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!JRY IS in Of III JOB.
Pt Hoiden Swears He Would Not
ire,)' Believe Pare on His Oath.
■1s Lite Story Will Bo Amended by •
K.y.rt r..m Stardom Wald*. of Mon -
teem. wain: 411.,.. That H. W.
C.•.leted 11.. Timm Batu+• Boldos
nal. Bb 1' of (.rlrr. Hogan -
Proba►lo Length of the Caw-
Napanee, Ont, Noy. 28. -Sunday was
a dead quiet day to this town, yet around
tee streets and in the hotel corridors
little knots of men gathered and review-
ed the evidence so far produced In the
book cam. Thereis no change to senti-
ment In the town. Hilly Penton Is still
pertlnaclouey considered blameless,
Holden mid his career of crime began
in tele, but the defence hes a document
signed by Warden Waddle of the Montreal
lemon that shows that Holden was mO-
vleted nye Uncles of larceny before that
date, and further that he went under the
name of William Gordon. This is a de-
part,lem from Holden -s May.
Jury 1'.t. a Welb.
The jury--7lwnt y.istenta7 inactive.
Tbey were twice taken out for Mercies
and fresh sir and walked around 18.
Sown two and two, with solemn, funeral
$r.ud. On both oore/Ione they were ac-
companied by • pori of susrde The
ooanoement unusual to all of the Jaron,
le telling on them. They are getting sick
of their duty and aro anxious to quit.
But It 1. not IIk.I7 that the case will be
banded to them before Friday morning.
The Crown's nam will be closed by this
afternoon. --.
The defence expects Io all about 26
witnewee and will consume two days.
TM" %ben will be four addrsa.ee, C. .1.
Holman, IC Uus Porter, H. H. Osler,
Q.C., and Judge Ferguson. If Mr. Porter
Mime six hours as he did at the first in-
vestigation, it will be Friday mornlag
beton the jury gets the naw
Nato Ceiblaatlonc
Mr. D. R. Myles St. Paul, Minn., Is
registered at 18. Paisley House. He does
nut propose to open the safe. What he
e ms 1. lo accost with Mr. Gravel.'.
statement. Hr says %bag the ordinary
num wbo owns • sats sets It on a0 easy
combination, and the channel of gumming
It aro good. The combination on which
the bank's safe was set was an easy one.
In this way an effort will be made to
.bow that Pare could bare guessed that
particular combination.
-.--HOLDEN STEPS DOWN. -
■ b Crose-Eaaminetio. ce.eled.d-Be
Doo.a't 11.11... Pare- Evld•ne. Pro-
duced to Corroborate Pare'. Story.
Napanee, Ont., Nov. 26. -Then was a
kalf•bolfday on Saturday. At 9 o'o'ock
the juror. an.werel to their names end
the ase wens oh with Mr. Porter's cross-
examination 0? Holden.
The witness said he rewrite' a revolver,
On Wednexday, the 93rd of April. Pontus
ROI his money at 9.30 In Belleville
"When I'are said Ironton got his money
aI 6 o'clock he was not tailing the troth.
He did not tell the truth," said witness,
Pare had .aldethat the leS*1 liens ID Pon -
ton s room et 10,80 o'clock the night of
Um robbery, and that tney left for the
bank shortly after 11. "}'ride 1. wrong
amen, ' said Holden. The wltoes, farther
geld that on the night of Aug 18 be
watched from Ponton's room, and "Pare
was wrong when be aid 1 get outside.
When Pare swore he was to the bank
only three times, he did not tell the
truth," said the witness. "Frye was in
tM hank aye times, iebe told the truth
11's dead wrong tb.t Pate got out of the
bank at 6 o'clock oo Aug. 6. H. wan out
et 3. I am telling the truth. Roach gait
tbe )ob two weeks before the night the
bank was robbed." Pan said It was •
month before, on the 20th of July. "That
can't poeslbly be true." saki Holden.
Holden said that he carried all the money
from the bank, but he was sosplclous of
Pars. He thought Iran had a bundle
sneaked into hie pecked'. "If Pare said
be carried one of the bundles of money,
he Bea."
Holden reiterated his statement that
Pare spent two or throe days In Montreal
In July. "1f Pare geld he was nos there,
be lied," said the witness. "Thin was
the time of the oath of }'are's mother,
an event not easily forgotten. Ai that
time Jiro Jones was keeping Madame
f1aaeler's sten. Well, Pan might, bot
ought not to forget that time, for Pare
brought up a silver watch and some
.blre studs to giro to Ponton, and i
brought up • bike lantern. A man stole
the lamp and offend It to me. I gave
Mw 11.60 for it,"
Pare had and that Pon;on caused the
abandonment of the scheme of getting
Into the bank In the oavtlmo. Holden
said that was not true, but that J'are
wee the man who weakened.
wu Soapleleo. of Pars.
