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M oK 5 1 CONDUCTOR THOMPSUN GOES TO PENITENTIARY Justice Riddell Sentences â€"a G. 1. K. UIHL to a Three Year Term in Connection With Guelph, Ont., May 11.â€"Asa result of a collision on the Grand Trunk at Gournock last Scptember between _ a fruit special and a freight train, in which three lives were lost, Conducâ€" tor Joseph Thompson, who was in charge of the fruit special, was to day : sentenced to three years in Kingâ€" ston penitentiary by Judge Riddell. The fruit special was running on the other train‘s time. The engineer of the fruit special det dA lt 4 d s 2t 3+ fiveyears and a fine of.$400. I must @ then consider if there are . any cirâ€" t cumstances in this case which would 1 justify me in reducing the punishâ€" . ® ment below what the law has _ proâ€" # Â¥ided as a maximum; and in doing so, 1 must bear in mind the objects, with 1 which in view the law has afixed 1 punishment to a ctime. They are the 1 reformation of the criminal, and the prevention of similar effences by him and others. The law does not ° look upon a punishment as being in <teâ€" 1 venge for the tnq&grmlo- of its comâ€" _ mands, and of course this is a proseâ€" cution by and at the. sole â€" instance : of the crown with which ~your _ emâ€" plover had nothing to do. Ingratitude to. the Crown. "As to the first, I was shocked to gee that instead of the leniency . of the crown being regarded with gratiâ€" tude, it was made a ground of comâ€" plaint @s. though you were being Proâ€" secuted, and, instead of admitting the violation of the rutes laid down with the approval of the. governorâ€"generalâ€" inâ€"council for your guidance, a 3 Taim" fiag pree: you attoubite . to M" ‘OU a to ‘boister ‘up a aln- by statements which nobody believed, an¢ you apâ€" parently hoped that the jury might through prejudice against the ~rail~ way company be lalse to mm ® xg‘.uumwg to their ry. ed along That line, and it might have succeeded with a less ccnscientions and intelligent jury. â€"This is not the first time that I have been proud of g.kllommmb the jury bok. i jory in your case Nstencd to the call of duty alone â€" and ‘distegard ng The _ appeal to : sympathy, â€" beushed aside by this defence, ~which was no deftéence in law or. in morals.‘ . . They thereby showed themseives . . worthy custodians of theâ€"honot of our. comâ€" Toh lahd Ts . "I am unable 4o see ‘the . slightest «in "of repestanct ow your part. In stead of Fepontunce {or yout mm.â€"tum.fl(ng Are The Talisman of Happiness In Befined Homes. â€" t e es ments as the C CGourlay ‘Pianos md*i!uu‘shrm mt l~=" lso the symon refnement and purest ' * Aummy;dlwdwnfifl“- Wreck Néar Guelph Last September. Sign o Repentance â€"As a result ,' Write us your needs‘. We ship the. "Gourlay .. EW â€" in Ganadu on approval, and guarantee satisfaction. to valus a "Grand" Quality of Tone whithl distinguishes the highest art in pianoâ€"building from the y rely firetâ€"oluss, > J€a. "Gourlky * JEA . MBC 2 0B fpcoic worth the price. Besides we arrange * F L Payuu_t,”tosm:ll Purses. posopisu0>. aq 03 O8I®: SJ 21093 100,, l the prevention ol Suth offencesâ€"crimes â€" in the future. 1t is appalling to consider the number: of persons whose lives are sacriGiced every year on the lines of the railway. 1 do not mean Those who are slain upon the level erossing, though the list of these is terrible‘ cnough, but. those upon the ‘car or the engine, passenger, engine~ man or brakesman, seat to death or â€" lifeâ€"long suffiering through the criminal neglect of those whose duty it is to protect them.. More men are killed in Canada upon the railways every year through preventable causes by reason of sheet negligence â€" than Canada lost in the Boer war. _ Day after day we hear of collision, pitchâ€" in, starting without consideration â€" as to whethcr there may not be _ some poor fellow in a place â€" of â€" danger. Day after day the butchery is â€" going on and young and sturdy Canadians _are lost to their country, _ killed or maimed. or regulations ol the railway ©©0M~ the engineer to take the siding at any panies, then terrible were the â€" guilt station on the way, and‘without .n% ¢ of those responsible fot such _ TUuICS understanding with him as to what, i an# regulations, presidint, directo!, jzy, station, Ate should stop at, to | gencral manager, oc whoever _ theY pyeet the coming train. 