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HomeMy WebLinkAboutLucknow Sentinel, 1891-05-15, Page 2; reeddeve • r • 4 tROCUE MUST DIg. The Coeherimul Murderer to be Hurl on June 4th. — NO EVIDENCE FOR DEFENCE. liriatituesseii viLo tne detote=re fIcremmz A Blood-stained Branch—The Tracks— Prisoners' !Bury DISproved—The Medi- cal Testimony—The Jury Only Thirty - Ara Minutes Out—The Sentence. A L'Orignal despatch says : The trial of Swaim Larocque for murder was oon- Owed this morning. There was an sod - denial °minion from the report' of last =tight's procesedinge which ought eo be 'applied. That us, it was stated in the evidence by Bernard that when he last law the prisoner going up the lane he was - Oen iede.; d ' •••• d r • Met presser% There were also wounde On$h hands auch as would be made by strong Auger calls digging IMO them. Not anly she skin bull some of the flesh had been ditlhoned. Dr- Robert Nhorkito of °BIM, &potted Shad be naderthe post lataotemi othrabtitliiolt in convoy with Dr. Wiliiilii Eu ata-Draanson,cof Qttni140.-•siantellogethe parSioulars he mentioned thuds a bone in. the throat of the younger girl wee broken. The desoripsion of the iDjUrieS ail detailed by him were moat horrifying. The brain and lungs were very muole oongested, and venoue blood had escaped under the ceelo.. Theeinternel ereideeeee veene as he desoribed them were much more marked in the case of the younger girl than in that of ihe ulster. It wait apparent that the younger one was the thee to receive r eZiKdillineadiridandied-ed-Wreette=mednedyW caused.' mese is NO DBYRNOIL being by his side an ibe o er jusi bolund her'and at the point nearer the wane eft thetragedy than the place et whioh the the road brandies off, by which it was Contended on behalf of the priebnerthat be went to Edward Larocque's. TILWINO Till .PRIS5NIB. Edward Larocque, cousin of the prisoner, wail not called by the Crown and stated that on the evening of the day the gide were killed the prisoner oame to his house about min or half -past six o'clock. He had — thetelpieci) tO tell him enrollee what:the time was. Prisoner remained there all flight Alexander Genoa, who was working on thimble's farm, saw Wm. Gamble come home in the afternoon of 70 Ootober, "whin" there shone halt -past 4 o'clock. 11. saw Bernard oome to the home 'bent Ave minutes after Gamble with the °owe. Bernard remained at home all the evening thereafter. O. HE =ADD SCREAM. ill:titer% Dalrymple stated that when he was near his barn feeding a colt he beard screaming as of somebody in distress' Qom- ing from the direotion of where the bodies were found, which was about a mile or a smile and a gentler away. He had no watch with him, but judgIng from the time aiddiftiith he was acatiiiinniUlo feed the oolt, wae about 5 or 6 when he heeled the cries. There was an interval in the wreathing from the time he heard the first of it till the time he heard the la= of about 15 minutes. A BLOOD-STAINED BRANCH. Heber Orton SigOified that on tlee 13th October he went along the private road an which the bodies of the children werefound tor some distanee beyond that point, and bind the traoke of several different per- sons. This was in the direction it was supposed the prisoner would have taken in going to Edward Litdocque's. Sow dis- tance past the place of the finding of the bodies he came upon an elmeesinpling of about an inch in diameter off which the top had been broken. A little further on ho found the top of the same sapling, as he proved it to be by fitting it to the stub, and on Wm leaves as dried blood. Under the top and sticking to it there were also a - couple of maple leaves with considerable blood on them. Tin DIRECTION OP Tine WIND. Win. Dunning deposed that when hunt- ing he bad heard the human voice a die- tanoe of 25 aorea, three axes lege than a milebut the distance it could be heard de. pended a great deal on the state of the weather. A hill intervening would inter - bre with the sound travelling. On the 7th of Ootober the wind was blowing from the task, and it was raining a little. It WAS a dull day. Considering the conditions, be thought a person at Dalrymple's could