally attributed to the merger of two galaxies. Andromeda had appeared to be a single, relatively undisturbed spiral galaxy. """"Hubble shows that the M31 nucleus is much more complex than previously thought,"""" said Tod Lauer of the National Optical Astronomy Observatories in Tucson, Ariz. He and Sandra Faber of the University of California at Santa Cruz directed the photographic analysis that led to the discovery. Lauer and Faber suggested two possible interpretations of the Andromeda findings. One is that the brighter object might be the remnant of a smaller galaxy cannibalized by Andromeda. The other possibility is that dust might be dimming the core to create the illusion of a pair of star clusters when, in fact, they are two segments of a single elongated nucleus. NEW YORK TIMES CHICAGO - No one alive has seen the Father of Rivers yawn this high or this wide. No one imagined the Mississippi or its relatives would take such liberties, consuming so many hamlets whole, or that, if they did, technology would be nearly helpless to stop them. There have been floods before. People in Hannibal, Mo., or Keokuk, Iowa, or Quincy, Ill., can tell you about watching their fathers and uncles pack sandbags to protect the year's corn crop or the feed store. For generations, some farmers figured floods and droughts into the cost of doing business. But then the country's big plumbing system of levees and dams, made better after every flood, was supposed to keep the rivers in their place and maintain the comfortable paradox of living on a floodplain. Now the unimaginable has happened. Across the Midwestern corn belt it has rained in biblical proportions - more than 40 straight days, often in torrents. The rivers, driven past their banks, have taken back land that long ago was theirs, invading more than 15 million acres of farmland in eight states, forcing tens of thousands of people from their homes, halting river traffic for 600 miles and causing billions of dollars in damage. From the air, from Minnesota to Missouri, from Kansas to Illinois, it looks like someone has spilled gallons and gallons of coffee on a green patchwork quilt that happens to be farms and towns. In silt rivers now wide as lakes, treetops look like bushes in a swimming pool, bridges and highways and other brave monuments to engineering are reduced to thin, threatened slivers, and even their builders know the water could take them, too, if it wanted. The floods have made the broad, S-curved Mississippi and its otherwise perfectly ordered valley look more like the Florida Keys. Unlike earthquakes and hurricanes, floods defy the human urge to quantify. There is no single measure - no Richter scale, or mph wind as in the eye of a hurricane - to gauge a flood. There are only the hundreds of crests and toppled levees on the rivers and their swollen creeks, and the thousand heartbreaks of lost soybean fields and moated Main Streets. If the floods of 1993 have reminded people of anything, it is that the Mississippi River was never the docile pensioner some had come to think it was. It is not, after all, the Swanee. The Mississippi is America's watery aorta, draining or potentially flooding rivers in 31 states from the Appalachians to the Rocky Mountains. """"It's like talking about God Almighty himself,"""" said Shelby Foote, the Memphis writer who has lived his whole life on the river. The river, ecologists and farmers say, was never supposed to follow the tight course humans have expected it to, indeed ordered it to, with their walls of dirt and concrete levees. Of course, that has not stopped people from building homes and farms and cities along the river. The Mississippi Valley's thick black soil is considered the richest on Earth, impossible for farmers to resist. But to claim the land meant making a bargain with the river, confining it to an artificially narrow path so that farms could reach as far as the shore and places like New Orleans and St. Louis could live undisturbed while their goods were carried safely from port to port. The price that river people pay is sudden and catastrophic flooding when excess rainwater, forced into a narrow channel by the levees, runs out of places to go and cannot drain naturally into the soil. Then the river goes faster and faster, and it goes where it wishes, as it did during the flooding of the lower Mississippi in 1927, where, as William Faulkner wrote, the river """"was now doing what it liked to do, had waited patiently the 10 years in order to do, as a mule will work for you 10 years for nothing."""" The forces of nature are responsible for both the cause and cure of the flooding that has devastated the Midwest. Experts say the rainy season that caused the floods may not be over yet. Once the rain subsides, the flooding will take at least three to four weeks to be absorbed into the earth and back into the Mississippi and other rivers. The water will dissipate in several ways. Rain that falls in the Mississippi's drainage basin is fed into the river through its 250 tributaries. The basin covers about 3 million square kilometers. Some water will return to the water cycle through evaporation. Levees are earthen banks that are built to keep out floodwaters. The levees have given way, allowing the floodwaters to inundate towns and farmland. Most of the water will flow directly into the Mississippi. Other water will filter down to the water table and flow into the river. Subsurface drainage systems will return water trapped on farmland on the other side of intact levees back to the river through underground tile pipes. Excess moisture that seeps through the cracks in the pipes is carried away from the farmland to ponds, rivers or drainage ditches. The unimaginable has happened. After rains of biblical proportions, the Mississippi has triumphed over man - and the tight course it was never meant to follow. Foote was a boy during that flood. He remembers when word came that the levee had broken at Mounds Landing in Scott, Miss., north of Greenville. """"It was a slow creeping rise,"""" he said. """"You can't even see it rise but if you turn away and then you look back, you see it is a little higher. Everything in its path is submerged or invaded. It presses against every crack and crevice. It's like solid wind when it comes."""" BECAUSE of its might and wilfulness, some ecologists argue that the very way people define a river is not particularly useful. They say that the river is not just whatever water you see in the channel, but the banks, the floodplain, in fact, the valley itself, from bluff to bluff. It is anywhere the water has been and could potentially go - a river, Mark Twain said, """"whose alluvial banks cave and change constantly, whose snags are always hunting up new quarters, whose sand bars are never at rest."""" In earlier centuries, when towns in the bottomlands were invaded by river water, townspeople packed up and moved to higher ground - as Franklin, Mo., for example, on the Missouri River, did in 1826. (Even that move could not save Franklin from the flooding of 1993, however, the town is underwater again.) Now, more than 7 million people live directly along the Mississippi, including more than 2 million around its confluence with the Missouri in St. Louis. """"No one is going to move St. Louis just because it happens to be in the river,"""" said David Johnson, an aquatic ecologist who is assistant director of the School of Natural Resources at Ohio State University. """"It's a question of working with the river or fighting the river. Fighting the river is almost always going to be a losing battle."""" He argues for restoring the kind of wide open spaces that the river once had before Europeans and the great cities came, wetlands where the water could collect in times of severe rains. The Army Corps of Engineers already has built some reservoirs to catch the runoff, although the current flooding suggests they might not be enough. In defense of the complex and normally efficient flood-control system, hydraulic engineers say that without the man-made reservoirs, the bloated river would now stretch from bluff to bluff, five miles across in spots, covering what we now know as Dubuque, Iowa, or St. Louis. """"People think of the river as their enemy,"""" said David Lanegran, a professor of geography and urban studies at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minn. """"They fight the river, dike the river, pollute the river, ignore the river. Now the river is taking back its old places. You can see the old marshes coming back in the farmers' fields, all the places where the duck ponds used to be. It's almost like a ghost. The water is saying, 'This is where I used to be. This used to be my place.' If there is an economic beneficiary of this flood, it is the farm states of the eastern Midwest - Michigan, Ohio and Indiana, where farmers will get to take advantage of the run-up in crop prices due to the low supply. """"That will make the flood even more painful for farmers in the floodplains,"""" said William Heffernan, a professor and chairman of rural sociology at the University of Missouri in Columbia. """"They will be watching the highest prices in years and, they don't have anything to sell."""" As disastrous as a flood is to those in its path, it is nonetheless part of a natural cycle of renewal just as forest fires are. The river channels grow so wide and the currents so strong they lift topsoil, carry nutrients downstream and deposit them in new soil. Iowa's loss might be Missouri's gain, but then Iowa might get its own refill from Minnesota. The heavy rains that precede the flooding can also cleanse the waters and make a better pool for fish to spawn. The current crisis will undoubtedly set off wide debate over ways to improve the system with an eye not to just one city or river but to the 250 or so creeks and rivers that feed into the Mississippi. Only fairly recently in the river's history, when Congress authorized a federal levee project after the 1927 flood, has there been any systematic approach to flood control. But that was based in part on bringing up to code the haphazard levees of assorted farm towns which in times of desperation built wherever they felt like it. New and better levees have gone up, but they, too, can fail. """"People expect more out of what was there than was ever intended,"""" said Harry Kitch, chief of the central-planning management branch of the Army Corps of Engineers. THE GREAT LESSON of the floods may be that humans will have to do a lot more if they are to outwit nature, if that is even possible. """"I think we as moderns tend to think that geological and meteorological changes have stopped,"""" said Bruce Michaelson, a professor of English at the University of Illinois at Urbana, who is writing a book about Mark Twain, """"that volcanoes will no longer erupt, that hurricanes will no longer come off the coasts and the great rivers of the world are going to stay quietly in their banks so we can cruise them in our boats and barges."""" But just as the river that Mark Twain romanced and revered carried the pieces of wrecked houses and trees from floods upstream, so it does a century later - """"the debris,"""" Michaelson said, """"of battlefields between water and man."""" AFP""
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+277,19960726,modern,Drought,"A 6 THE GAZETTE, MONTREAL, FRIDAY, JULY 26, 1996 We'll look at water management policies Cliche says ELIZABETH THOMPSON GAZETTE QUEBEC BUREAU QUEBEC - The provincial Environment Department will re-evaluate its water management policies in the wake of last weekend's disastrous flooding in the Saguenay-Lac St-Jean region, Environment Minister David Cliche said yesterday. """"It is now known that the planet is warming up and it is more and more probable that with the warming of the planet this kind of event, that is to say floods and droughts, are phenomena that we will have to learn to live with."""" This will perhaps allow us to rethink certain things. Cliche said he also will look at whether to force privately owned dams across Quebec to undergo periodic government inspections and whether the province should prohibit some Saguenay-Lac St-Jean residents from rebuilding too close to the waterways that flooded. Serious questions However, none of that would have claimed the lives of 10 people across eastern Quebec, including three children, Cliche said. """"When a catastrophe happens like this, when a disaster comes, after the shock people try to find somebody who is responsible for it,"""" he said. """"What I am saying today is we have done our best. We have minimized the impact. If we had not been there, it would have been worse."""" Cliche's comments come amid serious questions on the part of many Saguenay-Lac St-Jean residents who suspect Quebec's system of managing its dams and the water level in Lac Kenogami was partly to blame for the extent of the devastation. They charge the water level was kept too high prior to the rainstorm and officials were too slow to open the floodgates to relieve some of the pressure. Yesterday, armed with charts, graphs, maps and accompanied by civil servants, Cliche said Environment Department officials began opening the floodgates of the dams on Lac Kenogami wider last Wednesday once they received forecasts of heavy rains for the region. Although some have suggested Quebec should have emptied the lake, Cliche said it would have been impossible to empty the reservoir in less than 15 days. Fifteen days beforehand, nobody could predict that level of rainfall that in some places reached 280 mm over three days - the kind of thing you see once in 10,000 years, he said. Nor would it have prevented the disaster, because the rainfall was 1.5 times the total capacity of the reservoir, he said. """"Even if the reservoir had been completely empty we would have had the same disaster."""" Saved lives In fact the presence of the dams and the way the government handled them probably saved many lives, Cliche added. By not fully opening the floodgates immediately, they were able to reduce the maximum flow by 28 per cent and buy public security officials 21 hours to evacuate dwellings. However, Cliche also admitted that his department's management of the crisis was not without its problems. Yvon Gosselin, the Environment Department official in charge of the dams, said there was a mechanical breakdown of the upper spillway at the Portage des Roches dam as a result of the force of the water. At the Pibrac dams there was a short circuit when floodwaters reached the electrical system and prevented workers from opening the dam fully. Cliche also was faced with questions about the management of a dam owned by Stone Consolidated at the mouth of Lac Ha! Ha! During the downpour, water from the lake crushed one of the earthen dikes and destroyed houses in its path as it flooded into La Baie. Cliche said that while private dams have to be approved by the government when they are built, their maintenance and operation are totally in the hands of their owners. However, Cliche said, among the questions he plans to study is whether the government should begin inspecting private dams. While he rejected calls for a public inquiry, Cliche said he wants a review of Quebec's water management practices and to accelerate work on a province-wide water management policy. """"It has become apparent,"""" he said, """"that we should adopt a water policy. We are the Arabs of water."""" Quebec has 10 per cent of the world's fresh water reserves. Cliche said he also wants to re-evaluate the traditional boundaries of the waterways in the areas affected by the flooding and probably prevent some residents and businesses from rebuilding in the same spots. CP Homeless: Hugue Re Simard lived just behind the Jonquiere apartment block teetering on the river bank. Flood payout whets appetites Victims of earlier disasters yearn for more JONATHON GATEHOUSE THE GAZETTE The generous response of the federal and provincial governments to last weekend's devastating Quebec floods has raised questions of fairness and hopes for increased compensation among victims of previous natural disasters. """"It's not setting a legal precedent, but it's certainly setting a social and moral one,"""" Montreal lawyer Irwin Liebman said yesterday. In 1987, Liebman launched a class action seeking increased financial compensation for thousands of area residents whose homes were flooded after a summer storm dumped 102 millimetres of rain in less than an hour. The rainwater caused hundreds of millions of dollars in property damage across the city, but most Montrealers didn't qualify for assistance. The court challenge was dismissed in 1988. """"The current victims (in the Saguenay-Lac St-Jean region) deserve every penny, and I hope they get their compensation, but Montrealers were really done in,"""" Liebman said. On Wednesday, Premier Lucien Bouchard announced a special financial aid package for individuals and municipalities damaged by overflowing rivers in the Saguenay-Lac St-Jean and along the North Shore. The new plan more than doubles the previous maximum payout per household. Flood victims who have lost their homes will receive 100 per cent reimbursement of the first $100,000 of their property's assessed value and 75 per cent of the remaining value. The government also will pay up to an additional $15,000 to owners for the loss of furniture and personal effects and a further $1,000 for each other occupant. Municipalities will be reimbursed for 100 per cent of their emergency expenses and 90 per cent of the reconstruction costs of damaged municipal infrastructure. It is estimated that the new relief package will cost a minimum of $200 million, with the federal government picking up between 50 and 90 per cent of the tab. Under the province's existing emergency relief plan, offering compensation for natural disasters like last winter's floods in Chateauguay, victims are eligible for up to 70 per cent of the value of damaged buildings and essential goods, such as clothes and major appliances. There is no compensation for land and the maximum payout per residence is $50,000, with a $500 deductible. Municipalities ravaged by acts of God are reimbursed through a complicated sliding percentage formula based on the per capita cost of repairs. In an interview yesterday, Chateauguay Mayor Jean-Bosco Bourcier said he welcomes the more generous compensation rules and plans to press the government to apply them to outstanding damage claims in his city. More than 30 homes in the municipality were destroyed and 717 were damaged when the Chateauguay River overflowed Jan. 19. The flooding caused an estimated $2.5 million in property damage and the city of Chateauguay incurred more than $600,000 in emergency and cleanup costs. Bourcier said the city stands to recover only 50 per cent of its costs under the existing regulations. But he said it would be inappropriate to press the issue so soon after last weekend's disaster and he will wait until the end of summer before approaching the province. Marc Lavallee of the civil protection branch of Quebec's Public Security Department, which administers disaster relief, said the new flood compensation plan is a special reaction to an extraordinary disaster. He said the generosity of the package is greater than usual because of the increased participation of the federal government. Lavallee said he was unable to predict whether the new guidelines would be applied to claims arising from previous disasters. But he did note that government relief packages have become progressively more generous in recent years. """"For us this is a surprise,"""" he said. """"It's a whole new game. But what's going to happen next? I can't say."""" """"Nothing will ever replace what I've lost."""" CONTINUED FROM PAGE At Sept-Iles for a couple and their 18-month-old daughter who drowned when their car plunged into a washout on the North Shore. The $450 million repair bill includes the costs of rebuilding infrastructure like water mains and sidewalks, building new houses and repairing damaged ones, compensating flood victims for furniture and personal effects and providing financial assistance to small businesses. John Burke, a civil protection officer, predicted it could take up to two years to rebuild all the roads, bridges and shorelines in the devastated region. Premier Lucien Bouchard announced a $200 million compensation fund on Monday and has since come up with a more generous relief program. Flood victims who have lost their homes will be reimbursed 100 per cent of the first $100,000 of the municipal assessment value of their homes and 75 per cent of any amount in excess of that. The compensation program announced by the premier relies on Ottawa to pick up most of the tab under a disaster relief agreement. The Quebec government has pledged that evaluators will visit each home within days and residents will receive a cheque covering 50 per cent of the assessed damage almost immediately. More than 800 people have received advance cheques of $2,500 to take care of immediate needs. Among them was Monette Levesque, whose house in La Baie and the land underneath it were swept away. Levesque probably will be eligible for $90,000 in aid covering the full municipal evaluation of her property and her furniture. But Levesque, 59, was still in despair over the loss of the house she had lived in for 35 years, and the neighborhood that surrounded it. """"I cry every morning when I get dressed,"""" she said outside the town hall. """"Nothing will ever replace what I've lost."""" About 350 houses were destroyed, mostly in La Baie, Laterriere, Jonquiere and Chicoutimi. Another 200 buildings that remain standing will have to be condemned as unstable, Burke said. About 5,000 people are expected to return home today, bringing the total number to 9,000. But 2,000 are still homeless and might have to wait months before they can move into permanent dwellings. Construction crews continued working double shifts to repair bridges and roads in La Baie, the hardest-hit community. Long lines of heavy trucks rumbled into the town loaded with tons of granite and earth. Major industries such as Alcan have suffered tens of millions of dollars worth of damage. Last night, the aluminum company finished reconstructing a bank of the Riviere a Mars that supports a vital bridge. """"That project usually takes weeks to be completed and we did it in four days,"""" Alcan engineer Christine Tremblay said. Local tourist officials appealed to Canadians yesterday not to forsake the region - normally a popular vacation spot renowned for its fjords. The tourist industry has lost millions of dollars each day since record rainfalls last Friday. Public Security Minister Robert Perreault, who visited the region in the morning, said the government will reimburse municipalities for 90 per cent of the cost of repairs to infrastructure. """"The mayors have told us they are extremely happy with the swift response of the government and the support they have received,"""" Perreault told reporters when told that the mayors of some villages had complained. Authorities have not yet calculated the cost of rebuilding parts of the North Shore and Charlevoix regions, which also were battered by floods. But Jean Morneau, a senior civil protection official, said those regions suffered damage on about one-tenth the scale of the Saguenay-Lac St-Jean. ADDITIONAL REPORTING: CANADIAN PRESS How to help Here is a partial list of organizations accepting donations: Branches of the National Bank, Caisses Populaires Desjardins, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, Bank of Montreal, Laurentian Bank, Toronto Dominion Bank, Royal Bank, Scotiabank, Canada Trust and the National Bank of Greece. Cheques should be made payable to the Gift of Solidarity or the Red Cross. Jean Coutu pharmacies accept donations to the Red Cross. Independent gas stations belonging to Petroles Crevier, Petro T, Groupe Harnois, Petroles Ronoco, EKO, Olco, Sonic and Petro Act will be collecting for the Red Cross. The Sun Youth Organization is accepting new clothing for the disaster victims. Call 842-6822. The Loyola College, Sir George Williams and Concordia University alumni associations are collecting funds. Call Clothing, blankets and sleeping bags can be dropped off at Executive Forwarders in Old Montreal. Call 284-6134. The Societe des Alcools du Quebec will match all donations made at its outlets today and tomorrow. Have The Gazette delivered to your door and start your day INFORMED STIMULATED and INSPIRED 987-2400 What's worth watching? Check HIKER BOOHE'S TV PICKS every day. The Jewish Public Library invites you to the 82nd Annual General Meeting Monday, August 26, 1996 7:30 p.m. Guest Speaker: Dr. Bernard J. Shapiro Principal and Vice-Chancellor McGill University. Topic: Libraries in an Information Age Joseph & Ida Berman Auditorium 5151 Côte St. Catherine Rd. 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+278,19901103,modern,Flood,"A2 THE GAZETTE, MONTREAL, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1990 There are times I'd do anything for 40 winks, or even 20. Good morning. Many of you probably spent last flight doing something boring, like sleeping. Not me! I was too busy. I read books, I planned the guest list for my 1991 Halloween party; I counted odd numbers backward starting from 10,000. I was trying to sleep, fighting off a bout of occasional insomnia I've suffered ever since I was old enough to climb out of a crib. I don't sleep when I'm too unhappy, or when I'm too happy. I don't sleep when I eat too late at night, or when I eat too early. In truth, I haven't slept like a baby since I was one. I have always envied you people who sleep well. You sleep lying down, sitting at your desk and standing in the bus. You sleep through fires, floods, earthquakes and bankruptcy. I don't know how I do it, you say, with a sleepy smile. I just close my eyes and Zzzzzz I'm asleep. In fact, I'm having a hard time staying awake right now. Fortunately, I'm not a full-time insomniac, one of those people with bags under their eyes deep enough to pack luggage in. I just stay up part-time, several times a month. I'll sleep like a log for 4½ hours, then wake up with my mind in high gear, eager to worry about everything from Gorbachev's wheat shortage to the fact I forgot to floss. Unfortunately, the middle of the night is the worst time for me to worry. Routine chores seem like Herculean tasks: picking a wedding present for someone is a life-and-death choice. An unpaid telephone bill of $17.56 seems certain to lead to Bordeaux jail. At 4 a.m., I'm sure it will destroy my credit rating, cause Visa to cancel my card and the bank to repossess my house. I'll be homeless and searching the gutter for orange rinds. And then there's that unpaid parking ticket! Oh, God! I could get the chair! Once my mind starts buzzing I am like the princess who couldn't sleep because there was a pea under her mattress. My blanket seems too thick and my blinds too thin, my sheet too prickly and my mattress too stiff. And why is the fridge humming so loud? I wrestle with the blankets until they're a hopeless mess, and everything seems to conspire against my sleep. As Gilbert and Sullivan once wrote in a song about insomnia: The bedding all creeps to the ground in a heap and I pick it all up in a tangle. Then my pillow resigns and politely declines to recline at the usual angle. I know I could always just give up and get up. Edison, Churchill and Napoleon rarely slept more than four hours and it didn't do them much harm. But I wonder whether they looked like me at the breakfast table, so sluggish I can't get cereal into my mouth without hitting my cheek. No, as any insomniac knows, the key is to stay in bed, STOP THINKING and go back to sleep. But how? I've tried buying sleep tapes with hypnotic voices ordering me to RELAX! I've listened to New Age soundscapes of waves, waterfalls and animals going: Chicicicicicica-oooooo, Chicachicacacaca-ooooo ooooo oooooo. It's like the stuff they play to relax you on Air Canada flights these days. I call it Radio Whippoorwill. Many insomniacs have their own tricks. Some sing tedious songs like 100 bottles of beer on the wall until they bore themselves to sleep; others repeat mantras like I am what I am what I am what I am. One person I know falls asleep by imagining he is falling downward, forever, in a variety of ways. He falls out of planes, buildings, cable cars and double-decker buses; down cliffs, elevators, mine shafts and wells. Sounds like a nightmare to me, a sure-fire way to stay up. In the early '70s, I lived in a student co-op on what is now Dr. Penfield Ave, with 10 other people, ranging from a European ambassador's daughter to a male psychiatric intern who wore a skirt. The only thing we all had in common was insomnia. Every night at 4:30 a.m., we would gather in the kitchen for an informal insomnia clinic. We read aloud long poems like T.C. Frontenac. S6 Tuyo (Qc) 4pm Foufounes Electriques S8 $ Pierre-Andre Arcand (Qc) ZGA (USSR) 7:30pm Spectrum S25 Sylvain Cote -Jean Filion (Qc) Test Department (G.B.) 10pm Foufounes Electriques $10 Pois Z'ont Rouges (Qc) Lost Leg Coro-Reichel (USA Germany Qc) 12:00 Bibliotheque Nationale SI 2 Gaetan Leboeuf (Qc) 4pm Foufounes Electriques S8 Claude Lomothe (Qc) Alain Trudel (Qc) 7:30pm Spectrum S25 The Residents (USA) """"Cube E"""" ENVENTECHEZ (314) 522-1245 INFO FESTIVAL (514) 499-1990 obsession believer and jammed it out on blues covers and the odd Woody Guthrie and Prince tune. The album was recorded in just one day, and was never intended to see the light of day. Because it did, you can hear Zevon singing more loosely than on any of his own records, even doing an exhausted Elvis in Junko Pardner. Raspberry Beret is a great cover of a great throwaway Prince song, and the authoritative slap-crash of Bill Berry's drums reminds us what a solid band REM has become. Everybody's job should be this much fun. AN EMOTIONAL FISH An Emotional Fish East West WEA Comparisons to U2 will flood in, and justly so, when fellow Irish rock band An Emotional Fish plays Club Soda Sunday night. Here are three reasons why you should be there: First, not even the overtly messianic U2-ishness of Lace Virginia, the droning rhythm of All I Am, or the positively Bono-like impressionism of these lyrics can obscure the band's self-assuredness. Second, there's an earthiness grounding all the guitar atmospherics. Finally, An Emotional Fish has a sound and a presence that imply Sunday night's show ($8) could be one of the year's turning points. TOMMY CONWELL AND THE YOUNG RUMBLERS Guitar Trouble Columbia CBS If there is something authentic about the cut of Tommy Conwell's Levis, there's something manufactured as well. Conwell's first album was prefaced by a story PR coup in Rolling Stone two years ago that made Conwell seem like the latest bogus rebel-product offered by a cynical industry. Conwell makes an album's worth of heartland rock'n'roll worthwhile with a dead-on anthem called Seventeen. Seventeen, I'm seventeen and I am slack I'm seventeen, get off my back. Remember? Also, two Toronto bands The Skydiggers and wild soul R&B revue Bourbon Tabernacle Choir are coming to Club Soda Nov. 18. Tickets cost $7.98, on sale now. Fri. 9 to Sun. Nov. 11 8pm Chapelle du Bon Pasteur SI 7 Theatre UBU """"Contrôle Grise"""" Texts of Samuel Beckett Directed by Denis Marleau Music by Jean Derome 10pm Foufounes Electriques S10 LeRoy Jenkins' Sting (USA) 12:00 Foufounes Electriques free Groupe d'Animation Musicole 2:30pm Pollack Hall SI 2 SMCQ conducted by Walter Boudreau 4pm M.S. following, 80 per cent of which is used in furniture manufacturing and as building material in the construction industry. One example of how Canada is supporting rainforest depredation is through the annual purchase of $10 million in hardwoods from East Malaysia, where seven square kilometres of tropical rainforests are destroyed daily, the highest rate of logging in the world, according to the Malaysian chapter of Friends of the Earth, an international environmental watchdog. But the Canadian role in rainforest destruction is not being played out solely by consumers. An official with the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) whose mandate includes supporting ecologically sustainable development admits Canadian funds are contributing to forestry practices in the state of Sarawak in East Malaysia. Ralph Roberts, CIDA's Forestry Sector Chief, says funds for developmental assistance to East Malaysia, intended for forestry management, are channeled in an indirect way through the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), which approves funds for projects initiated by member nations. Richard Baerg, a forester with CIDA, notes that ASEAN methods of forestry management are increasing the depredation of rain forests. Indeed, many tropical countries have provoked timber booms by assigning harvesting rights to concessionaires for royalty, rent and tax payments, according to 1987's Our Common Future: the World Commission on Environment and Development, chaired by Norwegian Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland. Efforts to provide assistance in finding methods of management to make rainforests renewable resources are futile, Forsyth contends. No one knows the most beneficial way to manage tropical forests. No one invests in management and future. Every tree has to be cut as fast as possible. Indonesia, at present, has a $2-billion wood export and would like to see it increase to $10 billion by the middle of the decade. The International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO), formed in 1978 under the auspices of the United Nations, is responsible for regulating tropical timber trade between producing and consuming nations as well as finding ways to conserve and develop the tropical forests. Canada is one of the organization's 43 members. Environmentalists such as Peggy Hallward, director of forestry research for Toronto-based Probe International, have criticized the organization for its failure to take steps in halting the pillaging of the forests. They are not concerned with forest protection, Hallward said. They are concerned with maximizing timber output. They could protect the primary forests and try to reforest already degraded land, in Sarawak, for example, but they aren't doing that. Dave Boulter, one of Canada's two delegates to the ITTO, says the organization does not see rainforest management as an imperative, despite ITTO findings that less than 0.125 per cent of all tropical forestry is managed on a sustainable basis and that the tropical timber trade is directly responsible for 25 per cent of tropical deforestation. Canada has no overall policy on the importation of rainforest woods, and officials with the Department of External Affairs say a policy is not forthcoming. Canada imports over $40 million in rainforest wood annually from Indonesia, its main source of rainforest wood. But it's not necessary to import these types of woods, said Forsyth. If consumers want a hardwood floor, we have oak. If people want to buy a dining room set, we have maple. Instead of using tropical plywood, we can buy plywood made from coniferous trees which are native to Canada. What may be luring shoppers to buy wood products originating from rainforests where workers are paid less than one dollar an hour is their affordability on the North American market. The effects of forest depredation are numerous and colossal: rainforest depletion has been linked to the greenhouse effect (the warming of the earth's surface and lower atmosphere which intensifies with an increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide), erosion of land where forests once stood which leads to massive flooding, and the displacement of native gatherers and hunters who use the forests without contributing to their destruction. In 1988, Friends of the Earth published a 200-page book listing names and addresses of businesses selling rainforest products that originate from countries contributing to deforestation and those that do not. Titled the Good Wood Guide, the handbook was distributed to businesses and environmental groups throughout Great Britain, which then was a major consumer of rainforest woods. The effect of the publication was astounding: consumers boycotted companies which carried products from culprit countries, forcing the businesses to find alternative products to attract environmentally-conscious shoppers. Forsyth says Canadians can take a stand to halt the destruction of the rainforests by pressing the federal government to implement stricter quotas to limit the importation of rainforest wood and by purchasing non-tropical wood products. Canadians can ask for legislation to invest our money to better ends and write to their MPs, he said. Why don't Canadian consumers buy pine, oak, or cherry? Then they can be assured it didn't come from the rainforests. Prairie farmers struggle to survive against all odds VANCOUVER Springwater is a tiny cluster of houses in Saskatchewan an hour and a half drive northeast of Saskatoon. Springwater is a symbol of what's happening throughout this farming province; it is becoming deserted. The few remaining inhabitants around this ghost town cling to a value system that seems anachronistic but really informs us of the enormous changes that we have undergone in urban Canada. I recently met with a few families of the Springwater area. They were third and fourth-generation Saskatchewan farmers determined to stay on the land. Within minutes, they were telling me of the town's demise from high interest and low market prices. The people who remain have to drive more than 32 kilometres to shop at Biggar, their children spend hours in school buses and young people often must leave to find jobs in a big city. In its glory days, Springwater was a bustling hub for farmers in the area and boasted its own bakery, butcher shop, hotel, restaurants, school, pharmacy and hardware store. The town of some 200 people once had police, firefighters and a doctor. Five grain elevators beside the railway dominated the prairie skyline. On weekends, Springwater was crowded with people drawn from the surrounding region to put their cattle and hogs for market in the railway stockyards. Families came to shop, visit at the cafe or go to a movie. Life was simpler but no less meaningful a generation or two ago. Today, the grain elevators are gone and all that's left of the railway is the trackbed. Boarded-up houses and buildings crumble to dust, two rusting gas pumps guard the main street and only three families remain. And yet people hang on against all economic common sense. 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A business called Eco Ventures formed an International Ecotourism Society to encourage ecotourism as an economic incentive for conservation in host countries. The telephone number is (703) 549-8979. Responsible tourism Two months ago, the Los Angeles Times news services published a syndicated interview with Virginia Hadsel, director of the North American Coordinating Centre for Responsible Tourism. As a result, the organization received 600 letters of inquiry. We've been flooded with requests for information, said Betty Stott, a volunteer coordinator at the centre in San Anselmo, California. The centre's number is (415) 843-5506. Complete Travel Service, your money's worth, and more. It's a growing trend. Another company in San Anselmo publishes a book called Specialty Travel Index with 146 pages of listings on exotic travel to the far corners of the earth. The magazine includes articles on: Kayaking With Creature Comforts, On Safari in India, White-Water Rafting in Ecuador, Galapagos By Yacht and Venezuela: Adventures in the Lost World. For more information, call (415) 459-4900. After reading all the listings, you almost shudder, Betty Stott said, because there's an urgent sense of, hurry and visit such and such a place before it's spoiled. One who travelled afar recently was Rhoda Cohen who lives in Cote St. Luc. While on a Questers Nature Tour to Australia, she visited the offshore barrier reefs. Though the trip was not labelled an eco-tour, she said guides pointed out local ecological concerns, including acid rain, poaching and development. For some tour operators, the impact of intense hotel and resort de- 1 week 2 weeks Dec. 2390 $999 $1449 Dec. 3090 $999 $1239 Jan. 6-2791 $719 $1099 Feb. 3-1791 $789 $1189 Feb. 2491 $899 $1189 HOTEL TAX & SERVICE CHARGE INCLUDED ASK ABOUT CHILDREN'S RATES! 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+279,20070627,modern,Heatwave,"A18 HEATWAVE NIGEL RODDIS REUTERS Flood water in the main street in Catcliffe, near Sheffield, northern England, yesterday. Residents have been evacuated from their homes nearby as officials warn a dam could collapse. European sizzler notches 46th death as Bucharest swelters at 45C ANCA TEODORESCU AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Bucharest - The death toll from a searing heat wave across southern Europe reached at least 46 yesterday, while in Britain torrential rain that claimed three lives has forced hundreds to flee a creaking dam. Twenty-nine heat-related deaths were recorded in Romania, where temperatures yesterday hit 45 degrees Celsius. Four people have died in Greece, six in Italy, three in Albania and at least four in Bosnia, Croatia and Turkey. Three elderly people died in the Italian island of Sicily yesterday, taking the nationwide toll in the current heat wave to six. Two men, both over 80, died in the southern town of Calabria, while a 59-year-old woman was found dead in her home in Palermo. Italian firefighters have dropped tanks of water from aircraft to control more than 30 forest fires after temperatures in the south topped 45C. Bucharest was Europe's hottest capital yesterday with temperatures at 45C and a heat alert was sounded for much of the south of the country. Ambulance services were besieged with calls to help people fainting in the street, officials said. Fourteen people have died from the heat in the city over the past week, according to authorities, who have set up more than 30 first aid tents in Bucharest alone to cope with the casualties. Police have been handing out water in the street and the health ministry has warned the elderly and those with debilitating illnesses not to go out during the day. Temperatures hit 44C in Athens and central Greece, the hottest day this year, and the government urged the public to save power as electricity consumption hit new highs. The Greek military has suspended all exercises and public services were closed in the afternoon. Temperatures in Bulgaria beat the record for a second time this week with the mercury shooting up to 43C yesterday in the southeastern town of Radnevo. Authorities sprayed water on the tram rails to prevent them from buckling in the heat but no casualties have been reported. Trains ran at lower speeds, in some cases at 30 kilometres per hour as rails were buckling in the heat. Police also banned heavy trucks from the roads at the hottest hours. Authorities in seven Turkish provinces have given two or three days of leave to handicapped or pregnant civil servants, Anatolia news agency said. Northern Africa was also affected by the heat wave with temperatures of over 40C recorded in Tunisia, where several fires were fanned by the heat and strong Sirocco winds. There were power cuts across the country, notably in the seaside capital Tunis. Northern Europe meanwhile was drenched by torrential downpours. Three people have died in floods in England and hundreds have been evacuated from their homes because the rains threatened to cause a dam to burst. A bridge collapsed in western England. Authorities in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, told people living near Ulley Dam to leave their homes after receiving a warning the walls could collapse. A section of the nearby main M1 highway was also closed. In nearby Sheffield, Royal Air Force helicopters airlifted people in flooded areas to safety. A 14-year-old boy was swept to his death in a swollen river and a 68-year-old man was killed as he crossed a flooded road. In Hull, on the east coast, a man drowned after becoming trapped up to his neck in a drain on a flooded street. Pakistan's southern coast was lashed by a powerful cyclone yesterday, killing at least 18 people, leaving dozens more missing and forcing tens of thousands to flee their homes, officials said. Cyclone Yemyin made landfall over the southwestern province of Baluchistan with winds of up to 130 kilometres an hour. At least two Pakistani fishing boats were reported to have sunk in the Arabian Sea and several more were missing with their crews, sparking a desperate search by navy and coast guard helicopters and ships. Yemyin barrelled in three days after another violent storm killed at least 235 people in the southern port city of Karachi and sparsely populated Baluchistan. Forecasters said a 7.6-metre storm surge was feared. A 56-year-old woman and her 14-year-old grandson also died when they sought shelter under a corrugated iron roof, while two residents of Nanchang city were killed while they huddled under a tree, also on Sunday. In nearby Zhejiang province, five people building a tomb on a small hill were killed in a lightning storm on Monday, Xinhua added. China's extreme weather has killed at least 155 people in flooding this year, while about 2 million people were suffering from drought in the north, the government said. AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE WORLD TO US? Foreign editor: Raymond Beauchemin 514-987-2457 rbeauchemin@thegazette.canwcst.com WEATHER WATCH AND ST -Mi iS - 1; RIZWAN TABASSUM AFPGETTY IMAGES A Pakistani officer baton-charges youths on a beach in Karachi yesterday after a ban on water activity because of a powerful cyclone that lashed Pakistan's southern coast, killing at least 14 people and leaving dozens more missing. JUSTIN SULLIVAN GETTY IMAGES Missy Springer cries yesterday as she sits in the remains of a home she rented that was destroyed by fire in Meyers, Calif. Firefighters continue to battle a wildfire near Lake Tahoe, which has destroyed more than 200 structures and threatens two neighbourhoods. FATIH SARIBAS REUTERS Visitors at a pool cool themselves as they sit on ice blocks supplied by pool officials in Istanbul yesterday. Istanbul Governor Muammer Culer declared a two-day holiday for some public servants as temperatures are expected to soar this week. THE GAZETTE, MONTREAL, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27, 2007 and it has it all. In the one-block strip that includes La-pointe's emporium, there's an organic veggie burrito stand, a Caribbean pattie shop, an African dry goods store, an Iranian video place and an outfit that sells orthopedics. Please see 'C IS FOR Page A4 A HOT ONE Summer's HERE - WITH A VENGEANCE Jul 3 JOHN KENNEY THE GAZETTE Sabrina Guiraud and her 8-month-old daughter, Rachel, beat yesterday's heat in the cooling spray at Mackenzie King Park in the Cote des Neiges district. Pedestrians jam underground city ANNE SUTHERLAND THE GAZETTE Montreal's first high heat and humidity warning of the summer was issued yesterday as the temperature climbed to 32 degrees Celsius and the all-important humidex peaked at 40 at 3 p.m. The temperature didn't break the record of 33.4C, set in 2003, but the heavy, humid air was a potential threat to those suffering from heart disease or respiratory ailments. Please see WEATHER, Page A2 Heatwave, storms wreak havoc, Page A18 PROCESS 'INADEQUACIES' CITED Onex and Caisse withdraw from rival takeover consortium ROBERTO ROCHA THE GAZETTE The prospect of a pan-Canadian wireless behemoth fizzled yesterday when Telus Corp. backed out of a bid to acquire its rival Bell Canada Inc. Telus, which last week promoted the idea of a national telecom champion by marrying both companies, said yesterday the inadequacies of BCE's bid process did not make it possible for Telus to submit an offer. A Telus spokesperson did not elaborate further, but analysts said the company was not given enough time to place a bid. The deadline was believed to be yesterday morning, but Bell did not confirm this. Bell Canada, formerly BCE Inc., put itself up for sale in March in response to shareholders irritated with its lagging stock.""",0,0,0,0,0,0
+280,19910825,modern,Heatwave,"Rugby player Aviva Adelman, Your newspaper carries Beetle Bailey, a comic strip that has been getting some negative reaction from feminist readers. They claim women are demeaned by the creator's portrayal of Miss Buxley, a blond-haired secretary in the strip. They say the strip is consistently sexist. Other readers say the strip is funny and that Miss Buxley is not the butt of humor, but rather it is the lecherous old general who is made to look stupid. And the strip spends as much time with tanks and greasy sausages in the mess as it does with Miss Buxley's body. When does a comic step beyond the border of funny into sexist? And when does an editor start censoring the comics? I CONTINUE PRINTING COMIC STRIP READERS: 74 NEWSROOM: 25 KILL THE STRIP FOR GOOD READERS: 26 NEWSROOM: 75 Photo as it appeared in Sunday Gazette on July 21. A reporter writes a story about a group of overweight people who are proud of how they look and tired of being ridiculed. The group is seeking acceptance and understanding and wants to be appreciated for being people who don't fit the normal standard for beauty size 6 with a 24-inch waist. The leader of the group has posed in a swimsuit for this photograph. Should the photo be published? Should it be cropped to a head shot? If it is cropped, is the paper saying the photo is offensive? PRINT THE FULL PHOTO; READERS: 85 NEWSROOM: 100; PRINT A HEAD SHOT; READERS: 15 NEWSROOM: none Photo as it appeared in Sunday Gazette July 21. Montreal is sweating in a record heatwave. You've done a bunch of """"hot-weather"""" pictures all week. Your photographer comes into the office on Saturday evening with a photograph of a break in a rugby game, a player having ice-cold water poured over his head by a young woman wearing a skimpy bikini top and shorts. Some editors say this photograph is clearly sexist and there can be no argument. We should crop the photo and just use the man getting a drenching. Others say the city is full of scantily clad women, and what's wrong with showing that from time to time as long as the pose is not overtly sexual or exploitive? PRINT THE PHOTO WITH THE WOMAN READERS: 83 NEWSROOM: 100; CROP THE WOMAN OUT READERS: 17 NEWSROOM: none A group representing handicapped people comes into the office and asks that in future your newspaper refer to them as """"differently abled"""" rather than as """"handicapped."""" Some editors say this is just another example of """"political correctness"""" and that the change is as meaningless as calling handicapped people """"physically challenged."""" Other editors say we willingly use words like """"senior"""" to replace """"old"""" and """"homemaker"""" to replace """"housewife,"""" so what's the big deal? CALL THEM DIFFERENTLY ABLED READERS: 30 NEWSROOM: none; MAKE NO CHANGE READERS: 70 NEWSROOM: 100 A leading Montreal hockey player who runs a summer sports camp is gay, a fact few people know. Queer Nation, a group of militant homosexuals, uses a press conference carried live on cable TV to """"out"""" this athlete to make him come out of the closet by making public his homosexuality. Some editors say you should cover the story simply because people want to know these things. Others say a person's sexuality is no one else's business. Period. PRINT THE STORY READERS: 20 NEWSROOM: 17; DON'T PRINT THE STORY READERS: 80 NEWSROOM: 83 Highway 20 is closed by police during rush hour; a 17-year-old girl has climbed onto an overpass and is threatening to jump. Traffic is backed up for miles as a rescue squad stands with a blanket stretched out, hoping to catch the girl if she jumps. TV and radio go live with the story. The girl's mother tries to talk her daughter to safety. TV and radio both mention the mother's name which obviously identifies the girl. Some of your editors want the family name withheld; it will make matters worse for the girl. Others say the name is out now and the situation won't be made any worse by publishing the name along with everyone else. PRINT THE MOTHER'S NAME READERS: 29 NEWSROOM: 33; WITHHOLD THE NAME READERS: 71 NEWSROOM: 67.""",0,0,0,0,0,0
+281,20050102,modern,Heatwave,"OSS, McGill, ca He can be heard every Sunday from 3-4 p.m. on CJAD joe.schwarcz@mcgill.ca January It was a frigid month, with three cold snaps and the largest number of days in which the temperature did not rise above minus 20 since the 1940s. On Jan. 23 it was minus 19C to minus 32C with the windchill. Snowfall was below average at 29.4 centimetres. February February blahs came early with a 20-centimetre snowfall Feb. 4 and winds of up to 80 kilometres an hour. The result was highway havoc - 270 cars slid off the road or collided with others. March An early taste of spring warmed the city's frozen soul when the thermometer hit 7C March 1 and icicles began to melt. It lasted but a few days, however, as winter returned toward mid-month with below zero temperatures, only to rise again to incredibly mild, mid-teens weather as the month ebbed. Daily temperatures Highest daily temperature Lowest daily temperature 30-year average (1961-1990) April The weather began to improve gradually, then provided a taste of things to come in mid-month with the thermometer hitting 22C. The high point came at month's end when the mercury rose to 26.7C, smashing the previous record of 25.6C set in 1970. In Quebec City, it was 25.8C. May June May was a little duller. Many felt June was chillier than usual with 217.6 hours of sunshine, but in fact the weather was in the normal range. The average high for the month of 229 hours was 23C. The mean temperature of 18.5C was in line with the average normal for June in this city. The hottest day was June 13, when temperatures hit 30C. There was less rain but the winds were stronger than usual, which is why some felt it was a bit on the cool side. July July, considered the prime holiday month, turned into the year's soggiest, with 139.4 millimetres of rain. That's a good 50 per cent above the average of 90 millimetres. The month ended in a downpour when 30 to 80 millimetres fell over the Montreal area. Three tornados with winds of up to 180 kilometres per hour hit the Chateauguay area. August We avoided a heatwave in August. Over most of the province, temperatures were near or below normal. It was a month of contrasts for rainfall. Rain was spotty across the province with some areas getting much more than usual, and some a lot less. Thurso was hit with a force one tornado Aug. 10. It was the eighth tornado of the season in Quebec. September While it was one of the sunniest and driest Septembers on record for southern Quebec, the northwestern portion of the province endured severe thunderstorms with heavy downpours in the Mauricie and Quebec City regions. Most of the precipitation fell Sept. 9 and 10 as a result of Hurricane Frances. October Ideal fall conditions prevailed over the whole province, with the mean monthly temperatures above normal for all regions. Around Montreal, the mean temperature was 8.9C, a degree above the average. There were 156.1 hours of sunshine, up from the average of 140 for the month. It was also the ninth-driest October on record. November There was more rain than usual, but less snow than is normal. The 86.6 millimetres of rain was a little more than the average of 70.9 mm. Snowfall, less than half a centimetre, was dramatically less than the normal 22.6 cm of snow for the month. The mean temperature of 2.2C was a little more pleasant than the normal 1.""",0,0,0,0,0,0
+282,19910801,modern,Heatwave,"G, for instance (6265 Biermans Ave, 872-1 125), is free during the week and costs a mere $2 for adults and $1 for kids on weekends. In the swelter of mid-afternoon, it is full of divers, paddlers and folks just hanging on to the side, soaking up the chlorine. A trifle too crowded? Perhaps you would prefer a backyard pool of your own. This ultimate luxury will cost you between $3,300 and $5,000 for an above-ground pool and between $12,000 and $22,000 for a sunken variety. A trifle too pricey? How about a plastic wading pool in the shape of Big Bird's face for $24.88 (Consumers' Distributing)? Or a colorful inflatable version for $15.12? Be careful, though: as the package says, this is not to be used as a life preserver. There are scads of ways to drench yourself in the privacy of your own backyard, including squirt-gun fights, water-balloon wars, garden-hose dousings and miniature water slides. But for the ultimate in summertime goosebumps, nothing beats a sprinkler ($6.19 to $39.99 at Canadian Tire). Unlike the drench of a swimming pool, the slow arc of a good sprinkler teases the body with wet chills. Plus you can make rainbows with the spray. If you are apartment-bound and have no backyard to call your own, simply slip on your swimsuit and sandals and head for the nearest residential area where, in the late afternoon and evening, lawns are watered as far as the eye can see. As you skip merrily from sprinkler to sprinkler, you may be yelled at, but you will be cool. WBIPIPB Living room furniture Bedroom furniture Dining room furniture. Ron and Susan Wener seek and find Home Is Where the Heat Ain't. No residence is impenetrable to heat. Even if you close all the curtains and windows during the day and open them at night, your home may still need to be cooled artificially. Hardware and department stores understand this and consequently arrange displays of electric fans to cool you as you enter the store. They range from tiny desktop fans for $13 to swiveling multi-speed industrial strength blowers for $50. All types are effective to a degree but tend to be refreshing only when you stand in the direct path of air. Fans don't cool rooms; they simply circulate the air already present. An air-conditioner is a more effective but at around $500 a more expensive solution. The better alternative is to rent one from an outlet like Mid-City Rentals and Sales which will install it at the seasonal rate of $139. Of course, even an air conditioner can do only so much. If you put an air conditioner in your living room,"""" said Stan Schneider, owner of Mid-City, """"you can't expect the cool air to go down the hall, turn left into the bedroom and then right into the kitchen. But it can help lower the humidity in the house. A word of warning: if you install an air conditioner in a window, do not open that particular window. Schneider tells of one person who did this and sent the unit plummeting downwards, creating an instant sunroof in a neighbor's Mercedes. Nice Ice is cheap, easy to make and very satisfying. Here's what to do: take a tray of ice cubes, dump it into a washcloth and make a cold compress. Press it against your neck and let the melting ice trickle out of the cloth down your back. Roll ice cubes around in your hands. Cool off your mouth with one or two. Use your imagination. Think about the film 9 Weeks. Party-poopers who prefer their ice a little less wet can purchase icepacks for as little as $2.50. Popsicles are mostly sugar and water but they are still as good as when you were a kid and cost only 15 cents at Perrette's and Provi-soir. Eat, Drink and Be Cool. Here's some advice on cooking during a heatwave: Don't do it! Even boiling an egg can give a whole new meaning to the phrase """"Hell's Kitchen."""" Stick to light, cool meals, advises dietician and nutritionist Claire Friefeld. """"Refueling and keeping energy levels up are important considerations in the summer,"""" she said. """"In terms of food, the cooler foods such as fish, legumes, breads, crackers and yogurts are rich in carbohydrates for providing energy."""" As for drinks, Friefeld recommends wonderful, cold water and 100 per cent unsweetened fruit juices. She does not give thirst quenchers like Gatorade much credit. """"When you sweat, you lose potassium and sodium. Gatorade drinks aren't as high in potassium as food in the four food groups. A better choice would be orange juice or tomato juice."""" If you think a trough full of suds will cool you down, think again. While it may be immediately refreshing, beer, like tea and coffee, is a diuretic and actually steals water from your body. """"You should actually drink water while you're drinking beer,"""" Friefeld said. The Zen of Cool. You can manipulate your body temperature. You can splash water on it, throw air at it, pour fluids into it but perhaps, in the end, keeping cool is as much a state of mind as a state of body. In a convertible, one finds this essence of """"cool."""" """"I really feel good putting the top down, turning up the radio, even when I'm stuck in traffic,"""" said Ron Wener, a chartered accountant in his mid-40s. He has driven nothing but convertibles ever since he was a kid and once owned a 1973 Ford Mustang convertible, one of the last of the original-style ragtops. These days he drives a cream Dodge 600. """"It's not the snazziest car in the world but it is a convertible and that counts for a lot in the world of keeping cool."""" """"I enjoy letting the wind go through my hair,"""" the rather balding Wener said with an ironic grin. """"It's not for everyone,"""" he cautioned. """"My wife likes it in the city but on the highway she's not comfortable with the top down."""" Whether or not driving roofless is an effective heat-buster is practically irrelevant. A convertible echoes with Beach Boy fantasies and Jan and Dean dreams. It cries out smugly, """"I am just too cool to be hot."""" City Heat. You walk out of the artificial underground coolness of Promenades de la Cathedrale and run smack into a wall of exhaust-tinted heat. Immediately you are dripping with perspiration. """"It's hot. Hotter than a judge's tongue at a chili-tasting contest. Hotter than Satan's sneakers."""" As you walk down St. Catherine St., you pray for rain, for snow, for a magic carpet, anything to get you out of this crushing, sticky heat. """"Hey, man, can you spare some change?"""" asks a grizzled hippie bum with a dog. You check your pockets. """"Sure is hot, eh?"""" he says. """"Hey, do you know if the fountain is working at Place Ville Marie?"""" Hmmmmmmm. Now there's an idea! Bad mowing: can cut down on lawn's performance. Mowing, watering and feeding count most when it comes to lawn management, and good mowing practices can cut down on water usage. Proper mowing will help your lawn get through the heat of summer in shape to develop strong, new roots and growth this fall. Frequency and height of mowing vary by the season and condition of your lawn. At summer's hottest, though, mowing high, 2.5 to 3 inches, is best, as it leaves grass blades enough surface area to store extra food. Mowing benefits more than a lawn's appearance. As grass blades age they become coarse and spotted from disease and insect damage. Different grass plants also grow at different rates, so lawns soon become uneven in height. Mowing removes old, damaged growth and stimulates new growth of clean, green blades. It also evens out blade height to produce the carpet-like appearance. Grass plants cut too short won't root deeply, but if you have a thick turf and let the grass get too high, it will appear yellowish after cutting. This is because light can't reach the lower part of the blades, and the green (chlorophyll) inside the grass stays pale. The condition of your grass at mowing time also is important. While you obviously wouldn't mow when the grass is sopping wet, neither should you mow when it is too dry. Wilted or dry grass can be damaged by the mower's weight, showing up later as streak lines in the lawn. Apply fertilizers, weed killers and lawn insect controls after mowing. Many times, the apparent failure of these products is not in how you applied them, but the fact that the next day or so you mowed off the dandelions or clover plants just absorbing the chemical controls. Finally, dull mowers, or those out of adjustment, can lead you to believe your grass suffers from all kinds of ailments. Dull rotary mowers whip off the grass rather than cut it, thus the torn tops of the blades turn brown. Reel mowers not doing the job well will pinch the grass blades in several places rather than cut them off. These damaged blades will also turn brown. SCRIPPS HOWARD NEWS SERVICE""",0,0,0,0,0,0
+283,19941118,modern,Heatwave,"A 10 THE GAZETTE, MONTREAL, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1994 ISRAEL, JORDAN TO ESTABLISH TIES NOV 27 REUTER AMMAN, Jordan - Israel and Jordan will establish diplomatic relations on Nov 27 in line with a peace treaty they signed last month, officials said yesterday. Uri Savir, director-general of Israel's foreign ministry, and his Jordanian counterpart, Nayef al-Hadid, agreed in talks in Amman that both countries would announce the establishment of diplomatic ties in a joint communique, paving the way for opening embassies and exchanging ambassadors by Dec 10 - a target date set in their treaty ending a 46-year state of war. Jordan is only the second Arab state, after Egypt, formally at peace with Israel. It will open an embassy in Tel Aviv while Israel will open one in Amman. Savir, heading a team of senior officials from Israel's foreign and finance ministries, was to work out terms of full normalization, including trade and economic ties. King Hussein paid his first public visit to Israel a week ago to exchange copies of the ratified peace treaty with Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. He has not visited Jerusalem, claimed by both Palestinians and Israelis. The Amman meetings discussed trade links and joint projects, including some raised at last month's Middle East economic conference in Casablanca. Under the peace treaty, both states by next May have to reach pacts on economic cooperation including setting up a free-trade area, investment, banking, industrial cooperation and labor. HAMAS MEMBERS JOIN POLICE In other developments: About 90 supporters of Hamas, the fundamentalist Muslim group regarded by Israel as a major threat to peace, have signed up for the Palestinian police in Gaza, Hamas sources said yesterday in Gaza City. It was the first time supporters of the group - the Palestine Liberation Organization's main rival in the Gaza Strip - accepted posts in Palestinian security forces set up under the PLO's peace deal with Israel. Hamas, which rejects Israel's right to exist, has pledged to fight the deal signed in 1993. The Israeli Supreme Court yesterday cleared the way for the Israeli army to destroy the family home of a Palestinian accused of a suicide bus bombing in Tel Aviv last month. The five-judge panel ruled 4-1 to reject an appeal by the family of Salah Assawi of the West Bank town of Qalqilya. Assawi allegedly carried a bomb onto a bus and set it off at a busy intersection, killing himself and 22 other people. REWARD $5000 CASH for the recovery of two container loads of dishes & pottery. No questions asked. Tel: 1-800-262-2036 WEDDING, ENGAGEMENT, ANNOUNCEMENTS & PICTURES There is a charge for publishing wedding, engagement announcements and pictures. For information please call: 987-2334 LEARN ABOUT OUR OZONE PROBLEM by Botty Dohnam Appearing in The Gazette on November 21. It’s the dynamic, up-to-date marketplace that makes shopping both exciting and simple. CHRETIEN'S SUCCESS IN ASIA HAS DEEP ROOTS JONATHAN MANTHGRPE SOUTHAM NEWS HANOI, Vietnam - It was billed as Team Canada, but the trade accomplishments of the last two weeks have been credited to one star player - the gangling form of Prime Minister Jean Chretien. Doubtless the hundreds of Canadian businessmen who spent the last 14 days signing contracts are happy to forego credit for the nearly $10-billion victory in the Asian market. And it is hard to quibble with a prime minister whose popularity rating is stuck firmly in the heatwave end of the political thermometer. But there is some 30 years of work behind Chretien's """"Team Canada"""" progression from Beijing to Shanghai to Hong Kong to Jakarta and finally, Hanoi. Chretien's presence was certainly important in a part of the world where reverence for power is culturally embedded and usually a wise survival technique. His political benediction of Canada's visible arrival in Asia established, as he said: """"We are a Pacific country."""" The cross-country scope of the contracts suggests appreciation of the potential of the Asian market - the fastest growing in the world and likely to stay that way - is no longer a secret known only to British Columbia and Alberta. And if the size of his mission to China and Hong Kong, where nine premiers gathered at his heels like medieval courtiers, was a bit grandiose for Canadian tastes, it went down well here. Senator Jack Austin, who knows more than most about the Asian market, said: """"In this part of the world you can't be too big."""" Even the absence of Quebec Premier Jacques Parizeau was dismissed without a hint of irony by Chretien. """"I come from Quebec,"""" he told any of his hosts who asked about Parizeau's no-show. And the final tally shows Quebec got about 35 per cent of the contracts. The assertion by the province's international affairs minister, Bernard Landry, that this is all because former premier Rene Levesque visited China in 1984 somehow does not have a compelling ring. Chretien's political commitment to Canada in Asia had some measurable practical benefits, as well. Many of the 55 Beijing contracts, including the move to sell China two Candu reactors worth up to $4 billion, probably would not have been concluded without the lure of being photographed in the company of Canada's prime minister. No doubt many of the scores of photos taken of Canadian directors and their Asian partners with Chretien already decorate corporate walls from Beijing to Hanoi. Who can tell what further deals may flow from such an overt link to the corridors of power? But what was evident from even the briefest chat with the Canadians at the Asian outposts was that none of them are carpetbaggers. Most have been battling and maneuvering out here for a decade or more. Asia is a marketplace where contacts, family links, personal attention and, above all, stoic long-term commitment are essential for success. Many have already forged profitable links in Asia despite being ignored by a succession of Canadian governments. It would be unjust to say Chretien came and licked the cream off the cake that hundreds of Canadian business people have lavished decades of care baking. But it's a thought worth remembering. GERMAN SPY GIVEN 12 YEARS IN PRISON WASHINGTON POST BERLIN - Rainer Rupp, who for more than a decade passed NATO's most sensitive military secrets to the Soviet bloc, was convicted of treason yesterday and sentenced to 12 years in prison. Rainer Rupp, 49, was known to his East German handlers by the code name Topaz. Rupp's British-born wife, Ann-Christine Rupp, who had helped her husband collect and photograph top-secret documents early in his espionage career, also was found guilty and received a 22-month suspended sentence from the Duesseldorf court. German courts have shown leniency in espionage cases since the collapse of East Germany in 1989 and the end of the Cold War. Two former Stasi officers who were Topaz case officers were convicted of treason yesterday and given two-year suspended sentences. 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+284,19900825,modern,Snowstorm,"On the New York Mercantile Exchange yesterday, crude oil for delivery in October fell $1.02 to $30.91; PAGE G3 - Sealy Furniture shuts TORONTO Sealy Furniture Canada Inc has gone out of business, leaving 250 people without jobs. The sofa-bed maker in Concord, just north of Toronto, was forced into receivership by the Bank of Boston on Aug. 15. John Page with Price Waterhouse, the accounting firm overseeing the receivership, said the company owed tens of millions of dollars to creditors, but has only millions of dollars in assets. There were only about 20 employees left in the factory when Price Waterhouse came on the scene last week, he said. Price Waterhouse will try to sell the company as a going concern, Page said. City of Montreal issues bonds A $140-million bond issue on the Canadian capital markets by the city of Montreal has allowed the city to retire the last $75 million of its foreign debt denominated in Swiss francs, the city said yesterday. The issue also reduces Montreal's total foreign-currency debt to $248 million, on overall debt of $1.8 billion. The bonds were sold with terms of five, 10, 15 and 20 years. The five-year bonds yield 11.25 per cent, while the others yield 11.5 per cent. Cascades acquires distributor Cascades PSH of Drummondville, manufacturer of the Vania brand of sanitary napkins and K-Plus adult disposable briefs, has taken control of medical-products distributor Dismed Inc of Montreal. Cascades PSH, a subsidiary of Cascades Inc, said the new name of the distributor will be Cascades Dismed Inc. Financing for film """"Societe en commandite Agaguk"""" said it is issuing $23 million worth of units to help finance a $28-million film version of Agaguk, a best-selling Quebec novel by Yves Theriault. Shooting for the film, a co-production of a unit of Montreal-based Transfilm Inc and Eiffel Productions SA of France, will begin in November. Main underwriter for the film tax shelter is Levesque Beaubien Geoffrion Inc. Foreigners buy up bonds """"OTTAWA Non-residents invested a net $2.23 billion in Canadian bonds in June compared with a net disinvestment of $2.23 billion in May, Statistics Canada said. In June, non-residents invested a net $29 million in Canadian stocks compared with a disinvestment of $130 million in May. Talks to resume on mine strike TIMMINS, Ont. The union representing 600 striking gold miners and Placer Dome mine management are set to return to the bargaining table for the first time since June 8. The two sides are scheduled to meet with a provincial mediator on Tuesday in Toronto in a bid to end the dispute that began May 7. We'll spend $2.4 billion over 15 years: Unitel SUSAN YELUN CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO Unitel Communications says it will invest $2.4 billion and double its workforce if it is allowed to break into the country's long-distance telephone monopoly, officials said yesterday. In a stack of 21 documents supporting its application to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), the Toronto-based company said the investment will be made over the next 15 years, and predicted staff will jump to 6,700 by the end of the decade. Unitel president George Harvey said the jobs and money will be a blessing to provinces struggling against a battered economy. The figures are based on Unitel's premise that it can grab a 10-per-cent share of the Canadian long-distance market by 1998 and a 19-per-cent slice nine years later. Unitel, formerly CNCP Telecommunications, is owned by Canadian Pacific and Rogers Communications. Rogers is the country's largest supplier of cable-television services. In a bare-bones filing to the CRTC in May, the company said it could lower long-distance rates by 15 per cent in its first four years. But Bell Canada, Unitel's major competitor, suggested that cheaper long-distance calls would force local rates to rise. Bell has maintained that its costs for local-phone service have been kept low because they've been heavily subsidized by the lucrative long-distance business. But Harvey answered that criticism at a news conference yesterday, saying that a new entry in the field will force telephone companies to keep their long-distance rates low to stay competitive. """"They have already done so in the last year anticipating the introduction of PLEASE SEE UNITEL, PAGE G2 Economic forecasting Revised downward from earlier estimate JAY BRYAN THE GAZETTE Gilles Rheaume has a cartoon on his office wall that shows a man in shorts and Hawaiian shirt standing at a bus stop in the middle of a snowstorm. """"Why yes, I am an economic forecaster,"""" he says to a bystander. """"How did you know?"""" Rheaume, head of forecasting at the Conference Board of Canada, is one of Canada's leading practitioners of this much-maligned profession. Like other forecasters, he is aware that his predictions are taken with a grain of salt, but believes that's exactly as it should be. Foretelling the future is a risky business, and this has rarely been more true than today, with a looming recession, fear of a Middle East war and the gyrating price of oil making the economic outlook even murkier than usual. Factors like these will be buzzing through forecasters' minds next Friday at 10 a.m., when they begin deciding how to revise their current predictions. At that hour, Statistics Canada will make public its first estimate of how much Canada's economy grew in the three months from April through June, and which sectors grew how much. Even before the price of oil skyrocketed this month, Canada's forecasters most of whom work for banks, trust companies, stockbrokers and independent consulting firms had been cutting their estimates of 1991 economic growth. The major reason is that interest rates have remained higher than expected, squeezing spending by both consumers and business. Based on conditions in July, the Conference Board concluded that """"the risk of recession will be greater over the next six months than it has been at any time since 1982."""" And now oil prices have jumped by more than 50 per cent in a month, leaving forecasters to decide whether this will be the final straw that breaks the back of economic growth. Were oil prices to remain near their present level, there's a good chance the answer would be yes. If oil were to average $28 a barrel a few dollars lower than its present level through the end of 1991, Canada's economic growth could be cut by about 0.6 per cent next year, estimates Informetrica Ltd, an Ottawa consulting firm. Taking the Conference Board forecast of 1.1-per-cent expansion, that means economic growth would be cut in half. Informetrica economist Carl Sonnen points out that this price shock would be only about a quarter as bad as the one Canada suffered in 1980 and 1981, when oil prices doubled. However, that may be less comforting if you recall that 1981 was the year when Canada slipped into its worst recession since the 1930s. Higher oil prices would also cut purchasing power even for those unaffected by an economic slump. George Saba, chief economist with Montreal Trust, says his rough estimate is that oil prices at current levels could add as much as PLEASE SEE FORECASTERS, PAGE G2 Oil prices at current levels will add 1.5 to inflation, says economist George Saba. Previous Current Previous Current Previous Current Previous Current Conference Royal Bank Montreal Board of Trust McCarthy Canada. Current predictions were made in late summer, and previous predictions in spring. None of the forecasts takes into account any major increase in oil prices. GAZETTE Estimates for economic growth were reduced in the face of high interest rates. Stock market is no place to be if Mideast war breaks out Financial markets paused for a breath yesterday after a week of tumult caused by the Persian Gulf crisis. It was a week in which stock and bond prices plunged, oil prices soared, the Canadian dollar reached a 12-year high and stomachs churned. Just imagine how they feel in Tokyo, where the stock market has now declined almost 40 per cent since its peak last year and has taken even more of a beating this week from the Iraq crisis. The panic selling that hit the North American markets in mid-week abated yesterday as investors nervously waited news of whether Iraq would enforce its deadline for a shutdown of foreign embassies. With many stocks having fallen precipitously in value since July, some big institutional investors were prepared to pick up a few bargains yesterday. But the sense of gloom that pervades financial markets won't be dispelled until the Iraqi crisis is resolved. And for investors, the already volatile state of the stock and bond markets is now dramatically heightened. One Montreal stockbroker reported yesterday that his clients """"weren't overly concerned"""" about the Iraqi situation. """"People are more worried about their own jobs and incomes right now than about their investments,"""" he says. """"But if you want my personal opinion,"""" the broker adds, """"I think the stock market could go much lower. If a war breaks out, and there's chemical warfare and Americans are getting shot, this market is going to fall like nothing you've seen yet."""" PETER HADEKBL From an investment point of view, this is really no time to be placing bets, no matter how calculated. """"Never fight a war in the financial markets,"""" says Bill Ram, an investment strategist at Levesque Beaubien Geoffrion Inc. """"Leave it to the military."""" The threat to world financial markets from a Middle East conflict is incalculable, he says. No one can build an economic model of what could happen, and financial markets can only react to developments rather than anticipate them. Previous military conflicts such as the Vietnam and the Korean wars didn't involve a strategic commodity such as oil. The economic stakes from a Mideast war would be much higher. One investment firm ventured the opinion this week that if Saudi Arabian oil exports were disrupted by a military confrontation, oil prices could climb to between $40 and $50 a barrel, which would throw the world economy out of whack. The situation is inherently unpredictable because of the involvement of Saddam Hussein. Whenever the U.S. and the Soviets squared off in a global crisis, there was a sense that the world knew exactly how far each side was prepared to go. With Saddam Hussein, nobody knows. The cost of war on the economy would be significant, simply because there's so little room left to mitigate the impact. In North America, we spent most of the 1980s dodging a series of economic bullets, including the huge increase in government deficits, the steep rise in the indebtedness of corporations and consumers, the weakening of the banking system and the crash of stock markets in 1987. After eight years of growth, we now have an economy heading into recession, and faced with the added prospect of higher oil prices and higher interest rates because of the Persian Gulf crisis. In Canada, the Iraqi caper has disrupted what was clearly a window of opportunity for the Bank of Canada to bring interest rates down. Corporate profits have been whacked by a combination of high borrowing costs, an overvalued dollar, low commodity prices, slow sales and escalating labor costs. """"The manufacturing sector is already in a recession and clearly doesn't need the added trouble of a conflict in the Persian Gulf. With luck, the guns of August will stay silent and the economic blockade of Iraq will be effective soon. The other alternatives are too unpleasant to think about.""",0,0,0,0,0,0
+285,20010411,modern,Snowstorm,"A Motor Homes 10 Snowmobiles 15 www you can't sue city the garage on the corner of the street They would send out a tow truck and reel in the poor fish who got stuck The average repair would cost a few hundred dollars This wasn't high enough to be over most insurance deductibles so the repair price had to come out of the poor driver's pocket Since the problem was caused by the city's failure to keep the city streets safe to drive on one might think that these drivers would be able to sue the city for the damage to their vehicles Ordinarily you'd be right Unfortunately a few years ago the Quebec government passed a law making it illegal to sue any city or municipality for damage caused to your car by potholes The law removed what should be a clear-cut right of compensation In general we're allowed to claim from and collect damages from those who caused us harm The city is responsible for keeping its sidewalks and streets safe for those who use them If you slipped and fell on icy sidewalks you'd be allowed to sue the city for compensation for any physical damage that you have suffered Of course the city could defend itself by claiming that at the time you fell it was impossible to keep the sidewalk perfectly clean This would mean that if you fell during a snowstorm you'd have little hope of collecting anything since it's not reasonable to expect a clean sidewalk in that type of weather The rule used to be the same with streets The municipalities still have a duty to provide you with a safe street to drive on but they are now excused from paying for damages caused by their potholes It's interesting to note that the various communities seem to have varying levels of success in dealing with the annual spring pothole problem The smaller municipalities tend to fix their potholes quicker and better than a larger city on the island of Montreal o policy 2001 CHAMP KLF CHIROKII LARIPQ 4 01 pnW CasVCtH f i futty Kabd V 1 I I ,M""""W if MamtMl BO 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the island Who knows if there will be enough money to make all the necessary repairs and if it will be a high priority for the mayor of the new megacity Private-property potholes Even though the province has made it illegal for you to sue and collect for potholes that exist on public streets this doesn't mean that every single pothole remains a threat to your wallet The law only applies to public property If a pothole in the parking lot of a shopping centre mangles your suspension you'd still be able to sue the owners of the shopping centre for the damage that was caused The same theory would apply to any other type of private property such as driveways and private roads In all those cases the basic rule of damages """"If you caused it you pay for it"""" would allow you to collect The property owner could however defend himself by proving that you were not authorized to be on his property or that he had done everything possible to provide you with a safe and secure place to drive your 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the world"""" said Frank J Ewasyshyn executive vice-president of advance manufacturing and general manager of minivan operations A team of business students from McGill University's faculty of management has won third place in Saturn Canada's Business School Project The four-member team received an award of $5,000 for a marketing plan developed to introduce the new Saturn VUE sport-utility vehicle in the university market For their plans University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management was awarded $15,000 University of Alberta $6,000 and University of British Columbia's faculty of commerce and business administration $4,000 """"The plans were outstanding"""" Eric LeBlanc Saturn Canada's advertising and promotions manager said in a press release announcing the awards CARAVAN St 7f a - N-N-y trs '1 Tiofj exactly what sort and more Montrealers do every time they advertise Gazette Classified You see Gazette Classified happens to be Montreal's largest classified So whether you're selling a car looking for an apartment or hunting for a job there's no better or bigger place to be than right here Thirl big TM Gazette Classified 695 700 705 710 715 720 725 730 735 Bargain Wheels Cars under $2000 Ad limited to a single vehicle We ask that the price of the vehicle appear in your ad These ads are not refundable Taxes not included For details please call 987-2311 imvan Windsor assembly plant when the first minivan was built """"The minivan market (for vehicles like the 2001 Grand Caravan below) continues to be vibrant Just last year the segment climbed to an all-time high of more than 2 million sales worldwide"""" Introduced in November 1983 the original """"Magicwagon"""" was the first garageable people-transporter and a design that forever changed the automotive industry It offered easy entry and exit chair-height seating second-seat access low flat floor removable seats and front-wheel drive That might not sound like much today but 18 years ago it was nothing short of revolutionary """"Very innovative extremely well thought out developed and prepared It's exciting to see what these young creative minds have to share"""" Those participating in the Saturn Business School project had five months to conduct market research and create a marketing plan for the Saturn VUE the company's first sport-utility vehicle Each team was given a virtual budget of $2 million to develop its marketing plan """"We thought the best way to use the budget effectively was to combine sponsorships promotions direct marketing and online advertising through national on-campus direct and online campaigns"""" said Elisabeth Antlair business student and a member of McGill's team""",0,0,0,0,0,0