At this point Mr. Holman look Holden
1n hand. The whores told of how be and
Pare returned 1. Caneds. He was ma
Melons of Pars. "If Pontos doge not get
4M money, I w111 hold you reaponeble,"
said the witness, speaking to Pare.
Paro'■ oommnntcatloo to Holden from
Manchester beton the trip Co Canada was:
"Come on; there is • machinist want-
ed." TM two crooks spoke about Pon -
son's trial. Tbey agreed to pat up some
money for Pontoo's snit against the tank.
"I went back to Baton, dug up the
money i had planted. A chum of mine
gave me a knockout drop and swiped
112,000."
Again, on April 16, Holden was In
Manchester, but Pan hada swelled
kg
8o Holden went beak to Boston. Then
followed the story of the return trip to
Canada, Mr. Holman getting a detailed
@ tory from the wltnass. The wltnww mid
that wben Pare mid he wrote no pee
sand to him he Iced.
"Wooed you believe Parson his cath?"
"No, I would not," said Holden.
"Nor would I," sold Mr. Heiman, as
be sot down.
Ctrrnbor.ting Belden.
Mr. Hunter, proprietor of the Royal
Thant, Napanee, was called. He teellfiel
80 marts of a natter In hie yard and that
two robes had been taken from the tarn
la January, 18a7,
Levi !Irene, an Indian, was then tint
on the atom]. He found two :Mae in
Tom Minims barn in February, 1597,
and took them to Mr. Hunter. Nep.uee,
He told &boot aha runaway. He got op
one timidity Horning and saw two horse.
In him barnyard. One was white, the
oath,. was blank.
Harry McCulloch next appearedand
g ent' carne the grey and the Aleck horse
One Lafferty of Belle.Il . not the homes
from hint.
Mrlafferty then appears(. 11e wrs
from Belleville. in Fsnrn.ry, 1807. be
was rooming a livery and was st111 dome
so H. norrnbnetted the preeion. wltnx. '
evldylnes Jamie Markle ,Iced the team
far d maple of travellers of the IMtn iIlion
Menlo en go to Fienkfnrd, mirtnwwr of
ilolavl1i.; Napsnee le east of R..11evllls.
A police court mm w.5 the result of aha
smash np. He summoned Jams.
and Robert Maekle. .lame* pleaded
guilty. 'I8, wltnese-1 noel Hobert he.
mum 1 heard M old with James the
anis tun. for A.4m.ging prnprtr and 8i.
tee • team nude, false pretonre.
Arthur Mahe had seen Pare end
Herten at his pleas .t different Move to
M•' ,neem*, M 1497. Hobert Mackie rased
w ue wen thew. Meekly wee anima we
"dude '"ftes was 10 July. One Blebs
be saw three of those mets talking so e
tall luau In a light .Ills of oletbes He
✓ aw a bicycle standing on the roadway.
"1 thought them men were inmpe." He
thought Ib. man In the 11.81 suit wwa
about five feet all. The judge held he
could not my the man 1n Itgbt clothes
was • tall man.
Sydney Saud was the Desi He was
the man who owned the sugar bush. He
found Holden, Pare and Mackie 1n his
rap shanty. He talked to Mackie about
sugar -making. TM time was July let
To Mr. Holman he said be would Bot
mar to Roacb by his picture. He told
the judge the mea Mackie was In the sap
Douse
1'bomee B. Lund had seen strangers
pear les :dome. "I think Mackie la one of
thele. 1 would not be sora "
L H. Perry, Om watchman, remember-
ed one night in January of February
seeing • man going aorpss Shoetree% The
men asked about a rig. He corroborated
the story of Holden about the teem ID
Samna. The man be spoke to was
"4t hale" Mackie. That's what M said.
Complaint was made of stolen robes to
Mee The wltnm owed not tlx a data.
David Clues gays his evidence about
the robes blankets, one rubber and •
halter found on the road in tin winter of
1697.
Ms..4tates -.ailed 0,...harass and -he
took the box. Mr. Baines ImiHled eon-
oerr,ing ■ proposition on the part of a
telephone outupany about the potting In
of an electric bell. This was 1n June,
1897.
"Who would know of 1t?"
"All the staff of the Merchants' Bank
and the Dominion Bank." 4017 80 be
left the tank to be looked. l'ontoo was
in charge. He had the key 40 Mr. Baines'
oomyartu,ent- Penton was also in charms
on August 6th.
"Elgbe or ten days after the robbery I
discovered the hole In the side of the safe
and I had never uotioed It before. 11
seemed (deer then."
Pootoo's cholase were proluod and
Identified as men before. Mr. Osler went
Jeer the list of the bank books and
asoertalned how much money Po0tnn had
for mouths prior to tee robbery and at
the time of the robbery. The exatnlne-
eon of Mr. Baines was lone and tedious
and nothing new was developed.
