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HomeMy WebLinkAboutLucknow Sentinel, 1891-10-16, Page 6a 'LA,' % $1Di Ork1 IAL. •{` R VL GER'S LAST WORDS. o* .gite� Wail, ea at the ' rleeizief►Il Rxecations IAiF ... . ! .. . ; y der teh start} The repert of official witeesaes.of the quadrupte exe- '>n .tion by electricity at Sign in,g, on July was iven Warden. BrownDes days age andby him brought up to: , tlperintendent Lathrop last night. It was Pared by Drs, Carlos Macdonald, of New York, and 0, B Ward, of Albany, _' . thheyr.confino. themselves' to the chront-' •cling of the details they observed, and make ornine.Ildti .-My-report. -...,.. � .. sous.:.- states.. -that in all cases` one electrode was so applied • ads to cover the forehead ani temples, and trio of er to the Calf of the rightleg, except is the case of Wood, where it was put on ..'-.'s- T" aniess`ty : sir'sin °"`rirold irE6r0-143"teid""' TOI The electrodes were moistened with a eau- / tion of :salt water before the current was p4 turned on and at interval§ afterwards. James J. Slocum entered the execution t1. ,• r ..ac;x (Rr, -,a` rut r,r�� : _T,. - ,.,,. :_ * ui i r;' t [i(,pa'8SIX l6't oyes e O rise's 2 The electrical current'was complete trot time at 4.35.40. The first Basted 27 seconds, at the end of w it was broken, but the pulse was at' to be heating strongly, and between 'Five minutes later a noisy respiratio eatrablisligd 'with considerable re The �curren s imme._dii9.a�t^el '"`Yv�ill .!,/�,'�iYe�c�d��o�"`s>ctiVrlr fi gra . 144 pnaliy -broken at.4.39. .Respira Then ceased entirely and permanen the heart beat had also ceased. ;gid four hundred and fifty-eight v e• pnrted asthe pressure. Harris C. Smiler entered the -5.06.30 a. m. A new scheme was hint, The first contact was made ---Wand-continued--ten--seconds.— then interrupted to allow of we iter sponges and was again made for ten and again the sponges were wet an the contact was made for ten seconds. end of this there was no effort . a u n_ anon, but the pulse was beating rms and regularly that it was deemed e to " again close the circuit for seconds, at the end of which time the heart had pern'anently cued to beat. There were 1,485 volts used for Smiler. Joseph Wood entered the room at 5.32, and the electric circuit was completed at ,5.34 40,° Three contacts of.20.seconds each were made,at the end of which time respira- tion had ceased permanently, no pulse could be felt, and there was no heart beat. One thousand four hundred and eighty-five volts ...were reported also in this case. • Feglin that the contacts had been un- neoeaearsBlptpi olonged, it was determined to =Wee*r ; battle shorter in the case of the tit intered the room at 6.00.30 iat6w L,']lb'.�5e circuit was closed for the first Time, and. three contacts of 15. seconds each followed, with two intermissions of 20 seconds each. When the currentwas finally broken a very slight fluttering was felt at the 'wrist. • In this case extreme heat was noticed in the region of the knee above the -- point'. where the lower electrode had been a�ppplied, and a thermometer held against the rt7cln for only 15 seconds registered its highest Point of 115 degrees, while the sen- . Dation conveyed to the hand was such as to .warrant the belief that the temperature had run up to the boiling- point of water or higher. The same voltoge, 1,485, was used. In conclusion, the 'doctors declared that from the experience they, had in these four uses they are inclined to. the belief that . while unconsciousness was instataneous and continuous from the first instant of • contact in each case, yet in order to insure that death supervene as speedily as, possible.it is necessary to continue a current of the v Olt - age employed in these cases for from 50 to 60 seconds. In each case the temperature of the water near to and at the edges of the electrodea was raised nearly, if not quite, to the boiling point, so as to blister the skin more or less extensively. There was, how- ever, nowhere any smoking'or charring or 'ferning. ' The rest of theis given up to a minute and to 4f sport of the autop- sies, in which th found no organ shattered or- much out of order, and therefore con- cluded that life had been shocked out of the condemned by . the alternating current of electricity without producing any abnormal change in the organs and general