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Pearson International Airport and corralled eight of the cute-as-a-bug little A3 S-Lines, complete with a powerful 3.2-litre V6 All I had to do was make my way from the top of North York to enjoy a day of carefree luxury motoring Unfortunately, it was snowing Now, that wouldn't upset the Audi very much, as its quattro system is universally acknowledged as one of the best all-wheel drivetrains around The problem was that I was driving a Dodge Charger - normally an excellent automobile, but next to useless when outfitted with wide performance tires with next to no tread Despite having traction control, the Charger simply refused to make it up the icy incline leading to Highway 404 After a relatively fruitless half hour of trying to coax some traction out of those slimy rear tires, I gave up and parked the Dodge I wasn't making it to the airport today, at least not in the Charger This is where quattro, or, more accurately, Diego Ramos, Audi Canada's new president, driving a snow tire-equipped A8, came to my rescue and braved Toronto's first real snowstorm of the year to chauffeur me to the airport-all so that I might be able to sample his company's latest product 2006 JEEP LIBERTY SPORT ft OUWttJfcS: 3400 SOURCES BLVD S soldier and two passers-by, officials said Details, Page A13 BUSINESS China's clout sparks fear China's clout as an economic superpower has roused protectionist sentiment globally, including among some Canadian manufacturers But analysts warn safeguard measures could do Canadian businesses more harm than good Details, Page B1 Buddha for business When the Western desire to prosper meets Eastern philosophy, an interesting business tenet is born - give in order to get A recent Montreal seminar promotes good business karma Details, Page B1 SPORTS Bourdon anchors defence Luc Bourdon is back in the building he hopes to be playing in full-time next season The burly defenceman makes his return to Vancouver's GM Place tonight when Canada faces Finland in semi-final action at the World Junior Hockey Championship Details, Page C1 Black Monday in NFL Four NFL head coaches were let go on Black Monday, the day after the regular season ends and the traditional day for firing coaches They were head hunting in Green Bay, St. Louis, New Orleans and Houston Details, Page C1 ARTSetlFE Exploring consciousness Science writer Jay Ingram, whose best-selling books have opened our eyes to the everyday wonders of nature, is delving into a mysterious new part of the body - consciousness Ingram talks about the puzzling science behind our thoughts Details, Page D1 Law targets 'stalkerazzi' A new California law that went into effect Jan. 1 increases penalties against overly aggressive photographers dubbed """"stalkerazzi"""" who forcefully thrust their cameras into famous faces or crash their car into a celebrity's vehicle They will now be liable for three times the damages they inflict Details, Page D5 jUU y- I I 8 II 6 8 2 5 9 1 T4 5 4 3 8 r6j 4 8 3 1 1 j j 7 1 2 -j 2j j 7 9 5 T 1 I RY I j Yesterday's solution: 1 8 - 6 1 5 9 4 1 3 i 7 2 5; 2 3 187 9U-6 7 9 4 632 5 M 8 2 3, 9 8 5 1 76j4 847 326 1 1 5; 9 6511 7 4 9 21 8l3 4(1 8 9 7 3 6 i 2 i 5 965 2 1 8 437 (- 1- 4 3 7 2 1 4 6 5 8 T 9 1 1 Fill in the grid so that every row, every column and every 3x3 grid contains the digits 1 through 9 No number is repeated in any row, column or box Solutions, tips and computer program are also available at www sudoku com Quotidienne-3 2-9-5 (in order) Quotidienne-4 9-4-5-6 (in order) Banco Extra 3-16-17-19-20-26-27-29-34-386-8-2-0-1-39-40-41-43-44-49-52-53-57-59 (in order) Please recycle this newspaper r A C T y f I I D (XT C Do you think the Habs will make the playoffs this season? 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Yes: 46% of votes No: 54% """"We have to make people understand that this is serious business here,"""" Liza Frulla, Liberal candidate in Jeanne Le Ber riding m yp th Iws in Queta Pre-Christmas 'just a warm up' Jean Lapierre promises fresh policy position every day PHILIP AUTHIER THE GAZETTE Christmas out of the way the political battle for Quebec resumed with gusto yesterday and this time voters may actually tune in """"The pre-Christmas campaign was really the warmup,"""" said Prime Minister Paul Martin's Quebec lieutenant, Jean Lapierre """"After Christmas, you have to get out of the blocks fast"""" Lapierre, who said he found the break useful because it allowed him to tinker with Liberal strategies, said now that Canadians are paying attention the party will be pumping out a fresh policy position a day right up to the leaders' final televised debates Jan. 9 and 10 """"We think the moment is now, We're getting the bus out of the garage, We have three weeks of hyper-activity ahead, It's now or never"""" Lapierre, who is running in Outremont at the same time as piloting the Quebec campaign, said the order of the day after the debates will be to get the traditional Liberal voters to the polls, preferably sooner than later In the 2004 election campaign the party lost many seats in Quebec simply because federalist voters stayed home The party will not make the same mistake, with extra efforts to get voters to advance polling stations in case of a snowstorm on election day Lapierre said Lapierre made the comments in an interview as party leaders jump-started their campaigns In Quebec, Bloc Quebecois leader Gilles Duceppe was the first to leap back in, zooming in on news that the RCMP have opened a criminal investigation into an information leak from the Finance Department A few hours later, Conservative leader Stephen Harper flew his campaign into Jonquiere, announcing regional details on his party's new defence plan He said the Conservatives plan to station a new rapid-reaction army battalion of 650 regular force personnel at nearby CFB Bagotville The moves come as a new poll shows support for the Bloc steady at 52 per cent in Quebec Lapierre said the current Liberal support of about 30 per cent compares with where the party was at the end of the 2004 campaign-meaning it has not slipped dramatically and the party this time around is much better organized The Bloc, which won 54 of the province's 75 seats in 2004, has targeted key ridings which the Liberals lost or nearly lost in 2004, including Jeanne Le Ber, where star Liberal candidate Liza Frulla narrowly beat Bloc candidate Thierry St-Cyr by 72 votes Yesterday Frulla said she used the Christmas break to attend numerous parties and get together to raise her profile In 2004 she was not as present in the riding because she was working on the national campaign Frulla said that besides standing up for local riding issues, she is reminding voters that by voting Bloc they are hurting federalism in Quebec and that spells trouble for a future referendum """"We have to make people understand that this is serious business here,"""" Frulla said """"By weakening us, it weakens the provincial Liberal Party"""" pauthier thegazette canwest com Election Harper makes defence an attack with pledge to boost army base CONTINUED FROM Al """"These things are only possible because we paid down the debt and because we delivered eight straight balanced budgets,"""" Martin says in one ad """"That's our record, That's what we're running on"""" The ads are expected to set the stage for a week of policy announcements that were largely absent in the first month of the election campaign Harper yesterday announced a number of defence initiatives in Bagotville, including stationing a new 650-member rapid reaction army battalion out of CFB Bagotville Harper said the base would also receive an upgrade of the existing fleet of CF-18 jet fighters The Tories say they would increase army personnel levels in Quebec by recruiting an estimated 1,000 regular forces and 750 reserves, the majority at CFB Valcartier Also yesterday, a new Ipsos-Reid poll for CanWest News Service and Global National suggested more Canadians trust the Conservatives to handle the issue of gangs and gun violence The poll asked respondents which party they believe would do the best job responding to violence such as the Boxing Day shooting in Toronto Conservatives received 36 per cent support vs 24 per cent for the Liberals and 19 per cent for the NDP The issue is expected to be pivotal in southern Ontario The poll was conducted Dec 30 to Jan. 2 A total of 8,336 Canadian voters were surveyed via the Internet, yielding results that are accurate to within 1.1 percentage points 19 times out of 20 Harper talked tough on crime yesterday """"On Boxing Day, residents of Toronto watched in horror as the city was ravaged by gunfire in open daylight,"""" the Tory leader told a campaign rally in Ottawa """"A Conservative government will crack down on crime, We will act quickly, we will act comprehensively and we will act decisively to fix our criminal justice system"""" The highlight of the Tory plan, which has yet to be fully spelled out, is mandatory prison sentences for repeat serious offenders Meanwhile, National Democratic Party leader Jack Layton said during a stop in Ottawa yesterday that laws governing the possession of firearms have to be changed if Canada is to avert new incidents of gun violence-but that such changes won't be enough """"We need more enforcement and the Liberals have been responsible for the decline in the support for the RCMP over the years and of course the auditor-general has called for more investment in enforcement for quite some time,"""" Layton said """"We are now hearing there is apparently going to be another announcement during an election"""" He said part of the solution is to work with young people to stop them from getting into criminal gangs in the first place ELIZABETH THOMPSON OF THE GAZETTE AND CANADIAN PRESS CONTRIBUTED TO THIS REPORT For breaking news during the campaign, as well as blogs, leader profiles, polls, issues and more, visit http:decision canada com FROM THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL The Bloc's not flagging a change DAN DUGAS CANADIAN PRESS Ottawa - The answer, my friend, is not necessarily blowing in the wind Bloc Quebecois organizers say there is no secret message in party literature showing leader Gilles Duceppe with a decidedly Canadian image One of the posters being used by the separatist party shows Duceppe superimposed over a picture of Montreal In the background are the Canadian, Quebec and Montreal flags Bloc organizers say the image was generated by a computer software program Prime Minister Paul Martin should be wary of geeks bearing gifts - he's been in receipt of stolen property without even knowing it The gift in question is a Christmas wreath lifted from the front door of Montreal businessman Vincent Lacroix, whose company is being investigated after $130 million in investors' cash disappeared this summer The wreath was taken by Jean-Rene Dufort, whose nerdy character Infoman is a household name in Quebec Infoman took it to Martin as a gag for his end-of-year show on French-language CBC television As no one in the Prime Minister's Office watched the show, Martin was blissfully unaware of his hot property until he was told about the joke by a reporter yesterday No word on whether the wreath will be returned TO REACH US General inquiries (514) 987-2222 Privacy The Gazette is published daily by CanWest Media Works Publications Inc The CanWest companies collect and use your personal information primarily for the purpose of providing you with the products and services you have requested The CanWest companies may share your personal information with other CanWest companies and with selected third parties who are acting on our behalf as our agents, suppliers or service providers From time to time, we 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and gang-related killings In the words of Montreal police chief Yvan Delorme, """"Toronto has finally lost its innocence"""" WANT SNOW? MARTHA IRVINE ASSOCIATED PRESS When it comes to conjuring a snowstorm, 8-year-old Taylor Zelman has more than a few tricks aimed at getting the day off from school She wears her pyjamas inside out and backward She runs around the kitchen table five times and flushes ice cubes down the toilet And as she goes to sleep on winter school nights, she faithfully repeats, """"I want it to snow, I want it to snow, I want it to snow"""" WEATHER Variably cloudy High -6 Low -12 Page B7 Beyond motto Jifa: OjK'bet City teflon OFFE right-wing policies He made that remark after a 15-year-old girl, Jane Creba, was shot dead in the crossfire of a Boxing Day gun battle on Yonge St. between rival street gangs Please see HOMICIDES, Page A4 """"My teacher told me to throw an ice cube at a tree, but I haven't tried it yet,"""" said the third-grader from Leesburg, Va """"I'm sure there's tons more I could do"""" Please see RITUALS, Page A4 former Ontario Russian giant pledges to turn on natural gas Russia's state-run gas monopoly said late yesterday it would restore much of the natural gas it withheld from pipes running across neighbouring Ukraine after several European countries complained of shortfalls Gazprom had reduced supplies to Ukraine on Sunday after Kyiv refused to agree to a four-fold price increase But because Europe receives as much as one""",0,0,0,0,0,0
+287,20101208,modern,Snowstorm,"A4 CRVR D5 PETER McCABE THE GAZETTE A tractor-trailer lies between the lanes on Highway 40 in Vaudreuil, off the western tip of Montreal Island, early yesterday. Why didn't they see it coming? EXPERTS BLINDSIDED 'Very unusual pattern' came from east ANNE SUTHERLAND GAZETTE WEATHER REPORTER The first snowstorm of the season caught everyone - including weather forecasters - with their snow pants down around their ankles. The four centimetres of snow called for Monday had turned into an unexpected 20 centimetres by yesterday morning, compounded by wicked, gale-force winds. Another 10 centimetres fell during the day, until - at 5:24 p.m. - Environment Canada ended its snowfall warning for Montreal and Laval. Overnight, though, a further two centimetres were expected in the form of light flurries - bringing the accumulated grand total by this morning to roughly 32 centimetres. Plea from the city: Big cleanup push starts this morning CATHERINE WILTON THE GAZETTE The city of Montreal is pleading with motorists to make a switch to public transit over the next several days - with winter's first snowstorm expected by this morning to have dumped about 32 centimetres overall of the white stuff since the flakes began piling up Monday. """"We want people to leave their cars at home - that will help us get rid of the snow more quickly,"""" said Yves Girard, the city's chief of snow-clearing operations. Girard said blowing snow and gusting winds created havoc for city workers who began plowing city streets Monday night, after the city was unexpectedly walloped with far more than the four centimetres Environment Canada had forecast Monday afternoon. """"The conditions were difficult. The visibility was bad and workers would clear a street and then have to come back and do it again and again,"""" Girard said. For the second day, about 1,000 workers yesterday plowed snow from major roads, sidewalks, bus lanes and outside of hospitals and Quebec communities POSTMEDIA NEWS Rimouski - A combination of high tides, rain and gusting winds prompted officials to evacuate hundreds of homes in eastern Quebec this week as the safety of residents was threatened by floods and damaged foundations. THE GAZETTE montrealgazette.com A f V A Jl G The city is going to close the road for up to two years to allow workers to install a new sewer system and facilitate the construction of the McGill University Health Centre's superhospital. However, the city went ahead yesterday with plans to close the Girouard Ave access ramp onto Highway 15 southbound. kwiltonmontrealgazette.com seasonal high tides - measuring three to 4.5 metres - were less likely to be accompanied by 80-90-kilometre-per-hour winds that together formed a potent combination along Quebec's coast. Bad weather plagued much of the country yesterday. AMT promises nightmare year won't be replayed Measures put in place to improve communication with commuters fail ANDY RIGA GAZETTE TRANSPORTATION REPORTER Long delays on some suburban train lines during the season's first snowstorm don't foreshadow another winter of discontent for commuters, the Agence métropolitaine de transport insisted yesterday. The afternoon rush-hour scene at downtown Montreal's Lucien L'Allier train station Monday: Late and cancelled trains, a chaotic atmosphere and poor communication with hundreds of commuters - some of whom waited two hours for trains home to the West Island and points beyond. Vaudreuil-Hudson, the AMT's second-busiest line, used by 15,000 people daily, was the hardest hit; train service was down from 5 p.m. """"We were waiting in the station like cattle,"""" Michelle Lessard said until about 6:45 p.m. There were also delays on the Blainville-St. Jerome and Delson lines. For AMT users, it looked a lot like the miserable winter of 2008-09, when the AMT was pilloried for poor service and its inability to inform commuters. The transit authority apologized, offered refunds and promised to do better. Last night, two of the 34 rush-hour commuter-train runs departing downtown were tardy, said AMT official Brigitte Leonard. The 5:40 p.m. to Vaudreuil-Hudson was delayed 29 minutes """"by a mechanical problem,"""" she said. The 6 p.m. train for Mont-Saint-Hilaire was held immobile on the Victoria Bridge for 12 minutes by a signalling problem. On Monday, measures put in place to improve communication with commuters utterly failed. Screens that were supposed to display information about delays provided no data. Technology that was supposed to alert users via cellphone and email failed. Public-address systems that were supposed to give passengers accurate info about trains offered no help. Commuters, many of whom had no alternate ways to reach far-flung suburbs, got little help from the few AMT employees around, who often provided contradictory information. Leonard attributed all those failures to a single """"technical bug,"""" which she said was found and fixed in time for last night's rush hour. """"I would have liked to have been informed about what the heck was going on,"""" said SNOWSTORM BLUES Gazette readers weigh in on the storm and its aftermath: stuck commuter trains, unplowed sidewalks, a late start to clearing the streets. Letters, Pag A26 and montrealgazette.com There was no let-up in sight for the residents of London, Ont., where 30 centimetres fell on top of the previous metre of snow, forcing businesses to close early and shutting down transit services altogether. From Western Canada - where 100 to 180 millimetres of rain was forecast for parts of British Columbia - to the Maritimes, where residents are cleaning up after high winds and heavy rain caused major flooding Monday, Canada is waking up to a reminder that winter is here - even if the calendar says it's two weeks away. A26 EDITORIAL THE GAZETTE montrealgazette.com WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2010 FOUNDED JUNE 5, 1778 BY FIEURV MFSPLET ALAN ALLNUTT PUBLISHER & EDITOR-IN-CHIEF KATHERINE SEDGWICK DEPUTY EDITOR RAYMOND BRASSARD EXECUTIVE EDITOR CATHERINE WALLACE, MANAGING EDITOR ASMAA MALIK, DEPUTY MANAGING EDITOR MICHAEL SHENKER ROSS TEAGUE ASSOCIATE MANAGING EDITORS MARIO BELLUSCIO, DIRECTOR OF FINANCE WENDY DESMARTEAUX VICE-PRESIDENT, OPERATIONS STEPHANELE GAL VICE-PRESIDENT, SALES AND MARKETING LETTERS Singing the snowstorm blues lie Q5u efte I kmmx 1 1 i i ' 1 1"""" """" iHnMiiwmirii tLXmmA if, , 1 1 I AISLINetMONTREALGAZETTE.COM I I )l JORIAl, Students have to pay their fair share Quebec university students can throw all the tantrums they like, as they did at Monday's forum in Quebec City on the topic of university tuition, but fees will surely go up and should quite rightly do so. If students want a quality education, which will handsomely profit them through their working lives, they should pay a fairer share of the cost than they are now. There is no question that Quebec universities are underfunded in large part because tuition fees in the province are ridiculously low - less than half the Canadian average. Overall funding for Quebec universities is 20 per cent less per student than the national average, a difference that is felt in overcrowded classrooms and a comparative shortage of full-fledged professors. University heads are pressing for a fee increase spread over the coming four years that would bring tuition in Quebec to $3,680 per year, an increase of more than 70 per cent from the current $2,075, but still leaving tuition here well below the current national undergrad average of $5,138. The rationale advanced by the provincial student federation and its union backers in the cause for keeping tuition at rock bottom is that it favours greater access to university education, particularly for the financially strapped. If that were so, Quebec would be leading the country in university enrolment, but in fact university attendance among Quebecers aged 18 to 25 is second lowest among Canadian provinces. As such, the effect of the Quebec system is that it subsidizes the relatively affluent more than it aids the unfortunate. The argument that students are hit with crippling debt upon graduation is negated by a respectable recent study that shows holders of bachelor's degrees alone will earn on average $600,000 more over their careers than will high-school grads. For most of those who venture it, a university education is the best investment they'll have made in their lives. Of course raising tuition is not the only improvement that needs to be made to bolster Quebec's universities. Along with the fee increase there should be an improvement in the loan and bursary system to ensure the deserving needy have access. Rather than an across-the-board undergraduate fee, a tuition scale might be set based on the cost of programs. Universities might also be held to better accounting and performance measurement; ill-considered spending on expansion projects has in some cases sorely aggravated the university funding shortage. As well, private enterprise should step up its contribution to the university system since, along with the grads themselves and the governments that will tax them, it is a prime beneficiary of a well-educated workforce. Yes, fees should rise, but students alone shouldn't have to bear the cost of improving the system. Whistleblowers need better protection Without whistleblowers, Canadians might not have found out that the Canadian military was handing over Afghan detainees to possible torture. And Quebecers might have remained in the dark for much longer than they did about corruption in the construction industry - at their considerable cost. But if the public is grateful that previously hidden facts are dragged into the light of day, governments are not always so appreciative. Last year, Richard Colvin, an intelligence officer at the Canadian embassy in Washington, told a parliamentary committee that senior government officials knew Canadian Forces were handing Afghan detainees over to probable torture by Afghan authorities in 2006-2007. He immediately found himself under attack from Defence Minister Peter MacKay. That was one of the big cases. Whistleblowers who try to warn their employers of less high-profile violations are even more vulnerable to reprisals. That's why whistleblower protection is so important. It is in the best interests of taxpayers that public employees be free to reveal wrongdoing. For that to happen, they need a designated authority with the power and tools to investigate and at the same time protect the whistleblower. Yet in Montreal and Ottawa, whistleblower protection is under real pressure. In Ottawa, the """"hear-no-evil"""" attitude of Canada's first public-sector integrity commissioner was so outrageous, federal auditor general Sheila Fraser has had to investigate. Fifty-eight whistleblowers complained to the commissioner that they suffered reprisals after alleging wrongdoing. Four complaints were investigated. The two that have been completed were both rejected: Hardly encouragement to future whistleblowers. Here in Montreal, the city set up a hotline last year for city employees and suppliers to report any wrongdoing they witness. To date, 128 reports have been made. Did that number come as a nasty surprise to the Tremblay administration? Is that why the city has decided to take the hotline away from the city's auditor general and give it to the city comptroller instead? It is a shameful and transparent ploy to take control of the complaints system. That hotline must remain under the auditor-general. Only his office is completely independent. He alone can launch an inquiry independently of civic authorities. Taxpayers need to know that someone independent is in their corner. The federal government has to get serious about protecting whistleblowers. The city should leave the hotline with the auditor-general. Good transit; lousy clearing I commend the Société de transport de Montreal for its bus service over the last couple of days. While my Monday evening commute took two hours and the Tuesday morning commute was almost as long, the bus drivers I saw were doing the best they could. On the other hand, once again, there was no attempt anywhere to shovel access to the bus stops or the sidewalks at Lionel-Groulx metro station. I witnessed hundreds of people struggling over snow banks to board buses and get to the metro. Instead of wasting money to hire people in the summer to pick up cigarette butts on the street, why not have them shovel bus stops and metro entrances? Douglas O'Shaughnessy Beaconsfield AMT fouls up again The first snowstorm; the Agence métropolitaine de transport's West Island trains die. Surprise, surprise! One hour sitting on the tracks in nowhere land. There was a lady on the train visiting from Nova Scotia. Could one word of explanation be in English? Of course not! Donna Ekins Dorval Gross incompetence I am again amazed at the gross incompetence of our city at clearing snow. They want people to take public transit, and yet there I was at 1 p.m. yesterday - 24 hours after snow started to fall, and city crews had yet to clear the sidewalk that leads to our local train station. Pedestrians are expected to fight with cars for the right of way on the road. Gee, I wonder why people insist on driving their cars. Every year it is the same thing. Every year the same excuses are provided. When will our city officials do their jobs properly? The plows should have been out yesterday afternoon so people could get home at the end of the day, not waited till the middle of the night. Simple incompetence! Daniel Plneault Pointe Claire Montrealers were frustrated by the Island's snow-clearing efforts. It's not just the weather Here we go again, with the snow from driveways dumped into the street and onto the sidewalk. The city is doing a fairly good job of making sure people can walk on a half-decently cleared sidewalk, but some contractors do a much better job making sure the sidewalks are full of snow from the driveways. If the city is looking for extra revenues, instead of taxing us to death maybe they should find a way to tax these contractors. Alain Houle Notre Dame de Grace Do these people know winter? Remind me again why the anti-Montreal Mayor Gerald Tremblay is raising taxes? It snowed all day and all night Monday and at 8 a.m. Tuesday the sidewalks were still not cleared. I have to assume the people in charge have never gone through a Canadian winter, or else they are totally ineffective. Diann Whittaker Montreal Missed treat Yesterday morning's Gazette delivery was delayed by Monday's snowfall. Entirely understandable. So I read the """"paper"""" online. Entirely unsatisfactory, but there's still nothing like spreading the paper out over the breakfast table with a cup of fresh morning coffee. Maybe I'm too old-fashioned but I'll keep my subscription to the real newspaper. Paul Shubin Montreal Fair play for 'burbs Re: """"Suburbs cry foul over budget"""" (Gazette, Dec. 3), The suburbs are being asked to help to fund not only transportation and infrastructure projects, but to prop up the city of Montreal's employee pension plan. The cheek of this move is beyond belief. I don't object to paying my fair share of taxes, but the notion that """"the more a suburb's commercial and industrial base grows, the more that suburb has to pay in transfer payments"""" really gets my goat. Dorval Mayor Edgar Rouleau is justified in being annoyed at, in effect, being penalized for providing a sound economic base for his municipality. Will the tax burden for Dorval, for instance, be reduced if it is left to stagnate? Lilian Hart Dorval Snakes? Yuck! Re: """"Turcot work means snakes will have to move"""" (Gazette, Dec. 6), At least $50,000 to save the snakes at Turcot? I can't believe it. Nobody cares about snakes. Most people have a phobia about these disgusting creatures, a phobia so bad that many couldn't even read this article. While the city is at it, why doesn't it save all the rats that infest condemned buildings? Brandon St. Onge Pierrefonds Wrong answer Re: """"Squeaky wheels"""" (Gazette, Dec. 6), Transport Quebec spokesperson Mario St-Pierre gave us an insight into why some things just don't make sense when it comes to road work in our province. Instead of warning drivers a couple of exits in advance of any road closings, he suggests we go online or call Transport Quebec to get an update for any road work. This embarrassing answer to a very logical request just proves the incompetence of those running Transport Quebec. It's much more logical to have a few road workers place a few warning signs, rather than have tens of thousands of drivers going online or calling for road work updates. Kyriakos Mamlis Laval A vocation, not a job Re: """"Schools can afford to let boys be boys"""" (Opinion, Dec. 7), Ann Tellier's article was one of the sweetest pieces of writing I have seen in a long time. Teaching's not a job, it's a vocation, a calling (like nursing). You have to love to teach and you have to love, accept and respect children and listen to them. And yes, boys are different from girls. They might be more energetic, more antsy, more disruptive but both are so special and so precious and so fascinating. I was a school secretary for many years and I loved my students and miss and think of them often. Kathryn Pryce Dorval The perfect teacher Re: """"Schools can afford to let boys be boys"""" (Opinion, Dec. 7), What a wonderful commentary on school! Perhaps unknown to herself, Ann Tellier exemplifies the teacher we all want for our children: thoughtful; incredibly sensitive to children; deeply committed to her own learning and to reflective practice. She is the consummate professional teacher and we must remember that our schools are filled with such people. Our schools aren't perfect, but with the continued efforts of our teachers, principals and support staff, I have total confidence that any difficulties will be overcome. Don Harris Dollard des Ormeaux The Clinch bites Re: """"Not all that rosy"""" (Letters, Dec. 7), While Matthew Brett is busy playing the Grinch and pouring cold water on L. Ian MacDonald's optimistic outlook on the Canadian economy, perhaps he could tear down some of the stories on The Gazette's """"You'll like this"""" page. After all, there is just too much good news out there in the world right now. Jon Minnis Pointe Claire WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU, Send your letters to lettersmontrealgazette.com A national figure in her battle against cancer and as a partner in the political career of her husband, John, died yesterday at age 61. See pictures from her life at montrealgazette.com/photos V4 J I: r Q SEE WHAT'S NEW FROM montrealgazette.com/blogs How about a tree made of 100-per-cent recycled cardboard? It looks cool, and you won't be sweeping up pine needles off your floor for the next six months. Green Life BEST REUTERS SPORTS PHOTOS Simone Arrigoni of Italy attempts to set an apnea diving record, while being pushed by two dolphins, in Torvaianica, near Rome, on May 27. See this and other Best Photos of 2010 taken by Reuters at montrealgazette.com/photos ALLISON LAMPERT It's not often that you see a developer get excited about a project with zero financial return. But Kodem president Benjamin Sternthal can't stop talking about his latest project in the Northern Condor region of Ethiopia. Real Deal SHARE YOUR VIEWS ON TODAY'S HOT TOPICS TOTAL SNOWFALL IN CITY MAY HIT 40 CENTIMETRES """"We do not get snow in the Montreal area. We get SNOWSTORMS. And these 30 or so centimetres are just the beginning. Don't blame the weatherman. If you haven't already noticed, it's the only job where you can be 100 per cent wrong and still get paid. Looking at the pictures from the downtown area, obviously this lousy city administration doesn't have a clue how to do snow removal.""",0,0,0,0,0,0
+288,18850216,historical,Blizzard,"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",0,0,0,0,0,0
+289,18880119,historical,Blizzard,"FRIENDS OF AMERICAN SHIPPING, Albany to Have Winter Carnival, Pamlne-Hirichcn Christians Call for Help, St. Paul, January 18, The most heartrending episodes of the recent blizzard are the loss of life of school children in Dakota and Nebraska, not less than fifty and very probably more being reported dead. Thirty-one school children are missing in Turner County, seven were lost near Lennox, and a teacher and sixteen children at Clear Lake, six of the latter's bodies having been discovered. An Omaha special says: Miss Louie Royce, a school teacher stationed eight miles from Plainview, had three pupils on the day of the storm. She started at 2 o'clock with the children for a house twenty rods distant, but lost her way. All lay down in the snow, and Miss Royce wrapped up the little ones as best she could. Early in the night one child died and later a second one, and just as morning broke the third child succumbed to the cold. Miss Royce then managed to reach the house less than twenty rods away. Both her feet are badly frozen and will have to be amputated. A school teacher and eight children, names unknown, are reported from Neligh to have perished. Moderate In Their Demands, Washington, January 18, The American Shipping and Industrial League today elected Hon. S. FliilER, 67 St. Suljilce Street, Montreal. THE WEEKLY GAZETTE READY THIS DAY, Page 1 Literature; Poetry Uncertainties: Story A Puma Hug; Our Chess Column; KloTara and JetKuia. PAGE 2 Unseated for Corruption Astounding Revelations in the Glengarry Case The Election Declared Void And Mr. Purcell Personally Disqualified; New Brunswick Lumber Trade; 1,544,000 Tons of Coal; The first Report; Advertisements, etc. PAGE 3 Latest Cable Despatches; United States News; Dominion News; The GAZETTE, Special Cablegrams; Sacrificed to the Blizzard; etc. Page 4 Editorial: The Party of Factions; Two Important Railways; Our Dairy Interests; Glengarry Election Case; The Public Conscience; The Loan Offered; The Manitoba Crisis; Minor Topics. PAGE 6 City and District; Political Hallway; The Political World; The Birth of the Blizzard; Latest Telegrams; etc. PAGE 8 At Dodnley's; Wedding of Royalty; A New Cotton Mill; Kidnappings; Canadian Engineering; Horses and Cattle; Canadian News Items; Toronto's New Mayor Inaugurated in Office With Consultable Colleagues; etc. Page 7 Farm and Garden: Specimen Election Bills; Quebec Prohibition; Province of Quebec Note; The Manitoba Crisis: Vigorous Men; Advertisements; etc. PAGE 9 The Cattle Trade; Sports and Pastime; Trade and Commerce; Financial and Commercial; Latest Home and Foreign Markets; Advertisements.",0,0,0,0,0,0
+290,18881219,historical,Blizzard,"IUNV, Albany, NY, December 18 The storm which ended in this city today was equivalent to two feet of snow. It rained steadily yesterday and last night, and after midnight snowed for several hours. The Hudson has risen rapidly and is overflowing the piers and wharves of the city. A rise of over seven feet since last night was noted at noon today. The storm locally had many of the characteristics of last March's blizzard. The lowest barometer ever recorded by the Signal officer here was noted today at 29.08. The river is still rising through the southerly wind, but a warming thermometer will probably check the flood. TORONTO IS COLD TOO. Toronto, December 18 Toronto has got her winter at last. The mild weather which has prevailed up to the present has kept business at a low ebb, and the city has presented none of the bustle generally seen before the holidays.",0,0,0,0,0,0
+291,18901217,historical,Blizzard,"LOST IN A BLIZZARD Aged Couple Edward Talmadge Cawl Charlotteown, PEI, December 16 Last Friday an elderly couple by the name of Higglint, living in the West Royalty, left their home to attend market. After transacting business in town they started for home about 5 o'clock. It had been snowing all day, and toward evening the storm had assumed the character of a blizzard and the drifting snow was blinding. They struck off the road to take a short cut for their home and wandered into a forty-acre field, got bewildered and lost their way. Buried with snow and benumbed with cold they tried in vain to get their bearings until completely exhausted when both lay down to die within a few minutes' walk of home. On Sunday morning search was instituted and about noon Mrs. Higglint was found sitting on the sleigh still living. She was carried to her home but she soon succumbed. Mr. Higglint was also found a short distance from the sleigh. He was not so badly frozen as his wife and he was taken at once to the hospital and his condition is considered very critical. The filtering and exposure have affected his mind and he is unable to give any account of his wandering and experience of the two nights and day and a half he had spent in the snow.",0,0,0,0,0,0
+292,18920428,historical,Blizzard,"C, members had an interview with the Minister of Marine and Fisheries today, and protested against the employment of Chinese cooks on the Government steamer Quadra. Hon. Sir Tupper promised to enquire into the matter, but wanted to know what the cost of white cooks would be as compared with Chinese. FAIR TO CLOUDY TODAY, With Strong Winds, Local Showers and Higher Temperature. Toronto, April 27, 11 p.m. Since last night the storm centre has moved northeastward from Nebraska to the northward of Lake Superior. The area of high pressure has moved southeastward from the lake region to the Atlantic, and another high area has set in over the Northwest territories. A northwestern blizzard has prevailed in Alberta since yesterday and now extends as far east as Manitoba. The weather has been cloudy with light local rain in Ontario and fine east. Minimum and maximum temperatures: Toronto, 3d, 52; Montreal, 30, 64; Quebec, 30, 54; Halifax, 34, 50. Lake Strong winds and gales, northeast to northwest; partly fair and warm, with local showers or thunderstorms today, turning cooler again tonight and tomorrow. Laurence Strong winds and gales from south; fair to cloudy, with local showers or thunderstorms; higher temperature.",0,0,0,0,0,0
+293,18920722,historical,Blizzard,"5 E. McEachran's Return, July viewed by a Gazette reporter on his trip through the Northwest. I note of the wheat crop of the Territories. The ranches present new developments in horse breeding. Since the Northwest Territories have become the granary of the Dominion, all experienced men arriving in Montreal from beyond the lakes are closely questioned by Montreal merchants and capitalists as to the condition of the crops at this critical period of their growth. Dr. McEachran, chief veterinary inspector for the Dominion, who has just gone over Manitoba and a large portion of Alberta and the other territories, was seen by a Gazette reporter on this subject, and spoke as follows: ""In Manitoba the crops are very promising, and although the straw may be a little shorter than usual, the wheat will probably mature earlier on this account."" I spent a day in Brandon, drove about the country considerably, and from the splendid outlook in that section I take it for granted that everything there is all right. They are now favored with beautiful weather and have had plenty of rain. The doctor then described the large immigrant trains he met with and the number of well-to-do English gentlemen who were going over the country selecting suitable farms for their sons. ""He, in fact, was much pleased at the quality of this year's influx into Western Canada."" The reporter questioned the doctor as to the condition of the ranches in Alberta this year, and he replied that the April blizzard had caused considerable losses, more particularly along Willow Creek and the level country east of the rolling foothills. The large ranches, such as Cochran's and Walrond's, escaped with comparatively little loss, as was evidenced by both of those ranches branding a very small number less than last year. The season, however, was dry, especially in the McLeod district, yet the stock never looked in better condition than at the present time. Ranching, however, continued Dr. McEachran, ""is in an uncertain and unsettled condition pending the decision of the Department of the Interior with reference to the lands leased to the different companies nine years ago."" While I was in Alberta several meetings were held by the ranchmen for the purpose of laying their views before the Government. One memorial in particular asked the Ottawa authorities to appoint a commission to report upon the whole question before deciding upon a policy which might possibly lead to the closing out of the whole ranch business and the withdrawal of from six to eight million dollars of capital which has been invested in that business in Alberta. ""Horse breeding,"" said Dr. McEachran, ""is going on in a most satisfactory manner. I visited Quorn Ranch, which has 1,000 horses, High River 900, Cross Ranch 800, Winder 800 and our own ranch, which breeds 700 heavy horses such as Clydes and Shires. I met Mr. Gordon Cuthbert and Mr. Polkes, who were visiting the different ranches selecting horses to the extent of 100 for an experimental shipment to Great Britain. These gentlemen purpose taking the horses, which are principally carriage, saddle and hunters, to Seary's farm in Bothwell, Ont., where they will be broken and mannered, preparatory to their shipment from Montreal towards the end of September. I also visited the Pagan Indians as they were preparing for a sun dance at Fort McLeod and found the tribe making most satisfactory progress in agriculture. The agent said the Indians worked well in the fields, and the leaders of the tribe added that they were quite contented with their lot. The doctor also stated that the Calgary and Edmonton railway construction party had reached the new town site of Fort McLeod and, were it not for a slight delay caused in getting the sleepers down from the mountains, the road would be finished by the middle of August. It is from this point that the proposed Canadian Pacific extension through the Crow's Seat Pass will start. THE FIRE RECORD, Towns in the United States Matter Minor Canadian Blasts, Syracuse, N.",0,0,0,0,0,0
+294,18990705,historical,Blizzard,"GEORGE AND THE DRAGON A writer, who evidently knows his subject thoroughly not by hearsay, but by experience, discusses in Blackwood the value of Wei-Hai-Wei. The policy by which it was acquired and the terms by which it is held, he does not approve of. Its seizure was the result of surprise. That Russia would eventually occupy Port Arthur was looked upon by those who had been watching events as fairly certain, and yet the occupation came so suddenly that it proved almost as disconcerting as if such a thing had never been contemplated as possible. The British Government through the press and otherwise let the world know that Russia's action had flurried it. For a time there was a great deal of talk about the open door and then, a squadron having been sent to Cheefoo, over against Port Arthur seventy miles off, Wei-Hai-Wei was taken possession of and a clause was inserted in the lease that England would hold it as long as Russia remained at Port Arthur. What that means it is not hard to decipher. It was authoritatively given out that the Government intended to make Wei-Hai-Wei a secondary naval base. Under certain circumstances such a course might be wise enough; but, in view of the fact that Russia is rapidly turning Port Arthur into a first-class fortress, with an absolutely impregnable harbor capable of sheltering 100 torpedo boats or 50 destroyers of the Sokol type, such a policy would be a grave strategic error. In fact, Wei-Hai-Wei is worse than useless to England unless a defensible harbor is constructed there and the island adequately fortified. If the necessary breakwater were commenced at once, all that could be effectively accomplished before Russia could have her strategic railways completed and be ready (if such action were deemed advisable) to begin an advance upon Peking. The writer in Blackwood admits (though not without sarcasm) that Lord Salisbury may have information of which he knows nothing, but he has no faith in secrecy or the pretense of it in these days of an ubiquitous press. The question in which the Empire is concerned especially that important portion of it that is interested in Chinese trade is whether the Government really purposes to defend the trade interests of northern China. If so, the policy indicated may have its use. Now, moreover, is the time to act, when Russia is in a peaceful mood and friendly her strategic railways being still unfinished and Port Arthur being dependent on the sea routes for its supplies. What about the climate of Wei-Hai-Wei? It would be an insult to that future stronghold, says the writer in Blackwood, to compare it to Hong Kong, and it is not hot and relaxing like Yokohama. In fine, he believes it to be the healthiest in the world. Spring and autumn are magnificent. There is adequate rainfall, plenty of sunshine, and though the four months' winter is cold, it is a bright, clear, dry, bracing cold, with neither rain nor fog, and but little snow. Still, he mentions occasional blizzards an average perhaps of one a fortnight which sometimes bring a little snow and blow from west round to north. While these blizzards last from one day to three days the air is keen and cutting, but quite dry. The weather between blizzards is compared to that of the Riviera in winter and even superior to it, being drier and more bracing with more brilliant sunshine. We have outlined only the practical features of the article. Lord Beresford's proposals are condemned as dividing the powers of civilization into two great hostile camps. But he considers China's disintegration as only a matter of time. The great wall of exclusion is a thing of the past. The era of the railway has begun. The remotest interior will soon be open to foreign trade, England must share her monopoly with others, but she has held her own before under unfavorable circumstances and she need not despair now. The proposal to give the Northwest half-breeds another issue of land scrip may be in the interest of somebody, but certainly it is not in that of the half-breeds. After the rising of 1885 a commission was sent up to settle the 'bleeds' claims with scrip, and most of the stuff passed into the hands of speculators within a few hours of issue. It cost the Government a large sum, and did the recipients the least possible amount of good. It will be the same with future issues. The half-breed does not take to farming and does not need land, else he could get all he wants on the same conditions as white settlers. He is a picturesquely decaying survival of a past time, to pamper whom is to waste money. The English landlady who refused to serve a feminine cyclist because she wore bloomers has been paralleled by a landlord who had a lady ejected by the police because she persisted in smoking a cigarette. He also prosecuted her for disorderly conduct in refusing to leave the premises when ordered. The magistrate dismissed the summons, but held that the landlord was right in making and enforcing a rule against ladies smoking, as it might tend to make the lewd and less thoughtful members of society rather inclined to joking. And this while it may tend to promote morality in public, seems to be somewhat like punishing a woman for man's rudeness. Mr",0,0,0,0,0,0
+295,18821117,historical,Cold,"NO. 2T5 1 U$toc$$ Cards, WHAT THE PEOPLE WANT Here we have a subject which is well chosen for this season of the year, when appearances of an early and cold winter seem to warn us that all the natural heat we possess will not be sufficient, and that the purchase of a good, substantial suit of clothes, and a food, heavily lined overcoat will be one of the most judicious investments a man can make. The style and cut of our wearing apparel, and the desire to have it made from materials chaste and becoming and the prevailing pattern, is also not to be condemned as a vanity, but rather as an evidence of refinement. The question of cost is another one which is well worthy of consideration, but, fortunately, buyers in Montreal and vicinity cannot complain in this respect, if they compare their facilities to be well and cheaply clad with those offered by any other city in the Dominion or United States. We have here one vast emporium where the goods are gotten up of a quality and in a style of materials, workmanship and trimmings which have never before been produced in Canada. We refer to the Boston One Price Clothing House, 41 and 48 St. Joseph street, which, from a small beginning three years ago, now ranks as the leading clothing house, wholesale and retail, of the Dominion. INDELIBLE INK FOR RUBBER STAMPS? Mark your linen with Thompson's new Indelible Ink, warranted not to wash out. For sale only by C.J. Clarke's book store, Beaver Hall square, to look at his magnificent display of Christmas cards. Mr. Elwbs will hold a large sale of fine robes, fur coats, sacques, circulars, caps, ladies' sets, etc., at his rooms, 295 Notre Dame street, this (and tomorrow) afternoon and evening, at 2 and 7 o'clock. Richelieu & Ontario Navigation Co. The steamers between Montreal and Quebec will cease running after today, the Quebec making her last trip this evening at 6 o'clock. The market boats are still running as usual. The 6th Fusiliers. The presentation of prizes to the competitors in the recent annual rifle matches of the 6th Fusiliers took place at the armory last night, when there was a large attendance of the friends of this favorite regiment. The prizes were all of a valuable class, and numbered amongst them many useful articles. Musical Festival. Practices for the three days' Christmas musical festival, by the public and Sunday-school children of the city, will be held as follows: For public school children on Saturday morning, in the High School, Metcalf street boys at 9:30 and girls at 10:30, Sunday-school children and teachers and Band of Hope in the Synod Hall, Saturday at 2 p.m. See L. Robinson's improved Newmarket. There is nothing more nourishing and warming in cold weather than a cup of really good cocoa, but the difficulty has been to obtain it pure. This may be secured at a cost of one cent for a large breakfast cup by using Cadbury's Cocoa Essence, which goes three times as far as the adulterated and starchy compounds ordinarily sold, the smallest packet making fourteen breakfast cups of strong cocoa. Concert. The second vocal, instrumental and literary entertainment by the Inspector street American Presbyterian Church Choir, which took place in the lecture room of the Church last evening, was a great success. The lengthy programme was well managed, and greatly enjoyed by the large audience. The two addresses were of a very pleasing character, and dealt with the object of the concerts and the help which they had given to that work. The Minister of Inland Revenue. Mr. MEDICAL LECTURES. ""Emergencies, surgical and medical."" Another of the lectures of this interesting course was delivered in the Association Hall last evening by Dr. Roddick. The chair was occupied by Mr. H. Putnam. Dr. Roddick, in opening, dwelt on the importance of everyone having some knowledge of the proper course to pursue in the emergencies of a medical or surgical nature which were constantly arising. How often do we hear of accidents often resulting fatally, which a little knowledge on the part of friends or bystanders might have prevented? He would dwell more particularly on those emergencies in which loss of consciousness was the most prominent condition. Probably the most common of these is fainting or syncope. This is due to a variety of causes. There are some persons who faint on the slightest provocation, who, in fact, make a habit of fainting. This is due to the weak or watery condition of the blood, by which the heart muscle itself, from a defective supply of blood, is constantly refusing to perform its functions. Another common cause is a sudden blow, particularly in the region of the stomach. Those who die from drinking cold water when they are heated die generally in a faint, the effect being similar to that produced by a blow in the stomach. Other causes are loss of blood, sudden emotions, or the use of chloroform. The symptoms are dimness of sight, noises in the ears, the lips and cheeks bloodless and the features have a pinched look, the beat of the heart is not noticed, and the breathing ceases for a moment. This lasts from a few seconds to two or three minutes but not longer. If the heart pulsations are absent for five minutes, resuscitation is impossible. Recovery is usually first announced by a sighing or swallowing, then the return of colour and warmth. The treatment is first, to place the patient in a recumbent position, and the head lower than the shoulders; because if this is not done to patients who have inhaled the influence of chloroform in the dental chair, we frequently hear of cases where death results. The lecturer is thoroughly opposed to the use of chloroform as an anesthetic and advised his hearers to use the safer, and generally equally sure ether when at their dentist's, as when the latter is used the upright position is not dangerous. In the next place the clothing about the neck should be loosened, the chest and face sprinkled with cold water, and the palms of the hands slapped and rubbed briskly. Ammonia may be applied to the nostrils, but with caution, as in a dull case person it is possible by this means to substitute asphyxia for syncope. Strong coffee is a very effective stimulant, and if these fail a galvanic battery may be resorted to, but this also should be used with great caution. Convulsions were next treated of. They are rare in adults, and are then almost always of an epileptic nature. The lecturer fully described the symptoms, which are so well known as not to require enumeration. As to the treatment, he particularly cautioned against holding a person in a fit; so long as he was guarded from harm, his muscles should be allowed free play, as otherwise the result might be very serious. Hysterical fits, which are often mistaken for epilepsy, are distinguished by the fact that in them the patient generally selects a soft place to fall, never bites his tongue, and is conscious of what is going on. The treatment recommended was cold water applications. Convulsions appear most frequently amongst infants, and in these cases are due most ordinarily to teething or disorders of digestion. The first thing to be done is to strip the child and examine it carefully, because the convulsions may be caused by something pricking the body. There is seldom any need for alarm, as a child very rarely dies from such convulsions. The body of the child should be placed in hot bath of 98 to 100, the head at the same time being kept cool, an important matter which is often neglected. The bath should not last longer than five minutes, but may be repeated after an interval of twenty minutes. After the bath, do not attempt to dry the child, but wrap it in a large towel and then in a blanket. An emetic may then be administered, alum being probably the best, and a dose of oil will never do harm. In drowning accidents, the vast majority do not die as is commonly supposed by cramps but rather from syncope or fainting. The faint may be caused by a blow against the stomach received on entering the water, or on the knee from some injury in the river bed. Those who take cramps can generally be resuscitated, but those who faint usually die. The treatments consist in (1) producing artificial respiration, Sylvester's method being probably the best, (2) producing warm water friction, and (3) stimulation. The face should be first turned downwards to allow the water, etc., to flow out. The body should then be turned over, and the tongue drawn and kept out of the mouth. Wet clothes should then be removed, especially from the chest, and a dry coat or blanket placed on the patient. The limbs should be rubbed briskly, the friction being towards the heart, and warmth may be applied by hot bottles. The instructions given above would apply, with slight modification, to cases of suspended animation from poisoning by coal gas or chloroform, attempted suicide by hanging, and cases of a similar nature. Sunstroke occurs especially in those who are depressed from physical exertion, e.g., soldiers on the march. The symptoms are well known. The sufferer should be removed to a cool place and placed with the head raised a little. The body should be stripped, and ice-cold water poured on the chest, limbs and head from a height of four or five feet. In cases where foreign bodies find their way into the ear, eye or other cavities of the body, the following modes of treatment will be found useful: If in the nose a pinch of snuff or pepper will generally cause such a fit of sneezing as will have the desired effect. Failing in this, a hairpin or an injection of water may be used. In the ear it is generally best to remove the foreign body by syringing the ear. Foreign substances in the eye can generally be removed by bathing with water. At the conclusion of the lecture a vote of thanks was proposed by Mr. Win. Robb, seconded by Dr. Basin and heartily accorded to by the audience. Dr. Roddick will continue the subject in a future lecture. W. Bacon, of Norwich, Conn., wages a firm contest against liquor dealers. The applicants for licenses and the commissioners find in him an unbudgeable objector. When the case of a certain firm was up the other day he objected on the ground that they were the confederates of the worst criminals in the town. ""Do you mean that?"" said one of the men. ""I do,"" replied the clergyman. ""If you repeat it I will have you arrested and make you prove what you say,"" shouted the man. Mr. Bacon deliberately: ""I charge you with being the confederate of the worst criminals in town."" The firm's application was signed by respectable citizens, said the commissioners, and endorsed by the selectmen, ""which makes us, in Mr. Bacon's judgement, the endorsers of a brothel."" ""That is undoubtedly the truth,"" interjected the clergyman. The Army and Navy Gazette of the 4th Instant says: ""As Lord Dufferin's name appears in the Army List, we would draw attention to the pre-eminent claims of this, the greatest diplomatist of the age, to a substantial recognition of his services during the late campaign in Egypt. Let the public pause for a moment, in the midst of its praise of generals, departments and regiments, and consider how much of our success has been due to skilful maneuvering and generalship at Constantinople. Lord Dufferin is now under orders to proceed to Egypt, and there is probably no living person more able to successfully grapple with the difficult question of the future of Egypt. Lord Dufferin has a thorough knowledge of Arabic. He will thus be able to deal with all documents laid before him without the aid of an interpreter, an important consideration, under the present circumstances."" NEWSPAPER WAITS- The latest advices from Japan report the Mikado sick of the peculiar Japanese disease called kakuke. Our stuttering contributor wonders how he took the kakake. Norristown Herald. The postmaster of Bathurst, N.B., has the following notice posted up in his office: ""All persons having no business in this office will please transact it as soon as possible and leave."" Hartford Courant. Scene at a Thanksgiving dinner: ""Will you have some pork, Mr. Folger?"" ""No, I don't want pork; I want turkey."" ""But there isn't any turkey."" ""Well, then, you can give me some pork."" Rochester Post Express, a Judge, you are a very smart man. I would like to ask you a question,"" remarked Gilhooly to Judge Blackston, one of the most prominent lawyers of Austin. ""What is it?"" questioned the Judge. ""Two twin sisters living in the same home have names of the same age, that look precisely alike and are dressed alike. These two children got mixed up, and the question is, how will the mothers get it to find out which child belongs to them?"" ""If the children were as much alike as you say, perhaps they were not mixed up at all."" ""But they were changed."" ""Are you sure of it?"" ""Certainly."" ""Then change them back, and each mother will have her own. Give me something harder."" Sitting in Toronto. Since the removal of M. Souville's Throat and Lung Institute to his new quarters, 173 Church street, hundreds suffering from catarrh, catarrhal deafness, bronchitis, asthma and many diseases of the throat and lungs have received treatment by his new and wonderful instrument, the spirometer, which conveys medicines in the form of cold inhalations to the parts diseased. Physicians and sufferers can try it free. Poor people bearing certificate will be furnished with spirometer free. Write enclosing stamp for pamphlet giving full particulars to M. Souville, ex-aide surgeon of the French army, 173 Church street, Toronto, or 13 Phillips' Square, Montreal. MERCHANT TAILOR, 121 Notre Dame Street. JUST RECEIVED, balance of men's goods is specialty. Large assortment of Gentlemen's and Boys' READY-MADE CLOTHING at 8. GOLTMAN'S, 484 Board Street. Weather Report. P. Coutlee, D.F. taking nu Noun Lighthouses, station a p.m. Light west wind and clear weather. Coast Report. SIGNED STATION 175 marine miles to Quebec north side of the Magdalen Islands ground 8 p.m. Moderate NW wind; fair weather; thermometer 80. Amu khsit H ahhok Lighthouses Station south side of the Magdalen Islands ground 175 marine miles to Quebec 8 p.m. Moderate W wind; clear weather. ISLAND OF ANTICOSTI, Hiatpi Point Light house station 49 miles to Quebec 1 p.m. Clear; thermometer 80. Hiatpi Point Lighthouse Report. Station 110 marine miles to Quebec 8 p.m. Cloudy; strong NW wind. Point Hiatpi, station 96 marine miles to Quebec 8 p.m. One ship outwards this p.m.; thermometer 82; strong NW breeze. Point Mahuakkakoo Lighthouse Report. Station 41 miles to Quebec 8 p.m. Cloudy and cold; nothing is going on. St. Lawrence River, the no Loop Wharf, 8 a.m. Kalramd cold; strong N wind; one 2-masted strawship outwards at 2 p.m.; steamer Iruiaasi dragging 10. COTTON YARNS White and Coloured, Single and Double and Twisted. CARPET WARPS-White and Coloured. BEAM WARPS for Woollen Mills in all the varieties required. HOSIERY YARNS of every description. BALL KNITTING COTTON-Superior in quality to all imported. These goods have been awarded First Prizes for each of the above articles at the Montreal, Toronto and Halifax Exhibitions of 1880 and 1881, a GOLD MEDAL at the Dominion Exhibition at Montreal, 1880. For sale by the Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods trade throughout the Dominion. AGENTS: ALEX SPENCER, 21 Lemolne St., Montreal. WM. HEWITT, 11 Colborne street, Toronto. General Express Forwarders, Shipping Agents, and Custom House Brokers. Forward Merchandise, money and packages of every description; collect notes, drafts and accounts. Shipping in Canada, United States and Europe. ""Ruinous"" (Sundays excepted) over the lines of the Light (Grain) Trunk, St. Lawrence and Ottawa, Rivi猫re du Loup, and Ottawa and Port Hope and Peterborough Railways; also on the Montreal and Quebec steamship Company. Mail steamers to and from Liverpool weekly to all parts of Europe. Shipping Agents in London, Eng., Montreal, Ottawa, and Portland, Me. Goods in Bond promptly attended to and forwarded with despatch. Invoices are required for all goods going to the United States, for provinces during winter route via Portland and Europe. PRINCIPAL OFFICES: Liverpool, Eng., Montreal, Toronto, Quebec, Detroit, Mich., and all towns and the above known. Kingston, Ottawa, Portland, Maine, Perth, Peterborough Stations on the line of Time and Insurance saved. Consignment ""Oum"" - O. CHENEY, Superintendent. JACKSON RAE, Ontario. Royal Insurance Chambers. NOTICE: 11 James Street. General Financial, Investment and Commission Agent, Municipal or other Bonds and Stocks bought and sold, loans on Mortgages or other Securities effected, Advances on Stocks, Merchandise, etc. Special paper negotiable. 10 Gates Literary. THE NEW HOTEL DAM, Adjoining and Connected with the UNION SQUARE HOTEL, corner of 15th street and Union Square, New York, is NOW READY FOR THE RECEPTION OF GUESTS. Location the most desirable, and accessible to all points of interest in the city. It is elegantly furnished throughout and with every modern convenience and improvement. Superb salons, elegant restaurant and dining room and choice cuisine. Fifty-two suites, with bath and toilet room attached.",0,0,0,0,0,0
+296,18850128,historical,Cold,"B. Keefer, of Hamilton, agent, to act under the direction of the business committee to visit the various counties and forward the adoption tickets via the Canadian Pacific railway, as they have four trains daily for the capital, leaving Montreal 7 a.m., 8:40 a.m., 12:30 p.m., and returning leaving Ottawa 5:25 a.m., 8:20 a.m., 4:30 p.m., 6:12 p.m. In the suit Delaney vs. Kirkpatrick and Rogers of Kingston, in which plaintiff sued Speaker Kirkpatrick and his partner for $2,500 loss through alleged negligence in transacting a loan, the jury brought in a verdict to-day for defendant. The ballot-box stuffing case against Wiggins, returning officer, and Franks, polling clerk, has been postponed till next week at the request of the prisoners' counsel. A true bill was returned by the grand jury. The ice bridge ram of the Slew Mining Company - Molt Ar Mililoaa, Quebec, January 27. All the defendants in the ice bridge case were before the recorder's court to-day and proof was extended to 10th February waiting the decision of the Court of Appeals. It K.P. Crawling, Principal Lobley, Rev. Archdeacon Duroe, of Guelph and Canon Hamilton, of Toronto, Eight ballots were taken, necessary to a choice 28 clerical and 27 lay votes. Rev. Chan Hamilton was elected, securing 11 clerical and 21 lay votes, Dean Carmichael coming next with 11 clergy and 11 laity. Naraska, Ontario, January 27. The official returns reduce the majority for the Scott Act to 1, Knox and Addington. Ahm'liion, January 27. The following is the result of the election in South Renfrew to fill the vacancy in the Ontario legislature caused by the unseating of Mr. Dowling (Liberal): Dowling, Harvey, Harrot 31, 17, 41, 54, Brudenell 31, 8, Adamston, No. 178, Adamston, No. 177, 4, Malistleld, 1, 1, 4, 9, Horton, No. 1, 3, 3, Horton, No. 1, 47, 0, Gralton, No. 1, Total 180. NOVA SCOTIA M:HS, total gunillugnarrMml-Pir in Sydney Mines, Halifax, January 27. A man named Tupper, residing at Tor-wu, met with an accident on Sunday evening that resulted in his death. He started alone on a shooting expedition in the morning and it is supposed that while returning towards home in the afternoon his gun was accidentally discharged and its contents passed through his body. When his remains were discovered near the Methodist camp meeting grounds it was found that a bullet from the gun had entered at one side beneath the arm and come out about the shoulders on the other side. Fire has been discovered in a passage in the Sydney coal mine, leading to an unused room about a mile from the pit mouth. Efforts have been made to check its advance by isolating the burning portion of the mine by banking and shutting off the air supply, and it is thought to be under control, but, should this course not prove successful, the mine will be flooded. A PLUMBING FOR A WINDOW, How Two Engineers Shot and Curved Each Other, Utica, January 27. Particulars of a desperate encounter between two rival suitors are coming to light. It seems that two young men in well-to-do circumstances, one a foreigner and the other an Irishman, became enamored with a blooming middle-aged widow who keeps a restaurant in the lower town. The fair dispenser of liquids seems to have divided her smiles about equally between her two admirers, as they became desperately jealous of each other, the hatred between them finally culminating a couple of days ago in a bloody fight. By agreement the two men, accompanied by friends, met in a country locality near Levis and opened operations by firing at each other with pistols at the regulation distance. This they found too slow and drew knives and hacked at each other in true wild west style until separated. The foreigner is now in the hospital with a bullet hole through his hip and several knife thrusts in his body. His opponent, it seems, escaped with lighter punishment, having received only a few slight cuts. A magisterial enquiry has been opened, which will throw more light on the affair. THE FLIT TO RECKON, Quebec, January 27. Bigaouett's hotel, at Lake Beauport, which was burned on Saturday morning, was insured for $2,000 on the building and $300 on the contents in the National of Ireland. The loss was total. Brooklyn, January 27. Leon Hardt's morocco factory was burned this afternoon; loss $100,000. The employees narrowly escaped. THE WEATHER, Toronto, January 28, 1 a.m. A depression from the southwestern states is now passing south of the lakes with snow. Light snow falling in Southern Ontario, but it is fine elsewhere. Very cold weather continues throughout the country, except in the extreme Northwest, where it is much milder. Cautionary signals have been ordered up at the Maritime ports. Probabilities: St. Lawrence, Upper Increasing easterly, shifting to northwesterly winds; cloudy weather, with snow, stationary or slightly higher temperatures. If you are going up to Ottawa for the opening of parliament be sure to secure your tickets in advance. The driving park - Opening of the Toronto Bleu Tobogganing Slide - The Ice structures At the Rink - Incident of the Day, in which the chief thought of the city present that it is a full of novelty and charm, in a mild and limitless way, in which the thousands of visitors who come in from all sides. In the daytime a constant procession of handsome sleighs occupied the roadways, whilst on the sidewalk the ever-recurring figures of skaters, cold and queued young people of both sexes lent a picturesque brightness to the sight. At night these same streets appear to be a constant blaze, where the flash would be the sparkle of the lights, the dazzling effect of the ton, if pyrotechnics, on the island a glaring volcano with a serpentine trail extending across the boulevard to the city streets, formed by the snowshoe procession as it wended its way from the starting point on the island; in the squares, on the Champ de Mars, the ice structures, balconies, condors and lions, all aglow with light; at the tobogganing hills more light and bright picturesque continue, all forming an ensemble to be equaled nowhere else on the face of the earth. Yesterday the visitors had a taste of cold Canadian weather, the thermometer being way down below zero, but in the bright bracing air no one thought of cold. The program for the day was carried out most successfully and the different features were full of interest. Today the chief event will be, of course, the storming of the ice palace, which takes place this evening, and is the crowning glory of the carnival. The snowshoe race over the mountain, which took place yesterday afternoon, did not attract as large an assemblage to witness the sport as in previous years, a state of things due to a great extent to the mistake in the first edition of the official program, and very largely copied, in the effect that the event would be held on Wednesday afternoon. There was, however, a fairly good crowd at the foot of the lavish sheet and all along the route to witness what proved to be the fastest race ever run over the mountain course, and for such a cold day a most remarkable event. A few minutes past four the following racers took up their positions: K. Larkin, H. D. Jones, W. Wray, Kniciald snowshoe club; H. McTaugart, I. Starke, W. Kerr, Montreal; A. H. Graham. Their Excellencies expressed great pleasure on their arrival at the foot of the slide, but were evidently feeling the effects of their drive across the boulevard and return. A laughable episode at the time of His Excellency's arrival at the top of the slide was an American gentleman with a huge snowball, which he applied occasionally to his nasal appendage, which had been frozen early in the afternoon, and which he said needed ""keeping in trim"" so long as he continued to slide, and that ""I mean to keep it up till supper time, I swear."" A lady attempted to cross the slide and was knocked down but not badly hurt. A very large number of spectators and sliders were present, but the arrangements were perfect and everybody happy. THIS TOQUE BUCK, The formal opening of the Tuque Bleue toboggan slide took place last evening and was a most successful affair. A number of gas lamps of the new style have been placed on the sidewalk on St. Catherine street opposite the foot of the slide, while the fence was beautifully decorated with Chinese lanterns. Inside the fence a large bonfire was kept blazing, which was surrounded during the evening by the cold and shivering crowd who were not sliding. The chute was hung across with rows of Chinese lanterns, while another row ran down each side of the slide. The effect was most beautiful. The slide was illuminated at night. A'ehh-k hv twn Ini-tra! FINANCIAL, Tuesday Evening, The New York market was firmer, the lead rate being advanced 1/8 to 4 7/8. Actual rates were 4 7/8 for 60-day bills, 4 7/8 for demand bills, 4 7/8 for cable, firmer. Money remains easy and dull in New York at 1 percent on call. The New York market was strong in the main today, prices ruling higher all along, and closing at an advance on yesterday's figures, in spite of downward turn toward the close. Advices from Wall street yesterday were to the effect that the average impression among traders yesterday was bearish and lower prices were expected, especially for the main and trunk lines. Advices from Philadelphia this morning do not announce any new cut in rates by the Pennsylvania company. People who are usually well informed and conservative in their views say there is no doubt of the critical condition of the coal combination, and they declare that they would not be surprised to see Lackawanna break to 60 before the middle of the week and a still greater decline in Delaware and Hudson. Morgan is reported to have quit trading in Lackawanna and has switched into Northwest, on which he is very bullish. It is reported that Higgli A. Pine have bought about 70,000 shares of Lackawanna from 80 down. Russell Wage states that he is doing very little in stock at present and is selling unstock privilege. The Gould people warn their friends against selling good stocks short at the current price, and they declare they are as bullish as ever and have not changed their views on the situation. Gould says that prices are already too low, and so many sound securities have passed from weak into strong hands that there is no margin for profits on short sales. Private Washington advices regarding the Southern railroad matters are regarded as very unfavorable for the prospects. The Judiciary committee's report upon the Union Pacific 11-year extension is expected to pass almost unanimously, and if the decision of the court of claims on what constitutes net earnings under the Thurman act is favorable, Union and Central Pacific are considered big purchases. The earnings of Northwest for the third week in January were $114,000, a decrease of $45,000. Vice-president Hyke says the heavy snows obstructed the traffic and the severe cold caused blockades and loss of business. The closing prices, compared with those of yesterday, show an advance of 1/2 percent on Western Union, Jersey Central, Union Pacific, Kansas & Texas and Pullman Car Co., 1 on Lake Shore, 1/4 on Northwest preferred and Northern Pacific common, 1 on Omaha common, 1/4 on Missouri Pacific and Chicago, B. & Q., 1 on Illinois Central and West Shore Bonds, 1 on Manitoba, 1/2 on Lackawanna and Delaware & Hudson, Central Pacific closed 1 percent lower. Messrs. Maclver & Barclay, 150 St. Francois Xavier street, report the range of fluctuations as follows: Jersey Central, 32 1/2, 33, 33; Central Pacific, 29 1/4, 29 1/2, 30; St. Paul, 71, 73 1/2, 73; Northwest, 89 1/2, 90; Delaware, Lackawanna & Western, 86; Lake Shore, 60 1/2, 61, 61; Louisville & Nashville, 24, 24 1/2, 24 1/2; Kansas & Texas, 15 1/2, 15 3/4; Missouri Pacific, 93, 94, 94; New York Central, 86 1/4, 87, 88; Erie, 13, 13 1/2, 13; do seconds, 64, 64 1/2, 54; Northern Pacific preferred, 38 1/2, 39, 39; Oregon Transcontinental, 12 1/4, 13, 12 1/4; Pacific Mail, 64 1/4, 54 1/4, 54 1/4; Union Pacific, 48 1/4, 49 1/4, 49; West Shore bonds, 32, 38, 31; Western Union, 67, 58 1/4, 67 1/4; Northwest preferred, 12 1/4, 15 6; Delaware & Hudson, 63, 69 1/4, 70; St. Paul & Omaha, 26 1/4, 26 1/4, 26. The transactions were: 7,700 shares Western Union, 7,900 Lake Shore, 800 Pacific Mail, 100 Erie, 10,700 Northwest, 26,600 St. Paul, 11,400 New York Central, 113,100 Delaware, Lackawanna & Western, 400 Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, 1,900 Oregon Transcontinental, 6,400 Union Pacific, 1,200 leading, 800 Kansas & Texas, 4,400 Northern Pacific preferred, 600 Louisville & Nashville, 6,000 Texas Pacific, 12,100 Central Pacific, 800 Missouri Pacific, 2,600 Jersey Central. Local markets: The money market presents no new feature, the position continuing one of dullness and ease. Commercial paper is discounted at 7 percent, and loans on stocks made at 4 percent. Sterling exchange is steady at 84 3/8 premium for 60-day bills, 1/2 premium for demand bills between banks; counter rates 1/4 higher. Drafts on New York range from par to 1/8 premium. The stock market continues to be absolutely void of interest. Neither investors nor speculators are operating at the moment, and as a consequence prices are for the most part nominal, such fluctuations as occur from day to day scarcely covering the commission on a transaction. On the whole the tone was steady to firm this morning. Bank of Montreal fell off 1/4 percent, to 18 1/4 for buyers, 18 9/10 for sellers, merchants ruled steady at 110 1/4 and 111. Commerce moved up 1/4 percent, to 118 bid, 119 asked at the close. Ontario, after selling at 107 1/4, closed with buyers at 107. Telegraph was up 1/4 percent, to 116 bid in the early dealings, but at the close the stock was offered at this figure, and asked for at 116 1/4. Richelieu Navigation Company inactive and unchanged at 68 and 69, City Gas Company quiet and steady at 182 and 183. Canadian Pacific was firmer in sympathy with the New York and London markets, advancing 1/8 percent, to 41 bid, 41 1/4 asked. The transactions were: 100 shares Bank of Montreal at 189, 100 at 188 1/4, 50 Ontario at 107, 50 at 107 1/4, Merchants at 110, Commerce at 118, Canadian Pacific at 41. Macdongall Brothers, Stock Brokers, 69 St. Francois Xavier street, report the closing prices on the Montreal Stock Exchange to-day as follows: Stocks - Bank of Montreal 60, Ontario Bank 67, Banque du Peuple 60, Molsons Bank 60, Bank of Toronto 60, Jacques Cartier Bank 60, Merchants Bank 60, Exchange Bank 60, Quebec Bank 60, Banque Nationale 60, Eastern Shipping Bank 60, Union Bank 60, Canadian Bank of Commerce 60, Federal Bank 60, Imperial Bank 60, Dominion Bank 60, Bank of Hamilton 60, Standard Bank 60, Hochelaga Bank 60, Ville Marie 60, Intercolonial Coal Co. 60, Montreal Tel. Co. 60, Western Union 60, Dominion Tel. Co. 60, Richelieu & Ontario Navigation Co. 60, City Pass Railway Co. 60.",0,0,0,0,0,0
+297,18850204,historical,Cold,"A Mormon threat, Kai, Lakh, February 3, President Taylor spoke at the Tabernacle on Sunday. He said the saints were being persecuted in Arizona and sent to the American Siberia for living up to their religion. He characterised the federal officers as sneaks and tramps. He did not want blood to flow, but there would be a change before long. Youthful train wreckers, Grafton, V, Va, February 3, Charles Kowau and Win Barker, each aged 18, have been arrested on a charge of wrecking the St. Louis express in December last. The engineer and fireman were killed. Stephen Hii ke, aged 10, informed on other boys and implicated himself. He is also jailed. Kowau belongs to an excellent family. Tonnage tax on lake vessels, Washington, February 3, The president has issued a proclamation directing that the collection of the tonnage tax shall be suspended beginning today as regards all vessels arriving in any port of the United States from any port in the province of Ontario. Ontario, To save the exposition, New Orleans, February 3, The state commissioners to the cotton exposition have resolved to send a delegation to Washington to ask Congress to appropriate $100,000 more to save the exposition from ruin. Minor Item, The Humboldt Safe Deposit Co., at Erie, Pa, has closed; capital $200,000. General John W. Thelps, of Guilford, Vt, was found dead in bed on Monday morning. Win Cooper, alias Arten, has been charged with stealing $75,000 worth of jewellery from a firm in London. The mercury fell to 30 to 46 below zero in New England on Monday night. It amuses one to hear Canada described as an Arctic region by American newspapers, which seem to forget that a large portion of the United States has a climate very similar to that which sometimes holds high carnival in the Dominion. Iowa is as cold as Ontario; so is Michigan and Wisconsin. Minnesota discounts Quebec, and Illinois and Nebraska are not as salubrious as New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. The effects produced by the respective climates of Dakota and Manitoba are much the same, and as for Montana and Oregon, the snowfall in either is generally heavier than in the British possessions to the north. The Arctic regions of the United States really comprise the most progressive and healthiest portion of the Union. Arctic Canada is also healthy and progressive, and it is not too cold to live in as many wealthy Americans have recently found out. Canadian-American, The field for intelligent and skilled labor in this country is large and poorly supplied, while that for accomplished imbeciles is small and terribly overstocked. San Antonio (Texas) Light, SPORTS AND PASTIMES, The residents of St. George will hold a meeting on Sunday next for the purpose of organizing a snowshoe club. The St. George snowshoe club tramped across the mountain trails during the recent carnival. Considering the hard work put in by the boys during the carnival, the muster was very good, upwards of sixty turning out. A number of American cousins, guests of the Windsor, were present, and entered heartily into all that was going on. The famous horseman, Fred Archer, was introduced to the club by the president, Mr. C. D. Monk, and was duly initiated into the mysteries of bouncing, which he acknowledged in a short and characteristic speech. He expressed himself so pleased with the manner in which he had been treated while in Canada that he has resolved to pay Montical and the St. George's club a visit next winter. During the evening the president announced that the club steeplechase would come off next Tuesday. He thanked the members for the support afforded him during the past week, and also called for cheers for Messrs. KAVD TICKS WEST, J. E. Hunsicker 626 brls flour; McL Moore 130; McBean 80; Ogilvie 125; R. T. Routh 140; J. K. Hunsicker 250; C. A. Baird 125; Ogilvie 125; W. Ewing & Co 400 bush wheat; A. I. Thomson 1200 bush Indian corn; order 208 dressed hogs; K. O. Halg 600 bush barley; JAR Ksdaile 600 do; W. K. Wing & Co 100 do; J. Kerr 400 bush peas; Magor Bros 400 do; J. A. Guy & Co 100; Shaw Bros 1 ear leather rolls; D. T. Ut, 1 tin can. K. K. T. B. C. X. EAST, Magor Bros 109 brls fish; JAR McLean 64 do; order 60 do. ""Repetition is sometimes the only way to impress a truth upon the mind."" Accordingly take notice that Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Purgative Pellets (the original Little Liver Pills) continue to be wonderfully effective in cases of sick and nervous headache, constipation, indigestion, rush of blood to the head, cold extremities, and all ailments arising from obstruction of the bodily functions. Their action is thorough yet gentle, the ingredients being entirely vegetable, they can be taken with impunity into the most delicate stomach. All druggists. H. H. Super furnishes two pictures representing ""Morning"" and ""Evening."" The scenery in both is very much alike, but while the one exhibits the cold grey colors of early morn, the other is bathed in the gorgeous hues of a setting sun. The chief beauty of the picture is in the coloring which is simply exquisite and the shimmer on the water is shown to perfection. The last of the pictures is an old farm house by Mr. J. Adams, Henry. The farm house is just such a one as may be seen anywhere in England, with thatched roof and old-fashioned appearance. Great accuracy is shown in all the details and the figures are well drawn. Mr. Pell is getting out a number of other high-class paintings which will also be exhibited in his store, 1711 Notre Dame street. THE ENTERPRISING BURGLAR, A daring robbery at Longueuil. The safe of Dorais' hotel stolen intact - $300 and other valuables missing. Since the daring burglary at Lefebvre's Jewellery store scarcely a day has gone by without the announcement of some house or store being entered into and robbed, but it is questionable whether for boldness and originality a robbery which occurred at Dorais' well-known hotel, Longueuil, on Monday night, has ever been surpassed. Not only was the house successfully broken into, but the large safe weighing several hundred pounds was lifted bodily and carried nearly a mile from the house, broken open and finally left on the ice. The hotel had been closed, as usual, about midnight on Monday, when the householders had gone to bed and heard nothing during the night. When the stable man went to the house in the morning he found the back door broken open, the lock having been drilled and the bolts pushed back, an operation which must necessarily have taken considerable time. He at once gave the alarm, and roused the inmates, who shortly after wired the news to the Central police station, where a short time previous information had been received that a farmer from Pointe-aux-Trembles had reported at No. 11 station having his passage stopped by a large iron safe on the river road to Longueuil. Chief Detective Cullen and Acting Detective Proulx at once set off for Longueuil, which was in a state of great excitement over the affair. An inspection of the premises was then made. It was evident that the burglars had taken their time, for glasses and decanters were lying around in a state of great disorder. The safe seems to have been carried bodily from its place, as there were no marks of the castors along the floor as there would have been had it been moved in the usual way. This naturally led to the conclusion that there must have been a number of men engaged in the burglary. The detective afterwards proceeded with Mr. Dorais to the ice, where, about a mile from the hotel, just opposite the city limits, they found the safe battered about, as described by the farmer. The contents of the safe, consisting of upwards of $300 in cash, besides some notes and securities, were missing and the safe itself was smashed almost beyond recognition. Lying around the safe were found some sledgehammers and a number of other heavy tools, which, it was subsequently discovered, had been stolen from a blacksmith's shop at Hochelaga. The entire detective force was at once put on the affair, with the result that four men were arrested in the afternoon at 1504 St. Antoine street. The police are very reticent about the affair but it is understood they consider these arrests as important. The men arrested are alleged to have come from Toronto, and in one of their trunks, seized at the time of the arrest, was found a dynamite cartridge, eight inches long by one inch in diameter, and marked ""Hercules."" Montreal, February 3, The severe cold weather of the past two days has materially retarded trade at the grain market, and today the attendance of buyers and sellers is small, primarily owing to the above-mentioned reason. The offerings of produce, consequently, were considerably lighter than on Friday, and business generally was quiet. In grain, oats have advanced owing to the small supply. Flour and meal were quiet and in average request. Flour, 100 lbs, $5.00; wheat, $1.00; corn, $0.50; oats, $0.30; barley, $0.40; peas, $0.60; buckwheat, $0.50; flaxseed was quoted at $1.00 per bushel. Business in vegetables was slack owing to cold weather, which prevented many dealers from attending the market. Prices are steady, however, no change having occurred. Potatoes, 4 bags $1.40; cabbages, 4 dozen $1.30; scallions, dozen $0.50; Florida grapes, 4 brls $2.00; pineapples, 8 for $1.00; lemons, per case $4.00; oranges, per dozen $3.00; apples, brl $1.60 to $3.00; bananas, per bunch $0.50; beets, 4 bushel $0.90; celery, doz $0.40; Hubbard squash, each $0.75; Brussels sprouts, 4 boxes $1.60; rutabagas, 4 bushel $0.60; tomatoes, per box $0.00.",0,0,0,0,0,0
+298,18861122,historical,Cold,"VI STANDARD Type Writer In my ft, a S V Hliatei Waited In Every hour spent in writing with the pen This time can be saved by using the Em-toglon Type-Writer The ONLY WRITING MACHINE that can be used by ANYONE at sight, and will stand in repair and save time Owned by leading Insurance Companies, Railways, Lawyers, Merchants, etc., in the United States and Canada Adopted by Dominion Government. Hand for Catalogue and Testimonial AGENT: J O'LYNCH, 83 St. Nicholas Street, Montreal. COLD FEET MAY BE AVOIDED BY USING Ramsay's Boot Grease WATERPROOF LEATHER PRESERVATIVE KEEPS THE FEET DRY AND WARM. S McMclilan and a party on the island Mr. McMillan, with the fearless spirit of an eager sportsman, wished to leave for one of the other Islands at once, although the water was somewhat rough, but none of his party were willing to go. Turning to Mr. Sumner he asked him to go, and the young gentleman consented to do so. They were seen to reach an island above Dickinson, and to stay there for a short time. In the meantime, a heavy storm sprang up, and they were not soon seen. Mr. Sumner, however, spent all day Saturday looking for a clue as to the whereabouts of the unfortunate sportsmen. Several parties were also engaged in the search. Another of the boat, together with the stern sheet, have been found and identified by the owner as belonging to it. Mr. Sumner's coat and pants, together with a decoy duck, were found on the island, and one theory is that they must have shot some ducks and went out in the boat for them when it capsized. If the craft capsized, which seems to be the accepted theory, the two men could not long survive in the intensely cold water. It is further supposed that they would have had their cartridge belt on them and the weight of this with the heavy woolen clothing they wore at the time, would handicap them greatly in any effort to regain the shore by swimming. Storms are known to be of frequent occurrence on the lake, and even on Saturday, when the parties were engaged searching for the missing ones, a boat with three occupants came over from Hinkinson's island to the main shore and had a very narrow escape from being swamped. If the lake was calm yesterday it was intended to drag it near where the missing gentlemen were last seen, but up to last night no wind had been given as to whether it had been done or not. A relative of one of the gentlemen stated to a Gazette reporter last evening that he had given up all hope of the safety of the two gentlemen since Saturday. A Mr. Brown who was shooting on a part of the lake near where the gentlemen were last seen, stated that about the time they are supposed to have been lost, a strong gale blew over the lake. The water became very rough and Mr. Brown was saved only by getting his boat in among the rushes where he had to remain for some time before he could land. Mr. McMillan was formerly a member of the firm of McLichlan Bros. & Co., and was about 47 years of age. Mr. Sumner was 17 years of age, and was a very promising young man. In several of the churches of the city yesterday prayers were offered up that the Lord might comfort the afflicted families of the two gentlemen. SHARPE & McKINNON'S FAILURE. Meeting of the Creditors on Saturday-Mr. McKinnon Arrested. A meeting of the creditors of Messrs. Sharpe & McKinnon, boot and shoe manufacturers, was held at their office, No. 47 William Street, on Saturday afternoon. Mr.",0,0,0,0,0,0
+299,18880502,historical,Cold,"H 31ILOKK Those who polled him his better luck than the early birds Tobokto, Out, May 2, a m The pres- tm r vtr AUuuU in the Northwest territory, and highest over the Lake region Generally cloudy, cold weather has prevailed from the lower lakes to the Atlantic attended by rain and snowfall In the Northwest it has been comparatively mild with local rains Hi Laurence Moderate winds generally fair and a little milder MONTREAL'S RECORD MONEY IN LONDON How the Presidential Elections Affect Financial Business London, April 20 The rate of discount during the past week was 1 for three months and 1 for short Money was stiffer owing to the efflux of gold to South America and Cape Colony, the large stock exchange settlement and the extensive withdrawal from the discount market by firms interested in foreign government loans A further gradual, but limited advance in the value of money is probable The Economist says We expect to hear little of American treasury accumulation if the American Government maintains the present rate of purchasing bonds There will be difficulty, however, which is likely to increase as the supply of bonds diminishes It is easy to skim the market of bonds loosely held, but it is difficult to reach those held for investment, which will only be surrendered on distinctly advantageous terms Commenting on the presidential election in America, the Economist says Vast business, financial and railway schemes hung upon the result of the election Even English business waits Europe has hardly realized that the growth of America has advanced the President's position to one of immense power and responsibility, so that it is now one of the first importance on earth American diplomacy is guided by the President's decisions and affects all countries The President is now resolving the fisheries question with England, the Samoa question with Germany, the emigration question with China, and the consular rights question with Morocco He may next week decide whether America shall produce financial ruin in Paris and shake the French Republic by its treatment of the De Lesseps canal scheme The market was quiet and prices were firm until the influence of the news of the German Emperor's improved condition and the absence of any further development of the Boulanger movement There was a strong demand for American railroad securities, both for the home and foreign account A comparatively small amount of American stocks and bonds is now held in Europe, but a large amount of European capital would be attracted to American interests on perceiving satisfactory indications of an improvement in American trade, which would be reflected in an advance of the value of railroad securities There are rumors that the tin syndicate has collapsed The present difference is 00 per ton for short and three months' delivery THE WEATHER AND CROPS The backwardness of the Spring further illustrated Washington, April 29 The following is the weather crop bulletin for the week ended Saturday, April 28: The average daily temperature for the week ended April 28 has ranged from three to six degrees lower than usual in the States on the Atlantic coast and it has been slightly warmer than usual in the Mississippi valley and then westward to the Pacific coast, the warmest region, where the daily excess of temperature ranged from two to five degrees above the normal being in Missouri and the adjoining States The season from January 1 to April 28 continues cold and backward throughout the Northern States, where the average daily temperature ranges from three to six degrees below the normal In the Upper Lake region, Minnesota, Dakota and Iowa, the season continues from two to three weeks late, while in the Ohio valley and on the Middle Atlantic coast it is from six to ten days late In the Southern States the season is well advanced and the average temperature differs but slightly from the normal The most marked feature in the rainfall for the week is the large deficiency which is reported in the winter wheat States of the Ohio and Central Mississippi Valleys At many stations within this region, extending northward to the Lake regions, no rain occurred, while very light showers are reported at other stations More than the usual amount of rainfall is reported from Texas, Colorado, Nebraska, Western Kansas, Minnesota, Western Iowa and Northern Wisconsin, and well-distributed showers occurred on the Gulf coast, in the Middle Atlantic States and in Western Missouri and Eastern Kansas Owing to the general deficiency of rain the weather of the week has affected growing crops unfavorably Rain is especially needed in the winter wheat sections and in the northern portions of the Gulf states Frosts occurred in Kentucky, Eastern Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina and the middle Atlantic states during the week, which probably injured vegetables and fruits Reports from Kansas, Minnesota and Western Missouri indicate that the weather has been favorable in those sections and that farm work is well advanced The weather is reported as favorable for corn in New England where ploughing and planting are in progress A Jailer growing: Family The jailer of Napannee jail has a rather curious experience at present No less than two pair of twins being added to his jail family in one week Two women who were committed for non-payment of Scott act fines, each having a pair of bouncing babies Pembroke Standard gntantl toriflation FOB O&italiiiii, Pictofl, BELLEVILLE, TRENTON AND ALL ports on BAY OF QUINTE The A 1 Passenger and Freight Steamer ALEXANDRIA, CAPT SMITH, LEAVES CANAL BASIN for Voniirallf Prescott, Harkhtam's landing JirttckeUler noutliantl, UauttnwnA, MmrUhurg, Af,tar, JivihoI Jt neruiUo Every THURSDAY at Noon, returning, leaves Trenton every MONDAY morning at 8 o'clock, running all Rapids, arriving in Montreal early on Tuesday afternoon The steamer passes through the beautiful scenery of the Thousand Islands and Bay of C'ulnte by daylight Cabin accommodation unsurpassed Parties wishing Return Tickets can have them at Reduced Rates No Freight received after 12 o'clock on Thursday For further particulars apply to JAMES WOODHOUSE, agent, 81 Common street, foot of Duke street, Canal Basin, or R. BATTERSBY, 174 St. James street, City and District 'lei Co Building, or R. SMART, Jr, iiiill St. James street Montreal, May, 1888 lol Quebec Steamship Co AWO CAKAI Fon TlAi, iioiJHin, Ont, May 1 Passed up He-heiemer J J nnmmoiKl, Toronto to Ashtabula, light; Ashtabula, light; propeller Acadia, Hamilton to Toledo, light; Enterprise, Port Dalhousie to Toledo, light; barge Ark, Port Dalhousie to Toledo, light; propeller City of Montreal Wellers buy to Thorold, with: schooner Aurora, Port Hope to Wind river, light; steamboat Glengarry and barges, Charlotte to Port Arthur, cewil FiiSMid down Hehoouer John Wslv, lolc-eHi to Oswego, wheat; J R Noyes, Toledo to Oswego, Oswego, wheat, Tug Sir John cleared for Ceibourg Steamboat Isaac May went on Muir's dock today for repairs Wind north Fout CoT, noiiNK1Ont, May 1 Passed up Steamboat Monteagle, Oswego to Chicago, e, ul; propeller Cuba, Toronto to Toledo, light; schooners Jessie ll llreck, Kingstein to Toledo, Toledo, light; Nassau, Oswego to Toledo, coal; Julia Willitrel, St. Catharines to Erie, light; Cainnanelie, Oswego to Sandusky, coal; gold hunter, Thorold to Ashtabula, light Nothing down The schooner Hylvester Nelson, which reloaded her cargo of B'ou heiu, left last night for Sandusky Wind north, fresh pout AKTinnt still blocked TonT Antiiiii, May L The weather still keeps cold and the opening of navigation is not looked for by the oldest inhabitant before the 12th to 16th of May, as the Kainaiistiiua river and lesser streams are still blocked with solid ice The fleet laid up here are almost ready awaiting the bay to open - ,: oi'KW a vAi,l,ivriBt, r Vam, ktkiki, i), Que, May 1 The steamer Anderson came from Coleau to-day, the canal is now open here Absolutely Pure This powder never varies A marvel of purity strength and wholesomeness More economical than the ordinary kinds, and cannot be compared with the multitude of low test, short weight and phosphate brands Royal BAKING POWDER CO, 1011 Wall street COLE'S LAMP STORES, 1702 NOTRE DAME, 92 St. Catherine, 103 C ATAT? F? H ELY'S CREAM BALM Give Relief at once and Cures Cold In Head, CATARRH, HAY FEVER Not an Aquatic Snuff or Vapor Free from Injurious Drugs and Offensive Odors HAY-FEVER A particle is applied into each nostril and is agreeable Price 50 cents, at druggists; by mail, registered, cue B The Healthiest Place in Canada This favorite Summer Resort, on the line of the Intercolonial railway, opens JUNE 15th Beautiful scenery, good bathing, boating, fishing and driving, together with a good table and the other comforts of a city hotel The sanitary arrangements are perfect Pure water, thorough drainage, water closets of modern style on each floor, and bath rooms supplied with hot, cold and salt water Address, Address, CiGO",0,0,0,0,0,0