hear a voice from where the girls were murdered. DETICTIVE dRiSER'S TESTIBIONT. Government Detective Greer etvore to having got from the prisoner the day after his arrest the boots he had worn on the day of the murder, and placed the right one in a track observed just at the place where the obildren's bodies were found,, and also in morel ()there a little teethed on, and found is to fit them exactly. He __pointed out a peculiar roundness at the e dge of'she heel, and also a little variation from the ordinary form at the inetep, and aaid that in these roomette the tracks cor. responded with the boot. He judged that where the fir= track wee found 'there had been a struggle, from the fact that the length of it was towards the broken part of the track, and the heel of it had gone down deep in the softer soil just off the edge of the pathway. . John Shirkey, proprietor of a tannery in Cumberland, ewore to having seen the prisoner as Winsor'e hotel in the village all the day of the murder until thorny after 4 o'clock. At that time he loot sighs of the prisoner, and did hot eee him again until after he was manned. ., . PRISONER'S STORY APTER THE INQUEST. D. M. McDonald was the magistrate by whom the prieoner was committed for trial. Atter tbe investigaeion before him was concluded Larocque (stated voluntarily that after he left the hotelhe went up over the hill in the evening; that he had seen Mr. Gamble coming down the hill; that he had Been gide ab ut an sore or an acre and a half ahead of him, but wee at no time aloes enough to them to epeek ; that after going a oertain dietanoe tip the hill he changed hie mind on account of the rain failing heavier than it had beet doing, and turned along a road to the bit band side and meted . himself ander • ,sprnoe tree in the swamp, where he eat omoking for about 20 minutes and then went en toward Laroccitie'v. Thie would be the nearer to she village of the two roads by whioh Edward Larooque could be reached from the lane. THE POST monente Dr. Jam s Foremen, the coroner, gave evidence a- to site condition in which the hodite were when found. There Was no denht they.lad been eeenblO Metterged, hut She immediate cause of death was idealism - fallen in both MOO. The eyes and Sono') wereprotruding. There were marks of abrasion on the throat, S6nd it was evident from the finger prints that he observed that the windpipe had been Isubjeoted to c . Mr. Constantineau then put in the wit- ness -box a young woman named Levergne and was about to queetion her as to her Invitee been chased in the seine wood in which this crime wee committed, but was revented b the exclusion of all testimony LikiirciPA-PdArtIre:--A-4110ISI-- 4 had to offer in the way of evidence. A very forcible and elognent address was made, by Mr. Constantineme, and a careful `review of the.evidence. by Mr. MacLennan. His Lordship, in a olear and entirely diepassionate charge, went over the facte. of the taw sies they bad been developed, pointing out the bearing they had on, eaoh other, mod heving instructed the je..ry as to the grave and responsible nature of the duty they had to perform, left the decision as to the fate of the peisoner in their Uhl& , " GUILTY." After an abeenoe of 35 minutes they returned to the court -room with a verdios of "Guilty." Having put on the blaokosp, Hie Lordship salted the prisoner the usual question as to whether he had anything to say why sentence should not bepassed. Larooque, who, during cthe delivery" and recording of the verdict, had been standing with a hopelees kind of expression on his face, simply replied that he had nothing to say. DOODLED TO TU* GALLOWS. In addreesing the prisoner, before pees - log eentenoe, Hie Lordship said io bine: Perhaps in the annals of orime in this country no more diabolical crime has been e_comeeitted-these-thanwhicheyonhaysperpee teased, and of which the jury have, very properly, I think, Oonvided you,. ..The air• onmetanoes all pointed to e ou as being the guilty party. You were last seen in the company of these two little girls, who wefe unable to proteins themselvee ; and you being a friend ot the family, your duty ought to have, been to