structure of the body. G i ria i,. the ent UFO tor. has lila ORD Xegred'ir that Equal. not Feu In .Battles, ,,.A Brussels despatch says : Thefuneral of. Boulanger will take place Saturday after. noon. Henri ,Rochefort will. attend the funeral, which will be purely a civil ceremony. The clergy,, under .instruetiona of the archbishop of Malines, have refused to ,officiate at the funeral. M. Thiebaud and Peptides Laur, Du- mpntel and. Castelain arrived hereto -day in a body at the same moment as M. Roche - fort in order ro°attend the funeral of Gen- eral Boulanger. The remains of the general have been placed in a coffin, the outer casing of which, in accordance with th desire of the deceased, is an exact duplicate Li k�_33 ••-•�- e en' Mme. die Bonnemain. ms POLITICAL TESTAMENT. " This is my political testament. It is t t,., rib • ti ss�f Uv e. � b i<� ,e death. I shall frill myselffo-morrow. L until the spring, but that the struggle, which •' must come some can be delayed beyond then, is h within' the range of possibility, Iia' ty to annot befell tried t suc- owers t they .a4w w 1 r, worms Russia sin. Asia in -response- to them sin's movements in the Mediterran non shows that the bear is re .ring:, en to P P a laws, strike in India at the power wh retry. bars his passage through the Dar dayI All elles. The statement attributed thing the, German coiawander•in-chief, ib§ , mating that the armies of the fatlaerby i Ide- land may be called t8gether for ser't?many bushness -as soon as the snows of wi ��, loner have gone, is another indication of n•la e have ,d .1 A VALN EFFORT v — To Rave Distressed Sailors Enda in Disaster to the Rescuers. A London cable says : During a severe storm lass!evening an unknown schooner in distress was discoveredoff Penner,Cornwall. Owing •to the heavy sea eight members of the lifeboat crew refused to put out to her assistance. Seaside visitors from London thereupon volunteered to take the men's place, and the lifeboat started_for_the dis= r tressed veaseL It. failed to reach the 1 ,• • schooner, which probably foundered wit i all em board. The men in the lifeboat h a .. -lei-Able `experience, being tossed about all night on the waves. The boat finally reached St. Ives m safety. AN UNLUCKY NUMBER. Binh Out of Thirteen Rioters Cotton Pickers Lynched by Vigalantes. A Helena, Ark., despateh says It is learned that Sheriff Derrick, of Marianna, Ark., left Cat Island last night having charge of nine of the 13 coloured picker rioters who killed Inspector Miller in Ark- ansas last Friday. The sheriff was on his way to Marianna, where he was going td put. his prisoners in jail, but the party was overtaken late last night by an armed posse, who took the prisoners after a sharp strug=- gle and ,hanged the entire party. Probably a Double Murder. A Chicago despatch says : Adolph Bos- dorf, a respected citizen of Oak Glen, was found almost dead in a pool of his own blood yesterday, with his wounded and uncon- scious wife by his side. Bosdorf had a dis pate over a money matter on Tuesday with William Mentz, who worked on Beadorf's farm. Mentz assailed Bosdorf with a manure fork. Mrs. Bosdorf ran to aid her husband, and Mantz-struck her with a corn knife. Mrs. Bosdorf will prhbably recover, but her husband will die. Mentz was captured yes- terday. rown University follows Harvard in t• . ' it aAtand.tharntals' s not possible. In quitting life I have bait one regret, that I have not died on the Meld of battle, fighting for my country. ;; That country at least will permit one of its chil- dren at the moment of returning into nothingness to recall himself to the memory of all lovers of la patrie. Vive la F.ance ! Vive la Republique " Done and signed under my hand on the eve of the day of my death. " (Signed) ERNEST BOHEtANGER." A Paris despatch says: The propertyleftby Mme. Bonnemain had been judiciously tied up to prevent her bequeathing , it to . Gen. Boulanger. The first sojourn of the pair in Brussels and in London cost $200,000. Another $200,000 was frittered away over his, papers and election funds. Beyond needless extravagance he never tried to feather his own nest, as did many of his pretended adherents. M. Constans, Minis- ter of the Interior, on hearing of Boulanger's suicide, said he genuinely grieved. over the General's death. In other political quarters it isremembered