+300,18910226,historical,Cold,"I'm little trouble! It is proverbially the one that can cause the most worry, annoyance and distraction. But what are sometimes considered little troubles, if left to themselves, can magnify into grave evils, producing disastrous results. This is especially true of a cold in the head. The sufferer looks upon it as a trifling annoyance that needs no treatment and will speedily pass away. This is a grave mistake. There is not a case of catarrh in existence that did not have its origin in a neglected cold in the head, and the longer the trouble runs the more serious the results. A cold in the head, developing into catarrh, renders the breath foul, causes a loss of the senses of taste and smell, partial deafness, distressing headaches, constant hawking and spitting, and in many, many cases ends in consumption and death. No one may have all the symptoms indicated, but the more the sufferer has the greater the danger. It is obvious, therefore, that no case of cold in the head should be neglected for an instant, and that to do so is courting further disease, perhaps death. Nasal Balm, in the most aggravated case of cold in the head, will give instant relief, and speedily effects a cure, thus preventing the developing of catarrh. No other remedy has ever met with the success that Nasal Balm has, and this is simply because it does all its manufacturers claim for it. As a precautionary remedy, a bottle of Nasal Balm should be kept in every house. Sold by all dealers. At a meeting of the committee appointed to act on behalf of the citizens of St John's, in relation to the question of French treaty rights in Newfoundland, held on the 15th of January, a resolution was unanimously adopted to the following effect: Resolved, that this meeting desires to express its grateful appreciation of the interest taken by our fellow-colonists of the Dominion of Canada, in our behalf, for their manifestations of sympathy with us in the hardships of our position, and for the active and valuable support afforded us by the various boards of trade, and other members of public opinion and sentiment throughout the Dominion; and the committee considers this sympathy and cooperation a source of strength and bond to secure the people of this colony to make their rightful effort in the future. THE MODERN TOURNAMENT. Long ago (so legends tell us) to uphold his lady's beauty many a knight at joust and tourney laid his trusty lance in rest; or in chivalrous compassion, as the soldier's dearest duty, championed first the fame and safety of some damsel distressed. Then the air grew faint and trembled to the shock of lances shivered, while the shouts of scorn or loud acclaims rose high and shook the land; and the guerdon of the victor was the damsel delivered, or the smile vouchsafed by beauty's queen as he knelt to touch her hand. Long ago? Not so. The ages, as they fling their shadows onward, bring but change to outward seeming, while the world remains the same; still the arm of flesh strikes fiercely, still the spirit struggles sunward; still we thrill to martial story, glory nobly and shrink from sting of shame. Still imperious duty claims us as her servant on life's journey, points the way with torch and finger on the slenderest march of truth; bids us buckle on our armor for that modern tilt and tourney where the lance is but a pencil and the lists a polling booth, while for queen of beauty, bending from her balcony embowered, or for love-lorn maidens' fortunes on the lances point that wields, see our country watching, trusting, while the sons whom she hath dowered with the power to make or mar her, hold the balance of her fate. Strong and proud she stands before them, their liege lady, queen and mother; on her brow the dawn of power, on her stalwart limbs no chain; shall they, sworn unto her service, draw the sword for any other? Oh, Canadians! free-born children! shall she watch and trust in vain? Will ye falter, faint and weary in the trial's stress of the morning? Barter birthright for a pottage that shall prove but bitter food? Peddle for silent alms, and shirk the work of brain and muscle, scorning to gain with toil and patience that which you have bought with blood? Do dishonor to the fathers' graves whose sacred names you cherish? Leave your sons a coward's heritage when ye yourselves are dust? God forbid! Not so have nations won the name that cannot perish, who have climbed, and fought, and striven to the watchwords, work and fruit. Up and gird you, sons of freemen, for the fight that lies before you, tip the lance with steel of honor, not with gold though burnished bright; with the emblems of your lady on your breast and waving o'er you, do your devoir bravely, purely, as did ever belted knight. Knights and champions are ye truly if ye fall, ye fall with glory, as the soldier in the inmost trench, truest hero when he dies; if ye win, your names are written in your country's annals' story as her saviors in her danger, and her highest good your prize. Annih Both vkm, Kingston, February 17. Ace Bolelbitu, this city, has absconded. The police found his safe empty. His amounts to 600,000 francs. Heavy Timber Failure. London, February 25. Prior, Wc Co, timber merchants have failed, liabilities X320,000. Foreign News In Brief. Large number of Dervishes are moving forward from Kasaala to assist Osman Thebel. The order has decided to sell the contents of the great painter at auction. FAI1C AND COLD WEATHER Promised for Saturday, with increasing westerly wind. Toronto, February 25, 11 p.m. The storm center is moving eastward north of the St. Lawrence valley with diminishing energy, and higher pressure is spreading over the lake region from the west and northwest. Tonight the weather is mild and rainy in Quebec and the Maritime provinces, fair and a little colder in Ontario, and fine and cold in Manitoba and the Northwest Territories. Minimum and maximum temperature - Calgary, 20 below, 6 above; Battleford, 1 below, above; Regina, 10 below, zero; Winnipeg, 6 below, above; Toronto, 40, 49; Montreal, 38, 44; Halifax, 3, 4. Lake Ontario fresh to strong northwest winds; fair and colder. February 25. Mr. Cotter this morning, on behalf of Mr. Penlston Starr, applied for an order to wind up the corporation of William Parks & Son (limited). Solicitor-General Pagsley, who appeared for the firm, requested an adjournment of the application, as he had not yet had an opportunity of consulting the directors in reference to the matter. Justice Palmer said that, while not wishing to be understood as having made up his mind in reference to the matter, he had been looking into the questions involved and his present opinion was that it would be preferable if this matter stood over till the hearing of the general case, when all parties interested would be given the fullest opportunity of presenting their various cases to the court. Another question which had presented itself to his mind was whether or not it would be proper during the pendency of the general suit to permit winding up proceedings, but he did not wish to be understood as giving this as his decided opinion in the matter. He would postpone the hearing on Mr. Coster's motion until Monday next. He Hit Xitnole Saw. An alarm was given this morning at 1 o'clock from box 85, for a blaze in a stable in rear of 267 Papineau road, belonging to Joseph Quenneville. A horse was burnt and the stable totally destroyed, the damage being about $500. OCEAN STEAMSHIP WORLD. Arrived February 25. At New York this morning, New York. MoHthaniptn's World. State of Indiana, Authorised. Hael, Fremeti, New York. You will live longer if your cook only uses Imperial Cream Tartar Baking Powder. Always reliable, purest and best. MARSH STEAM PUMP. Absolute Actuation and Regulation without the use of Tappets, Levers or other Mechanical Connection. If you want a thoroughly reliable, durable, independent Steam Pump, self-governing and economical, we can supply you with the best in the market. The exhaust steam is mixed with feed water and returns to the boiler. Arranged for Yacht, portable, Traction and other small Boilers that require feeding before steam is raised. This pump affords the steadiest and most reliable feeder for boilers and fuel oil-burners that has ever been produced. The pump will feed steadily to a boiler from one to twenty horse power supply. Dimensions: Twelve inches long. Weight: Twenty-three pounds. Pumping Attachments can be supplied on request. A QUESTION OF ETIQUETTE. Meeting of the French Cabinet Regarding the Empress Frederick's Visit. Paris, February 25. The League of Patriots has violently denounced the visit of Empress Frederick of Germany to the palace of Versailles. The league has decided to hold daily meetings of protest until the Imperial visitor leaves the city. It is known here that in Berlin it was expected President Carnot would call on Empress Frederick, but after a special cabinet meeting had been held and the question had been fully discussed it was decided that, as Empress Frederick was travelling incognito, the French Government could compromise the matter by sending the chief of the present military household, General Bittiger, and M. Ribot, minister of foreign affairs, to call on the Empress. This was accordingly done, General Brugere and M. Ribot calling at the German embassy and inscribing their names in the visitors' book. This question of etiquette was undoubtedly the cause of much anxiety and worry to the members of the French cabinet and was made the subject of a long and earnest discussion before it was finally concluded that the Government could not dare to risk the verdict of public opinion if President Carnot called on the imperial visitor.",0,0,0,0,0,0
+301,18910508,historical,Cold,"J. Gilroy, auditors, W. Cluff and James Bissell. A vote of thanks was then tendered to the retiring president, which was carried by a standing vote. A speech supporting the motion was made by Mr. Derbyshire, who took occasion to refer to the interest that had been taken in the board by the Montreal Gazette. The reports in that newspaper had been very accurate and had done very much to bring the board into great prominence not only in Canada but elsewhere. There were offered on the board 772 boxes of cheese, mostly colored, of which 643 were sold, the range of prices being 10c to 10. The ruling price was 10 5/16c, which is 15/10c better than the ruling figures last year at the opening of the board. The run this year appears to be smaller than the average, but the quality, so far as is known, is better. No grass cheese can be expected until about three weeks from now, and even then the supply will be limited. H. Ridgdon's representative was the principal buyer and Ayer's man also got a few. THE STATE OF TRADE. The cold and unseasonable weather at the beginning of the week choked the movement of spring dry goods for the city and suburban trade. In the country, roads are still bad, and such farmers as can get to their fields are out working them, so that there is little business in consequence. Travellers, out on the tail end of a sorting-up trip, are only sending in small jobbing orders for immediate requirements. They have also got samples of early delivery fall goods, but are making very few sales. Remittances show a marked improvement and stocks are large and little broken both in wholesale and retail hands, for iron. There has been some more business doing but the increase was not very appreciable but the market has a firmer tendency as a whole, and perhaps some purchases which were made last week on a $19 basis could hardly be repeated now. In fact, an offer of over that for a fair sized lot was refused the other day. Summarizes rules steady, and $22 is the basis for it and equal bands for nearby delivery. Advices from primary markets continue strong in tenor, and warrants have not abated the strength they have displayed, while makers' brands are also firm, although the alteration in them for natural reasons is not so marked as that of warrants. Iron, Etc. There is a steady business to note at $2.10 for Canadian bar, while foreign remains in the same position. Hoops and bands show no change, and the same may be said of sheet iron. Foreign advices continue strong. Copper. The easy feeling in copper is maintained and although figures are nominally the same at 13c or thereabouts it is claimed that, as noted last week, more business has been done inside this price. Canadian Plates. Further business of a small kind is noticed in these and several orders of 50 and 100 box lots have been put through since our last in the basis noted last week, viz $3.00. The position of tin plate is unchanged and with little probability of any in the immediate future. Some stock arrived last week which was all covered by orders, and there is some nearby but its cost is greater than what stock ex-store could be moved for. Consequently holders are firm and those who can't hold off have to pay tin plate. Further business however is being done for summer delivery at the reduced prices which have already been mentioned. Pig Iron Coltness. COO 00 0 00 90 a 1-Longloan Co. 00 0 Hillimerlee, 22 00 0 Cartmerrie 22 00 0 F-gllnton, 10 60 0 Cambroe 81 00 0 28 00 00 00 82 60 00 00 21 00 21 60 Har iron, per 100 lbs Old, Crown 2 10 0 Best refined, 2 86 0 Hemeus 0 00 0 00 0 00 4 00 5 60 0 00 8 26 0 16 0 24 8 26 8 60 8 86 0 00 8 00 0 28 Swedles 8 76 0 Lowmoor. 6 26 0 Hoops and Bands. 9 50 0 Unmould Iron, 8 60 0 Corner, per lb. Ingot sheets Canada plates, good brands, 1 ere plates charcoals 10 20x88 Orion Crown rhx, C20xUH, lower grade, bx. Tin plate 0 18 0 20 8 00 8 26 7 76 0 00 6 09 Coke Charcoal, Ingot tin A QMHjI lxa, 100 lbs Pig t 8 60 a 4 00 4 76 6 7ft Sheets 0 00 Shot 0 00 J ad pipe 5 60 Wrought Iron scrap, 18 00 Zinc, sheets, 6 26 I-peller 6 00 Reinforced 4 76 Russian sheet iron, lb, 0 10 Galvanized Iron, according 0 0 6 76 0 18 60 lit a so 0 0 26 0 0 00 0 0 00 lo brand, basis 150 x, per lb 0060 007 Iron pipe, discount 0 67 a 0 00 Walls. The nail market is as mixed up as ever and all sorts of stories circulated. In view of them it is utterly impossible to quote a price, for some remarkable prices have been spoken of, as low as $2 being mentioned as a price from the mills, and one prominent jobber when spoken to about it said he was quite prepared to believe it, but that he was working on a $2.20 basis but was pretty well mixed up for all that. Briefly, if the present cutting war goes on it will keep matters unsettled indefinitely. We quote a list below, but it is purely nominal. OUR NAILS. 10dy codv, hot cut, per keg 8 dy 09 dy, hot cut, per keg, $3 20, 2 65, 9 90, 8 16, 8 90, 6 40, 6 00, 9 90, 8 40, oy, not cut, per keg, dy, hot cut, Am, pat, dy, hot cut, per keg, Am, pat dy, fine hot cut, Am, pat, av, fine not cut, Am, pat, dyflfj dy, cold cut, per keg, ay, cold cut, per keg. B. mm, n""r!5 JT'Oli; t;-, j ! ,t !, "" t J'ir'u : i""\' i vnn until, t: 'i 3 l hi, 8 Mn!-I e, iiKji-!'; - a Liu ""jii l ai'bitaJ Xi l"", in l v, "" W(Wt TA"" HV-'iUTK, ',t;; t, i, pI 2, 1, 'i !, Crmu, ws ;a w(,t i wli 4i -allied ait ronnj, -' i's aueuium and better sorts of English, of which fair quantities have recently been taken for America. Colonial wools are in good demand at firm prices. The topic of the wool market is steadily making more impression on yarns, and this week several spinners are announcing advanced prices. A good deal of business is still held in check by the cold weather. The cashmere hose trade is by far the most unsatisfactory department in hosiery, and the small demand on export account tends very much to aggravate the situation. Elastic web trade only moderate. Brunrono, April 23. Business in the wool market today is not animated, purchases in wool are made with some degree of caution, consumers having recently supplied their wants rather freely. The unabated dimness of staplers' prices tends to deter spinners from operating at present. Colonial wools are stiff in price in London, and a good business is doing in this market in both cross-breds and merino wools for immediate consumption. English wools, with the exception of lustre sorts, are in steady request at firm rates, a condition which it is said is likely to continue under the present limited supplies of wools in the market. Mohair and alpaca are slow of sale. Botany tops, not in active request. The yarn market is very quiet. Spinners are receiving a number of small orders in various classes of yarn, but the present quotations of spinners are not freely yielded by yarn merchants, who maintain these prices with firmness, to the evident detriment of demand. Though repeat orders are limited, particulars for late contracts are coming to hand rather freely, and spinners are generally well employed both for home and export. In the piece market a fair amount of business is doing for home, although there are complaints that the cold weather has a detrimental effect upon the demand for spring goods. There is a rather better demand for export, which includes some light business for the American market. LATEST TELEGRAPHIC MARKET. Toronto, May 7. Wheat, spring No. 1, $1.06; No. 1 red winter, $1.07; No. 9 Manitoba hard, $1.10; No. 8 Manitoba hard, $1.10; barley No. 1, 84c; No. 2, 79c; No. 3 extra, 86c-88c; No. 3, 18c-64c; peas, No. 1, 61c-62c; corn, 54c-56c. Flour, straight, $4.00-4.10; straight mill, $4.00-4.10. Sales, No. 9 spring wheat, large; on track at 58c, and milling at 4m. Barley, May 7. Flour declining at $1.00, closing with a loss. Wheat, export, 8,446,000 bushels; imports, 21,000 bushels; spot. Brazil contracts, very low and weak; No. 9 red, $1.11; 8c lower; it was said there was unmaintained pressure to sell, considering on unloading by large sellers at Chicago. The decline was from the best figures of the day. The market closed weak. No. 9 red, May, $1.11; July, $1.07; August, $1.06; September, $1.04. Corn, sales, 1,400 bushels futures and 81,000 bushels spot, unsettled, closing dull and weak; mixed, futures options advanced slightly with wheat; fell off later, and closed heavy; May, 74c; June, 76c; July, 67c; August, 68c; September, 67c. Oats, sales, 1,000 bushels futures and 1,200 bushels spot, quiet; closing with a rise; options dull and lower; May, 56c; June, 56c; July, 56c; spot No. 9, 69c; mixed western, 67c-70c; white do, 71c-73c. M. L., 16, 0 6, 8 00, 7 47, 0 59, 8 1, 8 00, 8 99, 7 91, 5 35, 5 07, 3 06, 7 31, 3 05. Barometer readings reduced to sea-level and temperature of 82掳F. Observed, t. Pressure of vapor in inches of mercury, t. Humidity relative, saturation being 100%. Ten years only. The greatest heat was 72掳F on the 27th; the greatest cold was 21掳F on the 6th, giving a range of temperature of 60.2 degrees. Warmest day was the 27th. Coldest day was the 6th. Highest barometer reading was 30.5 inches on the 10th; lowest barometer was 20.411 inches on the 3rd. DOMINION LINE. Superior steamship line for all classes of passengers. REPUBLIC OF THE NORTH. Twenty Thousand Armed Boers Preparing to March Northward. ANOTHER LITTLE WAR, In Which England Will Have Her Hand Full. The South African Treaty and Italy's African Policy. London, May 7. Replying to a question in the House of Commons today in regard to the reported Boer trek being prepared for the invasion of Mashonaland and other South African territory, for the purpose of establishing the so-called Republic of the North, Hon. Edward Stanhope, secretary of war, intimated that troops were being sent to British Bechuanaland in order to oppose the proposed Boer trek. Recent advices state that 20,000 well-armed Boers propose to cross the Limpopo in June and proclaim the Republic of the North. The leaders of the trek included men of position from both the Free States and Cape Colony and all steps taken are said to have met with the approval of the famous Afrikander Bund, recently in session at Kimberley. Object of the Movement. The Boer movement is a South African movement in the direction of northward expansion and is bound to conflict with the claims of the British Chartered Company, to say nothing of the claims of the Portuguese South African Company. One of the objects of the raid is said to be the replacement of the Chartered Company by a popular movement free from the Imperial Government's control. There is a strong feeling against the company and against Imperial control in South Africa. The leaders of the trek, however, say little or nothing about the Chartered Company, claiming to base their proceedings upon concessions granted long before the Chartered Company existed. The new republic will be founded on the constitutional laws of the South American Republic and is expected to attract men of high character and ability from all parts of South America. Another ""little war"" in South Africa seems to be threatened. It will require many more British troops than are now available to cope with the 20,000 Boers, who are dead shot and capable of suffering the most severe hardships without complaint. The Grip's Spread in England. LONDON, May 7. Influenza is steadily spreading throughout the country. Wherever the disease has appeared it has been abated in its ravages by a return of the cold winds. The Mayor of Sheffield has opened a fund for the purpose of procuring medicine for poor patients. Each of the large hospitals in London has an average of 100 cases of influenza. There are signs of a continued increase of the epidemic. Several more members of Parliament have been attacked. Six of the usual occupants of the Treasury bench were absent today. Prince Christian and Count Hatzfeldt, the German ambassador, were unable to attend a dinner given this evening. The Duchess of Marlborough, Justice Homer and a host of public officials are among those affected. German news. M. ordered at Malta. K. May 7. A sensation has been caused in the garrison here by the discovery that Colonel Prager has been murdered. The body of that officer was found this morning at his residence. His head had been smashed in with a hammer, which was found in the room covered with blood. The officer's throat had also been severely gashed with a knife or razor. The military and police authorities believe robbery was the motive of the crime. There is no clue to the murderer. Italy's African Policy. Rome, May 7. Signer Bovio, in the Chamber of Deputies yesterday, made a motion that the Italian forces now in East Africa should be ordered to evacuate that territory. Bovio's motion was only supported by twenty-one extremists. Premier Badini led the House to endorse the African policy of the Government, which was agreed to, 190 to 38. At St. Petersburg. St. PETERSBURG, May 7. The author Mikhailovsky has been expelled from the city for acting as master of ceremonies at the funeral of Shelgunov, the political economist, on Saturday last, on which occasion the students of the University marched through the main thoroughfare in defiance of the order of the police. More Arrests in Rome. Rome, May 7. Additional arrests have been made of Anarchists concerned in the May Day riot here. The persons arrested today had in their possession a pamphlet issued by Malatesta, an Italian refugee in London, explaining the manufacture and use of bombs. Why End the Treaty at Any Time? Madrid, May 7. It is reported that the treaty of commerce between Spain and the United States contains no stipulation in regard to its duration, and therefore, the treaty may be renounced by either side upon due notice of such action being shown. Too Foggy to Land the Malta. Queenstown, May 7. Tugs report that the steamer Germanic, from New York, arrived in this port at 6 o'clock this morning, but owing to a heavy fog she decided not to attempt to land passengers or mails here, but to proceed to Liverpool. The Earl of Powls Dead. LONDON, May 7. The Earl of Powls died tonight. The cause of death has not been reported. K. Want Its Old Rates. New York, May 7. Representatives of the Trunk Line Association, New England lines and Central Traffic Association met here today and discussed the claim of the Canadian Pacific Railway for old rates. The all-rail rate agreed upon at the meeting March 18th was $1.03 with a differential of 10 cents on lake and rail transportation. The Canadian Pacific claims old rates, which are 13 cents lower per 100 lbs than those of the current year. The matter was finally referred to a committee, which is to report tomorrow. The Engines Were Fairly Welded. Dennison, Ohio, May 7. The limited mail west No. 7 and passenger train No. 10 east collided on the Pan Handle Railway, four miles from here, today. Baggage Master Longnecker, of Columbus, was killed. Ex-press Messenger Marvin was badly hurt, and two postal clerks and a man named Miller were hurt. The two engines were fairly welded together. The first mail and baggage cars were smashed into kindling wood. The passengers were uninjured. Will Try Culture on the Italians. Boston, May 7. All Italians in Boston are invited to attend a mass meeting at Faneuil Hall tomorrow night for the purpose of forming a society for the elevation of the poorer and ignorant class of Italians, who it is proposed to teach respect for and obedience to the laws of this country. The projectors also state that in time they will ask the city to make laws to prohibit all rag garbage picking, hand organ playing, etc. A Dead Flour Market. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., May 7. The North-western Miller says: ""The flour output last week was 125,160 barrels. The heavy decline in wheat has made a fairly dead flour market. Prices are lower and unsettled. Yesterday's advance in wheat induced some inquiry for flour. The export trade is fully as dull as the domestic. The export shipments for the week were 56,950 barrels. Went Through a Trestle. Chicago, May 7. A freight train on the Western Indiana Belt line was descending a heavy grade on a trestle in this city today when the rail spread. The locomotive and two tank cars went through the trestle. The oil was ignited and the car, locomotive and much of the trestle were destroyed. The train hands escaped by jumping. Loss, $100,000. Foundrymen Demand a Nine Hour Day. New York, May 7. At a mass meeting of foundrymen and moulders here tonight it was decided by a vote of 327 out of 335 to demand a reduction of a day's work to nine hours. A conference with the bosses will now follow, and if this matter is not amicably settled four thousand men will go out. Membership Limited to 1,000. New York, May 7. The twenty-third annual meeting of the Chamber of Commerce was held today. A resolution was adopted limiting the membership to one thousand. It is now 867. Charles S. Smith was elected president. To Drain Cold Europe. New York, May 7. On Monday one dollar gold was ordered this afternoon for export. Total for the week so far, $1,700,000. CHANCE FOR THAT NEW NAVY. A Chilian Insurgent Steamer Carries a U. S. Flag.",0,0,0,0,0,0
+302,18910514,historical,Cold,"WAKEFIELD (WEDNESDAY) There was a very good attendance at this market and several later buyers from London, Birmingham, and other districts made extensive purchases trade ruled brisk; prices were somewhat higher, and a good clearance was effected. The show of beef was smaller than last week, 1,720 fat beasts being penned, against 1,830. Speaking generally, the quality of the animals was first class, though a few rough and heavy lots were on offer. Very choice and well-fed animals made 7d per lb, useful beef 6d, and heavy rough beasts 6d. There were 6,114 sheep, lambs, and calves, against 6,018 last week, or an increase of 1,106. Fortunately for the dealer there was a large attendance of buyers, and this enabled them to secure fully last Wednesday's prices, and in some cases a slight advance was obtained. Nearly all the sheep were there, and on the whole they were a creditable lot. The best small sheep in wool sold at 7d per lb and heavier sheep 6d to 8d. Clipped sheep sold at from 6d to 7d. Lambs were freely offered at about 1s per lb. About 170 milch and lean beasts were penned, but in consequence of the continued cold weather trade was quiet. Milch cows sold at 14 to 25 each, and lean beasts at 10 to 18. BRISTOL THURSDAY Beef comes to hand in moderate quantities and selling better at 64s to 66s per cwt for it M, and 60s others. A fair number of sheep, which sold at 8d to 9d per lb for choice wethers in the wool and 7d ewes. About 400 store cattle from Iceland, but only the better lots sold at late values. Short supply of pigs, which sold at 8s 4d to 8s 6d per score for bacon pigs to 8s to 9s for porkers. DOWN AT THE CITY HALL Cathedral Street Impropriation The Limits Objected to today. Cleaning. The commissioners in expropriation for the widening of Cathedral Street met yesterday morning and heard objections to the proposed limits. The principal objector was Mr. Jesse Joseph, who was backed up by a notarial protest. Mr. Joseph complained that properties half a mile away had been placed in the limits, while others one hundred and fifty feet away had been left out. Ex-Ald. Fairbairn also objected. The commissioners took the objections under deliberation. The Market committee was to have gone out to the Eastern abattoir yesterday morning to look at the site of the new cattle sheds, but Ald. Stephens drew their attention to the fact that it was useless to visit the place, as they had obtained plans for a $20,000 building and had only been granted $10,000. The committee thereupon postponed their visit until this morning, and appointed a sub-committee to confer with Messrs. Perrault & Menard, the architects. The Annexation committee meets on Saturday morning, when they will consider the Cubegonde petitions. Ald. Prefontalne says that the Street Railway committee will lay their rails to the tail race bridge. The Road department expects to begin work on the St. Catherine Street paving early this week. Palpitation of the heart, nervousness, tremblings, nervous headache, cold hands and feet, pain in the back, and other forms of weakness are relieved by Carter's Little Liver Pills, made especially for the blood, liver, and complexion. A JESSENYING THURSDAY The Parhamunial Air Reading Society Fully Acknowledges Mr. Jacob's Services. A very pleasant event took place in the office of the Specialty Manufacturing Company, Imperial Building, yesterday morning. This consisted of a handsome presentation made to Mr. J. JAMES COOPER, AGENT, 103 James Street, Montreal. STORAGE FOR ALL KINDS OF GOODS. CUSTOMS ENTRY passed and goods forwarded with despatch to all parts of the world. BLANKOCK BROS, 17 Common Street. USE ADLD'S MUCILAGE The best for office or household purposes. All Stationers and Bookstores keep it. A. D., Manufacturer, 7 Craig St., Montreal. POROUS TERRA COTTA BUILDING MATERIAL, The best fire-proof material known, a nonconductor of heat, cold, and sound. Endorsed by all architects.",0,0,0,0,0,0
+303,18960219,historical,Cold,"LIVE STOCK TRADE Cattle Dull, But Steady, at Toronto, For Butchers Export Stock Also Dull American Market Market Reports Toronto, February 18 The Toronto cattle market was dull again today Receipts were 30 cars Butchers' cattle were steady at 3陆c per lb for best, 2陆c for medium, and 2c to 2录c for common Export cattle were dull Few bulls were taken at 2录c to 2陆c per lb Stockers and feeders were inactive at 2c to 3c per lb Sheep steady at 2陆c per lb Lambs were firmer, at $3.50 to $4.50 per cwt Calves nominal, at $4 to $6 for choice Milch cows and springers steady, at $15 to $40 each Hogs weak, at 4c for best bacon hogs, and $3.80 to $1 per cwt for stores Chicago, February 18 Cattle Receipts, 4,500; steady; common to extra steers, $3.25 to $4.65; stockers and feeders, $2.40 to $3.40; cows and bulls, $1.60 to $3.60; Calves, $3.50 to $6.50; Texans, $3.25 to $4.10 Hogs Receipts, 5,000; firm; heavy packing and shipping lots, $3.90 to $4.20; common to choice mixed, $3.95 to $4.24; choice assorted, $4.20 to $4.30; light, $4 to $4.30; pigs, $3.20 to $4.20 Sheep Receipts, 14,000; steady; inferior to choice, $2.75 to $3.70; lambs, $3.50 to $4.75 New York, February 18 Beeves Receipts, 151; no trading Feeling, steady City dressed native sides, 6录c to 7录c Calves Receipts, 61 Veals, easier; ordinary to prime; $6.50 to $8.624; city dressed veals, weak at 8c to 12录c; country dressed, lower at 7录c to 10录c; little calves, steady, 6录c to 7c, and dressed calves, 5c to 6录c Sheep and lambs Receipts, 1,634; firm Common to prime sheep, $3 to $4; export wether, $4.60; good to prime lambs, $4.75 to $5; dressed mutton, 6录c to 7c; dressed lambs, 7c to 8录c Hogs Receipts, 3,151; firm at $4.50 to $4.85; country dressed, 6c to 7c DRESSED BEEF AND MUTTON Beef Firmer and In Better Demand Lambs Demand Lambs Moving Slow The market for dressed beef is firmer in tone, and prices are a little higher than what they ruled at in the beginning of the season, which is due principally to the improved demand of late and the decided cold weather, coupled with the fact that the live stock market has been pretty well cleaned up of all the inferior cattle, and the prospects are now that the season will wind up much better than was anticipated a few weeks ago Hindquarters are selling at 5c to 7c per lb, and fronts at 3c to 4陆c The stock of dressed lambs here is large, there being fully 5,000 carcasses on this market for sale, for which the demand is very slow, as buyers generally have laid in their winter supplies, and as there is no outlet for them, all the American markets being well supplied, the indications are that a considerable number will be left over, and if the weather becomes mild, a sharp decline in prices may be looked for, but at present, small lots are selling at 4c per lb Mr EONSECOURS MARKET Attendance of Buyers and Sellers Very Small Business Slow Prices Unchanged At Bonsecours market this morning, business was very quiet in all lines of produce, in fact, the appearance of the market was dull The gathering of buyers was very small, which was no doubt due to the extreme cold weather, and no one came out of doors this morning, except those that were obliged to The attendance of farmers was very slim, there being only two or three loads of oats offered, which sold at 75c to 80c per bag The weather was too severe to induce gardeners to come to market, and in consequence, the offerings of vegetables were very small, outside of what were held by regular dealers, which were quite ample to fill all requirements and values show no chance The demand for fruit was slow, of which the assortment is small for this season of the year There was no change in poultry, prices being steady all round The supply was ample, but trade was slow Dairy produce was dull New laid eggs were steady at 25c to 30c per dozen In game, there was no change to note The fish market was quiet, notwithstanding the fact that the Lenten season commences tomorrow Flour and Grain Flour, per 100 lbs $1.75 Oatmeal, do $0.00 Cornmeal, do $0.00 Meal, do $0.00 Bran, do $0.00 Oats, per bag $0.75 to $0.80 Peas, per bush $0.80 to $0.85 Cooking peas, per bush $0.90 to $1.00 Corn, do $0.65 to $0.96 Beans, do $1.10 to $1.25 Buckwheat, per bag $0.85 to $0.95 Flaxseed, per bush $1.00 to $1.10 Vegetables Parsley, per dozen $0.25 to $0.50 Cabbage, per dozen $0.50 to $0.00 Leeks, per bunch $0.00 to $0.00 Horseradish, per basket $1.50 to $2.00 Onions, per basket $0.50 to $0.75 Carrots, per basket $0.50 to $0.50 Potatoes, per bag $0.45 to $0.70 Turnips, per basket $0.30 to $0.50 Celery, per bunch $0.10 to $0.75 Parsnips, per basket $0.30 to $0.50 Beets, per basket $0.30 to $0.50 Red cabbage, per dozen $0.50 to $1.00 Boston lettuce, per dozen $0.00 to $1.50 Boston radishes, per dozen $0.60 to $1.00 Spinach, per dozen $0.60 to $1.00 Artichokes, per basket $0.50 to $0.75 Spinach, per basket $0.30 to $1.50 Fruit Lemons, per dozen $0.15 to $0.25 Oranges, per dozen $0.25 to $0.50 Apples, per barrel $5.00 to $6.00 Cranberries, per gallon $0.40 to $0.60 Poultry Large chickens $0.80 to $1.00 Medium chickens $0.45 to $0.55 Fowls, per pair $0.60 to $0.80 Turkeys, hens $0.70 to $0.80 Geese, each $0.55 to $0.75 Ducks, per pair $0.75 to $1.00 Cock turkeys, each $1.00 to $1.10 Dairy Produce Print butter, choice, per lb $0.25 to $0.30 Creamery $0.22 to $0.25 Good dairy butter $0.18 to $0.22 Mild cheese $0.11 to $0.12 Strong cheese $0.12 to $0.14 Eggs, strictly new laid $0.25 to $0.30 Cane eggs $0.15 to $0.17 Honey, per lb $0.10 to $0.12 Maple sugar, per lb $0.08 to $0.10 Maple syrup $0.75 to $0.85 Meats Beef, choice, per lb $0.12 to $0.15 common $0.06 to $0.10 Mutton, per lb $0.10 to $0.13 Lamb, per lb $0.12 to $0.15 Veal, per lb $0.10 to $0.12 Pork, per lb $0.12 to $0.14 Ham, per lb $0.13 to $0.15 Lard, per lb $0.12 to $0.15 Sausages, per lb $0.10 to $0.11 Bacon, per lb $0.12 to $0.15 Pressed hams, per 100 lbs $5.00 to $5.50 Fish Pike, per lb $0.08 to $0.10 Haddock, per lb $0.05 to $0.10 Bullheads, per lb $0.08 to $0.10 White fish, per lb $0.10 to $0.00 Cod, per lb $0.00 to $0.00 Herring $0.10 to $0.12 Halibut, per lb $0.00 to $0.11 Trout, per lb $0.10 to $0.00 Smelts, per lb $0.00 to $0.00 Mackerel, each $0.00 to $0.15 Kinnaman haddies, per lb $0.00 to $0.00 Fresh salmon, per lb $0.20 to $0.25 Black bass, per lb $0.10 to $0.12 Game Golden plover, per dozen $3.50 to $6.00 Snow geese, per dozen $0.00 to $0.00 Duck, per pair $0.80 to $0.90 Gray duck, per pair $0.00 to $0.50 Wood duck, per pair $0.45 to $0.50 Teal duck, per pair $0.15 to $0.40 Pigeons, per pair $0.00 to $0.25 Sucking pigs, large $1.50 to $1.75 Sucking pigs, small $1.20 to $1.30 THE PRODUCE MARKET Cheese and Butter Quiet and Unchanged Eggs, Beans, Etc., the Same Un- Tuesday Evening Cheese was quiet and unchanged today, demand being almost nil Prices, therefore, are nominal at 9c for fall makes and 8c to 8录c for summer goods The butter market is steady Creamery meets a quiet jobbing demand and prices are maintained at 20录c to 21c, while Western roll dairy moves slowly at 14c to 15c In eggs the feeling continues steady, and prices show no material change There was a fair demand, and a larger volume of business was done, which is, no doubt, due to the commencing of the Lenten season tomorrow We quote: Fresh, 20c; Montreal limed, 13c to 14c, and Western limed 12c to 12录c per dozen Business in beans was dull and of a jobbing character, at steady prices We quote: Car lots of choice hand-picked at $1 to $1.05, and small quantities at $1.10 to $1.20 The market for potatoes shows no signs of improvement The offerings are large, for which the demand is slow at 31陆c to 32c per lb in car lots, and 35c to 40c in a jobbing way New York, February 18 Butter, firmer; state dairy, 9c to 17c; do creamery, 15c to 17c; Western dairy, 9c to 13c; do creamery, 13c to 14c; do factory, 8c to 12c; Elgins, 19c Cheese, unchanged Eggs, weak; State and Pennsylvania, 13录c to 14c; Western fresh, 13c to 13录c; limed, 11c to 12c Tallow, steady; city, 3录c to 4c; country, 3录c to 4c J and Arthur G, who, with his sister, reside in Toronto The deceased leaves a widow, who is a daughter of the late Dan Grasset, father of Chief of Police Grasset They were married fifteen years ago, and have a family of five Since his retirement from the Bank, Mr Strathy had evinced a disposition to re-enter business, and spent all last week and yesterday in this city, looking for something to enter into He seemed to prefer the insurance business, and was negotiating with several firms, his intention being to either buy one out or secure a co-partnership He proposed to remove to Toronto, and reside here Mr Strathy went back to Barrie last night LITTLE WARMER TODAY, But It Is Only a Respite, and Will Be Colder Again Tomorrow Toronto, February 18 11 p.m. The depression which was over Lake Superior last night has since developed somewhat and moved very slowly It is now centred near the Straits of Mackinaw A severe storm is apparently situated off the middle Atlantic coast The cold wave has considerably moderated today from the Lakes to the Atlantic, and in the Northwest, although pressure is higher, the temperature has not become low Minimum and maximum temperatures Edmonton, 28, 48; Calgary, 30, 48; Qu'Appelle, 8, 20; Winnipeg, 14 below, 14; Parry Sound, 12 below, 11; Toronto, 8 below, 24; Ottawa, 30 below, 2 below; Montreal, 21 below, zero; Quebec, 24 below, 2; Halifax, 0 below, 20 Georgian Bay Region and Lower Lake Fresh to strong westerly to northerly winds; generally fair and colder again; light local snow at last Ottawa Valley and Upper St. Lawrence A light fall today, with a little higher temperature, then somewhat colder again Lower St. Lawrence and Gulf Becoming unsettled with a fall of snow; threatening winds, and cold Maritime Strong winds and gales, easterly at first; unsettled, with snow or rain Manitoba Fair and moderately cold SIR CHARLES TUPPER, SR, Resumes His Seat In the House Grain Standards Board Georgian Bay Canal Minor Notes (From our own correspondent) Ottawa, February 18 The dreary Budget debate still drags its weary length along, and, from present appearances, and the number of speakers on both sides who are said to be ""loaded"" or to be ""loading"" for a ""great effort,"" it does not look as if the House will get into supply before Friday, if then It does not seem probable, however, that the debate can by any means be carried over to next week, so that the ""weirds, words, idle words,"" will, at the latest, cease their flow on Friday night The greater part of the afternoon was taken up by Mr Davin, who made a really excellent speech, very clearly and critically analyzing the Grit policy, as outlined in the celebrated resolutions adopted at the Ottawa Convention of 1863 Mr Davin very cleverly contrasted the different planks in the platform to show how ill they fitted together, and how contradictory and unworkable they were Mr Jumin followed for about three hours before and after recess, reading in a tiresomely slow, drawling fashion a carefully prepared speech, showing what a terribly mean thing it is to be a wicked, wicked Tory and believe in the National Policy When Mr Hum got through, about ten o'clock, Mr Henderson rose and made a good practical National Policy speech, from a farmer's standpoint Mr Henderson seldom addresses the House, but when he does his remarks command attention, as he is a practical farmer and thoroughly understands what he talks about, which is more than can be said for a great many gentlemen, who make long speeches Indeed, the riper some members know about a subject, the more they will talk about it Sir Charles Tupper When the House met, at 11:15 today, Sir Charles Tupper was in his seat, for the first time since his introduction, last Tuesday As a good many stories have been set afloat, in the Opposition papers, as to Sir Charles' health, based on his absence from the House, it may be as well to state that there was not anything serious the matter with Sir Charles, whose general health is excellent As everybody knows, he contracted a heavy cold during the Cape Breton campaign, and suffered a good deal from hoarseness For the treatment of this hoarseness, his throat was being sprayed, and the fumes of the drugs used affected his eyes, so as to bring on inflammation which necessitated his remaining at home for a few days and avoiding the light At the same time, he has been transacting business and receiving deputations at home every day This morning he was at his office, took his lunch at the Commons' restaurant, and was in the House all the afternoon The rest he has had seems to have done him a world of good, and, as said above, his general health is excellent The Grain Standards A deputation interviewed several members of the Government today, on the subject of the grain standards The Toronto Board of Trade was represented by Mr Chapman, the Toronto Grain Exchange by Mr Northamptonshire Stakes, one and a half miles and 200 yards, April 2 Sir Excess, 12陆 lb Abraham Plate, one mile and two furlongs, April 15 Sir Excess, 12陆 lb Great Surrey Handicap, five furlongs, April 21 Americus, 11陆 lb City and Suburban, one and a quarter mile, April 22 Montauk, 10 lb Chester Cup, two and a quarter miles, May 6 Santa Anita, 120 lb Kompton Park Great Jubilee Stakes, one mile, May 9 Americus, 108 lb; Sir Excess, 111 lb Banquet II, the old American favorite, is among the acceptances for the Great Metropolitan, two and a quarter miles, to be run April 21, at 121 pounds It is evident that Mr Croker relies upon Americus and Eau Caille in races of one mile and under, while Sir Excess will be used in races of one and a quarter miles and under, and Santa Anita will be the mainstay of the stable in races of one mile and a quarter, and at cup distances Mr Croker's placing of the horses agrees with the American estimate of their capabilities in the races of Sir Excess, Americus and Santa Anita Should Santa Anita start in the Ascot Gold Cup, the impost will be 130 pounds Should the trio be fully acclimated by the dates of the spring handicaps, they should have, at least, an outside chance, despite the steadying weights Santa Anita is a notoriously hard horse to train, while Americus and Sir Excess are apt to be retarded by climatic influences Foxhall was in England from his two-year-old days, and, therefore, fully acclimated when he made his fame in the Cambridgeshire and Chester Cup At their best, it is doubtful if the three in question are in Foxhall's class, although the weights indicate that the English handicappers are taking no chances about them According to the English turf journals, the Kempton Jubilee is the most attractive of the spring handicaps In his summary, the special commissioner of the London Sporting Life states: ""Either Victor Wild or Clorane should give the weight to Whittier, even if the latter's temper is to be trusted; while, if choosing from Reminder, Worcester, Kirkconnel and Red Heart, who range in this order from 8 stone 5 pounds to 8 stone 1 pound, I should be inclined to take the last named, who, if some of his efforts last season were disappointing, did a few brilliant things"" Whether the Kempton Jubilee or the City and Suburban attract Red Heart, he may be expected to run a good horse this spring It would, however, serve to no purpose to analyze a handicap field for such a far-off date as May the 5th, so I merely call attention to Clorane, Red Heart, Lesterlin, The Lombard, and Court Pall and Dornroschen, the latter pair being specially attractive The full conditions and list of acceptances for the Jubilee are as follows In calculating the weights, a stone should be taken as fourteen pounds Kempton Park Great Jubilee Stakes of 3,000 sovereigns; Jubilee course; one mile; run daily May 5 Also, E. Leblanc, speaker of the Legislative Assembly, went to interview Mr Henry Holgate, Manager of the Park & Island Railway Company, and urged upon him the opportunity of building an electric railway to St. Rose Hon Mr Leblanc explained all the good that such a road would render the locality in particular and to the County of Laval in general Mr Holgate promised the delegation that the matter would be seriously considered by the Board of the Montreal Park & Island Railway Company, which would meet in the course of a day or two This Company's service has been noted for its regularity; even during the severe snowstorms of the past few days, the traffic has not been interrupted and the cars have run on schedule time Funeral of Mr Donald Campbell The funeral of the late Mr Donald Campbell, of St. Hilaire, took place yesterday The remains were conveyed by special train from St. Hilaire to Chambly, where the service and interment were held The little church at Chambly, in spite of the cold weather, was well filled by the deceased's many friends from St. Hilaire, St. Hyacinthe, Chambly and Montreal Among those present from Montreal were Mr Henri Hontliilier, Mr Leopold Calameau, Messrs Holland, Dr Charles McKauhran, Mr Y Shelton having left a widow, it does not lessen the number of annuities to be paid from this fund, but it lessens the amount to be paid yearly by a considerable sum Chinamen for Cuba There was quite an interesting scene in the Windsor Depot yesterday afternoon at five o'clock, when the western train from Vancouver had, in addition to the usual passengers, sixty-three Chinamen, en route for different cities in the United States and for Havana The party were much above the usual close of celestials we get here, and were clean and quite intelligent looking, which is also unusual They evidently felt the cold very keenly, and appeared in a shivering condition They were laden with all kinds of extraordinary articles made of straw and matting Sang Koo and several of his friends were in waiting for the party, and those who stayed overnight in the city were lodgers at his establishment The party is divided into two sections One consisting of thirty-eight are on their way to Havana, and go by way of New York tomorrow The others, twenty-five in number, are in bond, and are destined for New York, Boston, Chicago and Baltimore",0,0,0,0,0,0
+304,18960806,historical,Cold,"I'M, August 5 Full details are published of the adventurous voyage of Harbo and Hsmnelsen in the row boat Fox, which reached Scilly last Saturday. Harbo reports that they left New York at 5 p.m., June 6th, and proceeded under oar with variable weather until June 18th, when they sighted the North German Lloyd steamer Pruitt Bismarck, bound to New York, the master of which vessel offered to take them back again, but they declined. Owing to strong winds they were driven northward to the Banks of Newfoundland, and July 1st they spoke the schooner Leader and requested the master to report them all well. July 7th they encountered a heavy gale from the west, and had great difficulty in keeping the boat free, the sea continually breaking on board, keeping one of them bailing. The gale continued with more or less force until 9 p.m. of July 10th, when a heavy sea struck and capsized the Fox, throwing them into the water. After a few minutes they succeeded in righting her and getting on board and bailing her out. All their provisions, anchor, cooking utensils, signal lights, and several other articles which were not lashed to the boat were lost. After the accident they suffered severely from the cold. Shortly afterward the weather moderated, and the wind continuing fair they proceeded eastward. On July 15th they boarded the Norwegian barque Gito, from Quebec for Pembroke, and were supplied with water and provisions, and again, when about 400 miles west of Scilly, on July 24th, they spoke the Norwegian barque Eugene, from Halifax for Swansea, and obtained from her a small supply of bread and water. Both men are in good health, and look weather-beaten by long exposure. They pulled two pairs of sculls during the day, and at night kept watch of 31 hours' interval, one man pulling while the other man slept. S. Bache & Co., New York, report the closing prices of American stocks in London, with the New York equivalent, as follows: London prices, Atchison 11, Can. Pacific 65, Erie 131, Kansas & Texas 111, Louisville & Nashville, a Northern Pac., pref 12, Central 92, Ont. & Western 122, Reading 65, St. Paul est, Union Pacific 81, Wabash pref 18. LONDON, August 5 - The Stock market today was lifeless and featureless. The position in America, and the weakness of the Paris Bourse, dominated all the speculative markets. Gold was in strong demand for the Continent. An increased supply of American bills is offering here, but they are not at present traceable to the special syndicate operations. CATARRH CURE, Catarrh positively cured. Are you willing to spend 50 cents for a cure that positively cures catarrh by removing the cause of the disease? If so, ask your druggist for a 25-cent bottle of Munyon's Catarrh Cure and a 25-cent bottle of Catarrh Tablets. 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From Newcastle- From Montreal only, to London. July 17 88 Turona Aug 7 July 30, 88 Freinona Aug 18. All the London steamers will take cargo for Newcastle-upon-Tyne. EAST COAST SERVICE ABERDEEN, LEITH AND DUNDEE AT INTERVALS. Aug 1 88 Queensmore 15 88 Megantic 20. And regularly thereafter. Cold Storage accommodation provided on all Bristol steamers. For rates of Freight and other particulars apply to ELDER, DEMPSTER & CO 219 Commissioner St., Montreal, and at 711 Queen Square, Bristol; 4 St. Mary St., London; 1 Castle St., Liverpool. JOHNSTON LINE REGULAR SAILINGS, MONTREAL TO LIVERPOOL Rossmore Aug 14 Barrowmore Aug 25 Parkmore Aug 30 A Steamer Sept 9. For rates of freight, through bills of lading, and full information, apply to all Railway Agencies: Wm. Johnson & Co., Limited, Chamber of Commerce Building, Boston; 211 La Salle street, Chicago; 208 Railway Exchange Building, St. Louis, or to WM. LIMIT ISO, MANUFACTURERS OF REFRIGERATING MACHINES For Cold Storage under our latest Patent Dry-Air Circulating System, Machines for Breweries, Packing Houses, Food Factories, Etc.",0,0,0,0,0,0
+305,18800804,historical,Deluge,"D'OTT&ft 1 toI Crown 8vo-T with Four Maps and Eight full page plates Price $1.75 - This is an interesting account of a journey made in the summer of 1879 through British Columbia and the Peace River country, and across the prairie to Winnipeg. It affords the very latest information relative to the resources of the country, conveyed in a pleasant and readable style. The maps are from the latest in the Pacific Railway Department, and the illustrations are from photographs taken by members of the Geological Survey and Pacific Railway staff. From the Canadian Spectator, We have been deluged with pamphlets, circulars, etc., relating to Manitoba and the Northwest, through which we have waded weariness in search of information. At last we have been rewarded, and amply so, now that we have discovered a really readable work; in fact the only one of which we can speak favorably, one which is as readable as the excellent work of Rev. Mr. Grant From Ocean to Ocean. We refer to Gordon's Mountain Mountain and Prairie, published by Dawson Bros. It is extremely pleasant reading, conveying a great deal of information in an attractive shape, and of a thoroughly reliable character. We can heartily recommend the work to everyone, to those who desire attractive reading, and to those who desire useful reading. DAWSON BROTHERS, Publishers, MONTREAL (Educational THE French Language - FOR - TEN DOLLARS! BY THE UNITED STATES. Death of Mrs. John Saxe, New York, August 3. Mrs. John G. Saxe, wife of the distinguished poet, died at her home in Brooklyn on Saturday evening. The amalgamated Association of iron and steel workers of the United States met in convention at the Opera House today. It was the largest meeting of the Association ever held, about 225 delegates from all parts of the country being present. The session today was devoted to forming an organization, hearing reports, etc. State election returns, Montgomery, Ala, August 3. Returns from the State election come in slowly. Out of 11 counties heard from, a solid Democratic ticket is elected by an overwhelming majority, several counties having gone Democratic that heretofore gave large Republican majorities, the negroes voting the straight Democratic ticket in most counties. The re-election of Cobb for Governor is claimed by a 60,000 majority.",0,0,0,0,0,0
+306,18801201,historical,Deluge,"R. Hill, master; Robert McNabb, second mate; Ben Millward, wheelsman; John Henry, fireman; Thomas O'Hara, Thos. Levey, Peter McDougall and Donald Carr, deck hands; George Patton, porter; Miss Julia Gibson, ladies' maid; Miss Lydia William, cook, and a deck hand whose name is unknown. PARTICULARS OF THE WRECK The Simcoe left Chicago for Collingwood at 12:15 a.m. on November 19th, and had favorable but cold weather down the west shore of Lake Michigan, and was off Twin River Points at 11 a.m., steering northeast for the Manitous; on Saturday morning a heavy westerly gale with snow set in: the harbor of South Manitous was reached at 11:30 a.m., where the steamer wooded, and lay until midnight on Monday. On Tuesday, the 23rd, they had a smooth run through the Straits, and passed Cheboygan at 3:35 p.m. with a gentle wind from the south. At midnight the wind was south and the lake was not rough, the steamer going on her course in good shape. On Wednesday, at 2 a.m., the Duck Island light was passed, the usual distance off. At 4 a.m. there was a brisk south wind, with the sea rising and the steamer steering badly. At 7 a.m. the anchor shutters were broken down and driven in, and the midship gangway on the weather side burst. A gangway plank was placed across and lashed, but the sea was continually driving in, and the decks were constantly flooded. They then altered the steamer's course to leeward, and for a time she went better. They next commenced to lighten the steamer of her deck load, and had all the pumps at work to keep the water under. At 8 a.m. the decks were deluged with water, the steamer lurching heavily, and making water fast, caused by the seas washing over her decks. At 9 a.m. the fires were out and the engine stopped. The foresails set were next carried away. The crew were still manfully working the pumps and throwing the deck cargo overboard, and worked faithfully until the steamer commenced to founder at 10:40 a.m. All hands were then ordered to reach the boats, Captain Hill and the rest of the crew making for the lifeboat, but they did not get it free before the steamer went down stern foremost. The upper deck and pilot house floated, but were instantly broken into small fragments. The mate, engineer and one wheelsman succeeded in freeing and entering the two yawls, but were unable to get the boats clear of the wreckage in time to rescue the others struggling in the water. One fireman and a deck hand were within reach, and were drawn to the boat by lines thrown to them, and rescued. After getting the boats clear of the wreckage, it was impossible to row against the wind and sea, and the boat drifted faster than the wreck. Those in the boat manfully tried to row up to those still clinging to the want and other pieces of wreckage, and untiringly battled against wind and sea for one hour, when all hopes were given up, the last of their brave but unfortunate shipmates having disappeared in the soothing waters of the lake. With heavy hearts the rescued few commenced rowing for shore, some fifteen miles distant, arriving at Providence Bay at dusk, in an exhausted state. The inuring they endured must have been terrible, as their tale raises. London, November 30. In the case of the Rev.",0,0,0,0,0,0
+307,18840213,historical,Deluge,"the Princes Christian, and we have reason to believe that the volume will contain some additions of considerable interest. Messrs Wilson & McCormick, of Glasgow, will publish next month ""Geology and the Deluge"" by the Duke of Argyll. Under the title of ""The Sagacity and Morality of Plants: a sketch of the Life and Conduct of the Vegetable Kingdom,"" Dr",0,0,0,0,0,0
+308,18880810,historical,Deluge,"REPUBLICANS ALARMED Hint the President will take them at their word and enforce the Retaliation Bill Wasiiington, August 9 In the Senate today Mr Evarts resumed his argument against the fisheries treaty The position which should be taken by the United States was, he said, to insist that the United States had always rejected the headland theory, and did not tolerate the claim of right on the part of Great Britain to make a bay by calling it a bay, and to shut out of it American fishermen; and then there might or there might not be an opportunity to find out what Great Britain meant That would not mean war or fear of war As to the complaint made on the Democratic side that publicity was given to the discussion of the treaty, Mr Evarts said that the initiation of such publicity was due to the Executive in recommending the treaty and all communications connected with it to be given to the public As to the complaint made by the senator from Alabama (Mr Morgan) against the majority of the Committee on Foreign Relations, for stating in its report that the time for negotiations had passed, Mr Evarts read the extract in question which reads: ""On the 19th of January, 1887, Congress came to the conclusion that the period of negation and unavailing remonstrance had passed"" So that it was Congress itself, he said, and not the committee which had come to that conclusion As to the same senator's charge of servility against the committee, Mr Evarts failed to find anything offensive or servile in the paragraph referred to In conclusion he said that he would prepare a comment upon the terms of the treaty itself and he hoped not an unfair one, but he would forbear to proceed with it at present President Grant's Policy Mr Evarts ceased speaking at half past three and then the discussion turning on President Grant's message to the Senate with a proposed treaty on the same subject was taken up by Mr Morgan, who declared that the President had on that occasion given counsel in favor of a true and wise policy, and now spoke from his grave better than any senator had done on this discussion Frye Wants Frozen Fish Timed Mr Frye represented the manner in which the payment of duties on preserved fish is evaded, that is by having the fish frozen solid and introduced duty free as fresh fish for immediate consumption While in fact such frozen fish could be kept for months He argued that a construction should be placed by Congress upon that provision of the law or else that a duty should be imposed on fish preserved by freezing, just as if it was preserved in any other way Making Campaign Capital Mr Morgan said that the object of destroying the treaty at once was nothing more nor less than political and was connected with the presidential election One of the senators from Massachusetts had pronounced him (Mr Morgan) a silly man because he had alluded to the fact that war might grow out of the question He might be silly, but he had seen enough of war to be afraid of it; perhaps the Senator from Massachusetts had not The President and Retaliation Mr Hoar disclaimed having spoken of the senator from Alabama as silly What he had said was that if he had not so much respect for that senator he should pronounce the suggestion that war with England might grow out of insisting on the rights of American fishermen as supremely silly Mr Morgan said that the Democratic party had in it the backbone of Andrew Jackson, that it was not going to make a foolish quarrel, but that if the quarrel came it would stand by the country right or wrong When this negotiation would fail then the Democrats meant, as the President meant, that the retaliation act, which then and not before would become mandatory, would be obeyed, and yet, when it was expected that that law was to be obeyed there came a howl from the Fishery association because the President would not pledge himself in advance to limit the retaliation to the fishery business Afraid of Their Own Creation Mr Blair, whose resolution had been alluded to by Mr Morgan, declared sarcastically that if there was to be no war with England or Canada until the discussion on the treaty ended war would be postponed until the destruction of the world by fire or till a deluge came again He supposed that the object of the senator from Alabama in talking war was for effect on the political campaign at home He did not know of any Republican who talked about war as a result of the rejection of the treaty The resources of diplomacy were all open and had not yet been exhausted A recalcitrant, obstinate and pigheaded executive was not going to take the responsibility of inflicting on the American people needless injury, mercantile distress and the destruction of business unnecessarily and simply because he had the power When it was intimated to the Senate that the President was going further and would destroy the industrial fabric of the United States simply because he and his party were in a pout, it appeared to him (Blair) that the whole party might as well be banished from the country as being too ignorant, too foolish or too unpatriotic to exist properly under the protection of American laws Mr Hale criticized Mr Morgan's position and that of the Democratic party on the treaty as being in the interest of free trade There was no demand in any American quarter for free fish It was only within the last year that an American administration was to be found that was willing to trample American interests under its feet and to make long homilies and have its friends in the Senate make long speeches in favor of ""our enemies, the British people"" He congratulated the country on having seen in this debate what the animus of the Senator from Alabama was Compliments Exchanged Mr Morgan denied that he had made any statement to his desire or expectation to repeal the duty on salt fish, nor had he intimated that in consideration of the tariff bill soon to be entered upon he or any senator on his side proposed to make such a motion Proceeding to pay his compliments to Mr Blair, he said the country would not go to that school to learn lessons of wisdom and would not receive instructions from a senator who had talked such a batch of nonsense as that senator had talked this evening What credit could the British Government give to that set of resolutions or to the American Senate, in which they had been offered and debated, except to say that the senator from New Hampshire did not know what he was talking about and that his party was not responsible for what he said The senator had spoken of President Cleveland as pigheaded Mr Cleveland was not pigheaded and was not a fool He had been wise enough to best the Republican party every time he came in contact with it and he was going to do it again so easily that the Republicans would not know how it happened Mr Cleveland was the truest representative of American character that stood on the continent and the people knew it and intended to sustain him Mr Blair said that he had used the unfortunate adjective ""pigheaded"" in reference to the President's anticipated conduct as foretold and proclaimed by the senator from Alabama He had no wish to qualify the expression, he did not want to interfere with the senator's adoration That senator was at liberty to worship any fetish he chose, and would naturally select such a god After some further interchange of like compliments between the two senators, the two days' discussion came to a close, and the Senate at four o'clock adjourned",0,0,0,0,0,0
+309,18890520,historical,Deluge,"C. Hossack's grocery store, corner of Garden and Ann street, was closed last night at eleven o'clock. George Hossack, the proprietor, retired at midnight to his room on an upper flat where he and his niece reside. Two apprentices lived in an attic. This morning Mr. Hossack was aroused by his niece by an alarm of fire. He got out in his night shirt and sounded the alarm himself. The firemen soon arrived and the fire was located in a storeroom over the gateway on Garden street, part of the premises, where sperm and other candles were stored. Mr. Hossack worked like a Trojan and at last was so overcome by smoke that he had to be carried into neighbor Ledroit's house where he was only able to be removed home at five this afternoon. He is manifestly physically undone, and at present is not able to recall much of the facts. He is insured in the Quebec Fire Co but for what amount he could not recollect tonight. The building is in the same company and is owned by Mr. Allord. It is badly gutted and the cellar where most of the stock was stored deluged. The fire again broke out at nine this morning, but the brigade soon settled it. Mr. Hossack had some valuable live birds, all of which, with the exception of a talking parrot, were smothered. Water badly damaged Trudell's public house next to Hossack's, also Kigali's green grocery adjoining. Hogan has insurance in the Imperial for $3,000; estimated loss $750. A Providential Blaze. BIRMINGHAM, Ala., May 10 Fire last night destroyed several buildings, worth about $10,000, in the heart of Buzzard's Roost, a notorious locality which the police have tried in vain to purge. The fire is regarded as providential. Other Fires. CHICAGO, May 18 Fire in the roller mill, suburb of Commings, destroyed nine stores and one dwelling. Loss $43,000. COMMINGS, Ind., May 18 An incendiary fire last night destroyed the stables of the Bartholomew Co. Trotting Association at the driving park here. CHICAGO, May 18 Ten houses and twelve barns were burned early this morning at South Chicago. Loss $30,000. NEW ORLEANS, May 18 Fire last night on Esplanade and Perdido streets destroyed eight small frame houses and the Suliat colored Baptist church. Loss $10,000. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., May 18 Thirty thousand dollars worth of property was burned at Noblesville last night. The fire started in the office of the Noblesville Journal. HAVANA, May 19 Several houses were burned at Abreus, a village near Clenfuegos, yesterday.",0,0,0,0,0,0
+310,18900120,historical,Deluge,"M. Brewer, of Charlottetown, IMS, preached both morning and evening. In the morning he took for his text: ""Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit, saith the Lord of Hosts."" He showed that his message to the Hebrew Prince was applicable to the evangelization of the world. Physical force was the lowest form of power, and in all countries it was superseded by intellect and later by moral powers. The speaker held that the time was coming when men would select the holiest man for a place of power and trust. There was a higher power in nature. Where men and horses were formerly used to convey news, we now use the telegraph and the telephone, but the network of wires over our country would be of no use if the electric current were withdrawn, so in the church all our efforts would be unavailing if not directed by the Spirit of God. God sometimes used physical means to show His power. The deluge brought men to their senses, and He drowned Pharaoh to make way for the escape of His people. But after all, there came the still small voice, mind speaking to mind, and this was the crowning means by which He would save the world. Men were to be reached through their hearts and consciences, and what was wanted was soul-saving power from on high. It was not the wise men of Athens or Rome that He sent to evangelize the world but fishermen from Galilee. In the 15th century, the son of a poor miner of Saxony, Martin Luther shook the foundations of Rome, and in the present day the great missionaries were such men as Carey, a shoemaker, and David Livingstone, a poor factory boy. It was to be regretted that man had tried persecution as a means of spreading the gospel, and it was the preacher's opinion that missions and churches were of no avail unless moved by God's omnipotent Spirit.",0,0,0,0,0,0
+311,18941003,historical,Deluge,"THE GAZETTE MONTREAL WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3 1891 EMOTIONAL LITERATURE, Section Place of Geology and History, Since his retirement from the position with which his name will ever be honorably associated, Sir William Dawson has not been idle. This is the third work that has left his hands in little more than a twelve month. The subject of it is of intense interest not only to men of science, but to all intelligent students of the origin and destinies of the human race. It is not the first time that the illustrious author has undertaken to elucidate it out of the fullness of his knowledge of the early earth and the embalmed relics of its prime. Though, from the historian's standpoint, it was a young world on which human feet first trod, it was, as the geologist views it, so hoary with age that imagination recoils, aghast before the reckoning. The poets feigned a Saturnian age to picture the simplicity, kindliness and content of that youthful mundi, and, as Saturn was the Greek Cronos, whom some deem akin with Chronos (Father Time), who again was fabled to devour his own children, they were, in a sense, wiser than they knew. Happily, this monstrous parent has not destroyed all his offspring of every generation, geologic as well as human; vestiges enough have escaped his maw to yield at least the outline of a biography, if only they could be found, discriminated and interpreted. To the uninitiated the sibylline leaves of rocky evidence, displaced and twisted and even torn into fragments to be scattered far apart, still seem chaotic and meaningless, and we can hardly wonder that to many long centuries passed away, yielding only vague and often misleading guesses, before the key to the mystery was found, and the riddle of the rocks was read. It would be bad for us, doubtless, if there were no enigmas to occupy the human mind. At any rate, there is still ample scope for enquiry, and men like Sir William Dawson, who have spent decades and scores of years in the effort to decipher the hieroglyphics in which the earth has written her autobiography, feel no abatement of interest in the quest, how many soever be the triumphs they have won. The title of the volume under consideration, ""The Meeting Place of Geology and History,"" invites our attention to the birth, cradling and childhood of our race. The object of this little book, says the author, is to give a clear and accurate statement of facts bearing on the character of the debatable ground intervening between the later part of the geological record and the beginning of sacred and secular history. In some of his previous works, Sir William Dawson has dealt with the origin and course of non-human life, and he has also dealt largely and lucidly with the beginnings of human history. We are not unprepared, therefore, for his treatment of a subject that has long been congenial to him. We have now, he says, very complete data for tracing the earth from its original formless or chaotic state through a number of formative and preparatory stages up to its modern condition; but, perhaps, the parts of its history least clearly known, especially to general readers, are those which relate to the beginning and the end of the creative work. In the early stages the monuments are obscure; in the later, they are few, and those few complicated with modern changes under human influence. There are, however, notwithstanding obvious difficulties, facts enough to link the human period to the period that preceded it. The author defines the two latest of the geologic periods as the Pleistocene and the Anthropozoic, the latter being again divided into ""early modern or Pal忙ozoic, sometimes called Quaternary, or post-glacial,"" and the ""Neanthropic"" extending onward to the present time. The Pal忙oanthropic, in Sir William Dawson's opinion, may coincide with ""the ante-diluvian period of human history."" Having promised so much, the author goes on to describe the world before man, a scale of twenty inches being taken to represent the twenty million years of the earth's history, that of man would be indicated by a thickish line at one end of the scale. As to man's age, it is well established that he was already in Europe immediately after the close of the glacial period, and contemporary with the formidable faunas of animals then occupying the land. Pal忙oanthropic man, with his industries and arts, is then described, the contents of caves and other finds being adduced as evidence for his condition. The author also gives vitality to the ante-diluvian genealogies and shows the relations of the early Pal忙oanthropic races to those that followed them. Several chapters are devoted to the Deluge, and the author endeavors by the aid of natural science to remove certain doubts that have been cast on the ancient biblical records. The Toldoth or generations of the sons of Noah are discussed as the grand work of ethnographical knowledge, and their value is proved by the results of recent exploration.",0,0,0,0,0,0
+312,18950807,historical,Deluge,"THE LACROSSE FIELD: The East Angus Team Have a Complaint to Make: The following communication has been received from a correspondent in East Angus: The account of this match of the 27th ult., in a contemporary, is not according to facts. When the Sherbrooke Juniors arrived at Angus there was scarcely a junior amongst them, but they were composed of Senior league men and other crack players not of Sherbrooke, with a few junior men intermingled for appearance sake. A written protest was at once served, and the Angus boys, not to disappoint the large crowd that were patiently waiting in the pouring rain, consented to play; and after the whistle blew the Angus scored the first three games in quick time. The rain now came down in a deluge, completely destroying the Angus team sticks, which were of a very inferior quality, becoming no better than shinny sticks. The Angus team, knowing it was no game, simply quit playing, some of the players having left us as soon as the Angus had scored the foul in the game, which the Sherbrooke umpire did not allow, because he was under an umbrella and could not say positively if it was a score or not. The Angus team have never yet met the bona fide Sherbrooke Junior Lacrosse team. Crescent-Gabriel Club: The regular weekly meeting of the executive of the Gabriel-Crescent club will be held this evening at the Exchange hotel. Business of importance is to be transacted, and those who know how much depends on the match with Sherbrooke on Saturday, and who have the interests of the club at heart will attend. The Maples at Work: The second Maples are practising hard every evening this week in preparation for the coming match with the Kueralds. A large attendance is looked for at all practices.",0,0,0,0,0,0
+313,18951104,historical,Deluge,"U should arrange as soon as possible for that team to play the winners of the Ontario intermediate championship for Canadian championship, Princeton, 12; Harvard, 4, Princeton, November 2, The day for the great football contest between Harvard and Princeton opened with a grey lowering sky which threatened to deluge the field with torrents of rain. In spite of the unfavorable condition of the weather, lovers of the game came pouring into town all morning and the seats surrounding the gridiron contained 8,000 spectators when the Princetons came on the field at 2 o'clock. The interval before play began was occupied by the cheering of the supporters of the two teams. Four hundred Princeton men occupied stand ""D"" on the west side of the field, and they came out to cheer and sing till their voices should give way if necessary. Banners and flags of orange and black, or of crimson, were waving on all stands. Alumni, as well as the undergraduates, were on hand and proved that they had not forgotten their college cheers. Large numbers of pretty girls carrying streamers of the colors of their favorite colleges braved the inclement weather to see the great struggle. The weather finally turned out better than had been feared, and although it drizzled continually, it did not materially affect the game or the spectators, except that a great deal of slipping on the part of the players can be laid to the soggy condition of the ground. Early this morning the Harvard men displayed considerable confidence in their team by placing bets at odds of 2 to 1 against Princeton, but along towards noon it was not possible for Princeton to get more than even money. Almost from the moment the ball was put in play, it was evident that neither team was going to have a walkover. All through the first part of the game, Harvard had a little the best of it, although neither side was able to score. Harvard's line was much weaker than Princeton's, but this defect was made up for by the work of the backs. Charley Brewer and Wrightington were doing great work for Harvard, but their efforts were of little avail against Princeton's line. However, when the ball was passed to Brewer for a kick during the first half, he was able to send it down toward Princeton's goal line for greater distance than Baird was usually able to cover by his return; but Baird's improvement during the second half was simply wonderful, making a number of punts of from 60 to 80 yards. His work in the game will put him among the best full backs of the country. He only tried one drop kick for goal, but cannot be greatly blamed for failing considering the condition of the field and ball. It was decidedly a kicking game, the oval flying from one end of the field to the other. Both teams made their best gains by mass play directed against tackle or guard. Very little end running was attempted by either side. Princeton's line outplayed Harvard's at almost every point with the exception of left end. It is difficult to pick particular flaws in the Harvard work, but their line lacked that alertness and snap which cannot be dispensed with in a winning team. Capt. Lea broke his collarbone at about the middle of the second half, and from this point on Cochran captained the Tigers and showed himself very capable in this position. He handled his men well, and only once did he order a play which would have been better omitted. Score: Princeton, 12; Harvard, 4. Time, two 30-minute halves. Touchdowns Princeton, Rosengarten, Hunnard, and Hunter; Harvard, Shaw. No goals. Referee Pratt. Umpires Dashiel, of Lehigh, and Townsend, of Lehigh. Linesmen Coyne, of Orange A.C., and Kennedy, of Harvard. Varsity 10; Queen's 2, Toronto, November 2. Varsity defeated Queen's in the first match of the Ontario Rugby Union final round at Rosedale today by 10 points to 2. The halftime score was Queen's 2; Varsity 1. The game was played in perfect weather, with about 3,000 spectators present. Varsity won the toss and decided to kick with the sun behind them and give the visitors the slight advantage of a southeast breeze. Varsity surprised its supporters by stopping Queen's rushes at the outset, and for fifteen minutes play was near midfield. The local men gained ground by picking out of scrimmage, free kicks for Queen's landing the ball near the line. Curtis made his mark and played for McRae, who missed the goal, but it was a rouge. Curtis soon kicked to touch in goal and the visitors led from 2 to 0, this proving their last point. Varsity's first came from Counsell's punt, McRae touching down. In the second half, the visitors were easily outplayed. Counsell started to punt with effect, soon forced a rouge, and the score was 2 all. The next was Bradley's try, the forwards rushing the ball over; no goal. Counsell punted to touch in goal and in short order Harr scored a try and Elliott kicked the goal. Queen's braced up and had a look in. They looked dangerous, but Belanger saved miraculously. Hobbs had his chest seriously hurt and went off with Elliott. Just before the whistle blew, Isarr followed up Kingstem's punt and fell on the ball for a try. Elliott kicked the difficult goal. Next Saturday the teams meet in Kingston to decide the championship, Varsity having 17 points advantage. Lorne 31; Osgoode 10, Toronto, November 2. It was 3 o'clock when the Lorne and Osgoode elevens met to play the final match in the intermediate series. At halftime, the score stood 7 to 5 in favor of the Lornes. Captain Kby was given the choice on account of the Osgoode team being late. The game was not a good exhibition of Rugby, and there were not many brilliant plays on the part of either team. For the Lornes, Flood, Charles Meek, and Reid played a good game, and White, Osier, and Robertson for Osgoode. In the second half, the Lornes rushed the play from the commencement and scored 21 to Osgoode's 5. Thus the Lornes won by 31 to 10. Hamilton Junior, 28; Granites, 7, Hamilton, November 2. The deciding game in the Rugby Junior championship series was played at the cricket grounds this afternoon before a good-sized crowd. The weather was cool and clear. The Hamilton Junior team and the Granites, of Kingston, were the opposing teams, and the fifteen players on each team had made declarations that they were under age and were qualified to play in the junior series. The contest was rather one-sided to be interesting, the home team playing all around the visitors and outplaying them at all points. In the first half, the Granites scored 3 points to Hamilton's 8, and in the last half, the visitors scored only 4 points while the Hamilton lads put together 10. The Hamilton Juniors thus won the match, 28 to 7, and secured the Junior championship cup. Other Matches, West Point, November 2, Yale, 28; Cadets, 8, Essex, Ont., November 2. A hotly contested game in the Western Football Association, played here today between the Michigan Amateur Athletic Association team of Detroit and the Essex team, resulted in favor of Essex by two to one. Skacktown, November 2. Today the Berlin Collegiate Institute Football team played Seaforth Collegiate Institute for the tough cup, which appears to have become a fixture here, having been in possession of Seaforth for several years. The ground was wet and slippery, but the home team clearly demonstrated their superiority by scoring seven goals to their opponents one. Newmarket, Ont., November 2. Newmarket Football Club defeated Aurora by 6 goals to 2 here today. Another goal was allowed Newmarket by the referee, but as there was a slight dispute, the Newmarket boys gave the visitors the benefit of the doubt. Ottawas are Displeased, Ottawa, November (Special) - The news of the Quebec Rugby executive's decision regarding the fixtures for future matches made necessary by the defeat of Montreal by McGill was received here with general surprise, as it was surmised that this city, in the event of a three-cornered fight, would get at least one of the games. Feeling over the matter runs pretty high in view of the fact that Montreal has voted itself practically three more games this season. People here, and lovers of football particularly, regard the treatment meted out to Ottawa as harsh, because they have already traveled twice to the metropolis this season. These same people attribute the action to the desire of Montrealers to gobble up all the good things that come along, and to forget in their strength the claims of other places to some recognition. An Important Meeting: Tonight, the committee of the Montreal Football Club are calling a meeting of the players and men interested in the game to meet at the Gymnasium tonight (Monday). All interested are requested to attend. Hoerner-Shoemaker Testimonial, A meeting will be held at the Y.",0,0,0,0,0,0
+314,18840331,historical,Drought,"Whitfield Mills of his journey across the centre of the continent, from Belvano to Northampton in Western Australia, illustrates the hardships and perils to which explorers are oftentimes exposed. He must have undertaken his trip after a prolonged drought, for spots which preceding explorers had reported as furnishing good supplies of water he found to be quite dry. His travels covered a distance of 1,000 miles, and all along the route there are only three sources of water to be relied upon in a dry season as affording a permanent supply. Mr. Mills passed over some well-grassed and splendid salt-bush country, and speaking of an extensive desert of spinifex between the Warburton Range and the Lilyth Watershed, he says if the spinifex were replaced with grass, which it would if the spinifex were burnt, it would form for a considerable distance one of the most magnificent pastoral districts in the world. But all this was of little avail in the absence of water. The constant record is of dry creeks, dry lagoons, and dry rockholes; the camels had one drink in twenty-one days, and they tottered along, staggering against the trees, too thirsty to eat. With these ships of the desert, however, they were able successfully to cope with all the difficulties which had been brought about by a period of unusual drought, and which they never dreamt they would have to encounter.",0,0,0,0,0,0
+315,18871119,historical,Drought,"ICUDOMII JomI aile in about the only thing in this world that I'm not in immediate want of Fatal Accident on the Track A fatal accident took place at 8 o'clock yesterday morning on the Canadian Pacific railway track at Hochelaga It appears that Jean Godin, aged 30, an employee of the Canadian Pacific railway, was walking along the track to his work when he heard a locomotive behind him; he stepped aside, but on the wrong track, when the engine came up and crushed him to death His mangled remains were removed to his late residence, No. 105 Moreau street, where an inquest will be held this morning The deceased leaves a widow and child The Universal is the best double heating base-burner procurable, without exception, and price low as common cheap stove Barton, 105 St. James street, has them Father Cninkedy delivered the third and last of his series of lectures in Erskine church last evening Rev. Prof. Scainger presided, and there was a large attendance The lecturer was saying that the Catholics were banded to drive the Protestants out, when a young man shouted from the gallery, Don't you say that There was considerable excitement for a moment, until the sexton sent the disturber out The latter was followed by his companions, about a dozen in number, who did their best, by stamping their feet, to disturb the congregation When they got outside some of them proposed to go back and start a song, but others deemed it advisable to move off It was fortunate for them that they did, as Sub Chief Lancy and a squad of police in plain clothes were on duty at the door Impure Water Owing to the rising of the waters of our rivers after the long continued drought, many physicians consider them unsafe for drinking The Caledonia Kiltzer, bottled by Gurd & Co., a pure, natural mineral water, will be found a most delicious and safe beverage superior to any imported table water Weiiiuno Bells Mr",0,0,0,0,0,0
+316,18890817,historical,Drought,"A put in a good night's work at heavy gun practice last night. The guns used were a 40 and a 64 pounder. The Montreal Field Battery were practising with the Morris tube set to a 60 pounder. The range was supposed to be 1,500 yards. Lieut-Col. Stevenson explained the working of the tube. The Colonel first made a magpie; Lieut. Hooper followed with a shot which although in line was four inches above the target. Lieut. Lingua was one inch nearer the bull's eye than his colonel, when Sergeant-Major Walker almost touched the black bull's eye. The shooting which followed was very good indeed for a first attempt. This is supposed to be splendid practice for the battery, before they go to Kingston in September. To Notify the Public: To counteract the misleading statement made as to the effects of the so-called drought this season in the Northwest, the Canadian Pacific Railway are making a larger exhibit than usual of Northwest products at the approaching exhibition at Toronto, and they will also send their exhibition car to Ottawa, Sherbrooke, Hyacinth, and as many other places as possible, containing products of this season's crop, all of which give the most convincing proof that a soil which can give such a yield in an uncommonly dry season is just the soil which farmers who wish to have a good recompense for their labor should work in. This mode of giving publicity to the true state of things in the Northwest, along with the numerous cheap farmers' excursions is the best way the Canadian Pacific Railway can tell the public that they are not afraid of showing the Northwest this year on the contrary. Taking the Religious Vows: A religious profession, presided over by Mgr. Fuhre, who was attended by several clergy, was held at the Convent of the Sisters of Charity of Providence, St. Catherine street, on Thursday evening. The following ladies pronounced their last vows: Miss Annie Landry, in religion, Sr.",0,0,0,0,0,0