Willie Meeks testified to having seen
the tramps In the bar,mt of 18V7. H.
reoogntaed Mackie es one of them. He
would not be son of the man. This boy's
mother was called, Mn. Perinda Meeks.
She told the same story as throe months
ago. She mw the tramps; she and she
oould not Identify Mackie in the jell.
Pollee Maglstrete Daly told (.f the ere
rest and bringing up of Holden and Pare
before Dim on the 21st of August 1897.
He told whet was found upou tbe vag-
rants &5 recounted before.
Joseph 11111 told about Mackie and
Holden being et his father's wigwam 1n
February, 1697.
Mlu :roach o■ the Stud.
Mies Frenob told of her acquaintance
with Robert !deckle es formerly and re-
peated the details of fndtbg the tool..
Sim spoke about the letter she wrote ter
Rouen Mackie. The letter was addressed
to "W. Durand, Dotninlon Bank, ea -
panes," and went on es If • girl and her
friend bei been there and wanted Dur-
and to res that taint was not oomw07;
they wanted logo 1n by the side door the
next night at half•p•et 8 or 9. She raid
there was a time when Robert Mackie
had hie feet frozen. Mackie had not any
partloular occupation Be went to Mont-
real some time l0 the winter of 1897.
Mum Sarah French.
Wes Sarah French was ushered to by
Mr. Sills, C.C. I live In Toronto; am
sister of Margaret. My mother is a wldcw.
I ain a cousin of Robert When Penton
was first arrested Robert was at our
nem. lie stayed about two weeks. He
went away for about a week. Then be
ame back and remetped abopt throe
weeks at oar plates. He mme about the
7th of September et first. Robert Mackie
was at our place for a while before I
knew It. I met Robert Mackie end talked
to him. I found him in a room In the
third storey. I asked him way be was
keening so quiet. He mild it was some
thing the atm as Mr. Penton was
accused of. I wont to Belleville on the
6th of June, this year. I went to his
hoose. I stayed there six or seven weeks.
I was then the night he was arrests(,
"1)1d you see Mrs. Mackie doing any-
thing on the promisee?"
Roney l• a Bottle.
"Several days after the arras* I earns
suddenly open Mn Mackie in the wood-
rhed. Sbe was digging She found •
bottle. Then was piper money In 1t
The night of Mackie's atrw; be told me
ha expected a friend to call end If 1 heard
a rep Co tell blm. i heard the rap. I got
up and went to hie bedroom door and
told him. He said to his wife: "I fear
there 1s something wrong; the boom Is
sa rrou nded. "
To Mr. Holman tbe wittiest' geld sae
had no quarrel with Hobert Meakie's
family. She bad a little tiff with Robert
Mantis, but It was nothing.
Chief of Police Adams look the stand.
He told of finding %be keys spoken of by
Pare.
0078 WENT GUNNING.
UMI'!N dBCX CVEp i!Ilu Npl.
Admiral Seymour Ass Made a
Very Importan{ Move.
The British Adm(r•1 Rae 8wls.d ea t,'.
%.land of Chases •ad 11.e warship.
t. Bock H1. Up Tb. m... 1e 1s
K.op+.g With 18. Open Door Polley
rosltlon Commud• the Tame Te.
Klug Kiser.
London, Noy. 116. --Admiral Seymour,
oomm.odlog the British squadron lo
Chinese waters, bee holster/ the 11rltish
gag over Ting Hal, capital of the Island
of Chuen, and has stationed ■ fonnld
able fleet of warships 1n that vicinlly 1
defend tits actio..
The Chosen group forms one of the
most stntegio posltjaos on the Chigoe
corer. Britain's new pos.eeston couuuend%
the mouth of the Yang 'les Kiang River,
%be great artery of Cental China, and
the more densely populatod region of its
else In the world. The various mouths of
the river are just aural of Chuen.
The entire Yang Tee Kiang Valley, by
a recent treaty between Great Britain
and Utters., bias been placed indite the
British rpibetn of Influence, China agree
log not to alienate It to any other power
Neer the mouth of 18. river b Shang-
hai, the greatest eornmerolal clay of
China, and within a couple of hundred
miles ale Society mil half a dozen otoer
cities, having an averege population of
little dem than a million.
TL. coast provinces of Kian3 S1 and
Cho Kiang, opposite Chuen. have. oown-
bined population of probably mon than
60,000,040.
Th. Report Net Credited.
Shanghai, Nov. 28.-Tbe report re
celved ben on Saturday that the British
admiral had boated the Union Jack over
Tlog Hal, capital of the Island of Cha•
sae, and over several other Islands in
the Chosen arebfpelago, is nos credited.
The British consulate hes received no
confirmation of the rumor, which prob•
ably originated in mistaking the survey
marks of the survey ship Water Witch for
18e Union Jeek.
THE FRENCH CAULDRON.,,
Tb. Impm.di.g Conflict Bawro■ CI.1)
..d xtll Itare Power May Tet
Materialist 1a Strife.