have released them against the hatid of aryone.. mites!, of that, as the evidenoe must estiefy every- one, you first made them viotimeof your lustful passion, and then yon committed thie offence for the purpose of covering up the guilt of the fiess crime." After a few further remarks, in the oonree of which he observed that he was afraid what he had said would make very little impression on the conviceed men, His Lordship formally pronouneed his doom, whioh was to be hanged on June 41h. After being removed to the jail prisoner's counsel went to have an interview with him. Prisoner exhibited but little feeling. He remarked to them that a men had so die onoe at any'rete, and he laugh% asevell die now as any other time. THE POISONER'S WORK. Analysis Shows That Mysterious Deaths Were Caused by Arsenio: A Dover, R. 1, despatch says: On Saturday the country was horrified by the mysterious death of Nino Barnaby, of Pro- vidence, R L, caused by areenioal ,poieon- ing. This has caused an investigation. of other oases, and it is etated that seven persona have died within the last two months from the deadly drug. On Sunday Annie Armstrong, a domestic in the family of a prominent minister, died in horrible agony.. and an examination ehowed enough ammo in her body to kill six persons. She was apparently contented, and the idea of suicide is not entertained. How she oame to take the poison is a mystery. Young Harry Cheneyeemployed in a print. ing bongo here, died soddenly last week, and under most peculiar oirourostanome and an analyie of the vicars yesterday by Dr. Burr revealed enough eremite to kill family No more explanation can be made of this dime then of the Armstrong girl. A month ago, a Mr. Hastings, his wife and SiX Children were taken violently ill imme. diately after partaking of dinner. The physicians declared the family were suffer. ing from trighinosis, and despite the greed - est efforts the mother and four children died within a week, and the remainder of the family ere still low. Since the Bar- naby poisoning physicians have exhumed the body of one of the Hastings children, and made an Bialys* finding a sufficient quantity of arsenic to cause death. There can be no doubt the others died from the same mime. Mrs. Eteetings wise but 32 years old; had had 11 children, end did not live the happiest of lives. Ie is suppoeed she became desponent and tried to kill her entire family. A Locomotive Explodes. An °stooge deepest% wept : Freieht loco. motive No. 12, of the R., W. &O Railway, exploded Mite morning in she yards here while shifting & °ahem from the main tin& to a switch. Jae. Cummings, the engineer, wag blatantly killed, hie body being blown 200 yenta over a house and falling in a horrilehemangled mane in the garden. One of hie lege wee found 100 lees away. The fireman, who was in the tender at the time of the explosion, was blown on to the top of the engine mei terribly scalded, but will recover. The locomotive was completely wrecked. The cause of the explosion is a myetery. Carrying the war into Africa with rt vengeance is the sending of Monism mie• sioneriee to England to oonvert that country. Liverpool is the heaceparters of the propegande, and an English attorney ie the repreeentative of the prophide • yon only knee; what the bill was for," sobbed the young wife, "yon would b -be ashamed to geoid me so about it." " Whit was it for?" demanded John. "Day birthday preeent for son," eaid the glad little wife.—New York Sun. MOAT LABOR TROJIBLEO1 Serious Disturbanoes in Italy—Greek Wa- tts= Attack Hebrews. MAP. PRP,X5 X" PAP 001-0PIERB , A. yeeterday's Rome cable says: Ameet- hig of workingmen took place this after- noon near the Church ot San Giovanni. There were five members of the Chamber of Deputiee present. Au Anarchist speaker violently urged the assembled men to easack she pollee. The spatter's words eo excited bearers that soon after the mob stoned the troops stationed in the neigh- borhood. Some rioters hurled Ammo at tedetheniteellnitmatht,-,31ind9did .13.9voio. the oavalry itharged upon those who had nok been put to flight by the gendarmes' fire. At the same lime the infantry eola dine near