+317,18920812,historical,Drought,"C. Frick The intended assassin is the Anarchist, Aaronstam, of New York, who is a close friend of Bergmann and Emma Goldman. Aaronstam has been in the city for several days and it is claimed has been waiting for a favorable opportunity to kill his victim. He is said to resemble Bergmann very much and is armed with a revolver in one pocket and a dynamite bomb in the other. The plot was hatched in Vienna and was given to the New York police by Vice-Consul Eberhardt of Austria. Secretary Lovejoy has been warned that he has only until the 10th to live. Other officials of the Carnegie company have also received threatening letters. The police are satisfied, however, that they can frustrate the plans of the Anarchists. A Girl's Terrible Crime Fall River, Mass, August 11 Miss Lizzie Borden is under arrest charged with murdering her father and stepmother last Thursday morning at their home on Second Street. She was brought into the district court room about 3 o'clock this afternoon presumably to give further evidence at the inquest. Miss Borden was accompanied by her sister and Mrs. Brigham. As was the case yesterday, all the proceedings were private. When Miss Lizzie returned from the third inquiry she was a mental and physical wreck and was conducted to the matron's room, where she was arrested at six o'clock. The prisoner will be arraigned in the district court room tomorrow morning. Had Not Rained for Three Years San Antonio, Tex, August 11 Heavy general rains have continued for several days over Southwestern Texas, covering the drought region on the Lower Rio Grande and extending into Northern Mexico, where it has not rained for three years, and where much suffering existed. The Rio Grande is in a boom for the first time for several years. Washouts on the railroads are numerous, and bridges have been swept away at many places. Twelve miles from here a waterspout washed out the track of the Southern Pacific railway and stranded several farmhouses. This downpour is invaluable, breaking an extensive drought and ending much misery. Five Were Crushed to Death Hartford City, Ind, August 11 This afternoon, at 4:45 o'clock, a heavy stone wall in the tank room of the Hartford City Glass Works caved in, killing five men and badly injuring two others. The falling of the wall was caused by the pressure of a heavy dirt filling placed behind the wall and defective masonry. At the time of the accident the men were attempting to prop the wall. The killed are: W",0,0,0,0,0,0
+318,18951019,historical,Freezing,N to whose memory the present work is inscribed It must indeed have been interesting for these two men to compare the old scenes with the new and to revive the memory of that great battle in which the troops of five nations exhibited their powers of endurance and of fighting under every form of suffering and disadvantage Occasionally in the course of his work Sir Evelyn Wood pauses to compare the scenes of the old combats with the scenes now presented He tells us in general that there has been no striking change The city of Sebastopol has never quite recovered the ruin wrought by the bombardment The outlines of the trenches and redoubts are still clear But of course the Russians have re-fortified the place and strengthened the position in view of future operations These operations may never take place since the choice of a landing place was originally made elsewhere and the battleground of the Crimea was a second and compromise choice due it is understood to Lyons the commander of the naval force and not to the generals of the Allies But the battles of Europe have with singular consistency been fought on much the same ground from century to century Napoleon fought over the ground on which Charles the Bold was slain Wellington fought over fields on which the Black Prince had made his campaigns In the Franco-German war the battlefields were often those over which the Allies and Napoleon contested No doubt the same military considerations prevail from age to age and positions which were thought strong by Caesar may continue strong for centuries still Sir Evelyn Wood like all the military writers makes the strongest attacks on the ignorance of the Parliamentary critics of the war and the want of competence among the officials He quotes with obvious effect a reply of the Secretary at War in which that official pointed out that there could be no lack of means of conveyance for the wounded and sick since in the very papers before the House he noticed that there were 40 pairs of panniers for the conveyance of the invalids He mistook a medical pannier a basket for medical instruments etc for an ambulance This was very bad of course but he made the admission that this mistake was not detected by the critics who were attacking the minister and one of these critics was a colonel in the army If the minister's ignorance was bad that of the political colonel was worse And it may be generally here stated as a fact which we will proceed to point out in detail that the ignorance of the politicians at home was quite equalled by the officers in the field from Lord Raglan down In reviewing Col Colin Campbell's letters prefaced by Lord Wolseley some time ago we had occasion to refer to this fact and to quote from the volume itself the cases which made clear the total want of confidence which prevailed in the chief military officers of our contingent in the Crimea Sir Evelyn Wood quite unconsciously supplies us with more A few of them may serve to prove our case Thus at the very opening of the battle of the Alma (p 38) we find that owing to the deployment of the 3rd French division the English left division had insufficient room that Lord Raglan did not rectify the error and that considerable inconvenience and loss was caused by the crowding Again (p 44) we read that the left division had omitted to cover its front by skirmishers while this precaution was not neglected by the foe and that the result was more suffering and loss to the British troops Again (p 48) we read how Codrington's brigade after the carrying of the first redoubt had become an excited crowd and it was very difficult to evolve order out of chaos in the mixed-up condition of the soldiery Again (p 54) we read how the Fusiliers (Scotch) were sent forward against the enemy with unfixed bayonets and the men had to ask to be allowed to fix them Again (p 56) we read how a column of Russians was mistaken for French and firing was stopped till the Russians undeceived them Again (p 58) the Scotch Fusiliers were ordered to retire when it was the Welsh Fusiliers who were intended to retire Again the French were unable to follow the Russians in their defeat for the reasons that their knapsacks had been left below in the valley and that they had no ammunition left for their guns Again (p 67) we read that in the attack there was among the generals no concerted action Now these are mere matters of detail purely military in character which show that incompetence prevailed in a scandalous way among the officers in the field in the very everyday duties they had been supposed to be studying Much loss of life was thus incurred and much risk to the honor and welfare of Great Britain But the charges against the administration in the matter of supplies for the army have been the most bitter of all and on the whole these charges have a certain degree of force and truthfulness But they deserve to be offset by the very disgraceful ignorance and incompetence and even selfishness of some of the military authorities in neglecting those supplies which were sent and were within reach In his preface the author says that in 1854 the harbor of Balaklava was crowded with British shipping which brought us supplies of food and clothing indeed but for want of adequate arrangements we could not get them conveyed eight miles to our suffering yet uncomplaining soldiers Now surely eight miles of any sort of space on this earth not in active volcanic eruption should not have defeated the chiefs of a starving and freezing army had there been even ordinary capacity at its command They had not enough mules we are told The fact is that they were offered plenty of mules but would not pay the price asked for them and when the official military idiot had got permission to buy the French had done the buying and the British soldiery had still to starve and freeze or to drag on his own back the food for men and horses No amount of ingenuity can save the military authorities from their full share of the responsibility for the suffering of the army in the Crimea Two very remarkable cases of shocking indifference to duty are given A captain whose name is not given but who was mentioned in an order actually left an important post close to the enemy solely on the trifling excuse of hearing shouting in the enemy's camp and bringing his piquet into camp dismissed it without reporting to the senior officer what he had done And again a general officer commanding a brigade lived on board his yacht in Balaklava harbor two miles and a half from his brigade in October and seven and a half miles in November and thus was not present for several hours when his command was under fire at Inkerman Of course these gentlemen were peculiar the heroism of the army was not lessened by them nor its glory tarnished but the fact that their conduct was possible shows that there was incompetence or neglect among those who commanded in chief and were responsible for discipline We must not omit to point out that at the date when Sir E Wood was in the Crimea he was but a midshipman and that both his opportunities and his range of information must have been limited and he does not always enable us to see just where his midshipman experience ended and where his subsequent studies began We do not need to go over with him the experience of the troops in the winter campaign nor his descriptions of the various battles which are very vivid Some of the side-lights he throws upon the campaign are however very interesting Thus the awful rapidity with which the cholera acted on the force is made very clear to us During the second week of August Admiral Bruat when leaving H,0,0,0,0,0,0
+319,18970127,historical,Freezing,"A Railway, Ottawa Day before Christmas Mrs Julia Reynolds gave birth to a child in a ragpicker's room and was removed to the hospital. She was in destitute circumstances, and yesterday at noon her room was so cold she went to bed to keep from freezing, taking the child with her. When she awoke last night her babe beside her was found to be dead. A special meeting of the Civil Board of Control to consider offers for the telephone franchise will be held on Thursday. It is said the Bell Company will offer a percentage of their receipts, but will reserve the right to fix rates to subscribers. The Divisional Court today gave judgment refusing a new trial to Roadmaster Marshall, who was dismissed by the Central Ontario Railway Company and sued the company for wrongful dismissal. His action towards dismissed Will Succeed Peffor. Topeka, Kansas, January 26 Both branches of the Legislature, in special session today, cast votes for U",0,0,0,0,0,0
+320,18990517,historical,Freezing,"00 20 KM 45 8 67 Clour N 12 Save time, trouble and expense Non-freezing, will not heave with frost No digging for examination or repairs COFFIN WATER GATES Excel in Simplicity, Efficiency and Durability Send for Catalogue of Check Valves, Sluice Gates, Influent Gates, Sewer Gates, Water Cranes, Air Valves, Sewage Regulators, etc POSITION Sorel, May 16 The steamer GalHa is still in the same position After being completely unloaded, the full force of five powerful tugboats pulling together was unable to move her an inch The water has lowered by twenty-eight inches since Monday, and if it continues at such a rate, the GalHa will be expected to pass the summer where it is They are beginning to remove large machinery to further lighten A COAL BOAT SUNK, Sault Ste Marie, Mich, May 16 The schooner Nelson, deeply laden with a cargo of coal, foundered in Lake Superior, off Grand Marais, on Monday evening, and carried down all hands So far as known here no one escaped from this, the first disaster of the season, except the captain The crew consisted of the following: Captain Andrew Haughney, of Toledo; captain's wife; two-year-old child of Captain Haughney; Fred Haas, sailor, residence unknown; six sailors, names unknown The Nelson, which was owned by the Michigan Transportation Company of Bay City, Mich, was in tow of the steamer A Folsom, which had the schooner Mary R Mitchell as a consort The Folsom and Mitchell turned back and arrived here this afternoon without serious damage Captain A I White, master of the steamer, at once reported the disaster to the owners The Folsom, Mitchell and Nelson were laden with coal At the time of the disaster the wind was blowing a gale of fifty miles an hour, and freezing hard The sinking ship disappeared so suddenly that her crew had no time to even lower their yawl boat, which hung on the davits at the stern The Folsom and Mitchell show marks of the heavy weather through which they passed",0,0,0,0,0,0
+321,19900224,modern,Heat,"M' Bossy 692- REMAX FUTURE BROKER CHATEAUGUAY Beautiful bungalow with garage, low taxes W. Bennett 692-4341, 691-7770, Imm Chateauguay Broker CHATEAUGUAY From the Mercier Bridge, Rte 138 to 1st light (Petro Canada) Turn right on St. Francis and continue ? mile to the model homes on your left info: 691-8922 632-6240 CONSTRUCTION ROCHELLE, WILDWOOD & LES JARDINS ST. CONSTANT info: 632-6240 THIS renovated Upper Westmount home offers a gracious entertaining area with a spacious gourmet custom-built kitchen, large dining room with beamed ceiling Lovely entrance hall with Powder Room Four Bedrooms comprise this special family home, Master has ensuite Bath; 2 fireplaces, garage, finished basement plus garden make this home a must see at only $599,900 DARRELL FINLAYSON 932-1112 Royal LePage Broker CHATEAUGUAY Central, newly built, low taxes, as low as $84 Helene Cameron 691-3001, 691-7770, Chateauguay Broker CHATEAUGUAY Bargain $875,000 $875,000 Bungalow, inground pool, family room Ask for grant Lise Villemure 692-1090, 691-1502 REMAX FUTURE BROKER CHATEAUGUAY: Bungalow, detached, fireplace, 3 bedrooms Adele Piccioni 363-2893, Rocco Verelli 368-2795, 366-4633 Montreal Trust Broker CHOMEOEY beautiful bungalow, bungalow, 3 bedrooms, modern renovated kitchen, ceramic bathroom, new aluminum windows and thermo windows, oil and electrical heating, heat pump, central air-conditioning, finished basement with bar, plus garage, big balcony in back Must sell Price negotiable J'A then it rains and that's acid rain for you Talking about the role of the computer, Matthew Beer and Daniel Sofcoloff write We sent the information by modem to a central source and so did everyone else in the project Then the central computer sent everybody's information to everybody else Also the computer helped the children look at graphs and find out the locations of the schools all over the world The computer taught us a little bit on Geography as well The report includes diagrams, charts, graphs and maps, all rendered in an acceptable dot-matrix printing The illustrations were rounded out by a very amusing and illustrative cartoon of the yuch-oh tub in the sky by Anthony Frattaroli As well as gathering and trading data and writing the report, the kids of Cassiopeia did experiments They sent electronic mail back and forth sharing experiment results, and geographical, sociological, and personal notes They even did some lobbying They sent letters voicing some of their concerns to various people, companies, and countries, and even a couple to Prime Minister Brian Mulroney The prime minister replied: My colleagues and I are working to ensure that you, as the future of this country, have an environmentally safe and secure land in which to pursue your goals and dreams The kids weren't buying Jessica Yaffe wrote in the report: When Brian Mulroney wrote back, we were very disappointed because he said nothing He also sent us the same letter twice!!! Maya Hiess Frati wrote him back, and was as direct and clear as his letter had been vague You sent us two letters that were exactly the same, to two different people We asked you questions that you didn't answer, you do not sign our petition or even send it back saying why you cannot sign it, we don't believe you are helping as much as you say you are We will not believe in you or your government until you send us a letter written by you Ye Gods! where do these kids come from? When I started reading the report, I was tempted to suggest that Greenpeace should hire all these kids, give them super-computers, and let them go to work By the end of it, I was thinking we all should hire them to run our institutions and governments Mulroney was right, these kids are our future If today's kids are all like this, perhaps the future is finally in good hands I wish I had space to include quotes from all the kids here If you want to see a copy of the report, write St. George's School, 3685 The Boulevard, Montreal H3Y 1S9 Enclose $2 to cover reproduction and postage The Personal Computer column will appear in this Wednesday's edition Address letters to: Cain Macgregor, Computer Columnist, The Gazette, 250 St Antoine W Montreal, Quebec, H2Y 3R7 Scientists aim to find what gives a plant its genetic messages WARREN E. LEARY NEW YORK TIMES WASHINGTON Even as plans are being made for an international effort to map the entire genetic blueprint of humans, plant scientists are proposing similar efforts to understand the hereditary messages that control the characteristics of plants Among other goals, the research could produce tools to modify plant life to better withstand environmental changes and stresses like shifting climates, acid rain, and destruction of native habitats If, for example, global warming changes the growing season in currently productive agricultural areas, they say, it may be possible to develop wheat or corn that adjusts and thrives under the new conditions The Agriculture Department has established an office in its principal scientific branch, the Agricultural Research Service, to lay plans for what it hopes will be a 10-year, $500 million program to study the genes that control traits like drought resistance and nutrient use in economically important plants In a broader project, the National Institutes of Health and the Energy Department are leading a federal effort, in cooperation with other countries, to map the human genome, or genetic blueprint The proposed 15-year program, estimated to cost more than $3 billion, would attempt to locate and establish the chemical structure of each of the estimated 50,000 to 100,000 genes that reside on the 46 chromosomes in each human cell Genes are segments of DNA, or deoxyribonucleic acid, the basic material of heredity, which controls production of proteins responsible for all characteristics of an organism A goal of the plant genome mapping program is to understand how different plants or species of plants work at a basic genetic level to handle such things as heat stress and pest resistance, and to see if beneficial characteristics might be transferred among different crop varieties Focus on gene systems No decision has been made on what crops or characteristics will be studied first, but candidate plants recommended by various interests include wheat, barley, cotton, tomatoes, corn, potatoes, and soybeans Dr. Jerome P. Miksch, the Agriculture Department plant scientist who was appointed in August to head the proposed project, said the program would not attempt to chart all the DNA in one plant, as the human genome project is to do for people The number of chemical subunits that make up DNA is about the same in a plant like corn as it is in humans, he said, and completely mapping its genetic structure would rival the human project in size and expense It makes more sense to focus on gene systems or traits, such as growth, heat tolerance, or moisture content, and see how those things are regulated by genes in several different plants, Miksch said in an interview If we find the gene for heat tolerance in a plant, for instance, we could take it out and see if we can transfer it to important crops in anticipation of climate changes Application Deadline March 1 Champlain Regional College (St. Lambert Campus) 672-6240 Dawson College 933-1234 Marianopolis College 931-8792 Vanier College 744-7100 CEGEP applications and further information can be obtained from your high school guidance counsellor's office or from the Admissions Office of any of the above colleges Advertising brings product information to you CANADIAN ADVERTISING FOUNDATION JANNY SCOTT LOS ANGELES TIMES BURBANK, Calif Blushing is a peculiar business Humans alone are blessed, or cursed, with the ability to blush It is mysterious, a physiological fire ignited by a psychological spark: Few blush in private Yet there is little agreement on the meaning of blushing Why does it",0,0,0,0,0,0
+322,19900327,modern,Heat,"A 12"" Iraq rebuilds town from rubble of war There's no limit on funds but no jobs either CARYLE MURPHY WASHINGTON POST FAW Iraq There's no better place to see the determination of Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein and the response his presidential whims receive than this desolate tip of southern Iraq Faw's marshy saline soil is not much good for growing plants and the summer heat is so bad locals say that it's hard to breathe The 56,000 souls who once inhabited this riverside town scraped a living from fishing cultivating henna and dates and pumping oil from storage tanks into long lines of thirsty supertankers Then Iraq and Iran went to war Situated at the mouth of the disputed Shatt al Arab waterway about a 10-minute speedboat ride from enemy territory Faw became a prime military target Fawians fled and eventually the Iranians arrived humiliating Saddam Hussein by occupying this town for 26 months Adding insult to injury the Shiite Moslem Iranians who regard Saddam Hussein a Sunni Moslem as a heretic renamed Faw Al-Fatimiyah after the wife of the Shiites' founder Imam Ali In April 1988 four months before a ceasefire halted the war Iraqi forces retook Faw in a 36-hour blitz When it ended the town was gone replaced with the debris of a battlefield One of Saddam Hussein's war communiques emblazoned on a huge granite block just outside Faw says 10 million shells exactly 6,890,609 of them Iranian rained on the hapless town during the eight-year war How anybody had time to count is unclear Last year Saddam Hussein ordered Faw rebuilt in six months It took four A gate of pale yellow brick spans the double-lane highway leading into town There are a hospital six primary schools two high schools a kindergarten two banks a fire station a supermarket a town hall a sports field bus stops government employee housing and a white-domed mosque where the acoustics are so perfect a whisper is heard across the room The reconstruction in which the army helped also brought something Faw never had before a large rectangular plaza bordered on two sides with a row of Greek-style columns Each row has 17 columns because Saddam Hussein's ruling Baath Socialist Party took power in a coup on July 17 1968 At one end of the plaza which Information Ministry official Fuad Jassim said is for festivals is a large painting of a triumphant Saddam Hussein astride a white stallion Najib Mahmoud the official who oversaw Faw's rebuilding said he does not know how much it cost but according to the order of the president there was no limit on funds for the reconstruction of Faw The Iraqis are keeping some reminders of Faw's occupation as museums One is the old mosque which Jassim said the Iranians used as a troop mess and which still sports the graffiti of un- THE LARGEST and BEST EVER From March 26th to March 30th Road new loll 31 and II healed hot water equipped also 51 July 334-9741 GIROUARD spacious 41 near everything $400 must see 485-2195 GRAND Somerled 31 41 healed equipped Immediate 481-2733 GRAND Monkland Large 51 new kitchen clean quiet healed May HI 5625 489-1004 GRAND 41 heated equipped immediate 487-9918 466-2094 316-1434 GRAND blvd near Sherbrooke 71 fully renovated upper duplex 486-3349 Saturday all day weekdays after 7 p m GRAND Blvd 4620 Big 31 41 equipped freshly painted Immediate or later occupancy 486-3715 GRAND very clean 11 fresh paint 483-1583 HAMPTON Upper 61 duplex heated renovated (duals preferred) $850 484-0376 226 HAMPTON Sherbrooke 31 $390 Heated equipped newly painted 48-1485 935-7768 HARVARD corner Sherbrooke bright equipped 31 quiet building 481-668 484-3833 HEATED 31 hot water equipped immediate $390 481-5440 HEATED 51 hot water melrose hardwood floors washer April 1st basement 2058 Decarie Street $495 461-8176 767-4354 HEATED 41 hot water fridge stove balcony 4308 Marcil 484-8007 484-8007 evenings HINGSTON Sherbrooke 41 heated equipped 482-4148 HUGE 21 3 41 newly decorated semi-equipped 487-6076 JULY 1st Patricia Avenue large 31 heated hot water fridge stove laundry room near shopping centre Call 462-4071 KIND EDWARD Upper 51 Heated Balconies $565 484-8852 LARGE 2 3 bedroom apts large balconies fully equipped For info call between 10 a m - 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Inground pool central air oak kitchen garage $125,000 620-9038 620-9038 PIERREFONDS No cash liquidation $110,000 487-0073 PIERREFONDS West Extra sunny open concept split Larger rooms oversized garage (2-car) Melamine kitchen Birch parquetry throughout Walk to tennis and pool Bike to beach!!! $136,900 696-5442 No agents please 21 31 from $375 heated Laundry Quiet bldg Immediate 482-0611 UAU UnBHE H70 larat iu 31 41 heated 341-4663 evenings VAN HORNE 2475 Large 51 very bright equipped immaculate redecorated varalhaned balcony Near shopping Garage available April 1st 737-0119 6510 WILBERTON bachelor for April & July; 31 for May & July; heat & water tax included close to shopping transportation 738-7693 Cote St Luc 208 A 31 41 5707 Westminster Guelph Bright luxurious facing park equipped heated vertical blinds $475 $540 April 1st July 1st 273-3617 evenings ADJACENT Westmount 4855 C S 485-2JV5 SUBLET townhouse 2 bedrooms near mall 481-4499 or 486-8201 SUBLET Immediately beautiful 41 adjacent Cavendish Mall carpeted sauna outside pool Leave message: 481-6528 488-9053 WEST Broadway 31 41 Heated private balcony laundry immediate 488-1593 Downtown 210 A beautiful selection of apts in renovated charming well maintained older bldgs decorator features heated equipped Alwaler buy May 1 or later 11 to 51 $325 to $760 932-6941 A bright 11 heated equipped for one quiet person April $310 3611 St Famille 5 844-3110 A bright unique designer 51 Must see! Leave message: 932-4200 ABSOLUTELY beautiful 81 lower unheated redecorated Near Imperial Tobacco Dawson metro $660 745-4434 ADJACENT Vendome Metro-Sherbrooke Metro-Sherbrooke West 2220 Claremont Ave 11 21 reasonable modern heated equipped May July 40y-6 16 AMHERST near Berri metro 61 71 $550 $675 Ontario 61 71 $450 $500 744-3584 APARTMENT 31 close to Guy Metro 1444 MacKay 937-8174 APARTMENT 41 to sublet newly renovated kitchen and bathroom freshly painted fireplace within walking distance to downtown metro and schools $475 monthly heat included May 1st 931-5073 day or evening APARTMENT near Radio Canada 1 bedroom and office with separate entrance Ideal for professional private terrace $950 287-0990 APARTMENT fully furnished spacious 31 prestigious building pool sauna doorman valet parking short term 282-0703 APARTMENT large bright 41 Durocher Milton Call 982-0602 APT 31 near McGill University 3508 Jeanne Mance downstairs ARGYLE Guy bright loft triplex equipped $690 monthly July 488-7055 AT Peel and Sherbrooke 21 available May 1st ac exercise room pool sauna dishwasher storage space 1585 utilities included 284-5423 288-3173 1508 ATTRACTIVE Spacious 5? oak floors minutes to Beaver Lake May 1st $825-1900 Equipped heated 937-7748 ATWATER AREA Immediate 11 21 31 reasonable rent Fridge stove 937-2616 ATWATER metro Sherbrooke Street 41 renovated electric heating $725 939-0578 ATWATER-GUY metro 41 July $475 51 June $660 Equipped 989-1297 ATWATER Lincoln II 21 31 41 Immediate heated 937-8363 489-3736 ATWATER quiet street 41 51 furnished unfurnished $470-$675 2661 Delisle 935-9203 AVAILABLE one month free 11 31 heated $375 Fully renovated 3 min from McGill 495 Prince Arthur 843-6294 31 available now or May 1st $1470 monthly Garage included 845-1056 AVAILABLE May 1 91 in triplex 2 levels 1975 Deck parking $1 Antoine Greene 484-9376 AYLMER McGill 11 21 renovated 845-9557 982-9026 AYLMER 21 sublet May - September Renewable $405 1 month free 284-5632 41 2 bedrooms stone & brick walls convenient near Atwater metro $648 monthly May 1st 933-9346 after 7pm or weekends BERRI metro Immediate 31 hot water stove fridge $395 288-8959 BERRI Metro several large 31s renovated fridge stove 1465-1490 unheated Claire 276-0647 274-8865 ST URBAIN Near Sherbrooke 31-1 185 21-1250 Heated 481-1885 51 sublet on Durocher between Prince Arthur and Pine May 1st to August 31st option to renew clean furnished spacious minutes from Downtown and McGill Laundry facilities $700 284-6427 SUBLET May 1 luxurious studio everything included ac 24hr doorman 937-9813 939-5860 SUBLET very spacious 31 Quality highrise Guy Metro balcony pool sauna gym equipped $480 Furniture optional 937-4347 evenings SUBLET April 1st Large 51 71 baths heat and air-conditioning Drummond Plaza Drummond and Sherbrooke $1,250 Days 875-6767 evenings 843-5149 SUBLET May 1st 31 renovated carpets dishwasher option to renew 939-5888 SUBLET 61 May-August $1000 456 Pine 284-3102 SUBLET Or Penfield at Peel spacious 31 central air pool sauna fully furnished available May 1st $1550 negotiable 284-5298 284-5298 SUBLET May 1st 11 renewable clean laundry security building close to McGill and Steinberg's 499-0173 SUBLET 11 McGill area furnished $355 all included renewable renewable THE GAZETTE MONTREAL TUESDAY MARCH 27 1990 Quebec to prairies: Join us in telecommunications battle A 8 ELISABETH KALBFUSS GAZETTE QUEBEC BUREAU QUEBEC Quebec and Canada's western provinces could unite in bargaining with the federal government for more jurisdiction over the telecommunications industry Communications Minister Liza Frulla-Hebert said yesterday Federal Communications Minister Marcel Masse announced last fall he would move to take back control over communications after the Supreme Court of Canada ruled in August that the federal government had jurisdiction over all telecommunications I think the other provinces are quite uncomfortable this time too with the federal position Frulla Hydro workers rally at GAZETTE QUEBEC BUREAU QUEBEC With a negotiating sprint continuing about 4,000 Hydro-Quebec workers yesterday staged a noisy demonstration outside the National Assembly to press for a contract settlement Carrying placards and banners the workers bused in from across the province stood in the cold to listen to their leaders denounce the government's attitude in the labor dispute now into its 15th month We can show once again that we can still stand together and that we won't let ourselves be run around union official Pierre Froment told workers as they drank coffee or beer and listened to rock music The house was not sitting Although the union provided its own crowd control officers police lined the steps and approaches to the assembly building Workers were restricted to an area behind crowd-control barriers well away from the building No incidents were reported The point of the demonstration is to remind the government that Homemade bomb blasts newspaper vending box THE GAZETTE QUEBEC A homemade bomb touched off an explosion and small fire in a Toronto Globe and Mail newspaper vending box Sunday night just three blocks from the National Assembly Quebec City police Const Yvon Barabe said no one was injured in the 10:15 p m blast on St Cyrille St near de la Chevrotiere St A smell of gunpowder came from the box which was sent to the Surete du Quebec in Montreal for chemical analysis Jean-Claude Desrosiers the Quebec City distribution agent for the Globe said a small medicine bottle of what he believed to be gunpowder had been set inside the box but CLIP AND WAVE In a very short while you're going to need this fan Because in Montreal the summers are always hot And humid And muggy Or you can have a Lennox central air conditioning system installed by the experts at Electro Aide With over 40 years experience Electro Aide can air condition ANY home And if you have your central air conditioner or heat pump system installed now you won't have to pay until August The choice is 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and continued yesterday said Carol Mathieu She said Seguin has put no limit on the time allocated to conciliator Normand Gauthier Salary work hours job creation and subcontracting are the main issues Hydro's 14,000 technicians office and trades workers members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees have staged rotating strikes since November and have been without a contract since December 1988 They want 6-per-cent pay increases in each year of a three-year contract Hydro is offering 4 per cent for 1989 and plus 4 per cent a year for the next three years Hydro officials are to argue for rate increases before a committee of the assembly but those hearings don't start until today Philip Authier police were unable to tell him how it had been detonated He said language tensions frequently exacerbate the vandalism to the English newspaper's 150 boxes in the Quebec City region After the Supreme Court decision striking down sections of Bill 101 last year we had some painting graffiti on boxes Desrosiers said That lasted about a month and a half Police said they had no suspects or motive for the bombing Barabe said there was no reason to believe it was anything more than a random act of vandalism unrelated to any language tensions in the province Absolutely not he said It was an isolated incident W (283-8229) Le Tableau noir La Toile blanche 7 Oulmetoscope 1204 St Catherine St W (525-8600) Un film bred sur l'amour 7 Roselyne et les lions 7:10 Toni 7:30 Quand Harry rencontre Sally 9 Des enfants gates 9:15 Mon cher papa 9:30 Rialto 5723 Park Ave (274-3550) Roger and Me 7:15 Mystery Train 9:30 ETCETERA Comedian Michel Courtemanche performs at 8 p m at Theatre Maisonneuve Place des Arts Tickets $17.50 to $21.50 842-2112 View of Montreal from the Olympic tower from 10 a m to 6 p m Tickets $5 seniors $4 children and students 17 years and younger $3.50 252-8687 252-8687 Imai presents the films Grand Canyon and Benthos (Grand Canyon and The Deepest Garden) at the Old Port 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Full training provided to write exam for licensing. Very lucrative income for successful candidates. Please call Vincent on Mondays and Tuesdays between 9:00 am - 11:00 am, 369-0018. LOOKING for certified dental technicians experienced in gold work and porcelain. Offering $5,000/week, 738-2335. QUALIFIED educator required, full-time, for small daycare. Call 481-9300. SACHS CANADA A leading manufacturing company in Dorval seeking experienced candidate to manage computer department. Applicant will do training and some programming, and must be experienced with IBM mini-systems. We offer attractive remuneration and benefits programs. Please call at 636-6560 or fax resume 636-0794, attention: Mem. SIGN company in Laval, looking for sign-maker and installer, with experience, bilingual preferable. Skilled Help Wanted 410 AIR CONDITIONING Looking for technician with experience for service and installation of central air conditioning and heat pump, call Yoav, 733-0527. A8 THE GAZETTE, MONTREAL, MONDAY, APRIL 9, 1990 Alberta Conservatives reaffirm support for Meech Lake Premier Don Getty checks his watch 'Meech and Merriment' Liberal fundraiser slammed by Crosbie CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA Trade Minister John Crosbie attacked yesterday a $1,000 per ticket benefit dinner dubbed ""Meech and Merriment"" being organized in Toronto for the Liberal Party of Newfoundland. Crosbie said he was shocked by the letter, signed by David Mac-Naughton of Toronto, inviting people to a cocktail reception and dinner in Toronto where Newfoundland Premier Clyde Wells will be the guest of honor. ""I regard this letter as highly inappropriate and that's putting a mild connotation on it,"" Crosbie said in an interview. ""It passes understanding for insensitivity and crassness,"" he said, adding he hoped the dinner would be cancelled. He said he believed the letter had been sent to about 400 people. ""The Meech Lake accord is hardly a subject of merriment. It's a question of the unity of Canada, whether Canada will continue to survive as a united nation."" ""Premier Wells has just put in jeopardy the possibility of any settlement of that issue by taking the unprecedented step of using closure to push through a constitutional resolution that disallows and reverses an earlier constitutional resolution of the legislative assembly of Newfoundland."" The provincial legislature formally revoked its support for the accord early Friday morning. The accord, which would augment powers for all provinces and bring Quebec into the constitution as a distinct society, must be approved by the legislatures of all provinces by June 23. The letter said Ontario Premier David Peterson had also agreed to take part in the evening's events. Crosbie said the dinner was originally scheduled for March 29 but he believed it had been rescheduled to April 17. ""It is highly inappropriate at this point in time to use an occasion like this to try to raise a large sum of money for the Liberal Party of Newfoundland based on the misfortunes of Canadians generally,"" Crosbie said. He said that at $1,000 a ticket, the invitations were aimed at Toronto businessmen, lawyers and accountants. ""The union had complained the blue polyester and acrylic clothing can cause rashes and doesn't protect against extreme heat or cold."" Other complaints included the fact the baggy clothing was ugly and could catch on machinery and postal vehicles. The uniforms range from shorts, shirts and bow ties for men to baggy slacks, shirts and scarves for women. The outerwear features baseball caps and oversize collarless jackets. Workers have complained the uniforms make them look like ice cream salesmen or shrunken airline attendants. Less than 10 percent of Edmonton's postal workers are wearing any part of the uniform, McMaster said. Bob McRory, a Canada Post spokesman in Edmonton, couldn't be reached for comment. McMaster said 23,000 workers across the country who received an average of two shirts each have been told to return the clothing. APRIL 13, 1990 MONDAY, APRIL 16, 1990 CANADIAN PRESS PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. Three employees of an Indian residential school in Saskatchewan say they were passed over for promotions because they are not native. Lorne Milligan, Lorna Greig and Gloria Sabo, who work for the Prince Albert Indian Residential School, applied unsuccessfully for positions at the school more than a year ago. ""I would just like to be treated with the same dignity and respect that I have given them,"" Sabo said, referring to the Prince Albert Tribal Council, which runs the school. The three complained more than a year ago to the Canadian Human Rights Commission. They said they decided to go public now because the commission still hasn't taken any action. Milligan, employed in maintenance at the school since 1984, applied for a full-time janitor's job. Greig and Sabo, who each worked 'Desperate' CANADIAN PRESS DIGBY, N. 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Upper duplex, $750, heated, garage, 681-4888, Furnished Efficiencies 256 ACROSS Dorval shopping, furnished, monthly rates, parking, cable, microwave, 1'h, 1'h, Call: 633-6806 Corporate Housing WEST ISLAND Suites with kitchenette Efficiency apartments Weekly & monthly rates Free TSN Sports Network & First Choice Movies Stuna-Whirlpool-Exercise Room Maid & valet service, Meeting rooms Free parking Minutes From Dorval Airport Close to Downtown Montreal HOTEL BEAUSEJOUR 631-4537 DELUXE APARTMENT Any location, fully furnished, short and long term, 762-1255, DOWNTOWN 2 bedrooms, fireplace, fully furnished, 2-6 months, May, $1500, 843-7163 DOWNTOWN New executive prestigious apts, fully furnished, AC, parking, from $375-1550, heat included, Chris: 592-8409 DOWNTOWN Simpson, highrise, studio, pool, sauna, linen, dishes, $675, 341-4542 EXECUTIVE apts & houses, 4-12 months, Troc Vacances, 288-4194 EXECUTIVE prestigious large 1'h penthouse and 695 sq. ft. office, Also charming 3'h apartment, Immediate, 353-4233 CHOMEDEY, 4'5, 8-plex, electric heating, carpeted, After 6 pm, 336-0179, 332-0261 CHOMEDEY West, lower duplex, 7'5 with playroom, garage, bathrooms, 681-3902 or 688-9336 CHOMEDEY, 4'5, $375 and $420 month, After 6 pm, 6397, HEBERT Street, 4'5 upper duplex, also 3'5 semi-basement, stove, fridge, unheated, near communities, 3'5, 4'5, 5'2, Immediate/later, pool, sauna, split-level, fireplace, AC, 9-5 weekdays: 364-2482 JULY 1st, 1'7 lower, $500, 4'5 upper, $475, both electric heating, 365-6444 LACHINE large, clean 3'5 near water, available June 1st, Easy access to public transportation, Fridge and stove, Reasonable rent, Info: Sylvie 634-9445, 744-1511 ext: 4422 LARGE 3'5, stove, fridge, washer, dryer, ceramic kitchen, verticals, near CEGEP, 363-2700 LARGE 4'1, washer dryer outlets, parking, near all conveniences, $490 unheated, 365-2965 LARGE 5'5 upper, electric heating, excellent location, $500, Couple preferred, July 1st, 364-2959, CHOMEDEY: Quiet 5'5, heated, July, Busses, Bright, sunny, 666 1/3, CHOMEDEY, Le Palon, Luxury 4'2 condominium, facing river, Immediately, $800, 688-6659, after 5 pm, Shopping center, 4B-157 CONNAUGHT 3'5 semi-basement, equipped, $360, 484-8852 CONNAUGHT Bright 3'5's, quiet, new paint, balcony, carpeted, April, $370, $395, 483-6607, COOLBROOK near Melrose, Quiet, upper, large 1'h, oak woodwork, totally renovated, new kitchen bathroom, living room, dining room, 3 bedrooms, Electric heating, June, $875, unheated, 481-1413, CORONATION, 1'h upper duplex, heated, Hot water, Unequipped, July, $700, Adults preferred, 488-8429, 1'5, freshly painted, heated, $525, Embassy spokesman who is monitoring the elections along with four members of Congress, said ""the voting seems to be extremely fair."" Slovenia is the first of Yugoslavia's six republics to hold free elections. Yugoslavia is a loose federation of six republics and two autonomous provinces. Communist leaders have allowed the formation of opposition parties in all of the republics, but only Croatia, the second-largest republic, has also scheduled multiparty elections. Those elections are also planned for April 22. Police investigate arson as death toll in ferry fire hits 147. AP Clouds of smoke float over the smoldering ferry Scandinavian Star yesterday. GAZETTE NEWS SERVICES LYSEKIL, Sweden Firefighters braved heat and poisonous smoke from a 2-day-old fire yesterday to begin removing bodies of an estimated 147 victims from the Scandinavian Star ferry. The suspicious blaze began before dawn Saturday while the ship was in the North Sea carrying about 500 tourists and crew from Norway to Denmark. Yesterday Norwegian police said they were checking for links between the blaze and earlier North Sea ferry fires, at least one of which was deliberately set. The assistant chief of police, Magnar Aukrust, said the authorities began examining arson as a possible cause after the captain, members of the crew and some passengers of the ferry said they believed the fire was set deliberately. On the ferry, the heat was so intense yesterday that it melted aluminum on the ship's bridge. Firefighters in masks and breathing equipment fought through one corridor ""until their gear started to burn,"" said fire consultant Olle Wennstrom. The fire spread early yesterday from the gutted middle section to the captain's bridge a few hours after the ship was towed into port. Police chief Roar Onso, revising earlier figures, said 345 people survived, which broke out about midway on the ship's 10-hour voyage from Oslo to Frederikshavn. Ferry captain Hugo Larsen told police there were 395 passengers and 97 crewmen. If his figures are correct, 147 people died, Onso said. Early today, a fire broke out on a car ferry carrying 297 people from Britain's west coast to Ireland, killing a crew member and injuring at least eight other people, officials said. The fire started beneath the car deck as the ferry Norrano was 15 kilometers west of the Welsh coast. The fire was brought under control. AP, REUTER, NEW YORK TIMES We're Not Comfortable Until You Are. I SAVE UP TO 60 ON GAS OIL CONSUMPTION CALL TODAY FOR FREE ESTIMATE! 10 year MFO warranty, Outdoor heat pump available, 24 hr service no pay! Heating & Air conditioning specialists 6009 Ch. St. Francois, St. Laurent 337-7210, Van Horne, large, bright 7 rooms, Hot water, heat included, Available July 1st, 731-6955, 739-1868 JEAN BRILLANT 3371, 1'h now, May, July, 1'h, 1'h, 1'h- July, stove, fridge, new carpets, janitor, 738-1295, 735-5331, KENT 2750, heated, hot water, elevator, July 1st, Call 738-8910, KENT, 1'h, 1'h, hot water, heated, stove, fridge, from $375, heated, Laundry, Quiet building, Immediate, 342-0902 VAN HORNE 3170, large 1'h, 3'5, 1'h, heated, 341-4663 evenings 6510 WILDERTON bachelor for April 8, July; July for May & July; heat & water tax included, close to shopping & transportation, 738-7693 Cote St. Luc 208 A 1'h, 1'h, 5707 Westminster Guelph, Bright, luxurious, facing park, equipped, heated, vertical blinds, $475, $540, May 1st, July 1st, 273-3617, evenings 482-0841 A large 1'h, 1'h, elevator, Reasonable, Immediate, 487-5644 BACHELOR: 1'h, heated, hot water, fridge, stove included, $325, 489-9827, BASEMENT apartment 3'5, heated, fridge, stove, July 1st, 484-4432 5500 BORDEN AVE, (Corner Cote St. Luc Rd.) Spacious 1'h & 1'h also, For immediate or later occupancy, 861-7287, 336-0711 BRIGHT 1'h, heat and hydro paid, Mall and bus stop on corner, 487-9108 BRIGHT upper 1'h duplex, heated, garage, freshly painted, 489-1741, CAVENDISH Mall, adjacent modern 3'6, 1'h apt, new carpet, security, laundry, pool and park like setting, Spring specials, 6000 Cavendish, 481-9354 CLEAN upper duplex, 1'h, appliances, garage, wood floors, balconies, 247 Fenwood across Tecumseh, Saturday, Sunday 1-6 pm, Beautiful house, close to Marche de L'Ouest, around 3700 sq. ft, 4 large bedrooms, den, 3 bathrooms, powder room, 2 heat pumps, 2 garages, value $350,000, sell for $310,000, transferable, Available 12V mortgage, 696-6338, Weslpark, Prestigious college, 4 bedrooms, 3 1/2 baths, 2 fireplaces, finished basement, jacuzzi, heat pump, many extras, Principals, $399,000 or rent $3,000/month, 626-135 evenings D. L. Gauthier 683-0254, The Permanent Broker PIERREFONDS: 5 bedroom bungalow, 2 ceramic baths, new windows & furnace with heat pump, $49,900.",0,0,0,0,0,0
+324,19900301,modern,Heat,"TOTAL COST $25,000 TO ORDER CALL 282-2753 Newspaper-in-Education - Classic and casual fashions FINAL LIQUIDATION OF THE SEASON UP TO 50% OFF SUEDE OUTFITS & LEATHER COATS FUR LINED DRESSES & 2 PIECE $49.95 to $59.95 (Value up to $250) CAMISOLES, SWEATERS & VESTS $9.95 to $39.95 (Value up to $200) T-SHIRTS $29.95 (Value $60) SCARVES & VESTS $9.95 to $19.95 (Value $60) With every purchase you have a chance to win a wardrobe valued at $700, sponsored by JOSEPH RIBKOFF Take this occasion to see our NEW cruise & Spring collection (The store carries all styles up to size 15) RENEERICTI 3200 Uplintere Blvd, Brossard 656-9411 For a first look at the newest trends, turn to The Gazette's fashion pages every Tuesday Superior quality at the best price - Ventilation, air conditioning, heating, and humidification VENMOR AIR EXCHANGER AIR REMOVER AVAILABLE ELIMINATES: condensation, odors and humidity between a poorly ventilated roof and ceiling, as well as excessive heat during the summer Pay in 3 Installments or ask about our different methods of payment, 12 months/year GHEE'S Barry Pless, director of community pediatric research at the Montreal Children's, will link 10 pediatric hospitals across Canada to a main data bank in Ottawa Loftus, one of several accident victims at the news conference, was wearing a Canadiens sweater because he heard some of the players' wives were going to visit the hospital ""He's a real ham,"" said his father, Bill, a 43-year-old Kirkland sales executive, as he watched his son giving interviews and shaking hands Loftus lost the use of his legs when he was hit by an MUCTC bus on July 8, 1987 He had fallen from his bicycle while trying to avoid a car backing out of a driveway near his home Describing injuries as the No. 1 epidemic facing Canadian children, Pless said the lack of comprehensive data about non-fatal childhood injuries has hampered efforts by policymakers and researchers to find ways of turning around the alarming statistics Pless said Canada's 10 children's hospitals see about 160,000 injured children each year The total for all Canadian hospitals may exceed 300,000, the doctor added More children die of injuries than any illness, he said About 1,000 Canadian children are fatally injured each year and for every child who dies, 40 are admitted to hospital to treat injuries; another 1,300 are treated and released ""If that isn't an epidemic, I don't know what is"" CHIRPP is the first program with the potential to determine how many product-related injuries are due to faulty design and how many to poor supervision It will provide an essential first step toward sound program and policy development, Pless said ""And data available through CHIRPP could lead to successes like the dramatic reduction in poisoning that followed safety packaging,"" he said ""The root of this problem was only understood because data were systematically recorded by the poison control centres and then used to evaluate the impact of new packaging regulations"" Pless believes that 70 percent of childhood injuries can be prevented with proper prevention CHIRPP is modelled on the Australian National Injury Surveillance and Prevention Program, which has been operating for three years Rather than incurring the expense of creating a brand new program, an agreement was reached between the Australian and Canadian governments, allowing Canada to use the computer software at no cost, said Dr. Greg Sherman, head of the childhood injury and disease section at Health and Welfare Canada Board puts off school decision for one month MARY LAMEY THE GAZETTE Parents with children at Ecole Westminster in Notre Dame de Grace will wait another month before learning which school their offspring will attend next year, the Protestant School Board of Greater Montreal decided last night Parents have complained for more than two years of overcrowding at Westminster, saying the only solution is to open another French school in the area The board disagrees In a resolution passed last night, the PSBGM decided it will either redistribute students at four French primary schools in west-end Montreal Westminster, Iona, Bedford and Guy Drummond or recommend that children from Westminster be moved to an annex of West Hill High School The school and orientation committees will hold consultation meetings March 12-16 and the board will make its decision on March 28, Michael George, director general of the PSBGM, said last night Cassandra Tcrtulliani, chairman of the Westminster parents' committee said neither proposition is acceptable and both were rejected by the committee last year She vowed a tough fight on the issue ""When push comes to shove all the parents can do is think of the welfare of their kids This is not consultation and these are not solutions"" In January, the board announced it would solve the overcrowding by repossessing Rosedale School which has housed the Montreal Urban Community police department's Station 15 for 10 years That plan fell through when the board discovered it could not legally evict the police Plateau residents have heat Only about 30 people made use of shelter 26 hours later JAMES MENNIE THE GAZETTE Georges Ricard, a 66-year-old resident of Papineau Ave, jammed his pillow under his arm yesterday as he prepared to leave Centre Pere Marquette on Marquette St Ricard among about 30 people lucky enough to hear radio announcements that the city of Montreal had established a shelter for residents affected by a 26-hour power failure had been at the centre since 10:30 p.m. Tuesday Yesterday, he didn't even want to talk about Hydro-Quebec ""We were lucky we had this battery radio,"" Ricard said, holding the transistor radio in his other hand ""If other people had it, you can bet there'd be more people here"" Ricard was able to sleep on a cot, have some coffee and eat at the centre's cafeteria while Hydro-Quebec crews worked to repair an underground cable He didn't call the utility for an explanation as to why his electric heating conked out in sub-zero weather ""I don't want to hear about Hydro-Quebec,"" he said Did he complain? ""What for? To whom?"" he asked ""We can't do anything about it, you can't complain to these guys"" At 2 p.m. yesterday, half an hour after Ricard spoke to The Gazette, power was restored to the 1,800 clients in an area bordered by Rosemont Blvd and de Lorimier, Laurier and Papineau Aves that had been without power since noon Tuesday Fourteen hours later, another cable failed, plunging about 175 customers in Rosemount into darkness about 1:50 a.m. yesterday ""That job (repairing the initial failure) would have taken a long time to fix,"" said Hydro-Quebec official Daniel Guertin ""But the delays we have encountered in repairing a second blackout are due to union pressure tactics We have to negotiate with the union to get technicians on the scene, and that's what's causing the delay"" As of 6 p.m. last night, the Rosemount area was still without power Guertin claimed that under normal conditions, the repair job would not have taken more than two hours However Pierre Froment, the union official responsible for overseeing essential services during rotating strikes by Hydro-Quebec technicians, said the delay was due to technical, not labor problems ""The blackout occurred at 1:50 a.m. and we were on the scene at 3:29 a.m.,"" he said ""When you consider the average response time for Hydro-Quebec crews is five hours, that's pretty good"" Cots and food for residents forced out of their homes by the power failures were supplied by the city of Montreal's emergency centre Municipal employees and volunteers from the Red Cross provided those who showed up with assistance Montreal Urban Community police, meanwhile, stepped up patrols in the affected area overnight GAZETTE PHOTO CHURCH Georges Ricard and son Serge carry belongings from Centre Pere Marquette after waiting out power failure EXPAND YOUR HORIZONS Michele passed her flight test after only 3.9 hours of multi-engine training WE OFFER THE BEST PILOT TRAINING FROM STUDENT PERMITS RIGHT THROUGH TO AIRLINE TRANSPORT RATING MY PRO PILOT COURSES Commercial, Multi-instrument, instructor 1 year $27,500 Based on Transport Canada minimal requirements Call Glenn French LAURENTIDE AVIATION 425-2211 CEDARS AIRPORT Learn to fly: It's just plane smarts Ville de Montreal Notice to taxpayers Municipal taxes The Ville de Montreal is currently mailing out its municipal tax bills for the 1990 fiscal year Type of tax Due date Real Estate Tax Business, Water and Services Tax (places of business) April 1, 1990: First instalment or payment in full (if the tax bill is less than $300) Special Tax (Permits) on businesses, occupations and events Payment in full, on or before April 1, 1990 Payment through your bank or caisse populaire The Service des finances urges you to make your payment at your caisse populaire, or your bank on or before April 1, 1990 You will be issued a receipt immediately Change of address You must advise the Service des finances of any change of address by return mail, using the return envelope included with your tax bill Service des finances Information: 872-2305 Notice to English-speaking taxpayers Taxpayers (physical persons only) who, for 1990, want an English version of their municipal tax bill, and who, for 1990 and following DENIS 7347, 54, $425 heated July 1, 5500 BORDEN AVE (Corner Cole St, Luc Rd) Spacious 3?, 54 apis for immediate or later occupancy 861-7287, 336-0711 BRIGHT clean 3? upper duplex, near C.S.L. shopping centre, 481-0560 481-0560 BRIGHT 3?, heat & hydro paid Mall & bus stop on corner 487-9108 CAVENDISH Mall, adjacent modern 3?, 4? apt, new carpet, security, laundry, pool and park-like setting Winter spring specials, 6000 Cavendish, 481-9354 CONDO 3?, new, on Rembrandt St, Jean-Paul 468-0650, Sol 933-5707, 487-9107 THE GAZETTE, MONTREAL, MONTREAL TRUST BAIE D'URFE RENOVATED DREAM HOME WITH LAKE-VIEWS! 4 bedrooms, 1? bathrooms, heat pump and more! Good transferable mortgage, 391, 695-1365 HOMES OF DISTINCTION BEACONSFIELD QUALITY ""FESTA"" 4? bedroom cottage, 3 full bathrooms, 2 powder rooms, SOLARIUM OFF SUPERB KITCHEN! Must sell!!! $749,000, Julie Morielli, 697-3391, 630-4721 WESTPARK, Walk to synagogue, bus and school, Split, fireplace, playroom, garage, $143,900, Heidi Geiger, 697-8522, 683-9413 VILLE BIZARD, Duplex 2x5? basement, heat by tenants, fully rented, close to train and bus Must sell! $149,000, Mina, 697-8522, 697-8522, 626-4488 PIERREFONDS, Well maintained split, new kitchen, Jenn-Air, heat pump, central vac, and much more Great location, $144,900, Make an offer!! Helena Nichols, 426-1949, 694-4880 TECUMSEH, 5 bedroom cottage, open concept, large kitchen, ceramic basement Many, many extras, Georges Massad, 697-8522, 684-4343 KIRKLAND, 4 bedrooms, 1? bathrooms, heat pump, central vacuum, low taxes, location, $130,000, Chris Dube, 684-1141, 684-7747 PIERREFONDS $129,500, YOUNG FRESH DECOR! 4 bedrooms, Family room with fireplace, New bathroom, Walk to train, Call now! Pierrette Papas, 697-3391 POINTE CLAIRE, Close to Lakeshore Hospital, 4 bedrooms, Magil split, new oak kitchen, electric furnace and heat pump, den, garage, DON'T MISS OUT! PRICED TO SELL! $167,900, Mike Brown, 697-3391, 685-4126 REAL ESTATE BROKER BEACONSFIELD Just listed! CLEAN BRIGHT SPACIOUS! 4 bedrooms, Heat pump, Most new windows, Quiet street, $235,000, Lise Cossette, 697-3391, 697-6528 WATERFRONT, Spotless 1973 home with oak kitchen and large master bedroom, 16,150 sq. ft. landscaped lot, 2 heat pumps and inground pool, Taxes only $2,283, Valerie Savard, 620-0484, 620-0484, 694-4880 GREENFIELD PARK, Duplex, 5? upper, $550 5? lower, $625 Unheated 672-7159 GREENFIELD PARK, 225 Taggart, near Gallery Taschereau, school and bus, 3?, 4?, heat and hot water included, elevator, outside parking, 382-5780 GREENFIELD PARK large 4?, like new, July 1, $495, 443-0129 GREENFIELD PARK: Triplex, large 5?, playroom, fireplace, intercom, central vacuum, garage, near shopping, bus, school, 364-2099 GREENFIELD PARK: Upper triplex, large 5?, fireplace, fenced lot, 466-603, 465-1067, 465-1067, 672-6472 ST. LAMBERT Jardins St Lambert, 3?, 4? (1 month free), heated, electricity, hot water, soundproof, outdoor swimming pools, indoor outdoor parking, For Info: 674-3311 ST LAMBERT, 4?, sublet, large, sunny, $522 heated, Julie 647-7897, 647-7897, ST. LAMBERT Lemovne, very large, bright 4?, 5?, unheated, washer dryer outlets, all renovated, parking, semi-furnished, unfurnished, quiet area, lots of trees, 1 minute Victoria Bridge, near amenities, Must see, $575 $535 $570 Available March, April, May Call Danielle 466-7791 ST. LAMBERT, 1? $140, 3? $475, 4? $540, 5? $600 All Included Immediate 465-1592 ST. LAMBERT semi-basement, 3?, renovated, equipped, heated $395 62- HZ3, Snowdon South Shore 242 VILLE LEMOYNE: King Edward St, large 4?, unheated, July $360 646-5717, St. Laurent 244 ISO Alexis Nihon, 3?, 4? painted, March free, 747-5411 A 3?, 4?, 5?, all included, concrete, 333-6873, 745-0117 A bright 2?, 3?, heated, painted, close to buses, 337-1072 AHUNTSIC: 5?, unheated, Meil feur, bus stop, After 4 p.m. 315 6284 A large 4?, heat and hot water included, 748-7146 A 3? near Gouin and Laurentian, $325, Immediate, 337-7439 A 4?, 5? starting $350, equipped, Act now! 748-9647 BACHELOR 3? semi-basement, excellent location, near transportation, heated, equipped, 744-3155 BACHELOR with carpets everything included, near Du College metro, Immediate or July, $275, 744-6049 BASEMENT 3?, newly painted, carpeted, equipped, single person, $300, 747-4635 BRAND new triplex, 3?, 4?, garage, near transportation, $575, and $625, 332-3520 BRAND new 1990 deluxe duplex, upper 5?, 2 baths, garage, near train and metro, $975, 332-3520 BRIGHT upper duplex, 6?, w-w carpet, unheated, Immediate or July, $650, 336-1617 CLEAN 3?, equipped, $350, Immediate, Days, 741-6911, after 5 p.m. 741-7114 CLOSE to Melrose on quiet street, Bright 4?, taxes paid, Reasonable, 876-2616, 741-1851 CONDO new 5?, near bus, train, 332-0067, Weekdays 176-7709-Janel CONDO: New, 5?, appliances, carpeted, garage, close to all amenities, immediate, 445-1059 DUPLEX, large lowers 5?, 3?, heated, modern, quiet, transportation, 747-5198 ELEVATOR, pool, large 3?, 4? heated, garage, from $410 748-8718 Attractive 4? to share with professional female, Next to train Immediate 735-9487 Houses Wanted 266 HOME CONDO DUPLEX WANTED Montreal area or Laurentians, Any price range and occupancy is flexible, Please call 65-6776, leave message Apartments Wanted 268 DOWNTOWN 4?, 2 bathrooms, Reasonable rent, After May 1st, 781-0917 Eastern Townships 270 BEDFORD Bed and Breakfast, enchanting century house, near U.S. border, spring skiing, 514-248-2712 BORDER area: Beebe 20 miles from Magog, 7-room renovated duplex, 3 bedrooms, garage, excellent for retired couple looking to live in quiet surroundings, $400 monthly unheated 819-867-546 BROME Lake luxury condo, 4 bedrooms, 3 baths, whirlpool, fireplaces, lake 678 940 MONT TREMBLANT, 2, 6, 1 bedroom chalets, For March April rental, Weekly weekend use 613-489-2428 OWL'S HEAD region: central to most ski hills, large fully furnished house, sauna, 481-7738 Laurentians 272 AREA Ste. Adele, Cross country skiing, cozy fireplace, electric heat Weekly $250 inclusive, 1-729-440 AUBERGE Sun Valley, St Adele, chalets, condos, rooms, restaurant 1-600 461-7291 BEFORE RENTING Visit Chanteclair to Compare! 60 deluxe chalets, 1-3 bedrooms, many on ski trail, Private whirlpools & saunas Daily $60, weekly, 514 430 0430, 1 619 376-5922 MONT TREMBLANT condo at bottom of ski hill, sleeps 6, $1,200 month, KIRKLAND, 59 Timberlea Trail, 10% mortgage, $205,000, Modern concept, very bright spacious 4 bedroom cottage, Everything new! Central air, heat pump, Modern kitchen, built-in microwave, Parquetry doors main level, ceramic and carpets throughout, 3 fireplaces, Professionally finished basement, wet-bar, rustic finish, Mature cedar hedges with new fence, 2 car garage Corner property, low taxes, Any day 2-6 p.m. or by appointment 630-0374 MONTREAL WEST, RENOVATED! Must sell! Detached bright 4 bedrooms, skylights, Jacuzzi, European kitchen, finished basement, large lot etc, Sunday 1-5 p.m., 465 Westminster, $259,500, 485-2427, No agents NUN'S ISLAND condo townhouse style, with mananine, terrace with view of city, 125 Place Du Soleil, Sunday 2-4 p.m., 762-0409 WESTMOUNT A CLASS BY ITSELF Chateau Westmount Square The choice of excellence and distinction, The ultimate lifestyle in condominium living, Choice units available, Prices starting at $440,000, Visit daily, 4175 St Catherine W corner Greene 937-6313 Houses for Sale 05 C, $500 3 54 0675 AUSTIN, Large country house, 11 rooms, barn, garage, 2 paved entries, 7 miles from Lac Memphremagog Day: 119-823 1183, eves: 119-565-1434 BEACONSFIELD: South of Boulevard, This top quality 4 bedroom cottage has 2? baths, updated kitchen, heat pump, heated inground pool, and much more Located just a hop and a skip from the lake, A steal at $345,000 No agents, 630-9613 630-9181",0,0,0,0,0,0
+325,19900108,modern,Ice,"482-3460 VILLE EMARD Best location, 1050-1300 sq ft, near Jean Coutu, 739-6828, 484-5961 WESTMOUNT STORE FRONT Busy street Approx 700 sq ft $1100 a month 489-9941 Studios & Halls DOWNTOWN Studio office 216 sq ft $260, 937-9663 or 933-4394 OLD MONTREAL Large open space, renovated 425 St Paul E, 671-3661 Businesses for Sale 340 ART GALLERY successfully operating 5 yrs, well established, located downtown, great artists, loving clientele, good business Mr Luc 393-3993 after 11 am DA Super Cigar store net $93,000 Tabagie 5 day net $153,000 yr Mr Adler Star Broker 741-9441 ATTENTION INVESTORS Marche Metro, South Shore $3,200,000 $3,200,000 yrly 20 gross 259-7998 Ben & Jerry's ice cream, 2 top locations, in west area malls CassoH, Active Broker 735-2488 BOUTIQUE on Mont Royal $19,000 Inventory or without 526-6494 BROSSARD fast food restaurant Very good return Sales: $425,000 to $450,000 After 5 pm, 678-3942, ask for Pierre CABINET Maker, established since 1955, very good reputation, custom made furniture Richard Belvollo 637-3731 RE/MAX DICAIRE BROKER Cafe Downtown net $471,000 Lydia Star Broker 741-9441 CAR dealer, Parkway Canada, Corner Jean Talon and Cole Des Neiges, $175,000 For more Info: Mr Abilbol 342-1651, 983-2233 COFFEE shop (2) In same center Volume $820,000, absentee owner, Net $140,000, Price $250,000 Could be sold separately Mrs Farkas Broker 489-9793 COMIC BOOK STORES Solid Franchise, Turnkey, Solid income, 13 stores 630-4518 CONTEMPORARY FLOWER SHOP Due to illness, very contemporary large local, newly renovated, good clientele, specializing in imported flowers and special designs Must be seen! 728-3767 Croissanterie on St-Catherine W, owner retiring, volume $250,000 CassoH, Active Broker 735-2488 DEPANNEUR sale or rent, fully equipped, good price 335-6007 DRY CLEANING counter with shirt contract Excellent price Call 737-7429 DRY CLEANING STORES Fully equipped, Separate sales 1) Cavendish, Asking $105,000, H4P-1P7, Tel: 731-6287, Fax: 731-0044 Franchises Available 345 PIZZA PIZZA ""Find out how you can get your pizza delivered"" Now with 17 restaurants operating in Montreal and over 200 in Canada For more Information regarding franchising opportunities, call: Robert Brideau 737-7897 Business Opportunities 350 AMBITIOUS? Fed up with work? Frustrated with present income? Own a car? People person? 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We have a special opportunity in the Service Industry For Info call 1-800-543-5197 ask for Ron McLeod Business Services 352 A B, Q r, M i, rni, nlanl Services, full set of books, Financial statements, Income Taxes L Denis, 933-9090 FAX and telex service, Sending and receiving Membership available Fax Etc, 426-3871 QUESTION VALSHERS We provide Incorporation and other business services Call 875-4530 Business Services 352 HIGHLY experienced English steno typist with own word processor available to undertake assignments from the home McGill's Bruce McElroy (left) Martlets surrender halftime lead, lose tournament to Dalhousie Redmen 65, Blues 63 Dalhousie 64, Martlets 52 By PAUL CARBRAY of The Gazette On paper, the McGill Redmen basketball team has a tough time matching up with other Ontario Universities Athletic Association teams And with David Steiner, their second-leading scorer, on the bench trying to shake off a persistent cold, the Redmen appeared to be ripe for the plucking at the hands of the University of Toronto Blues yesterday But the gritty Redmen scrapped to a 65-63 win over the Blues, giving the Toronto team an 0-3 mark on their swing through Quebec during the weekend The Blues lost to the Concordia Stingers Friday and were dropped in overtime by the Bishop's Gaiters Saturday The win gave the Redmen a 5-1 mark in the OUAA East Division, two wins back of the leading Stingers, a lofty spot many didn't figure they'd occupy ""It's the same every season, no one figures we'll do well,"" said coach Ken Schildroth ""But we'll always have a competitive team because we have a system of teaching the players over time We don't just look at one game or one season, we look at the long haul"" The key man for the Redmen yesterday, besides Paul Brousseau, who led McGill in scoring with 25 points, was point guard Mike Soussan With Steiner out, Soussan ran the McGill offense, chipped in 10 points and set a tough defensive pace ""I thought Soussan played a great game,"" said Schildroth ""He really hustled on defense"" Soussan said he missed Steiner ""He sure makes it a lot easier on my game,"" said the fourth-year physical education student ""With him in there, I know if I can get him the ball, it's usually good for two points But Bruce (McElroy) really stepped in and did a great job"" McElroy, in fact, had 18 points, including a couple of three-pointers with less than five minutes remaining as the teams battled down the stretch But it was Brousseau, McGill's top scorer this season, who supplied the key basket, a turnaround jumper with 1:40 remaining that gave the Redmen a 63-62 lead The Blues looked as if they were going to retake the lead as Nick Saul broke away seconds later, but the hustling Soussan raced back to slap the ball out of Saul's hands Brousseau then added a pair of foul shots and the Redmen held off the Blues Soussan said Schildroth's system of teaching players pays for the Redmen's team's 2-1 third-round victory over Walsall of the Third Division ""I would have been happy with anyone at home, but to get Manchester United is unbelievable"" Arsenal was immediately installed as the new 4-1 favorites to lift the Cup, as the team came out of the hat with a home game against either Queens Park Rangers or Cardiff, who replay on Wednesday Defending champion Liverpool, if it overcomes Swansea in tomorrow's replay, will be on the road to the winners of the Norwich-Exeter game, which replays on Wednesday ""When it comes down to the end in a tight game, we don't lose our composure,"" said Soussan ""Most of the players who are on the court are fourth-year players and they don't lose their cool Ken has a real system He really stresses things like position on defense In practices, we run play after play When you first come to McGill, you kind of question what he's doing, but when you get to your third or fourth year, you know the system and you see how well it works In a game like this, it pays off"" Mark Harvey led the Blues with 16 points and Rob Wilson added 12 In other OUAA East action yesterday, Pierre Tibblin's 14 points lifted the undefeated Gaiters to a 101-63 victory over Ryerson Polytechnic Institute of Toronto The win boosted Bishop's record to 6-0 Earlier in the day at McGill, the host Martlets, with a chance to win their invitational women's basketball tournament, let a 30-23 halftime lead slip away and wound up losing 64-52 to the Dalhousie Tigers Things were a little complicated because the tournament was a four-team round-robin, but the result allowed the Laval Rouge et Or to capture the tourney Laval, McGill and Dalhousie all wound up with 2-1 records, with Laval winning on point spread The Queen's Golden Gaels ended up 0-3 The Rouge et Or defeated the In yesterday's other action Charlton tied Bradford City 1-1, Manchester United beat Nottingham Forest 1-0 and Port Vale and Derby County played to a 1-1 draw On Saturday, defending-champion Liverpool was held to a scoreless tie by Swansea of the Third Division, and four Division One teams were defeated There were a couple of mild upsets, with First Division weaklings Wimbledon and Luton losing on the road to Second Division clubs, and one shocker tiny Torquay of the Fourth Division defeated West Ham Gazette, Dave Sidaway during 65-63 Redmen win Gaels 60-59, thanks to 20 points from Lucie Bellemare and tourney all-star Chantal Denis's layup with less than 30 seconds remaining for the winning points The Tigers, having to beat McGill by at least 20 points in the tourney finale to give themselves the title, led by 18 against the Martlets with 2:04 remaining, but they tired and allowed the Martlets to come back ""They played well on defense against us in the second half,"" said Martlets coach Chris Hunter ""They put pressure on the ball at halfcourt We're not used to starting our offense so high up"" Missing Hayman The Tigers also started to move the ball inside on offense in the second half and the smaller Martlets, who were missing 6-foot-3 Tracey Hayman, couldn't cope Hayman injured her knee when she slipped on a patch of ice while Christmas shopping ""We still haven't proven that we can win against a physical team,"" said Hunter ""They're a big, strong team and that type of team will always give us problems"" Angie McLeod, the tourney's most valuable player, led Dalhousie with 25 points, giving her 57 in the three games Other all-stars were Queen's Nancy Coke, Laval's Sonia Ritchie and Dalhousie's Kelly Copeland a Second Division club that played last year in Division One Division One teams heading for midweek replays are Aston Villa which salvaged a 2-2 tie against a Blackburn club from the Second Division that threatened to score several times in the closing minutes and Chelsea, held to a 1-1 tie at home by Crewe of the Third Division Also facing replays are Everton, which had a 0-0 result at Middlesbrough; and Manchester City and Millwall, which battled each other to a 0-0 tie CARLSBAD, Calif (AP) - Paul Azinger capitalized on Ian Baker-Finch's last-hole mistake yesterday for a one-stroke victory in the Tournament of Champions, the opening event on the 1990 Professional Golfers' Association Tour schedule Baker-Finch blunted his own great comeback when he bogeyed the final hole from a fairway bunker, setting it up for Azinger to break a tie with a routine, two-putt par on the 72nd hole Azinger won the event that brings together only the winners of 1989 PGA Tour titles with a final-round 69 and a 272 total, 16 under par on the La Costa Country Club course Big boost Azinger's sixth victory of an eight-year career was worth $135,000 from the total purse of $750,000 and, Baker-Finch said, ""gives him a big boost to the year"" Baker-Finch, who has scored 11 victories around the world and qualified for this event with his lone American triumph last year in the Colonial tournament, had a closing 68 and a 273 total He won $82,000 Mark O'Meara, playing with an ailing back, had a 69 that put him in third at 276 Australian Wayne Grady was next at 278 after a 69 Greg Norman and Scott Hoch were next at 279 Norman had a closing 70, Hoch shot a 71 In a separate but simultaneous competition for winners of 1989 Seniors Tour titles, George Archer scored an unchallenged seven-shot victory Archer, holding a seven-stroke lead when the day's play started, needed only a 2-over-par 74 over the final 18 holes for the runaway triumph Archer's victory, his second in seven starts since becoming eligible after serious auto mishap ADELAIDE, Australia (AP)-Thomas Muster of Austria rallied from a 3-0 deficit in the final set to beat Jimmy Arias of the United States 3-6, 6-2, 7-5 last night and win the $150,000 (U.S.) (AP-CP) - Cam Neely and Bobby Carpenter scored 32 seconds apart in the second period as the Boston Bruins beat Buffalo 2-1 last night and overtook the Sabres atop the National Hockey League's Adams Division For the second night in a row, Buffalo coach Rick Dudley threatened to start two-a-day practices as he watched his team lose its fifth consecutive game Boston's fourth straight victory gave the Bruins 53 points, one more than the Sabres, who have lost three in a row at home to the Bruins The Bruins went 0-5-3 in the regular season against the Sabres in 1988-89 Neely broke a scoreless tie at 5:11 of the second period, shoving a rebound past Daren Puppa after Craig Janney's shot hit both posts Carpenter made it 2-0 when he was allowed to skate out from behind the Buffalo net Puppa stopped his first shot, but the rebound came right back to Carpenter and he banked the shot in off Puppa's glove for his 500th NHL point Phil Housley ended Reggie Lemelin's shutout bid at 7:36 of the final period He skated from behind the net to about 10 feet in front before scoring on a backhander through heavy traffic Lemelin finished with 26 saves The Sabres' only other legitimate scoring opportunity came in the second period when Alexander Mogilny broke in alone from the blue line and deked Lemelin to the ice But the puck bounced off Mogilny's stick and his backhander went wide Lemelin said Boston coach Mike Milbury told his team to consider the game in the same context as a post-season confrontation ""Mike considered that a playoff game and he wanted us to play that way and we responded,"" said Lemelin, who made 26 saves in winning his seventh straight decision ""The games are starting to mean a lot more, especially a road game like this against a team in first place,"" Lemelin said ""This is where you really measure your talent"" Dudley wondered where most of his talent was hiding, and considered banishing a few of his better players to the press box Flames 3, Oilers 1 EDMONTON (CP) - From towering Joel Otto to minuscule Theoren Fleury, the Calgary Flames banged, bumped and crashed their way to a 3-1 win over the Edmonton Oilers Defencemen Brad McCrimmon and Al MacInnis scored second-period goals and Mike Vernon made 28 stops as the Flames moved to within three points of first-place Edmonton in the Smythe Division The two rivals battle again in Calgary tomorrow night ""We said all along we haven't been happy,"" Flames coach Terry Crisp said, reflecting on his club's sub-par performance through the first half of the season ""The most critical shift we had was Fleury, (Paul) Ranheim and (Doug) Gilmour,"" he said ""They hit whatever moved and if it didn't move, they hit it until they moved it the three little guys Our bench was just going crazy"" The Flames were bolstered by the addition of tough-guy farmhands Stu Grimson and Marc Bureau on the forward lines and Ken Sabourin on defense Grimson twice fought Edmonton's Dave Brown before the teams settled down But all of the Flames hit, rubbed Oilers against the boards and generally slowed the Edmonton team down, snapping the Oilers' 14-game unbeaten streak at home, a club record Edmonton had not lost in Northlands Coliseum since Nov 4 in a 3-1 loss to Pittsburgh Against Calgary, a sellout crowd of 17,503 grew impatient as the game wore on During the streak, the Oilers were 11-0-3 But in their last five games, including a three-game road trip, the Oilers are 1-3-1 and seem to have lost the edge that brought them to first place overall in the NHL Only rookie forward Martin Gelinas, on a deflection during a third-period Edmonton power play, was able to beat Vernon Jiri Hrdina had the other Calgary goal with one minute left against Bill Ranford, who stopped 23 shots For Calgary, defenceman Jamie Macoun had two assists ""We had numerous good chances but we just couldn't score against Vernon,"" said Oilers' coach John Muckler ""We've had some tough games and some of our players looked a little tired"" Red Army 6, Blackhawks 4 CHICAGO - Evgeny Davydov scored on a breakaway and assisted on Igor Chibirev's breakaway goal as Central Red Army defeated the Chicago Blackhawks 6-4 in an exhibition game The Red Army team won its third straight on its NHL tour after losing to Winnipeg on Dec 27 The touring Red Army and Moscow Dynamo teams now have a combined 9-9-1 record against the NHL in the so-called Super Series Each has one game left on the schedule, the Red Army playing at Philadelphia and Moscow Dynamo at Boston tomorrow night Chelios out for 10 days with groin injury Chris Chelios was a scratch last night a surprise, apparently, to everyone except Chelios ""I've been telling everybody I've got an injury in the groin area,"" he said before last night's game ""I thought everybody knew about it"" Few did, including the Canadiens' public relations people who weren't advised about it until yesterday afternoon Apparently, Chelios suffered his injury during the Canadiens' 2-1 loss at Vancouver roughly 10 days ago That didn't stop him from playing two nights later in Edmonton, where he spent 14 of the first 30 minutes in the penalty box, and in Calgary the following night, where the Canadiens lost 5-3 after taking an early 2-0 lead Chelios also played Saturday night when the Canadiens snapped a four-game losing streak with a 6-3 win over the Buffalo Sabres Chelios tried skating yesterday CANADIENS NOTEBOOK Red Fisher morning and experienced difficulty He won't play for the next 10 days at least, and probably longer Chelios's unavailability opened a spot for Eric Desjardins, who didn't dress for Saturday's game against the Buffalo Sabres Bobby Smith also didn't make it last night because of a bruised shoulder That allowed Brent Gilchrist to dress Mike Keane missed his fourth consecutive game Claude Lemieux earned his first round of applause since returning to the lineup when he became involved in a bout with Vancouver tough guy Ronnie Stern, who played his junior hockey in Longueuil The fracas erupted early in the second period Stern went to the penalty box, Lemieux to the dressing room presumably for repairs Lemieux, by the way, played on a line with Brian Skrudland and Mike McPhee The night before, he was part of the Smith-Walter line Tough guy Todd Ewen was involved in one of the game's highlights when he leaped out of the penalty box, jumped on a loose puck, made a mad dash around the net and drew a penalty when he was hauled to the ice For some reason, Ewen didn't stay on the ice for the ensuing power play Still, the entire Canadiens' bench gave him high fives when he returned to the bench Canadiens centreman Smith and Ryan Walter will be at the All-Star Game in Pittsburgh - but not as players Smith will be there as part of the committee responsible for the selection of a deputy executive director of the National Hockey League Players Association He and five other members of the committee will interview six candidates Then player reps, including Walter, will be asked to ratify the selection The Canadiens are on the road for two games this week They're in Quebec tomorrow; and then travel to New Jersey, where they play Friday before returning to the Forum Saturday for a game against the Philadelphia Flyers Fans crying for head of Sagueneens coach Drapeau The Chicoutimi Sagueneens could have a new coach and general manager by as early as tonight's game (8 p.m.) against College Francais at Longueuil's Jean Beliveau Co As of yesterday afternoon Gaston Drapeau was in an extremely precarious position In fact, his fate may well have rested on last night's game against Victoriaville They'd better hope it didn't; the Sags were clobbered 9-1 Chicoutimi is ninth in the 11-team QMJHL with an 8-23-2 record, including just two victories and a tie in their last 11 games Fans at the Centre Georges Vezina apparently were looking for Drapeau's scalp last Friday while Chicoutimi was being whitewashed 11-3 by Hull ""We have lots of work to do, it's a critical period for us,"" said governor Gaston Senechal ""We have to win, if we don't it will be dangerous for Gaston"" The crowd is starting to cry about him ""Now we have a team with big guys but they don't work and don't play"" Members of the board of directors are beginning to ask questions The directors had scheduled an emergency meeting for 7:30 this morning The Sags have made two major deals since Dec 22, acquiring Daniel Dors, Denis Chaste and Pierre-Paul Landry from Drummondville, and Patrice Martineau from Laval, mortgaging away a large part of their future in the process In other news regarding the Sags, 19-year-old defenceman Marc Boudreau has been sent home Boudreau was suspended for 10 days earlier this season by Drapeau due to a poor attitude ""There's no amelioration with that guy,"" Senechal complained ""He has no interest in hockey, his most important interest is girls"" Evidently, a four-day holiday over the New Year wasn't enough for Daniel Gauthier Gauthier played for Victoriaville Dec 29 against Trois Rivieres, but remained at home in Charlemagne when the Tigres resumed their schedule Jan 3 at Drummondville Although the 19-year-old left wing-centre appears to have everything in the world to play for he was a third-round choice of the Pittsburgh Penguins in 1988 and was the Tigres' leading scorer with 22 goals and 26 assists in 35 games he required some time at home to reflect upon his career ""The last month (December) he wasn't playing the way he thought he could and the team wasn't winning Maybe he was putting too much pressure on himself,"" said Victoriaville coach Guy Chouinard ""I don't think this will last long, he's drafted and is looking for a contract"" While Gauthier bolted, 19-year-old right winger Alain Tardif returned to the Tigres lineup Dec 27 Tardif missed seven weeks after undergoing shoulder surgery In other Tigres news, goaltender Stephane Fiset resumed practicing with the team on Saturday, but didn't accompany Victoriaville to Chicoutimi last night Fiset, who led Canada to a gold medal at the recent world junior hockey championships in Finland, is scheduled to have a minor knee injury examined today He possibly could play Thursday in Granby Dany Dube has ordered defenceman Pascal Dufault to lose some weight And to prove his intent, the Trois Rivieres coach has benched the 19-year-old Dufault, a six-footer, has been playing this season at 215 pounds but Dube wants him at 205 ""I decided to bench him after the Victoriaville game (Dec 29),"" Dube explained ""I had a talk with him, it's bad for him to play overweight I told him when he loses the weight he will play"" A Jan 2 game at Trois Rivieres between the Draveurs and Chicoutimi was delayed two hours when the Sagueneens' bus was delayed en route due to an automobile accident in which two persons were killed The delay forced the Draveurs, who arrived for the 7:30 p.m. game late in the afternoon, to wait around for some 4½ hours until the opening faceoff Trois Rivieres won the game, which didn't end until midnight, 5-2 ""We didn't do anything specific,"" Dube said ""We turned on the radio for two hours, some guys played pool, we had a meeting, it was really tough"" Earlier this season, Chicoutimi's Drapeau refused to delay by 30 minutes the start of a game when Shawinigan's team bus was delayed by a snowstorm The St Hyacinthe Laser, crippled by injuries, have reached out to Tier II to sign 18-year-old centre Patrick Chartrand, who had been playing in Kanata, Ont He'll replace Mil Sukovic, out until at least the playoffs after undergoing shoulder surgery Laser coach Norman Flynn met another centre, Karlo Pavich, an Ottawa native, prior to last night's game in Hull Pavich quit the Laser about two weeks ago, complaining about a lack of ice time And St Hyacinthe defenceman Ronald Kay will miss the next two weeks with a recurring shoulder injury Trois Rivieres left winger Martin St Amour, a Canadiens draft choice, has been named the Canadian Hockey League's player of the month for December by a panel of professional scouts In 11 games the 19-year-old scored 14 goals and 20 assists He became the first player from outside the Western Hockey League to win the award this season Who's hot: The Hull Olympiques are undefeated in five games (4-0-1) and have climbed into second place with a 22-15-4 record, while the St Jean Lynx have won eight of nine to improve to 21-17-2 and move into a fourth place tie with Victoriaville and St Hyacinthe Who's not: The Granby Bisons Since firing coach-GM Real Paiement on Dec 13, the Bisons are 1-6-1 under his replacement, John Paris The Bisons were 10-23 at the time of Paiement's dismissal Overall Granby is 11-29-1 and is in last place The Drummondville Voltigeurs have lost three consecutive games to fall to 12-29-1 overall and second-last place For the umpteenth time this season the Volts held a players-only meeting yesterday morning A-2 CtCt34KttC, Montreal, Monday, January 8, 1990 Fire destroys McGill's medical ethics centre (Continued from Page A-1) directly: the pulmonary research work was being conducted by university professors and the ethics centre had no classrooms The centre's collection of research in medical ethics was the largest in Canada and one of the largest in the world Dr Margaret Somerville, director of the centre, said a great deal of important current and unpublished research material, notably on AIDS-related issues, was destroyed in the fire ""It's all up here,"" Somerville said, pointing to her head, ""and it can all be reproduced, but it's just a tremendous waste of time"" The ethics centre mailed copies of its published research to interested individuals and institutions around the world and will try to retrieve copies ""What we're going to do is ask everybody who has a copy of something we've done to send us a copy back,"" Somerville said ""Other rooms on the two top floors were occupied by professors, including former premier Pierre Marc Johnson Johnson, a law professor who is supervising the centre's new program on environmental issues, was lucky None of the material his research team has compiled on the issue of waste disposal by hospitals was inside Lady Meredith House when the fire broke out Johnson was among a half-dozen professors who arrived around 10 a.m. to inspect the damage ""I feel badly for my colleagues,"" he said Firefighters had trouble putting out the blaze because they couldn't get up on to the roof and use their axes to help ventilate the building The Lady Meredith House had a high sloped roof, and ice made climbing on it impossible ""So the fire was able to spread up through the wood walls,"" said Jean-Marie Rousseau, the fire department's acting division chief of operations Once flames reached the top of the building, the roof collapsed Senior McGill officials could not be reached for comment yesterday on where the ethics centre will be temporarily housed, and whether the interior of the building will be restored according to the original drawings of architect Edward Maxwell The centre enjoys an international reputation Last week alone, according to Somerville, its work was cited in articles in the New York Times, London Observer and Sydney Morning Herald now the Allan Memorial Institute was built as Hugh Allan's private estate The Merediths built their redbrick mansion, which they called Ardvarna, on the southwest corner of Pine Ave and Peel St in 1892 according to the architectural plans of Edward Maxwell, the leading Canadian architect of his generation Maxwell was born in Montreal on New Year's Eve, 1867 After dropping out of high school at age 14, he joined a Montreal firm as a draftsman's apprentice He showed precocious ability in architecture, soon joined a Boston firm, where he excelled, then returned to his native Montreal in 1891 The same year, at age 24, he was hired by Lady Meredith to design Ardvarna The house was built with money from the Allan family Meredith died in 1929, and in 1941 his widow donated it to the Royal Victoria Hospital for use as a nurses' residence, Lady Meredith died in 1959 Among Maxwell's other works are the Henry Birks and Sons Ltd building on St Catherine St, the central tower of the Château Frontenac in Quebec, the Gare du Palais train station in Quebec City, the Saskatchewan legislature, the New Brunswick country home of William Van Home, and several spectacular country homes in Baie d'Urfe and Senneville With his brother, William, he also designed the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts Modrow told Austrian television that laws being drafted would ensure the Communist Party has no unfair advantage in the May election ""As soon as we have an election law it will work just as it does with you (in Austria), with all parties having equal access to television,"" he said Opposition forces consider Modrow's cabinet to have limited authority because it was chosen by a Communist-controlled parliament that was not freely elected Opinion polls commissioned on both sides of the Berlin Wall suggest the Communists have the support of between a quarter and a third of East Germans ahead of any other political force TELEPHONES Accounting Service 282-2628 Advertising 282-2750 Circulation 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Guimarais said Police searching the Sao Paulo house after the arrests of the Diniz kidnapping suspects found some papers for the transfer of money and the tent Salles was kept in, said Guimarais ""We think some money was transferred to Canada,"" he said Among the documents police found were transfer slips from the Royal Bank, the National Bank of Canada and Bank of Montreal branches in Winnipeg and Vancouver Meanwhile, the passport of a Langley housewife has surfaced in Brazil as a piece of evidence in Lamont's trial Lisa Walker said she doesn't know how her passport turned up in Brazil in the hands of her close friend Christine Lamont At her kidnapping trial in Sao Paulo on Friday, Lamont said she used a false passport in the name of Lisa Lynne Walker because she had lost her own Lamont and Spencer denied in Brazilian court they were involved in the Diniz kidnapping Newfoundland fishermen rescued after boat sinks HALIFAX (CP) - A coastal oil tanker picked up four Newfoundland men yesterday after their 20-metre wooden fishing boat was crushed by ice and sank in the Cabot Strait north of Sydney, N.S. Capt William Hoare of the rescue coordination centre in Halifax said the fishermen, from St Mary's Bay on the south coast of Newfoundland, sent a distress call around 9 a.m. and were picked up about 90 minutes later The motor vessel Imperial Acadia rescued all four persons from the lifeboat,"" Hoare said Names and hometowns of the four were not immediately released ""Calgarians upset at train name change CALGARY (CP) - People who unsuccessfully fought to retain the transcontinental passenger train through Calgary, called the Canadian, are upset the Edmonton route will now get that name Via Rail's three-times-weekly Supercontinental running through Edmonton will be renamed the Canadian after the original Canadian makes its final run through Calgary this week Bob Fleming, president of the Calgary Tourist and Convention Bureau, called it a poor attempt by Via Rail to retain the flavor of transcontinental service The original Canadian ran from Winnipeg to Vanco",0,0,0,0,0,0