Paris, Nov. 28. -Trane•, after all, 1s
not to reaps the crisis which bee been
Impending for many months, namely, a
declaim eon dles between tie dolt authori-
ties and the military power. The aotton
of Uen, 'Lurllnden, the Military Governor
of Paris, In ordering Col. Ptoquert before
a court-martial, is nothing lees than a
monstrous plot to defeat justice and
establish the ■upremaey of the aeny
above the Itepublloan institutions In
France.
The apprehensions which were aroused
In the middle of October by tbeidiscovery
of • military plot for a coup d'etat are
now revived with grater force, and the
Dreyfus affair le dwarfed in the face of
this new Infamy and national tenger It
has been sold Den the men who are
fighting Ploquert are fighting with ropes
around thee: necks, end they will not
stick et trifles. Therein lies the pent of
the situation, for Gene. Mercier, Goose,
Holedelfre and Zurlinden, controlling ae
they do all of the military forces of
Parts, have power to, at any moment,
seize the Uovernment and establish a dic-
tatorship
lo-tatorship which will be only overthrown
after great bloodshed.
Fred. Mtlw.. Was Fatally Shot by
George Matlett's O...
Oekawa, Ont, Nov. 98.-A f•irl Moot.
ing minden% ooeurred at Guy's Point,
just west of the harbor, on Saturday
morning, resulting In the death of Fred.
Mclean. 1t seems that George Mallett
and McLean went rabbit shooting. One
asked the other to turn round, when
ton. gods struck and Mellett's gen dis-
charged and the charge *trunk McLean
on the left thigh. Mnlaan was removed
to • farm home owned by Mr. Soh: milt
and Dr. Coburn weet summoned, but
mold do no good. Mnl.ean died a few
hours Taker. An Inquest le deemed m.
mammary.
FIVE WERE KILLED.
Dleasrwela !,eller Exple.lnn en • River
Steamer la Callf,.r.i.-Mawr Per-
one
Deng erorely Injured.
Stockton, ('al., Nov. 28. -The mos►
disastrous river accident In the history of
Stockton occurred yesterday near Four -
Seep Mlle Slough, when • part of ane of
the bollen of the river 'teenier T.
Walker, which left San Franclaeu abort
6 o'clock 1•.t night. was blown out, kill-
ing dye and d•ngeronsly wounding 11
Demons. while probably 16 or 90 mare
wero more or less badly hurt. 1 he T. (1.
Walker is owned by the California Navi-
gation A improvement Company, and
ran between San Frenet.co and Steektoa.
DREYFUS' DESPAIR.
Touching Lotter to BM Wife, Whet Is
Thereby Prostrated,
Paris, Nov. 29, -Mme. Dreyfus, the
wife of the anbappy prisoner of Devil's
Island, 1a 1n bed, extremely 111, and hes
been sines sae receipt of a reoent letter
from her husband. She has been so pros-
trated, In fact, that goers 10 her is de-
nted. The following is Dreyfus' letter to
his wife:
-Destine le herlloa'ag to edge me. Have
a1! my friends f 0-14teu me'! None seen
to be oocupyfng tueoiaelyes with me. 1 re -
to you that months and months ago
I wrote to the Prewldent of the Repum1le
and to General Ilolsdeffre begging thpo. to
triralnce a revalue of my cern.. 1 am
without news -nothing, nothing r0mee to
me. f leave as • bequest to the President
rad lien. Resde4?,e the ask of *venglhg
my memory. ,.f viewing my bob'.r. my mune
wad that of my dear children. whom 1 sloth
gee .0 more, I shall no longer communi-
cate with my family, es I here maid n11
there Is to he said, and I have noshing
more to say."
• ••Breakers Ahad."
London, Nov. 28. -Dr. Robertson
Nlaotb writes In the British Weekly of •
startling state of affetrn in the literary
world- Homey.:
"I have evidence in my ponesslon
which shows that organized eonsplrarles
'glee So destroy the reputation of mrtalo
Stooks and author -cliques, of which
certain jonrnellets aro at tbe head
Owing to the high etandfng o' Dr.
Needle, thin statement haul prodJoed a
great sensation in literary circle' In Lon-
don. The Ao.demy reprints the accusa-
tion under the title "Breakers Ahead."
C•el tot• WIll Take the 11.14.
London, Noy. 98.-An_Rngi.h combs
positively aseers. that Doe Carlos' army
w111 tete the field in Spain noon after
the treaty 1s slimed. He deo:area that a
loan has been folly flnanaed, and that It
1s divided equally between France and
England, and he addn that after the Eng-
lish capitalists were shown the evidence
CM which Don Carla' °henries of success
are base), they offered several times the
amount asked.
l.oekroy Hostas• M1. Program.
