The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1907-01-17


sorry for any jury that would con-
vict any man for such an offense.
His mother and sister did not reach
the courtroom until after he was
sentenced.
Meetings of the holders of vot-
ing trust certificates and stockhold-
ers of the Seaboard Air Line Rail-
way adopted resolutions at Peters
burg authorizing the making of a
new mortgage on the property OF
the company TO secure an S1S.OOO.-
900 bond issue, about $7,0OO.O0O
of which is to be offered to voting
trust certificate holders and stock
holders at 90 per cent of their par
value. The adoption of the resolu-
tion was opposed by John Shelton
Williams, Of Richmond, who was
present with his counsel. A. c. Brax-
ton. The proceeds of the bond IS
sue are to be used for euuipment
and Improvement of the road.
William A. Pendleton, a man OF
prominent connection i'm Rockbridpe
County, was arrested and taken Off
an eastbound train at Staunton upon
the receipt of telegram from Cliff
ton Forge, charging him with rob
berry. He was before the police JUS
'ANC anu hnu Wv LOT carving 4
razor and remanded TO Jail to await
further investigation He paid the
fine. Officer G. w. Kimberlin. of
Clifton Forge. arrived later and left
with his prisoner for Clifton Forge
Pendleton is charged with having
robbed A. M. Stanton at the Glayds
The Dominion Grange, the Ontario
Farmers Association, and the Mani
fDh (Nr-uf rN-1yr,
united in "a demand that the pro-
tective principle be wholly eIiminat-
ed from the tariff" and state that
they will. If this position is adopted
by the government, gladly assent toV
the entire abolition of the whole list t
of duties on agricultural imports.''N
Consul General William H. Mich
ael. of Calcutta, writes that the total
yield OF Jute in India for the
year 19O5-6, ending with July. was
S.150.000 bales, against $500 .OOa
bales the previous year.
LONG RIDE TO COLLECT TAXES.
In order that the Government
might not lose The few dollars it
would receive from customs dues
Corporal Seller of the Northwestern
mounted police made a 995 mile trip
through Arctic wastes and success
fullS-Sccomplished ioUrney Zi(>H
many an/epprzllsIIl - be proud ol.
Seller was stationed at Fullerton,
on the west coast of Hudson Bay. He
heard from natives that the Scotch
ship Earnest William had put in
further north and intended to trade
with the natives. He decided at once
that it was his duty to see that the
ship and captain paid the dues re-
quired by the Government regula-
tions.
Accompanied by Interpreter Ford
and an Esquimau guide Seller set
out on his long trip, which occupied
two months. Intensely cold weather /,
was encountered and many blizzards,
but the only casualty was the death
of one dog of their team of ten.
For two days both men and dogs
were short of rations, and haA they
not opportunely fallen in witL party
of natives would have been in des-
perate straits For a part of tho
journey the food had to be eaten
frozen and raw, as alcohol and wood
gave out.
The courageous policeman kept a
diary from which these extracts are
taken:
Very cold day. Had both feet
frozen"
Terrible snowstorm. Must find
natives to get food, but cannot STIR
while storm lasts. Our dogs have
had nothing for three days and can
not possibly spare them anything
from our scanty store
Another bad storm. Sent Ford
and Esquimau out to look for ma
tives. They found some who told
them that the place where the ship
was is called Melachuseetuck, the
place where ghosts chase women.
At the end of two months the a5zss
party reached the place
ghosts chase women, and recei
hearty Scotch welcome from the
tain of the ship. who paid his c
ernment dues and outhtted the Cd
poral for his return journey.
Seller receives $3.50 a day.--Win-I j.
nipeg correspondence st. Paul Pio1&
neer Press.
ONE ON THE PANAMA.
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