the scene were ordered to storm the houses from which the stoma bad been thrown. A terrible uproar followed. When matters had calmed down somewhat it was found that Si nor Barziliai • member of Ciprians, a Elooialist leader, and 25 others had been wounded. One man was killed outright by the gendarmes' fire. A gendarme - was stabbed to death by the rioters. During the cavalry.oharge several troopers were unhorsed and were trampled upon and kicked by their comradee' horses. A Florence cable says : at meeting of workingmen to -day 11000 beieg presen1. a speaker, whose name is not given, made en inmandiery eddrees codling upon the workmen to make a rush towards the centre of the city and plunder the houses of the wealthy. The police interfered, and after making a charge into the midst of the crowd arrested the man who was making the violent remarks. A tumult followed, and the workingmen began to handle the police roughly, in an attempt to renew the prisoner. Finally a squadron of cavalry oberged upon the •rioters, causing the Latter to rueh off the square. As the rioters retreated down the neighboring streets) they broke the store winclinve along the route of their flight. Several of those most prominent in the disturbance were arrested. The stores ehroughout Florenoe have been closed, as further disturbance is feared. A Paris cable says: A mob threatened -ihdephIlinnittation iirClidity, and Ilide gelid-- era:tee sallied out to dispense the crowd. The mob took refuge in a wine shop, whioh they barricaded.. The police attempted to dielodge them and were met with a volley of revolver 'shots. Nur polioemen were wounded. In the Place de la Concorde a large orowd assembled, and the police were bliged-depeatedly-tosharge—the-people-he fore they, dispersed. A serioue religione riot hia taken place at Zsnie, says an Athena cable of yesterday. To -day is observed by the Greek Christiane as Good Friday, and part of the ceremonies of the day consisted of a procession of Christians, which tnarohed through the principal streets. The processioniste were not contented with a peaceful demonstra- tion. When they neared the Hebrew quarters they practically besieged that quarter. To guard against snob an occur - ranee a cordon ot soldiers had been drawn around the ebrew martens, and upon the refusal of the Christians to retire the soldiers fired upon them, killing and wound- ing several pergolas. The Christiana are now pillaging the houses of the Hebrewe, and threaten to burn the Jewish distriot. A BABY IN THE TRUNK. -- A New York Moving Incident — A Father's Fruitless search—A Mother's Find. A New York deepatch Bays: James Ran - sem, olerk in Ehret's brewery, yesterday moved *0 a cottage north of Harlem River. The household belongings were littered about the new home last night. The Ren- ame were going to eit down upon the lids of their trunke and partake ot a cold sup- per, when Ransom exclaimed suddenly, "Where's the baby ?". The youngest of the children, a 2 -year-old girl, was missing: After a thorough search had been made in the house the father was despatched beck to the fiat in Beeenliy ninth street. Nobody there had seen the child since morning, and Mr. Renown notified she police of his lee& Then he hurried home anddround his family still distracted. Mrs. Rename Bitting down on a trunk, began to ory. A responaive wail arose from the trunk and springing up Mee. Ransom hastily opened is. There on the top of a great pile of -clothing lay the baby, just , awakened from a sound sleep. Before the trunk wee quite filled the had crawled in unnoticed and one Of the other children ologed the lid. The arched cover had given her additional room and 'slumbering uninterruptedly she wan carried away on one of the truck° with the furniture. , TWO KINDS OF • CIRCUSES. The One ilarmlelss Enough, the Other Attentied by Rope Dancing. A Franklin, Tenn., despfttah says: The city wee crowded with negroes yesterday, the occeeion being the performance of a 10 cent drone. One negro, Jim Taylor, became very troublesome and shot Police- man Cherlee Cook, who wee trying to serest him. He Oleo shot one of the oirons men. He was afterwerd tailed