Paris, Nov 28,-11. Lookroy'ti naval
program for the year 11499 has been mod(•
fled at the last moment, and all of she
propn.et new battleships have been ellm-
Ineted. Altogether 48 ships have been
added to the nave for 1899 and 21 for
Hate. France will then Lave mere toe
pednee and torpedo destroyers than Oral
Britain.
A Train Wtnrek.r's Doom,
' Lenten, Nov. a8, -Proal servitude for
-lin le nate eawstoterj' yousebmwnt whelp
was mosd not at the Northampton
A.*Isee on Saturday to Frank lbmllo-
son, allow Smith, aged 84, a shoe hand,
who w.. oonvlelW . of tae diabolical
ansa of atMmpeul trainwreeking.
Three Vessel. Aahnro.
B.Ifast, Me., Nov. 118. -Three vessels
We reported ashore at Fon Point, on the
Peaobeeot R1yer, 16 miles from Belfast,
1. IL R.thhar. Dead.
Deseroaee, Nov. 101, -Mr. Freliwlnt 8.
Rathbun, general .enmtntent of the Rath.
bun Company here, diel endienly wMle
taking Ma a.nrl morning bath at his
residence. nn Saturday from heart fallen.
The deceased gentleman was about 45
years of ag. Mr. Hat.hlmn moiled •
danghter of the late Hen. John Moans
rinh, who enrvlv.s him, tin Isavow Iwo
danghten and nna mon. One daughter is
In lelp In, Germany, mid *be other Is et
home, while the son tee a student et
Trinity College Schonl, I'net Hope Mr.
g. w 0athlmn la now the only aneviy-
Ing son of the late H. B. Re(thbon,
Toned., of the Rathbun Co M Da*eronto,
B.ngne d■ People WI.dl..g Up.
Montreal, Que., Nev. 98,-A4 • meet -
Ing of she depositors of the Bangne d0
Penple on Saturday It wee agreed to
grant the Airman' en ext.n.lon M two
yawn. *0 wind up the affair. of the hank,
on condition that they should mete •
depo.tt of 1196,001 anti dispose of the
Immovable prnperty of the hank as anon
e a possible The depositors' derision 1■
.ebjeet to the tetlflnseen of Parliament
1,mu A88Nt to Boefgw.
New 'Yak, Nnv 114 --The Rey. 11'
layman Ahhntt tenni the pnlplt yeeMerl'ty
•anonnoeel bl. Intootlnn M sedge the
pastorate ef The I'lymonth':hnrnh, whiob
he has filled for ten yeas. Falling haslet
la the reason esslenrd.
LORD MOUNTSTEPHEN
fd...1a Ne Lew Thou ,M,IWl,e W to 1 biros
Trireme to Keep His Relative*
la rlttl.g arra..
Montreal, Nov. 98.-11 1e announced
that Lord Mooalstepbeu has handed over
to three trustees, James W. Airbus/ of
New York. John Turnbull and Robert
Melabeo of Mootreal, the mm uI X11,800,-
000 fur ;he benefit of his lordsblp's .1.
*1,...
The following kindred reside In Mont-
real: Mr, Trask Stephen and his four
daughters, Mrs. Robert Molghen and Mr
three children, Mr, Frank Moieties.
Miss Marmara Reath ktelgb.o, Mrs. R.
W. Redford, Hrs. James A. Quintile and
Mr children, Mr. George S. Canine, Mr.
James A. Cantles, jr., Lieut. W. North-
cote Candia, Mr. Franola P. Castile,
MPS. Adam, Mr. William Stephen, Mr,
George Stephen and hie tour sisters, be-
fog the children of the late Jaw.* Ste-
phen; Mrs, G. 8. Primo and sir obit•
dren, Mr. J. C. Covington sod dye obit-
dren, Mrs. Seepbeoson besides other rela-
tives In Koglend. ills lordship's desire le
apparently to give his relative that
assistance wnfoh 1s often required by
worthy beim before a manor s death.
Blg ■erten. sot 1•ou.h.d.
In this handsome gift to teatimes
Lord Mounat:Oen did not touch les
splendid fortune, which his acquaint -
anises hem place ell the way from 110,-
000,000 to $15,000,000. They state that
}mrd Slretbo one and Moues !loyal and
Lord Mouols$sphen time been very heavy
epeneators of late 1n the Londou stook
market, and thine noble lords haus crows
oat of thele fortunate deals with prones
amounting to beew.eo nye and six mil -
liens. Title, literates, 1s how those rela-
tives of Lord Mou0tatephen have so
suddenly some Into pomss.*loo of the sum
of 0,800.000.
The three truster have the power to
say who •hall get their then 1n a lump
sum and who .8111 enjoy the Interest
only. his lordship taking It for granted
flus some of his relatives might be lees
pludsnl than others.
Fatally beerei by a editor C.r,
Winnipeg, Nu,, t$. -One of Winni-
peg's oldest and beet -known citleens. Mr.