4 may be. Much of the slaughter, &owâ€", "Your train stopped at Galt, the| ever, is due to shser neglect, doWnâ€" ongineer took water, You gave ‘the | right and inexcusable carelessness, of , signal to go forward without | saying |â€" those who ate entrusted . withâ€" th¢" a word _to the engineer that he must carrying out of these rules and TOEUâ€"| take the siding at Hespelet, and | lations; and i#f you and yout ienovlwlmm .w:': should do‘| trainsm(n had used even ordinary Care‘ 5o. You caused the tI to ‘go on, the three men now lying in the gr4Y€ kjowing that unless the engincer did as the résult of your act might ROW "pyt in at Hespelet a collision was be happy and useful citizens. . EYeTY jnevitable, and the lives of many pasâ€", legitimate means should be used to sengers and employes would be enâ€" stop as lfar as .possible the continU= dangered.s You wete wide awake then, , ance Of the present insufferable . C0Mand your & then and there was dition of affairs. It has been â€" $8@!4. simply without excuse. The engincer, | that this is due in a large . MeaSUTC upon Whom you‘rtried: to throw . the to a widespread lack of discipline." plame, knew, of might hu‘hnwl.l It so, this must be improved. â€"~ as well.as .1”0&";“, but his ; "Looking now to the facts. in your negligence, if he was negligentâ€" and . case, what d we find* f that has yet to be triedâ€" does not "You were a conductor~ of~~ YCY in the least relieve you,. |. Icng exrerience, a ‘capable map Sik ) : 5e e 1 every scnse of the word, so far as it ‘Fell sicep inâ€"the Vex indicates mental and physical ~power. **~~ .. You were on a thoic¢ route, â€" whith â€" "‘Then : you nd‘pli( torward with a realized for you a rate of pay conâ€" (full knowtedge of the dahger, ~ when siderably highetr than. the s'v:;ryum down‘in your van, and, ~as tate at which conductors on t you say. ‘1.“” Mad you _ re trains are pald _ (your ‘remunetation mained awake you would, â€" of might was about $40 per week). Your hours have. prevented the effect . of your were Ingâ€"too lengâ€": though . y0u mwmbmfinâ€" had two clear days in the week â€" â€" of nanluy you fell ‘asleep. â€" The senâ€" â€" rest, the hours ol the other five wert try in front af an army _ set _ there â€" nitieteen‘ to twenty per . day, ~ ABU ; ooprmmmmmpigmmienicmmnmmgedesgeizacgese â€" sometimes more. * â€"" aprie.: iapsyi® y ASQe : 3 : Pn ie ad! C s t w N Slaughter Due to »NeCF MEBIEE®:. "If this were the fault of the rules "You knew that you had the right.. undet the rules, to a rest of _ cight hours, once yoi worked sixtern houtrs, and there can be no doubt that : Fou. continucd on the route because of its remunerative character. °_ You â€" knew that if you desired you would be. put upon a run involving fewer houts of continnous work, but that if you did so, your pay â€" would ‘be less. . You stoutly asserted .that you had prenty of sleep, that you by ‘many . years‘ practice had trained yoursell to Be content with a few hours perâ€" day, .unmolvt&th“ pany ever heard: any int froth you‘ that you wanted yout hours of wotk seduced. Yuve:.:fll“flb continue on the long k) m To my mind, the persons who ©"** â€" my # permiticd you to work, n‘nctéen to a& 1wenty hours pet day, day aftet day, 3 fve days in the. week, were guilty of, B6# 4 grous QHM*M‘ m this was . ‘are themselves al~| en .. s ... motally u Perhape tegally, an yoursell, of , the | shre af ‘ â€" #ictims. | PS Indispenseble in a Anely appointed home, a a G. T. R. Official GOURLAY, WINTER & LEEMNG / mniant o & 199 Yonge St., Toronto. mes more. . _ Money Ratliecs Than Rest. ‘ t o : .m?fl?' 20 Iu: u knew that you had the right,., o t ' io Mn-ufihg-nwufiu the rules, to a rest of _ cight h 4 ;:"':i‘:lborn .'.'.";‘S:p»':;'ii Taith in myfil';d:i:l.l.‘! M_. Anc ‘t Due to Sheer Neglect every " made _and that the.persons 6 sible, no mattet mmm' may bem be procecded ‘against, . 