+326,20070501,modern,Ice,"S, vice-president Al Gore, who called it a fraud designed to mislead Canadians. Yesterday, however, Harper said the plan would succeed where the previous Liberal government failed after making Arctic melting picks up. The Arctic could be ice-free in summer within two decades, according to a new study showing polar ice has been disappearing almost three times faster than projected by most climate models. The shrinking summertime ice is about 30 years ahead of projections used by the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which recently suggested the Arctic would not lose its ice before 2050, according to new U.S. findings published today in Geophysical Research Letters. When the summer ice goes, scientists say it will be an extraordinary change for the planet, which has had a polar ice cap for close to a million years. CANWEST NEWS SERVICE detainees being mistreated by the NDS; in some cases the treatment amounted to torture. Human Rights Watch urged NATO leaders to come up with a common policy that would ensure detainees were not abused. GLOBAL WARMING CONTROVERSY pie in the sky: Harper ""pie-in-the-sky promises"" but doing nothing to stop greenhouse gas emissions from rising by more than 35 per cent above the target it agreed to under the Kyoto Protocol on climate change. ""You have to balance environmental progress while preserving jobs,"" Harper told the Commons. ""That's what the minister of the environment has done. He's taking the tough decisions that they (the Liberals) didn't have the guts to take."" The Tory plan calls for air pollution to be cut in half by 2015, and for greenhouse gases to be cut to concentrations five per cent above 1990 levels in 2020—abandoning Canada's international obligations under the Kyoto Protocol on climate change. Critics of the Conservative plan have zeroed in on its ""intensity"" targets for reducing industrial greenhouse gas emissions. Environmentalists reject intensity targets because they are linked to economic growth and can be achieved despite allowing overall emissions to rise. Baird has argued his plan sets a high enough intensity target to force a real reduction within five years. The three opposition parties said they plan to mobilize public opinion to force the Tories to accept the tougher plan they crafted during a lengthy review of the government's clean air and climate change legislation. The opposition proposed a ""carbon budget"" approach that would impose absolute reductions on industry, in line with Canada's Kyoto commitments. ""Canadians are drawing their own conclusions,"" said Liberal environment critic David McGuinty. Meanwhile, New Democratic officials suggested they could use procedural tricks in the Commons to stall the government's agenda, and force it to accept the opposition plan. ""We're not intended to be a critique,"" Williams, who is chairing the event, said in an interview yesterday. ""It will all be with a view to coming out with our own plan, with our own suggestions, (but) I don’t mean that we’re going to come out with a competing or conflicting climate-change plan."" Today's session had its genesis in Banff, Alta, about 18 months ago, when the council decided to collect information on provincial energy issues and come up with a national energy inventory. Working committees will present draft papers on such topics as climate change, energy transmission and efficiency. Renewable minister Greens' May sticks by 'appeasement' remark. OTTAWA Green leader Elizabeth May stands by her weekend comments calling Prime Minister Stephen Harper's stance on climate change ""a grievance worse than Neville Chamberlain's appeasement of the Nazis."" May added yesterday that acting on the environment is a ""moral"" issue. The longtime environmentalist said her Chamberlain-Nazi analogy originated with British author George Monbiot, who appeared with Canadian environmentalist David Suzuki in Toronto on the weekend. In what she called an ""environmental sermon"" to the Wesley Knox United Church near London, Ont., on Sunday, May said the government is threatening the genocide of mankind by failing to remedy global warming. May is an Anglican minister-in-training. A Conservative spokesman said May should retract and apologize for making the ""extremist and undignified statement."" OTTAWA CITIZEN energy and provincial roles in international energy activities. Following a caucus meeting in Montmagny, Premier Jean Charest said Quebec will develop its own green plan while continuing to defend the Kyoto Protocol. ""In my eyes it's fundamental."" For his part, Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty intends to float two ideas: an inter-provincial emissions-trading system and a national electricity grid to move green hydroelectric power across the country. Provincial leaders should consider the idea of such a national power grid in much the same way as the trans-Canada railway that helped knit the country together, McGuinty said. Public Safety Minister Stockwell Day told reporters yesterday that Corrections Canada officials have visited some detention centres and had spoken to two inmates who made unsubstantiated allegations of torture. ""The two correctional officers assured the minister that they had seen no evidence of torture,"" said Day's spokeswoman Melisa Leclerc. Last week, Day dismissed complaints of torture as coming from Taliban prisoners who were trained to make up stories of abuse. As the calls for his resignation entered a second week, O'Connor avoided another noisy question period altogether, but his spokeswoman denied rumours he is planning to step down. ""It is not true,"" Isabelle Bouchard said in an email. ""He will not resign."" She explained O'Connor's absence from the House of Commons, saying he had ""to take care of work that needs to be done"" at National Defence headquarters and would return to the Commons today. A senior Conservative insider also said that Harper has no plans to fire O'Connor, who has been accused by the opposition of mismanaging the Afghan detainee transfer issue. The insider said O'Connor has the confidence of the prime minister. But Harper himself remained silent again yesterday when asked directly by Liberal Leader Stephane Dion and his deputy, Michael Ignatieff, whether he still had confidence in his defence minister. Both times Harper deflected the question. OTTAWA CITIZEN fast NEWFOUNDLANDLABRADOR Vessels still trapped St. John's - Efforts continued yesterday to free eight vessels and 29 crew that have been trapped in heavy ice off Newfoundland's northeast coast since early April. The Canadian Coast Guard freed 11 sealing ships over the weekend. Yesterday, four icebreakers were still trying to free the remainder, 32 kilometres north of Fogo Island. ALBERTA Teen guilty in killing Edmonton - A 17-year-old teenage girl has been convicted of manslaughter for her role in the brutal slaying of 13-year-old Nina Courtepatte at a local golf course two years ago. Judge June Ross of the Court of Queen's Bench said yesterday the defendant lacked the specific intent necessary for a first-degree murder conviction. SASKATCHEWAN Sex assault verdict Prince Albert - A man who provided alcohol to his teenage daughter and her friends was found guilty yesterday of sexually assaulting three of them in February 2006. James Arthur Clark, 43, will be sentenced June 18. The mother of a victim who was 14 at the time said she is ""ecstatic"" about the verdict. BRITISH COLUMBIA Fault line found Abbotsford - Mayor George Ferguson said he will ask staff to look into the discovery of an earthquake fault line about 20 kilometres from the city. ""We're trying to get higher density in our city and, of course, we're looking at high-rises,"" he said yesterday. ""I will make sure they give it consideration."" CANWEST NEWS SERVICE M H2 Mil MiiIIi M E Nj A N OS OljK A R M A 53 Big Blue 55 Dismay Reiser or Revere? 60 Whistle-blower's exposure 62 Pulitzer winner James 63 Out of kilter 64 Final authority 65 Sans ice 66 Slave away 67 Day one 68 Ferrara family name 69 Choice word DOWN 1 Source of pumice 2 Many a Barron's reader, for short 3 A Waugh 4 Compound of iron 5 Where we are 6 Clear wrap 7 Sticker figure 8 Visionary 9 Dealership area 10 La, Bolivia 11 Love something offered at home improvement stores? 12 Gossipy Barrett 13 Joint that may jerk No 0320 21 A, in Ardennes 22 Hot time in Quebec 26 E G? Email tour3vide0tron.ca Maximum 30 students per visit, Grades 4 and up. Cost: $40. THE GAZETTE I MONTREAL I TUESDAY, MAY 1, 2007 EDITOR: BRENDA These are two of the many Inuit dogs that were reintroduced into Kangiqsualujjuaq in northern Quebec. The photo, taken by students, is in the book about their community. Chronicling their roots Blue Met Fest celebrates students' efforts to connect with their heritage. When Tivi Etok was growing up in the Nunavik region of northern Quebec, life was very different. He remembers traveling across the snowy tundra, looking for places to hunt and set.",0,0,0,0,0,0
+327,19920413,modern,Storm,"S and British Opens and PGA Championship are the others Couples did not necessarily believe that it certified his status as one of the game's great players. Every player wants to win a major, he said. A major won't help me or hurt me, I don't know how to answer that. Couples has already won three tournaments this year and finished second twice. With a first-prize purse of $270,000, his earnings have soared to $1,008,162. Corey Pavin, playing several groups ahead of Couples, finished third. He shot a 67 and finished at 10 under for the tournament. Six players, including Couples, could not finish their rounds Saturday because of an almost three-hour delay caused by an impending thunderstorm with lightning. Couples played the final four holes of his Saturday round early yesterday morning. So did Craig Parry, who was the leader at the outset of the final round at 12 under par. Couples and Floyd were one and two shots, respectively, behind him. Parry faded quickly, and the tournament virtually evolved into a battle between Couples and Floyd, 49, who won the Masters title in 1976. Couples went ahead of Floyd by one stroke at the ninth hole when he made a curling, 20-foot birdie putt to go 12 under par. Miracle at Amen Corner. PAGE E5 Complete results. PAGE E6 1 v --6 f I j it' r Kg i !- ' iff It-'-"" - W c-p, abv? y I 8 if J 1 -4 HO- T it J Mi V -1 I 11 - k UWtJIt, JOHN KENNEDY Moment Of Glory Machine linebacker Reggie McKenzie high-steps into the end zone for his first pro touchdown after picking off a pass by Ohio quarterback Pat O'Hara yesterday at Olympic Stadium. Montreal won the game 31-20. STORY, PAGE E5 :xpos simply ridiculous Return for home opener after N, 3, 2M, 2. NINTH RACE: Pace, 1 Mile, Purse: $19,400. 6 Awesome Man (G Lamy) 3, 00 2 30 2, 10 3 Adonidis (R Zeron) 2, 80 220 1 First (S Ouellet) 2, 40 Exacta: 6-4, $1670 Also Rare Three Cherries, Christiana Tuffy, Play It Again Cam. Times: 0:28, 3, 0:56, 4, 1:26, 1:56. TENTH RACE: Pace, 1 Mile, Purse: $16,900. 2-BiW Oes Rhodes (G Lamy) 4, 60 2, 90 2, 30 7- Lale Night Snack (J Hebert) 3, 80 2, 60 6-Nighl Encounter (S Oueflet) 2, 60 Quinella: 2-7, $17.50 Also Rare The Cam, Tvs Spinner, Offer To Purchase, Sir Simon, Wiley Yankee. Times: 0:28, 1, 0:57, 1:27, 1:57. ELEVENTH RACE: Pact, 1 Mile, Purse: $16,900. 4 One Way Street (R Simard) 8, 80 5, 90 4, 80 4-Unescorted (S Ouellet) 36, 40 19, 10 2-Gunner Goodall (R Zeron) 5, 90 Trifecta: 6-4-2, $1,109, 40, Exacta: 0-4, $180, 20 Also Rare Passwrale Embrace, High Credit, Spandex, Christopher Hawk, Lari Steady, Golden Seal. Times: 0:28, 2, 0:58, 1, 1:26, 3, 1:57, 1. Attendance: 5,000, Mutuel: $1,963,251. Kings 6, Canucks 1 At Vancouver First Period 1 Los Angeles, Donnelly 29 (Gretzky, Millen) 3:07 2 Los Angeles Robitaille 43 (Gretzky, Millen) 16:30 (pp) 3 Los Angeles Huddy 4 (Gretzky, Robitaille) 17:06 (pp) Penalties Granato LA 10:00 (interference) 0:50, Sandiak Van (hook) 10:53, Colley LA (rough), Momesso Van (board rough) 15:07 Diduck Van (slash) 15:38, Walters LA (unsportsmanlike conduct), Momesso Van (rough) 19:41. Second Period No scoring Penalties Cotley LA (high stick) 1:51, Thomson LA (double rough), Dirk Van (rough) 5:13, McIntyre LA (elbow major) 15:20, Donnelly LA (rough) 11:20, Momesso Van (hold) 13:47, Miller LA (misconduct), Diduck Van (misconduct) 1:48. Third Period 4 Los Angeles, Blake 7 (Gretzky, Granato) 2:18 5 Vancouver, Bure 32 6 Los Angeles, Kurtelski 22 (McIntyre, Walters) 9:00 (sh) 7 Los Angeles Robitaille 44 (Granato, Walters) 13:48 Penalties McSorley LA (hold) 8:41 Thompson LA, Diduck Van 7:48 (tight), Gielhy LA (unsportsmanlike conduct) 14:39. Goaltenders LA Hrudey 13:50 (00) Van (j) 14:58 Attendance 18,123 HABS Teams CONTINUED FROM PAGE El Canadiens coach Pat Burns probably saw his life flash before his eyes 12 minutes into the third period when goaltender Patrick Roy stopped a Christian Ruuttu breakaway with the inside of his knee. Predictably, Roy writhed on the ice in agony for several moments before continuing in vain. Three minutes later, he left the ice with a bruised knee and was replaced by Andre Racicot, who, just as predictably, allowed a goal on the first shot against him. The period took 70 minutes to be played. The game lasted three hours and 20 minutes. The festivities actually began just seven seconds into the game when Chris Nilan and Rob Ray exchanged unpleasantness. Two minutes later, Brad May received a double minor for spearing. You have to call five minutes and a game there, said Savard. The official wasn't calling the penalties. We had to do something. Savard took the law into his own hands with time running out in the second period. He and Hawerchuk fought. Savard figured it was the first time he had dropped his gloves since early in his 12-year career. When the playoffs come around you have to respond to challenges, he said. You have to respond as we did, as a team. This will be a great thing for us. It'll help us get closer. I just lost my cool because we were getting pushed around. The worst was saved for the third period. In the seventh minute, Ray swung at Mathieu Schneider in the corner. That set off a melee and everyone picked a partner: Pat LaFontaine and Brian Skrudland; Ray and Mike McPhee, and Randy Moller and Schneider. In the 10th minute, Gord Donnelly attacked Lebeau before Syl- Leafs net v Islanders erase CPAP TORONTO The New York Islanders' 6-2 victory last night snuffed out the last lingering playoff hopes of the Toronto Maple Leafs. Pierre Turgeon, Benoit Hogue, Steve Thomas, Adam Creighton, Derek King and Marty McInnis scored for the Islanders, who had been eliminated from playoff contention in the Patrick Division before the strike by NHL players began April 1. Wendel Clark and Joe Sacco scored for Toronto. The loss resulted in mathematical elimination from the Norris Division playoff picture. All the strike wound up doing was postponing the Leafs' demise for 10 days. Minnesota will finish fourth in the Norris. The Leafs outshot New York 39-19. While Islanders goaltender Glenn Healy was hot, Toronto starter Grant Fuhr was forced to the bench after allowing five goals on 12 shots for a 5-1 New York lead. Fuhr was replaced by rookie Felix Potvin at 14:56 of the second period. To not make the playoffs is devastating, said defenceman Bob Rouse. It's difficult, said defenceman Ric Nattress. I don't think I've ever missed the playoffs at any level of hockey. I guess everybody in Toronto is tired of hearing, 'Wait 'til next year,' but I think there have been great improvements here. Unfortunately, it was too little too late for this season. CALGARY The Calgary Flames couldn't dodge the bullet any more and it was the Winnipeg Jets who fired the fatal shot with a 4-3 victory. The victory clinched the final Smythe Division playoff spot for Winnipeg and eliminated the Flames from post-season play for the first time since 1975 when the franchise was based in Atlanta. Ed Olczyk scored twice, while Keith Tkachuk and Aaron Broten had one each for the Jets, who have 77 points, six more than Calgary. Svoboda at HERB ZURKOWSKY THE GAZETTE BUFFALO His eight seasons with the Canadiens were great, he acknowledged. But after only three weeks in Buffalo, Petr Svoboda said coming to the Sabres will revive his career. For me, I believe I'll enjoy this hockey more, the defenceman said prior to last night's game against the Canadiens the first time he has faced his former teammates since the March 10 trade for defenceman Kevin Haller. It's never easy to get traded, he continued. For me, I take it as a challenge, a new chance. It's like a new start. Although he never scored more than eight goals or 45 points in any one season with the Canadiens, Svoboda always fashioned himself as somewhat of an offensive defenceman. However, when you play along Montreal's blue line, freewheeling is frowned upon. In Buffalo, under offensive-minded coach John Muckler, the reins have been cut off. In his first 10 games with the Sabres, he already had seven points. By comparison, he had 21 points in 58 games with the Canadiens. Of course, his plus-minus rating in Buffalo is minus-7 compared with plus-9 with Montreal. I like to play an offensive style, so playing here might fit me better, said the 26-year-old. Some teams, like Montreal, play a better defensive style. Montreal's in first place in the division, so there's not much to complain about. Burns thought incorrectly that Lebeau's nose had been broken. That was out of hand. Stupid, stormed the coach. That's not a fair fight. Donnelly must have a two-foot advantage. That was ridiculous. Lebeau was more succinct: ""It was a jump on him."" Toronto from playoff picture ROUNDUP VANCOUVER The Los Angeles Kings are back in a big way. The Kings got four assists from Wayne Gretzky and brilliant netminding by Kelly Hrudey when they dismantled the Vancouver Canucks 6-1. Luc Robitaille led the Kings scorers with two goals, giving the left winger 44 for the season. Robitaille and Charlie Huddy scored power-play goals in the first period for the Kings as they stayed two points ahead of the Edmonton Oilers in the battle for second place in the Smythe Division and home-ice advantage in the first round of the playoffs. Gretzky was sent from the ice in the third period by referee Kerry Fraser for his persistent whining. Gretzky received two minutes for unsportsmanlike conduct and a 10-minute misconduct. HARTFORD, Conn. Most fans who attended the Hartford Whalers' 4-2 victory against Philadelphia said they held no hard feelings about the NHL strike. Many others let their empty seats speak for them. A crowd of 13,000 was expected for the game's original date of April 4, a Saturday afternoon. The announced crowd last night was 10,456 the number of tickets sold. The crowd appeared to be more in the range of 6,500, which would be the second smallest in Whalers history. BOSTON The Boston Bruins' smallest home crowd in four seasons watched Adam Oates's third-period goal give them a 1-1 tie with the Quebec Nordiques in the first post-strike game for both teams. Oates's 20th goal of the season at 4:14 of the third period offset Alexei Gusarov's fifth for Quebec with 4:21 left in the second. home with one season with the Canadiens, Svoboda always fashioned himself as somewhat of an offensive defenceman. However, when you play along Montreal's blue line, freewheeling is frowned upon. In Buffalo, under offensive-minded coach John Muckler, the reins have been cut off. In his first 10 games with the Sabres, he already had seven points. By comparison, he had 21 points in 58 games with the Canadiens. Of course, his plus-minus rating in Buffalo is minus-7 compared with plus-9 with Montreal. I like to play an offensive style, so playing here might fit me better, said the 26-year-old. Some teams, like Montreal, play a better defensive style. Montreal's in first place in the division, so there's not much to complain about. Burns thought incorrectly that Lebeau's nose had been broken. That was out of hand. Stupid, stormed the coach. That's not a fair fight. Donnelly must have a two-foot advantage. That was ridiculous. Lebeau was more succinct: ""It was a jump on him."" Toronto from playoff picture ROUNDUP VANCOUVER The Los Angeles Kings are back in a big way. The Kings got four assists from Wayne Gretzky and brilliant netminding by Kelly Hrudey when they dismantled the Vancouver Canucks 6-1. Luc Robitaille led the Kings scorers with two goals, giving the left winger 44 for the season. Robitaille and Charlie Huddy scored power-play goals in the first period for the Kings as they stayed two points ahead of the Edmonton Oilers in the battle for second place in the Smythe Division and home-ice advantage in the first round of the playoffs. Gretzky was sent from the ice in the third period by referee Kerry Fraser for his persistent whining. Gretzky received two minutes for unsportsmanlike conduct and a 10-minute misconduct. HARTFORD, Conn. Most fans who attended the Hartford Whalers' 4-2 victory against Philadelphia said they held no hard feelings about the NHL strike. Many others let their empty seats speak for them. A crowd of 13,000 was expected for the game's original date of April 4, a Saturday afternoon. The announced crowd last night was 10,456 the number of tickets sold. The crowd appeared to be more in the range of 6,500, which would be the second smallest in Whalers history. BOSTON The Boston Bruins' smallest home crowd in four seasons watched Adam Oates's third-period goal give them a 1-1 tie with the Quebec Nordiques in the first post-strike game for both teams. Oates's 20th goal of the season at 4:14 of the third period offset Alexei Gusarov's fifth for Quebec with 4:21 left in the second.",0,0,0,0,0,0
+328,19930218,modern,Storm,"S and in the international market The Colours of My Father has already won a Genie, the Canadian equivalent of an Oscar for best short documentary. It is one of only four films nominated for an Oscar in the best short documentary section. Hundreds in competition, Elson said the nomination was a tribute to the independent documentary tradition and to Canadian film. Despite Canada's reputation for world-class documentaries, Elson was still surprised the Academy chose his film over hundreds in competition. ""It's such a Montreal film,"" he said. ""I was looking out the window early this morning at the snow piled up from last night's storm, and I thought of all the winter scenes in the film. Then I got a phone call from Joan Pennc-father, Pennc-father of the National Film Board, saying we had been nominated. I've been trying to stay on an even keel ever since."" The Colours of My Father: a Portrait of Sam Borenstein is available on videocassette from the National Film Board library, 1564 St. Denis St. Information: 283-4823. Fires of Kuwait, a co-production of Imax Corp and Black Sun Films, was nominated for best documentary feature. David Douglas, director of Fires of Kuwait, was elated: ""We're just thrilled that we're nominated,"" he said from L. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1993. Myriam Bedard finally gets to unwind. Biathlon champion home - at least for a few days. DAVE STUBBS THE GAZETTE. Finally, almost a week late, Myriam Bedard is about to celebrate the fact she is the finest female biathlete in the world. Bedard captured the 7.5-kilometre world championship in Borovets, Bulgaria last Saturday, two days after having finished second in the gruelling 15-km race. She has been trying to find a sliver of time to enjoy the achievement ever since. ""There aren't a lot of places to celebrate in Bulgaria, so what could I do, dance in my room?"" Bedard joked yesterday. ""Most people celebrate with a drink, but I don't drink at all. Our team went to a bar on Saturday and my celebration ended up being a pizza, not a very good one with cucumber on it."" Her flight home on Tuesday was delayed out of Frankfurt and a late arrival at Mirabel, coupled with that evening's snowstorm, ruined any chance of enjoying Montreal's nightlife. And Bedard scarcely had time to even catch her breath yesterday. She was feted at Montreal and Quebec City news conferences by Metropolitan Life, who presented her with a pair of plane tickets to Disney World, and was the special guest of Nordiques president Marcel Aubut at Le Colisee last night. This morning she will do television interviews with CTV and Radio-Canada. ""After that I'm going to unplug my phone and spend some quiet time at home (in Loretteville) and with my family,"" she said. ""We're going out for a nice dinner together so I can finally celebrate. Then I want to watch some movies, eat, sleep and relax."" The visit home is so brief she returns to Europe on Sunday. Bedard won't even reset her watch. She'll sleep only when tired and eat only when hungry in an attempt to ward off jetlag. Last week's world championships ended a brilliant and perfectly plotted first half of the season for Bedard, who leads the World Cup standings with three events to go. Her consistency through eight races in 1992-'93 has been remarkable; she has been in the top five six times. Bedard, 23, was knocking on victory's door two weeks before the worlds with finishes of second and fourth at a World Cup event in Antholz, Italy. Intense training then honed her to a razor-sharp edge, resulting in her splendid performance at Borovets. Bedard barely missed winning the 15-km race in Bulgaria, falling late in the event when she skied over a stone. That race, which she coughed her way through thanks to heavily polluted air, only fortified her resolve for the 7.5-km sprint. ""I didn't have a good race in the 15-km but I still finished second,"" Bedard said, ""and when I phoned Jean-Marc St. Pierre, of Met Life, I told him, 'Next time I'll do better.' And she did. Bedard shot a perfect 10 for 10 on the range; she was 19 for 20 in the 15-km to win the sprint by nearly 17 seconds. ""I had a vision, I felt like I was flying in the sprint,"" she said. ""I was so aggressive, so focused, that if anything got in my way I would have skied right over it. It was my race."" While Bedard already has achieved her season's goal with a world title, she knows the importance of the next World Cup stop March 4-7 in Lillehammer, Norway, where she'll compete on the 1994 Olympic course. ""I'm taking my (video) camera to see it all,"" she said. ""I hope to get out on the course on a Ski-Doo and record every inch of it, to study it during the summer and prepare myself for the Olympics. But for the next few days,"" Bedard said with a happy sigh, ""no biathlon. I left my rifle and skis in Europe."" NEW SNOW TOTAL LATEST SNOW FALLS KNOWN THIS WEEK Date Total QUEBEC CHARLEVOIX 10-15cm Feb 17 10-15cm 95 EASTERN TOWNSHIPS 12-20cm Feb 17 12-20cm 100 MONTREAL 13-15cm Feb 17 13-15cm 100 LAURENTIANS 13cm Feb 17 13cm 85 LANAUDIERE 10-15cm Feb 17 10-15cm 83 USA EAST 30-45cm Feb 17 30-45cm 105 ALPINE SNOW FALLS (M) CM THIS WEEK MAKING CONDITIONS QUEBEC CHARLEVOIX Le Massif -14 100 25cm - NS PP Le Relais 25 100 10cm 100 NSPP Mont Grand Fonds 12 86 8cm 50 NSPP Mont St. Castin 14 100 10cm 100 NSPP Mont Ste. Anne 45 90 - 15cm 85 POPP Stoneham 25 100 15cm 92 NS PP EASTERN TOWNSHIPS Bromont 21 100 15cm 82 NS PP Mont Glen 26 100 12cm - NSPP Montjoye 18 100 12cm 80 NSPP Mont Orford 39 100 18cm 85 NSPP Mont Shelter 12 100 12cm - NSPP Mont Sutton 53 100 18cm 60 POPP Owls Head 27 100 20cm 80 NSPP MONTREAL Mont Rigaud 8 100 13cm 75 NSPP Mont St. Bruno 14 100 15cm 100 NSPP LAURENTIANS Belle Neige 14 100 13cm 80 POPP Bellevue 13cm - CT Chantecler 22 100 13cm 70 POPP Coles 40-80 5 100 13cm - POPP Gray Rocks 20 100 5cm 95 NSPP Mont Alia 22 100 13cm 80 NSPP Mont Avalanche 8 89 13cm 100 POPP Mont Avila 10 100 13cm 100 POPP Mont Blanc 24 69 8cm 80 NSPP Mont Christie - 13cm 75 POPP Mont Gabriel 16 100 13cm 80 NSPP Mont Habitant 8 100 13cm 100 POPP Mont Labelle - 13cm 80 POPP Mont Olympia 18 86 13cm 65 POPP Mont St. Sauveur 16 100 13cm 100 POPP Mont Tremblant 36 92 5cm 60 NSPP Ski Morin Heights 22 100 13cm 100 POPP Vallee Bleue 15 100 13cm 50 POPP LANAUDIERE Mont Garceau 17 100 10cm 90 NSPP Mont Pontbriand 9 90 15cm 50 POPP Ski Montcalm 10 50 15cm 75 POPP Val St. Come 17 100 15cm 95 NSPP USA EAST Bolton Valley 46 100 22cm 70 POPP Burke Mountain 30 100 25cm 35 POPP SNOW TOTAL SKI AREA OPEN TOTAL WEEK MAKING CONDITIONS Jay Peak 43 100 45cm 80 POPP Killington 152 142 37cm 74 POPP Smugglers' Notch 56 100 30cm 57 POPP Stowe 45 100 35cm 72 POPP Sugarbush 105 100 40cm 50 POPP Sugarloaf USA 73 91 30cm 85 NSP Sunday River 71 99 40cm 95 POPP Titus 25 93 5cm 75 MG-PP Whitelace Mt 65 100 - 95 POPP Wilderness 12 86 25cm 80 NSP CROSS COUNTRY: km THIS km SKI -: SKI AREA OPEN TOTAL WEEK SKATING CONDITIONS QUEBEC CHARLEVOIX Camp Mercier 174 91 15cm 25 NSP Pare Mont Ste. Anne 235 100 15cm 135 NST EASTERN TOWNSHIPS Pare De La Yamaska 20 100 12cm - KS PP Pare Mont Orford 50 100 12cm 32 NST Repos Du Fermier 52 100 12cm NS PP Sentiers Mont Megantic 45 100 12cm NSPP Sutton-En-Haut 35 100 12cm 8 NSPP MONTREAL Cap St. Jacques 26 100 13cm - US PP Les Foresters 57 95 13cm 7 NST Pare Mont St. Bruno 25 93 13cm 3 NST Pare Paul Sauve 45 100 13cm 8 NSPP LAURENTIANS Far Hills 80 100 13cm 5 POPS Esterel 75 100 13cm 10 POPS Mont Heights XC 150 100 13cm 26 POPS St. Jovite-Tremblant 90 100 8cm 8 POPS Tremblant-Oiable 56 100 5cm 5 NST LANAUDIERE Montagne Coupee 63 100 13cm 40 POPS St. Jean De Matha 66 100 20cm 5 POPS Tremblant-Pimbina 32 100 10cm - PO TS OUTAOUAIS Chateau Montebello 25 93 13cm 21 NST Club D'Argenteuil - 13cm - 3 WO Monlevilla 21 100 13cm 20 NSPP Pare De La Gatineau 180 100 13cm 70 NST LEGEND - New Snow; PO: Powder; PP: Packed Powder; HP: Hard Packed; MM: Machine Made; MG: Machine Groomed; WS: Wet Snow; GR: Granular; FG: Frozen Granular; WG: Wet Granular; IC: Icy; SC: Spring Conditions; LI: Limited; TS: Track Set; NT: Not Track Set; VA: Variable; NO: Not Yet Open; NA: Not Available; WO: Weekend Only; CT: Closed Today; Ci: Closed for the Season. 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They simply reached in, got just the right piece of the puck, and thank you very much. Where was the beef? Team Clinic, maybe? It's true, no doubt, that goal-tenders such as Patrick Roy don't normally allow as many rebounds as he did last night. On the other hand, how can so many players clear so few rebounds? Could it be, perhaps, that much too much of the Canadiens energy went thataway after a late first-period, on-ice brawl which had all of the players, other than the goaltenders, involved in varying degrees? Not surprisingly, the Canadiens heavyweights were Todd Ewen and Mario Roberge. In the Bruins corners: Glen Featherstone and Brent Hughes. Four banished. At one point, everybody on the ice was involved, and when it was over, Roberge, an easy winner over Hughes, and Hallcr, a solid loser to Darin Kimble, were gone. So were Hughes and Kimble. Somehow, Ewen and Featherstone were allowed to remain in the game for which Bruins management may be forever grateful to referee Ron Hog-garth. The reason: Featherstone, along with a lot of his friends, was a formidable figure for the Bruins when they dominated the second and third periods. Dominated as in outworked, outmuscled, outgoaled and outsmarted. The Ottawa Senators visit on Saturday. Lemieux in happy mood at practice. ASSOCIATED PRESS PITTSBURGH. Radiation therapy can tire some patients. It doesn't seem to have tired Mario Lemieux, who practiced Tuesday with the Pittsburgh Penguins for the second time in a week. Lemieux declined to be interviewed, but laughed and joked with reporters and fellow players. Teammates' less-than-expert medical opinions were favorable. ""To see him out there and see him looking so good out there, you start thinking in your mind that: 'Hey, the day his radiation ends is the day he's going to be suiting up,'"" Joe Mullen said. When Lemieux was diagnosed last month with Hodgkin's disease, doctors said the radiation treatments could drain the 27-year-old's energy. ""I don't think it's going to take him long; this isn't like an injury,"" coach Scotty Bowman said. Tom Barrasso said skating, too, is therapy for Lemieux. ""The biggest therapeutic part of it is just being with us and having some sense of normalcy in his life,"" he said. PAT HICKEY Bedard triggers biathlon boom. Timing is an important element in sport and, when considering the career of biathlete Myriam Bedard, it has been crucial. Bedard is the latest in a series of Canadian Wonder Women who have struck gold on the international stage by winning the world championship last week in Borovets, Bulgaria. But she is also an object lesson in the folly of a proposed Sport Canada policy regarding the emphasis our government places on amateur sport. Under the proposed policy, the majority of government funding would go to so-called ""core sports."" These would be sports in which Canada has a long-standing record of competition, as well as a good track record. Thanks to Bedard, biathlon would rate as a core sport if the designation were applied today. But it would have been a different matter if the designation had been applied five years ago when Bedard was a mere novice in this sport, which combines cross-country skiing and rifle shooting. ""I'm not aware of this policy,"" Bedard said as she dropped into Montreal on the first leg of a rest session which had turned into a media opportunity. ""But it doesn't sound like a good idea. I think everybody should have an opportunity."" For example, I know athletes on the luge team and they're not doing that well but I have a lot of respect for the time and effort they put into the sport. And in our sport, we have teams from Japan, Korea and China. They aren't very good but they're competing and doing their best. Canadian team lags behind. Bedard can appreciate that because she has been there. In fact, she says the rest of the Canadian team is still there. ""I've left them behind,"" she says of her relationship with Biathlon Canada, the governing body for the sport in this country. The relationship was at its stormiest two years ago when she was battling for the overall World Cup lead. The biathlon people wanted her to return from Europe for the Canadian championships; she wanted to compete in a World Cup race. ""Today, they let me make my own schedule,"" said Bedard, who has her own personal coach as well as people who advise her about waxing her skis. Bedard says one of the reasons why opportunities should be open to young athletes is that the Canadian sports environment is unique. ""Many top athletes make it on an individual basis,"" said Bedard. ""In Canada, we don't have great numbers and we tend to develop athletes on their own. Look at Gaetan Boucher or Pierre Harvey. They didn't have people around them at the same level. They made it by themselves."" But Bedard's success may be part of a biathlon boom in Quebec. Antoine Ste. Marie, who is the director of Ski Quebec, says the province has a strong grassroots program which involves more than 1,000 youngsters. And he says that Bedard is part of the reason. ""I think youngsters look up to her,"" said Ste. Marie, who says the Quebec program has been going for 10 years. Bedard, who started shooting as an army cadet and didn't begin skiing until she was 15, is the star of the program. It's not the only starring role she plays these days. The host for yesterday's gathering and a second news conference in Quebec was Metropolitan Life, which is sponsoring Bedard through next winter's Olympic Games in Lillehammer, Norway. ""We think she's the ideal spokesman for us,"" said Met Life's Jean-Marc St. Pierre, who jumped on the Bedard bandwagon last year after she won a bronze medal at the winter Games in Albertville. ""She's obviously a great athlete but she also speaks well in both languages and she is attractive."" St. Pierre said this is the company's first venture with a sports figure and, while the early emphasis has been on the Quebec market, the company's major spokespersons outside Quebec are Charlie Brown and the gang from the comic strip Peanuts. He plans a major blitz after the current season is over. ""We want to spend a week in Toronto and hit all the other big cities across Canada,"" he said. ""We think she can be as big as Nancy Greene. She's not just a Quebec figure; she's a Canadian star, an international star."" Met Life is also sponsoring the Canadian biathlon championships for the next two years even though this year's event in Hinton, Alia, will be missing the sport's top star. ""We'd like Myriam to be there and she would give the event a higher profile,"" said St. Pierre. ""But there's a World Cup race in Sweden at the same time. If she does well here, it gives the sport a higher profile."" THE GAZETTE, MONTREAL, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1993. Toxic-waste depot for Chateauguay might be allowed. DEBBIE PARKES THE GAZETTE. CHATEAUGUAY - Hydro-Quebec might not have as hard a time setting up a toxic-waste storage site in this city as Mayor Jean-Bosco Bourcier has suggested. In the past, Hydro has only been required to ensure that such sites are 100 metres - not 300 metres - from food-processing plants, Sylvie Marier, an aide to Environment Minister Pierre Paradis confirmed this week. This suggests that even though Aliments Plasse Inc. plans to move into a building next door - a move city officials said effectively blocked Hydro's plan - the utility will still be able to set up a toxic-waste storage site at its administrative centre. Legal opinion in a month. Marier said she's asked for a legal opinion, but said it would take about a month. She said the fact that Hydro obtained previous authorization certificates under Article 17 of the province's regulation on hazardous wastes has created a precedent. While one article of the province's regulation on hazardous wastes stipulates that ""transfer centres"" must be at least 300 metres from food-processing plants, another one, Article 17, says ""new producers"" of toxic waste need only be 100 metres away. Plan drew criticism. Helene Wilson, head of the environment team for Hydro's Richelieu region, said the utility has always fallen under that category. Hydro, which opened its administrative centre last year, advised the municipality in July that it wants to build a storage site on the same property. The plan drew criticism from people like Debbie Robertson, president of the Chateauguay Environment Committee, at council meetings. That's when Bourcier claimed Hydro's project couldn't go ahead because of the Environment Department regulations. At its farthest point, there are 280 metres between Hydro's property and the Aliments Plasse building going up next door, a city permits-department employee said. Snowstorm and warning keeps crowd from St. Hubert meeting. ST. HUBERT - Blame it on the anticipated snowstorm but in the end, there were no marauding crowds at Tuesday's council meeting - just a healthy 80-person turnout. Marcel Frechette, secretary of the Rassemblement des Citoyens et Citoyennes de St. Hubert, said two factors probably led to the lower-than-expected showing. First, the approximately 400 people that attended the meeting two weeks ago in a school hall had been forewarned that this regular meeting at city hall could only seat 85 of them. Second, well, the weather. ""Given the snowstorm, I don't think very many people were interested in remaining outside,"" city spokesman Lise Hosson said. She said council will have a better idea next month as to whether the reduced crowd was at all due to waning public interest, since March's meetings are scheduled for the 500-seat meeting hall at Polyvalente Andre Laurendeau. Turnouts at council meetings have run as high as 500 people since December after the Rassemblement began campaigning for a freeze on taxes and against considerable salary increases for council members. The municipality had hoped to find a local school for Tuesday's meeting, but none could be had without cancelling regular recreation activities, Hosson said. GAZETTE, DAVE SIDAWAY. Jean-Paul Brenn lives in a Chambly home built in 1815 for a military officer. It was declared a monument in 1985. Chambly man wins heritage award. He persuaded town to turn old factory into library. DEBBIE PARKES THE GAZETTE. CHAMBLY - When Jean-Paul Brenn arrived here from his native France 26 years ago, he was saddened by the number of old buildings falling into disrepair. But Brenn did more than lament. That is why he was honored Monday with an Environment Canada heritage award, presented in Winnipeg. Among his accomplishments, he spearheaded a fundraising drive seven years ago to raise $500,000 to renovate Chambly's St. Stephen's Anglican Church. In 1988, when the town bought an old factory by the Chambly basin on the Richelieu River, he persuaded council to turn it into a municipal library. The town had wanted to tear the building down to improve the view of the waterfront. Now, as a library, ""it's considered a little jewel, really,"" town manager Michel Merleau said. ""It's a very active milieu thanks to that guy."" Besides storing books, the library also plays host to regular exhibits. And two summers ago, the city turned the area outside into a park - Le Jardin de la Paix - where concerts are held during the summer. For Brenn, a 47-year-old animal-feed supplier, old buildings are not just for visiting - he lives in one. It's the Thomas Whitehead house, built in 1815 for a military officer at Fort Chambly. Brenn bought it in 1980 and got the province to declare it a historical monument in 1985. The following year, he put in $200,000 of renovations. Quebec paid about $50,000 of the cost. An old house is a lot more than a home, Brenn said. ""It's also history; You can discover how others lived."" Brenn was lucky. He found old inventories that tell what was kept around the house. As well, he found the building contract, the masonry contract and all the title deeds. The Whitehead house is one of several Brenn has helped to restore. In 1973, he worked on an old home belonging to his sister-in-law and worked on a few more for friends in the following years. In 1976, he bought his first old home, in nearby St. Pie de Bagot. If anything, his work has helped to promote the importance of Chambly's heritage, he said. No doubt about it, Merleau said. In fact, Chambly has consulted Brenn several times on what it should do with certain buildings. And about six years ago, he founded the Chambly tourism bureau, which promotes the region's heritage. Longueuil credit union to close. KARYET SHEPHERD THE GAZETTE. LONGUEUIL - Steps have been taken to permanently shut down a financially troubled caisse populaire where employees have been locked out for nine months. The Federation des Caisses Populaires Desjardins de Montreal et de l'Ouest du Quebec announced Monday it has asked Quebec's inspector-general of financial institutions to begin liquidation procedures. Despite the lockout, the Caisse Populaire de Lyon in southern Longueuil has been kept open with reduced hours by managers. The 16 employees, mostly tellers, at the 3036 Chambly Rd. caisse were locked out in June during a dispute over working hours. Francois Aubin, a federation vice-president, said the caisse could remain in operation for weeks or months, depending on the inspector-general's office. The federation said deposits and other assets of caisse members remain fully protected. All promises, including interest-rate deals, made to members will be respected. Members will receive a statement of the caisse's financial situation. And they will be told how they can move their accounts to other Desjardins branches in Longueuil and the South Shore. Real St. Pierre, a negotiator for Local 57 of the Professional and Office Employees Union, said the employees were locked out after refusing to work weekends and office hours not provided for in the previous collective agreement. He said the caisse made the dispute worse by reducing wage offers on the table. The caisse has been offering a three-year agreement with annual increases of 3 per cent. St. Pierre said employees had previously been offered 5 per cent. He said the caisse is in financial trouble because of several years of mismanagement, especially a move some time ago to a location too costly for a small caisse. The federation of caisses said it has decided to begin liquidation procedures after directors of the local caisse advised the federation that ""persistent financial difficulties, aggravated by a labor contract of more than eight months,"" left them unable to start a recovery program. ADD $8 PER VENT. PROFESSIONALS DO THE JOB PROPERLY. Why breathe dust and dirt all day and night when Steam-way, the experts, can remove the dust from your home so easily, thoroughly and inexpensively? Your home and just about every other house is full of dust mites, dust balls, old plaster, nails, wood chips, bacteria, viruses, dirt and sometimes fur balls, all of which cause dust allergies and cost you more money to heat and cool your home. ""WE BELIEVE IN CLEAN AIR FOR A BETTER ENVIRONMENT."" SERVICES DE NETTOYAGE CLEANING SERVICES TEAM-WAY. 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Forecast issued at 5 p.m. yesterday covers highs for today and overnight lows between tonight and tomorrow. High: -11 Low: -18. High: -13 Low: -20. Low: -17. Trois Rivieres High: -11 Low: -21. Ottawa High: -9 Low: -18. Cornwall Montreal High: -10 Low: -17. Low: -19. USA Temperatures are given in degrees Celsius. High: 35 Low: 95. High: 30 Low: 86. High: 25 Low: 77. High: 20 Low: 68. High: 15 Low: 59. High: 10 Low: 50. High: 5 Low: 41. High: 0 Low: 32. High: -5 Low: 23. High: -10 Low: 14. High: -15 Low: 5. High: -20 Low: -4. High: -25 Low: -13. High: -7 Low: -14. Regional synopses. Abitibi-Lac St. Jean High: -17 Low near -23. Sunny and cold with a few afternoon clouds. Laurentians High: -13 Low near -20. Partly cloudy with isolated afternoon flurries. Eastern Ontario High: -11 Low near -18. Partly cloudy, a few afternoon flurries. Southern Ontario High: -5 Low near -11. Mostly cloudy, cold with scattered flurries. Quebec City High: -11 Low near -18. Sunny with a few afternoon clouds. Eastern Townships High: -11 Low near -19. Sunny with a few afternoon clouds. Northern New England High: -8 Low near -15. Sunny with a few afternoon clouds. Gaspe High: -12 Low near -21. Sunny and cold. Lower North Shore High: -15 Low near -23. Sunny and cold. Partly cloudy High: -5 Low -9. Snow Low -7. Weather systems forecast for 7 p.m. this evening. Temperatures are today's daytime highs. STATIONARY HIGH PRESSURE. Canada World. Iqaluit Snow -20 -32. Amsterdam Cloudy 8 5. Yellowknife Cloudy -14 -16. Athens Cloudy 5 -15. Whitehorse Sunny -11 -25. Beijing Cloudy 2 -17. Vancouver Sunny 4 -5. Berlin Cloudy 7 1. Victoria Sunny 4 -2. Copenhagen Cloudy 6 -15. Edmonton Cloudy -12 -13. Dublin Cloudy 9 6. Calgary Cloudy -12 -15. Hong Kong Cloudy 23 18. Saskatoon Cloudy -12 -25. Jerusalem Cloudy 8 2. Regina Sunny -12 -25. Lisbon Sunny 12 7. Winnipeg Cloudy -16 -24. London Rain 10 4. Thunder Bay Cloudy -17 -27. Madrid Sunny 12 0. Sudbury Cloudy -15 -23. Mexico City Sunny 27 7. 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In Quebec, only 16 per cent of voters say they support the Bloc Quebecois, down sharply from 30 per cent of voters in a Gallup poll in January. Support for the Bloc stood at 32 per cent a year ago and 23 per cent two years ago. Jean Chretien's Liberals are in the lead in Quebec with 49 per cent, up eight percentage points, while Brian Mulroney's Conservatives are holding steady at 21 per cent. The NDP is supported by 11 per cent. In a surprising new trend, Gallup reports that 23 per cent of Quebecers say they'll abstain from voting in the next federal election. Gallup analyst Andrl Turcotte said last night that the number of Quebecers who say they'll abstain has been growing steadily in recent months. He said the abstainers are in addition to the 30 per cent of Quebecers who say they're undecided. In the West, support among decided voters for the Reform Party has slipped about five percentage points and now stands at 17 per cent in Alberta and 16 per cent in British Columbia, third place in both provinces. Nationally, support for the Liberals remains strong at 49 per cent while support for the Tories has edged up by two percentage points to 21 per cent. The New Democrats are in third place with 16 per cent of the decided vote. Thirty-four per cent of Canadians are undecided, up from 31 percent last month. Mulroney must call an election this year. The poll results are based on 2,017 telephone interviews Feb. 4-15. A national sample of this size is accurate within 2.2 percentage points, 19 in 20 times. Police watch over pile of shoes on finance minister's doorstep yesterday. Quebec protesters give Mazankowski the boots. TERRANCE WILLS GAZETTE OTTAWA BUREAU. OTTAWA About 500 pairs of old shoes were dumped on Finance Mi",0,0,0,0,0,0
+329,18800907,historical,Thunder,"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",0,0,0,0,0,0
+330,18810117,historical,Thunder,"MONTREAL, Religious Science, so highly esteemed, I aim to view the created universe, was first reviewed when considering the existence of matter; she, however, naturally failed when we came to consider the negative. At 5:30 PM, January 31 NOTICE, Commencing the day and until that time, we shall sell our FUR STOCK AT Greatly Reduced Prices. Fur buyers will please note this announcement, it is bona fide. 1011 NOTRE DAME ST, Blake's Challenge ROCK BREAKER, (PATENTED IS CASE AT) AUG 22, 1870. For manufacturing and making, alluding to railroads, canning, phosphates, in connection with all important railway and mining companies, I am in the United States, and have taken First Class Medal of Superiority of the American Institute, manufactured and for sale only at the EAGLE FOUNDRY MONTREAL, 415 ST. ANNE STREET. In matter, philosophy was, for obvious reasons, an unsafe and uncertain, an impractical guide; Religion or Divine philosophy alone seemed to lead our inquiries to a more satisfactory result. As regards man, the description in Scripture of his original design represented him as worthy of his high original, but fallen therefrom. This whole account was reflected in the various traditions of the nations of the world, and embodied, though distorted, in its religious systems. The present attempts to supersede or set aside the religious history of mankind were marked with mischievous consequences, and was itself exceedingly unreasonable. The whole course of history refuted the figment of man raising himself by slow degrees to the conception of a Supreme Being. As far back as we could trace, the earliest ideas of man led to the diligent study of the heavenly bodies, and a dealer in cigars in New York City. What a strange freak of fortune! Here were two men, who, but a few weeks before, occupied the attention of the world while engaged in their sublime efforts to secure freedom for their downtrodden country, now earning their bread in a foreign country by daily labor. Accompanied by Avezzanco, I went to the candle factory on Staten Island, where we found Garibaldi with his shirt sleeves rolled up, dipping wicks attached to small things. CHAPTER XXV ""And to be wroth with one we love both work like madness in the brain,"" Coleridge. Just two hours before this, in Richmond, the storm so long expected has broken forth in all its fury. Great flashes of blinding lightning intermingled with the grand roar of the thunder from on high; while ever and anon the passionate bursts of rain flung themselves against the window panes of the hotel, almost drowning the gay laughter and merry voices of those within, where Blunden and Fancy Charteris and Laura Redesdale (who had gone down there at the last moment, having been persuaded thereto by Fancy and all the others) were holding high revelry. But when the hour for departure came and the storm still raged, all the gentler members of the party declined to brave the elements; and indeed driving was found to be utterly out of the question; so Sir John and Fancy and Laura Redesdale started together to catch the train, while Lads Inman and her husband, and two or three others, threw in their lot together and remained at the hotel until the following day. Now, as it so happened, Arthur Blunden came up to town that night by the same train, being unwilling to spend another hour outside the place that held his heart's idol; and as he stepped from his carriage on his arrival at the station, he saw, walking just before him, two figures, both so familiar, and one so bound up with every loudest thought of his heart, that he stopped short to contemplate them more at his leisure. As he stared, unwilling to believe his own eyes, a merry sweet infectious laugh rang upon the air, a laugh he knew well alas! too well one that he had often echoed through very sympathy with its mirth, but that now falling on his ears made him shrink and pale, and brought his teeth down sharply on his under lip. The possessor of the gay laugh is Fancy; her companion is Sir John Blunden. Laura Redesdale, who has run on before to her carriage (having telegraphed for it), is out of sight; so that Arthur, knowing nothing of that dinner at Richmond, sees only the woman he loves alone at eleven o'clock at night with the man he has long deemed his rival, and, with a brain on fire and a heart desolate, tells himself with a desperate certainty that surely she is false to him, and inconstant beyond belief. He makes a step forward, as though suddenly filled with a wild desire to take her from his rival. They were cordially received by the general. They were republican refugees from Italy, Germany, and South America. The conversation was principally upon Italian affairs, and it was pleasant to observe the profound respect which all present paid to Garibaldi, who was the central figure of the group of fiery republicans in the room. General Garibaldi was at that time about forty-three years of age, of medium height, large head with noble brow, his eyes bluish gray, with a keen, intelligent and kindly expression, his hair dark brown, whiskers inclined to reddish, feet and hands small and well-formed. He was cool and self-possessed in his manner, his voice low and musical in tone, his language concise and to the point. He spoke the French, Spanish, and Italian languages with ease and fluency, and English indifferently. He wore dark trousers and a red flannel shirt, and over this, when the weather required additional covering, a heavy white cloak or poncho lined with red flannel. During the General's residence in America I spent many hours in his company, charmed by his simple, unaffected manner and kind disposition as much as by his grand character and heroic services in behalf of freedom. His candle business did not prosper, and he determined to go to California, which at the time was attracting thousands of adventurers to its gold mines. When he arrived on the Pacific Coast he found he could not obtain the employment he expected, and engaged as captain of a Peruvian vessel on a voyage to China. He afterwards made many trips to New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Boston. On the occasion of his visit to Boston, in 1853, as captain of the ship Carmen, I again met him. He had not changed much in appearance, except that his face and hands were bronzed by exposure. He was the same mild gentleman, his voice as sweet and musical as when I first met him in 1850. During his short stay in Boston I frequently met him, and listened to his modest recital of incidents personal to his wonderful career. When I clasped his hand for the last time as he was about sailing for Italy, he said: ""If you are ever blessed with a son, do me the favor of giving him my name, and may it be a good augury for him."" And when in course of time his wish was complied with, he sent my little boy the following letter: To my precious godson, Garibaldi Ross: My dearest, I think of you constantly, and hope you will grow up a brave and good man. Remember that time is money, and to waste it is a crime. Embrace with ardor and steadfastness sound and liberal principles. I send you an affectionate embrace and a father's wish for your future happiness. Yours devotedly for life, G. Garibaldi, Caprera, October 10th, 1873. On each succeeding birthday the general has sent affectionate words of congratulation and kind wishes for his godson. In 1874 an Italian friend wrote me that Garibaldi was extremely poor, in fact often without the necessaries of life. I at once wrote to the home marks of high culture and of strong religious tendencies. In conclusion, the author considered that the early destinies of man foreshadowed the completion of his history.",0,0,0,0,0,0
+331,18870613,historical,Thunder,"MAIN LINE Stonewall Plenty of rain lately Crops are looking splendid and well advanced Farmers and merchants are feeling good over prospects Selkirk St. unilace and Rosser all say plenty rain Crops never looked better at this time of year Farmers feeling jubilant Marquette A large quantity of rain has fallen during the past three weeks Crops are reported to be in excellent condition This has been the most favorable spring ever known in this district Reaburn Poplar Point and High Bluff Sufficient rain Crops looking exceedingly well Farmers rejoicing over present indications Portage la Prairie Plenty of rain of late Crops looking splendid and farmers looking forward to a large yield Burnsldd and Bagot Four inches of rain have fallen this week Crops look splendid Farmers very jubilant and look forward with grand prospects Austin Farmers say the present season is all that could be desired Crops are looking magnificent Sidney Plenty rain for all purposes Spring crops looking splendid Farmers expecting bountiful harvest Catberry Plenty fine rains during last two weeks and farmers say splendid prospect for good crop Hewell and Cuater Heavy rain fell during the past ten days Crops of all kinds are in magnificent condition Farmers looking forward to large crop Brandon Abundance of rain for the last ten days It is universally said that crops have not been as far advanced or looked so well for three years as they do now and every farmer is satisfied with prospects Alexander and Urlswold Abundant rain fell during the last few days General feeling is that good crops are certain Oaklake Two or three good heavy falls of rain during the last ten days Crops never looked better for this time of year JMkborn and Flemming Rain has fallen since first of month Crops looking splendid Feeling among farmers and others is good Moosomin Plenty rain Crops are looking splendid Farmers are in good spirits Whitewood Frequent heavy rains Crop prospects were never better Farmers and others in good spirits Broadview Rain has fallen in abundance during the past ten days we have had six hours heavy rain and thunder showers within the last twenty-four hours and it is again raining All root crops are coming on well and grain looking excellent Farmers highly elated over prospects and say the season thus far excels even that of 1882 Grenfoll Plenty of rain in this vicinity Crops looking fine good feeling prevails Prospects are bright Wolsuley Abundance of rain Crops never better at this season of year Farmers and others jubilant and confident of good crops Indian Head Never in the history of this section of the country was the condition of growth more favorable Abundance of rain has fallen and the general outlook is splendid Qu'Appelle Plenty rain and still raining Crops look fine There is every prospect of good harvest Balgonie Abundant rain so far Crops looking splendid All are rejoicing at prospects of good harvest Regina This district is being well supplied with rain The perfect yield in all crops is now beyond doubt Farmers are satisfied with outlook and everything is in thriving condition Moosejaw Abundance of rain this season Crops are looking good Farmers are very hopeful Parkbeg During the past two months there has been rain in abundance and not too much Crops in fine condition Chaplin Several heavy showers this week Farmers say crops are in fine condition Rush Lake Abundance of rain Crops are looking first class Farmers satisfied Swift Current One and a half inches of rain fell here since Saturday Crops of all descriptions are in excellent condition Maple Creek Several brisk showers during the week and crops looking well A general feeling of contentment reigns among all concerned in this vicinity Walsh Rain to spare here Crops look fine General feeling is that yield will be unusually large Irvine Heavy rain during past week Crops looking well General feeling among farmers is good Dunmore Good rain this and last week Crops looking well Farmers hopeful Medicine Hat Plenty rain Crops are in excellent condition Farmers are confident of good results Gleichen Considerable rain has brought the crops forward Farmers are hopeful now of having good crops Calgary Plenty rain during last week Farmers say crops are looking fine and anticipate good yield Cochrane Plenty rain Crops looking fine in this vicinity Money Plenty rain here Stock doing well General feeling is very good Winnipeg, June 12 Since the above reports were compiled there was during Friday night and Saturday morning another rainfall which extended throughout the whole of Manitoba and the Northwest territories and was followed by warm weather Reports from all sources are unanimous in saying that the crops never looked better since the country was settled Wheat in some places is seventeen inches high Farmers and businessmen never felt more confident of a good crop than they do at present THE LINE OUT OF HOME More Exciting Scene at the Bodyke Eviction on Saturday Dublin, June 11 The evictions at Bodyke were further carried out today The first house visited by the evicting force was that of Timothy Collins But as it was announced that a daughter of Collins lay dying inside the work of eviction was abandoned The eviction then proceeded to the house of Michael O'Callaghan where they met with a terrible resistance The bailiffs and police were deluged with scalding water and meal Col. Turner who was in charge of the evicting party implored Father Hannan who was again in attendance to endeavor to persuade the people to cease resistance and thus prevent bloodshed Father Hannan then entered the house and the inmates ceased their attack on the force which entered and carried out the work of eviction Five women who had been extremely violent in their attacks were arrested The police threatened to arrest Michael Davitt if he interfered with their work A THIRTY CORPORATION From the Speech of Senator Emery of Pennsylvania There have been about 316,000,000 barrels of oil produced in Pennsylvania since 1812 which has realized $729,000,000 Adding the manufacturers' profit on the oil exported which has been $237,000,000 the grand total is about $1,000,000,000 that this commodity has earned for itself Since 1872 the Standard has made a profit of $300,000,000 This great profit grew out of the exclusive right of transportation since 1872 by the immense rebates granted that company by the railroad companies and the extraordinary profit obtained by the transportation to the seaboard by pipeline since 1878 The Standard company has admitted that the cost of transporting a barrel of oil to the seaboard is 20c yet the open rate is 80c leaving a net profit of 60c and last year they moved 25,000,000 barrels of oil This and other practices enabled the company to declare a dividend of $20,000,000 last year on a capital stock of $70,000,000 FAIR AND WARM Another Pleasant Day Promised by Old Prob Toronto, Ont. June 13 1 a.m. The pressure is slowly giving way everywhere especially in the Gulf district Generally fine warm weather prevails throughout the Lake and Eastern districts In the Northwest the weather is fair and becoming warmer and local thunderstorms are reported from Alberta St. Lawrence south and southwest winds fair warm weather",0,0,0,0,0,0
+332,18870708,historical,Thunder,"BTKCCK B7 LIGHTNING, thunderstorm last evening, the shop of Mr. John McDougall at Thurso was struck by lightning and a survivor was seen, but no serious damage resulted. THE VOTING HABITS, The annual meeting of the Grand Lodge of Canada will be held on Wednesday next in Brockville. It is expected",0,0,0,0,0,0
+333,18870711,historical,Thunder,"The friendly game of quoits between the Montreal and Dominion clubs came off on Saturday afternoon on the grounds of the Dominion club. The weather during the early part of the game was everything that quoitiers could wish, but before the game was finished a heavy thunderstorm came on and stopped the game for a little, but soon subsided, and the game was continued and finished. The interest that is now being taken in the game of quoits drew out a large number of visitors to witness the playing, particularly that of the Montrealers, although there are some fine players in the Dominion club. The Dominion club treated the quoitiers from the city in a very handsome manner, having on the grounds refreshments, drinks, and sandwiches. Mr. James Scullion, of the Montreal club, was appointed referee, and he acted with judgment in giving his decisions when the quoits were lying almost a tie. The following is the result of the match: Dominion, Perry, J. Stewart, W. Marsh; Montreal, Triplett, H. Williams, J. Oram, H. Halioy, C. says Bergt-Major Loke, of the Northwest Mounted Police, now in camp at Golden, suicided yesterday morning by shooting himself. He complained of a severe attack of neuralgia and retired at night as usual. Early in the morning one of his comrades heard a pistol shot. He got up and went into the sergeant's tent and found him dead, the bullet having passed through the front part of his head, entered the right temple, and came out at the left. Three sisters of charity have arrived from Montreal and will go west to Lac La Biche, a distant Hudson Bay post. The Rev. Hugh Johnston, of Toronto, preached to a large audience in Grace Church tonight. A WILFUL MURDER, Alunvobd, Ont., July 9 A great sensation was created here yesterday by the cold-blooded murder of Carrie McDougall, widow of the late Archibald McDougall. The murder was committed about 2 p.m. by a man by the name of Samuel Hughes and a neighbor. Two bullets entered her right breast, causing death almost instantly. Hughes shot himself, but not fatally. He is now lodged in Walkerton. The verdict of the coroner's jury is ""Premeditated murder by Samuel Hughes."" Jealousy is alleged to have been the cause of the rash act. THEN CAME A SCENE that must have thrilled all present, whether there as Dr. McGlynn's adherents or as curiosity seekers. As the deposed priest was first recognized by those nearest the stage there went up a sharp shout of welcome and recognition. The recognition spread like a flash, the shout grew to a clamor and the cheer to applause that swelled and echoed and billowed until nearly 4,000 persons were upon their feet and a thunderous roar went out to those in the streets and was there taken up and spread to Irving Hall and the word went through the multitudes that Dr. McGlynn was before the people and that he was even then waiting a pause in their applause to begin his speaking, the first in public since the bolt from Home had fallen upon him, and when the roar of voices had sunk away to a murmur a voice from one of the balconies shouted in clear tones, ""THEY'LL HEAR THIS IN ROME,"" and the interjection was cheered, and the shout was taken up and grew until the building trembled with the din. But at length, after ten minutes, the people had become wearied with the excess of the enthusiasm, and the air grew still. Chairman Gaban, before introducing Dr. McGlynn, said, ""As I look about on this great audience I am more than ever convinced that the most idolized man in America today is Dr. McGlynn. The country I came from is generally credited with being a manufactory of fools. I hope in future that business will be removed to Italy. We are here tonight to let Rome know that in matters political not one jot of our allegiance is rendered to any power or potentate, but in its entirety is given to the laws and constitution of the United States."" (Cheers) ""All of you went to your several churches this morning. In not one church have I changed my style, but because the times require it."" (Cheers) ""I am compelled to speak as I do to show you the difference between faith and reverence, to teach you the difference between the falsehood, crimes, and chicaneries of a mere ecclesiastical machine and that ideal church of which Christ is the sponsor and the master. We must learn to distinguish between men and Christ, the reverence due to an authority which edifies and a mere machine. It is a notorious fact that religion is vanishing fast from among us, that in Roman Catholic countries we find a bitter hatred of religion and the Pope in a marked degree that is not to be seen elsewhere. Here in America if a Catholic priest only knows how to behave himself half like a gentleman, he is honored and respected as much on his own account as for being a moral force in the community. Even those differing from him in religion are proud of his friendship and are glad to have his influence, but go into a so-called Roman Catholic country and a priest is hated even to his gown and collar. He is shunned and avoided and people flee his presence. It is because they hate him, not because they revere him. If you want to see TRUE DEVOTION TO THE CATHOLIC CHURCH go where it is in a minority and with little power, as in Ireland and Germany. As long as Catholics continue to let the Pope do as he pleases in politics as well as in religion, allowing Cardinals to be elected to the assemblies and daring to forbid an American priest from making any political speeches, or attending any political meeting in future without the permission of the Propaganda, which thinks that Florida is a suburb of New York and Mobile a street in San Francisco, so long as such is allowed, so long will the Irish, German, and American poor be sold out for any price that Rome can get in return. THE PAPACY IS A MACHINE with nothing but the cupidity and lust for money and power, and it is the knowledge of this condition of things that has ruined all Catholic countries and plunged them into atheism. Dr. McGlynn said a report had been published that the Archbishop had sent him a registered letter containing notice of his (McGlynn's) excommunication. He had received notice of such postal service and had given it to a friend in order to get it, but up to this morning he had not received it. Hence he went to church this morning, receiving communion at mass with as much devotion as possible and then Dr. McGlynn closed with these words: ""Well, Dr. McGlynn, what are you going to do about it? To be continued in the next chapter."" Then Henry George and others closed the meeting. Maxwell II list Hagar, St. Louis, July 9 The attorneys of Maxwell, the murderer of Preller, have abandoned his case and he will doubtless be hanged on August 28. I CjUcth E, aedy, Bkbmn, July 9 If the temper of the German press were a faithful reflection of the disposition of the Government a war with France would be a question of a few days. The revelations at the Klein trial, the French tax on foreigners which is openly designed to affect Germans, and the prohibitive import on German spirits have the combined effect of incensing the people to the utmost. The latter measures by themselves have been held of less account, but associated with the spy trials they have heightened the general sense that French enmity is implacable and that it seeks to wound the Germans where it can, waiting a chance to inflict the deadliest injury. The trial of Klein is the fifth treason trial in which clear proof was afforded that the French war ministry has organized a system of espionage. A worse case than any revealed is under enquiry. An employee of the central administration at Strasbourg is about to be tried at Leipzig. He is charged with selling to the French war office all of the official reports sent to the chief administrator of Alsace by his various subordinates. The completeness of this system of espionage suggests that treason is still at work and that any moment may bring further revelations. Official irritation equals that of the public. The Work of Eviction, Derry, July 9 In the evictions at Coolgrany, county Wexford, today a man named Harney and his three daughters made such a stubborn defense of their house against the bailiffs, who attempted to eject them, that the officers in their anger attacked the girls and badly injured one of them on the head. Three of the bailiffs will be arrested and charged with assault. In the next house a tenant and his wife made considerable resistance, but they were put out and then arrested for scalding the police with hot water. What the Times London, July 9 An article published in today's Times calls the attention of that paper to what the writer declares to be the fact that its articles on ""Parnellism and Crime"" have seriously perturbed the Parnellites and their allies in America, particularly the Irish World. The writer says the issue of the Irish World of June 18 shows that Patrick Ford's London correspondent has shrunk away owing to the imminence of Coercion. The Anarchist Trials, Berlin, July 9 The great Anarchist trial, involving Socialists of Hamburg, Berlin, and Leipzig, will begin here on the 15th inst., before the Imperial tribunal. The case of Brueckner and others charged with treason, which has been under enquiry at Strasbourg, has been transferred to Leipzig and will be tried on the 25th inst. Hu Done, aEonytnous letter Thankful, London, July 3 Col. Mapleson failed to provide the necessary company orchestra and chorus last evening to accompany Mme. Patti in the performance she agreed to give at Her Majesty's theatre. The diva on this account refused to sing. Mme. Patti said she will not appear again in Her Majesty's theatre under Col. Mapleson's management. A French Murder Trial, Paris, July 9 Pranzini, the murderer of Mme. Kigueault, her maid, and the latter's child, was placed on trial today. The prisoner denied his guilt. The courtroom was crowded with ladies and celebrities. Pranzini's demeanor was calm and collected. He defends himself and today conducted his defense in an able manner. Thank Goodness! London, July 9 David Debeszyjd, husband of Violet Cameron, the actress, had withdrawn the charges he made against Lord Lonsdale and the suit for divorce based on the charges. Miss Cameron has also withdrawn her petition for divorce, and both cases have been dismissed. Schnabel's Reward, Paris, July 9 Mr. Schnabel, the arrest of whom by German police came near being a casus belli between France and Germany, has been appointed to a higher position at Laon. He wanted to be again placed on the frontier, but this the Government refused to do. Killed by a Madman, Dublin, July 9 A madman today attacked a party of men making hay in a field near Rathfriland, county Down. The maniac was armed with a billhook, and he killed four men and wounded two. He then fled, and when captured was standing up to his chin in the water of a neighboring lake. Justice at Length, Skakim, July 10 The Sheikhs and tribes who were captured by the expedition sent out to avenge Stewart's murder in April have been sentenced to terms of imprisonment ranging from seven to three years at hard labor and to be flogged. Reconciled to His Old Love, London, July 9, King O. Trevelyan has figured to stand in the Liberal Home Rule interest for the vacant seat for the Bridgetown division of Glasgow. Another Respite, London, July 10 The Government has allowed the Sultan five days longer in which to consider his ratification of the Egyptian convention. Minor and Personal, Advices from Palermo report further deaths from cholera there. The man who attempted to assassinate ex-Marshal Rzains has been declared insane. It is reported that King Milan of Servia has summoned M. Chriettetch to form a ministry. Prince Bismarck is resting quietly at Friedrichsruh, transacting very little business. The German Government press does not cease warning investors against the uncertainty of Russian securities.",0,0,0,0,0,0
+334,18890522,historical,Thunder,"THE GAZETTE MONTREAL WEDNESDAY, MAY 1850 TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION Protestant Education in the Province of Quebec SUMMER SCHOOL SCHEME Taking Definitive Shape Satisfactory Reports from the Address by Sir William Dawson When the Teachers' Association of the McGill Normal School dispersed after the last annual meeting there is no record of anyone having asked the question: When shall we meet again? but when they assembled last evening for their twenty-seventh annual meeting it was undoubtedly ""Mid thunder, lightning, and rain."" The number of members who made an effort to be present was small, but, as the chairman, Mr. Kneeland, said, it was a respectable gathering. SHORE RAILWAY The Chambre de Commerce to Ascertain the General Feeling in Regard to It The sub-committee of the Chambre de Commerce who were appointed to agitate the question of the extension of the Intercolonial railway via the Great Eastern to Montreal met last evening. The result of their inquiries was that they resolved to send a series of questions to every village and every parish council on the route of the proposed line, and also to the parish priests to ascertain their views in regard to the proposed line, and also that they might find out the general feeling as to whether it was in favor of the proposed extension of the Intercolonial line from its present terminus at Pointe Levis to Montreal or a point opposite the city. After all answers to these inquiries are made, a report will be drafted to be laid before the whole of the members of the Chambre. The correspondence between the several boards of trade of the different cities and towns on the route of the line will be communicated and submitted to the board. From all documents gathered a memorial will be sent to all the members of the Federal parliament and also the Federal ministers, so that they can study the proposed south shore railway. It is also proposed that after those proceedings have taken place the delegates from all the municipalities on the proposed route of the line will be called to a public meeting under the patronage of the Chambre de Commerce, in a convenient town, and pass resolutions in support of the project. The sub-committee has found that the projected line would save a very considerable distance between the Atlantic Ocean and Montreal. It would be a great saving to the Government by giving them a short distance line to Montreal, through a rich country. Freights would be cheaper and merchants would benefit. A full printed report will be circulated. The Quebec Bridge The great bridge scheme is still engaging the thoughts of our Quebec confreres. Le Journal of that city, in referring to an interview which a deputation recently had with Sir Hector Langevin, said that it was believed that the engineers of the Government were shortly about to make the necessary topographic and hydrographic surveys, so as to ascertain the most effective and economical methods of construction. Le Journal advises the promoters of the scheme to be unwearied in their solicitations till they attain their object. A definite settlement of the question is, it urges, of the utmost importance to Quebec. The iniquitous and unjust system of consular protection at Tangier, which enables any foreign national to place himself outside of the local police authority, was lately the cause of a scandalous affair. The Austrian legation was entered and several houses robbed with impunity. The young ladies lay screaming in bed for help, and saw the bandits stealing all their trinkets. No help is in sight, since the police dare not touch a foreigner without an order from the consulate of the national's nationality. SAVONAROLA, THE PROPHET The Founder of the First Democratic Constitution An Interesting Account of His Life by Prof. Davidson of New York Savonarola, the Prophet, was the title of a most interesting lecture delivered by Prof. Thomas Davidson, of New York, under the auspices of the University Literary Society. The rain was pouring in torrents and a thunderstorm raging so that it is little wonder that the Fraser Institute hall, where the lecture was delivered, was half empty. Dr. Murray occupied the chair and introduced the lecturer. Prof. Davidson commenced by a reference to the death of Dante after having moulded the whole spiritual movement of antiquity into a great mystic poem, ""to which heaven and earth put a hand,"" and having lashed the growing corruption of church and state. He had been a quarter of a century in his grave when there sprang up to deliver his message a woman who seemed as if she were the incarnate spirit of Beatrice, who in heaven fulminated against the corruptions of the church. This was the peasant girl of Siena, Catherine Benincasa, the most remarkable woman that Europe ever produced. She died at the age of 33, and at the same time there arose in Germany the mystic movement headed by Meister Eckhart and John Tauler, the founder of German philosophy. Similar movements arose in Holland and elsewhere, but the mightiest practical outburst of spiritual thought and life, seeking to clothe them in human institutions, took place in Italy. If Catherine Benincasa was the reincarnated Beatrice, Girolamo Savonarola was the reincarnated Dante. The condition of Italy at the time was one almost of anarchy; city was contending against city, and family against family for supremacy, and the ambition of the Popes and the Kings of France and Spain, each of whom was attempting to gain a footing in Italy, helped to keep the country in a turmoil. Added to this were the troubles within the church which went so far that at one time there were no less than three Popes all claiming the Roman See. Last but not least, was the influence of the East of pagan learning. Such was the state of affairs when Savonarola was born in 1452 at Ferrara. Being of a frail constitution he was allowed to remain at home till he was 21 years of age and he was probably self-taught. Ferrara was at that time a city of 200,000 inhabitants and the seat of pagan splendor and pagan morals. Savonarola fell in love with a natural daughter of the haughty and aristocratic Strozzi, but was given to understand that she was of different flesh and blood from him. He hurled back the insult in their teeth and was done with the world forever. One day when a church festival left him alone in the house he quietly slipped away to Bologna, thirty-six miles away, where he entered a monastery. In a letter to his parents he expressed the belief that Christ had chosen him for his militant knight. Church and State were alike corrupt, and Savonarola believed himself called to reform them. In 1484, being sent out to preach in country towns, he aroused the people by his fierce denunciations of corruptions and his prophecies of coming judgment. His remarkable prophecies were all fulfilled. He was made prior of San Marco, and Lorenzo endeavored to conciliate him with rich gifts but the monk turned them over to the poor and ignored the donor. When Lorenzo was on his deathbed he sent for Savonarola, and the latter promised him absolution on condition that he would restore all property wrongly confiscated, remit all punishments wrongly imposed, and restore to Florence her liberty. The dying man refused the last, and Savonarola walked away. Savonarola once more evinced his independence when he tore up the ultimatum of Charles VIII of France, but it took all his diplomacy to get the French out of Florence. Then he and his friends drew up a democratic constitution which bore a striking resemblance to those of the New England cities of the olden times, save that the latter were based on the laws of Moses and the former on the spirit of Christianity. The one was cold, rigid and repressive and the other genial and sympathetic. He favored the first Monte di Piet脿 to protect the people against the usurious Jews, and curiously enough on the same basis and with the same percentage as a similar institution recently founded in Boston by a number of wealthy charitable gentlemen. He also recalled to Florence the descendants of Dante, who had been under a ban for 250 years. A powerful league was formed to crush out the republic of Florence and to bring back the old licentious times, and evil days came. In planning to dethrone Pope Alexander VI, Savonarola was simply fighting for the church against a cruel usurper, but this raised against him two classes of enemies, and these, by combining, wrought his destruction. The Pope tried all means to get Savonarola in his clutches, but the latter was too wily. Every attempt was made to murder him, and he could not walk in the streets without an armed guard. Savonarola appealed to the whole Christian world to dethrone the usurping Pope, and it was at this juncture that Francesco de' Medici made his armed attempt to enter Florence. This was completely frustrated, and the heads of the conspiracy in the city put to death. Savonarola was forbidden to preach, excommunicated, and persecuted in every way. He prepared a letter to be sent to the Kings of France, Spain, Hungary and England, and to the German Emperor. Only that to Charles VIII was sent off, and it was intercepted by the tyrant of Milan and sent to Rome. The Pope's fury knew no bounds. He had either to crush Savonarola or be crushed himself. The affections of the people for Savonarola were cunningly alienated, and San Marco was attacked with knife and sword. The monks resisted, but were overpowered, and Savonarola and his friend Fra Domenico were captured and carried to the Signoria, Piazza Benedetto following and demanding to share their fate. Savonarola was thrice subjected to the most exquisite tortures, but nothing damaging could be drawn from him. Nevertheless, the Pope's deputies insisted on his execution, and in defiance of all justice he was condemned as a heretic, schismatic and criminal to be hanged and his body burned in company with his two faithful friends. This sentence was carried out on the 23rd of May, 1498. He perished at the age of 40, one of the noblest and purest men that modern Europe has produced, perished in the struggle for virtue and spirituality against vice and worldliness. With Savonarola perished the last hopes of an inward reform of the whole church. He was devoted heart and soul to the church, and was the last great reformer who was so. Thus it came to pass that the church, the great spiritual institution of the world, was rent in twain, and one part of it made a mere attachment to worldly thrones while the other hardened more and more into formalism. The Reformation was a necessity, but none the less it had many evil effects from which we are suffering today. It drew out of the church many of the men who were best fitted to guide it in the way of peaceful evolution. And it was left in the hands of its retrograde members. There are faults and shortcomings on both sides, and it is the task of our time to overcome this and to bring the spiritual once more into relation with the material so that our life may recover its meaning as a preparation for eternal beneficent existence in the world of realities. Then the spiritual philosophy which had its roots in Aristotle's intellect, and Jesus' life will become the guiding power of all. A Handicap Amid thunder, lightning and a downpour of rain last night, the regular weekly handicap meeting of the M.T.T. Lewis, of Chatham, was elected grand commander. Australia and Canada Toronto, Ont., May 21. Rev. Principal Grant, of Queen's University, lectured in Association Hall this evening on Australia and Canada as regarded especially from educational and political standpoints, and as compared with Canada. He argued in favor of closer relations between Canada and Australia, and also between Great Britain and all her colonies. MARINE INTELLIGENCE, SHIPPING MOVEMENT Arrived May 21. Steamships At Port City of Glasgow Nova Scotia, Liverpool, Montreal, Philadelphia, France, India, New York, Chichester, Moville. Arrived May 21. Steamship Ontario, from Liverpool, May 10, H.W. Murray, general, steamship Carthaginian, from Liverpool, May 6, H.A. Allan, general. Cleared May 21. Steamship Polynesian, for Liverpool, H.A. Allan, general. Steamship Buenos Ayres, for Glasgow, H.A. Allan, general. VESSELS IN PORT Steamships Castellana, 1325, McLean, Kennedy & Co. All Men, 2113, Keloid & Co. Chelydra, 1574, Munderlok & Co. Asvillian, 521, H.A. Allan. Montreal, 491, L. Torrance & Co. Coquihalla, 2133, Holmer & Kreers & Co. Bonaventure, 517, K. Lingham, Brown & Co. Vancouver, 3835, L. Torrance & Co. Lake Ontario, 2822, H.K. Murray. Carthaginian, 2755, H.A. Allan. Barges Lima, 52, P.C. Adams. Brigantines Aquatic, 601, Anderson, McKenzie & Co. Schooners Lizzie Lindsay, 61, Block & Co. Albany, 111, C.A. Roderick. Great Jilt, 71, Unick & Co. Notices May 21. The Beaver line steamship Lake Ontario, which arrived in port this morning, brought 2,000 saloon, 41 intermediate and 411 steerage. The steamship Oxenholme, which sailed this morning, had on board 800 cattle. Shortly before sailing a number of cattlemen got into a row and had to be elected from the vessel, and their places filled by others. The Allan line steamship Carthaginian, which arrived in port this morning, left Liverpool on May 8th. Several icebergs were reported on the 12th. On the evening of the 19th and the morning of the 20th a heavy thunderstorm raged, accompanied by several squalls. Thick fog was met with all the way up the gulf to Montmagny. The Carthaginian landed 17 saloon, 8 intermediate and 67 steerage passengers at Quebec. (Special to the Gazette) Amity, May 21. Steamship Cynthia, Taylor, Glasgow, John Ross & Co. Barque Tasmanian, Thompson, Liverpool, Henry Fry & Co., salt and coal. Barque Saga, Andersen, Hamburg, Lobst, Hepkintl & Co., ballast. Barque J. Williamson, Talvosen, Barrow, Price Bros. & Co. At Metis, barque Helena, Norway, Price Bros. & Co. At Pointeau, barque Ruby, Morris, Limavrick, not entered. Schooner New Marie, Meroler, Cangquet, master, brodine. Several inward bound vessels are reported off bound. PILOTAGE May 21. Steamship Dominion, Cross, Montreal, W.M. Macl'heron. Schooner C.J. Brydgos, Py, Gaspe, Currot, Stewart & Co. Notices May 21. Tug Lake is reported at hand with barque President, in tow for Three Rivers, where she will discharge her cargo of coal, and then proceed to Basileau to load deals for Price Bros. & Co. Captain Cross, of the steamship Dominion, from Bristol, reports moderate weather throughout the passage; saw no ice; passed several inward bound vessels in the Gulf. Pilot Brown reports that tug William had arrived at Lather Point and had placed a steam pump on board the barque Mary E. Campbell on Sunday night with the intention of pumping out the vessel yesterday morning. I passed one barque off Grosne Island and another at the foot of the Traverse bound up; saw one ship in the Traverse bound down; weather very hazy. The steamship Vermillion and several other vessels are detained below owing to hazy weather. Steamships Oxenholme and Lake Huron expected to arrive down from Montreal tonight. ARRIVED AND REPORTED The barque Ruby, Captain Morris, from Liverpool, in ballast, went ashore last night, at St. John's, Isle of Orleans. She was hauled off at high water this morning and towed into port by the tug Florence. The hull is said to have received no damage.",0,0,0,0,0,0