S. W Farrell, was struck and probably
fatally htjured by • street car on tinter
day afternoon. He is still alive, but not
expected 10 recover.
A clue In the shape of a blood-etalnd
oast has been found relating to Ihs
Stuartburo tragedy. The pollee know to
whom the Boat belong.' and an arras.
may be expo ted.
Riche -d Jam. Redly Mart.
Rldge$own, Ont, Noy. *8.-A man
named Jticherd Jana'. dtlrtng boles
across the M. C.R. tracks, two miles west
of hen, on Saturday nlgbt was struck by
M.C.R. accommodation train and prob-
ably fata.ly Injured. Hie rig was redurd
to kindling wood, his leg wee broken,
face badly cut end he was also badly Io
jured Internally.
Hrldgo 15.110., Killed.
Paris, Ont., Nov. 28,-Jobn 7,1.8,
who was working on the Grind Trout
Hallway bridge about two miles east of
here, was struck by a train, sustaining
Injuries from which be died a few hours
later. Deceased was about 467.015 of age
and IMvsa a widow nod one son.
Two Mme Killed.
South Berwick, Me., Nov. 28. -Harley
Bata and Fred. Hallway, engineer and
fireman on the Boston de Maine Railroad,
were killed by the heavy snow plow tip-
ping over on the cab They were oru.bd
agalost the boiler head.
1. finance Deed?
Havana. Nov. 18. -There was a report
in circulation hen las; evening that word
bas been received of the death of Gen.
Maximo Uomez on Friday night, but 11
1s not credited In Cuban circles.
WEAK.
Ckleac• Wheat Declined • Cut Per
Ba.b.l. mad Liverpool Was E..ler
.. Saturday -Tb. Pelee..
Saturday Evening, Nor. 2e
Liverpool wheat futures were easier to-
day, doting yid to 5,4 per cental loner
t1 *a yesterday. Pars wheat closed steely
to 10 centimes lower for the day. An-
twerp was unchanged.
Chk-'.aggo wheat wee weak on heavy mil
log to -day. Reports were 'abied of che.l.
er Rosier. wheat ■sd isrg. Argentine nt-
ferlog.. Next month's delivery declined a
cent a bushel, end the May motor, 4a.•.
Leading Wheat Markets.
Following are the closing prices to -day .t
Important centres :
Cash, Nov. Dee, May.
Chi o ...$---- :V •654$4) eb4eu til
Nrw Yost .. .,,. 0 7:154 0 Thin
M. w-aukAe
... 0 571/4 0 Mel
•
et. I,'..ta ..., 0 70 0. dela 0 men 0emir
TM.rin .. - - .. Ir P , . , 0 Tow 0 70
Drtrolt 0 fete ..,. 0 twee 0 ante
Duluth, No, 1
Northern 0 68% -... 0 63 0 tb44
Dulolb, No, 1
hard .,.. 0 7044
Minn a4..,H. ..-. 0 63'4 0 41254 0 63%
Toronto, No. 1
Lard anew n.. 0 el .... .... ....
Tnreeto, eel.. 0 70 .. , .
Toronto St. Lawreae. Markel.
Receipt,. of farm prodwx were light to
day owing to the storm -19e1 bushels .1
grain, prices for whkb were generally
ranter, 10 dada of by and 1 of slaw.
Wheat easier; 600 laisiele sold aa lllil-
Ina,: White 72e to 73c, red 71c te 72..
armee trey 10 70e
Barley easier, 600 basals Milne at 49e
to Silt
tint. norm; 410 btltrsla 046 at azo to
3254..
Peas Steady: 100 bushels .o14 at 60e.
11.7 steady; timothy $8 to $9.50 per ton.
and ,-lover $.3.50 to e7 per ton.
straw -One load of rye straw sold at $e
per tea.
Demised Hops--Tref,e rnebaoged at 16.40
to $3.60 per cwt.
Itutter-friers rainy, at lac to 20e per .b.
rolls from f.rtnen' baskets,
}ages-Mrlrtly new -led ergs sold e5 2-,r
tel 30e per dozen. Those that have been
gathered three or four wweke ■re worth
only 20r to 22e.
Poniti7-Primes for poultry were fairly
firm as fodlowr, ('hlekene Me to 415. per
pair. ducks 50e to Me per pair, gerve...'4,c
to 61,4• per Ib., turkeys Re to 11r per ib.,
the bulk going ht he and 10e per Ib.
Potatoes firmer at fpr to lrie per beg.
Emit Ilefgale Cattle Market.
Reffalo, Nov. 28,-R.eelpt. of 5,1 • end
'through merle dieing the 24 hoerroyniled
at noon to -day were CART.. 52 ren. 4.I.e-p
e ml lambs, 17. Cern: huge, 34 ren.
ment.: l`st11, rem; sheep find Iambs.