to the G'eneral's creditthat be practically made the foundation of the entente with Russia.. There is little doubt wounded vanity caused him to suffer keenly after his fall. ' Nobody was shore fond of praise and approbation. The General showed symptoms of consumption, of which disease Mme. Bonnemain died. This knowledge, added to the taint of hereditary insanity, leaves no wonder that he commit- ted the rash act. Boulanger left a will and political testament in his desk. _ It is stated that the latter shows unshaken confidence in his party, enjoins his friends to prosecute the great.aima he always had in view, and ascribes his own death solely to inconsola- ble grief over the loss of Mme. Bonne - main. The funeral will probably take place on Sunday.. M. Rochefort, in a published communication, says : " If anything could overcome my deep grief, it is the excess of indignation I feel at the foul abuse poured out on my dear friend by his persecutors." Mme. Boulanger, wife of General Boulan- ger, was overcome with grief when informed of her husband's tragic death. She fainted twice within a short time and is at present much depressed. A Berlin correspondent telegraphs : Ger- many has lost one of her greatest foes, for I3oulanger knew that the possibility of re- covering his power' lay in a war with • Ger- many. DYING OF STARVATION. Russians Die so Fast That They Are Burled Like so Many Dogs. A London cable says : The Standard's St. Petersburg correspondentconfirms the reports of the dire distress at present exist- ing in Russia. He says twenty-five million persona are unable to pay their taxes, and ! this -will -cause -a -budget -deficit -of --£•1-2; 000, 000. M. Viahnegradksi, Minister of Finance, !, has just granted another million for the relief of the distressed people. The St Petersburg correspondent of'"the" News says : A Government circular has again been issued forbidding press allusions to the famine in consequence of articles proposing an income tax to relieve overbur- dened peasants. Private letters give heart- rending accounts of the distress among the people, particularly in Kazan, Samara and, Nijni Vovgorod. Deaths are so numerous that many people are buried without relig- ious rites. The tribunals dismiss charges of robberies of bakeries. After the Austrian Emperor's Life. A Vienna cable says : A profound sensa- tion has been created by a despatch from Reichsenbery, ' Bohemia, which, while an- nouncing the safe 'arrival there of the Em- peror Francis Joseph, also brings the startling news that during the night an attempt was made to blow up the bridge at Rosenthal, a suburb of Reichsen- berg, .by means of a bomb. Fortunately the plot was discovered and frustrated. It is supposed that the bomb was placed where it was discovered in the hope of killing the Emperor, whose train crossed the bridge in 'question. No arrests have been reported. ' a Mr. A. J. Ritchie, of Akron, Ohio, pros! sident of the Central Ontario Railway, pro- poses to establish electrical sept' raters at Trenton for the treatment of iron ore at a cost of $200,000. They want a bonus of 675,000. It will give employment to one kuaand mon at Trenton, and two thousand! mines at Coe Hill. ., `s '"•".,,.t .84y. ,„e. whom you have u.lI very ” cool." 11 w ,,r.:`• :n"0 ..s'..rr,..>r, n A RESERVOIR DENIZEN. The • Blg Saurian That Purified Lebanon's Water Supply. A Lebanon, Pa., despatch says ; Men employed at the new reservoir of the Lebanon water supply were last evening startled by the appearance of a crocodile in the dam. How the crocodile came there is' a mystery. It has been noticed for some time by Farmer Horst, who resides half a mile from . the dam, that his ducks and geese -were gradually disappearing. Last night, while watching for the thief, he saw somethinAjike a plank aboxe the water seize a couple of ducke and:elowly sink `oaf of sight, The farmer sent a man on horse- acjr to this city, 'where the news he brought caused a sensation. Some over -excited 'a+d'. .. i•., x"": g.A.fra wlarm, ip.._.k>'.'ia n Jiow4- 1:1` ma . awe. m att;rc r, mar; BOUGANGl I.'i3 BURIAL. Assimmense Throng at the Faneral (tithe Notorious General. 