and two pistols and a dirk were found in hie polo eession. Leet night a welnorganized mob attacked the jail, overpowered the eheriff, secured hie keys and quietly took the negro down a Bide etreen to the covered bridge and hanged him to a °rue beam. Hie body was riddled with bullets. The mob then diepereed. Most of, them were on horseback. —There le a language' of the, veil as well as of the fan. To drop the spotted linen° entirely weer the face incheatee that the wearer is pleased with her ftdmirer, but it ie a warning as well to be careful. If the veil is raised above the lips a kiss is pro. mieed " eomewhere, somehow, sometime " ; but if the veil is lifted quickly entirely of the face, then hem a care, for the woman is defiant' and UNDO her cavalier's int. pertinence). It is seated in an apparently anthorita. tive manner that Blaine will positively refnee to be a candidate at the Republican oonvention. noon JO X FUGITIVES IN THE JIINGLFp , op••••••••110.1"" Believed to be the Mon Who Murdered The British Troop in Possession of ' Oarrie Blown. BLOOD 01 EIS SHIRT Me mum. , A New York deepatah received this afternoon saye Inepeotor Byrnes to -day made a etatement to the efIect that the Man known as " Frenohy No. 1 was ascertained to have slept in the East River Hotel on the nighi of ate atuidar. .11,•; murdered women, IDerrie Brown, occupied room number 31, ' while Frenoby slept in room 33. On the evening ot the night of lisniptir• WOOING MEW FOR THE 11A813AORED. A -Manipur cable received this .afterneon says: The Maharajah and the Manipnris chide who support him, are still fugitive* in the jupgle. 4 Mounted detachment of trocips has been diepetched in pureuit. Shortly sitar the Britieh ,troope au trtdvd Llanipar the bodied -of Chief Commissioner Quieten, Polittioal the mnredeneparrie Brown was men going were killed were exhumed, end now lie in Agent Grin:mood and those if the other iiiiiiIiiniiiiteiNiiiiiindidWOMaidddldrode wetoreieetomeaseneeedenecoreeketereendooneeol---e.. members of the oommissionere' staff who man bit the place before Brown's room, that they quarrelled, and eervice, which will take place on Monday believed Frenohy No. 1 then wento Carrie emidnight. It is the result of the row was the murder cf next. A oriMpiissiOn Of army pfficere hes t the women. The detectives while investi- otbeen formed to inquire intb the ceases. gating the =leder =geed blood marks across which led to the rebellioueannhe dd itsboumt axles:Curie. the hall' into room 33. - Upon further eearteiti ehily eStrprLhi joffivere. There is great investi:ation of room 33 the deteotives niseerejeo. However,many of the Meth- pur, the iabeleitertsliein end fled with the WAWA 1V-EitidFlialidW-ASSUretttea-Arscarti,,,,,,,,,,,41 ol,...4. ---. i -; those who remained bere have not been shot, as it was 'eepeoted they would be, and 'some of them are leaving their hiding placesond returnieg. blood. Upon the arrest of " Frenohy No. 1" an examination of his ()lathing showed that hie shirt front bore marks of blood. It was also found that bis shoulder had blood marks upon it, as though a bloody hand had been platted upon it. Inspeotor Byrnes employed two expert chemists and the enamination of the blood on the ehirt end clothing revealed Inlet it was that of a human being. rivrinx °Lyn Laiis. The New York Police Make • Many Arrests but Don't Get the Ripper. A Jereey City despatch says: At noon to -day the Felice of this city arrested a man supposed to be an Algerian sailor, and took him to police headquartere. Chief of Police Murphy said there was no doubt the man is the one wanted by Impeder Byrnes for the murder of Carrie Brown at the East River Hotel. Inepeotor Byrnes was noti- fied of the tweet, and was requested to send officers to Jersey (illy to identify the prieoner. The man arrested is known 'as " Frenohy No. 2." He is a boas °stile driver on the tramp cattle ship, and was arrested in London, Eng., snd imprisoned several weeks', but tne authorities there were arable to identify him se Jack the itippeeddge inleiVicifielineirtheidmitern --or res red - in New York, and known as " Frenchy No. 1." ,The prisoner gives his name as