S cars; ho',, d ren,
('rule --None oh nide, (`nivel In fair sop -
r1 5.heed deemed red firm: Clore. riles,
7,0
Sheep and f.1/nib. Twenty in.A. offering.
Market In god pr tlnn. Natty, Ismia
higher, limos of bulk of entre wee 1. ISS
for choter lambn but there wove n few
sale. el $5.7,1 to $:.76 (7MgM to extra
Mont. 116 75; gond to ,1.ol, e, 95.25 to 111,54):
fair to gond, 11.1 1„ $-'.?•,. Sheep. A, ire to
extra, $4.35 to 41.40; gyre to eludes., el to
el 23; rommnn to fair, kt-:u to 93,:91. (s',
ads Iambs In fair demand, and sold •r V.15
to 41.0.
Ch.e.. Markets.
t.nnAoo, Oat-, Ma. 16,-Rectme f.Mnrfee
offered 4440 bore, fill chs... Rears 1111
• t We. 1111.1 at 91 ler, 7}a at Mine, }erket
felt The last market of the memos *111 be
held next R*tnnlay.
1l etennpn, N. l'.. Nov, 26-- The Bw ird of
Trade Honed today fns the meteor' Cheese
e1, sold In Jefferson County. Ralim to day
V34) large at 9' to e3W, batt sr eta. lm.itl
neseseers. 'se to 1*54.,
■HUH Markets.
I orpmI, !Inv 211. 114. Y1 1- 00. 1 col ,
se 114 to es 1054,1; rte winter, St; lee 1
No.rther.�,,� pprleg. iia 214d: e• re, Re Imp'.
pee•. 6. 814A: perk, ICA; lard27a ad; tallow.
r+w4, :d. Moon. hotly. 1.e., bks ed; 8181. 77.
ah h cmc las ed: Memo, whit., 44. M,
ool�rr.4, UL bis.
i.iverp d (lose Spot w8.54 .1 ,11 ell.
No 1 Northern at es 2'44; rad winter fit
toren, Its (rr,4 fnr 11..•. nett 5. Meld for
idereh. Spm melee quiet .t de 115•11; fn.
Y h� Its Tad
its
.,Re Mild for i., Re 7+44 for
79kd fnr May. Mese Ins Y
DAIRYING FOR WOMEN.
are e'en tlerd•r Sees Great Oppoe•
lenitive F'or Her Sea.
Mrs- lou. Van (lord•, hes •obieved
pbenomeual =owes at dairying In Ar-
gentine, and maintains that the bust.
nese is our fur whiob women are spe-
cially adapted. She believes that the
opportunities ere better in the United
State' tbgu where the haa been so /n0•
awful. In a letter in the New York
Tribune Mrs. Van ()order says:
I had wavy difficulties to overcome
in South America which would Pot ap-
pear here. Being a oily bred Awerioan
girl to begin with, such • life as 1
found myself enjoying was, before 1
took up my residenoe 1n the Argentine,
as sealed knowledge to me. Beekiug
health a hundred wiles from civilisa-
tion, oat on the plains In a forgotten
corner of the provfnoe of Entre Rios, 1
drifted into the 'oowgirl' 111e and dairy
work almost without knowing 'It, and
soon became go interested that all ,etre
was forgotten. Sine ex months ago I
left it, having gained health and an ex-
perience which I would not lose.
Startiug with 60 Bowl ea • nucleus 1
bad the day I left over 1,000 milk cows.
besides many calves, and I myself su-
perintended all the dairy work.
There was • fine big butter factory, a
separator churn and butter worker. ran
by .team -and I also learned to run the
engine -and an ice plant, which wik
used for .billing the cream and keeping
butter until shipping.
Added to this work there were the
overseeing and running of the ertancia
of 10,000 scree, with over 4,000 head
of cattle turned loose to graze over Ian
plains. The "peones" -workmen -for
cult',.
KIM TAN 04,HDelt THitOwINO HER Waal.
help meet be housed and paid, and •
large estancia requires the services of a
great many men, and women too. Then
'tartlet are the "rodeos," or round ops.
which oo.t a considerable sum.
Now, if this basinese, under each
circumstances. could be made profitable
In South America bow/ouch more meld
It be made to pay here, where one han-
dles only tame cattle and bas every con
veaienoe to work with? There our abet-
ter was the great vault above as in rain
or shine, heat or oold. On frosty euro•
Inge t:%e milkers' oold, stiff fingers were
warmed at the cow's warm udder. Ani•
male also shielded the milkers from the
son or rain, as the case might be. Shel-
ter for the animals there was not -
I have been asked what steps it is
Deoeerry for a woman to take in estab-
lishing a dairy that Is to be carried on
In a thoroughly haaioesalike way and
to a financial ancoea I ran only give
my opinion, me belied on my experience
in this work that I carried on in South
America. I should advise a woman to
go tato it in a small way, my, with ten
good cows, which would Dost on an
avenge 11130 each. A onw should avenge
biro quarts of milk • day, or one pound
of butter • day. About 90 acres of good
land should be ample, although one
cannot my exactly. for yam differ. If
• woman wiabee to take an active part.
one good man at g86 a month should be
help enough. He could attend to milk-
ing and the heavy part of butter making.