31;• Brussels cable • says : The funeral of Gen. Boulanger took place to -day. An im- mense crowd assembled hours before the time fixed for the interment ceremonies. in front and 'about- the late residence of the dead soldier. An imposing police force was present, but when. the coffin was brought.. out the police proved unequal to keeping tha crushing excited throngs in anything thing. like deoent order. The sergeants die ville had to call uses the Aendarines _to assist thein, and they made a -number of arrests before ' order could be restored. The- coffin.. was covered °cwith -hun- dreds of floral wreaths tied with ter ;cel4are41 att i ses�tleol3a� !!t* nese and was promptly put in the lock-up by Boulanger's political admirers, and a until he cooled off. Several of the city number of tri -colored I flags festooned about officials drove to the reservoir, and had been and draped around the casket. Vast there but a few minutes when the unwel- crowds congregated along the route ens'-', isssks315; sli' elsL-i"el'vcssssaJ•u."'tsz-.Jir3.�`'nnazsassdsa_:b•_. -.,Ari• sl ssa s .r,,,,., � ;�S ... ��� Gr" :dt,tY�J-.lisu.t."°flc�---'�' root of them. All took flight at once but decorous silence was observed as the hearse Officer Leonard, a good swimmer, who had passed, and moat of the persons in the ventured into the' water. Be suffered for crowds uncovered their heads. At the hie temerity, for before he could scramble entrance to the cemetery the procession was up the bank the crocodile had seized and delayed by the • actions of a mob which so badly lacerated his foot that he was taken were roughly crowding about the gates to the hospital. No one has any idea seeking admission to the graveyard. The where the crocodile came from, and as this gendarmes,fter ' considerable exertion, s ss y e_ -o §-res- asase.� ..r �sie '.se„' awe~ es ��x -„- :Y �`- " � +,�; ;in• .,•�^�v vuc6"yitris� ' `�T's.Gt` its supply of water, the authorities cannot- the - grave_ was at, .length reached. The inn it off for the purpose of getting at the coffin was then taken from the hearse and intruder. lowered into the grave. There were no religious services and no speeches. M. De JAY'S IIYSTERICAL FIT. Roulede, taking p a tri -color, put the flags to his lips and theu placed it on the coffing He Gets Rattled in"a Discussion With exclaiming, "Farewell, my friend." This Ieusael Sage. was the only incident worthy • of note in connection with the internment When the earth had ben thrown on the coffin and the sods arranged above the grave the frie nds of the deadgenerl quickly left the cemenery. Henri Rochefort was loudly hissed upon leaving the cemetery by a the cross gath- ered about the entrance. A New_York-despateh-says-•-The pepers- here -publish a story to the effect that at the meeting of the directors of the Missouri Pacific Railroad on Wednesday, Jay Gould was stricken with an hysterical fit when in hot argument with Russel Sage, on the question of passing the Missouri Pacific quarterly dividend, that he sank -back into his chair, ' half sobbing, hall laughing and finally weeping. Mr. Gould's physician was called in and finally Mr. Gould ex- plained the attack away on the plea of nervousness, saying he had once before suffered from a somewhat similar attack at a meeting of Union -Pacific directors. The rumor that he had been so severelyattacked on Wednesday was denied at Mr. Gould's office. Such members of the Union Pacifies Board as were seen on the subject, pooh- poohed the story in an evasive way, but did not deny it. Mr. Gould was at the Western Union building yesterday accompanied by his physician. At Jay Gould's office this morning no apprehensions were entertained with regard to that gentleman's health. Mr. Gould had not reached there at 9.30, but those in charge said he was expected at his li usual hour for getting down town. It was. stated that there was only one condition that might keep Mr. Gould at home to -day and that was the dampness of the atmos- phere. BOULANGER AND BONNAMAINE. What the Dead :Man's Secretary and Roche - fort Have to Say. A Paris despatch says.: Gen. Boulanger's secretary asserts that of late hisemployer had. had a consumptive, wasted appearance, with a hectic flush on his cheeks. He says that during recent months the General spent an hour daily in destroying letters and papers In an interview, Henri Rochefort said since May Iast he had foreseen some sort of a 'catastrophe in Boulanger's career. The death 'of Boulanger's mistress appeared to destroy the General's ambition, and he had