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For information about other Newspaper-in-Education projects and services, call (514) 987-2400 and ask for a Newspaper-in-Education rep. THE TALES OF HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN BY WERNER WEJP-OLSEN Your Partner in Education bid to erode the free-trade deal's protection for cultural industries Reed Scowen, the incoming chairman of Alliance Quebec, has sent a wrong set of messages PAGE B2 CAW - The joy of haggling Ian Shulman and Veronique Marin beat down the price for a two-flat building they bought by $40,000. They know the reward of haggling a good deal PAGE C 1 Partly cloudy today's high 24 Tonight's low 16 The forecast calls for partly cloudy skies with a chance of a shower or thundershower PAGE C8 Anderson E1 BirthsDeaths E16 Boone H1 Bridge E16 Business E1 Doug Camilli H5 Chambers B3 Classified F1 G1 Comics C7 Crossword G8 Dear Doctor C6 Editorials B2 Farber E11 Gardening C3 Horoscope E16 Landers C6 Legal Notices G8 Living C1 Macpherson B3 McBride A2 Needletrade G7 Probe C4 Rock Talk H1 Scoreboard E14 Seniors C5 Show H1 Sports E11 Todd A3 TV Listings H2 Wonderword G8 PLEASE RECYCLE THIS PAPER This newspaper's recycling can be retrieved from the recycling boxes Montreal residents can find out about the recycling station nearest them by calling The Gazette NFO line at 521-8600, code 1234 First Quebecer scales Everest Yves Laforest of Iberville has been to the top of the world and he's ecstatic. The 35-year-old became the first Quebecer to reach the summit of Mount Everest at 8:35 a.m. on May 15. Laforest, who left Montreal on March 1, is now in Katmandu, Nepal, making arrangements to fly home. Details, PAGE E11 Cabinet authorizes secret loan to hotelier PHILIP AUTHIER GAZETTE QUEBEC BUREAU QUEBEC The provincial cabinet has quietly authorized a $2.9-million loan to Quebec hotel magnate Raymond Malenfant to help his struggling empire through the recession. Malenfant, the man at the centre of the Manoir Richelieu labor conflict and the 1988 Quebec hotelier of the year, is to get the money from the government's industrial development agency, the Société de Développement Industriel, under a program to help businesses affected by the economic slowdown. While not confirming the amount, Dominique Lambert, press aide to Industry and Commerce Minister Gerald Tremblay, said last night the loan was authorized. Documents presented to cabinet by Tourism Minister André Vallée who piloted the request show Malenfant was to be granted a one-year loan of $2.9 million. It is conditional on his obtaining other financial backing, including a recent request for a $42-million loan from the Caisse de Dépôt et Placement du Québec. The cabinet document said the announcement was to have been kept secret until April 1992 because publicizing it would compromise the financial picture of Malenfant's PLEASE SEE LOAN, PAGE A2 as Buildings ineyriniagidSii BOB DEANS COX NEWS SERVICE NEW DELHI More than 50,000 mourners had streamed past the shrouded body of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi by this morning, as his Italian-born widow was chosen to lead his party's drive to regain power in the world's largest democracy. While the mourners paid their last respects at Gandhi's coffin, millions more poured into the streets elsewhere across India in expressions of grief and anger over his death. The 46-year-old politician was killed in a bomb blast Tuesday night while campaigning in southern India. Tough security measures helped head off violent protests, but 11 people were killed nonetheless as a stunned and emotionally wracked nation began a week of official mourning and braced for a state funeral scheduled for tomorrow. The party's working committee selected 43-year-old Sonia Gandhi to head the 106-year-old Congress Party, which has dominated Indian politics for nearly five decades. But it was not immediately clear if she would accept. Her selection stunned some analysts. It appeared aimed at demonstrating party unity and assuring the party of attracting sympathy votes in parliamentary elections that were suspended yesterday due to the assassination. Polls showed Rajiv Gandhi to be the front-runner in the elections. The polling is to resume in mid-June. If Sonia Gandhi were to accept the party presidency and the party emerged with a majority following the delayed general election on June 12 and 15, she could be- PLEASE SEE GANDHI, PAGE A15 Sonia Gandhi: a profile PAGE A15 Democracy big loser PAGE B3 iM 35 IM? D4S 3 80 6""x6""x8' 14 40 6""x6""x12' 22 25 Ce4t c&tfcel) PRIVACY FENCES 8 ft Section consisting of 2-2""x4""x8' and 17 boards of 1""x6""x5' or 1""x6""x6' PRESSURE TREATED WOOD 5' Height $ 99' 6' Height $ 28 SPRUCE 5' Height $ 6' Height $ 25 32 YES! We cut wood to your specifications YES! We deliver anywhere in Metro Montreal LIFETIME WARRANTY The Montreal Machine are on the final lap of the race to the North American East Division Championship! 3 teams are neck to neck w L MONTREAL 4 5 Orlando 4 5 New-York 4 5 The Machine needs your support for the last game of the season THE MACHINE""THE ORLANDO THUNDER MONDAY MAY 27, AT 8 PM. What's more, you could be the winner of a trip for four persons to the 1992 SUPER BOWL. Get your tickets now by calling TELETRON at 288-2525, at all TICKETRON outlets, or at THE MACHINE box office (201) MONTREAL at the Big ""O"" Monday-Friday 10 AM to 6 PM, Saturday and Sunday from 10 AM to 6 PM. 'Service charge extra' MACHINE S European Open tournament at Geneva. The victory moved the fourth-seeded Kelesi into the quarter-finals. Top-seeded Conchita Martinez of Spain overwhelmed Linda Ferrando of Italy 6-0, 6-2. Stefan Edberg and Magnus Gustafsson carried Sweden to a 3-0 victory over Spain, virtually assuring the Swedes of a berth in the finals of the World Team Cup tournament in Dusseldorf. Gustafsson defeated Juan Aguilera 6-3, 6-3 and Edberg beat Emilio Sanchez 6-4, 6-4 before they teamed to beat Sanchez and Sergio Casal 7-5, 6-1 in doubles. Andrei Cherkasov battled to a 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 victory over Horacio de la Pena and Alexander Volkov defeated Franco Davin 6-0, 6-2 to lead the Soviet Union to a 2-1 win over Argentina. Second-seeded Lori McNeil of the United States won her second-round match at the Strasbourg Open women's tennis tournament, beating compatriot Ann Grossman 6-2, 6-3. McNeil's quarter-final opponent will be Australian Anne Minter, a 6-2, 6-2 winner over Karine Quentrec of France. Motorsports In an unprecedented move, the sanctioning body for stock car racing's top circuit reduced the 12-week suspension handed to car owner Junior Johnson for using an oversized engine. The decision was made by NASCAR commissioner Simon E. Knudsen less than three hours after officials announced that an appeals panel had refused to soften the suspension. Knudsen, the final possible route of appeal, trimmed the suspension to four races. Johnson and crew chief Tim Brewer, who also had been slapped with a 12-week suspension, will be eligible to rejoin their team at Michigan next month. Meanwhile, Mark Martin won the pole for the Coca-Cola 600 by being the fastest of three drivers to break the year-old event record at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Martin had a top lap of 174.820 miles an hour in his Ford Thunderbird. Ken Schrader and Michael Waltrip also broke the record of 173.693 mph set by Schrader last year. Soccer Billy McNeill's four-year reign as Celtics manager ended when he was sacked after an hour-long meeting of the Scottish League soccer team's directors. In another move, Southampton of English Division 1, sacked manager Chris Nicholl and first team coach Dennis Rofe. Manchester United plans to become the fourth English League team to go public. Current owner Martin Edwards said he hopes to raise $33 million by selling 75 per cent of the team in a public stock offering. Most of the money will be used to refurbish Old Trafford stadium. Miscellany Only five horses will challenge Ontario invader Apaches Fame in Quebec City on Sunday night in the Grand Prix Quebec, a $65,900 race for older pacers at Hippodrome de Quebec. Apaches Fame, who blazed a mile in 1:51.4 two weeks ago at Mohawk Raceway in his only start this year, will leave from post Position 3 for driver Bud Fritz. Inside of him are No Taste (Yves Filion) and Proprietors Choice (John Kopas). The outside horses are Scoot Outa Reach (Michel Lachance), Power Swing (Alain C6t) and Broussard (Michel Ouel-let). The Canadian Olympic hockey team will play the Canadiens on Dec. 10 at the Forum. The game is part of a 22-game package of games pitting NHL teams against the Canadian and U. THURSDAY MAY 23, 1991 NOISE! Modern life takes toll on hearing SHERYL UBELACKER CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO Hair dryers, vacuum cleaners, stereos, lawn mowers, motor boats, chain saws. Indoors and out, Canadians are assaulted by a daily cacophony of noise. Although often painfully aware of all the buzzing, screeching, clattering and wailing, most have no idea what those sounds are doing to their hearing. For a growing number of people, all that noise is causing them to lose it. Forever. A hearing loss is permanent and irreversible, said Denis Morrice, executive director of the Canadian Hearing Society. There's no medical solution, no operation. A hearing aid does not correct hearing, it just amplifies sound. Morrice said about 10 per cent of the population has some hearing loss, and most cases can be attributed to the seemingly unceasing pounding on the ears associated with modern living. Almost everything is starting to cause a problem because we have been conditioned to accept noise, he said in an interview. And we've been taught that louder is better; louder is more powerful. Your home may be your castle, but that doesn't mean it's quiet. Household appliances can bombard the ears: hair dryers and vacuum cleaners at least 70 decibels; electric razors 85 decibels; coffee grinders more than 90 decibels. Hearing damage begins to occur with sustained exposure to sounds measuring 85 decibels. Getting away from it all in the basement workroom offers no escape. Many electric tools such as a power saw at 110 decibels can be deafening. Garden and leisure equipment can be just as bad: lawn mowers 90 to 110 decibels; outboard boat motors and chain saws 100 decibels. The higher the decibel level, the shorter the length of time needed to harm the ears permanently, said Toronto audiologist Marshall Chasin. But it's the cumulative effect over time of noise-makers the coffee-grinder on top of the baby's toy drum on top of the hair dryer that gradually and insidiously steals our hearing, Chasin said. Among the most ruinous for the ears are portable cassette players and in-car stereos, or boom boxes, cranked up full volume, Chasin said. One of his patients, a 19-year-old girl, had her portable cassette blasting at 126 decibels and she has suffered severe hearing loss. Too much noise damages hairlike sensory cells in the inner ear, which transmit sound through the auditory nerve to the brain. The repeated hammering of high-intensity sound can cause those hair cells to break off or die. They are trampled, just like blades of grass, Morrice said. First to go is recognition of higher pitched sounds, but people often don't realize they can't hear them, he said. Even when hearing loss begins affecting perception of the lower speech range, many people believe their hearing is fine, but the other person is mumbling. I wish blood would drip from the ear when you're losing your hearing, Morrice said. We just won't do anything, because it's invisible. But hearing loss can be prevented, Morrice and Chasin said. Besides always wearing ear protection around noisy equipment, people should push for legislation regulating noise levels on manufactured goods and exercise their power as consumers by not buying the hair dryer that makes so much noise, Morrice said. We have to turn our attitude right around, the same way we did with smoking and hockey helmets and drinking and driving. Noise is something we can do something about. Being meticulous won't stop lice from making headway I'm considered to be a meticulous housekeeper in fact, some people might say too meticulous. So how do you account for the fact that my daughter was sent home from school with a note that she had lice in her hair? Could she have gotten them from our dog? Is there any way to avoid this in the future? K J C Broker VOLKS Fox GL '88, 72,000km, winter tires included, $5,400, 382-9402 private VOLKS Fox 1989, 4-door, 5-speed, white, 53,500kms, TOYOTA Tercel 1987, 2-door, 5-speed, red, 58,000kms, SUBARU Legacy LS 1990, auto, fully equipped, 47,500kms, Yves 678-0971, Mil 4-Cylinder VOLKS Golf 1986, 4-door sunroof, 90,000kms, 5-speed $4,500 487-3736, Tonalco Auto VOLKS Jetta GL 86, automatic sunroof, very clean $5,000 687-1151 Private PONTIAC Le Mans 1981, needs mechanical work, 1 new snow tire, rims, $575 negotiable, 684-1290 private PONTIAC Parisienne Brougham 79, very good condition, fully equipped, $900 Roger after 5, 767-3641, 365-7472 private RELIANT 1982, 4 doors, 140,000 kms, $600, 738-0821 private RELIANT, 1982, 2-doors, automatic, 4 cylinder, good condition, $950 333-3082 private RENAULT Alliance 83, 5-speed, $500 271-8205 Private SUBARU GLF 1981, rust free, $1,000 928-0300 private SUBARU GLF 1982, 5-speed, very good condition, $950, 467-2057 private TERCEL 81, $400, Running condition, David 341-6780 ext. 2311 (davidprivate THUNDERBIRD 1981, mechanically sound, body average shape, negotiable- Evenings 738-0514 private Painting Body Work 564 VOLKS Jetta GTX 1990, 16V 20,000km, warranty, mint $15,500 or offer Days 382-0774, evenings 483-3743 private 10,000 satisfied clients Exterior Paint $399 VOLKS Passat 1990 very good condition, 8 tires, a balance of warranty 25! 5914 VOLKS Supi"" Bi'ffHe 1973, good condition, $7,500 748-9353 after 4pm Private O, ISoiav $OQ95 Rustproofing with Guarantee 975 Pacific Lachine 364-2222 S Payment Wis 696-2222 87 Gland, lit Petrol 425-2777 Asking $3,500, 681-84 681-84 Private FORD Taurus 1989, 6-cyl, loaded, 63,000km, Ford warranty, $7,900 951-1906 AUTOMART SALE CONTINUES Til FRIDAY, MAY 24th Featuring 1991 TAURUS I THUNDERBIRD Example: Stock 1571 3-liter 6 cyl engine AM/FM stereocassette, Speed control, Automatic transmission, Block heater, and many more options, Ford Rebates included, PLUS AIR CONDITIONING EXAMPLE: Stock 1867 3.8 liter 6 cyl engine AM/FM stereocassette, Dual electric mirrors, 6 way power driver's seat, Speed control, tilt steering and many more options, Ford Rebates included, PLUS AIR CONDITIONING PLAN A PLAN B MANUFACTURER'S REDUCED FINANCE REBATE RATE OR FORD REBATE Transport, preparation & taxes not included, Ford rebate included, 48 month Red Carpet Lease program, Tax, transport & preparation not included, Ford rebate included, Subject to credit approval, TRADE-INS ACCEPTED FREE COURTESY CAR PROGRAM 20 HOUR A DAY SERVICE Cars for Sale 525 FAX YOUR CAR AD TO GAZETTE CLASSIFIED 987-2300 Fax your classified ad to 514-987-2300 24 hours a day! Be sure you include the following information: complete billing name, address and phone number; ad copy and the dates you want the ad to appear; name of person we can call for confirmation; and the phone number at which you can be reached during office hours. All car ads must be pre-paid or charged to a credit card. All faxed ads will be confirmed with the advertiser and are subject to credit approval as well as approval of their content. The Gazette reserves the right to publish the ad in the appropriate classification or to cancel the ad. HONDA Accord, EXI 1989, Block, 44,000 kms, 2-door, 5-speed, fully equipped, best offer, and more $13,500, Negotiable, Day 455-2010, Evenings 455-2993 SEARAY 1989, 220 Sundancer, 13'8"" long, 8' beam, 4.3 Mercruiser stern drive, less than 501 hours, loaded with extras, I'm selling for $36,000, Offers accepted, 519-561-6437, 518-563-2242 SEARAY Sundancer, 30 ft, 300 hours, equipped, Must sell, Best offer, 487-7451 SUNRAY 17ft open deck with 150hp mercury, full instrumentation, 18gal cruising tank, new top, new prop, full tune-up summer 1990, trailer, $4,900, negotiable, Robert 620-5527 THUNDERCRAFT Magnum 230, 1999, 235 hours, Mercruiser; 230, well equipped, BLOW, 692-2090 TRADE condo for yacht value $300,000, in Chateau Westmount, 1,900 SQ ft, ultimate luxury, Jenny 861-3389, after 5:00 pm TROJAN F26, mint condition, $37,000, Call: Frank, 613-554-1743 Sailboats Boards 605 ASSORTED sailboat parts Cabins, fixtures, 7 porthole windows for sale, No reasonable offer refused, 453-4768 CATAMARAN Tornado 1979, fully restored, 2 main sails, 1 protective cover, excellent condition, 430-1243 CATAMARAN Mystere, new, with trailer, 646-2555 CATAMARAN Hobie 18 Magnum, trailer, mint, $6,500, Trades or easy terms, 681-7394 DRAGON 1962, varnished mahogany, mint condition, trailer unique opportunity, 631-5472 DUFOUR 27 Exceptionally clean, recent awlgrip, new cushions, draperies, countertop and sink, electronics, dinghy, Marina paid Lake Champlain, 1991, $11,500 Cdn, 514-655-9350 after 5:30 pm ECHO 121 sailboat complete with trailer, White with yellow trim.",0,0,0,0,0,0
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3 cw 17 50, mixed grain oats, 77 50, Feed Barley (Thunder Bay): 1 cw 71 00; 2 cw 77 00, mixed grain barley 41 00, Rye 1 cw 77 80, 2 cw 75 80, 3 cw 47 10, Flax: 1 cw 114 50, 2 cw 112 50; 3 cw 149 50, Canola: In store Thunder Bay No 1 Canada 249 70, in store Vancouver No 1 Canada 264 41, Feed Wheat 3 red spring: 99 M; Can red 97 01, Expert wheat, St Lawrence: 1 cw 13 5 pct, 153 M, 1 cw 11 5 pct; 143 30, 2 cw 13 1 pct; 14 30; 2 cw 11 5 pct; 138 30, 3 cw 138 30, 1 durum 157 15, 2 durum 152 5, 3 durum 14 85, Malting barley (domestic), Thunder Bay: Special Select 6-row; 115 00; Select 6-row 194 00, Special Select 2-row, 119 N, Select 2-row 191 50, CURRENCY The U.S. SvantessonG Van Emburgh TRANSACTIONS Baseball Chicago (NL) Placed pitcher Dave Smith on 15-day disabled list, recalled pitcher Steve Wilson from Iowa of the Triple-A American Association Pittsburgh Placed catcher Don Slaught on 15-day disabled list retroactive to July 22; purchased contract of catcher Jeff Banister from Buffalo of American Association San Francisco Activated shortstop Jose Uribe, optioned infielder Mike Bentham to Phoenix of the Triple-A Pacific Coast League; purchased contract of pitcher Paul McClellan from Phoenix Football LA Rams Signed linebacker George Bethune; released wide receiver Michael Thomas and defensive end Mark Steed Miami Signed running back Aaron Craver and safety Liflort Hobley NY Giants Signed tight end Howard Cross and wide receiver Ed McCaffrey CANADIAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE Eastern Division G W L T F A P Toronto 2 2 0 0 76 36 4 Winnipeg 2 1 1 0 46 35 2 Ottawa 2 0 2 0 51 75 0 Hamilton 2 0 2 0 27 64 0 Western Division G W L T F A P British Columbia 2 2 0 0 87 62 4 Saskatchewan 2 2 0 0 74 58 4 Calgary 2 1 1 0 60 62 2 Edmonton 2 0 2 0 53 82 0 Today's Game Calgary at Ottawa 7:30 p.m. Tomorrow's Games Winnipeg at Toronto, 7 p.m. Edmonton at BC 10:30 p.m. Friday, July 26 Hamilton at Saskatchewan 9:30 p.m. Friday, July 19 BC 26, Winnipeg 23 (OT) CANADIAN SOCCER LEAGUE G W L T F A P Vancouver 17 11 2 4 42 21 37 Montreal 17 8 4 5 26 19 29 Toronto 16 7 4 5 29 20 26 North York 16 6 3 6 27 19 25 Hamilton 16 7 7 2 22 26 23 Nova Scotia 16 5 5 6 19 20 21 Kitchener 17 1 10 6 13 35 9 15 0 10 5 12 25 5 NOTE: Three points for win; one for tie Today's Game Nova Scotia at Winnipeg 8:30 p.m. Sunday, July 21 Toronto 2, Montreal 1 Hamilton 1, Kitchener 1 Vancouver 3, Winnipeg 1 North York 0, Nova Scotia 0 (Suspended at 58-minute mark because of lightning and thunderstorm: ruled official Monday, July 22 by league) Friday, July 19 Nova Scotia 2, Toronto 1 North York 3, Hamilton 0 QUEBEC NATIONAL SOCCER LEAGUE G W L T F A P LaSalle 9 6 1 2 18 6 14 Dollard 9 5 1 3 12 9 13 Cortinium 9 3 2 4 16 10 10 Luso 8 3 2 3 14 13 9 Racing 8 3 3 2 10 11 8 Ramblers 9 2 3 4 11 10 8 Croatia 10 3 5 2 19 25 8 Hampstead 8 0 4 4 3 10 4 Jean Talon 8 1 5 2 5 17 4 Saturday, July 27 Ramblers at Racing 6:00 p.m. Luso at Jean Talon 9:00 p.m. Sunday, July 28 Croatia at Hampstead 7:00 p.m. LaSalle at Dollard 8:00 p.m. Sunday, July 21 Croatia 2, LaSalle 1 Saturday, July 20 Ramblers 2, Luso 1 Jean Talon 1, Hampstead 0 asm BLUE BONNETS ENTRIES TODAY'S CARD Post time: 7:30 p.m. FIRST RACE: Pace 1- Elaine Senter 2- Ciboulot 3- Sebel Forever 4- Blast 5- Heatwave 6- Mariner's Borne 7- Beattle Vision 8- Enchanted Merit 9- Ao Extra SECOND RACE: Trot 1- Miss Sun Post 2- Super Cool Deal 3- Rustico Sunset 4- Tantalon Joker 5- Out On Too 6- Malther's Crow 7- Neveks Spirit 8- Zabaslione 9- Soaring Action THIRD RACE: Pace 1- G T G 2- Jomuille 3- Yeslero's Dream 4- Business Vision 5- Full Design 6- Abeille Lecrand 7- Tiffanny DavrH 8- Ituklear Lolla 9- Ao Kerulu Turenne S Brosseau Y Filion F O'Reilly A Boucher C A J Charron 8 Cole S Ouellet G Gendron D Martin R Seaman S Mendelson P Grenier Y Gaulhier R Zeron G Lamy 8 Cote purse: a.m. 3 5 8 4-1 5 7 5 2 I - 3 3 5 7 6 - 5 1 3 4 5 5 i i ; 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+338,19930626,modern,Thunder,"I was with 14 other golfers at 74; Karin Mundinger of Toronto was with one other golfer at 79; and Tara Fleming, also of Toronto, was in a group of three at 80. Jim Colbert and Rocky Thompson were in the clubhouse at 5-under-par 139 when a thunderstorm halted the second round of the Senior Players Championship in Dearborn, Mich. Thompson shot a 1-under 71 and Colbert matched par 72. An inch of rain fell in an hour on the TPC of Michigan golf course, and two hours later officials decided they couldn't get the bunkers into playable condition in time to complete the second round. Pete Jordan, of Tampa, Fla., fired a 5-under-par 67 to grab the lead at the midway point of the $150,000 Nike New England Classic in Falmouth, Me. Jordan, who shot a 70 Thursday, took a three-stroke lead over first-round leader Jon Christian, who posted scores of 67-73-140. Rick Todd of Toronto was the only Canadian to make the cut with a 75 for 145. Ashley Chinner (76-152), and Jack Kay Jr. (74-153), both of Toronto; Remi Bouchard of Brossard, Que. (79-154); and Glen JHnatiuk of Selkirk, Man. (85-168) missed the cut. Tadami Ueno of Japan shot a 3-under 69 to take a two-stroke lead over compatriots Tateo (Jet) Ozaki and Seiki Okuda after the second round of the Mizuno Open in Hakui, Japan. Ueno had an 8-under 136 total on the 6,838-yard Tokinodai Country Club course. Okuda shot a 68 and Ozaki had a 69. Brent Franklin of Vancouver had a second successive 72 and was at even-par 144. Rick Gibson of Whistler, B.C., navy Admiral Jonathan Howe, who directed the military operation against Aidid, flew by helicopter to Ali Mahdi's side of town this week to brief the ""interim president"" on the UN campaign. Russia steps in. REUTERS LONDON OBSERVER TALLINN - Estonia faces a grave crisis after its parliament passed a new ""law on foreigners"" this week declaring that all inhabitants who are not citizens are foreigners who must within a year apply for residence and work permits. The controversial law is aimed at resolving the precarious legal status of roughly 470,000 ethnic Russians and other Slavs who now make up about 30 per cent of the Estonian population. Many are former Soviet soldiers or their children who settled in the prosperous Baltic nation over the 50 years since the Soviet takeover. In essence, the law requires non-Estonians to learn the Estonian language and become citizens, or even face the possibility of being forced to leave the country. In reaction yesterday, Russia halted gas supplies to Estonia. The action came a day after Russian President Boris Yeltsin threatened unspecified ""measures"" against Estonia if the Baltic state goes ahead with the controversial law. The dispute has plunged Russian-Estonian relations to their lowest point since Estonia gained its independence from the former Soviet Union in 1991. Yeltsin said Estonia's leaders would be responsible for any disruption of peace in Estonia that might occur because of the law, referring to threatened labor actions by workers in predominantly Russian-populated areas of northeastern Estonia. Yeltsin said the new law amounts to apartheid. Temperatures are given in degrees Celsius. High: 25 Low: 14. High: 27 Low: 14. Today's level: 8.3. High: 11 Moderate. Light cloud cover. Heavier clouds or precipitation significantly reduce UVB levels. Cloudy showers. High: 20 Low: 12. Weather systems forecast for 8 p.m. this evening. Temperatures are today's daytime highs. 1993 MTI Inc. HIGH PRESSURE THUNDERSTORM LOW PRESSURE RAIN. Somali women walk by a UN armored vehicle in the capital, Mogadishu. ""After so many people have died, the world now realizes that the only obstacle to peace is Aidid and his group,"" Ali Mahdi said with a smile of smug satisfaction. ""If the world realizes that Aidid is the only obstacle and has to be removed, that is good for all Somalis."" Many Somalis say Ali Mahdi is as culpable as Aidid in the country's disintegration following the collapse of dictator Mohamed Siad Barre's regime in January 1991. The power struggle between the rival warlords, sitting on opposite sides of the capital, turned into a senseless shelling war that left up to 30,000 people dead or maimed. If a war crimes tribunal were held and Ali Mahdi's name would figure alongside those of Aidid, Omar Jess, Mohamed Said Hersi Morgan and a handful of others accused of being responsible for the country's long suffering. But since the arrival of the first foreign troops in Somalia last December, Ali Mahdi has become the model warlord. While Aidid chose the path of resistance and obstruction, Ali Mahdi has cooperated with the foreign forces. He first put all his weapons into designated depots, and then turned those sites over to UN control. He signed every peace agreement put to him and has largely adhered to the Estonian form of apartheid. The Russian-speakers, who comprised about one third of the country's population, are without citizenship because they have been unable to pass the Estonian language test necessary for naturalization. Nevertheless, many of them were born in Estonia or have lived here many years, and they are upset by the government's attempt to declare them ""foreigners"" in the country they consider home. ""Don't they understand they are playing with fire?"" said Nikolai Vorobyov, chairman of the Slavonic Cultures Society in Estonia, in a telephone interview from Tallinn. Vorobyov has citizenship because he has lived in Estonia since 1938, before the Soviet occupation. High: 26 Low: near 13. Sunny with a few clouds, windy. Eastern Ontario High: 26 Low: near 13. Sunny with a few clouds, windy. Southern Ontario High: 26 Low: near 14. Sunny skies, windy. Quebec City High: 25 Low: near 14. Morning showers then partly sunny. Eastern Townships High: 25 Low: near 14. Partly to mostly cloudy, isolated showers. Northern New England High: 27 Low: near 15. Partly sunny and warm. Gaspé High: 23 Low: near 14. Scattered afternoon showers. North Shore High: 18 Low: near 12. Cloudy with a few showers. 96.6 71.5 0 0 0 Partly cloudy High: 22 Low: 9. He kept his word. And he ingratiated himself with the UN. TV's Hugo selection. Major League Baseball: Toronto Blue Jays at Kansas City Royals. Cinema: Meurtre à Malibu (1990) Peter Falk, Andrew Stevens. Wheel of Fortune Jeopardy! Family Matters Unsolved Mysteries Where I Live Melrose Place. Cinema: Meurtre à Malibu (1990) Peter Falk, Andrew Stevens. Tonight Tarzan Family Matters Step by Step Beverly Hills, 90210 Picket Fences. Star Trek Family Matters Step by Step Dinosaurs Home Free. Movie: The Bicycle Thief (1948) Irene Dunne, Barbara Bel Geddes. Business Report Vermont Week Washington Week. Wall Street Week Next American Century Public Voice. Cinema: Le Feu de la danse (1983) Jennifer Beals, Michael Nouri. MacNeil-Lehrer Newshour Washington Week. Wall Street Week Mystery! Black Adder III. Time Machine Investigative Reports Monarchy. Moneyline Crossfire Prime News Larry King Live World News. Yogi's Great Escape. Somali women walk by a UN armored vehicle in the capital, Mogadishu. ""After so many people have died, the world now realizes that the only obstacle to peace is Aidid and his group,"" Ali Mahdi said with a smile of smug satisfaction. ""If the world realizes that Aidid is the only obstacle and has to be removed, that is good for all Somalis."" Many Somalis say Ali Mahdi is as culpable as Aidid in the country's disintegration following the collapse of dictator Mohamed Siad Barre's regime in January 1991. The power struggle between the rival warlords, sitting on opposite sides of the capital, turned into a senseless shelling war that left up to 30,000 people dead or maimed. If a war crimes tribunal were held and Ali Mahdi's name would figure alongside those of Aidid, Omar Jess, Mohamed Said Hersi Morgan and a handful of others accused of being responsible for the country's long suffering. But since the arrival of the first foreign troops in Somalia last December, Ali Mahdi has become the model warlord. While Aidid chose the path of resistance and obstruction, Ali Mahdi has cooperated with the foreign forces. He first put all his weapons into designated depots, and then turned those sites over to UN control. He signed every peace agreement put to him and has largely adhered to the Estonian form of apartheid. The Russian-speakers, who comprised about one third of the country's population, are without citizenship because they have been unable to pass the Estonian language test necessary for naturalization. Nevertheless, many of them were born in Estonia or have lived here many years, and they are upset by the government's attempt to declare them ""foreigners"" in the country they consider home. ""Don't they understand they are playing with fire?"" said Nikolai Vorobyov, chairman of the Slavonic Cultures Society in Estonia, in a telephone interview from Tallinn. Vorobyov has citizenship because he has lived in Estonia since 1938, before the Soviet occupation. High: 26 Low: near 13. Sunny with a few clouds, windy. Eastern Ontario High: 26 Low: near 13. Sunny with a few clouds, windy. Southern Ontario High: 26 Low: near 14. Sunny skies, windy. Quebec City High: 25 Low: near 14. Morning showers then partly sunny. Eastern Townships High: 25 Low: near 14. Partly to mostly cloudy, isolated showers. Northern New England High: 27 Low: near 15. Partly sunny and warm. Gaspé High: 23 Low: near 14. Scattered afternoon showers. North Shore High: 18 Low: near 12. Cloudy with a few showers. 96.6 71.5 0 0 0 Partly cloudy High: 22 Low: 9. He kept his word. And he ingratiated himself with the UN. TV's Hugo selection. Major League Baseball: Toronto Blue Jays at Kansas City Royals. Cinema: Meurtre à Malibu (1990) Peter Falk, Andrew Stevens. Wheel of Fortune Jeopardy! Family Matters Unsolved Mysteries Where I Live Melrose Place. Cinema: Meurtre à Malibu (1990) Peter Falk, Andrew Stevens. Tonight Tarzan Family Matters Step by Step Beverly Hills, 90210 Picket Fences. Star Trek Family Matters Step by Step Dinosaurs Home Free. Movie: The Bicycle Thief (1948) Irene Dunne, Barbara Bel Geddes. Business Report Vermont Week Washington Week. Wall Street Week Next American Century Public Voice. Cinema: Le Feu de la danse (1983) Jennifer Beals, Michael Nouri. MacNeil-Lehrer Newshour Washington Week. Wall Street Week Mystery! Black Adder III. Time Machine Investigative Reports Monarchy. Moneyline Crossfire Prime News Larry King Live World News. Yogi's Great Escape.",0,0,0,0,0,0
+339,19941025,modern,Thunder,"THE GAZETTE, MONTREAL, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1994 ATTENTION TEACHERS: Have Tuesday's Gazette with FLASH delivered to your class at half the regular price S37-2400 Send your letters, comments and Quick Quiz answers to: FLASH: The Gazette 250 St. Antoine W, Montreal, QC H2Y 3R7 or by fax at: (514) 987-2398 NEW Thundering UFO startles Michigan residents October 19 - 24, 1994 U.S. National Weather Service in Lansing He said he and his wife were awakened by explosions at about 2 a.m. The noise was also heard by meteorologist Sam Herron, who was on duty at the NWS office at the time. Herron told radio station WITL in Lansing he heard the boom and then calls started coming in from anxious residents. Some said it was a blue flash, some said it was sort of amber, he said. Some people said (the rumble) was more impressive than the sound thunder would make, and it shook the ground more than thunder would. David Jackson, area supervisor of the U.O.A tout prix Le Telejournal Le Point (10:25) Le Sportmeteo Decouverte En toute liberie (Oft Air) CBS News Ent. Tonight Rescue 911 Movie: Fatal Vtmx The Alexandra O'Hara Story (1994) News Late Show (11:35) Jon Stewart (12:37) Paid Program CD 16 Jeopardy! Wheel-Fortune Wings Frasier Frasier Larroquette Dateline News Tonight Snow (11:35) Late Night (12:35) Later (1:35) On Road Again Marketplace 5th Estate Witness CFTV Prime Time News News Absolutely Fab Kate & Allie Rough Cutz Movie: Two Sand (1949) Chambres en ville Le Match de la vie Les Grands proces Ad Lib Le TV ASports (Oft Air) Wheel-Fortune Jeopardy! Full House Me and Boys Home Improve Grace Under NYPD Blue News Nightline (11:35) Rush Limbaugh Paid Program Northern Exposure (1:05) Wheel-Fortune Jeopardy! Full House Home Improve Roseanne Larroquette W5 CTV News News Hard Copy Paid Program Movie: Girls! Girls! Girls! 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Luiz Mattar, Brazil, 6-3, 6-3 Slava Dosedel (3), Czech Republic, def. Oscar Martinez, Spain, 6-2, 6-4 Gilbert Schaller (4), Austria, def. Younes El Aynaoui, Morocco, 6-3, 6-2 Francisco Clavet, Spain, def. Karim Alami, Morocco, 7-5, 6-4 Marcelo Filippini, Uruguay, def. Sergio Cortes, Chile, 6-3, 1-6, 7-6(7-0) Javier Frana, Argentina, def. Oliver Gross, Germany, 6-2, 6-4 Fernando Meligeni, Brazil, def. Gabriel Silberstein, Chile, 6-4, 6-2 FOOTBALL CFL Ottawa Rough Riders add to practice roster quarterback Andre Ware NFL Arizona Cardinals waive kicker Todd Peterson Peterson Green Bay Packers sign safety Ray Wilson to the practice squad HOCKEY AHL Worcester IceCats suspend defenceman Mark Osieki indefinitely for not reporting to the club IHL Chicago Wolves release right-winger Rick Pion Las Vegas Thunder sign centre Alexei Yashin to a one-year contract Colonial Detroit Falcons sign defenceman John Blum to a one-year contract NL CY YOUNG WINNERS Winners of the National League Cy Young Award as the outstanding pitcher 1994 Greg Maddux, Atlanta 1993 Greg Maddux, Atlanta 1992 Greg Maddux, Chicago 1991 Tom Glavine, Atlanta 1990 Doug Drabek, Pittsburgh 1989 Mark Davis, San Diego 1988 Orel Hershiser, Los Angeles 1987 Steve Bedrosian, Philadelphia 1986 Mike Scott, Houston 1985 Dwight Gooden, New York 1984 Rick Sutcliffe, Chicago 1983 John Denny, Philadelphia 1982 Steve Carlton, Philadelphia 1981 Fernando Valenzuela, Los Angeles 1980 Steve Carlton, Philadelphia 1979 Bruce Sutter, Chicago 1978 Gaylord Perry, San Diego 1977 Steve Carlton, Philadelphia 1976 Randy Jones, San Diego 1975 Tom Seaver, New York 1974 Mike Marshall, Los Angeles 1973 Tom Seaver, New York 1972 Steve Carlton, Philadelphia 1971 Ferguson Jenkins, Chicago 1970 Bob Gibson, St. Louis 1969 Tom Seaver, New York 1968 Bob Gibson, St. Louis 1967 Mike McCormick, San Francisco 1966 Sandy Koufax, Los Angeles 1965 Sandy Koufax, Los Angeles 1963 Sandy Koufax, Los Angeles 1962 Don Drysdale, Los Angeles 1960 Vernon Law, Pittsburgh 1957 Warren Spahn, Milwaukee Braves 1956 Don Newcombe, Brooklyn NOTE: From 1950-1966 there was one selection from both leagues Enact: t-1, 11180 Alse Ram Keystone Wernino, Keystone Garnish, Mathers BruW, River Road Fortum, Emilys Yankee BTimev 0:29 S4 800 685-7741 private B19 PONTIAC Grand Prix 91, fully loaded, 82,000 km, balance of warranty to 100,000 km, 737-7373 Cars for Sale 525 THUNDERBIRD 92, super coupe, auto, fully equipped, 685-1330 875-3905 AVENUE FORD fully equipped, 685-1330 875-3905 AVENUE FORD 7 JiHO, I 1W5 TO 1989 CARS good for winter season, all makes models, reasonable price, Sod & auto available Call Andre or Alain before it's too late!! 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+340,19950717,modern,Thunder,"For a guy who might have perished inside Apollo 13, Fred Haise can't seem to get enough of the Hollywood version. He's seen the film four times. ""The movie is very realistic,"" said Haise, one of three astronauts who managed to bring the crippled spaceship back to Earth in April 1970. But Haise, a vice-president at Northrop-Grumman Corp, said actor Bill Paxton exaggerates the misery he faced after coming down with high fever and chills when temperatures in the spacecraft plunged to near zero. ""It was uncomfortable but not incapacitating,"" the 61-year-old Haise said. ""The movie played that up too much."" ASSOCIATED PRESS CF VIB: Channel positions for CF Cable and Videotron. TONIGHT'S TELEVISION LISTINGS CF VIP 7:00 7:30 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30 12:00 12:30 1:00 1:30 Q 04 04 Enfer-autres Desjardins Baseball: Les Cardinals de St-Louis contre les Expos à Montreal, En provenance du Stade olympique. Le Telejournal Le Point (11:25) Le Sportmeteo Courses d'auto: Grand Prix Formule 1 d'Angleterre. (T 03 03 CBS News Ent, Tonight Nanny Dave's World Murphy Brown Cybill Chicago Hope News Late Show (11:35) Late Late Show (12:37) Paid Program (5) 16 16 Jeopardy! Wheel of Fortune Fresh Prince in the House Movie: A Matter of Justice (1993) Patty Duke, Martin Sheen News Tonight Show (11:35) Late Night (12:37) Later (1:36) O 13 13 CityBeat Odyssey Fresh Prince Nanny Liberty Street Just for Laughs CBC Prime Time News News Golden Girls Movie: Invitation to Happiness (1939) Fred MacMurray, Irene Dunne 8 - Wheel of Fortune Jeopardy! Major League Baseball: Kansas City Royals at Boston Red Sox, From Fenway Park. News Nightline (11:35) Paid Program Northern Exposure (12:35) Jones & Jury O 50 18 Wheel of Fortune Jeopardy! 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GOLF GL 1994, 2.0L, red, 4 door, air, cruise, 5 speed, warranty, 20,000 kms, 51,900, 323-4366, Private DID NOT FINISH 13, Roberto Moreno, Brazil, Forti Ford, 48; 14, Michael Schumacher, Germany, Benetton Renault, 45; 15, Damon Hill, Britain, Williams Renault, 45; 16, Max Papis, Italy, Footwork Hart, 28; 17, Ukyo Katayama, Japan, Tyrrell Yamaha, 22; 18, Andrea Montermini, Italy, Pacific Ford, 21; 19, Mika Hakkinen, Finland, McLaren Mercedes, 20; 20, Gerhard Berger, Austria, Ferrari, 20; 21, Martin Brundle, Britain, Ligier Mugen Honda, 16; 22, Taki Inoue, Japan, Footwork Hart, 16; 23, Pedro Diniz, Brazil, Forti Ford, 13; 24, Eddie Irvine, Britain, Jordan Peugeot, 2. MILLER GENUINE DRAFT 500 At Long Pond, Pa. The order of finish of yesterday's NASCAR Winston Cup stock car race at Pocono International Raceway with starting position in parentheses, driver, type of car, laps completed, winners average speed in mph, reason out, if any, and prize money: (15) Dale Jarrett, Ford Thunderbird, 200, 134.038 mph, $4,520; (13) Ricky Rudd, Ford Thunderbird, 200, $41,010; (7) Ted Musgrave, Ford Thunderbird, 200, $32,135; (1) Bill Elliott, Ford Thunderbird, 200, $32,780; (27) Geoff Bodine, Ford Thunderbird, 200, $29,180; (2) Mark Martin, Ford Thunderbird, 200, $38,780; (38) Jeremy Mayfield, Ford Thunderbird, 200, $12,080; (25) Dick Trickle, Ford Thunderbird, 200, $15,530; (33) Bobby Hillin, Ford Thunderbird, 200, $10,980; (10) Rick Mast, Ford Thunderbird, 200, $25,380; (6) Brett Bodine, Ford Thunderbird, 200, $24,480; (22) Rusty Wallace, Ford Thunderbird, 200, $30,480; (31) Jimmy Spencer, Ford Thunderbird, 200. A 6 THE GAZETTE, MONTREAL, MONDAY, JULY 17, 1995 Storm 'tossed cars like they were golf balls' CORINNA SCHULER CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO - In a flash, a wicked twister ripped apart Darlene Van Allan's neighborhood. But, like many Ontario communities hit by weekend thunderstorms and tornadoes, the town of Bridgenorth is starting to piece itself together again. ""I've got sheet metal hanging from my trees like tin foil,"" said Van Allan, who was among nine families who found refuge in nearby Peterborough hotels after emergency officials deemed their homes unsafe. ""My neighbor's roof blew off and another house had its windows blown out. There's mud on their walls and sticks sticking out of the sofa."" At least three ""very rare"" nighttime tornadoes touched down early Saturday, tearing a 500-kilometre track north from Sault Ste. Marie to Algonquin Park and south from Kincardine on Lake Huron to Port Hope on central Lake Ontario. Ferocious thunderstorms, heavy rains, hail the size of golf balls and winds up to 140 kilometres per hour accompanied the twisters. Heavy rains continued yesterday in some areas. Two people died of heart attacks during the storm - one man when lightning struck near him and a woman after a tree fell on her house. The town of Goderich, about 70 km north of London, remained in a state of emergency as residents who had been without power since Thursday lined up to toss their food in city dumpsters. Residents go through rubble after a tornado sliced through Balsam Lake Trailer Park near Fenelon Falls, Ont., Saturday. Mayor Delbert Shewfelt estimated local damage at more than $1 million. Electricity is slowly being restored but at least 25 per cent of the town's 3,000 homes were expected to be without power today. And crews were working to chop and haul away more than 200 trees that toppled in the storm - some more than a century old. ""The cemetery is just devastated, trees are down and headstones are smashed in,"" said Shewfelt. ""It was the most beautiful cemetery in the world."" The storm hit hardest in a circle of communities east of Lake Simcoe, about 100 km north of Toronto, including Orillia, Lindsay, and Bridgenorth. Allan Crawford was smack in the middle of it all, inside his brother's trailer. ""It just rolled on its roof, everything just went flying. I had to crawl over the stove to get out."" Five other trailers were destroyed beyond repair, five vacationers were injured and one elderly couple has been left without a home. ""It tossed cars around like they were golf balls,"" said trailer park manager Grant James. The trailer park's residents were using candles yesterday as power outages continued and officials were hauling in fresh lake water for drinking. Top court likely to hear challenge of Canada's child-pornography law STEPHEN BINDMAN SOUTHAM NEWS OTTAWA - Canada's contentious 2-year-old kiddie-porn law is headed for a quick constitutional showdown in the country's top court. Toronto artist Eli Langer has asked the Supreme Court of Canada for permission to challenge the Criminal Code's new child-pornography provisions as a violation of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms' guarantee of freedom of expression. And the Ontario government - which unsuccessfully prosecuted Langer's art - has agreed the case raises issues of ""national importance"" and should be heard. That makes it likely the Supreme Court will agree to hear the challenge even though the law has never been tested in a court of appeal. ""The appeal would permit the court to consider the relationship between artistic expression and the core values protected by (freedom of expression),"" Langer's lawyers say in their written submissions. The 27-year-old artist was charged under the child pornography law after Toronto police raided the Mercer Union Gallery in December 1993 and seized five large oil paintings and 34 small pencil drawings. The explicit pictures showed children in a variety of sex acts and some include adults. The charges against Langer and the director of the gallery were later dropped and the crown instead proceeded with a rare forfeiture hearing to decide whether the artwork was pornographic and should be destroyed. In essence, the art itself was put on trial. Justice David McCombs of Ontario Court ruled in April that Langer's art was not illegal. Although he called the pictures ""shocking and disturbing,"" McCombs said they had ""artistic merit."" (Under Criminal Code provisions rushed into law by the former Conservative government before the 1993 election, a person must be acquitted if the judge is satisfied the works have artistic merit.) The judge also said he was not convinced the pictures ""pose a realistic risk of harm to children."" But McCombs rejected a vigorous constitutional challenge mounted by lawyers for Langer and groups representing artists, writers and civil libertarians. He said the child-pornography law was a reasonable restriction on artists' freedom of expression to protect children from the harmful impact of child pornography. ""In my view, Parliament has not only a right but a responsibility to do what it lawfully can to protect children from being used by child pornographers and from having photographic records of their abuse circulated."" Ontario prosecutors did not appeal the finding that the artwork was not child pornography, but Langer is seeking to challenge the judge's ruling that the law does not violate the charter. In submissions, lawyer Frank Addario says the law is vague, overbroad and ""imposes an unreasonable burden on artistic expression."" And he objects to the requirement the work have some sort of ""merit"" before the artist can be acquitted. ""The law imposes a punitive burden on young or unknown artists by tying their freedom from criminal liability to the success of their art or to their acceptance by the artistic community."" Pick a number between 1 and 60 Of the 60 numbers on our dartboard, one number will be eliminated and published in The Gazette every day. Try to predict what number between 1 and 60 will be the last remaining number. Write your guess on the entry form and send it in today. A contest coupon will appear in The Gazette daily. Enter as often as you like, and predict any number you wish. If you see your predicted number eliminated, try again! Sorry, no numbers will be given by phone. At the end of the contest one dartboard number will remain. A random draw will be made from all contestants who correctly predicted that number. The first contestant drawn will win the $5,000 grand prize, the second $2,000 and the third, $1,000. D 37 Beethoven dedicatee 38 Rat (knocking) 39 Achy 40 Rosalind Russell role 41 Religious work of art, 42 Gym shoes 44 See 47-Down 45 Filly's father 46 Droops ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE G E L I T I N O V I E L L A A B I G I A I L T O P G U N S S T U P Q A L T L a I s O h I e A P j o t e d D s p n O m a l l "" T s P O T A T O S A L A O m 1 In TeTe 1 1 poi U N E C L E A V E t 1 y 1 1 111 I B 0 S O O S A W O M E M O I S M A E S T R O, 47 Celebration 50 Farming unit 51 Lawn square 54 Mideast's Gulf of 55 Almost weightless 58 Matador's foe 59 Pulled a gun, as in a shootout 60 Bedside companion 61 Tortoiselike 62 Actress Thompson of ""Family"" 63 and true Down 1 One way to order at a restaurant 2 Very much 3 Neatnik's counterpart 4 Grade-schooler 5 Natural fish food 6 Wrath 7 Hula 8 Angled annex 9 Tone down 10 Steely 11 Zone 12 Fuzz 13 London's Gallery 18 Char No, 0605 23 ""Great Expectations"" boy 24 Completely pale 25 Wipe out 26 Gown 27 Alphabetically advanced boy 28 Bowling score 29 Prunes 30 Arthur Hailey novel 31 Egg-shaped 32 Golden Horde member 34 Trumpet 37 May birthstones 41 Miss America, eg- 43 First-aid box 44 Witch's blemish 46 Unstressed vowel 47 With 44-Across, ""Ain't Misbehavin'"" songwriter 48 Teen fave 49 Mr. Saarinen 50 Elderly 51 Rani's garb 52 Seine feeder 53 Slave Scott 56 Savings for the elderly: Abbr, 57 California's Big Montreal area For free weather information, updated four times a day, please call Gazette Info-Line, 841-8600, code 6000. Cloudy with showers, the possibility of an isolated afternoon or evening thunderstorm, isolated showers tonight, winds becoming. Today's UV index - Today's UV level: 8. LOW MODERATE iuv 1 tviiiiutcs u sunourii 1 60 1 Sun Total length of daylight: 15 hrs 17 min Sunrise: 5:22 Sunset 8:39 Regional synopses: Almanac Max 35.6 Min HIGH 1 20 1 15 The ultraviolet index applies under sunny skies to light cloud. Heavy cloud reduces UVB levels. Toronto, HmitiQ'Hirji: 28 - low: 19 Forecast issued at 8 p.m. yesterday rove'shgns for today and overnight lows between tonight and tomorrow, High: 22 low: 1 (High: 23 low: 17, - Ottawa ' did St. Jovite High: 21 Low: 17 High: 21 Low: 15 Quebec "" TroSs Rittr High: 24 Low: 18 Moon Moonrise: 11:23 6 A c 6 Montreal High: 24 Low: 18 First quarter Full 6 6 6 Sherbrooke High: 22 V Low: 17, US C 10, 0 24, 4 15, 6 27, 7 16, 3 26, 8 15, 9 Precipitation (to 8 pm yesterday) Rain (mm) Month 16.0 Normal 44.2 Snow (cm) Month 0.0 Normal 0.0 0, 1 Abitibi-Témiscamingue: High 18, Low near 12; Cloudy and cool, periods of rain. Laurentians "" 2 High 21, Low near 17, ' Cloudy with periods of rain; Eastern Ontario I High 23, Low near 17, Cloudy with showers; Southern Ontario High 28, Low near 19, Chance of a shower or thunderstorm; Winds kmh 8 p.m. A few clouds 27 34 N19 11 p.m. ' Clear 23 38 NNE 15 2 a-i;3l?arIIIII'j9 II'4?ZII""pE 'i'3' 5 a.m. ' A few clouds 17 54 NNE 9 8 a.m. ' ""Sunny 18 '7-48 MNT 13 1 1 a.m. ' Sunny 21 39 NE 7 2 p.m. ' Cloudy 23 33 N 9 "" 5 p.m. ' ""Cloudy"" "" ""23 32 E 6 Moonset: 11:37 a.m, (DJug, QlSg, Last quarter (D 19 July New moon O July Temperatures are given in degrees Celsius 3530 2520 15 10 5 0 -5 -10-15-20-25C I I I I I I I I I I I I I 9586 7768 59 50 41 32 23 14 5 -4 -13F Quebec City, High 21, Low near 15, Cloudy with showers, Eastern Townships; High 22, Low near 17, Cloudy with showers, Northern New England - High 24, Low near 18, Scattered showers and thunderstorms, Gaspe: High 24, Low near 13, Sunny skies, Lower North Shore High 23, Low near 11, Sunny skies, Shall lift A iffli 1 1 ilifri f11 nfthwllmiiiw Partly cloudy High 26 Low 17- Partly cloudy High 24 Low 13 Partly cloudy High 28 C Low 17 J Sunny High 26 Low 15 StJtfrfs J ' TH, uj, 'MH-T ', ""' Boston ftui6s, 1 1 T WARM M m COLD Jgjmmmm STATIONARY T, FR0NT T V FHONT FRONT "" ; RAIN SNOW v Weather systems forecast for 9 p.m. this evening, Temperatures Temperatures are today's daytime highs, 1995 MTI Inc, TROUGH H PRESSURE THUNDERSTORM FREEZING t LOW Mm PRESSURE Canada today World today; aaw Max Mm, Mai, Min, Iqaluit Cloudy 6 3 Amsterdam PCloudy 23 14, Yellowknife PCloudy 22 13 Ankara Sunny 28 11 Whitehorse PCloudy 22 9 Athens Sunny 34 22 Vancouver Sunny 26 14 Beijing Sunny 31 22 Victoria Sunny 28 14 Berlin PCloudy 25 16 Edmonton Sunny 24 11 Dublin Cloudy 20 14 Calgary Sunny 23 10 Hong Kong Showers 31 26 Saskatoon Sunny 24 11 Jerusalem Sunny 29 17 Regina Sunny 26 12 Lisbon Sunny 29 18 Winnipeg PCloudy 25 14 London Cloudy 21 16 Thunder Bay Showers 21 12 Madrid Sunny 34 19 Sudbury Showers 22 14 Mexico City PCloudy 25 13 Toronto PCloudy 28 19 Moscow PCloudy 19 12 Fredericton Sunny 25 14 Nairobi Cloudy 26 14 Halifax Sunny 23 12 New Delhi TStorms 36 28 Charlottetown Sunny 22 12 Paris PCloudy 23 14 St. John's Cloudy 13 7 Rio de Janeiro PCloudy 30 21: Rome PCloudy 28 19 United States today Stockholm Showers 18 13 Max Min Sydney Sunny 18 7, Atlanta PCloudy 37 24 Tokyo PCloudy 29 23 Boston Showers 21 17 Chicago sunny 31 is Resorts today Dallas TStorms 34 23 Um Denver PCloudy 25 13 Barbados Cloudy 31 26"" Las Vegas PCloudy 38 27 Bermuda PCloudy 29 24 Los Angeles PCloudy 28 19 Honolulu Sunny 32 23 New Orleans PCloudy 33 24 Kingston Sunny 34 26 New York Cloudy 27 22 Miami PCloudy 32 26 Phoenix PCloudy 39 28 Old Orchard Showers 18 15 St. Louis Sunny 32 21 Nassau Sunny 33 26 San Francisco PCloudy 22 16 Tampa PCloudy 34 24 Washington TStorms 34 24 Wildwood TStorms 28 22 Soul-searching amid economic growth Japanese mourn as its celebrated ibis is all but extinct K0Z0 MIZ0GUCHI ASSOCIATED PRESS TOKYO - They once lived in vast colonies throughout Japan. But now only one Japanese crested ibis remains alive, alone on an island preserve. The highly publicized near-extinction of the snowy-feathered, long-beaked ibis has focused attention on the country's scores of other endangered species - and has prompted some soul-searching about the destruction of nature that has accompanied Japan's economic growth. The ibis, with its graceful walk and its 2-metre wingspan, has been depicted for centuries in Japanese scroll paintings and on sliding screens. Older Japanese recall how the gentle birds would approach children playing in parks. ""No one imagined that the ibis could become extinct,"" says Ryuichi Yokoyama, a director of the Nature Conservation Society of Japan. ""But now that we've realized it, it's too late."" Japan's Environment Agency says 119 other species of birds are threatened in Japan, including 27 on the verge of extinction. In addition, 217 species of animals are threatened, it says. Extensive land development and pollution of rivers are largely to blame, nature conservationists say. The ibis needs marshes to survive, but chemicals and detergents have polluted much of Japan's marshland. Even migrating birds are finding it difficult to find unpopulated areas to spend the winter. Gan, or wild geese that migrate to Japan from Siberia, once wintered in large areas of Japan, but now 90 per cent of the 20,000 who come each year are forced to congregate in one marsh in Izunuma, 350 kilometres northeast of Tokyo. Conservationists warn that Japan must stop neglecting wildlife in its push ahead with economic development projects. ""We must pursue a way of living in symbiotic relationships with wildlife and prosper together,"" says Tsunao Watanabe, assistant director of the wildlife preservation division at the Environment Agency. Conservationists say they're pleased that some communities have begun taking action as a result of the plight of the crested ibis. The city of Morioka in northern Japan recently decided to buy 80 hectares of privately owned forest land where a pair of golden eagles have nested since 1974. ""We wanted to act before it was too late,"" said Takuo Osaki, a Morioka official. Only about 300 golden eagles are believed to exist in Japan. In another case, developers of a large resort complex near Lake Tazawa, about 450 kilometres north of Tokyo, withdrew their plan after a survey by conservationists found a golden eagle living in the area, Yokoyama said. The saga of the vanishing ibis took a melancholy turn last month when Feng-feng, a female Chinese crested ibis, was returned home to China's Shanxi province after an unsuccessful attempt to mate her with Long-long, Japan's last male crested ibis. Feng-feng laid five eggs in April but all were unfertilized. Two weeks later, Long-long died of illness or old age. Japan now has only one female crested ibis left, who is believed to be the equivalent of 85 to 110 human years of age and no longer fertile. About 50 crested ibises survive in China, all living in captivity or dependent upon conservationists. Environment agency says 120 species of birds and 217 species of animals are threatened. Swiss banks doubtful about Holocaust wealth REUTER; ZURICH - Swiss banks say the chances are slim of finding assets left by Jews murdered in the Holocaust. The banks reject speculation that they profited from billions of dollars allegedly left ownerless since World War II. But the banks, accused by some Jewish groups of making it hard for rightful heirs to find lost accounts, have pledged to speed up searches for a few so-called ""ownerless"" accounts they say might still exist. A Reuters poll of the three biggest Swiss banks - Union Bank of Switzerland, Swiss Bank Corp, and Credit Suisse - found officials skeptical about finding many ownerless Holocaust accounts. The banks once before swept their vaults for ownerless accounts from Nazi victims, forced by a 1996 law that turned up about 9.5 million Swiss francs ($8.2 million U. C6 THE GAZETTE, MONTREAL, MONDAY, JULY 17, 1995 Jarrett proves good to the last drop Driver hangs on for NASCAR win EBB Dale Jarrett used every drop of fuel to get within a half-mile of victory, then coasted around the final turn and hung on to beat Jeff Gordon yesterday in NASCAR's Miller Genuine Draft 500 at Long Pond, Pa. ""This one is for the team, after everything they've been through,"" Jarrett said after winning for the first time this year and giving car owner Robert Yates his first victory since May 15, 1994. The team has been beset by tragedy the last two seasons. Two years ago this week, driver Davey Allison was killed in a helicopter crash at Talladega, Ala. Last August, Ernie Irvan nearly lost his life after crashing in practice at Brooklyn, Mich. He hasn't driven since. Jarrett needed a push to the winner's circle after his car stopped less than a mile beyond the line. He beat series leader Gordon by about five car lengths (0.19 seconds) to win for the first time in 17 rides for Yates. The victory was only the third this year for a Ford Thunderbird, and the fourth for the 38-year-old driver. Track and field World champion Colin Jackson outleaned Florian Schwarzhoff to win the 110-metre hurdles in 13.32 seconds at the European Athletic Association track-and-field meet, avenging a loss to the German four days earlier. Jackson, of Britain, was a stride ahead with 10 metres left, but Schwarzhoff closed strongly to clock 13.36 in a photo finish. Meanwhile, Samuel Matete of Zambia turned in the year's fourth-fastest 400-metre hurdles, leaving behind an outclassed field in 47.87 seconds. B IN LAPPEENRANTA, Finland, Sammy Langat of Kenya ran the world's fastest 800 metres of the year at an invitational meet. Langat, 23, was timed in a personal record of one minute, 43.84 seconds and led two other Kenyans under this year's best time, a 1:44.67 set by yet another Kenyan, Wilson Kipketer. 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Evenings J64-U58J, 58687 YAMAHA 1989, (21, 500cc, trailer, new look, $5,600, Pager 751-0008 1 4 7080 Sailboats Boards 605 EDEL 540, speeds 4, Johnson Sail-master, VHF, mint, $5,000, 453-3556, HUNTER 1987 sailboat, 31', on Lake Champlain, Immaculate, - The Boston Red Sox promoted right-handed pitcher Jeff Suppan from the Double-A Trenton Thunder to start tonight's game against the Kansas City Royals. Thunder pitching coach Al Nipper also was called up to Boston. Flush with four wins in five games, VP and GM Kevin Malone called yesterday's acquisition of versatile right-hand-hitting IF Dave Silvestri for Triple-A OF Tyrone Home ""another piece of the puzzle in our climb to the top."" That remains to be seen. But one thing's certain: the addition of his right-handed bat means that another IF will be moved before tonight's game against the Cardinals, either in a trade or being sent down to Triple-A Ottawa. 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the only Quebec event in which points count toward the national championship Late last month, Beauchamp had overheating problems with his brand-new Thunderbird in a major event at Quebec City where he was sixth-fastest qualifier but could not finish the race He figures he has the kinks worked out now Since that event, he's won the last two races at St Eustache and claims he's ready for an invasion of stock car drivers, which includes stars from Ontario, Manitoba, Alberta and British Columbia We have seven Quebec drivers taking part, Saint-Eustache director Jean Francois Decarie said, but the competition to get into the race is tough These are the best stock-car racers in the country It is the first time we have this calibre of field race here Action begins at 1 p.m. with time trials The field is then split into two groups, based on even and odd fastest finishers -1-3-5 etc., in one group and 24-6 etc., in the other The two groups then each have a 50-lap (four-tenths of a mile) race, with the fastest 13 from each race moving into the final 100-lap Castrol 200 The qualifying in this series is intense During a recent event at the half-mile Delaware track in London, Ont., the difference between the fastest 32 cars was 810ths of a second Beauchamp looms as favourite among Quebecers and possibly in the impressive field, because he has been fast lately For instance, last Sunday he was at the back for the start of the 50-lap weekly feature, but was in front after 29 laps After winning the Federation Automobile Quebec's ice-racing title in 1980-81, Beauchamp moved into dirt-track competition where he won rookie honors in the mid-80s Following lessons at the Spenard-David Racing school in Shannonville, Ont, Beauchamp tried asphalt racing in 1991 He won three events in each of the '92 and '93 seasons in the ACN series, even more impressively, earning 14 top-five finishes in 17 races during his second season Beauchamp began scoring points in the competitive ACT series in 1994 and last year had four top-10 finishes in just seven ACT starts i' mmm mmwm Qukldine ONLY 50 CENTS PER CALL i t mm ffliy mm contemporaries is perhaps to stretch reality Around this period, Soulages's art undergoes a major change, with the molecules of paint seemingly whipped into frothy motion In the especially beautiful painting of 29 June, 1956 (Soulages never uses titles but rather the dates of completion), the striatums and edges of the creamy black markings seem to crest, with the real light of the room bouncing off the pigment and back at the viewer as never before We might say that Soulages's art has three levels - the surface of the work, the space in front, and the virtual space within the canvas or paper For example, in the huge work of 15 December, 1962, the artist applies pigment so that it seems to soak into the canvas And increasingly, as in this beautiful painting, Soulages's art becomes more overtly distanced from personal feeling For those who insist that art tell the story of the soul, this work remains a mask The wide brush marks are too secure in their status as shape to refer to any moment in the artist's inner life Works from the early 1960s are somewhat declamatory, with thundering markings that are nevertheless well rehearsed In the late 1960s, the dark clouds expand to bursting The resonant brown deep within the monumental black mass in the painting of 20 October, 1967, appears ready to swell and to surge forward and over the viewer And in the monumental painting of 14 May, 1968, hefty, vertical dark shapes multiply into a whole row of outward pushing presences PIERRE SOULAGES, KINEMAGEMONTRE At 1996 Soulages work dated 29 September, 1967 In the long period between the late 1960s and 1980, Soulages's shapes alternately expand and deflate, sometimes to the point of anorexia, as in 3 June, 1971, with its tangled wreath of brush-work suspended, like a rope bridge, over an arid, almost clinical background Again, there is a kind of above-below effect; our sights move from deep pools of white to the textured, black ridges of the brushwork In the 1980s, most loopholes are closed, and black spreads across the canvases The formats also become increasingly horizontal, so that the shape of the works is aligned with the back-and-forth movement of the viewer As Soulages explains with gusto, We are in the space of the painting In transitional paintings like 27 February, 1979, a somewhat weak - though appealing - work, the image remains somewhat two-tone, with a subtle element of drama resulting from contrasts of textures that take away from the deeper import In short, the subtlety here is quite self-conscious and keeps the work from going further in meaning But such slips into elegance-for-its-own-sake are rare and are more than compensated by works, such as 7 February, 1985, a vast, black sweep of left-to-right striations In this powerful piece, the flow is checked by a series of thin, vertical lines But, in the end, this rudimentary grid in fact serves to accentuate the sense that the edges of the work are but arbitrary markers and that somehow the painting will break through its natural boundaries As we move around in front of the painting, the surface becomes activated by the shifting light on the tiny ridges of paint, that in this work, the brush strokes are stacked, not composed in counterpoint, only adds to the fascinating - if unsettling - sense of motion and instability radiating around us But, if we were hoping, through getting close, to better know the work - or artist - we may be sorely disappointed, for the force-field projected by the painting is constantly changing as we move along it Each seemingly secure element in the painting seems to intentionally self-destruct, so that, for example, the materiality of the thick pigment, with its ridges, is visually dissolved by the reflected light Soulages explains that Each person can get what they want out of the pictures In the minds and hands of lesser artists, this everything-is-beautiful concept becomes an excuse for bad art But, in the case of Soulages, the art holds its own, in part because he doesn't really abide by the saying but instead produces art that dramatizes it Soulages's art is not wishy-washy, but what it does do is - at its deepest level - articulate certain views on the current status of personal identity The built-in paradox is that, while affirming a supremely powerful identity on the part of the artist himself, Soulages's work represents a lifelong assault - in tandem with artists like Jean Dubuffet - on the very concept of personal identity Are we not in truth just elements in an endless hall of mirrors? Soulages, himself a jaunty man sporting a gray-on-gray outfit, ultimately does express something - a peculiarly Parisian pessimism about the nature of the self And in the last two decades, this darkness has shown through ever more brightly in paintings that have grown to vast proportions The bigger the work, the more we move around and stir up the light reflected off the surface In the process, it becomes difficult to grasp the art as a single object Perhaps in this age of I-love-me, when a popular magazine is titled simply Self, the fatal beauty of Soulages's work can be seen as a healthy antidote That the works are extremely uplifting, not depressing, is part of their greatness Pierre Soulages: The Black, the Light, will remain on view at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts to Sept 15 Admission is five Henry Lehmann is an art and architecture critic Vancouver artist Stan Douglas makes shortlist for rich prize - ANN DUNCAN ART Stan Douglas, the Vancouver multi-media artist who had a major exhibition at the Musee d'Art Contemporain de Montreal this year, is the only Canadian to be shortlisted for a significant international arts award Other artists on the shortlist for the 1996 Hugo Boss Prize, worth $50,000 Celebrate Canada's past with a visit to the costumed etudes portraying early Metis family life at Fort Wellington along the picturesque St Lawrence in Prescott Ontario For information call 1-613-925-2896 Enjoy the good times at Lakeau Acres Modern facilities and a host of activities Trailer rent available Kingston 1000 Islands 10 min away Call 613 446-2711 1014 Cunningham Rd, Kingston, Ontario K7L 4V3 For more information 1-800-567-3278 1 WEEK 2 WEEKS 779 1179 749 979 639 839 719 999 Just keep heading away from the highway for another few hundred metres The south end of the lake is a slit surrounded by sheer cliffs that go straight down into bottomless clear turquoise water The brave, the hot and the foolhardy cliff jump into the icy water, which is also 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still offer thundering cataracts well worth the 500-metre drive off the parkway You can look straight down at the deep channel being cut in the limestone by the three chutes of the upper falls, which is as far as most people go But a gently sloping trail takes you two km further to the lower falls, a series of drops that carry on for hundreds of metres Be careful - a bench at the lower falls is dedicated to a Regina teenager who drowned in the river three years ago Bubbling springs, Endless Chain (60 km) The bubbling springs here make a wonderful contrast to the noise of the falls Cold water that has percolated down the slopes of the Endless Chain mountain ridge bubbles up in dozens of small jets from the bottom of a serene, crystal-clear pool beside a picnic pulloff The water carries greyish-green silt that coats the bottom of the 10-metre wide pool, forming a constantly changing pattern Stanley Falls (80 km) Getting to these requires a little more walking, but offers rewards for most of the half-hour trip Park at an unnamed hiking trail sign two km south of the Beauty Creek hostel, in the middle of the Sunwapta River floodplain The trail goes along a gravel berm, through some trees and turns right on to the old road allowance Walk about 500 metres, then turn left up a short, steep hill just before Beauty Creek (someone has built arrows out of rocks to indicate the turns) The trail goes along the top of a canyon, with numerous falls and round pools with rock walls worn smooth by the water Now you can understand why it's called Beauty Creek Wilcox Pass (99 km) There are usually mountain sheep here But cyclists riding up to the pass and others VJX Kids Package 159 CDN Valid Wednesdays through June; Daily July through Labour Day Our Very Important Kids package gives you time to yourself while your kids enjoy a free stay 'n' play with certified child care professionals in our activity centre Get into our indoor/outdoor pool, sauna, hot tub and Health Club, while your 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PCloudy 28 19 Sunny 44 31 PCloudy 31 21 Sunny Sunny 26 13 31 18 World today Man Mini Amsterdam PCloudy 21 12 Ankara Sunny 28 14 Athens Sunny 33 23 Beijing PCloudy 30 22 Berlin PCloudy 20 13 Dublin PCloudy 21 13 Hong Kong PCloudy 32 25 Jerusalem Sunny 33 18 Lisbon Sunny 30 18 London PCloudy 24 12 Madrid Sunny 36 19 Mexico City PCloudy 23 12 Moscow Cloudy 18 12 Nairobi Cloudy 27 14 New Delhi TStorms 32 24 Paris Sunny 25 12 Rio de Janeiro PCloudy 25 18 Rome PCloudy 28 19 Stockholm Sunny 23 11 Sydney PCloudy 20 10 Tokyo Showers 28 22 Resorts today Barbados PCloudy 31 25 Bermuda PCloudy 29 26 Honolulu Sunny 32 24 Kingston Sunny 32 26 Miami PCloudy 32 26 Old Orchard PCloudy 23 11 Nassau PCloudy 32 24 Tampa PCloudy 34 24 Wildwood Sunny 27 17 Sun PI Sunrise: 5:25, Sunset: 8:36 Total daylight: 15hrs 11min Moon Moonrise: 10:22 a.m., Moonset: 10:48 p.m., First quarter 23 Jul, Full moon 30 Jul, Last quarter 5 Aug, New moon 14 Aug, Rebel suicide squad rams Sri Lankan naval ship ASSOCIATED PRESS COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - A rebel suicide squad blew up a naval gunboat yesterday and pinned down a squad of elite commandos, killing its commander in one of the fiercest battles of the 13-year war for independence Tamil Tiger rebels rammed a speedboat packed with explosives into the gunboat, setting it on fire, said military officials who cannot be identified More than 40 sailors were aboard Their fate was unknown It also was not known how many rebels were in the speedboat, which exploded as the gunboat fired at rebel positions, the officials said The 36-metre gunboat Ranaviru was off Mullaittivu, site of a land battle for a military base vital to controlling the northeast coast of the Indian Ocean republic The fighting, in its second day, was the most intense since rebels lost their stronghold, Jaffna City, to the Sri Lankan army in December Lt-Col Fazly Lafir of the Special Forces Commando Unit reportedly bled to death after being shot Brigadier Lawrence Fernando, commander of Mullaittivu camp, was among the wounded A collection of political cartoons by Aislin, with text by Hubie Bauch Available at The Gazette Lobby, 245 St Jacques (Place d'Armes Metro) during regular business hours Or take advantage of our convenient mail order service Mail this coupon together with a cheque or money order for $20.85 to the address below Visa, MasterCard and American Express accepted Please allow three weeks for delivery Price includes $15.99 (item) $3.50 postage and handling $1 R Roy They were Loyola's first casualties of World War II Loyola High School has been in a number of locations during its long history Its antecedents go back beyond 1896 (the year when ""Loyola High School"" first became its name) In the 1840s, space was made for a school for English-speaking Catholic boys in the College Ste Marie, a French Jesuit school Rules were laid down Good behavior was required, especially in chapel Slouching, stretching, yawning were out Those early chapel services were a far cry from one described by Capt Maguire in 1916 He had just brought his cut-throats back from mass The chapel was a barn in France that had been converted into a theatre On the stage, a padre said mass In the orchestra pit, another padre, attired in boots and spurs and a Sam Brown belt, with a blue stole and a gas helmet slung round his neck, heard confessions Loyola High School's 100th-anniversary celebrations began with mass in St Patrick's Basilica earlier this year They end in October with a gala evening in The Windsor It is impossible to give an adequate idea of the storms in this country The first Anglican Bishop of Quebec, the Rt Rev Jacob Mountain, was describing a Canadian thunderstorm It was in July 1794 At that time, Montreal was part of the Quebec diocese On July 11, the bishop set out from Quebec to make his first visit to this city A week later, he and his party were within 35 miles of Montreal when a violent storm of thunder forced them to take shelter in a farmhouse The bishop drew a chair up to a window and gazed out Immense volumes of black clouds filled the sky Forked lightning zig-zagged across the clouds, throwing out bright purple flashes At one point, three or four of these zig-zagging lines joined together in a huge shaft of light that rushed furiously to the ground It was like nothing the bishop had ever seen at home in England He found it dreadfully, beautifully grand But what was beautifully grand could also be lethal When the storm cleared, the travellers got back into their carriages and proceeded on their way to Montreal They had not gone far when they came to a village where the people were in confusion and dismay Eight people in the village had been seated round a dining table Lightning had streaked in Two of those at the table were killed instantly On many occasions these magnificently awesome storms caused sudden death In 1830, the New Montreal Gazette (a short-lived rival to The Gazette) reported an instance of this kind Again, it was in July At a village just west of Montreal, visitors had come to call at a doctor's house They were sitting in the parlor with the doctor's wife when a great flash of lightning sped round the room When the doctor came home a few minutes later, he found everyone on the floor in a state of insensibility One man was dead In the words of that 1830 newspaper, the fatal fluid had removed him to a world of Spirits A child's birthday party ended in tragedy early in the present century It was being held at a farmhouse near the town of Cookshire, in the Eastern Townships It was about this time of year The birthday cake had been placed on the table The children were waiting for it to be cut Suddenly, fierce lightning darted into the room The young son of Ayton Cromwell, a Cookshire contractor, was nearest the window The lightning killed him His mother was to remember that we did not know anything was wrong until we realized he was not crying out in alarm like the other children Loyola High School is shown as it existed in N S8500 No GST 659-0488 4D'4V FORD Tempo '91, 2-dr, air auto, gold, 147,000 km, $3250 484-1584 497-4444 private B750 FORD Tempo GL '93 4dr auto 55k loaded $6950 Debv bkr 733-7364 HYUNDAI Sonata '89, cruise, sunroof, power locks, etc, mint condition, $5,400 620-762 or ISUZU l-Mark 1988, turbo, 5 sod, 4 dr, 103,000 kms, like new, $3500 624-850 private 178340 JAGUAR convertible '94, olive on tan, one owner, showroom condition, Ultimate 952-4201 FORD Thunderbird Diamond Jubilee 1978, mint condition, no winters, must sell: leaving country $5,000 481-1617 FORD Thunderbird LX, '93 fully equipped, 39,000 kms, very clean, full of warranty, 235-5464 private FORD Thunderbird 1989, 139,000 kilometers, Charcoal, $4,600 697-8854 Private 221035 GEO Storm GSI '97, 77,000 kms, 16v, 140 hp, mags, spoiler, Must see, Warranty $8400 738-8262 JAGUAR Sovereign J-6 '87, champagne, 4-dr, mint, No winters, 66,000 km THE GAZETTE, MONTREAL, SATURDAY, JULY 20, 1996 Family sues Quebec furniture-maker after girl killed by falling dresser GORDON BECK, GAZETTE Diane Pinsonneault says her farm's miniature vegetables are even smaller than usual this year because of the rainy, cloudy weather Southern Quebec farmers fed up with wet summer MONIQUE BEAUDIN THE GAZETTE Diane Pinsonneault glanced at the tiny carrots and peas in her Atwater Market stall in west-end Montreal They're supposed to be small, but they're much, much, much smaller than normal, she said yesterday It just hasn't been hot enough for long enough this year Pinsonneault, who grows miniature vegetables on her 40-acre farm in Saint-Michel-de-Napierville, said this summer's weather has been tough on farmers There's been too much rain and just not enough sun I'm hoping for a late autumn and frost, but even then, I won't have a great season, she said, wrapping up a small box of beans Farmers around the Montreal area have been dealing with weird weather this year After a late spring, they've had tornados in the Eastern Townships, floods near Huntingdon, and a lot of rainy days around Montreal Farmers say the growing season is at least two weeks behind normal and many crops are stunted because they haven't been getting enough sun It's not just farmers who are having a hard time with Mother Nature La Ronde is giving out free tickets for the first time to try to drum up business after a dismal beginning to the season For the rest of the summer, the Ile Ste Helene amusement park will give a second free ticket to people who show up on days when the MeteoMedia weather network forecasts a 50-percent or higher chance of rain The free tickets can be used on another day We decided to put the bad weather on our side, La Ronde spokesman Christine Mitton said Attendance is down 25 per cent from last year's record-breaking 1.2 million visitors, she said This summer's weather has definitely been strange, Environment Canada meteorologist Bill Horrocks said But part of the problem is that we're comparing it with last summer, which was a record-breaker for heat and sunshine Back then, most farmers were complaining about a drought The big difference this year is that we're getting a lot of unstable air that is leading to frequent showers or thunderstorms, Horrocks said Normally, southern Quebec gets high-pressure systems that bring sunnier, more stable weather This year, the high-pressure system is farther east, he explained This is just an anomaly that takes place from time to time, Horrocks said Concordia University climatologist David Frost said it's as if our weather has gone to England for the summer My wife was in England for a month Growing season is at least 2 weeks behind normal Almanac doesn't predict much relief from rain, cloudiness JONATHON GATEHOUSE THE GAZETTE An Ontario family is suing a Quebec furniture manufacturer and a national retail chain for negligence after a chest of drawers fell on a 2-year-old girl, killing her Seven family members, including two siblings and three grandparents, seek a total of $200,000 for the loss of Brittany Ward's care, guidance and companionship under the Ontario Family Law Act The companies have 40 days to file a statement of defence The allegations must be proved in court In a statement of claim filed in a Toronto court Wednesday, the girl's family contends the manufacturer, Les Industries de la Rive Sud Ltee of Saint-Croix, and the retailer, Leon's Furniture Ltd of Weston, Ont, sold a poorly designed and hazardous dresser for children Brittany was killed Jan 14 when the four-drawer dresser in her bedroom tipped over, pinning her underneath An autopsy determined that she suffocated beneath the weight of the 40-kilogram piece of furniture The exact cause of the accident is unknown, but officials speculated the girl was trying to climb up on the dresser After an investigation, a Toronto coroner urged parents to check the stability of their children's furniture Many safety experts recommend that heavy pieces of furniture be bracketed to walls to lessen the danger of similar accidents The civil suit contends the chest of drawers was susceptible to tipping and would easily flip when pulled forward It also contends the manufacturer and retailer knew or ought to have known of the danger posed by the dresser Ex-FQ minister gets Brussels post Company officials at Les Industries de la Rive Sud Ltee could not be reached for comment yesterday In a telephone interview from his Mississauga, Ont, office, Brittany's father, Harry Ward, said he decided to take legal action to warn other parents of the potential danger; and make sure his daughter didn't die in vain The idea is to get as much publicity out there as possible so we can prevent this from happening again, he said Ward said he and his wife, a former daycare worker, had gone to great lengths to childproof their home, putting latches on doors and buying only approved toys You try to think of everything, but you would never think of the chest of drawers, he said The family wants the federal government to enact safety standards for the weight and design of children's dressers! The only regulation now in place is a ban on the use of paints containing lead Francois Houle, a spokesman for Quebec's provincial coroner, said his office has no knowledge of any similar fatalities in the province He called the case exceptional and said the coroner has no plans to issue a warning to parents We always ask parents to watch their children closely, but there are limits to what you can do, Houle said If a kid climbs up on a piece of furniture, it doesn't matter what it is, it could fall over A Health Canada database that tracks children treated in 15 hospital emergency rooms across the country found injuries caused by falling dressers were extremely rare Such accidents accounted for less than 0.1 per cent of the injuries reported each year, and only three patients had required hospitalization in five years, GAZETTE QUEBEC BUREAU QUEBEC - Denis de Belleval, a former Parti Quebecois cabinet minister, has been named Quebec's delegate-general to Brussels He replaces Gerard Latulippe and starts Sept 2 From 1976 to 1981, de Belleval served as transport minister and minister in charge of the civil service In 1982, he left to work for Lavalin International Inc In 1985, Prime Minister Brian Mulroney appointed him chief of Canada Ports Corp In 1987, Mulroney named him to head Via Rail From 1990 to 1995, de Belleval worked for the city of Quebec itl V ith the purchase of one a la carte meal you and your guest are invited",0,0,0,0,0,0
+342,19970620,modern,Thunder,"R stops 55 Stalk 56 Years ago 57 Prepared to drive with up 60 Multinational business inits TODAY'S FORECAST For up to date weather The forecast is for a few clouds with warm temperatures near seasonal temperatures Mostly cloudy this evening, a shower or two a possibility late tonight Winds southerly 15-20 km/h Forecast issued at 9 PM yesterday covers highs for today and overnight lows between tonight and tomorrow TODAY'S HIGH 26 TONIGHT'S LOW 17 Ottawa High 25 Low 17 Montreal High 26 Low 7 Eastern forecast for Sunday Showers High 28 Low 15 Monday Partly cloudy High 27 Low 14 Tuesday Sunny High 26 Low 13 TOMORROW'S FORECAST Cloudy with scattered showers High 26 Low 18 perhaps a thunderstorm Sunrise 5:05 Sunset 8:47 Total daylight 15 hrs 42 min Moon NORTH AMERICAN WEATHER SYSTEMS Moonrise 8:29 PM Moonset 5:14 AM Weather systems are forecast for 8 PM this evening Temperatures are today's daytime highs 1997 MTI Inc WARM COLD STORM SYSTEM pressure RAM SHOW THUNDERSTORM PRESSURE First quarter 12 Jul Full moon 20 Jun Last quarter 27 Jun New moon 4 Jul Regional synopses Abitibi-Témiscamingue High 22 Low near 13 The chance of a shower Laurentians High 25 Low near 14 Partly sunny skies Eastern Ontario High 26 Low near 17 Partly to mostly cloudy, maybe a late day shower Southern Ontario High 25 Low near 16 Cloudy with scattered showers, isolated thunderstorms Quebec City High 25 Low near 14 Mainly sunny skies Eastern Townships High 25 Low near 13 Sunshine with a few clouds Northern New England High 27 Low near 15 Sunshine with a few clouds Gaspé High 23 Low near 11 Sunny skies Temperature conversion 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 -5 -10 -15 -20 -25 C 95 86 77 68 59 50 41 32 23 Ultraviolet index Today's UV level 7 LOW MODERATE Minutes to sunburn 30 20 15 ALMANAC Today's Records Max Min Precipitation 1988 32.0 (to 8 PM yesterday) 1968 7.8 Rain (mm) temperature Month 23 Yesterday 25.4 15 snow (cm) Year ago today 23.3 15.3 Month 0 Normal this date 24.0 13.8 Normal 0 to 2 AM Yesterday 0.6 July 1 to date 43.92 Max Min Iqaluit Cloudy 7 3 Yellowknife Cloudy 23 12 Whitehorse Showers 18 9 Vancouver Cloudy 19 11 Victoria Cloudy 20 10 Edmonton Showers 17 11 Calgary Cloudy 18 9 Saskatoon Showers 19 10 Regina Cloudy 20 11 Winnipeg Cloudy 22 13 Thunder Bay Cloudy 22 11 Sudbury Cloudy 22 14 Toronto Showers 25 16 Fredericton Sunny 25 17 Halifax Sunny 22 11 Charlottetown Sunny 22 11 St John's Showers 22 11 United States today Max Min Atlanta Cloudy 32 21 Boston Cloudy 24 18 Chicago Cloudy 31 19 Dallas Cloudy 34 23 Denver Cloudy 31 14 Las Vegas Sunny 41 26 Los Angeles Cloudy 27 18 New Orleans Cloudy 32 22 New York Sunny 29 21 Phoenix Sunny 43 28 St Louis Sunny 33 23 San Francisco Sunny 22 12 Washington Cloudy 32 21 World today Max Min Amsterdam Cloudy 18 12 Ankara Sunny 29 14 Athens Cloudy 34 22 Beijing Cloudy 33 20 Berlin Showers 18 13 Dublin Showers 15 11 Hong Kong Cloudy 29 26 Jerusalem Sunny 36 17 Lisbon Sunny 26 17 London Cloudy 19 12 Madrid Sunny 31 15 Mexico City Cloudy 29 16 Moscow Cloudy 16 10 Nairobi Cloudy 24 12 New Delhi Sunny 43 29 Paris Cloudy 20 13 Rio de Janeiro Sunny 25 17 Rome Sunny 26 17 Stockholm Cloudy 18 11 Sydney Cloudy 14 8 Tokyo Cloudy 26 20 Resorts today Max Min Acapulco Cloudy 33 26 Barbados Cloudy 31 26 Bermuda Cloudy 28 23 Daytona Cloudy 34 22 Kingston Cloudy 33 27 Miami Cloudy 33 26 Myrtle Beach Sunny 32 22 Nassau Cloudy 33 26 Tampa Cloudy 33 26 NATION Indian wants share of royalties Canadian Press RED DEER, Alta - A treaty Indian who was raised by non-aboriginal parents wants his share of oil royalties from the reserve where he was born, but the band has refused to release the money Larry Bruno-Herman learned of the $242,000 held in a trust account at Peace Hills Trust Co in Edmonton nearly a year ago from a private investigator the band hired He sued after repeated refusals by the Samson Cree Nation in central Alberta to release the funds Now a judge has granted band lawyer Jack MacLean permission to interview Bruno-Herman to determine if he's the rightful owner of the money, accrued bank interest and other government benefits Is Larry Bruno entitled to payment of the monies as a member? MacLean asked during a court appearance this week That's the crux of it This is a very, very complex matter Justice S THE GAZETTE, MONTREAL, FRIDAY, JUNE 20, 1997 PREVIEW REVIEW Sticking it to God Funny, cutting Commandments sneaks on to movie screens JOHN GRIFFIN Gazette Film Critic I do know that what I don't know might be a whole lot greater than I thought This humbled statement is delivered by a potentially redeemed moral lowlife named Harry Luce as the last line in the fabulously loopy black comedy Commandments, by writer-director Daniel Taplitz But it might also apply to the fate of a film that manages to find a laugh line in some of life's darkest, deepest questions What happened to this movie? Are Aidan Quinn, Courtney Cox and executive producer Ivan Reitman suddenly chopped liver in Hollywood? Why is it being under-released here, without benefit of promotion, publicity, a radio-sponsored premiere or an avalanche of rave advance reviews? Is it because America isn't considered ready to tackle issues like life, death, tragedy, injustice and vengeance? Is the relationship between man and God so personal - or old-fashioned - that we can't ask our maker, as Quinn's Seth does early on, Why are all these things happening to me? What did I do that was so wrong in your eyes to deserve such pain and suffering? Are these not valid points to be raised on the eve of the millennium and, for all we know, an apocalypse of biblical dimensions? Seth has good reason to wonder what happened to fair play As this weird but wonderful morality piece opens, Seth is confronting the inexplicable drowning death of his loving, pregnant wife As if this weren't enough burden to bear, his house is destroyed by a tornado Snapping under the pressure, he straddles the top of a neighbour's roof in a thunderstorm and demands of his God: I want an answer God responds with lightning Seth is scorched His dog Sparky is almost torched There is one further indignity: he's fired from his job Wifeless, homeless and jobless, Seth holes up in the Manhattan loft of his wife's lonely sister Rachel (Cox) and her amoral, muckraking journalist husband (LaPaglia), and plots revenge He decides to break all 10 Commandments If God has it in for him, he will stick it to God From this lofty premise, Taplitz and his standout cast craft a wicked, wistful comedy of wrath, frustration, love and misadventure to do Albert Brooks proud Funny, cutting, off-centre and genuinely preoccupied with big issues, Commandments deserved a much wider release Do they really think we're all dumb, scared and oblivious? Or is the decision to bury it a reflection of Hollywood itself? Commandments is playing at the Cinema du Parc Parents' guide: some violence, language",0,0,0,0,0,0