5 . tat as the criminal law peronts. _ It were wrong to punish an employe and ~ allow the amployer to go seot free, where both are at fault. I Negligence: Not: Excused. ! "But, powever, that may be, the deâ€" lect, il there is one,‘â€" in the . rules under which you were working, does‘ not excuse you for ‘the gross negliâ€"i gence you displayed. ‘l(.nt pq:um not change your directionâ€"il it could be called a directionâ€" given . to the engineer; and when you deft Harrisâ€" burg you knew what â€" to fear. . True, the engineet, knew, or should (have known this also, but you . told. him nothing about it. > Didu‘t Believe His Stoty. "‘The jury did not betieve, and i do| not believe, your story. toldâ€" for the tirst time at the trial. inconsistent with your‘ signed statement ; at _ a previous time, that you indicated to the engineer that you would not more than reach Hespeler. You left Harrisâ€" burg without giving any orders _‘ to the engineer to take the siding at any station on the way, and‘without w‘_ understanding with him as to what, 1 any, station, #e should stop at, to mniect the coming train. an€s 3 "Â¥Your train stopped at Galt, the| engineer took water, you gave "the signal to go forward without say ing a word to the engineer that he must ho ioh anter se s wit A A s so. You caused the tnth go on, knowinz that unless the engincer did. *put in at Hespelet a collision â€" was inevitable, and the lives of many pasâ€" sengets and efployes would be en dangercd.. You were wide awake then, «and your conduct then and there was simply without excuse. The engincer, upon . whom yutd?i to <throw . the Pn ki 1 ryIdwv- as for months to be anable to walk, at which time a noted ** ; Those who use it get well. $ A certain cure for all run down conditions and wasting diseases. â€"~â€"â€"_.~ Highly recommended for Insomnia. 1 tery Injurines (o se public. â€"*The remedy may be found i pn. in + sa ic;'!:. _ railways in "'"a‘ to watch over the satety. of his comâ€" rades is in no more responsible x position than you, who were placed in charge that you might guard . th. t?hp:.n..&'w:kfi‘ placed on |wehl. ‘xt‘h nize his respons/ ‘t'“‘h’" (~% w Ane. 3. Het lmfio- a fir whicl, could eve i stain â€" of the bi ko in im c cce Pn Cc 0 09 APiit Tt P d E20 do, so that I should considet theis loss in eÂ¥en the slightest way, You were progecuted by the crown lor the protection of lile, Directs His 1mprisonment. + 1 shall direct your imprisonment . The lengthâ€"of that imprisonment will depend to a certain extent upon you! own conduct, ‘The term of impcdisonâ€" | ment coutd ~in no case have been merely nominatâ€"â€"r, would be intoict: able if men in your position should think such negligence, resulting as it did, a mere trife. I have again and ;rh considered the Tacts, and hbaÂ¥e ven much thought to the represent ations made to me, as well as to the * recommendation of mercy of the jury It is hard to ste any . circumstances of mitigation, to discover anything which justifies. me in reducing the punishment below the terim mention cd in the act, but 1 aro inclined to be merciful. I remember that you have not before been gullty (so far as ap pears) of: anysimilat offence, and J may be wrong, but I think it suffici ont, but as regards yoursell and as a warning to others, to inflict the punâ€" ishment 1 am about "to award. 1 can only trukt that it may have some effect :'T checking the carnage ~which is horrifying our country at large. ‘The sentence of theâ€"court is that you be imprisoned in the â€" provincial penitentiary for the term ‘of . three z-'l“l. and that you be then dischargâ€" The Bell Telephone Company will instal a new plast at Chatham. . 9 For Coughs and Colds take PSYCHINE. For Throat and Lung trouble take.PSYCHINE, ;.m.‘smmmcumn or afterâ€"effects Pneumonia and 40 ~ 1 | and Pennsytvanit‘ the va9 f "T â€" sundstions . ;. @ : T fou: T55 thug ',4’%'1-' Mlal tg ol th: Nobies of y Shrincts at 108 Al o e wedet ‘“ P I; th uuumnr l % P & b ‘emple, iteading,. Pa. and: â€"cities, was ruaning north at 50 "«n hour~ on . the Southern Pacific coast line, ‘when the locomotive struck a" defective â€" switch at the satidswept: Siding : at © Honda, neat the Pacific Occan, aloug . which he railroad runs for a hundred miles north of Santa: Harbats. < The locoâ€" wotive © turned <a somersault into the sands. ‘Ihe cars banded on the wreckâ€" \d. locomative, ‘and the opaches | were crushed and took fire. The flames were â€"pon exfinguished by uninjured [ petâ€" sons ftrom the two rear coaches, . As: Honda fidl‘holl.bd. it was not fi iste today that definite informat of the wreck could be obtained. The vodies of 25 victims are . now â€" at santa Harbara, andâ€" four more ~at San Luis Obispo. ‘The injured, many of whom are terribly hurt, and some of whom may die, are . in $wo sant tariums at San: Luis Obispo. The wreek occurred at. 4,35 _ o‘clgck amhout and fortyâ€" minutes. after. the vonclave‘s visitors, forming a merry party, left Santa Barbata, They had spent all the morning there sightsceâ€" ing. That the train was making terâ€" rmt #peed when it struck tho“nlw- tive track is botne odut by the fact kat it covered the 61 miles of crookâ€" »d track from Santa Harbata to ‘Honâ€" da in 100 minutes. ‘The locomotive in leaving the Tails tore: up the (track, badly !'ilth!