reproached himself for ° ruining her who had abandoned everything to follow his fortunes. Ho had only desired to live for her sake in the hope of returning to France. M. Rochefort believes that even had Boulanger been able to satisfy° his highest political ambition, he would have committed suicide, sooner or later, after the death of Mme. De Bonnamaine: GETTING AT MERCIER. " The Dominion Authorities Make it IIard for Wm to Enter Importations. A Troy, N. Y., despatch says : Six head of Hereford cattle importedseveraldays ago from France via New York city, and ;con- signed to Mr: Globensky, member of Parlia- ment, but ultimately intended for Premier Mercier, Minister of State Chapleau and and Mr. Globensky, are having a hard time to enter Canada owing to the quarantine. The cattle were first shipped by way of Rouse's Point, and although objection was made they were finally allowed to pass the frontier. Upon reaching Montreal they were not allowed to be taken off the cars, and were finally returned to Rouse's Point. They were ,sent to -day, via Schenectady, Bu -(talo -and -Toledo; to --Sarnia; -where-they- will be quarantined for three months and then be shipped to Montreal. The cattle will travel 1,400 miles to get from Reuse's Point" to Montreal; while a ;Tree"line distance` is 45 miles. Notes From Scotland. A meeting in connection with the proposal to establish a Scottish orchestra was held in Glasgow en the 16th inst., when it was stated that over £20,000 had already been subscribed. Principal.Cairns has, on account of the state of his health, been forbidden by his medical adviser to resume his professional duties at the approaching session of , the U. P. Theological Hall, Edinburgh. Donald Dinnie is now 54 yearsof age, hav- ing been born at Aboyne, Aberdeenshire, in July, 1837. His height is 6 ft. 11s in., his chest measurement 42 in., and the 'calf of his leg measures 17.1. in. His records are : Throwing the 16 lb. hammer, 132 ft. 8 in. ; putting the 16 lb. stone 44 ft. 6 in. ; put- ting the 22 lb. stone, above 36 ft. Some of his records, however, are not recognized, because'of the informal 'manner in which they were made. The herring season in Scotland has now cicsed and cotiipares unfavorably with that of last year, though a few -boats did un- commonly well. On • the East Coast, to the 12th inst., • 633,982 crane` were landed, as against 813,p13 crabs during the correspond- ing period of 1890. It has been found by experiments the, an exclusive vegetable diet lowers the tem peratu re: Tho adhesion of the Australasian colonies to the Universal Postal Union became effec- tive yesterday. A FUSS IN ROME. French Pilgrims filet Into Trouble With Patriotic Italians. A Rome cable says : To -day a company of pilgrims, after having been received by the Pope, visited the notable sanctuaries of the city. While they were at the Pan- theon they manifested open disrespect for the tomb of King Victor Emmanuel. Some of the bystanders protested vigorously against such disrespect of the dead. . One word led to another and a row between the pilgrims _and the _-defenders' of Victor Emmanuel followed. The church attend- ants in alarm summoned the police, who en- tered the church and placed three of the pilgrims under arrest. When the news the disturbance and subsequent arrets spread through Rome bands of young men began to gather immediately in many guar= ters, and marched in procession through the streets, singing anti -clerical and patriotic. airs, and hooting and hissing at any pil- grims who chanced across their path. The processionists marched to the hotelsoccu- pied by the pilgrims, and loudly demanded that the Italian flag be displayed. The proprietors were quick to accede . to this patriotic demand, and when the national flag appeared the crowd raised an enthu- siastic cheer. At the same time the groans for the pilgrims were redoubled. After several hours of uproarious marching, the processionists dispersed. The pilgrims who caused the original trouble were French. AN EMPEROR'S DANGERS. • A Railway Track Loaded With Bombs to Hill Emperor Joseph. A despatch from Richenberg, Bohemia, 'says the Commission of Inquiry has discov- ered thirteen bombs on the Rosenthal Rail- way bridge. The official investigation shows that two bombs charged with nitro- glycerine were placed in the gutter of the tunnel of