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H02t8 GRAINS WINNIPEG Flaxseed opened on a bearish note Thursday, an ID Winnipeg Commodity Exchange following the release of Statistics Canada report on seeding intentions Range of futures Thursday for tonnes, basil Lakehead: Open Nlttt Law Cits Wttt Flax: 41109 47' 00 41100 42709 47700 40 00 419 00 40( 00 411 50 410 00 Hi tt 394 70 MOO IV 0 366 00 13300 3300 331 50 33699 334 60 119 50 321 X 11900 111 00 310 30 Canal (bam vanceuver): Jun Spt Nov Jan Re: Mar May Jly On Mar May Jlv 330 00 WOO J20O 12760 376 60 IJvOO 339 70 33! 0 338 M 1VS70 145 80 345 10 343 0 343 80 17 JO 149 70 350 00 349 60 319 60 147 70 114)011)10 117 00 I'lOO llOO 11)50 1100 11110 U) 00 111 10 111 50 111 10 1)7 00 12 00 127 00 11)30 126 10 Barley (Thunder I'evl: Mar May Jlv Oct Nov Fd Wheat! 10810 (Or 0 101)0 Id 10 107 70 111 10 II: '0 111, 10 11160 11150 116)0 ll 60 116 10 116 60 116 40 1 15 00 1154 115 00 IIS, S0 125, S9 Barley (Western): May 116 00 11100 117 SO 117 70 117 SO Aug 116)0 11700 Nov 117 50 112 50 112 50 11) 50 117 00 F 115 09 115, 09 Commodity exchange cash prices: Feed 0411' I cw lot J cw 10130, 3c 105 JO mixed grain oats; 100 10 Feed Barley (Thunder lay): I rw 1(1 JO, 2iw 1030, mixed grain barley 98, 10 Rv4 I rw 110)0, 2 cw lot 70, 1 cw 14 70 Fivx: I cw 4793, 2 cw 42500, 1 cw 392 00 C4nal4: In ilort Thunder Bv Ne, I Canada 30160, m store Vancouver No, I Canada 31(90 Feed Wheat: 1 red spring: 141 SO, Can feed l50 Expert wh4t, It, lwr I cw IH art; 211 II, lew 11, 5 pel, 20? 55, 2 cw 13 5 prl, 207 5S,2rw II 5 pel, 201 55, 3 tw 201 TIP SHEET The Young Parents Program of Head and Hands needs donations of cribs, strollers, high chairs, playpens, books and toys DINING OUT Helen Rochester suggests that Montrealers who are looking for a change of pace would do well to seek out a little cafe called Byblos, where a Persian-cuisine menu features a variety of dishes that might be served in an average Iranian home i tr w u , 1 i i imnT r t w -rt i a r -r a k rs: i w m ti w u Laughs in fog belie the gloom The Canadian child is still capable of imagination ROY MACGREGOR OTTAWA CITIZEN ""H ake it from me, Contrary to the weight of available evidence, the imagination of the Canadian child has not yet been freeze-dried by computer chips and video technology, And that isn't just me talking through my nostrils, either, More on that later, but first some background, Actually, there is very little, for the fog here is so thick the trees to each side are ghosting out, I am knee deep in snow and slush, I am harnessed to a toboggan that is piled to where my waist should be in coolers, boxes, packsacks, skis, poles, ice augers, dirty soaking clothes, suitcases and garbage, There was thunder when we started out, lightning when we reached the halfway point, and now rain is falling as if it comes out of dump trucks, not clouds, It is raining, cold and miserable, and I have just looked back as far as the fog permits in search of children who are pulling and carrying their own loads, They are laughing, They are spinning and staring straight up into the thunder and lightning and cold falling rain and they are laughing, Five days earlier we made this same long haul into a cabin along the shore of a small northern lake, We brought along five kids, one a guest, five typical suburban kids who dwell in a world where children's games are made up by adult Nintendo programmers, where idle time is filled in by video stores and where one has only to select a certain channel when one wishes to see what power music has over imagination, Last evening run Here there was no VCR, no MuchMusic, Even the radio reception was only good enough for a quick morning weather report and then off, But if you had come to believe, as I had, that the imagination of the child had somehow been electrocuted over the past decade, you only had to listen to the excuses that preceded the last evening run through the snow to the outhouse, And if you had come to believe that games no longer mattered unless they could be plugged in and rented out, then you should have been there to taste the tension over whether the next roll of the dice will lead to a snake rather than a ladder, One cannot help but wonder why there is no strip mall market for this sort of things, say a brightly-lit, hypnotic store that gives away free popcorn while you shop for cribbage boards and Sorry games and decks with enough cards to hold a quick game of hearts, What has happened to us was brought home the day we hiked out and then drove to a nearby ski hill, where we stood by a rope tow watching while a father raced to his injured son, quickly rolled up the son's pant leg to reveal a nasty cut, turned the boy toward the light and then, for five minutes, stood filming the scene, complete with wide-angle tracking of the arrival of the first-aid unit and stretcher, ""D1S-GUSTING!!"" shouted out our guest teenager, It was the best thing said in five days of suburban withdrawal, Shack becomes a fort But hardly the only treasure, The two youngest found an abandoned ice fishing shack one morning, By afternoon it was a fort, By suppertime they were begging to move into it, In the evening they discovered that, from a certain angle, it is possible to pinch a nostril so it resembles a talking mouth, Another evening, the oldest found some old sparklers and they all went outside and put matches to them, marching around in thigh-deep snow while they etched their names permanently in the only place it will ever matter: memory, But still, nothing prepares you for turning in such miserable slushy conditions and seeing five children laughing and spinning in the middle of a freak winter rainstorm, The youngest girl her hair matted to her forehead, her mouth open to drink from the sky won't even take cover when we eventually make it to where the township snowplow has turned back and the car parked, ""This is too much fun,"" she says, ""Can we please do it again next year?"" Just imagine, PARTY TIME? LEAVE IT TO PROS For more and more parents, the rec-room birthday party is a thing of the past as they turn the organizational hassle over to private firms that throw kiddie bashes for a living, Children as young as 1 are now getting into the habit of celebrating their birthdays outside the home, With just street lights for company, city worker Michel Harcourt cleans up the night's debris on St Catherine St, SUNBIRD LE, 1989, 9,000km, 2 door, stereo cassette, $9,900, 453-0089 or vale, SUNBIRD 1987, excellent condition, very clean, 85,000km, $6,000, negotiable, 689-2575 after 4 p.m, Private SUNBIRD SE 1989, red, sport package, 26,000km, amfm stereo, non-smoker, $10,900, negotiable, Davs Vince 395-5660, after 6 p.m, 487-1510 private SUNBIRD station wagon 1987, fully equipped, automatic, ac, power windows, 48,000 kms, many extras, $6,900, 686-2384 private SUNDANCE 88, 2.5 litre, 5-speed, air-conditioning, fully equipped, extra clean, $7,600, After 4pm, 666-9929 Private SUZUKI Swift GTI 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Beneteau First 32 fresh water, 1 owner, evenings, 511- C4VC 35, fully equipped, 1971, 1 sens, rod rigging, perfect condition 765 0782 CAC 36 11, Lake Champlain, equipped, perfect condition, 373-5805, evenings 664-7956 CtC 41, excellent condition, 62-2477 EDEL 465, S sails, not the chic, trendy western portion of Laurier but the unimpressive, quiet eastern stretch, It's a cute, clean, crisp little cafe where patrons sit around reading for hours while sipping on teas from strange-looking teapots, nibbling on exotic little tidbits or filling up on substantial main dishes, I doubt if many of them grew up on koukou, pirojki, khoresh or alo-balo-polo, but they all seem to enjoy these dishes nevertheless and there isn't a bored face to be seen, Nor is it costing the diners a bundle, with snack-type items costing between $2.50 and $3.50 and main dishes a Anticipation Word has it we've crossed the vernal equinox, The longest, coldest, most irritating winter I can remember may finally be coming to an end, (I will be punished for saying this, I know, A snowstorm will drop three feet of snow on my driveway and my driveway alone as an April Fool's joke, ) Still, I can't help being optimistic, For wine fans, spring is one of the nicest times of the year, For one thing, we've got a whole new vintage to look forward to, As the heavy storms that lashed the North Atlantic this winter abate, ships are setting out from France, Italy and Spain loaded to the gunwales with the wines the Society des Alcools du Quebec ordered over the winter, They'll be landing in early April and the first wines of France's highly touted 1989 vintage will be in a store near you sometime in May, Sap is running Meanwhile, vintage 1990 is beginning to take shape, The vineyards of Europe and North America are coming alive, The sap is running in the vines and the first buds will be appearing shortly, In fact they may already be out in the hotter regions along the coast of the Mediterranean, Frost, hail, drought, flood, rot, disease and attacks of parasites may lie ahead, but for the moment, the vintage holds nothing but promise, In the southern hemisphere, the new vintage is coming off the vines even as we chip the last of the ice off the walk, In Chile and Argentina, the pickers are in the vineyards and row upon row of stainless steel fermenting vats are being scrubbed within an inch of their lives, Gato Negro and Casillero del Diablo will soon be going through the vats, into bottles and on their way to us, Down Under, the first vin nouveau of the '90s is probably already fermenting, It'll be into bottles and on its way to market within a month, Meanwhile, the quality grapes of Barossa, Coonawarra, McLaren Vale and Margaret River are in the last stages of ripening and the first stages of picking, Spring is a good time to be planning a cellar, If you don't have one, you can dream of building one, A cool, quiet corner in the basement is a good beginning, Racks can be as inexpensive as pine planks stacked on bricks, or as pricey as custom-built bins and a refrigeration unit for climate control, If you don't have a basement, a Tl ur Last week's lucky winner of our ""Be Our Guest"" Restaurant Contest was MS, MARY CHADSEY of Montreal with a $75 gift certificate for RESTAURANT ALDO, 298 Place d'Youville, Vieux-Montreal 282-1837 414 rue Principale, St-Sauveur (514) 227-5275 Helen Rochester March 23U 990 fixed $6,75, A complete meal can be had for $9,95, Byblos, with its polished wood floors, birch tables and chairs, intricate embroideries and weavings decorating the white walls, and its casual, laid-back ambience, features Persian cuisine and is owned by the charming Iranian-born Hemela Pourafzal who presides over her dining room as though it were her own home, The cooking, too, is very much home-style, not the elegant, sophisticated Persian cuisine one sometimes encounters in the all-too-rare restaurants of this kind, but the kind of dishes one might be served in an average Iranian home, We were at a bit of a loss to choose among the many small appetizer dishes until madame suggested we try a mazza (traditional mixed hors d'oeuvres) of cold dishes and another of hot, The first ($3,20) consisted of a platter containing portions of various yogurt dishes, There was refreshing yogurt with spinach and a touch of garlic, yogurt with chopped beets and mint, yogurt with eggplant, minced meat, nuts and mint, and finally, yogurt of new vintage is one joy of spring, J WAYNE OHIOSBV WINE cupboard will do, If you can't keep the temperature down, do what you can to keep it constant, It's the temperature swings that do the damage, You lived through a couple of 30-degree freeze-thaw swings this winter, You know how it made you feel, If you already have a cellar, now's the time to start thinking about restocking, New vintages and new wines will start flooding into the stores in a month or so, Time to get out the books and magazines and plan your attack, Since the big Bordeaux and Burgundies of 1989 will be aging for at least another year or two before coming onto the market, think about loading up on wines from the Loire, From muscadets right through to sancerres and chinons, the '89s promise to be things of splendor, Alsace should be another 9 ts if- "" , 4--V -f it 4 A ?! 1 mi i (i 11 Guest the magnificent 200 year old setting of Youville Stables Steaks and seafood, ft ,? K 1 Ufa1 ', '4' "" 11 5 ft', ' with cucumbers, raisins, nuts and mint, all equally enjoyable when eaten with pita bread provided for the purpose, The hot mazza ($3,50) contained little portions of pureed eggplant with tomatoes, eggs and garlic, a puree of fine herbs (mostly parsley) with eggs and garlic, and a puree of meat with tomatoes, onions, chickpeas and white beans, garnished with black olives and feta cheese, Again, all were delicious although the meat puree was perhaps too bland, a little like baby food, We didn't get around to sampling the many koukous, which are Middle-Eastern-style omelets, nor the pirojki, which are stuffed pastry packages, using, I imagine, delicate filo pastry, We chose instead the two main dishes being offered that evening, one described by the young waiter as a chicken stew, the other as lamb with rice, These were, of course, a chicken khoresh and alo-balo-polo, two basic forms of most Iranian main dishes, Khoresh is basically a stew of cooked meats, vegetables and dried fruits in a sauce that is ladled over a generous serving of cooked rice at the table, In a polo, the meats, vegetables, fruits and maybe nuts are cooked together in a casserole, In this case, the chicken khoresh was served minus the rice but with a lot of vegetables, including huge boiled potatoes, carrots, green peppers, onions and mushrooms and two meaty chicken thighs, first browned and then stewed with the vegetables in a tomato sauce, fla good buy, Most reports from the shadow of the Vosges mountains promise rieslings, gewurztraminers and pinot blancs made from grapes of almost unheard-of ripeness and excellent health, The proof will be in the bottle, Another thing to remember when stocking up: While most regions of France reported an excellent 1989 vintage, other regions of Europe didn't necessarily follow, Most Italian producers, for example, are calling 1989 a good vintage but not necessarily a great one, Inopportune storms here, near-drought there, a cool spring that cramped budding and flowering up in the mountains it's a litany of near-misses, In Spain, especially in the Penedès region, home of all the Spanish bubblies and the great wines of the Torres family, growers spent the summer of 1989 looking over their shoulders, Ruined crop In July they were looking desperately for any sign of a rain cloud, In August they were wishing the thunderheads would go away, One thunderstorm after another rumbled up and down the valleys, bringing wicked hailstorms in late August and early September, After the hailstones had ruined 20 percent of the crop, growers had to worry about white rot, the inevitable sequel to hailstorms, In short, Have you tasted the best smoked meat cheesecake in Montreal? 892 St Catherine W, (nr Mun, ftfld) 866-4377 y WW V v I (LD9 1231 Mountain vored and colored with turmeric, The chicken was tender and the plate very filling, but on the whole, this was a very bland and uncharacteristically dull dish, The alo-balo-polo was better, a generous dish of good rice in which tiny morsels of tender but somewhat dry lamb were hidden, and which was flavored and prettily colored with chopped sour cherries, A small side dish of lamb stock, and sour cherries was provided as a sauce and the whole was quite delicious, For dessert I chose a popular Iranian sherbet ($2), a refreshing cucumber sherbet which is really more like a water ice rather than the creamy sherbets we know, quite granular but enjoyable nevertheless, My friend opted for a cheesecake ($2) which was neither Iranian nor very good, Filtered coffee (90 cents) was excellent and the service good throughout, Byblos 1499 Laurier Ave, S 15, 000 Leave message, 336-1589 private, Nick, CHRYSLER Windsor convertible 1966, 17,000 or best offer, Plymouth Road King Special 1941, 14,000 or best offer, Honda Scrambler 350 1972 motorcycle, 1500 llrm, 1-819-242-8080 CONTINENTAL 1973, Coupe, 26,000 miles, $4,000, 382-1448 private, CORVETTE Stingray, 1969, original 350 c, 350 hp, needs complete restoration or for sale as parts, Call before Noon or after 9 p.m, 265-9256 Private CUSTOM-MADE, high Quality convertible, (fcxtaliber ilyiel, magnificent, original one of a kind, 4 passenger, ac, completely equipped, white with grey interior, Ford warranty, 688-1467, 355-7900 Private FORD Edsel 1959, good condition, from California, 442-3634 private HOT ROD 1954 Ford, street legal, 13,000, Call 688-9736 Private JAGUAR sportscar wanted for restoration project, Any condition considered 1-799-508, JAGUAR XJ6 1982, Very clean, 111,500 620-1274 private JIMMY 4x4 1989, 40,000 miles, charcoal grey, fully equipped, trailer hitch 119,200, Call 694-5544, 424-0V1I private LOTUS Europe, SCCA, EP, race car, many modifications, spares, 55,000 or best offer Work; 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+344,19900106,modern,Cold,"C and Katherina Kubenk of Kitchener, Ont, placed 13th and 16th, respectively, in the preliminaries and failed to qualify for the five-woman final. Lucie Barma of Lac Beauport and Nancy Wankling of Winnipeg, Canada's top medal contenders in ballet, were both sidelined with injuries. Five-time World Cup ballet champion Jan Bucher of the United States, the co-favorite with Kissling, fell halfway through her performance in the final. Bucher, who led after the preliminaries, slipped after landing a jump. She strained knee ligaments and was taken from the course on a stretcher. ""It hurt me to see Jan fall like that. We're competitors, but we're good friends,"" said Kissling, who was second to Bucher after the preliminary round in the morning. ""It happened so quickly. I've never seen her hurt like that before,"" Kissling, a 28-year-old from Messen, a tiny Swiss village near Berne, speculated that Bucher's fall was the result of icy conditions caused by Thursday's heavy rain and yesterday's cold temperatures. Kissling skis in all three freestyle disciplines (moguls and aerials are the other two), but said this will be her final season in the combined. ""I'm getting a bit old to do all three,"" she said. ""After this season I will concentrate on just the ballet."" Kissling voiced displeasure over the decision by the International Olympic Committee to grant official medal status only to the moguls event for the 1992 Olympic Games in Albertville, France. ""Freestyle is three events and all three should have been accepted,"" said Kissling. She conceded that ballet, similar to figure skating, was the most difficult event for people to understand. ""It's a legitimate sport, but because it's not one where the fastest time wins, people have a problem with it. When time is the only important thing, you have problems with doping of athletes. Ballet demands athletic ability and creativity."" The final four will be down to the final four after this weekend's action. Unfortunately for the National Football League, two of the best four teams won't be there. That's because the four National Football Conference teams involved in this weekend's NFC semifinals—Vikings, Giants, Rams, and 49ers—are better than the four American Football Conference participants—Broncos, Steelers, Bills, and Browns. Either of the NFC games—Vikings at 49ers today (4 p.m., CBS) or Rams at Giants tomorrow (12:30, CBS)—will feature better talent than the AFC games, which see the Bills playing at Cleveland today (12:30, NBC) and the Steelers at Denver tomorrow (4 p.m.). in confidence to: Gary Nichol NICHOL FINANCIAL SERVICES 3441 Stanley St, Montreal, Que, H3A 1R1 Professional Help Wanted 405 PLANT ENGINEER To manage multi-discipline project, 5-15 years experience. ComamH, 676-9586 PLANT ENGINEER Manufacturing plant located in the East End requires services of a bilingual person to fulfill the following functions: Technical support to production, R & D on machinery, manager of machine shop, knowledge of dyes and cold metal stamping an asset. Write The Gazette, Dept. 1021, 321-4610. MACHINIST minimum 3 years experience on milling machine, lame. Call Jimmy at 1-348-9588. 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Min. 5 years experience on lathe (not N). 3 bedroom cottage, separate dining room, 2 cold rooms walking distance to school, church, etc. No reasonable offer refused 648-7537. 1-3 Mm n n 0' CbC&HCttl, Montreal, Saturday, January 6, 1990 Finding the best snow requires careful planning By HUGH NANGLE Special to The Gazette CHAMONIX, France - The Alps have a special magic for skiers that no amount of bad publicity can kill. Despite last winter's horror stories about the scarcity of snow on the slopes, for example, more than 200,000 North Americans packed up their boards and headed to Europe for a ski holiday. And it wasn't because they were stupid. They knew the horror stories were only partly true and that no matter what you read in the newspapers, it's nearly always possible to find snow somewhere in the Alps if you plan carefully. It's true that some traditional ski areas have weathered the last few winters looking more like golf courses. And flying all the way to Europe only to end up in a resort that has no snow can put you off the Alps for life. But such disasters can be avoided. There's plenty of good skiing in Europe if you pick your centres carefully. At the top of your list put Val d'Isere, Chamonix, La Plagne, and Les Trois Vallees in France; St Anton, Kitzbuhel, Innsbruck, and Saalbach in Austria; and Verbier, Zermatt, and St Moritz in Switzerland. They've all had ample snow in the last two years and most of them are either on or close to glaciers. But don't base your destination on the lowest price or the fame of the skiing centre. Instead, know the type of holiday you want— all-out skiing and nothing else or a more laid-back vacation. And be absolutely honest about your skiing ability. Some of the lowest priced trips are not really suited for people who aren't at least intermediate level skiers and a few are suitable only for advanced intermediate or even experts. Chamonix is a good example. There are a few trails for skiers with average ability but most of the really good skiing is for people who want 12 days of hard skiing down challenging runs or through off-piste powder. The Val d'Isere-Tignes complex and Val Thorens are for the same kind of people and so are St Anton, Kitzbuhel, and Badgastein in Austria, and Verbier, Zermatt, and Saas Fee in Switzerland. Skiers who want a nice mix of pleasant skiing with good food and some disco outings and shopping trips to round it off will be happier in older centres like Val d'Isere, Les Arcs, La Plagne, Alpes d'Huez, Les Deux Alpes, and the Les Trois Vallees complex in France; St Moritz and Klosters in Switzerland; or Solden, Salzburg, and Innsbruck in Austria. For instance, Les Trois Vallees (encompassing the centres of Val Thorens, Les Menuires, Meribel, and Courchevel) is one of the largest ski areas in the world with more than 500 km of groomed trails and over 200 lifts to serve them. Everyone, beginners and experts alike, can find something to test their skills as well as some chic nightlife in Courchevel, an old and charming village at the bottom of the hills, and Courchevel 1850 (that's its altitude, not its vintage) at the top. Ski magazines aren't the best guides for beginners or even intermediates. Their articles are often written by excellent skiers whose standards have little to do with the abilities of mere mortals. When you go is almost as important as where you go. Resorts are generally less crowded in January, late March, and April but they fill up at Easter and during the European school holidays in the latter half of February. To guide you in selecting the right destination and time, find a travel agent or tour operator who knows what he's talking about. He should know which centres have good snow and the dates of school holidays in the different countries, and if he doesn't, find someone else. Your agent should also have detailed, four-color resort maps you can look at or even take away. These maps mark all the lifts and have standardized color codes for the trails: green for very easy, blue for easy (intermediate), red for difficult (advanced intermediate), and black for very difficult (experts). If you learned to keep your skis parallel just last month, avoid resorts with a lot of black in them. Most maps make it easy for you by summarizing the number of trails in each category. For instance, of the 75 runs at my favorite resort, Les Deux Alpes, 19 are very easy, 30 are easy, 16 are difficult, and 10 are very difficult. If you have a low frustration level, you might prefer one of the newer resorts that make getting from your hotel room to the slopes quick and easy. Places like Les Menuires, Les Deux Alpes, Tignes, and La Plagne in France come to mind. They may lack the charm of older centres but they were designed solely for skiing. The terrain and runs were selected first. The lifts were positioned and then accommodations were built around them. Again, the importance of knowing the type of vacation you want will help decide between the convenience of a modern, concrete-dominated resort or one with atmosphere and style. Snow and altitude invariably go hand-in-hand. Resorts at higher altitudes generally have more reliable snow conditions, although heavy storms up there can also make for unskiable days. Look for centres that are between 2,000 and 3,000 metres above sea level. Most tour operators offering group outings have selected centres where the snow is reliable, the accommodation has been checked out for North American standards, and their prices generally can't be beaten. The sheer exhilaration of skiing off-piste or in the powder bowls is unparalleled but don't try it without a guide. Too many skiers have died after they ventured into territory that was beyond them. If you do get into trouble, there's no free service for injured skiers so you need insurance to cover the cost of getting to hospital. In France, Carte Neige coverage costs only about $25 a week and can be purchased from either the local national ski federation office or local tourist office. Skiers going to Switzerland and Austria should have out-of-country insurance, whether Blue Cross or Lloyds of London, to cover unexpected medical bills. Also check to see if your tour operator's insurance covers emergency flights home. One last tip: living at 1,800 metres or more above sea level and skiing at 3,000 metres can take its toll no matter how fit you are, so take it easy for the first few days. Swiss Alps offer picturesque villages and deep snow, if you know where to look. Package Total FRANCE Val d'Isere Club Med $1,233 Jet Tours $1,083 KLM $1,389 Sportsmania $1,159 Chamonix Club Med $1,066 Jet Tours $1,126 KLM $1,545 Sportsmania $989 Swissair $758 AUSTRIA St. Anton Adanac $1,229 CAI $1,230 DER $1,289 Sportsmania $1,365 Swissair $758 Kitzbuhel Adanac $939 CAI $1,161 DER $1,132 KLM $1,535 Proto Tours $999 Sportsmania $1,419 SWITZERLAND Verbier KLM $1,555 Sportsmania $1,359 Swissair $758 Airfare, Bus/Train transfer, Lodging, Ski pass, Ski lessons, Meals, Ski Insurance Included in price. Prices do not include taxes. SKIERS WHO want to go to Europe this winter have a lot of choices. Nearly all the major centres are covered by tour operators, along with some of the less well-known, at truly reasonable prices. For instance, Val d'Isere, Europe's most famous ski centre and one that's really popular with Canadians, is available for less than $1,100 for one week from Jet Tours. And that includes most meals, accident insurance, and ski tickets. Similarly, Kitzbuhel, one of Austria's best-known ski resorts, is also available for less than $1,100 from Adanac Tours. As with everything in the world today, there's no free lunch. You pay for what you get and there are lots of variables that affect the eventual cost so it's important to know what's included in the package you're buying. Ski passes, for example? If they're not included, find out how much extra it will cost. Are meals included? Which ones? If not, is there a kitchen with your accommodation? And is there quick access to grocery shopping? Are guides or lessons included? Air France's subsidiary, Jet Tours, generally comes out ahead of all others in their prices for French resorts simply because ski passes and ski insurance (Carte Neige) are included in their packages. Other operators do not cover these costs, thus pushing up their overall costs. Sportsmania, the most competitive, comes in at $989 for its seven-day package to Chamonix, but the additional $140 for a ski pass and about $25 for the essential Carte Neige insurance brings the total cost in at $1,154 compared to $1,126 from Jet Tours. However, Sportsmania includes two meals a day in its package and that could make it a better deal, depending on how much you spend on food. Club Med comes in at the top end of the price range in the centres where they operate. However, their packages are apparently all-inclusive. Three meals a day, along with wine at lunch and dinner, a ski pass, and ski lessons are included in Club Med's price. To help skiers get an inkling of who is offering what, the attached comparative table is based on the cheapest package for each destination. St. Anton and Kitzbuhel, in the Austrian Tyrol, and Chamonix in the Savoie region of France emerge as the three most popular destinations among the tour operators. An additional week can normally be added to packages at a reasonable cost, ranging from about $300 and up, depending on what is included. The level and quality of accommodation are the primary guidelines in establishing price. Bed and breakfast living is markedly different in price from a four-star hotel. There are a broad number of packages offered by operators. Prices vary on what is included in the length of the trip and what is included. While the table reflects prices for short trips, there are many longer trips offered. The longer trips are a better on a cost per day basis. Some are for 10-day periods. Others are for two weeks, and yet others are for two weeks, taking in two different ski centres. Some have guides accompanying a group. Everyone, it seems, has an opinion about Disney World. I fly to Florida at 4 o'clock this afternoon with my 11-year-old daughter Sarah, which means I've been rushing around all week and haven't had much time to write this column. And I still have a lot to do before I can abandon my desk and my wife for a week to go exploring the marvels of Walt Disney World. But I think Sarah has been ready since last Tuesday. Her bags are packed with her lucky unicorn tucked under her pyjamas and a swimming suit wrapped in a towel just in case we get to a beach. And she has read all that teensy type on the back of the ticket to make sure there's no way Canadian Airlines can squirm out of its commitment to fly her (and her dad) south to Orlando. It's really astonishing just how many people have preceded us on this pilgrimage to the Land of the Giant Mouse. Ever since I first started writing about this trip in my column two weeks ago, people I barely know have stopped me on the street, in the supermarket, and on the bus to recount their own Disney experiences. Typesetters in The Gazette's composing room, reporters in the business department, and even my parish priest have been giving me tips on what's worth seeing and what's not. Most of this has been pretty positive stuff but one man phoned to tell me he thought Disney World was a ripoff. He TRAVELLING LIGHT Paul Waters went in October and found it cold, crowded, and overpriced. ""The food!"" he said. ""And the souvenirs! You want a Coke, it costs $2. Minimum."" But Sarah and I? We're not discouraged. For one thing, the weather down there seems to be getting a little warmer after that nasty cold snap before Christmas, and for another, we have your letters and they seem pretty reassuring. It's still not too late to send your tips and suggestions to me at The Gazette, 250 St. Antoine St. W, Montreal, H2Y 3R7. I'll run the best ones in my column Jan. 20, the Saturday after we get back. Here's a little tidbit you can use the next time your flight home from Denmark is delayed. Frequent Flyer magazine rates the food at Copenhagen Airport as the best airport food in the world. The oysters and champagne get a big cheer from the American magazine but it's the oven-fresh delicacies at the bakery that really set the airport apart. I got a phone call last week from Gabor Nagy, a chartered accountant who was born in Hungary but who has been living in Canada for years. He wasn't terribly happy with the story we published on Budapest two weeks ago. ""Do you realize,"" he asked, ""that Budapest has two opera houses and that for $1.50 you can see productions that are every bit as good as those in Vienna?"" There are 20 theatres as well, he said, and while serious drama may be beyond anyone who doesn't understand Hungarian, there are usually three or four big musicals on at any given time. ""They're mostly Western,"" Mr. Nagy said. ""Cats, Phantom of the Opera, and for musicals it doesn't matter so much if you don't understand the language."" Mr. Nagy also said our story ignored the best pastry shop in all Budapest—the Cafe Vienna in the Forum Hotel where the cakes and tarts are better than anything you can buy in Austria. And he suggested that anyone serious about spending time in Budapest should avoid the big hotels—they're as expensive as the ones in Montreal and New York—and get Ibusz, the government tourist office, to organize lodging in a private home. ""They have hundreds of houses on their list,"" he said. ""You can get a room for $10 or $15 a week. And the people will love you."" Mr. Nagy's call got me thinking. The story on Budapest was pretty good. I ran it because I liked it and it made me want to visit the city. But Mr. Nagy's right in a way. All travel pieces are subjective—they pretty well have to be—and no journalist has the time to try all the pastry shops in Budapest. The result can seem frustratingly incomplete to anyone who knows or loves the place we're describing. So in the future I'll tell you several weeks in advance about at least some of the places we'll be writing about in the Travel section, much as I've done with the Disney venture. Then if you have any tips or hints about what to see and what to avoid, you can send them to me here at The Gazette and I'll publish the best ones. Those ever-romantic folks at British Airways have cooked up a promotion scheme to get you to take the love of your life to London for Valentine's Day, which is OK if you like theatre, concerts, and cold rainy streets. Anyway, if you go to London on business or for fun between Feb. 11 and 14 and buy a ticket at ""an established fare,"" you'll be able to buy your travelling companion a return economy ticket for $199. Both passengers must travel on the same flights to and from London, stay in Britain at least seven days, book their trips at least 14 days before departure, and pay within 48 hours of booking. You have to come back before March 7 and there's a $30 surcharge for Saturday flights. If that sounds too cheap, consider instead the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City. It's offering a romantic weekend for two from Feb. 16 to 18 that's designed for the man (or woman) with a decent-sized heart and a really huge wallet. Just $20,000 U. B-2 - tlx OXfCtta, Montreal, Saturday, January 6, 1990 DAVID W. PERKS BOB RICHARDSON NORMAN WEBSTER MEL MORRIS JOAN FRASER Publisher General Manager Editor Executive Managing Editor Editorial Page Editor Justice in Kahnawake Canada's justice system has poorly served native peoples. But the federal and provincial governments have taken a highly progressive step by opening talks about judicial autonomy with the Kahnawake Mohawk. Any arrangement reached there would set a precedent that could serve as a model for other native groups across Canada. Traditionally, the Mohawk system of justice differs substantially from Canada's. The Mohawk system is non-adversarial and consensus-oriented. In theory at least, emphasis is placed on making everyone winners and, for most offences, rehabilitating wrong-doers within the community. It certainly could be an improvement on Canada's system of letting even non-dangerous offenders rot in prisons where they teach each other how to be better criminals. The governments seem prepared to allow the Mohawk to exercise much greater judicial jurisdiction than they do now. (Kahnawake already has local justices of the peace to judge misdemeanors and settle small disputes.) Mohawk judges would try and sentence offenders whose crimes were committed on the reserve except perhaps those who committed the most serious offences and would settle civil cases according to their own custom. That would imply greater legislative jurisdiction for civil matters and possibly for criminal matters as well. But Mohawks who committed crimes outside Kahnawake would still be tried in Canadian courts. Many details remain to be ironed out. And in Kahnawake, where an armed and powerful group of self-declared traditionalists does not recognize the authority of the elected band council, it will be important that all parties recognize the legitimacy and authority of whatever judicial apparatus is set up. Appropriately, the consultations so far have included both main groups. Other traditionalists, who recognize neither the band council nor the Nation Office-linked Longhouse as legitimate, should be included as well. As things stand, the Nation Office-linked Longhouse does not seem likely to recognize any legislation passed by the band council. Longhouse supporters already are ignoring efforts by the band council to dissuade them from continuing their high-stakes bingo. So long as fundamental divisions remain within Kahnawake, it is hard to see how a new system can function effectively. Still, the talks are welcome. They can help defuse the tense stand-off between the bingo promoters and provincial authorities. And they raise hopes of a mutually beneficial expansion of native autonomy. If it works, that could be an important step to broader self-government. Incompetence may cost lives According to a law passed Jan. 1, Quebecers should be belting up in the back seats of their cars. But few Quebecers know there is such a law. The law officers whose job it is to enforce the law don't know how to enforce it because they haven't been told. And the ministry responsible for both the police and the traffic code seems to have washed its hands of the problem. Because the public doesn't know the rules and police forces are unsure of how they apply, the police are refusing to enforce the back seat belt law. And as long as this bureaucratic bungling goes on, people may die or suffer serious injury who could have been saved by seat belts. The problem starts with and can only be resolved by the Regie de l'assurance automobile du Quebec. It has the responsibility to inform the public and police about changes in the traffic code. It has conspicuously failed to do its job. For example, how do the regulations cover the fact that in most cars, three people can sit in the back seat and, in most cars, there are only two seat belts? The plan was that the RAAQ would launch a major publicity campaign before the law came into force to inform Quebec drivers and the police about the seat belt legislation. That never happened. The official reason is that the RAAQ decided instead to mount the campaign in April or May when, it said, more drivers were on the road. Only after a sharp statement from the Surete du Quebec has the RAAQ agreed to push forward the advertising campaign. It will now start in the next few days. Quebec is the last jurisdiction in Canada, and one of the last in North America, to legislate mandatory seat belts for the back seats of cars. Sadly, as well as being late in passing the life-saving law, the RAAQ has managed to pile confusion on incompetence in applying it. Bouquets and brickbats Bouquets and brickbats are awarded this week: To Canada's national junior hockey team, for scorning the easy way. It won the world championship Thursday when, in its final game, it defeated Czechoslovakia 2-1; but the gold medal wasn't certain until Sweden, in another game, knocked the Soviet Union out of the running by tying the Soviets with a goal with one second remaining. To the Soviet Education Ministry, for seeing the light. It no longer will require university students to study Marxism-Leninism to qualify for a degree. To Charles Turner of Anaheim, Calif, for tasteless and perhaps dangerous showboating. On New Year's Eve, the 64-year-old physician used anesthesia and then forceps to thwart nature and ensure the delivery of a baby just into the new year. The idea was to present it as a newborn at a midnight religious service. The baby was duly born 15 seconds into 1990, whereupon Dr. Turner ran 150 feet with it to the service next door. To Rick Gibson, a Vancouver artist, for dubious aesthetics. His latest work involves, at last report, using a 25-kilo block of concrete today to crush a rat named Sniffy in front of the city's main downtown library. Mr. Gibson dismisses the protests of animal lovers: ""Why do they want to save Sniffy? Why don't they go down to the local pet stores and save the rats that are offered to the fangs and throats of snakes? This rat has been raised to die prematurely as living pet food."" To Poland's Lech Walesa, for generosity. He is donating his 1983 Nobel peace prize money, about $240,000, to help provide emergency help for health services, social welfare, and education. To Maj.-Gen. Ramon Montano, for seeking the silver lining. Gen. Montano, the national police commander in the Philippines, says that coup attempts in his country, though unwelcome, are an effective means of reducing crime. He said car thefts, for example, declined to 1½ a day from the usual nine in December, when army mutineers launched a nine-day coup attempt. ALL OUR YESTERDAYS The tuque is yet to be beaten for efficiency. With the coming of cold weather, the tuque has made its annual reappearance in Montreal. It is not only one of the simplest, least expensive, and most effective means of keeping the head warm, it is also one of the oldest. The tuque seems to be a French Canadian creation. In Webster's dictionary, it is one of the very few words identified as French Canadian in origin. Webster defines a tuque as ""a cap consisting of a knitted cylindrical bag with tapered ends, worn by thrusting one end inside the other."" Early visitors to Montreal from other countries had never seen a tuque before, and were at a loss how to describe it. They groped after something they knew that might seem comparable to it. Often they called it ""a nightcap."" The comparison was not unreasonable. Many men wore nightcaps in bed to protect their heads in cold and draughty bedrooms. The tuque, like every other article of the rural French Canadian's winter clothing, was homemade. French Canadian households, with their family industries, were almost entirely self-sufficient. Wool for tuques was provided by sheep on the French Canadian farm. It was made into yarn on the family's spinning wheel. From this yarn, tuques were knitted, and cloth was woven for the long winter coats. Hides from cattle were tanned and made into moccasins or high boots. Another household product for winter wear was the sash, the ceinture flechee. These sashes, in brilliant colors, were often many feet long. They were tightly wound around the waist, two or three times, with the fringe falling down to one side. Making these winter costumes was carried on by the women of the household. Much of the work was done in the summer, in preparation for the inevitable winter. The Irish traveller, Isaac Weld, saw the women at their spinning wheels on his way westward from Lachine in the summer of 1796: ""We again set off on foot partly for the pleasure of stopping occasionally to chat with the lively French girls that sat spinning in groups at the doors of the cottages."" The homemade winter costume, with its tuque, was so well adapted to the needs of the winter that it became almost a national costume. It was standardized into a sort of winter uniform. These winter costumes continued to be made in French Canadian homes even into the 20th century. Such family industries, however, had survived only in more remote areas, as in the north country, or along the Lower St. Lawrence. By the 1870s many French Canadians living near cities had been giving up homemade clothing for the machine-made products of the big factories. The change had been noticed in 1871 by a writer in the American magazine, Scribner's Monthly. ""Home-made clothing has given away considerably to the cheapness of mill manufacture; the growing taste for finery and colors tempts a more frequent visit to the village or city shops; and with the growth and development of the country, the French Canadian family imbibes a love for better apparel than their own humble ingenuity and industry can produce."" But the French Canadian winter costume found a new future when it was adopted by Montreal's snowshoers. For the snowshoe clubs, it was the ideal costume for their long snowy tramps on cold winter nights, when they went over Mount Royal and back, or on long-distance tramps to Lachine or Sault au Recollet. The Montreal Snow Shoe Club, oldest of them all, became known as ""the Tuques Bleues."" It was founded as early as 1840. What its costume was in its early years is uncertain; but at the annual meeting on Dec. 4, 1869, it adopted ""a uniform cap, viz, blue 'tuque' with scarlet tassel."" The snowshoe club costume (though generally machine-made) was closely modelled on the old French Canadian pattern—the ""blanket coat,"" the moccasins, the sash. But the chief symbol and identification was the club's blue tuque. As other snowshoe clubs were formed in Montreal, they, too, adopted tuques, but the tuque of each club had its distinctive color. Tuques of the St. George's Snow-shoe Club were white with a purple tassel; those of the Emerald Snow-shoe Club (mostly young men of the St. Patrick's Association) were green; those of the YMCA Club were cardinal. When the Snowshoe Union was formed in 1908, its 34 clubs displayed tuques of 34 different colors or combinations of colors. Members of the Montreal Snow Shoe Club, with the prestige of their seniority, had become not only the ""Tuques Bleues,"" but the ""Old Tuques Bleues."" In all the club's hearty snowshoe songs, its tuques were extolled. One chorus, for example, went: Now chant a rhyme, while the words keep time To the tramp of our swift snowshoe And we'll sing a song, as we march along In praise of our old Tuque Bleue. From time to time the Montreal Snow Shoe Club gave a concert in one of the city's principal halls, with the proceeds going to charity. The halls would be crowded to their ""utmost capacity."" Ushers were members in the club's costume, with their ""tuques bleues."" They went ""flitting about, imparting a variety and brilliancy to the scene never surpassed."" At one of these concerts, members filed onto the stage and opened with a solo by one of the group, with everyone joining in the chorus of the ""Tuque Bleue"" song. The audience demanded an encore. During the last chorus, ""Hurrah for the wearing of the bright tuque bleue,"" all the snowshoers took off their tuques and waved them—a crescendo of music and motion. Even when snowshoeing in Montreal declined as a sport, the tuque found ways of survival. It was often preferred by skiers, skaters, tobogganers, and by those who worked outdoors or did winter walking. This endurance of the ancient tuque, through all changes of time and fashion, was far more than a taste for tradition and the picturesque. The tuque, functional from its beginnings, remained so. The natural suitability of the old tuque for the rigorous Canadian winters was commended by one of the most prominent Montreal doctors of the 19th century, Sir William Hingston. He praised it in an address on ""The Climate of Canada,"" delivered to the Montreal Natural History Society about 110 years ago. The rural French Canadian, he said, was always comfortably and suitably clothed in his homemade apparel. Above all, he did well to wear the traditional tuque. The tuque, in Sir William's medical opinion, was the ideal head covering in cold weather. It was ""light and porous,"" keeping the head ""sufficiently covered and warm and, at the same time, dry."" It was far preferable to some other types of headgear that keep the head ""hot and moist."" Members of the old Montreal Snow Shoe Club would have agreed. They had put their tuques to severest tests in the worst of storms. When the club gave its concerts, fridge stove, heating and hot water included, extra high ceilings, 937-2190. 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Road, excellent location, 484-5885 A sunny, newly renovated condo on L'Esplanade, to share with male or female roommate, balcony, washer, dryer, $350, 274-1713 BEACONSFIELD bright house, handy person, no smokers, drinkers, drugs, $250, 844-5651, 695-9583 APARTMENT 8x3' i cold flats, PARK AVE, 6 units, commercial with Finished Offices FOR RENT, 1 i completely electric, new aluminum potential, Richard Douare 722-1 Self-Contained, Ground Floor, 300 num thermal windows, Revenue 2727 ReMax Immobilia Broker Private Front Entrance K Rear ATTRACTIVE new building for 303 '?"" price H20'00"", 279-1104 pTeFreFONDS 3olex $189000 Shipping, Choice of Drive-in or lease, 7,000 to 21,000 sqft, 23' after 12:30pm, E ES h, r, :unm 1 1 Truck-Level Dock, N, 24 very large apis, cold nets, excellent opportunity, PIERREFONDS, 2 - 10 unit buildings, each has (3x5'i, 3x4li, Kj, umcreie, cold nets, can be sold individually, O, 5x4'i, electric cold flats, local for live-in investor, PIERREFONDS 31 Units, extremely well maintained, Excellent mortgage until 1994 Fully rented, TOM VYBON 626-4801 l Mr 738-2212 LAVAL: Land, 1 million sq. ft, rapidly developing sector, unserviced, Will sell below market value, NORMAN COHEN B8SM349 ARLEEN McGRATH ReMax N, INC, 735-4286 Mon, Tues, Wed, 10-4; Thurs, Fri, 10-8; Sat, 10-5; Sun, 12-5 Master Card A Visa BOKHARA carpet, top quality, 13x9, rust, 5 years old, perfect condition, $2,500, Days 874-2472, after 6p.m. 769-4762, BRAND new, beautiful black queen-size bedroom set, $850, 934-3225 BRAND new L shaped sofa, grey black only $1,399, Call Mandl 482-1100 CHOICE furniture from fine Westmount home, Easy chair, sofa, tables, etc, 932-5757 evenings until 10:00 p.m. COLONIAL sofa and chair, very good condition, Best offer, 465-8997 DINING ROOM, rosewood, eight chairs, buffet, excellent condition, $1,200, Living room, three pieces, $300, 337-0992, DINING ROOM hutch Spanish style in good condition, $490, After 6 p.m. 457-6919 DINING ROOM magnificent older style, solid oak, walnut finish, $2,500, 620-4752 DOUBLE bed, Italian desk and chair, only 3 months used, new bike, remote control TV, everything only $980, 982-4705 ENCYCLOPEDIA set for sale, 25 books, good condition, 481-3970 GIRL'S and boy's bedroom sets, excellent condition, Reasonable price, 481-5505 HIDE A BED with matching chairs, $150, a set, or best offer, Call 439-0760, INDIAN rug $500, and other carpets, tables, lamps, dining cabinet, color TV with converter 739-3535 ITALIAN furniture, 6 dining room chairs, glass table, chesterfield, 4 pieces, 484-3305 Tuesday Saturday 10-5 pm, KITCHEN, living room set, average condition, $650, Leave message 453-5921, KITCHEN set, sofa, stove, fridge, etc $795 takes all, 384-3747 LIVING ROOM set, $250, Also new living room, grey, modern, $1,211, 489-4860, 488-344 MAHOGANY dining room, 4 pieces, 6 chairs, old rocking chair, very good condition, leaving town, Must sell! $3,000, Negotiable, 335-4372, MALCOLM mahogany bedroom suite, $450, Light oak bedroom suite, $250, Continental bed (long), $75, 2-piece couch, $75, Negotiable, After 6p.m. 695-6424 MASTER bedroom set, good condition, pieces can be sold separately, queen size, 487-1052, MATCHING sofa and chair, off-white, green chair, good condition, 425-1470, MODERN furniture and appliances in excellent condition Reason: moving overseas, 432-2084 MOVING sale; must go, Wall unit, 3-pieces, bedroom-white sectional, modern, living room-leather sofa and armchair, more, Daphne; 24-2591, MOVING: Drexel bedroom, side-by-side fridge, washer, dryer, air-conditioner, oak desk, 694-6507, MOVING sale, fridge, stove, washer, dryer, sofa set, 3-piece, double bed, kitchen articles, 748-5946, 748-4019 MOVING: New waterbed set, living room set, kitchen table, etc, 733-5090, MOVING sale, All household furniture and appliances, wood stove, etc, 424-2309 MOVING Sale, Soft-touch sofa and loveseat, beige, $1,000, 14"" color TV, Filter Queen Vacuum, air conditioner, ladies wooden dresser, other miscellaneous stuff, 487-9989, 483-3985 MUST sell: bedroom set, dining-room table 4 chairs, freezer, carpets, books, 688-4701 PERSIAN kilim 41x81, 46x83, $300 and $350, Call 9-12 noon 848-1102 10-PIECE Pine bedroom set, coffee, end, and patio tables, record cabinet, loveseat, leatherette chair, rocking chairs, lamps, stereo, verticals, 481-8190 QUEEN SIZE waterbed, black, brand new, $150, 489-7945, REFRIGERATOR side-by-side, 34"" wide, with ice-maker, cold water dispenser; sofa, single beds, desk, many more items, 457-7204 47 Lombardy, Baie D'Urfe, SALE OF THE CENTURY Quality modern household furniture, TVs, VCRs, stereo, microwave, fridge, stove, washer dryer, living room, dining room, bedroom set, wall unit plus much more, Everything less than 3 years old, Unbelievable sacrifice prices, everything must be sold by January 14th, Open house daily, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. 1171 Gohier, St. Laurent, 332-6548 SOFA bed, new, teak dining table, 4 chairs, matching bookcase, EVERYTHING YOU'VE EVER WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT DOWN DUVETS, And how Linen Chest offers the very best prices in Canada. 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'This Is New York, Honey!', Michele Landsberg (M & S) (3) 4 frenetic riff that's punctuated with the murder of a porn mogul and underscored with the beat of a cocaine-smuggling operation. Toronto's Festival of Festivals and an alternate film festival figure cleverly in the story, giving Crang and his girlfriend, CBC Radio commentator Annie B. Cooke, the opportunity to rub shoulders with real-life characters such as actor Daniel Day Lewis and the Globe and Mail's film critic, Jay Scott. There's a behind-the-scenes visit to an after-hours booze can, and an introduction to a larger-than-life drug kingpin called ""Big Bam."" Although the story eventually degenerates into an old-fashioned good guys, bad guys, car-chase-foot-race-and-leap-across-a-chasm sequence, it never loses its punch. domestic politics, suggesting that the country could run itself; his interest was in foreign affairs. Patton was his favorite film, Teddy Roosevelt his favorite former president. He envied the dash and charisma of the Kennedys and ordered the tapping of his brother Donald's phone. Ambrose's book is an accounting of such facts: a well-researched, blow-by-blow description of Nixon's political life. That Nixon: Volume Two is vaguely unsatisfying is not entirely Ambrose's fault. After all, most of what Nixon did in office has been explored and dissected by other writers, by Nixon himself, and by almost everyone who worked at the White House. Nixon was largely without a private life; there were no rutting scandals, no private intrigues. Ambrose presents BEST-SELLERS FICTION 1. Solomon Gursky Was Here, Mordecai Richler (Viking) (1) 9 2. Spy Line, Len Deighton (Little, Brown) (2) 10 3. The Dark Half, Stephen King (Viking) (6) 9 4. Foucault's Pendulum, Umberto Eco (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich) (3) 6 5. Daddy, Danielle Steel (Dela-corte) (7) 6 6. Straight, Dick Francis (Michael Joseph) (4) 12 7. The Russia House, John Le Carre (Penguin) (5) 27 8. Caribbean, James Michener (Random House) (8) 2 9. Pillars of the Earth, Ken Follett (Macmillan) (9) 15 10. The Sorceress of Darshiva, David Eddings (Random House) (10) 3 Jack Batten has invented an iridescent tale. He's infused it with sparse, acerbic dialogue and he's filled the book with a host of memorable characters. Straight, No Chaser even makes Toronto seem like a hip place. Be warned: Maj.-Gen. Richard Rohmer, perhaps the last professional cold warrior in the country, is at it again. This time the Toronto QC and retired officer bludgeons readers with Red Arctic (Fitzhenry and Whiteside, 167 pp, $22.95), the latest in his growing arsenal of abominable fiction. Red Arctic is based on the highly dubious proposition that the Soviet Union would lay claim to Canada's Great White North after the body of a Russian explorer who sailed the high Arctic 250 years ago is unearthed from the frozen tundra. That's as silly as suggesting that Iceland has a territorial claim to Newfoundland because Vikings settled at L'Anse aux Meadows in the 11th century. Never mind. The thin premise merely enables Rohmer to engage in a diatribe against the Mulroney government's cancellation of an $8-billion program for 12 nuclear-powered submarines. Or, as one of the protagonists so eloquently puts it: ""Of all the dumb things, not to go for a nuclear-powered sub."" The people in the book, as they say in the movies, bear no resemblance to characters either living or dead. They include a Ukrainian-Canadian Mountie; a female Russian academic (she's there for a perfunctory lust interest); a duplicitous, foul-mouthed Canadian prime minister; and a United States president who is given words to say the political Nixon, the only Nixon, and there is a sense of deja vu at most turns. Ambrose's book is a balanced account, according Nixon credit for his successes and exploring his failures, but its strength lies in the context it provides. Politicians are formed by events (or, latterly, by public relations) rather than the opposite, and Nixon: Volume Two is a deconstruction of Nixon's presidency, his tenuous route to the White House, what he promised and what he failed to accomplish. The same could be done, and has been, with other presidencies. Every president is guilty of failed promises, random vulgarities, even minor crimes, but no one has ever looked as guilty as Dick. Despite the listing of Nixon's many failings and a detailed analysis of his vengeful, feudal governing style, Nixon emerges as a stubbornly sympathetic character. How can that be? Perhaps it is because Nixon, awkward, funny-looking, and academically undistinguished, triumphed with little other than ambition, energy, and will. It's not a Hollywood-fashioned triumph of the little guy, more a vindication of the American middle class: fundamentally decent and hard-working, if narrow, humorless, and self-righteous. And Nixon was fundamentally decent, despite his opposition to civil rights, his use of thugs to control hecklers, his warring instincts. Well, that's the problem with Nixon: you can't take flattery very far. Still, there is a streak of decency in him, a brittle, Quaker rectitude that surfaces on occasion, usually a political occasion. Ambrose has rounded up the usual warts, but he has dragged some of the man into the light as well. It is a queasy thought that Nixon may need several more volumes to catalogue his political life. Don Gillmor is a Montreal writer. The list of this week's French-language best-sellers in Quebec gives the title, author, publisher, and whether the book is fiction (f) or non-fiction (n). 1. Les peregrines, Jeanne Bourin (Bourin-Lacombe) (f) 2. La maison Russie, John Le Carre (Laffont) (f) 3. L'agenda Icare, Robert Ludlum (Laffont) (f) 4. Sire Gaby du lac, Francine Oucllette (Quinze) (f) 5. Dors ma jolie, Mary Higgins Clark (Albin Michel) (f) 6. Le premier quartier de la lune, Michel Tremblay (Lemeac) (f) 7. Anne au domaine des peupliers, Lucy Maud Montgomery (Quebec-Amerique) (f) 8. Le guide des vins '90, Michel Phaneuf (de l'Homme) (n) 9. Trudeau le Quebecois, Michel Vastcl (de l'Homme) (n) 10. Le chemin le moins frequente, S. Beck (Laffont) (n) Rohmer Growing arsenal of bad books like: ""Canada's nothing more than a colony of the U.S.""",0,0,0,0,0,0
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stir in milk until smooth Microwave uncovered at High for three to four minutes, or until sauce comes to a boil and thickens, stirring every minute 3 Add mustard and cheese; stir until cheese melts Season with salt and pepper 4 Rinse broccoli under cold water and shake off excess Place in a casserole dish and microwave, covered ESPOSITO PUBLIC MARKET 7030 ST MICHEL 722-1069 CHOCK FULL O NUTS COFFEE 369 g 3 49 HUMPTY DUMPTY POTATO CHIPS OR POPCORN 200 g 1 THE GAZETTE, MONTREAL, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31, 1990 F 11 'Bigot Beer' gets cold reception in Washington JACK BROOM; SEATTLE TIMES 'SEATTLE Dean Crist calls it a smooth lager, brewed to help the cause of sport fishermen and hunters across the U T Hampered by -40 C weather and only three hours of daylight, about 100 searchers combed the area in the northwest corner of the territories for the pilot, who had been stationed at CFB Cold Lake in northeastern Alberta The searchers had hoped that Corver ejected and would survive dressed in his cold-weather gear Confirming Corver was in the plane when it crashed was a complicated job, said Maj Jan Martinsen, spokesman for CFB Cold Lake Searchers are not supposed to disturb the wreckage, which is sitting in a huge crater caused when the plane exploded on impact The investigation team will eventually have to bring the wreckage back to Cold Lake for further examination Martinsen would not speculate on the cause of the accident A military board of inquiry was formed to investigate the crash, the eighth by a CF-18 Hornet since the Canadian Forces bought 138 of the single-seat jets in 1982 Corver, who was married, had been stationed at Cold Lake for the last three years and was on his first tour as pilot, Martinsen said She did not know him well but said that, like other fighter pilots, he would have been dedicated to his job That's what will motivate them to do the job they are doing in austere conditions such as flying in the Arctic The other 19 pilots in Corver's squadron will have to learn how to cope with losing a co-worker, she said It's something that in this business people have to deal with It never gets easier Corver's jet crashed a minute after takeoff It was the third of four jets to take off to track and intercept the unarmed cruise missile, released from a B52 bomber over the Beaufort Sea minutes earlier The three other jets aborted the exercise, but the cruise test flight went ahead as planned NDP calls for probe of two judges in Marshall case CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA Justice Minister Doug Lewis should have the Canadian Judicial Council investigate two judges criticized for their handling of the Donald Marshall case It was the second day in a row that the opposition attacked the government over the case of Marshall, a Nova Scotia Indian who spent 11 years in prison for a murder he did not commit Since the federal judiciary is entirely within the responsibility of his ministry, will he immediately refer this matter to the judicial council for investigation and possible disciplinary action? Bob Skelly asked in the Commons A Nova Scotia royal commission report released last week criticized two of the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal judges Justice Leonard Pace and former chief justice Ian Mac-Keigan who dealt with the case Since the Appeal Court judges were appointed by the federal government, they are subject to review by the judicial council Skelly said Lewis should direct the council to investigate But Lewis said he needed more time to study the report The opposition accused him once again of foot-dragging Marshall has had a heck of a lot of time in jail and out awaiting process, said Skelly, the NDP Indian affairs critic, outside the Commons Further delay is simply further justice denied On Monday, the opposition demanded action on the report's recommendation to set up a native justice system in Nova Scotia MacKeigan is singled out for steering the federal government away from granting Marshall an outright pardon in 1982 by recommending that Jean Chretien, then justice minister, send the case to the court of appeal instead The decision put the onus on Marshall to prove his innocence at a time when Chretien's officials were aware the 1971 murder conviction was flimsy at best Also, new evidence could not be heard on why the wrongful conviction occurred in the first place In the case of Pace, the report said he should not have sat in judgment of Marshall in 1983 because he was Nova Scotia attorney general at the time The appeal court cleared Marshall in 1983 but said he was partially to blame for what happened to him It's too late to register Pre-Calculus Calculus I & II Math Refresher Functions I Interior Design General Chemistry II Intermediate Chemistry Introduction to Chemistry Electricity & Magnetism Wave Motion & Modern Physics Intermediate Physics Mechanics Drafting Blueprint Reading D budget law, the deficit is supposed to fall to $64 billion this year and be wiped out completely by the end of the 1993 fiscal year SOUTHAM NEWS lj Mm f Wilson Budget leak Who's bugging the chief? Argentines ask PAGE A9 South African police battle black marchers PAGE A12 Israel denies sending Soviet Jews to territories PAGE A13 Reagan ordered to release diary excerpts PAGE D16 'Bigot Beer' gets cold reception in Washington That may be why Defence Minister William McKnight this week was gallantly attempting to put the best face possible on new cuts to this country's defence establishment that are sure to be part of Finance Minister Wilson's next budget Last year, Mr Wilson slashed defence spending by $2.74 billion over the next five years No one doubts he will cut more But cutting doesn't represent a quick fix, either for politicians or taxpayers Quite apart from the political problems, it costs money to close bases, pay penalties to break contracts on weapon development and cut people This means, ironically, that defence budgets may have to go up in the first few years after cuts are made To be sure, military thinking must change But there is going to be plenty of short-term pain for politicians as well as finance ministers before there is any long-term gain wars can do without us was the Roman god of war So now that the Cold War has melted into a puddle and chunks of the Berlin Wall are being sold as souvenirs, it would be particularly fitting if space exploration to the planet Mars were a forum for U R 240 Verdun 2B West Island 250 Westmount 252 Houses for Rent 253 Houses Out of Town 254 Furnished Efficiencies 258 Senior & Nursing Residences 257 Rooms 253 Board 260 Rooms Wanted 282 Share Living Quarters 264 Houses Wanted 260 Flats/Duplexes Wanted 287 Apartments Wanted 283 Anjou 200 ANJOU Duplex, extra large lower 6½, finished basement, double garage, alarm, intercom, fireplace, cold room, balcony, backyard Close to all amenities Asking $700 monthly Call Masood 694-0840, ReMax Royal (Cadillac) Broker ANJOU heated 1½, 3½, 4½ equipped, taxes paid, 352-4922, 352-6540 ATTENTION For the cost of five or ten additional words, you can attract more readers to your ad by using a heading much like the one here! 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+346,19900411,modern,Cold,"LOS ANGELES DAILY NEWS LOS ANGELES It doesn't take a lot of force to swing a golf club but swinging one accurately takes strength and flexibility attributes which, if lacking, can result in both errant shots and a host of painful injuries. Most golfers especially weekend players have no idea how damaging golf can be, particularly to unconditioned muscles. The truth is, golf is as athletic (if not as strenuous) as baseball or football. And while golf is not as bruising as other sports, it does often result in injured backs, shoulders, elbows and knees. For the once-a-week player or for the golfer who is just starting up after a winter of relative inactivity the risk is heightened, as underused muscles are suddenly compelled to perform. Q: I'm an adequate golfer, and I especially like to play on business trips with clients. What's the best way to improve my game? A: Weekend golfers interested in increasing endurance, accuracy and driving distance can do so by learning more about stretching and strengthening those muscles that play the most important roles in the golf swing. Walking 18 holes is not enough. Walking 18 holes and spending time on the driving range isn't enough. A simple program of stretching and strengthening exercises can help both pros and amateurs, young and old, to drive the ball farther, play with better consistency, develop strength, endurance and flexibility, and significantly lower the risk of injury. A specific conditioning program will improve performance at every level of the game and help those who do incur injuries to recover more quickly. The goal of stretching exercises is to loosen the muscles around the joints, enabling them to move through a great range of motion. Muscles tend to shorten unless stretched on a regular basis. They work more efficiently, and with less risk of strain or injury, when loosened. On days of course play, stretching exercises should be done 15 to 20 minutes before tee-off, because the value of stretching decreases when more than 20 minutes pass from the time of the exercise to the time of actual play. For maximum benefit, stretching exercises should be done every day. If performed regularly, improvements should be noted in two to three weeks; improvements will include less soreness after playing and greater flexibility during the swing. After finishing the exercises, try swinging a club 10 or 12 times so you use your body's improved flexibility through the range of motion you will use on the golf course. Shoulder muscles work as a group. Q: I've heard a lot of talk about the rotator cuff muscles; what exactly are they, and why are they important to a good golf game? A: The rotator cuff consists of four shoulder muscles that work as a group during all phases of the golf swing the backswing, during the acceleration into the ball, and on the follow-through. They are perhaps the most essential to an accurate swing; and they are also the most prone to injury. Research has found that the rotator cuff muscles need to be worked separately from the rest of the arm muscles to achieve maximum results and help prevent injuries. Two excellent stretching exercises developed from the research are the following: B The rhomboid stretch: This part of your back is difficult to stretch and susceptible to injury, especially with golfers. Standing or sitting, reach both arms around your chest and try to grasp the opposite shoulder blade with each hand. Drop your chin toward your chest. Inhale, holding onto your shoulder blades for a count of 10. You should feel the stretch along the border of your shoulder blades. The posterior cuff stretch: While standing, stretch the back portion of the shoulder joint by pulling the left arm across the body, under the chin and as far back as possible without rotating the torso. Hold for 10 to 15 seconds; repeat five to six times, then switch arms and repeat. Dr. Frank Jobe specializes in sports medicine at the Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic. Among its patients are athletes from the Los Angeles Dodgers, Lakers, Kings and Rams. The first 18 holes of spring can be among the most dangerous for a golfer who is out of shape, specialists in sports-related medicine say. Fitness in problem? Education is solution, doctors say ROSA SALTER ALLENTOWN MORNING CALL ALLENTOWN, Pa. Just a few years ago, says physical therapist Gail Levine, when someone came into a doctor's office with an injured back, the doctor would probably send the patient back to bed. But now, she said, doctors are more likely to send the same kind of patient back to school. To back school, that is. With the growing emphasis on preventive health care and the risks and rising cost of back surgery, more doctors are prescribing education as a treatment for back injuries. And back schools are becoming the education of choice. Started in Sweden about 10 years ago, back schools are now springing up across the continent to help meet demand. An estimated 80 to 90 per cent of North Americans will seriously injure their backs at some point in their lives. Levine runs one such school as part of her Allentown physical-therapy practice, and others are conducted at doctors' offices, sports-medicine clinics and rehabilitation centres. While the techniques and structure of the individual back schools may differ, the courses have the same aim: teaching people more about the anatomical structure that stands them up, sits them down and bends them over 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. The hope is that the patients' newfound knowledge will give them power the power to avoid reinjuring their backs. And for many people, going to back school turns out to be quite an education. ""It was good to show you the right way to do simple things, things you don't even think of, like how to vacuum a house, and shop and lift groceries and bend over,"" said Dennis Kochenash, 44, a former heavy-equipment operator, who attended back school after he hurt his back at work twice in eight months and required surgery. ""Like there's a right and a wrong way to get out of a car,"" he added. ""I never knew that stuff before."" ""Most people know more about their cars than they do about their backs,"" said Karen Graffman, director of the back-school program at Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Hospital in Allentown. ""It's so misunderstood because it's a complex system, and unlike the wrist or fingers or knees, it's made up of internal joints you can't put your hands on it and see if it's swollen,"" added Dennis Dougherty, a physical therapist who teaches back-school principles at a rehab centre in Bethlehem, Pa. ""If your knuckle is swollen, you can see it and rest it, but if one of the small joints in your spine is hurt, you can't see it and you probably don't know what to rest anyway."" ""There's an old saying that whoever designed the back must have been asleep."" According to Dougherty, adults of all ages can be affected by back injuries, but most frequently it is people between the ages of 35 and 50 who will have their activities limited because of problems. The spinal column Though called the column, the spine is actually more like a spring that is shaped. This curvy shape makes it a great shock absorber; you could never even walk on hard ground, much less run or jump, if your spine were a straight column because all the jarring would travel right up your back to your head. Back aches When your back hurts, it could be any number of things. Your discs may be at fault; they can deteriorate as a normal part of aging, giving you a mild backache or some stiffness. Or, they can rupture or herniate, which means the soft center of the disc protrudes through its fibrous casing and hits a nerve painfully. Or, the pain could be musculoskeletal, like a strain of your back muscles that causes spasms and inflammation. Nerve The spinal cord sends out 31 pairs of nerves between the vertebrae that branch and rebranch out to the rest of the body. This network of nerves is how the body communicates with itself, transmitting signals to and from the brain and spinal cord. Herniated disc pain occurs when a disc comes into contact with a nerve. Taking care of your back You can be kind to your back by staying within your proper weight range; obesity can stress your lower back. Lifting a heavy object can injure your back; you should bend at the knees rather than the waist to let your legs rather than your back do the work. High heels can throw your back out of alignment and put too much pressure on your lower back. Sitting for long periods of time is stressful to the back so get up once in a while and walk around. Four in five of us suffer some kind of back pain during our lives. No wonder! With 126 vertebrae, plus muscles, nerves and ligaments, there's a lot that can go wrong with their backs. But sooner or later, he said, just about everyone will have back trouble the result, some experts say, of man's decision to walk upright, even though his body wasn't designed for it. But rather than blame our prehistoric ancestors, Dougherty said, many experts today trace the overwhelming incidence of back pain to sedentary lifestyles that have weakened the muscles that hold the back in place. ""Actually, sitting is the worst thing you can do for your back,"" said Dr. Chris Lynch, a specialist in body mechanics. According to Lynch, a back injury may appear to come on suddenly a secretary may bend over to pick up a piece of paper that falls off her desk and develop excruciating pain; a weekend golfer may take an easy practice swing and have his back go into spasms. But a back injury typically has been many years in the making, the culmination of repeated, subtle abuse. ""It's from being out of shape and overweight and sitting badly and standing lousy and slouching all those things that your mother told you not to do that we hurt our backs,"" Lynch said. Even a habit like smoking because it causes repeated coughing, which can strain back muscles can be a culprit in back injuries, he added. Fortunately, Lynch said, only a few back injuries involve incapacitating damage to a disc, the back's shock-absorber system, and therefore are severe enough to require surgery. Most back problems, he said, involve either simple sprains or strains and will heal with time, exercise and proper rest. ""If there's anything that's happened in the last 10 years, it's that people have become more cautious in recommending surgery,"" he said. For patients, Levine said, back school provides reassurance that they can work up to doing certain activities again and gives simple tips on how to take strain off the back while standing, reaching, lifting, sitting or even sleeping. Students get to practice techniques while in class, and Levine's course uses a slide-audio program developed by a national organization, the American Back School, to teach anatomy. The program stresses the concept of the ""locked-in back"" as a means of safeguarding it from future injury. The idea, Levine said, is to maintain the back in the normal ""S"" shape it would have while standing straight with curves inward at the neck, outward in the upper back and inward in the lower back during activities that involve bending, reaching or lifting. The advice, she said, runs counter to what many people have been taught, especially about how to lift. ""People tend to lift with the load too far away from their body and they tend to hunch over and lift,"" she said. ""Or they will lift and twist with heavy weights, and twisting is one thing you just don't do. It exerts a tremendous amount of torque on the disc, so you have two kinds of pressure on the disc at the same time the regular disc pressure (from standing) and the torque, and that's going to enable the disc to herniate easier."" Dougherty, meanwhile, uses a different program designed by the Back School of Atlanta. The course stresses similar techniques but also underlying factors of diet, posture, weight and stress. ""The biggest thing is (being) overweight,"" Lynch said. ""For every pound on your stomach that's five pounds on your back."" Overweight patients with back problems, he added, are ""just kidding themselves"" if they think they can take care of the back injury without losing weight. The Atlanta approach does not stress the locked-in back because it seems awkward for some people to learn, Dougherty said. Instead, he said, the course uses a modified ""straight-back"" approach. Both Levine's and Dougherty's programs also use simple exercises specifically tailored to strengthen and relax the back muscles. Patients are also encouraged to strengthen other parts of their bodies like their arms and legs so they can use those muscles more when performing activities that might strain their backs. ""If you get rid of your (acute) back pain, you'd better start walking or swimming or whatever to maintain the muscle tone,"" Dougherty stated. ""Once you injure your back, your back is your Achilles heel and unless you exercise, it will come back to haunt you."" Correct treatment of burn varies with its degree JUDE LOGAN HEALTH & FITNESS NEWS SERVICE LOS ANGELES There are many kinds of burns, ranging from finger blisters to third-degree burns covering large portions of the body. In assessing the severity of a burn, physicians look at two factors: how much of the skin's surface is affected and the depth of the injury. First-degree burns affect the outermost layer of the skin, which becomes red and may swell a little. Because the nerve endings in this layer of skin are irritated, pain can be intense. Sun exposure and brief contact with a hot item are common causes of first-degree burns. Second-degree burns involve deeper skin layers, which ooze, blister and swell. Intense sun exposure, prolonged contact with a hot object, scalding liquids and gasoline are common causes of second-degree burns. Third-degree burns actually destroy all the layers of skin, which become white or charred. Because the nerve endings are destroyed, there is little or no pain. A small third-degree burn can be hard to distinguish when it is surrounded by a larger area of a second- or first-degree burn. These burns are usually the result of fire, electrical shock or contact with corrosive chemicals. Fourth-degree burns damage the underlying body tissues, tendons and connective tissue, in addition to destroying the skin. These burns are the result of fire, explosion or electrical shock. You can treat superficial first- and second-degree burns yourself unless they cover more than 10 per cent of the body an entire arm or the face, for instance. Then prompt medical attention is imperative. Generally, these burns heal well, without scarring or discoloration. Rapid first aid for burns is essential. Do not apply butter or other household remedies; they are ineffective and may cause infection. Applying cold water until the pain subsides can keep the burn from worsening. With a sterile cloth, gently pat the area dry; don't press down on the burn. You can treat first-degree burns with pain-relief lotions or sprays. Never open blisters or remove dead skin, especially sunburned skin. When in doubt, treat a serious-looking burn as a third-degree burn and get professional help. Third- and fourth-degree burns are physically devastating. Even with expert medical care they can be fatal. When the body's protective coat is damaged, there is danger of infection, acute ulcers, inflammation of the kidneys and spinal cord, anemia and pneumonia. If left untreated, the body could go into shock. There are some things you can do until the paramedics arrive: Remove restrictive clothing or jewelry. If clothing is stuck to the burn, leave it alone. Apply cold, wet compresses with a clean cloth. If the burn is less than two inches across, submerge it in cold water. Never use ice on burns this severe, because the sudden cooling can intensify the shock. Check to see whether the victim is having trouble breathing. You may have to administer cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Cover the burn with a sterile, clean cloth. Electrical burns come in twos one where the electricity enters the body and one where it exits. Look for two wounds and treat them both as third-degree burns. For chemical burns, remove any contaminated clothing, including shoes or socks. Shower or hose the area immediately with cold water not too forcefully. Water will dilute the chemical and flush it away. 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PIERREFONDS: S'l unheated, large backyard, garage. Call after 6 p.m., 684-0430. Lawyers, notaries go toe-to-toe over revision of law code CANADIAN PRESS Quebec lawyers and notaries are engaged in a war of words over a planned overhaul of the province's legal system. The notaries say they fear the impending revisions in the works for nearly 30 years will lead to a more litigious society and encroach on their turf. Jean Lambert, president of the Board of Notaries of Quebec, charges the lawyers are seeking to feather their own nests by requiring the services of lawyers to legalize every act and action. Andre Gauthier, president of the Quebec Bar Association, retorts that Quebec can get along without notaries. ""There's nothing a notary does that lawyers couldn't do."" Relations between the bar and the notaries always somewhat strained have reached such a low ebb that the notaries have taken their differences public with full-page newspaper ads. Unlike the rest of Canada whose legal system is based on English common law, Quebec is governed by the Civil Code of Lower Canada, inspired by the French Napoleonic Code. Under the system, notaries traditionally have handled matters dealing with the Civil Code, such as marital and family law, wills, contracts and mortgages while lawyers have busied themselves with the Criminal Code. But the distinctions between their activities have become increasingly blurred with lawyers performing many of the tasks traditionally performed by notaries. Both lawyers and notaries have law degrees but most notaries have not written bar exams that would permit them to do litigation. When the Quiet Revolution swept through Quebec in the 1960s, the cabinet of Premier Jean Lesage established a legislature committee to update the code which has undergone little change since its adoption in 1866. Last year, the Bourassa government decided the time had finally come to put the revisions into effect but ran into immediate opposition from both the notaries and the bar. The bar won changes to the revisions and has decided to support the government's plans to impose them on Aug. 1, 1991. The board of notaries left out in the cold began its advertising blitz against the revisions several weeks ago. It has collected from its members a war chest of $3 million to finance its fight. What the notaries want, bar president Gauthier contends, is an increase in their legal privileges and protection against competition from lawyers written into the new code. ""We will not agree to endanger the reform in order to preserve the raison d'être of the notaries,"" Gauthier said. Lambert replied that the proposed changes will lead to the Americanization of the provincial legal system and that will prove more costly for Quebecers. Quebec law is ""heading in one direction that of new ways to go to court,"" Lambert said. THE GAZETTE, MONTREAL, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11, 1990 Quebec told to stay out of construction dispute GAZETTE QUEBEC BUREAU QUEBEC A coalition of construction unions yesterday urged the government not to be too hasty in using a decree to end their labor dispute with the Association des Entrepreneurs en Construction du Quebec. At a news conference, representatives of construction unions representing 100,000 workers said the builders' association has yet to start bargaining in good faith and is counting on the government to step in as it has in the past. ""It's clear they want the same thing as in the past, for Quebec to intervene in the name of the economy,"" said Yves Pard, a construction official with the Quebec Federation of Labor. ""But the construction (industry) isn't an essential service, it isn't a hospital. Construction workers are always penalized in the name of the economy."" The government decree currently governing work conditions of construction workers expires April 30. The coalition of unions affiliated with the QFL, the Confederation of National Trade Unions and the Conseil Provincial Internationale des Metiers de la Construction is threatening a general strike May 1 if it can't reach a settlement. The unions tabled their contract demands July 14. Labor Minister Yves Seguin named a conciliator last week. Pare said they aren't against working with the conciliator but don't feel the employers are taking the process seriously. The association represents 18,000 contractors province-wide. The unions want raises of 3 per cent above the cost of living in a two-year contract and a one-hour cut in their work week without loss of pay. No leave after adoption Rights commission to investigate firing CANADIAN PRESS HULL The Quebec Human Rights Commission plans to investigate a complaint by a city employee in nearby Aylmer who was fired for staying home with a newly adopted baby. Louize Rancourt says she would be satisfied with the return of her job as council secretary or with some financial compensation. Pierre Des Chenes, commission director for the Outaouais region, announced the investigation Monday. But he plans to try to mediate the conflict first. The 40-year-old woman was fired in August, three months after starting her $25,000-a-year job. When she asked for 17 weeks of unpaid leave, city manager Denis Hubert offered her a week. Rancourt had been waiting to adopt for 10 years. The city contends Rancourt was on probation when she adopted 6-week-old Daniel. Her request was not covered by the union contract. However, city officials acknowledged another employee was granted a leave after adopting. ""Right now, the commission can't force Aylmer to do anything because it can only make recommendations. But a new law that will come into effect this summer will change that,"" Des Chenes said. SUPER SATURDAYS JUST FOR KIDS SESSION: April 14-June 16 Ages: 18 months-16 years Registration: NOW in progress WE OFFER: Parent-Toddler Play Music-Orff Method Pre-School Gym Computer lesson-all levels English Clubs French Clubs Spanish Clubs Science Electronics Computer-Swim & Activity Judo Karate Tai-Chi Tennis Weight Training Ballet Jazz Dance Music & Movement Creative Dance Tap Dance For more information and registration appointment, call Monday to Friday 849-8393 local 767 Downtown YMCA Child Development Dept. MONTREAL Concordia UNIVERSITY MBA Information Session with the Academic and Administrative Directors Date: Thursday, 12th April, 1990 Time: 6:00 p.m. Place: Concordia University 1455 de Maisonneuve Blvd. West Room H-763, 7th floor Montreal, H3G 1M8 Quebec R. 731-9268, 735-5331 VINCENT D'INDY 3't- May, June & July, 4, 4'i- July, fridge, stove, heating, elevator, janitor 737-8055, 735-5331 Nuns' Island 228 AbO2 featuring day care, schools, playgrounds, teen dances, and other activities Cross-country ski Jog Walk along the riverside, Ride bike paths, Or just enjoy the trees, birds, and acres of greenery, plus sports and recreational facilities. Shop, buy everything you'll need, it's at your door. Come visit Follow Ile des Soeurs Blvd for 2 km, then left to Structures Metropolitaines' rental office at 100 de Gasp. Daily: noon to 8 p.m. Weekends: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. 759-8511 Outremont 232 WILLOWDALE 190, 2'1- July, 3'i now & July, Fridge, stove supplied, heated, elevator, janitor 738-5663, 735-5331 Park Extension 234 S' l, unheated, near all facilities, also triplex for sale, Longueuil 651-9123 A 4 i cold flat, June July. Call 273-8045, 271-3860 S'X balcony, sunporch, 2nd floor, heated, 1490, July 1st, 495-1931 evenings BIRNAM 4i, bright, large, clean, balconies, electric, Immediate later, 739-9098 BIRNAM close L'Acadie metro, 3'i, renovated, electric, fridge stove, immediate. 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E 4 THE GAZETTE, MONTREAL, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11, 1990 Spices liven up mini lamb patties In the region of France where I grew up lamb was widely eaten, and I still have a great fondness for it. In the Quick recipe below for lamb patties, the ground meat is seasoned with garlic and cumin and the patties are small, four or five to each dinner. To my taste, almonds have an affinity for lamb so the accompanying rice dish contains almonds, along with raisins and cinnamon. Lamb Patties with Mushroom Sauce 1½ pounds (600 g) ground lean lamb 3 tablespoons (45 mL) olive oil 1½ cups (375 mL) finely chopped onions 1 teaspoon (5 mL) finely chopped garlic 1 teaspoon (5 mL) ground cumin ½ cup (125 mL) finely chopped cilantro or parsley ½ cup (125 mL) fine fresh breadcrumbs 1 egg lightly beaten salt and freshly ground pepper to taste 1 tablespoon (15 mL) butter ½ pound (200 g) fresh mushrooms, finely sliced 1½ tablespoons (25 mL) finely chopped shallots ½ cup (50 mL) dry white wine ½ cup (125 mL) chopped peeled fresh tomatoes or canned crushed tomatoes ¾ cup (175 mL) fresh or canned chicken broth 1 teaspoon (5 mL) chopped fresh tarragon or ½ teaspoon (2 mL) dried 2 teaspoons (10 mL) arrowroot or cornstarch 1 tablespoon (15 mL) water Place the lamb in a mixing bowl. Heat two tablespoons (25 mL) of the oil in a small skillet and add the onions and garlic. Cook briefly, stirring, until wilted. Sprinkle with cumin and stir, blending well. Cool briefly. Scrape the onion mixture into the lamb. Add the cilantro, breadcrumbs, egg, salt and pepper. Blend well with fingers and shape the mixture into 20 patties. Set aside. For the mushroom sauce, heat the butter in a saucepan and add the mushrooms, shallots, salt and pepper. Cook on medium-high heat. How bubbles give Passover a lift There's a fascinating bit of history attached to using beaten egg whites in cakes for the Jewish spring holiday of Passover. Jews who fled from Egypt more than 3,000 years ago had no time to allow their traditional yeast breads to rise. In commemorating their arduous journey to freedom, the eight-day celebration of Passover still prohibits the use of products leavened with baking powder or yeast. So the masses of air bubbles in beaten egg whites become the basis of spectacular tortes and Passover cakes using matzo meal, nuts and various flavorings. The fine wires of a whip or blades of a beater stretch the delicate lattice of egg proteins and water to encase the captured air. Egg whites are more flexible at room temperature so they beat to greater heights than cold eggs. Thousands of large bubbles quickly become millions of smaller ones as the foam expands to six or eight times its original volume. Cream of tartar and salt are often called for. But wait until the whites have been beaten to the foamy stage. Adding them earlier delays foaming. Cream of tartar keeps the cake structure from collapsing before the foam sets in the oven. It's thought the acid coagulates the protein film that surrounds each air bubble, stabilizing the foam. It also imparts acidity to the batter, making the cake whiter and its texture finer. Sugar added slowly, starting when eggs are still at the foamy stage, also stabilizes the foam. 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+347,19900228,modern,Cold,"The world outdoor record for 1,500 metres is 3:29.46, by Said Aouita of Morocco. Elliott won the same event at last month's Commonwealth Games in New Zealand in 3:33.39. Peter Elliott Indoor mark Oldtimers strike out Leo Durocher and Phil Rizzuto were among those left out in the cold as the veterans committee of the Baseball Hall of Fame decided, for the second time in three years, not to add any oldtimers to the shrine. Durocher not being elected may not augur well for Pete Rose. Many felt if Durocher had been elected, despite his one-year suspension for ties with known gamblers, then Rose might have hope when he's eligible. Now it will depend on the climate at the time Rose goes before the writers. The committee met for more than five hours in Tampa and took three ballots before adjourning without a consensus. The candidates needed 11 of the 14 votes cast to earn a selection to the Hall of Fame. That leaves infielder Joe Morgan and pitcher Jim Palmer, who were elected last month by the Baseball Writers Association of America, as the lone new members of the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y. Temperature conversion Sunrise 6:35 Sunset 5:40 Regional synopses Abitibi-Lac St. Jean High -15, Low near -22, The forecast calls for partly sunny skies. Laurentians High -15, Low near -22, The outlook calls for partly cloudy skies throughout the day. Eastern Ontario High -12, Low near -19, Clear skies with passing cloud and cold temperatures. Southern Ontario High -6, Low near -11, Cloudy periods are forecast throughout the region. Quebec City High -14, Low near -24, The forecast calls for partly sunny skies throughout the day. Eastern Townships High -13, Low near -20, Sunny skies with occasional cloudy periods. New England High -8, Low near -18, Clear skies are expected throughout the region. Lower North Shore High -7, Low near -26, Skies clearing this morning but a few cloudy periods are expected this afternoon. Gaspe High -12, Low near -23, Sunny skies with periods of cloud. 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WEEKLY CLUB MED PRIZES Discover this week's Club Med destination and you could fly Air Canada to the vacation of your dreams! The weekly Club Med-Air Canada destination will be revealed day by day as we add pieces to the photo-puzzle. Check The Gazette every day for more information: letters, puzzle pieces and daily clues. As soon as you've guessed the answer, send in the coupon below for your chance to win. The sooner it gets to The Gazette, the more chances you have to win one of the prizes! CASH PRIZES DAILY Every weekday starting Monday, a drawing will be held from entries received for that week's destination. The first five correct entries drawn each day will receive $100. CLUB MED VACATION $500 AWARDED WEEKLY The 25 cash-winning entrants each week will be finalists in the drawing for the weekly dream vacation prize. The entry drawn at random from the 25 finalists on Friday will win a Club Med vacation for two plus $500 in spending money. The winner will fly Air Canada to the destination pictured in that week's puzzle. GRAND PRIZE Cruise for two on Club Med 1 Plus $20,000 cash! At the end of the six weeks, on Tuesday, March 6, The Gazette will award the contest grand prize a luxurious cruise for two on the new Club Med 1 (airfare via Air Canada), PLUS $20,000 in cash! To determine the grand-prize winner, an entry will be drawn at random from all entries received during the contest. Enter as often as you wish. Every entry you send in, whether or not you guessed the correct destination, makes you eligible for the prizes. DESTINATION 6: CLUE: Ponce de Leon claimed it for Spain in 1513 WINNER WEEK 5 MRS. A 2.5 kg (5.5-pound) slab of dark chocolate costs $11.63 to $13.50. That's about 50 cents per 100 g. Send your questions and recipes to The Gazette, Living Section, 250 St. Antoine II, Montreal H2Y 1R7. Personal replies cannot be provided. Pinto kKkido daylum Wopteno Mmv Johanna Burkhard dish pics. Spoon mixture into shallow casserole or deep large pie dish and top with a biscuit or regular pie crust. Bake in a conventional oven at 375 degrees (190 C) for about 30 minutes, or until top is light golden. 3 tablespoons (45 mL) butter 1 cup (250 mL) diced carrots ½ cup (125 mL) diced celery 1 onion, chopped 3 tablespoons (45 mL) all-purpose flour 1½ cups (375 mL) chicken stock ½ teaspoon (2 mL) dried basil ½ cup (125 mL) light or heavy cream 2 cups (500 mL) cooked chicken or turkey, cut into 1-inch (2.5 cm) cubes 1 cup (175 mL) frozen peas 2 tablespoons (25 mL) chopped fresh parsley Salt and ground black pepper. In a two-quart (2 L) casserole dish, combine the butter, carrots, celery and onion. Microwave covered at High (100 per cent power) for five minutes or until vegetables have softened, stirring once. Blend in flour, stir in chicken stock and basil. Microwave covered at High for five to seven minutes, stirring twice, until sauce is smooth and vegetables are tender. Add the cream, turkey, peas and parsley; season to taste with salt and pepper. Microwave covered at Medium-High (70 per cent) for three to five minutes more or until piping hot, stirring once. Serves four. If you have any questions or suggestions, write to The Gazette, Living Section, 290 St. Antoine II, Montreal H2T 1H7. Even bread rises earlier these days. Time was that when you wanted to bake whole-grain breads you had to wait around all day for the bread to rise. No longer. The quality of yeast has improved and so have the methods of baking bread. Although the most popular yeast used at home is fast-rising dry yeast, there is a newcomer called quick-rise instant yeast which lets dough rise in half the time. When making bread, be careful not to work in too much flour or the bread will be heavy. Depending on the humidity of the flour used, you may need to use less or more than the amount called for in a recipe. It's also important to measure flour correctly. Stir flours first, then spoon into a dry measure and use a knife or spatula to level the top. Temperature of liquid ingredients is also critical. Liquids that are too hot will kill the action of yeast and dough will not rise. Low temperatures will shock the yeast and it will not have its full leavening strength. A thermometer is the best way to ensure accuracy. For more information, call the Fleischmann's Yeast Baker's Help Line at 1-800-227-6202. Recipe pamphlets including 90 Minute Breads and Easy Bake Breads are available free of charge. Muesli Yogurt Bread 2 cups (500 mL) warm water (105 to 115 degrees F (40 to 45 C) 2 teaspoons (10 mL) granulated sugar 2 envelopes or 2 scant tablespoons (25 mL) active dry yeast 1 cup (175 mL) plain yogurt ½ cup (50 mL) vegetable oil ½ cup (50 mL) honey 2 teaspoons (10 mL) salt 4 to 4½ cups (1 to 1¼ L) all-purpose flour (approx.) 2 cups (500 mL) whole-wheat flour 1½ cups (375 mL) muesli. In a large mixing bowl, combine the warm water and sugar. Sprinkle yeast into water; let stand for 10 minutes until dissolved (mixture should be foamy). Add yogurt, oil, honey and salt. Stir in three cups (750 mL) all-purpose flour and beat for two minutes with electric mixer or vigorously by hand. Add whole-wheat flour and muesli; combine well. Stir in enough of the remaining all-purpose flour to form a soft, but slightly sticky dough. Transfer to a floured board and knead, incorporating only enough flour to prevent the dough from sticking to board, until smooth and elastic, about eight to 10 minutes. Place dough in greased bowl and turn to coat on all sides. Cover with plastic wrap and a dry towel; let rise in a warm place (a cold oven with oven light turned on, or place bowl on a baking sheet set over a large bowl of hot water) until doubled, about one hour. Punch down dough, divide in two and shape into loaves. Place in two greased nine by five-inch (2 L) loaf pans. Lightly grease tops of loaves. Cover and let rise again until almost doubled, about 45 minutes. Bake in a preheated 375 degrees F (190 C) oven for about 40 to 45 minutes or until loaves sound hollow when tapped. Remove from pans and cool on rack. Makes two loaves. Molasses Wheat Germ Bread with Walnuts 3 cups (750 mL) all-purpose flour (approx.) 3 cups (750 mL) whole-wheat flour ½ cup (125 mL) wheat germ 2 packages or 2 scant tablespoons (25 mL) quick-rise instant yeast 2 cups (500 mL) milk ½ cup (50 mL) butter ½ cup (75 mL) molasses 2 teaspoons (10 mL) salt 1 egg, lightly beaten 1 cup (250 mL) chopped walnuts Melted butter Additional wheat germ. Set aside one cup (250 mL) of the all-purpose flour. In a large mixing bowl, combine the remaining all-purpose flour, whole-wheat flour, wheat germ and yeast. In a saucepan, heat the milk with the butter, molasses and salt until butter melts. Let cool slightly; temperature should be 120 to 130 degrees F (50 to 55 C). Add liquid ingredients to the flour mixture. Stir in beaten egg; add enough of the remaining all-purpose flour to make a soft, slightly sticky dough. Turn out onto a floured board and knead dough until smooth and elastic, about eight minutes. Roll dough out into a rectangle and sprinkle with walnuts. Fold dough over and knead two to three times. Continue to work in remaining flour in the same way. 