‘ _l_? l‘c’l rails. The :aggage car kallf buried itsell in _the wand beside the locomotive.. It was imashed almost to kindling wood. Goderich, May 11.â€"The . 8. P. )t. have opened out their new city oflice corner Court House Squarc, _ West street. They â€" have bees â€" fortunate} ;nough to secure the best foeation hl town for a railway .office. Their. fine ‘office makes the coruot one > of the: «andsemest in town.. The interiot is ‘Lwished in antique quarterâ€"cut" ~ouK, with walls of decerates burlap â€" ani buff, and ~old fvory ceiling. 'nw| Aectric fAxtures are of plain" black gun nustal, which gives a _ AeTY vich, imposing _ appearance. Luarge plare windows â€" light the â€" office pertâ€" The office furniture came over. the Guelph â€" & Goderich to° Blyth, ‘and was teamed in from ther> This Was the first freight cover theâ€"new linc. Agent Jos. Kidd has charge of tha nessconcer ~‘Aeépartment. Jw telcâ€" Agent Jos. Kidd has charge . of the passenger ‘departmcit, ‘he Auteâ€" graph and the Dominion )\press. 0i sourse, the business done up, to the present in the first and last narmes departments: has ‘been rather ~sall. it will still be a couple of month: before the trains> aro running to Godâ€" erich station. dvad and a _ ‘The first passenger train came ove! the line to Sharpe‘s Uréek, â€" about six miles from town, last Saturday, and was a special, with Viceâ€"Presi dent, 1. MceNichol, Assistant _ Genâ€" eral Manager J, W. Leonard anc Engineer J. M. R. Fairburn on ‘board. A speed <of 80 miles an howr was made as Tar as Blyth, but _ & the rest of the track is not ballast ed they went slowly the rest of th« way. The officials â€" pronounce _ th, track and roadbed the best the CIP. R. has ever built. Owen Sound, May 12.â€"License . In spector Bechett and P. C. Shute seiz ed ~about $300° worth of _ whiskey, which a farmer. was delivering at the (!ki Hotel yards here‘ about _ midâ€" night â€" tast night. â€" The farmer : said that he brought the load from Holâ€" land Centre, and that heâ€" was to deâ€" Niver it to a Man named RiddJe. He evidently lost his way, sand it was whils enquiring that suspicions As to the contents of the boxes and batâ€" tels ‘in the wagon were aroused. ... There, were nearly 900 bottles | in the shipment, spxi the whole lot was taken ij charge by the inspector and placed in the lockup. § BIG SEIZURE OF WHISKEY Cc. P. R. TO GODERICH +t + o6 special 18 t In 30 Days i we want to give: away yiih our LGold Seal Goffee ioco SPOONS [ Nevada Silver] . _ One spoor ;R. Weber & Co. "eeetor to J. A. GOOD & CO. _ BERL1I A Few Pointers for you nyisance in connection with Because the Sunshine is a dust flue (see illustration.) uho uninkirgane . shaking with the Sunâ€" :; shine) what dust _ _ :@J m b dn" . Sn oC a ‘ from the ‘:n- %.â€"fffi an u ow s ts x gult-ffixe. s " L. then â€" ] * _ in cof * Lawn Mowers;, Rakes and Hoes, Screen Doors and Windows, Gas, Gasoline and Oil Stoves, . :. . <:~> BOTTOM PRICES. t EeBDONI poci o++ + eP PHeene n t t LIPHARDT BROS., Local Agents. iovo SPOONS [Nevada Silver] . One spoon with with every pound, whole or ground 25¢ per Ib, : > Ha rdware, Stovcse, Tinwore, Plitmbing and <â€" Fittin Store near Post offiee l‘au ;3. * a We +99 +0 For Runâ€"Down System take PSYCHINE. To Feel Young and Keep Young take PSYCHINE . E. POTTER siee* Clothing : OF: :‘ lQuality PAN dampers imspynpo 3 Pavrihane Marked for quick Saturday Selling ~A Masterful ~ gathering of spring Suits at 12.50° to $18.90, Saturday, $10.00 t raay o A coliection of Suits worth 8. 00 10 $10.00 Saturday, for $4 00° s . > SIGN OF GOLD STAR _ BERLIN uie T. . 12. + h‘”f“&"‘ f m M. WILDFANG, Sunshine is just the cleanest, simâ€" 19 + w tanl faith in my physician, 1 procured another one ;rho reconinended l:: â€"x-wumm‘: t youd Qfiu .lo:l.;t mh* every dose, Inside of two weeks 1 was uble to attend to my housework again. â€" There ard ho symptoms of consumption about me no#w, "MRS. HENDERSON, St.John, N.B." St. John, Hamilion, USED PSYCHINE 20 YEARS Ago, *Years ago 1 was almost a phy sical wro T l it on buf" e x$ BERLIN, ONT