Arbie la Bruokman,„ alias John Feenob, 39 yeses old, for the ,pset 14 years em., ployed on cattle beans- running to Europe. He arrived from Liverpool April lOsh and secured lodgings at No, 81 James street, w-Yorke—ile-was-Io-saileon—theeest eteamehip Buffalo on Saturday next. He declares he knows nothing of the murder of the woman at the East River Hotel, and did 'not know Inspeotor Byrnes' men were looking for, him. He is peefootly willing to return to New York. Sergt. MoClosky, of Inspector Byrnea' staff, resohed pollee headquarters' this afternoon. He identified the prisoner, but said he was pot the man the New York police wanted for the murder. A 'Washington despatch says: 4 men answering in some pertionlare the desorip- tion of Jeok-the-Ripper is under arrest here. The prisoner gave hie nsme & John Hughes and his residence as New York, but would give no further information. "I AM A FALLEN WOMAN." The Heart -Broken Confession des 'Toronto Servant Girl Who Tried to Earn an Honest Living. A Toronto report says: The coroner's jury brought in an open verdict last night to the effect that Thomas Mills had died from poison. Marion Mille, daughter of deemed, who wee brought before the jay, created quite a scene es ehe entered the room clod in deep mourning and sobbing hysterically. Between her sobs she told the court that she had drug- gled in Toronto 10 earn an honest living, having eerved at the Toronto Club and private residential, but it was all in vain, "and now," paid the witnese. with a pierce ing ory of remorse. "I am a fallen WOMen." Although the coroner was not recording. what Mies Mille had to say be allowed her to proceed' with her eorrowful story, while the Jurymen were rather inclined to amps. thizeewith her. The witneea staled thin she had found her father in poverty last eummer and took him to 21 Dalhousie etreet and paid his booed. The ooroner produced her lelter written laet &today to Annie Fisher, and sulked if she had written it. Another will of aneuish escaped the lips of the Witness ae she sat with face buried in het hands. " Yee," she replied, " I did it when I was angry. Don't think bard of me. Although I have been leading a life of shame I can reform." In charging the jury Coroner Johnson said there was not much to eey reg'srding the evidence. He did not wish either to condemn or come the girl on the letter. The jury were only five minutes in reaohing verdict. GATHERING £10 NOTES. A Cute Yankee Playing the Legacy Game on nnitlishmen.. A London despatch saes : A man call- ing himself James Beribwiek Arnold and giving his residence as York, Pa., has ewindled a number of Englishmen. He takes a name from some directory and writes a preliminary letter sulking if the ad- drese ie right and hinting About advantages tO aoorue. Upon receiving a le ply he writes a longer letter, saying Mre. E. Avery, of Wilmington, died last January and left legacy for the addressee, which ie in the hands of a banker. Ein asks $48 86 (which in exactly a ten pound dote) tO pay probate fees, upon receipt of which he will forward tbd legacy. The beanty of the trick is in the fact that people, though not knowing Mrs. Avery, think semis maiden relative or friend doubtless married a man denied Avery, and they quickly enap at the bait. A Sad Story. Life She—I haven't seen you for five year, Mr. Barker lloW's that little romance of yours, with IWO Hehdereon ? Barker—Mies Henderson is no more. sha—What, dead? 813heark—lis —a1 NohiYon,amarried. nare atm frionda, *hough? . Harker—No ; ehe married me. NOT 'UNTIL NEXT CENTURY. The Millennium Opening Date Set for April 10th, 1901. A London oable says: So iuih cow. mantles) been excited over the announce- ment of the feat that the Prop eoee Invest- tigstion Sooiety is to hold a conference and soiree as,, the Mansion House on Thursday night next that the Lord Mayor bas found it neceseary to eend a oard to the Times - stating that he has merely granted the society the use of she rooms, but does not, offioially or unofficially, endorse its ideas). The society appears to be a remarkable one, and what is more remarkable, it has for its President no leis a church person- age than