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For a limited time all new and used vehicles will be priced for quick sale. Sale to include all Festiva, Escort, Mustang, Tempo, Probe, Taurus, Thunderbird, Crown Victoria, Ranger, F-150, Bronco, Aerostar and Econoline models. HURRY! LAST CHANCE ONE DAY ONLY Wednesday, Today February 28, 1990 Due to the nature of this sale, complete presentation and test drive may not be possible. Deposit of $500, certified funds, cash or credit card required. Delivery must be taken within 3 days. Located at: LACHINE FORD INC, 3175 Victoria Street Lachine (corner 32nd Ave). FORD Taurus 1987, black, 2.5, 4 cylinder, 5-speed, fully equipped with mags and radio system, very clean, like new, only 52,000 kms plus guarantee until 1992, Asking $10,800, Don't miss out, 683-5770 private FORD Taurus GL 1988, air, 60,000 km, $9,000, Don Driver, 620-7583, 637-3238 FORD Taurus MT5 1987, 47,700 km, fully equipped, warranty July 1991, must sell, Transfer, 622-5471 private FORD Taurus 86, V-6, very clean, 55,000 km, fully loaded, $18,800, Days 252-1939, evenings after 6 pm, 648-6787 Private SUPER USED CAR SALE T-BIRD 1985, $4,200, 2099 private, 937 FORD Tempo, GL, 1986, very good condition, low mileage, grey, 62-065 private, FOX wagon 1988, 4-speed, low kms, Gilles or Marc, 455-7941, AUTO HELLARD GOLF 1986, 2-door, 5-spd, diesel, radio, Gilles or Marc, 455-7941, AUTO HELLARD GOLF 67, 4 dr, 5 sod Mini, 42,000 km, 5737 Sherbrooke, 483-1437 Chomedey, 4691 Samson, 688-6535. We reserve the right to limit quantities. Prices in effect until March 3, 1990. SUPPER Aksce power CONTINUED FROM PAGE 01 Fortunately, the dippers and spoons had long handles; the heat was so intense it spit-roasted the goose in three hours. The fire, a welcome sight as we arrived at the 1860-vintage Cook's Tavern during a snowstorm, posed other hazards. As teacher Carol Sargent put it, ""Oh, my aching back"" must have been a frequent complaint after a housewife had turned out a meal. And women often set themselves alight when cooking, she warned, as her full-length 19th-century costume brushed over some hot coals. The coals had been shovelled into a heap on the stone hearth so a cast iron ""bake kettle"" on legs could be set on top, an apple pie lowered inside, and more coals heaped on the lid. Apart from the goose, which had us all amazed because it cooked so quickly, browned to perfection and tasted so good, the cooking of the pie was the most surprising feat of the day. This task was assigned to Ottawa Sun food editor Sheridan Brace. Within 45 minutes her pie, filled with moistened dried apples, had baked as crisp and golden-brown as if it had come from a modern electric oven. Its only drawback: the handmade puff pastry was chewy. However, this didn't stop us from forking it up with gusto. Soup cook Cathy Thompson was first to finish her assignment, beef and barley soup which she served us in wide, china soup plates. Unknown to her, the fire was considerably hotter than the simmering temperature called for in the recipe from Mrs. Beeton's Book of Household Management. Thompson, a Morrisburg Leader reporter, produced her soup in two hours, one hour ahead of the time given in the recipe. After a morning at hearthside, we became somewhat deft at adjusting temperatures. It's all a matter of how far you keep your pot from the flames, we learned. And that turned out to depend on the number of heavy, iron hooks you link together to suspend a pot from a swinging iron crane in the chimney. This was an era of few commercial food products. ""You couldn't go to the store for most foods,"" said Sargent, a teacher who has directed hearthside cooking classes for both adults and children for the past seven years. Ingredients such as white flour could not be taken for granted. Whole-wheat flour would be used for most baking, white flour only for special-occasion dishes such as a party dessert. Vegetables you grew would be stored in a root cellar, fruit in a cold pantry and herbs, dried, hung from the rafters. Three ingredients in my dessert raisins, sherry and a lemon flavoring called ""essence"" would have been bought at a general store, she said. I learned to proceed cautiously when adding this early version of lemon extract to my recipe for ""A healthful pudding sauce"" from Miss Beecher's Domestic Receipt-Book, 1869. The flavoring looked innocent enough in its heavy glass jar. In centuries past, it would have been made whenever fresh lemons were available and stored. Menu from Upper Canada 1860 supper Barley Soup (Mrs. Beeton's Book of Household Management, 1861) Fried Oysters (Canadian Manual of Cookery, 1861) Roast Goose with Sage and Onion Stuffing (Mrs. Beeton's Book of Household Management) Seasonal Vegetables (Canadian Settler's Guide, 1855) Dried Apple Pie (Young Housekeeper's Friend, 1853) Baroness Pudding (Mrs. Beeton's Book of Household Management) A Healthful Pudding Sauce (Miss Beecher's Domestic Receipt-Book, 1869) Tea ESPOSITO PUBLIC MARKET 7030 ST MICHEL 722-1069 or 156. The pale yellow liquid turned out to pack a punch when blended with brown sugar, butter and sherry and simmered in a tiny iron pot over the fire. Still, it tasted perfect with slabs of my hot, steamed Baroness Pudding, moist with a diet-defying quantity of suet, or fat. One cooking method we were told to shun was the Victorian habit, as Sargent put it, of cooking vegetables ""right to a mush."" Varieties then were far different from our hybrid types, which require only a brief simmering or steaming. The second half of the 19th century saw the beginnings of kitchen gadgetry, Sargent said. Cornwall CBC broadcaster Valerie Marshall used an early metal apple corer in making her chunky apple sauce to go with the goose. Sargent showed us a ""clock Jack,"" a timer you wound with a key so it would turn a roast slowly over the fire as it unwound. Another version of this appliance was a ""roaster,"" operated by twisting yarn around a skewer. A hand-turned coffee grinder was easy to comprehend. A ""grid iron"" needed explanation. Its cast-iron grids were grooved to catch fat drippings and funnel them into a tray at one end. ""That fat would be used to make a pie crust or treat your iron pots,"" Sargent said. ""Never wash a cast-iron pot by submerging it in water,"" she warned. Pour a little water into the pot, scrub with a pot scrubber (we used a brush made of small twigs tied in a bunch), swish the water about vigorously, discard it and set the pot to dry, she told us. ""Otherwise your pot will rust. And you should treat it once a week with a little lard."" Sargent taught us respect for the cast-iron equipment. ""These pots get very hot and stay hot for a long time. It's one of the nice properties of cast iron,"" she said. ""Another lesson was the sparing use of ingredients. ""They didn't waste anything,"" said Sargent. As an example, she had Sandra Lee Johnston of the Iroquois, Ont., Chieftain set the giblets from the goose carefully aside before adding the sage-flavored bread-crumb stuffing. They would have been used to make a giblet pie for another meal. Soon after 1860, wood stoves came into wider use and cooking techniques became more elaborate and precise, Sargent told us. They started marketing it in late 1985, when they brought in Montreal businessman Peter Rona, who purchased the Canadian rights to the game. ""I thought I was finished,"" Rona said recently. ""I couldn't make a sale for a year and a half."" Bar and restaurant owners would ask: ""Who else has it?"" Nobody wants to be first. ""This is no get-rich-quick scheme. It's a very long haul."" But the system is off the ground, with 240 subscribers in the United States and 170 in Canada. And growing. NTN recently announced plans to expand into the home-viewer market, after a successful pilot project involving 16,000 homes in Dallas. Beginning in April, NTN will be offered through Bell Telephone's Alex videotext service. TACTICAL TEAM Experts to visit troubled hospital wards CONTINUED FROM PAGE A1 it's not a new idea. ""It has already been done 10 times,"" Douville said in a telephone interview from Montreal. Officials with the Quebec Hospitals Association said they would issue a statement later in the week. Cote said both investigating teams are to cooperate with hospital officials to improve conditions but if hospitals don't conform to their suggestions, he's ready to step in. He would not reveal who was on the teams except to say they are emergency specialists. ""There is only one tactical team, dubbed the department's own SWAT team, for now."" Statistics made public by the Health and Social Services Department yesterday show occupation rates for emergency beds dropped from 1985 to 1988, but have increased since then despite the continued cash injections. For example, the occupation rate for beds in Montreal increased from 91 per cent to 97 per cent during 1988. Yet Cote believes 80 per cent of emergency-room patients don't belong there and could be better treated in out-patient clinics, community health clinics, or private clinics. Those areas stand a better chance of getting more money, he said. Cote said he wants to create an emergency system in which funding needs are based on cold statistics and efficient management, not how well one region is able to lobby the government or how loud they scream. ""It's with an instrument like this that we'll be able to give each region and sub-region (the service) it has the right to,"" he said. The Parti Quebecois, meanwhile, said the Liberals were playing for time and using the investigating teams as a smoke screen instead of addressing the heart of the problem. Blame budget woes: hospitals JEFF HEINRICH THE GAZETTE Hospital officials and watchdogs yesterday blamed budget problems and school holidays not mismanagement for staff shortages this week that have closed 1,000 of 11,000 beds in the Montreal region. Only in rare cases has mismanagement led to shortages, said Marcel Marion, who regulates bed closings for the Montreal Regional Health and Social Services Council. Marion rejected Health Minister Marc-Yvan Cote's suggestion yesterday that poor management has led to chronic emergency-ward overcrowding, contending most hospitals have streamlined operations in recent years to become more efficient. Jacques Maynard, who heads the 300-bed Cite de la Sante Laval Hospital in Laval, said 60 people were brought in to emergency yesterday ""and we have a capacity for only 32."" Forty-five beds have been closed. ""We already have a very congested emergency ward, at the best of times; it's certain that at times like this it gets worse,"" Maynard said. The Laval hospital is one of the worst off of several Montreal-area hospitals suffering from bed shortages, Marion said. Also hard hit by the vacations (when many doctors and nurses take time off to be with their holidaying children) and a March 31 budget deadline are the Centre Hospitalier Fleury, the Centre Hospitalier St. Michel and Jean Talon Hospital, Marion said. He said some ""downtown anglophone hospitals"" have contributed to the bed shortage problem by tying up too many beds for elective surgery. He did not name the hospitals. ""There are some where elective surgery counts for 55 or 60 per cent of all beds, with the rest for emergency. It should be the reverse,"" he said. Administrators at the Montreal General, Jewish General and Royal Victoria hospitals were not available for comment last night. 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""It's pretty hard, you know, to have 7 million people, one of the founding peoples, standing on that snowbank and say, 'Isn't it wonderful, aren't things terrific?' Well, of course, they are not terrific."" Mulroney wasn't ready to speculate on what will happen if the accord is rejected. ""I do not accept the view that the Meech Lake accord can be set aside without consequences. There will be consequences. I'm not capable of telling you what they might be, but obviously there will be consequences."" In Winnipeg, about 50 prominent Manitobans who fear those consequences knocked a chunk out of the province's anti-Meech wall yesterday by urging the accord be passed for the good of Canada. ""We believe Quebecers are holding out the hand of friendship and we should welcome them fully and generously,"" said Patrick Riley, a Winnipeg lawyer and founder of Manitobans for Meech Lake. ""Ratifying the accord will be a severe blow to separatism in Quebec,"" he told reporters packed into a tiny hotel meeting room. He said the organization came together out of a feeling of urgency, with the June 23 ratification deadline fast approaching and Quebec rumbling about separation in the event the Meech Lake accord isn't passed. The group plans a campaign of newspaper ads and public meetings, starting this weekend with a conference in Winnipeg of like-minded organizations, such as the Montreal-based Friends of Meech Lake and Canadians for Unifying the Constitution. The association includes: Roland Penner, Manitoba's former New Democratic Party attorney general; Yvon Dumont, president of the Manitoba Metis Federation; Jack Fraser of Federal Industries Ltd.; and Art Mauro, president of Investors Group Inc. and chairman of the 1991 Winnipeg Grey Cup committee. But the group faces some formidable opposition, with all three parties in the Manitoba legislature demanding changes to Meech Lake before they will ratify the agreement. Conservative Premier Gary Filmon wasn't impressed by the new organization. ""What they are doing and saying is an insult to all of those people throughout the province who have legitimate concerns,"" Filmon said. Manitoba and New Brunswick are the only provinces that haven't approved the accord; Newfoundland has threatened to rescind its ratification if amendments aren't made. The accord recognizes Quebec as a distinct society, allows all provinces to opt out of some federal spending programs and requires unanimous consent for Senate reform and creating new provinces. In Charlottetown, P.C. government says in a court action, PAGE B1 Higher jobless rate ahead? As interest rates rise and consumers tighten their belts, a chain reaction is rippling through Quebec's economy. Falling retail sales could mean we're headed for double-digit unemployment. PAGE El Seen in a new role Louis del Grande, the clairvoyant klutz on Seeing Things, reappears on CBC-TV as a wild-eyed lawyer living in a group home for de-institutionalized mental patients. PAGE C1 Down and wimpy on Broad St. The Philadelphia Flyers, the Broad St. Bullies of Bobby Clarke's playing days, are a mediocre bunch of wimps. And GM Bobby is getting the blame. PAGE HI Enough is enough. It's time that bus riders come first in Montreal's transit dispute. Czechoslovakia's President Vaclav Havel's visit to Moscow is a triumph of symbolism. PAGE B2 These cooks had to be strong. It took muscle and resistance to scorching heat to cook a meal in 1860, Gazette food editor Julian Armstrong discovers at Upper Canada Village. PAGE D1 Sunny, cold High: Low: 12 19 The forecast for Montreal today calls for clear skies with occasional cloudy periods. Slightly warmer temperatures are forecast for tomorrow. PAGE El 2 Auf der Maur A2 Births Deaths H9 Boone C1 Bridge H7 Business El Camilli C5 Careers E8 Classified F1 G1 Comics C6 Computers E5 Crossword H7 Dear Doctor D8 Editorials B2 Hadekel E1 Horoscope H7 Johnson B3 Landers D8 Legal Notices H8 Living D1 Macpherson B3 Movies C3 Needletrade H8 Probe D10 Racing H4 Scoreboard H4 Show C1 Sports H1 TV Listings C2 Weather Map E12 The Gazette's CLUB MED contest PAGE El 2 Decision to examine options is not threatening, Mulroney says - PEGGY CURRAN GAZETTE OTTAWA BUREAU BECANCOUR Prime Minister Brian Mulroney said yesterday that it is normal and reasonable for Quebec to weigh its options if the Meech Lake constitutional accord is rejected. And he said he expects Canadians will warm to the 1987 agreement once they consider the alternatives. Speaking to reporters at the start of a three-day Quebec tour, Mulroney said he finds nothing ominous or threatening in the Quebec Liberal Party's decision to set up a committee to examine options if the constitutional accord isn't ratified by the June 23 deadline. ""What I understood was the Liberal Party in Quebec, a strongly federalist party, examining its alternatives in the event that Meech Lake was unsuccessful,"" he said. ""You would have to be reaching a great deal to read anything more than reasonable self-examination."" Mulroney said he still believes the deal can be saved. He said the federal government isn't ready to talk about life after Meech. However, Mulroney said it isn't surprising that Premier Robert Bourassa and others in Quebec are having doubts. ""I thought that he (Bourassa) was seeking, in a very rational and thoughtful way, to examine certain options that may or may not emerge,"" Mulroney said. ""I didn't think that he was threatening and I didn't think he was sabre-rattling,"" Mulroney said. The prime minister said, ""The best alternative for Quebec is to be found in a united Canada."" But he said if Quebecers see the Constitution as a source of division rather than unity, they may feel like ""pretty reluctant participants in the federation."" Mulroney said the Meech Lake accord was designed to PLEASE SEE MEECH, PAGE A2 Bourassa's trying to keep party intact: Parizeau, PAGE A6 Don't bet that premier is bluffing: Macpherson, PAGE B3 Meech revives ""colonial chic"": Johnson, businesses and labor organizations, is the latest in the battle of lobby groups over the Clean Air Act. ""NutriSystem helped me fit into a size 10 dress."" Another World Record! 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Is Robert Bourassa engaging in sabre-rattling over Meech Lake, as Manitoba Premier Gary Filmon says he is? Of course he is. There's no doubt that Bourassa intended to put pressure on Filmon and the other Meech Lake holdouts by having his party, at the meeting of its general council in Quebec City on the weekend, formally create a committee at this point to prepare ""alternative scenarios"" for the party's policy convention next February if the constitutional accord fails. A party that is capable of changing its language policy in an afternoon, as the Liberals did at a special meeting of their general council after the Supreme Court decision on the language of commercial signs came down in December 1988, shouldn't need a whole year to come up with a new constitutional option. It could have at least waited until after the fate of the accord is sealed, which the government's Meech watchers say will be in only another month or six weeks at the most, to begin the process formally. In fact, a committee like the one that the Liberals made such a show of creating last weekend has already existed informally since December, laying the groundwork for a review of the party's constitutional position on the instructions of the party executive. But it's precisely because the Meech watchers believe the accord can still be saved, but that time is running out on it, that the committee was formally created at this crucial point. The need for ""alternative scenarios"" wasn't apparent when the Bourassa government initiated the round of informal talks that resulted in the Meech Lake accord in June 1987. Back then, Bourassa and his minister of Canadian intergovernmental affairs, Gil Remillard, said that if it looked as though their proposals would not be accepted, Quebec would simply walk away from the negotiating table and wait for the rest of Canada to come around. In the meantime, it would continue to stay away from constitutional talks on other subjects, such as aboriginal rights, as it had already been doing since the rest of Canada had imposed a new constitution on it in 1981. It might seem illogical that, now that Quebec's proposals have been formally ratified by Parliament and the legislatures of eight of the 10 provinces, the Liberals apparently feel that boycotting future constitutional negotiations might no longer be adequate should the proposals be rejected by two or three provinces representing no more than 10 per cent of the country's population. But that escalation reflects the buildup in political tension in this province in response to what Quebecers see as an anti-Quebec and anti-French backlash in the rest of the country expressed as opposition to Meech Lake and bilingualism. When you boil off all the essentially meaningless though headline-grabbing rhetoric about ""not practising federalism on bended knee"" and vague musings about undefined ""supranational institutions"" that sound something like sovereignty-association, neither Bourassa nor Remillard has yet explicitly committed Quebec to anything beyond their original position. They've been quite content to encourage the media and for a while last Friday, until a gag order was apparently clamped on them other members of the Liberal cabinet and caucus to do their threatening for them. But it will not be Revenue Minister Yves Seguin who decides whether the Bourassa government comes out for Quebec sovereignty. That will be Bourassa's decision alone, and he will probably reach it the way he decided on his response to the Supreme Court's ruling on the language of commercial signs keeping open as many options as possible until the last moment, then doing what the results of Sorccom's public opinion surveys tell him to do. And that will probably not be until at least August, at the annual meeting of the Liberal Party's youth wing. Bourassa may try to manipulate public opinion by floating trial balloons to see how people react to them. But he doesn't try to lead it. Rather, he is led by it, responding to its shifts like a surfer constantly adjusting his position in a wave to try to find the best ride. That's what makes his response to the failure of Meech Lake unpredictable: because it is too early to predict how Quebecers themselves will react, and how intense that reaction will be. But are all the threats coming out of Quebec mere bluff? If Gary Filmon and the other Meech holdouts want to bet that they are, the stakes are nothing less than Canada. Clouds darken early hope of Open Sides Soviets start to show signs of cold feet CHRISTOPHER YOUNG SOUTHAM NEWS OTTAWA The Cold War must be over when senior officials start getting headaches from problems of peace. It isn't going to be easy, as we know from reading about the pell-mell drive toward unification of the two Germanys, or about several hundred thousand protesters jamming the Garden Ring Road in central Moscow. Viktor Karpov, chief Soviet disarmament negotiator, did a little moaning here Monday about peace problems. Take excess tanks. Talk about piles of burning tires, or mountains of last year's phone books: How do you get rid of 40,000 tanks that you've agreed to withdraw from Eastern Europe? Drive them home, but then what? The huge tank force in Eastern Europe was Moscow's answer to the overwhelming American superiority in bombers and missiles in Cold War days. ""The mentality was that if we were attacked we could occupy France or Germany,"" Karpov said, lifting a corner of the secrecy blanket that would have muffled any such remark in the past. ""We had 60,000 tanks,"" he added, telling a small round-table audience not to ask him why, because he had no idea. Now negotiations are virtually complete for the Soviet Union and the United States to slim the columns of tanks based in Western and Eastern Europe to a mere 20,000 each. Someone asked Karpov what his country was going to do with the 40,000 surplus tanks, seeking assurance that they wouldn't be sold to warring Third World countries. The question reminded Karpov of a story, a true one but so Russian that if it weren't about tanks it might have come from a 19th-century Russian novel. ""These tanks are a problem,"" he said. There are ""some very ingenious people"" in the new cooperatives, which are intended to rouse the sleeping spirit of business enterprise without the exploitation of man by man that Communist theory condemns. ""We discovered a while ago some tanks on the way to Novorossiysk, a port on the Black Sea. No one knew why. Investigation revealed that a tank factory had exceeded its plan in numbers of tanks produced. It sold the extras to a co-op, which intended to resell them abroad. ""These people are being prosecuted,"" said Karpov with a sigh, ""and that's not the way to deal with 40,000 tanks."" The right way to deal with them is still being sought. Experts say it's not practical to reprocess the heavy steel they are made of. The idea of removing their gun turrets and turning them into heavy vehicles for civilian use was abandoned because their giant tracks did so much damage. That was all very well for occupying France, but why rip up your own marginally passable roads? Karpov and ambassadors from other NATO and Warsaw Pact countries were packing their bags yesterday as the Ottawa phase of the 23-nation Open Skies conference ended in a mood much less buoyant than when it opened two weeks ago. Then, there was jubilant talk of historic opportunities, as the nations seemed anxious to negotiate a treaty giving each other open sesame to fly across the territories of former foes counting troops and tanks, air bases and missile silos as part of the Vienna security conference's efforts to build confidence and press forward the process of disarmament in Europe. But Karpov played spoiler at the end, refusing Western nations the right to fly their own planes and use their own cameras and sensor equipment, apparently fearful that Soviet technology could not match the stuff from Silicon Valley.",0,0,0,0,0,0
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Pal 696-1934, I-U64 SYSTEM A Broker LACHINE Attached duplex with bachelor, double garage, finished basement, $725,000 firm 634 6496 LACHINE W, Duplex 2x5; bachelor in mint condition $149,000 M Mackay 637 3731 Re Max Ditaire Inc Broker LACHINE 71 149,900 4X, electric heated, revenue $16,320, Rhodes Dullon 684-1141 Montreal Trust Broker LACHINE Duplex bachelor 198, garage, fireplace, revenue $2,000 $230,000 614-6703 LASALLE, Duplex, semi-detached, 2X5, private sale $165,000 Call 367-5383 LASALLE, 1x5, 1x7, central air and vacuum, owner occupant Mortgage 11, Asking $190,000 367-060 LASALLE Luxurious triplex with bachelor, near river, schools, park, very good revenue New windows, many extras 595-4848 LASALLE: Semi-detached duplex, 2x5, 2, 1x3, 7 bachelor, upper & lower fully renovated, patio door, oak kitchens, ceramic bathrooms, excellent revenue, Must be seen, Tmo 767-0677 LASALLE triplex 1989, 3x3, 2, 1x6 alarm, fireplace, double garage, reduced $285,000, Private 363-6663, LASALLE prime location, spacious, detached, 1988 custom-built duplex, finished basement Revenue $18,000, Low price for quick sale, 365-9933 evenings, LASALLE semi-detached, 2x5, 2 bachelor, playroom with bar, coolroom, double garage, electric door, many extras $205,000 364-2144 LASALLE modern duplex condo, 3 bedrooms, fireplace, wet bar, finished basement, garage, low down payment, balance of sale, 365-2448 LASALLE, Rue Centrale: duplex, 2x5, 2's, renovated, lower floor commercial, With income potential, Weekends & evenings, 36-1072, No agents, LAURIER Metro, duplex, 4, 5, 2, yard, garage, occupancy, Negotiable 270-6663 LAVAL-DES-RAPIDES Magnificent duplex for sale, 2x5, 2, renovated, garage, Must sell due to transfer, A bargain at $158,000, 387-0980, 629-9394 MAINTENANCE Free in heart of Rosemount, Ultra modern immaculate triplex, near schools, metro, shopping, Low $180,000, 484-5408, 767-3294 SICARO 2023-25, garage, $115,000 335-9261 after 3pm MONTREAL NORTH: 12051 Lamoureux, triplex bachelor, must sell, Reduced: $184,000, Antonio 388-7619, 374-3102 MONTREAL North, Blvd Gouin, 3x4, 2, 6,000 sqft land, Reduced $160,000 648-5677 MONTREAL WEST, Split-level, 2x5 bachelor, garages, near park school, Krol Montreal The older of the two identification methods is GR60-14, The G stands for the tire width, G being wider than an F, The R means radial and 60 represents the tire height series, A 70-series is taller than a 60-series, The number 14 is the diameter of the rim onto which the tire should be mounted, The more modern identification method is P16575R13, The P means passenger car tire, 165 is the width of the tire in millimeters and 75 means the height of the side wall is 75 percent of the tread width, The R stands for radial and 13 for the diameter of the rim, Some tires use an additional letter: P16575HR13, The H represents the speed rating for the tire, some tires can be run at high speeds such as 130-150 km/h for extended periods of time, The only additive that should be used 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Doctor The Gazette 250 St, Antoine St, W Montreal, Que, H2Y 3R7 Please specify the make, model and year of your car, Letters cannot be answered personally and The Car Doctor cannot deal with telephone inquiries, Mazda AVO AUTO 4615 Buchan 737-7373 A, OUERIN AUTO LTEE 1530 Blvd, Chomedey, Laval, 686-4787 GAREAU MAZDA INC, 10175 PAPINEAU 381-3967 Mercedes Benz Mercedes Benz Canada Inc, 645 Taacharaau Blvd, 672-2720 7800 Decarie Blvd, 735-3581 Salaa aSarv tea aLaating Nissan 8T, MICHEL NISSAN 9474 Blvd St, Michel 364-8400 Saab ROBERT BARRELL AUTOMOBILE 11355 Cota da Lieite Rd, Dorval, Ouabae 631-4387 SAAB ELEGANTE 4352 Malropolltaln E, Montreal 374-6550 16 da la Rabaataliara South Shore 653-6920 Jfwn urn iSiifC r I IK, - 11 1 vr-n Subaru AUTOMOBILE ELEGANTE 16 La Rabaataliar Si-Bruno, 653-6920 SUBARU MONTREAL 4900 Par Stmt 737-4441 SUBARU 8T, MARTIN 1430 St, Martin Blvd, Laval, 667-4960 SUBARU AUTO CENTRE 4032 St, Catherine W, and Mexico, whose supply was plentiful in December, he said, For January, fresh-vegetable prices were expected to show an increase because cold weather in the southern U, THE GAZETTE, MONTREAL, SATURDAY, JANUARY 20, 1990 Norway's the best but Pirates and Space Tours are close Rating the attractions is fun as long as no one expects me to ride roller coasters in the dark SARAH WATERS SPECIAL TO THE GAZETTE THERE ARE NO RIDES at Walt Disney World, They call everything an attraction, I guess they have to, Some things are rides, like Thunder Mountain, Other things, like the Hall of Presidents, are shows, And some, like the Delta Dreamflight, are both a show and a ride, Norway was my favorite at Walt Disney World, It's in the World Showcase at Epcot Centre, It has a great Viking boat ride through a cave filled with trolls and polar bears, I rode through there seven times, There's also a waterfall and a restaurant with very good Norwegian food (it's all delicious except for the cold curried herring that my dad liked), Everyone who works there is Norwegian and they're very nice, Almost as good was the Pirates of the Caribbean at Magic World, I rode that one seven times, too, and my dad came with me six times, You take a boat through a cave and it starts very quietly, There are some scary scenes of skeletons guarding buried treasure and steering ships and then suddenly you tumble down a waterfall and come out in the middle of a battle between a pirate ship and a fort, Then you float through the town and see the pirates robbing everyone and chasing the women and drinking, It's very real, And my third favorite was Star Tours at the Disney-MGM Studio, It opened the day we were there and there were huge crowds but we had press passes to get past the lines, It was great, You get on a spaceship that has a robot for a pilot, He loses control and the spaceship seems to lurch all over the place and goes right through the middle of a space battle, Very exciting but too short, (Editor's note: All three of these rides get the highest possible rating from the Unofficial Guide to Walt Disney World and Epcot, And everyone, including me, seems to think the pirate ride is a gem, Here's what I think are the best of the rest of the attractions we tried at Magic Kingdom: Space Mountain was too much for me, I could hear the screams so I chickened out but my dad said it was great, (Editor's note: This is a roller coaster in the dark, Think about that concept, It doesn't have to climb very high or drop very fast, It's pitch black in there except for thousands of tiny white stars that disorient rather than illuminate, Magic Journey is the best movie in Disney World, It's 3D and the butterflies and the flowers seem to be right in front of your face, It's wonderful, I loved it, So did my dad, And there was hardly any lineup, Dream Flight is very good, It takes you through the sky and you see all sorts of things, FLORIDA VACATION CONDOS Representing hundreds of luxury 1, 2 & 3-bedroom condos priced below most hotels and featuring 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After trading quarterback Matt Duncan to the B, 5:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.; Tues-Fri from noon to 2:30 p.m., Licensed, All major credit cards, 1209 Guy St, 934-0473, LA BOURGADE Hotel Bonaventure's popular Italian buffet will continue in this restaurant for at least another month and offers pretty good value for family dining, Adults are charged $14.95, children 10 and under, $7.50, Pasta is its big drawing card, four different kinds a night, not to mention all the pasta salads on the cold table, The pastas survive the buffet table quite well and the sauces are good, as a recent fettuccine with fresh tomato sauce and another with spinach sauce proved, Hot Italian meat and fish dishes are also offered, and a recent chicken caponata (eggplant, olives, zucchini, capers, tomatoes) was excellent, The cold table is truly impressive, and the sweet table is very rewarding, Open nightly for dinner from 5:30 p.m. to 11 p.m., Italian buffet on Fri and Sat only, Licensed, All major credit cards, 1 Place Bonaventure, 878-2332, SALSIFI This enchanting little restaurant just off Park Ave has been completely renovated by its new owners, chef Andree Dube and her husband Yvon, and is now more attractive than ever, The food is essentially French with a few California influences and essentially good, although the restaurant hasn't quite hit its stride yet, Starting-up glitches included an over-cooked Cornish game hen, a poached salmon that had been frozen and smoked goose that was tough, but all three had excellent flavor and were nicely presented, Vegetables are outstanding here, including miniature pumpkins stuffed with squash, braised cabbage and scalloped potatoes, Desserts are also first-rate, especially the apple clafouti and the frangipane crepe (filled with almond paste and topped with chocolate sauce), Service is delightful, Table d'hote a fixed $22, a la carte main dishes between $17.50 and $24.50, Open Tues-Sat from 11:30 a.m. to 10 p.m., Licensed, Visa, Mastercard, American Express, 354 St, Joseph Blvd, 272-4211, MAXIM DE PARIS The intended tea room and cafe of Hediard's in Les Cours Mont Royal also serves as its main and only restaurant for the time being, A larger, proper restaurant is in the plans, The premises are badly laid out for a cafe but elegantly decorated and fairly comfortable, The so-called gastronomic menu consists of 11 main dishes, none of them very exciting, and offers table d'hote for a fixed $26.50, A briefer daily table d'hote ranges between $18.50 and $24, Among items sampled were super salmon mousse with caviar; disappointing snails in pastry; outstanding boneless rabbit with mustard sauce, accompanied by fresh fettuccine in basil sauce; and a so-so sirloin steak with french-fries, Salads were great, while desserts were limited, Open daily from noon to 3 p.m. (brunch on Sun); Tues-Sat from 5 p.m. to 10:30 p.m., Licensed, All major credit cards, 1455 Peel St, 848-0559, LE VIEUX PECHEUR house of LIVE LOBSTER PRIME RIB 1300 Trans Canada Hwy, B, Reservations: 683-1320 Montreal's Most Original SEAFOOD RESTAURANT DAILY SPECIALS Starting From $7.99 EARLY BIRD SPECIALS From $6.95, Great Britain, Canada and the Commonwealth, Finally, the market decides the catalogue, not the catalogue deciding the market, Yoseloff also said: ""Using a percentage of catalogue value is ridiculous"", A couple of years ago I wrote about the unusual ""balmy weather"" that resulted in all sorts of weird bird sightings in the Georgeville Christmas Bird Count (CBC), Well, this year things were a little different, ""December broke the record for the month for the lowest average temperature, which resulted in Lake Memphremagog freezing over two weeks before the count,"" reported Peter Landry and Katherine MacKenzie, compiler and organizer, respectively, of the Georgeville count, ""This led to no open water, even on the rivers, and the lowest species count since '81 and '82, when 34 species were also seen"", A total of 111 observers braved the frigid cold to count a near-record number of individual birds: 3,536 birds, comprising 34 species, Abundance of corvids Record numbers were observed of all the corvid species such as crows, ravens and blue jays, as well as horned larks, snow buntings, and white-throated sparrows, Whether this was a function of the cold weather is not known, On the other hand, the lack of open water was likely responsible for the failure to observe four species usually seen common loon, common goldeneye, common merganser and herring gull, Two species new to the count were the horned lark and the chipping sparrow, This is the twelfth year for the Georgeville CBC and the 10 most common species in order and their mean number per year in brackets are the black-capped chickadee (745), evening grosbeak (671), blue jay (290), rock dove (228), house sparrow (203), snow bunting (79), tree sparrow (60), herring gull (53), American crow (53) and pine grosbeak (50), The Hudson CBC was down from last year with 51 species (eight less than last year) and a total of 5,525 individuals (8,159 seen last year), The house sparrows took over the lead from the snow buntings this year with 1,666 being spotted, followed by the black-capped chickadees (858), rock doves (555), snow buntings (only 442 compared with 2,652 in 1988!) and European starlings (352), As usual, a number of raptorial species were seen, including two snowy owls, I was surprised there weren't more goshawks seen, with the numbers of partridge (46) and ruffed grouse (23) available, Other interesting sightings were 11 pileated woodpeckers, five boreal chickadees, 23 common grackles, 10 brown creepers, one swamp sparrow, and yes, a lonely American robin! Also seen during the count week was a Carolina wren, Hudson, salient observation, but it's nonetheless telling: ""Last year (1988) we stayed with the 1988 catalogue, and business remained excellent"", ""I find it (the 1990 catalogue) a closer reflection of actual selling price, but collectors are accustomed to discounting from the catalogue value and they'll have a hard time adjusting to full catalogue"", How about this? ""Higher priced items should actually be increased due to their being rarities"", I wonder who should do that, 93 I 1, 93 includes Soup or Salad I Bring Your Own Wine 1? PRINCE ARTHUR E, 842-5451 for what they hope is the last cigarette of their life, Almost, But unlike the convicted TV preacher, this velvet-voiced man at the microphone in the ballroom of Winnipeg's International Inn offers a guarantee, Meet Chuck Borden Jr, hypnotherapist, ""It's going to be a miracle,"" he tells the crowd, ""People are going to get out and for the first time in their life start their car without lighting up a cigarette"", Sad tales from outcasts A spirit of camaraderie hangs along with thick smoke in the lobby before the seminar begins, Name-tagged smokers mingle, telling their sad tales of earlier attempts to quit, of being outcasts at work, complaining, debating and smoking, George Vogt shuffles over near the LA TABLE D'HOTE $16 Champignons farcis fribourg ou Salade verte Carre d'agneau roti au jus ou Saumon frais au beurre blanc Profiteroles au chocolat ou Creme caramel 2065 Bishop 843-7745 La Lucarni d'Outremont Under the Sun Leveque $20.50 1010 rue Laurier O, Outremont Prov, Quebec 2V2X8 ViL 279-7355 KLONDIKE DAYS ARE HERE AGAIN CHARCOAL BROILED RIB STEAK 12oz OR SHRIMP PLATTER $7.95 INCLUDES SOUP OR SALAD Weekdays from 11-3 Sat, Sun 11-4 It's 2 for 1 from $7.95 for 2 Including soup, garlic bread, Greek hors d'oeuvres and dessert stack of at least 400 glass ashtrays piled on the table, ""Ninety-six percent,"" he says, ""Huh?"" ""Ninety-six percent quit smoking, that's what they say about this guy"", Vogt is a Manitoba Department of Government Services employee who's driven in from Selkirk on this minus-34 night, He's been smoking 37 years and recently spent about $1,000 on stop-smoking programs laser, acupuncture, nicotine gum, government plans, lung association schemes, He's managed to halve his intake to 32 cigarettes a day, ""I heard about (Borden) from a couple of friends who went last time, They find out after three weeks they're not smoking they'd gone cold turkey for three weeks without even knowing it"", Borden says he appeals to people's subconscious mind where, he says, the desire to smoke and the be PIMENT ROUGE SZECHUAN CUISINE IN A CLASS BY ITSELF ELEGANT SURROUNDINGS 1170 Peel St, (Le Windsor) 866-7816 1020 Laurier W, Outremont 272-2828 SEAFOOD RESTAURANT EARLY BIRD SPECIALS From $0"" 5:00 6:30 PM 226 Place des Pins Detached bungalow, 4 bedrooms same level, exceptional renovations, 2 bathrooms, double Jacuzzi, appliances, finished basement, fireplace, central air, vacuum, New windows, roof, driveway, parking, barbecue, 40x15 cold storage room under new extension, 15x20 fiberglass covered patio, Close to UP, 1985), but certainly the main responsibility is very personally with Mr, Bourassa, ""Just look at the past, When, in 1971, he announced a project (James Bay) that hadn't been studied by Hydro-Quebec, it was to fulfill an election promise, for purely political reasons, without justifying it with any need, He's always been the one turning the wheel"", Lajambc said that during Bourassa's latest incarnation as premier of Quebec the first thing he announced was expansion of the James Bay project at a time when Hydro-Quebec executives were talking about the consolidation of the utility's existing network because there was no longer sufficient demand for electricity to justify mega-projects, In the meantime, the jokes continue in the dark, not only about Hydro's reliability, but its lack of comedic timing, ""Our next show is about a clothing business and they're doing really badly and they're always talking about Hydro cutting them off any second,"" offers the Centaur Theatre's Tannage, ""If they had waited until then that would have been funny"", The whole province was blacked out in 1988, Maintenance costs for OuvIh-c distribution gtrm, 185 million $(712 million IW7 $7.4 million IWH $7:4, 8 million 4 million 4 million 14,800 6 13,700 1987 IS, FROM A3 LOW A3 $499, PRICE INCLUDES: ROUNDTRIP AIRFARE BETWEEN MONTREAL AND LONDON (PASSENGERS MUST TRAVEL TOGETHER) 8 NIGHTS ACCOMMODATION BASED ON DOUBLE OCCUPANCY AT THE TAVISTOCK HOTEL IN CENTRAL LONDON DAILY CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST HOTEL SERVICE CHARGES AND VALUE ADDED TAX (15) ROUNDTRIP AIRBUS TRANSFERS BETWEEN HEATHROW AND CENTRAL LONDON THREE THEATRE VOUCHERS TO A SELECTED LIST OF SHOWS, OR A DELUXE VOUCHER TO A TOP SHOW CITY SAVER DINING VOUCHER SHOPPING GIFT VOUCHER OF $20 VALID AT HARRODS, LONDON'S PREMIUM DEPARTMENT STORE 50 HOLIDAYS THE 50 TRAVELLER Also available EGYPT, MALTA, ANCIENT Turkey, Cyprus, Tenerife, Majorca, Algarve, Tunisia, European highlights LIMITED SPACE VAH ARLE AT THIS LOW RATE SINGH PRICES ON REQUEST CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS APPLY PAUL WATERS TRAVELLING LIGHT It's a magnificent place all right but it will probably be the little things I'll remember, Maid Marion signing an autograph for Sarah, for example, and the pleasure we both got out of those ancient machines in the penny arcade, I remember one evening at the end of a long day I was trying to take a picture of Sarah sitting on a marble bench in the sandstone fortress that is the Moroccan pavilion, A woman emerged from a service door, young, probably a student, hauling a broom and a long-handled dustpan, ""Do you want me to take a picture of both of you?"" she asked, She smiled anyway, ""Sure, why not?"" She put down her tools and snapped a couple of shots, I asked her if she'd been working hard, ""Fourteen hours today,"" she laughed, ""And 14 hours yesterday, But I'm off tomorrow"", A small thing, perhaps, but it impressed me, She didn't have to take a break from her not-very-glamorous job to snap pictures for a couple of tourists, But she did, and it's that kind of detail that makes the place so special, Hey, the place isn't perfect, I've got a few quibbles, Why, for example, do they play a Viennese waltz as the background music for the Germany sequence in the magnificent light and fireworks show at Epcot Centre every night? It's not as if Germany has never produced a reasonably good composer, I understand they have to clean up the water parks River Country and Typhoon Lagoon but while they're doing it shouldn't they cut the promotions from the special Walt Disney World information channel? And it's a bit much for a boy from Cape Breton to hear the narrator in American Journeys refer to fiddle music as uniquely American, Joe Roderick from Beaconsfield wrote to me about his visit to Walt Disney World a dozen years ago and it was mainly on his recommendation that Sarah and I braved one of the longest lineups we faced all week to visit the Haunted Mansion, And Mr. Roderick was right, It's quite amazing, There is a sequence where ghosts, shimmering, ephemeral human figures dance together at a banquet, I've lain awake nights trying to figure out how they do that, Mr. Roderick also urged me to let my daughter try Space Mountain, Well, believe me, I tried, but Sarah would have nothing to do with it, She stood in line with me but chickened out at the loading dock, Unfortunately we never got a chance to try reader Sandra Trubiano's suggestion that we make reservations to lunch in the tower at the top of Cinderella's Castle, We should have, Everyone tells it was delightful but we just kept missing it, Deluxe accommodation with magnificent views, Indoor pool, whirlpool, Gourmet dining, Entertainment nightly in the Dancing Bear Lounge, All in the Hilton standard of fine service, gracious hospitality, $34 US FUNDS Includes breakfast daily minimum stay 2 days Sun thru Wed arrival Special lift & lesson discount On Stage ALASKA! 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+349,20000129,modern,Freezing,"H8 THE GAZETTE, MONTREAL, SATURDAY, JANUARY 29, 2000 TRAVEL Winter visitors get space at Yellowstone EDWARD PARSONS Edmonton Journal YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Mont - For many years, my desire to explore this magnificent but wildly popular park had been tempered by my general dislike of large crowds. Much to my delight, however, I learned that 96 per cent of visitors to the park come between the May long weekend and Labour Day. That leaves the other 4 per cent of us to explore the park in relative peace the rest of the year. Yellowstone's relatively high elevation ensures it receives copious amounts of snow in the winter. Accumulations of 13 to 16 metres are not uncommon, causing forests of tall spruce trees to poke out of the snow banks and appear as nothing more than tracts of Christmas trees. Not surprisingly, the snowmobile replaces the car as the chief means of transportation for many local residents. The road system of Yellowstone National Park is not plowed in the winter; therefore, travelers have to base their exploration out of West Yellowstone, Mont, Jackson Hole, Wyo, or Mammoth Hot Springs inside the park boundary. These serve as year-round centres for park adventure. My travels brought me to West Yellowstone in the early part of March. The first thing that strikes you is the odd traffic patterns. It was a novelty to pull up to one of the town's only street lights behind one truck and five snowmobiles, all patiently waiting for the light to change. One local resident told me he had only started his truck five or six times that winter, and only when he had to travel out of town. ""Why would I want to when I can do everything I want with this?"" With that, he picked his grocery bags out of the rack on the back of his Ski-Doo and headed inside. Animals have the right-of-way along Yellowstone's inner ring road. The sole purpose of West Yellowstone seems to be to provide for the needs of the park visitor. Securing lodging and a snowmobile proved quick and easy. Most of the major hotels and motels have package deals with local snowmobile outfitters. Winter also brings off-season rates to the local hotels. Two nights in the newest hotel in town, the luxurious Grey Wolf Inn, and a snowmobile for two days for $249 US. The Grey Wolf costs more than $250 a night during the summer. Also included in the package was a snowsuit, helmet and, if required, boots. With all the logistics out of the way and the complimentary early morning breakfast under my belt, I hauled my camera gear out to my waiting sled. The machines were brand new and started easier than my car did. There were people on hand to get everyone accustomed to their machines. After a brief stop at the park office to pick up my park pass, I was off on the wide-open trails. The snowmobile trails follow the summer roads and were well-groomed and smoother than a lot of Canadian highways. It is mandatory that the machines remain on the roads to protect the wildlife from the riders and the riders from the hidden thermal areas that dot the park. The first 30 kilometres into the main junction of the park revealed a multitude of wildlife, including bison, elk, deer, coyotes, wolves and foxes - all within easy viewing distance of the road and some walking on the road itself. The main road system forms a large loop through the park, one that stretches more than 200 kilometres and encompasses some unique and stunning spectacles. Yellowstone's strange geologic features are merely the outward manifestations of one of the largest volcanoes in the world. In fact, most of the park is located inside the caldera formed during previous eruptions of a size unknown in historic times. Yellowstone still sits above a huge mass of magma. This is the heat source that fuels Yellowstone's most recognizable features, its geysers, the most famous of which is Old Faithful - possibly the most identifiable feature in any park in North America, Old Faithful has never failed to make its predicted appearance. The geyser, which is surrounded by a boardwalk and visitors' centre, erupts every 70 to 90 minutes, day in and day out. Its eruptions are even more spectacular in winter when the super-heated water hits the frigid air. Although Old Faithful is the most recognized geyser, it is by no means the only one. The trip from the main junction to the Old Faithful lodge takes you past dozens of geysers, mud pots and deep pools of iridescent blue water. Most areas that are open in the summer are maintained in the winter, so you can interrupt your riding to wander through collections of geysers and pools. Animals often congregate around the hot pools and steam vents for warmth. Despite the sub-zero temperatures, open water abounds as the volume of heated water keeps even the large rivers ice-free. Geese spend the winter wading in the heated pools that are perpetually shrouded in steam. In the northern regions of the park is one of the lesser-known spectacular sights - the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone. Although not quite as deep as its more famous namesake in Arizona, it is nonetheless a breathtaking sight. Best of all, with the light winter traffic, you often find yourself alone at sights that have thousands of visitors in summer. If you manage to complete a tour of the park and still wish to put some miles on your machine before calling it a day, the surrounding area has hundreds of snowmobile trails, enough to satisfy even the most die-hard rider. As the day draws to a close and you return to town, head back to the hotel for a swim in the pool or a soak in the hot tub to get rid of any soreness from a day of riding. A new day on the trails awaits you the next day. IF YOU GO Staying there: West Yellowstone, Mammoth Hot Springs and Jackson Hole are year-round centres. The Old Faithful Lodge is open year-round and offers snowcoach transportation into the park. For general reservations, phone (888) 255-7710. West Yellowstone's year-round population is only 900, but it has 25 lodges. Summer pricing is expensive, but there are reasonable winter package deals, including snowmobiles. Gear: Be sure to keep winter gear in your car as mountain travel can be dangerous and weather changes rapidly. Weather: Temperatures can range from above freezing to the minus-30s. Layer clothes beneath a snowsuit to make the coldest temperatures comfortable. Information: Montana, (800) 847-4868; Wyoming, (800) 225-5996. Web sites worth checking are www.yellowstone.net for vacation packages, www.westyellowstone.com for information on West Yellowstone and www.state.wy.us/statevirtual/mapyellowstone for general information on the park. HSPIUNG BREAK BARM 1 $549 m fiO nam v via i ) i Guaranteed to beat all prices. SANTO DOMINGO $1049 $1353 CHILDREN (2-14 y) Cuba $349 $1039 Acapulco $233 $1393 TUNISIA MeeC9(ltl paws ocm Hotellerie Champetre Quebec Naturally Inviting Quebec Resorts & Country Inns LAKEVIEW INN - KNOWLTON Special Winter Rates. Reserve for one night and get extra lodging nights at 50% off, in one of Quebec's most prestigious inns where you'll enjoy a romantic stay in an historic Victorian atmosphere, take an unforgettable stroll through the quaint village of Knowlton, visit antique shops, the Christmas Store, The England Hill cuisine and textile shops, Brome Sports Designer outlet, the Polo Country Store and unique boutiques. End the day sipping your favourite beverage around our crackling fireplace, relax in a candlelit dining room and treat yourself to our famous Sunday Brunch featuring Brome Lake Duck, Quebec Lamb or Roast Beef, then in the morning, try Spencer's for breakfast, our authentic English Pub. The Lakeview Inn, built in 1874, now an historic multi-award-winning antique-filled inn with 28 rooms and whirlpool-equipped studios. Alpine and Cross-Country packages available. Information: (450) 243-6183. Reservations: 1-800-661-6183. Eastern Townships Autoroute 10, exit 90 and follow signs. One hour from Montreal. Web site: www.quebecweb.com/lakeview E-mail: lakeview@tele-page.com. Quebec's Finest Network of Countryside Resorts & Inns. AUBERGE GEORGEVILLE 1889 Casting its watchful eye over the snowy lakeside town of Georgeville, the $250 romantic two-day getaway continues. Award-winning CAA Four Diamond dining, afternoon tea & sherry. Curl up by the fire, tour the wine cellar, snowshoeing, moonlight skating, 50km cross country skiing, downhill skiing nearby. ""1999 Best Restaurant,"" Canadian Homemaker; ""Priceless,"" The Montreal Gazette; ""Excellent,"" The Globe & Mail. Reservations or brochure- 1-888-843-8686. Visit our web site at www.fortune1000.ca/georgeville. Personalized gift certificates. Time to think about Valentine's Day! ""It's the second snowfall. What do they mean they've been working too hard?"" A south-central resident and business consultant Jerry Remillard said he's baffled by the city's weekend break in snow removal. ""It fits exactly with its strategy which is totally erratic,"" Remillard said. ""We're governed by budgets and not by common sense."" Residents leave their cars on the street because the city doesn’t respect its own signs, Remillard said. ""You have to guess when they're going to remove the snow,"" said Remillard, who successfully fought parking tickets last year by showing a municipal court judge several photographs of his car, piles of snow, and a copy of The Gazette showing the date - three consecutive days after snow removal signs went up. City officials issued a warning that tow trucks will be out in full force 7 a.m. Monday. For information on towed vehicles, call Info-Rémorquage at (514) 872-3777. Two prisoners at large after grabbing van INGRID PHANEUF The Gazette Two of three prisoners who commandeered a prison vehicle while on a community-service outing from a Laval minimum-security prison Thursday are still on the loose. Inmates Eric Raymond, 25, and Normand Beauchemin, 36, along with Rheal Ayotte, 38, and a volunteer escort had arrived back at the Federal Training Centre prison in the St. Vincent de Paul district of Laval after an uneventful day of maintenance work at a children's summer camp in Chertsey, in the Lanaudière region. But when the volunteer, who was also the driver, stepped out of the vehicle, one of the inmates took the wheel and drove away. Prison officials do not yet know which of the inmates engineered the escape. The vehicle - a blue 1997 Dodge Caravan - was recovered yesterday morning in a restaurant parking lot on Levesque Blvd, two kilometres from the prison. One of the escapers turned himself in. Ayotte, who was serving four years for armed robbery, returned to the prison yesterday afternoon. He was to have been released in November 2001. Raymond and Beauchemin were to get out of jail in August. Eric Raymond, a first-time convict, was serving a two-year, eight-month sentence for breaking and entering and theft. Raymond is white, stands 5 feet 7 inches and weighs about 158 pounds. He has brown hair and hazel eyes. Beauchemin is white, stands about 5 feet 4 inches, and weighs about 180 pounds. He has brown hair and brown eyes. Beauchemin had 6 months to go. Raymond: first-time prisoner. Flames kill woman Heroic firefighters ignore danger, scale ladder to rescue 2 others from inferno in the Plateau BASEM BOSHRA The Gazette A fire that claimed the life of a 60-year-old disabled woman in the Plateau Mont Royal district last night could have been even more tragic if not for the quick thinking of a pair of veteran firefighters. Around 6 p.m., firefighters were called to a two-storey residential building on Hotel de Ville Ave, just north of Pine Ave, that was engulfed in flames and billowing smoke, Montreal fire department chief of operations Gilles Courtemanche said. Yannick Ferland and Dominic Prud'homme were among the first firefighters from nearby Station 16 to reach the building. ""Through the smoke, we could hear screaming from the second floor,"" Prud'homme said. ""We looked up and saw there was a woman on the second-floor balcony. She was screaming for help."" The door leading into the building - the only way to get to the second floor - was blocked by the flames, so firefighters needed to find an alternative route to the woman. Noticing another balcony right next to the one on which the woman was trapped, Ferland and Prud'homme scaled a ladder to it and then jumped the short distance across. ""She kept yelling, but it was in Spanish and she didn't understand French or English,"" Ferland said. Fortunately, the woman managed to point out that her husband was still trapped inside their apartment. The firefighters picked the man up and managed to carry him and the woman down to waiting ambulances. The elderly couple were taken to a hospital where they were treated for smoke inhalation and shock. But when firefighters made their way through the flames to the ground-floor apartment, they found the body of the 60-year-old woman on her bed, charred beyond recognition. Courtemanche said neighbours told them the woman was wheelchair-bound and had recently arrived from Toronto. Police were trying to track down her relatives last night. It took about 100 firefighters about 90 minutes to extinguish the four-alarm blaze, which investigators believe started in the elderly woman's apartment. About 20 people were forced from the building and two others adjacent to it. The fire caused about $200,000 worth of damage, Courtemanche estimated. Some of those people will be forced to find new homes. Faces dripping with sweat despite the freezing temperatures last night, Ferland, an 8-year veteran of the fire department, and Prud'homme, who's been fighting fires for 10 years, were sombre in recounting their heroics. They said it was tough to shake the image of the dead woman. ""That's just the way it is,"" Prud'homme said. ""Even if you've done everything you can and even if you've saved some lives, you still think about the person who died. It's always a tragedy."" The police arson squad was investigating the cause of the blaze last night, Montreal Urban Community Police Constable Caroline Courteau said, standard practice during a fatal fire. ""Through the smoke, we could hear screaming from the second floor."" DWEAR knitted jersey sheets -Textiler the ultimate in warmth & comfort machine wash wrinkle free seamless supersoft Introducing Bedwear. Possibly the most comfortable, easiest care, best fitting bedding you'll ever own. Somewhere between percale and flannel and as comfortable as your favourite t-shirt. Made of 100% pure combed cotton that resists wrinkles and pilling. PEGGY CURRAN Let the games begin E Winter sports to watch for events you won't want to miss at this year's Fête des Neiges: A day at the races. Expect rollicking good fun as Health Ministers Allan Rock and Pauline Marois face off in the annual hospital-bed race. There had been fears this event would be canceled owing to a shortage of medical equipment and too many darn sick people. However, these proved to be unfounded after Rock sent patients home early with a Tamiflu inhaler and the promise they'll see a doctor one of these days - definitely before the next Liberal leadership convention! If Rock wins, expect Marois to file an official protest at this vicious power grab. Bonus points for nice hair: (Marois was originally scheduled to take part in the celebrity tan-a-thon in the Mexican tent, but denies she pulled out after learning there was no silent flush, only Port-o-lets.) Hockey. A surprise entry after Canadian players who had moved to the States came back after discovering there are no Zambonis or snowplows south of the Mason-Dixon line. Don't forget to watch for Industry Minister John Manley in the human catapult. Figure-skating. Premier Lucien Bouchard shows how to finesse the most depressing public-opinion polls and staff defections by suddenly finding millions for hospitals, schools and libraries. Tug-of-war. Education Minister Francois (No Logo) Legault and English Montreal School Board chairman George Vathilakis go head-to-head. Winner takes all vacant schools. Who wants to be a billionaire? Contestants vie for big cash prizes by answering not-very-skill-testing questions and filling out the appropriate forms in triplicate. Human Resources Minister Jane Stewart is host - for now. Federal employees get raises just for showing up. Extreme fighting. Main event features Preston Manning taking on the Reform Party in a no-holds-barred contest. Things could get ugly fast - be prepared for blood, guts and speeches. Card also features the Bloc Quebecois vs. the National Post and the Hiltons vs. Wal-Mart shoppers. Advanced snowshoeing. Sheila Copps gives up flying. Snow sculptures. In keeping with the times, all sculptures will come with graphic warnings depicting the potentially harmful effects of licking ice at minus-20 Celsius, using an ice pick without proper training or leaving the house without your mittens. Curling. Skip Pierre Bourque takes on the suburbs for the all-island championship. Much shouting signifying nothing. Louise Harel referees. Defensive driving demonstration on the Gilles Villeneuve raceway. Keep abreast of the latest trends in road safety. Learn when not to drag race on black ice, how to look your best when the photo radar catches you (what else are those mirrors for?) and how to swerve to avoid pedestrians, potholes, cyclists without helmets, mountains of uncleared snow and falling concrete on the Decarie Expressway. Food fair. Sample genetically altered foods, as well as indulging in such time-tested toxins as poutine, hot dogs, carbonated drinks and fried dough. W9 HEALTH I could just scream. Patience is supposed to be a virtue, but we're too busy for that. Waiting is an insult to us, one expert says. We sense that we've been disrespected; hence the anger. THE GAZETTE, MONTREAL, SATURDAY, JANUARY 29, 2000 PETER CARLSON Washington Post WASHINGTON - The music is driving you nuts. It's so cheerful, it's depressing. It's so bland, it's offensive. Suddenly it stops, and you get excited: could this be an actual human? No, it's just that upbeat On-Hold Man again. ""Thank you for continuing to hold,"" he says. ""While we do have an unusually high call volume at this time, we value your call. Please hold for the next available associate."" You've heard this message so many times, you've memorized it. You hate On-Hold Man. You want to strangle him. You're getting surly. You've been waiting for the repairman all day. The company promised he'd be here between 9 and 12, and now it's almost 3, and you've called to find out what happened. But before you could even ask the question, they put you on hold. Now that music is back again. It's supposed to be soothing, but you're not soothed. You're seething. ""Thank you for continuing to hold. While we do have an unusually high call volume at this time, we value your call - then answer it,"" you scream. "" - hold for the next available associate."" You curse. You rage. But what's the use? You sigh and settle into the quiet desperation of waiting. Foolishly, you begin to contemplate how much of your life has been spent waiting. Waiting at the post office, where the clerks seem to move in slow motion. Or at the supermarket, where everybody in the 10-items-or-less line is shooting death-ray glances at the guy with 12 items. Or waiting at McDonald's, where you always choose the slowest line, the one behind the people who freeze when confronted with the question ""Do you want fries with that?"" Or waiting for elevators that seem to have gone AWOL while you jab idiotically at the already-illuminated button, knowing it won't do any good. ""Thank you for continuing to hold."" ""Waiting is an insult to us,"" says anthropologist David Murray. ""We feel we're being put down when we're forced to wait. We sense that we've been disrespected; hence, the anger."" We are a busy people. We have day planners and lists of Things to Do Today. We're highly caffeinated, and we expect life to be full of action, bing, bang, boom. We see waiting as time taken from life, Murray says, while other cultures see it as a part of life. ""We feel we are living only during an event - the rest of the time we're hibernating,"" he says. ""It's a particularly American or Western attitude. In nonindustrial tribal societies, the rhythms are slower and waiting is part of life. In the absence of clocks and hard-and-fast punctual expectations, it's hard to be frustrated by waiting."" Several years ago, Polish journalist Ryszard Kapuscinski was stuck in a Siberian airport for four days, waiting out a blizzard, bored out of his skull. ""It is a dreadful sort of idleness, an unbearable tedium to sit motionless like this,"" he wrote. ""But on the other hand, don't millions and millions of people the world over pass the time in just such a passive way? And haven't they done so for years, for centuries?"" Kapuscinski recalled the countless scenes of waiting he'd witnessed during three decades of covering the Third World: ""Everywhere, everywhere the same sight - people sitting motionless for hours on end, on old chairs, on bits of plank, on plastic crates, in the shade of poplars and mango trees, leaning against the walls of slums, against fences and window frames, irrespective of the time of day or of the season, of whether the sun is shining or the rain is falling, phlegmatic and expressionless people, as if in a state of chronic drowsiness, not really doing anything."" You recall a statistic reprinted everywhere a few years back, attributed to a Pittsburgh research firm called Priority Management: Americans spend five years of their lives waiting in lines. For a 75-year-long life, it comes out to more than 1.5 hours a day. Can that possibly be true? There are other statistics: on an average day, according to a book called On an Average Day by Tom Heymann, Americans spend 101,369,863 hours waiting in line. That's 37 billion hours a year. And that's just waiting in line. But waiting is a many-splendoured thing. Waiting for the weekend. Waiting for the Messiah. Waiting for the waiter. Waiting for your ship to come in. Waiting for takeoff. Waiting with bated breath. Waiting for a phone call. There's the intense waiting of childhood. Waiting for Christmas morning. Waiting for the last day of school. Waiting through endless car trips: are we there yet? Waiting to grow whiskers. Waiting to grow breasts. Waiting to grow up. There's the bittersweet waiting of romance and procreation. Waiting for her to notice you. Waiting for him to ask you out. Waiting for her to get ready. Waiting for him to pop the question. Waiting for your period. Waiting for the results of your pregnancy test. Waiting through your ninth month of pregnancy, which seems as long as the previous eight combined. Some waiting is more painful. Waiting for the jury to reach a verdict. Waiting for biopsy results. Waiting in refugee camps. Waiting in prison. Waiting for your teenager, and it's 2 in the morning, and she hasn't called. We have an unusually high call volume at this time. The poor wait more than the rich. They wait in soup lines and welfare lines and unemployment lines. They wait in emergency rooms and free medical clinics. They cannot pay with money, so they pay with time - little chunks of their lives. The poor wait for buses and subways while the rich zoom past in cars or glide by in limousines driven by chauffeurs who are waiting and ready to open the door when their bosses appear. Once, Louis XIV stepped out of his palace to find his royal driver just arriving in the royal coach. The king was unhappy. ""I almost had to wait,"" he grumbled. ""If you have enough money, you can buy someone else's time,"" says psychologist Robert Levine. ""You can pay people to run your errands. Your time is worth more than their time."" In his book A Geography of Time, Levine codified what he calls ""The Rules of the Waiting Game."" One rule was, Status dictates who waits: the higher your rank, the more people you can keep waiting - and the longer you can keep them waiting. When the company president wants to see you, you hustle to his office. Then he keeps you waiting, watching his secretary make phone calls for him. He's too important to wait for someone to answer. So she gets them on the phone and says, ""Please hold for Mr. Smith."" It's nothing personal, just a reminder of who's boss. And it's nothing new. In the Middle Ages, Pope Gregory VII is said to have forced Henry IV, the Holy Roman emperor who had challenged his authority, to stand barefoot in the snow for three days before meeting with him. In 1949, Joseph Stalin kept Mao Zedong waiting for 17 days in a dacha in the freezing Russian winter. Mao had just taken over China, but Stalin was showing him who was boss in the Communist world. But you don't have to be a pope or a dictator to play the game. Clerks enjoy this, too, when they make you wait in line and then suddenly hang up a sign that says ""Closed"" and amble off. ""Making a person wait is an exercise in power,"" Levine says. ""There is no greater symbol of domination, since time is the only possession which can in no sense be replaced."" We value your call. Now on-hold music is back again. It's so nondescript you can't tell if it's the same song or a new one. Why don't they play some rock 'n' roll? Because it didn't test well with focus groups. James Kellaris, associate professor of marketing at the University of Cincinnati, was hired by a company to determine what kind of music makes time pass quickly for people stuck on hold. ""They can't really control the waiting time, so they use all kinds of strategies to distract people,"" Kellaris says. ""They hoped I could engineer some music that would shrink perceived time in relation to clock time."" Perceived time is how long people think they spent on hold. Clock time is how long they actually spent on hold. Perceived time is inevitably longer than clock time, Kellaris says. His focus groups in Indianapolis and Los Angeles listened to various kinds of music, then guessed how long they'd been listening. Rock 'n' roll was the worst. ""The music was so familiar that hearing a segment of a song inferred the entire song and maybe the entire repertoire of the artist,"" he says, ""so it had the effect of expanding perceived time."" Kellaris found that men and women had different responses. For men, classical music reduced the perceived time on hold. For women, light jazz reduced it. Which didn't help much. ""They could have set up a tape that said, 'If you're female, press 1. If you're male, press 2,' "" he says, ""but that seemed too controversial."" The biggest controversy is whether one long serpentine line or many short lines is better. This is serious for businesses: should you line people up in one long line, like they do at most banks? Or in many short lines, like they do in supermarkets? Single lines look longer, which can scare customers away. But multiple lines can frustrate customers who watch as people who arrived after them get served before them. ""When somebody slips by you, your psychological cost is high,"" says MIT professor Richard Larson, who has created computer systems to help airlines, banks and department stores deal with their line problems. ""You're going to remember that. And maybe next time you'll go to a place with a long serpentine line."" But Ziv Carmon, a professor of consumer psychology at Duke University, says some businesses - fast-food restaurants with nearby competitors, for instance - should use multiple lines because they look shorter. Please hold for the next available associate. We keep creating products to eliminate delay, but we're still bedeviled by waiting. ""As our pace of life gets more hectic, our tolerance for waiting in line goes down,"" Larson says. ""Obviously, we've got a problem."" We got tired of waiting in restaurants, so we invented fast-food joints. We got too impatient to wait for conventional ovens to cook our meals, so we invented microwave ovens to cook them faster. Now we grumble about the lines in fast-food restaurants. We stand in front of our microwave wondering why it's so slow. We grouse about how long it takes the computer to boot up. Every time-saving device allows us to put more on our schedule, which makes us more obsessed with time and less tolerant of waiting. Hello. Can I help you? Hello. You're startled. Somebody has answered your call. An actual human is talking to you. You stammer out your problem: when is the repairman coming? Oh, you want the customer service department, she says. This is the customer relations department. I'll transfer you. No, you say. Stop. Wait! But it's too late. The phone is ringing. Thank you for calling the customer service department. All our lines are busy now, but your call will be answered in the order in which it was received. Please hold for the next available associate. Bayer fined for misleading ads Associated Press WASHINGTON - Think taking aspirin can prevent a heart attack? It can reduce some risk - but not for everybody. The distinction is costing Bayer Corp. $1 million, the tab for a consumer education program announced this month to settle government charges that Bayer's advertising oversold aspirin's benefits. ""Aspirin is not appropriate for everyone, so be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen,"" say the full-page ads Bayer must run in four national magazines between February and May. Bayer also will distribute free consumer brochures titled Aspirin Regimen Therapy: Is it right for you? The settlement aims to clear up confusion about who can truly benefit from taking aspirin daily. SATURDAY, JANUARY 29, 2000 1 p.m. Kerr Financial Corp. Katherine Aziz, Vice President Financial Planning Self Help Course SUNDAY, JANUARY 30, 2000 1 p.m. Kerr Financial Corp. Robert Kerr, Chairman Advanced Tax and Investment Planning For a free copy of The Personal Finance Course 'The Personal Finance An Interactive Guide for Your Financial Future on CD-ROM', 2 p.m. Merrill Lynch Gilbert Sreih, Vice President and Financial Advisor European Market 3 p.m. Diversifolio Financial Services Anne Krikorian, Mutual Fund Advisor Kids and Money 4 p.m. Regal Capital Planners Ltd. Brian Ruse, Advisor Terry Pizio, Advisor Is Your RRSP a Prisoner in Canada? 5 p.m. TradeFreedom Technologies Inc. Peter Ferst, Chairman of the Board Advantages of Direct Access Electronic Trading Versus Traditional 6 p.m. TD Waterhouse Investor Services Luigi Ricci, Business Development Manager Investing on the Internet 7:30 p.m. BDO Dunwoody Erie Shrier, Tax Partner Estate and Tax Planning 2 p.m. Sarabeth Management Inc. Hugh Anderson, Financial Journalist and Consultant Surf Without Drowning: How Investors Should Use the Internet for Information and Profit 3 p.m. Regal Capital Planners Ltd. Brian Ruse, Advisor Why You Should Increase Foreign Exposure In Your RRSP 4 p.m. Merrill Lynch Gilbert Sreih, Vice President and Financial Advisor Bombardier 4:30 p.m. TD Waterhouse Investor Services Steve Yan, Business Development Manager Investing on the Internet. Don't miss The Gazette's SPECIAL RRSP FEATURE in the expanded Monday Business section. They fall into water they release that air in bubbles, explained Andrea Prosperetti, an engineering professor at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore and a co-author of the study. The water's surface tension holds down the bubbles, which vibrate in their efforts to escape, producing the screechy sound. The noise is in the range of 50 to 200 kilohertz, too high for human hearing, which maxes out at about 20 kHz, but audible to many species of aquatic wildlife. Prosperetti - still digging out from this week's East Coast blizzard - isn't disturbed by the idea of noisy snow. ""I find it very poetic,"" he said. Deep South learns about deep drifts Associated Press ATLANTA - A storm spread still more snow across the Deep South yesterday, giving children from Arkansas to Georgia a rare chance to build snowmen but threatening travel to the Super Bowl. The storm moved into the area after dumping up to 40 centimetres of snow in Oklahoma. Between 3 and 30 centimetres fell in Alabama, Arkansas, Mississippi and Tennessee before the storm stalled near the Alabama-Georgia line. Atlanta had warmed above freezing by yesterday afternoon, but the storm was expected to re-form and head east, hitting the area last night and through Super Bowl Sunday with up to 7 centimetres of snow. As a precaution, Delta Airlines canceled some flights into Atlanta yesterday afternoon, but promised to accommodate passengers trying to get to the Super Bowl. More than 100,000 people are expected in Atlanta for the game between the Tennessee Titans and the St. Louis Rams. While travelers worried, thousands of children in the Deep South enjoyed a rare snow day. They threw snowballs and built snowmen as their parents took Friday off from work. In Alabama, TV stations stayed on the air all night giving live updates from cold reporters. Mississippi Governor Ronnie Musgrove activated about 300 National Guardsmen to help communities. In North Carolina, which was surprised by 60 centimetres of snow this week, Governor Jim Hunt asked President Bill Clinton to declare 26 counties disaster areas, which would make them eligible for federal funds. LITTLE SLEEP Much of the time drivers grab their average three-hours-a-night sleep while camped in the snow or dozing on the back of the sled as the dogs run on. Dawson, the race's midway point, is one place where they can be sure of a hot meal and a warm bed, since every driver and team is required to spend at least 36 hours in town. Last year, Ramy Brooks, from Healy, Alaska, was the first musher into Dawson. Even though it was just before midnight when he rounded the bend in the Yukon River, nearly 100 warmly bundled people lined Front St. to cheer him. On the race board in the lobby of the Downtown Hotel, his arrival time was noted (22:57) along with the number of dogs still in harness (10) and his running time from the last checkpoint. IF YOU GO Getting there: CanaSan Artnes has a morning and an afternoon flight daily between Vancouver and Whitehorse. Flying time is 2.5 hours. Phone (800) 665-1177 or check the Web at www.cdnacca. Air North flies daily (except Saturday) between Whitehorse and Dawson. It leaves Whitehorse at 8 a.m. and arrives in Dawson at 9:10. Return fares start at $225. Phone (800) 661-0407. Dawson City also runs a daily shuttle service (except Saturday) to Dawson, leaving the Whitehorse Greyhound Depot at 6 p.m. and arriving in Dawson about 1 a.m. The fare is $75 one-way, $135 return. Phone (867) 993-6687. Staying there: Eldorado Hotel, Third Ave. and Process St., Box 338, Dawson City, Yukon YOB 1GO. Phone (867) 993-5451, fax (867) 993-5256. Web site: www.yukonlodges.com. Single $85, double $93. Dawson in the 1999 Yukon Quest Dog Race. Hard-running husky takes a much-deserved rest. The board showed the rest of the field spread out behind Brooks: his nearest rival wouldn't reach Dawson for another three hours; the last musher in, Dawson City native Peter Ledwidge, wouldn't arrive until late Sunday morning. But by Saturday night, nearly two dozen drivers, plus their dog-handlers, veterinarians, various hangers-on and a media contingent that included correspondents for CBC Radio, the National Post and America's National Public Radio were kicking up their heels in Dawson. Diamond Tooth Gertie's bar was full to contend with bears, and the town's three year-round bars were suddenly full. For good measure, a hockey tournament and a bonspiel were on at the same time, adding to the carnival atmosphere, but the real excitement came from the presence of the mushers. All towns in the Far North have their characters, and Dawson, which is still a gold-mining town, has more than its share, but when the Quest mushers arrive the character quotient leaps upward. It takes a rare breed, after all, to run this race. It's freezing, lonely and grueling. Downtown Hotel, 2nd Ave. and Queen St., Box 780, Dawson City, Yukon YOB 1G0. Phone (867) 993-5346 or (800) 661-0514. Web site: www.downtown.yk.net. Single $93. Aurora Inn, 5th Ave. and Harper St., Box 1748, Dawson City, Yukon YOB 1G0. Phone (867) 993-6860, fax (867) 993-5689. Web site: www.wildanewool.yk.net. Single $80, double $89, including continental breakfast. No smoking allowed on the property. Information: The Yukon Quest has a Web site at www.yukonquest.yk.ca that updates race standings several times a day. For general information, contact Yukon Tourism, Box 2703, Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 2C6. Phone (867) 667-3606, fax (867) 667-3546. Web site: www.touryukon.com. Sled Race. It's dangerous out there. In the Downtown Hotel dining room, for example, one musher discussed the patches of open water he'd had to steer his dogs carefully around on a stretch of frozen river. The other musher didn't know what he was talking about - he'd been catnapping on the back of his sled through that section - his dogs had avoided the black water on their own. There's also the occasional non-hibernating grizzly bear to deal with. Even when it's not outright scary, the Quest is still physically grueling and mentally exhausting: among the hallucinations reported by mushers in 1999 were visions of phantom mushers and dogs turning into vaginas - and those were the ones racers would discuss. In Dawson, after tending to their teams and having a sleep and a shower, many drivers show up at the Downtown Hotel or the Eldorado for a meal and a beer with friends and well-wishers. Last year's cast included Whitehorse's legendary Frank Turner, the only musher to have competed in all 16 Quests; German racer Petra Noelle, who was followed by a television crew from her homeland; crowd favourite Aily Zirkle (one of three women running in the 2000 Quest) and Jimmy Hendrick. There's no such thing as a typical Quest contestant, but Hendrick, 49, has several of the more common characteristics, including a singular lifestyle. Most of the year, he leads white-water river expeditions from his home in Alaska's Denali National Park. He got into the Quest in 1991 thinking ""it was just going to be another fun thing."" Then he did it ""and it wasn't fun. It was hard and painful and incredibly challenging. It kicked my butt."" Well, you simply don't live in the Far North and let things kick your butt, so Hendrick will be back in 2000 for his eighth try at winning the Quest. As you know, Les Boys played there on Monday, but didn't get home until Thursday night, while waiting out a record snowstorm. A Canadiens-Bruins game, which was to be played in Boston, had to be postponed. Stuff happens. Nobody died. What I must tell you now is that I'm still wondering why the National Hockey League people insisted that the game be played until the very last avenue of getting to Boston went down the drain. OK, so you don't postpone a game unless a state of emergency is in effect, which was the case for the Phoenix-Carolina game. And yes, there was a tiny chance that the Canadiens could fly out of Raleigh at noon, or a little later, for their date with the Bruins Thursday night. The NHL's stance always has been that if you can fly, you can play. No exceptions. This was a special case in that the Canadiens would have had to go into the game without skating for three days. They also would have had to play with equipment that had been locked in a freezing cargo hold all that time. The fact is, you had to be with this bunch to understand how hard its management team worked, how many telephone calls were made by director of team services Michele Lapointe (give this lady a raise, Monsieur Boivin) in an attempt to get the team on the road to Boston. They did everything possible to get there, but time ran out on the clock. I understand where the NHL is coming from in situations like these, but not every case is the same. Now and then, you bend a little. The Canadiens were in no condition to play or to entertain people paying major-league prices. Seems to me the fans already are getting an inferior product on too many nights. This one would have been worse than most - and a lot more dangerous. I am happy to hear, and I hope you are, too, that Calgary Flames defenceman Steve Smith has been urged by doctors to undergo career-ending spinal surgery. You'll remember that Smith lost feeling in his arms and legs in a freak collision with teammate Bobby Dollas, and announced that he had to take a long, hard look at whether or not he should continue playing - and wouldn't you know it, the last time I inquired about Smith, Calgary general manager Al Coates mentioned that the defenceman was working out. ""I really don't know whether or not he's coming back,"" Coates said, but it sounded as if the player seriously was considering returning to the lineup. I've got a bulletin for Smith: he's too good a guy to take chances with his life at this stage of his career. I'm starting to get the idea that NHL commissioner Gary Bettman is learning to say all of the right things at the right time. Bettman, as you know, was on a telephone conference call with the media shortly after federal Industry Minister John Manley announced that the deal to subsidize the NHL's six Canadian teams was as dead as an Islanders-Tampa Bay game. Bettman was on the telephone to express his concern over the bailout, and people in his high-profile position have been known to come out firing from the hip at times like these. Not my man, Gary. No sir. Instead: ""We have to step back and, on a club-by-club basis, reassess and see what we have to do to ensure each club's viable position,"" he said. ""The fact that the federal government has decided not to participate means I have to go back to the board with respect to Canadian assistance, even to have it continue for another year in its current form. I think government tried hard,"" he said. ""Minister Manley and Prime Minister Chretien tried to deal with the fairness issue in a suitable way."" Seems to me a similar message from the NHL Players' Association wouldn't be a bad idea just about now. Better something like that than hearing about the war chests both sides have built awaiting the end of the collective bargaining agreement in 2004, when it's expected no hockey will be played. How's this for reaching for the top? The Can-Am Sports Management Group, established by attorneys David Schatia and Allan Walsh, have merged their sports-management practice into AMG Sports. Normally, that wouldn't raise an eye. NHL ROUNDUP made 26 stops as the Senators lost back-to-back games for the first time since early December, and are 0-3-2 in the last nine days. With the fifth shutout of his rookie season, Biron broke a tie for the league lead with Calgary's Fred Brathwaite, St. Louis's Roman Turek and Ottawa's Ron Tugnutt, who was sidelined last night with the flu. Blues 3, Stars 1 At Dallas, Lubos Bartecko scored the go-ahead goal in the second period and Roman Turek stopped 19 shots against the Coyotes' No. 1 asset, has 21 goals and brow anywhere. The red light comes on, however, when you realize that Artists Management Group is headed by Michael Ovitz, who was once, and still might be, the most powerful agent in Hollywood. You've got to be at the top of the power list when you sell your talent agency, are hired by Disney as its No. 2 man, then walk away with a golden parachute worth many millions after working for Mickey Mouse for less than a year. Anyway, Ovitz is back in the business of representing people. His client list includes Robin Williams, Dustin Hoffman, Leonardo DiCaprio and Cameron Diaz. One question: can they skate? Is it too early for me to send in my Hart Trophy vote for Pavel Bure? If he's not the most exciting as well as the most valuable player in the league, who is? I mean, who means more, who has done more to turn around his team than Bure? You might remember that the Florida Panthers didn't make the playoffs last season. Now, they're a lock to finish first in the Southeast Division, with the promise of going far in the playoffs. Here's a guy who missed eight games with an injury, yet has been on fire with almost a goal-a-game pace. Eight of his 35 goals in 41 games have been game-winners. Then, of course, it's not how many he scores, it's the way he scores 'em. You want exciting hockey: log on to Pavel. Jaromir Jagr will win the scoring title again, but it's hard to imagine anyone other than Bure emerging as the NHL's leading goal-scorer. Nobody is as quick, nobody scores as many big goals, nobody contributes as much to his team's success. The big question, of course, is whether or not he can remain healthy. He's missed most of two seasons with savage knee injuries, yet has scored 302 goals in 480 games. Face it, he sells tickets. You can't blame Tampa Bay Lightning for lifting St. Louis. Turek, the backup to Ed Belfour in the Stars' run to the Stanley Cup last season, is 2-0 against Dallas this season since being traded to the Blues. Red Wings 4, Flames 1 At Detroit, Nicklas Lidstrom and Pat Verbeek scored power play goals 26 seconds apart in the second period as the Red Wings beat Calgary. Igor Larionov added two assists for the Red Wings, who have won three straight after an 0-2 slide. Fred Brathwaite made 32 saves for the Flames. SAM MORRIS, AP 18 assists in 43 games this season. ning management for trying, can you? There were high hopes for the Lightning going into the season, but things have fallen apart to the point where they went into last night's game seeking only their second victory in their last 20 games. It's why the Lightning has hired Joe Sheridan, a former helicopter pilot in Vietnam, to fly into the players' heads in an attempt to make winners out of losers. Apparently, three years ago, Lightning coach Steve Ludzik brought Sheridan in to rally his Detroit Vipers after they had lost the first two games in the best-of-five International Hockey League playoffs. The Vipers won the next three. The following year, the Vipers won the ML championship. Sheridan told Tampa Bay reporters: ""If I can reach just six guys, and make a difference with them, then I've done well. And I also consider myself a coach to the coaches. All sports coaches are so wrapped in strategy and X's and O's and schedules and flights and practices and so on, that they sometimes forget or aren't trained for this part of the game. That's where I come in."" Why, I wonder, do coaches hire people to rally their players? I can think of a few coaches at the NHL level who could use a little help themselves. I can think of a few who no longer are in the NHL. AROUND THE NHL: You haven't traveled first class until you've hitched a ride on the Boeing 707 that carries the Rangers and New York Knicks to their games on the road. Almost makes you wish you were Stephane Quintal. You've got to like the invitation that reads: ""Hockey Great Mike Bossy invites you to the official opening of his new restaurant."" Mike might have mentioned once or twice he was a master at scoring goals, but I never knew the guy was also a master chef. Vancouver Canucks general manager Brian Burke was kidding, wasn't he, when he suggested on national television that all that was needed to fix the Lightning was a little bit of magic? Capitals 3, Coyotes 2 (OT) At Washington, Calle Johansson scored with less than a second left in overtime as the Capitals beat Phoenix to extend its unbeaten streak to 10 games. Hurricanes 4, Devils 3 (OT) At Raleigh, N.C., Jeff O'Neill scored 16 seconds into overtime to give Carolina a victory over New Jersey. Oilers 7, Lightning 3 In Tampa, Janne Niinimaa scored twice as Edmonton beat the Lightning. At Vancouver, the Canucks rolled over the San Jose Sharks 4-1. THEY SAID IT: ""They got three doing whatever they wanted to do,"" - Florida Panthers coach Terry Murray, on his team losing 4-2 in Philadelphia. ""I hope I can be a piece of the puzzle in Philadelphia, and I'll do the best I can to put them over the top,"" - Keith Primeau, on being acquired by the Philadelphia Flyers for Rod Brind'Amour. ""Hopefully, he'll be the piece of the puzzle to put us over the hump,"" - Carolina centreman Ron Francis, on the acquisition of Brind'Amour from Philadelphia for Primeau. ""It wasn't easy. I almost turned around halfway to the United Center and went back home to catch the game on the dish,"" - Former Chicago Blackhawks general manager Bob Murray, on his first scouting trip to the home of the team that fired him. ""In an age where you buy a house with no money down and people look for a pill that takes fat off, there are no quick fixes in hockey,"" - Tampa Bay coach Steve Ludzik, on staying with rookies despite his team's horrendous record.",0,0,0,0,0,0