the bridge. Attached to these bombs was a time fuse, evidently caclulated to cause an explosion at the moment the imperial train was passing. , The fuse, how- ever, acted several hours before the train drew near. The explosion destroyed the masonry above and about the bridge•tunneL The railroad officials soon had the road- in good repair. The investigating officials profess to believe the explosion was i▪ ntended merely as a demonstration of disapproval with' some of the Emperor's acts. Now that it is officially admitted that bombs have been used along the line of the Emperor's journey', the utmost indignation prevails. The general ..feeling is one of indignation against those engaged in the conspiracy. There have been no arrests. Fashionable Cruelty. In the_street_ car -the-other-day, says a writer in the New York Press, I heard Frank Work, who is known as one of the moat ardent lovers of horseflesh in 'New Yorks 'r, or 2 ; tialkiirg t<'oo'u't t7ie"'�'°1"y and inhumane ,fashion of decking horses tails. He said that while out driving that -day he had seen - as ,fine a pair of horses, as he ever laid eyes On with docked tails, whose gait and bear- ing Diad carriage ' wene all spoiled, simply from the fact that they had no protection Against insects'.,He went on to say : " If there is anythinoutrageous that demands the rigid enforcement of the law against the habit, it is that of docking horses. It is often done at the instance of women, who want their driving outfits to be perfectly fashionable, but never stop to think of the, effect upon the horse. It seems almost im- possible that the omen, who as a rulehave gentler hearts than men, can realize what it is for a horse ,to be deprived of • its natural defense against flies and insects." Enough to `lake IBm Cross. Spatts (to his grocer)—You seem angry, Mr. Peck. Peck -I am. The„ inspector of weights and measures has just been in. " Ha, ha ! He caught you giving 15 ounces to the pound, did he ?" " Worse than that. Ho said I'd been giving 17." Cause for Excitement. New York Herald: He -Did you know the vestry had engaged the new minister? She (excitedly) -To whom ? The -Bishop of Derry, in Engla• nd, is coming to the United States about the mid elle of , February to deliver u course of leatures in New York on the evidences of Christianity. 00, kNA Rm•,;,scn:. ar+_1_r0:+gra . JAI ..x-11,0.,11.00:11,1.01,11..3, WELL-PAID FORESTERS. Talk of a Revolution in the Independent - o • Order. What Chief Ranger OronbYatcleha costs -- His ilalary hushed Up Froiu $2,000 to • $6,,000 -••Some of flee ASFromers Thlale There Are Too 'Many. •a Jaiuci°s head oI Things. . - (Torol to News.) .. - .. ast-.decadn.1 aa.witnesse t a. marvel- lous �.._ lous growth of friendly insurance societies in Canada, and morepartidularly in Ontario. One of the most successful of these orders is that known by the name of .I ependent s wiaate-is -��a-ud-vslrielr--:basic: it rema"ta � . d - �. --�, with the genius the big chief of the Mohawks w unpronouncable patronymic. This Order be- gan life at the right time, it offered a plan of insurance that seemed to meet the popu- lar`iefila'riff;'a'Y d iii'VeiS ientilleiree4Stsinsinisesss " • ship has grown rapidly until it now has on its roll some 2Q,000 names and to its credit a cash surplus counted by the hundreds of thousands of dollars. Just, however, as it has apparently reached the pinnacle of prosperity, discord has begun to appear. One cause of this is a a ance in ss. 'res: Two ,years a-gb;ili�"'ui'^""""`"=="`""`-"'�""-'"' the;Supreme Chief Ranger was only $2,000. - Then the remuneration of this office went up with a bound to $4,000. A few weeks - ago the biennial meeting of the Supreme Court was held in Detroit .and another" in- crease was made -this time to $6,000, and . there"was at the same to a general all- round advance in other's alfries as welL These-inereases,-beeame- alts' ll -more -Ob j ee-• tionable by an addition to the assess- ment on members for sick and funeral benefits which were made at the same time. Further dissatisfaction is caused by the fact that even this sum of $6,000 a year does not represent the whole of Dr. Oronhya- tehka'a emoluments. He is editor of the . Forester, a little monthly publication, and for his onerous labors in editing the finan- cial statements and official circulars in that journal he