the Dean of Ripon, while Lord Kinaird is its Treasurer. In a circular bawd by Rev. Dr. Baxter, its founder, under the title of " Coming Political Events," there are elaborate calculations from the book of Daniel and the Revela- tion, tending to show that the greatest war ever known in Europe is due some time . _between Mee; 1891, mid May, 892. Be - tore 1893. awful political- coil,m ' Sis nre ° ---- promieed, one result of which w be the change of 23 kingdoms iuto 10, and the loss by Great Britain of Ireland and India. In 1894, earthchutkee, famines -and pestilences are to devastate nearly every portions of the earth, while on March 5th, 1896, no fewer than 144,000 living Chrietians are to be welifferidefilieven without dying. The cir- cular concludes wish the statement that the millennium will commence on April 100, 1901. The most remarkable thing concerning the eooiety that endorees these dootrines is the fact that ha membership inolrides high dignitaries in the Church, members' of the Houses of Lords and ' Commons, authors and other literary men, • together with many philosophical thinkers. e VERNEY HELD FOR TRIAL Charged with Procuration ile is A dmitted • to Bail in $75,000. The Verneyease is the topio in London. At the examination in the Bow street Police Cowl yeeterds,), nye & London cable, Mme. Adeline was= positive in her affirmative replies to all questions as to the identification of Verney. The presiding Magistrate, Sir John Bridge, closely ques- tioned the witness on this point. One of Sir John's questions was as follows: "When Captain Verney asked you to procure little girls, did he give you infor- mation as to what purpose he desired them for "Yes," replied Mme. Adeline. "He said he wanted them in ordir to eednoe them, and they moot be virtuous end ohaete." Mme. Adeline's last reply • increased the sensation which her evidence had (sensed among theta who thronged the court room. After some dismission between counsel as to the queetion of jorisdiation, Verney was inetruoted to rise, and was charged in the usuel form with the offence of procuration, and afterwards asked if he had einythieg to say in his own behalf se to why he shculd not he committed tor trial. To shift Captain Verney. replied in a clear, firm voice: " I understand, Sir John, that there is no eower to deal with the mat here. Therefore I propose -to say nothing to -day." Caproin Verney was then held for trial. Ho wars again relc stied on bail, giving hia perscmal bond in $50 000 and furniehing two bottrisro4.n as enrollee for $12,500 each—a total of $75,000. .Province versus Speculators. , / Ontario ic not richer in minerals than it is in miners Piet now. Gentlernen who have sown a dollar en the hops iliaP aping a thousand from the rooky soil eirtSet Sud- bury region are bronzed miners. Hardened speculators that they are; they never expect to play leading parts in the greet induetrial drama. They are moritly early bird9 whose ambition is to bold rioh olaime until ibey can unload them on capiteleite who will work wealth oat of the ore. Naturally enough the Government wielaee to grab a ehare of thie wealth for the prOVi000. It is treeing to encourage genuirie mining, and at the same time to secure a percentage of the wealth developed for pnblio uses. It is rIght, and 'censure from the mining speculator is good praise ter wise legislation.— Toronto Telegram. Cultivating Love of Plants. A very pretty idea is earned out in Lon - 11111 don which aims to bring about" love ot plants and flowers among th poorer (lessee. A fund ie raised out of whioh prima are paid for the best display of window gardening or of potted plants, and the echeme hes become so very popular that thonaande of cottage hornea are now beetuified by floral tffrmats, and it is no uncommon thing to see a window Het out with plants' growing io old tenepote, cans or aloe boxes marked as a prize winner. i.....„________,...._____............—. rinancloring. , Mr. Ja500-1 havil helf a notion to sell tnat corner house. I can't make it bring more than 6 per cent. to save me. , Mrs Jae:en—Why don't you tint the prioe of it down one-half ? Then it would bring in 12 per cent.