gets some $500 a year. Then his travelling- expenses and fees for the, organization of • new courts, etc., amount to a considerable sum. In fact one prominent . member places the doctor's total gettings from the Order at not less than $13,000 a year. But even this does not end it. Pooh Bah finds his counterpart to a certain extent in the Supreme Chief Ranger of the Independent Forests. The latter is, elides being chief of the Foresters, head t t e Independent. • Good Templars of the w orld, and from that. body he receives, it is aid, au honorarium of $1,000 a year and more travelling ex- penses. He is also chief medical examiner for the Orange Mutual Benefit Society, and is paid for his services as such. So that altogether, considering his other sources of revenue, some of the Foresters think they are paying pretty high for a good-looking Supreme Chief when they give him $6,000 and incidentals. Another cause of dis- satisfaction lies in the belief of some that there is a little ring in the Order which manipulates everything for the benefit of the favored few. The doctor himself is one of the Class recently designated as " joiners." -,. He belongs to almost every known and several unknown orders, and it is said that these orders within the order work together for his benefit and their own. To illustrate : There is for each Province or State where the Independent Foresters exist a local High Court, and those High Courts elect delegates who form the Supreme Court of the Order. At the recent meeting of the High Court for Ontario there were less than 200 delegates present;, and of these about 30 were present or past High Court officers. The allegation is that these officers, who hang together in the way indi- cated, practically control the High Court. One of the most 'important of the duties of the High Court is, of course, to selec s delegates to the Supreme Court, where the big salaries are fixed. And it is here. where the advan- tage to the supreme officers of their 'sup- posed influence over a strong minority in the High Court comes in. At the late meeting of this court in. Belleville the ballot papers, for the election of delegates to the supreme are said to have been marked before being issued to the faithful, with the instruction " vote for. these." But to make assurance doubly sure the scrutineers who counted the ballots after the voting were not ordinary officers of the High Court, but distinguished members of the Supreme Court. These statements are made still more suggestive by the declaration of one member of the Supreme Court that " we always make sure that the•High Courts elect the right men to the Supreme Court." . All these things have led to a good deal of ;discussionsamong---members-of-t-he-order; and one Subordinate Court in Toronto re-' cently had a heated diAussion on these lines. Just what the• end will be is noe*.. 'clearr, hilt seine Members talk of going over to the Canadian order in a body if there is not an amendment. " WHEN the grand jury viand Buffalo jail they found several women in a cell who had committed no crime, who were 'not even, charged with committing a crime. but were held prisonere. and with all the odium attached to actual criminals, because they • unluckily happened to witness a murder some weeks ago. In the same jail is a young man, taken from his work and con- demned to the ignominy and hardships of jail life simply because he happened to be passing -along the street when one man struck another a fatal blow. This sort of thing in not confined to New York State. Cana- dian witnesses sometimes geta taste of the same kind of treatment. One notable ex- ception was young Pelley, who was kept in Canada until Birchall.'s trial, receiving $50 a month from the Ont'o'Governrnent. Several hundred ea s swoo ed down on Bjelgord, Russia, and evoprned 10 horses, several sheep and a vast number of smaller animals. :The King of Siam is attended by a body guard' composed exclusively of 4,000 of the prettiest youhg women in his realm. ,;. �c ash A Western man says [this is a " tough world," and it is his opinion that very few who are in it now will ever get out alive.! i The tea trade of Japan is constantly, in- creasing, while that, of China is diminishing. The increase is at the rate of more than e0pounds irdlhit of the Japan- ese tais' seineUntdStatsnda Canada. 1 M,n