The skimmilk would fed the small
Salves, which it would be ■dvlsahle to
raise, and in that way slowly Increase
the business. A ready market can a1 -
ways be found for first clues creamery
butter. With the exception of three
months in the year butter ought to
bring 86 conte a pound.
What Calves Waal.
If • calf hes • ration of halt oats and
half nous end belt • fed of it or • lit-
tle more -that is, • little more than
half of what It wnald eat up clean if it
bad a chance --and H the plane of the
trees Is taken by good clover bay, with
shelter from etarasa'aed-prol.diowfrwsa
taomeeive cold, with plenty of salt and
pure water. the oelf will pay for it ell.
even If corn were 40 cents a bnehel- We
would not feed an all corn ration be
canoe tbe calf motto's muscle forming
material, end oats and bran are the
cheapen food. of able kind. We would
not feed all tats or bran, *venially in
.▪ vete weather, brean•e COTE 1. nowdoA
to keep up the hest and round out the
megrim -Wall='. Farmer.
MILK IN, BRITAIN.
gorse twterretlag Utgwres an the tw-
f wndwen..
in the interesting Jotter on the •gra
nnllnral outlook which Sir Jame.
Alyth sddreenod to the London Timer
a very important pmol is brought on,
M reference to the development of th.
milk trade. Ho write* as fnllnws '
The d•yelnptnent 0f the dairy 1n
dinette in the 174(1.d Kinetic= ie r
striking eau in point, and in the mat
Mr of milk alone He growth bas bee I
litormoos. The subject wan diapered Its
an tuturt•atiu,4 uud o•ref,11 analyst. of
milk products by Mr. U. Henry Rew In
The Jonrual of the Royal Agricultural
Bociety tar 1899, wherein, after the had
Mantels; of ouwputatluq available, the
average quantity of milk uonuumed per
head of the population lis 1890 was
found to be 60 quarts 1, rum dwilar
data and other tutorwalt= 1 have no
hesitation in seeninug the ooueumptioe,
of Wilk mveu years later at 80 quanta
per bead fur every man, woman and
child In the klugdom In 1897, which 11
1t rs ub the public at the low price of
Weepier. • quart is equlvaleut to u
total for milk, all home produce, of Ito
leas than £40,000,000, • rum, roughly
speakiug, equal'tu the whole wheat bill
of the United Jl:ingdotn, of which three-
fourths tome from abroad. Pursuing
like methods with regard to the greater
production of butter in this country -a
result uttributable its uo small measure
to the example and a000uragewwtt of
dairy •mociations, creameries and kin-
dred societies in Great Britain and Ire-
land-ar against d: pounds estimated
to hay. been committed by every indi-
vidual In the kingdom seven years
previooaly, in 1890, the consumption in
1897 averaged ten pounds per heed of
the population, approximating • total
payment for butter, all home produce,
of ,e20, 000, 000 last year. After availing
myself of all aooeesiblesources of in-
formation (as well as =alerting with
Mem of the best authorities on the sub-
jects dealt with in this oommuoio•tlon)
the following may be regarded es the
relative value of last year's 000somp-
tloa of milk and batter:
Foreign Setae
0118 t,..,....e1.sue00 a0,000,00/
natter AM= mast=
It will Mini beasts that 100 shillings'
=of home produced milk was coo-
per head of the popolaUoo u
against ninepeuoe worth of the foreign
oommpnity, while the oousumption of
Brltiab made butter was 10 shillings
for every inhabitant as against 8 shit
Rugs' worth of the fumigants& product
irritant WIMPIN '-
Whey 1s • valuable feed for Doge
There aro about 7 pounds of solids In
100 pounds, and that quantity of whey
fed properly In combination with other
feeds should produce two pounds of in-
crease in live weight Whey is a poor
diet when ted .Ione, although bogs will
live oo it and gun in weight Whey
zatAg be 1pr asd lo lard. bah ft does not
give good revolt/ when fed alone. To
young, growing pigs it may be fed with
profit on clover pasture. The are of a
field in that way puce it in a capital
oondition for the growth of a crop of
Indian Dorn for fodder purposes the tol-
lowiug year. Whey should be fed in a
sweet and clean oonditit*. A clean and
comparatively sweet whey ie wholesome,
whereas ■ very soar whey is dangerous.
Often its use is injurious to the amine.
The whey tank at a cheese factory
should be above ground, and for the
sake of the value of the whey for the
production of pork the teak should be
cleaned tborooghlyEt least oncea week
Indian cern, ground or anground,
should not be fed alone with whey. 1t
is ooproflt•ble in that eombinatioo, and
results in the production of very fat
boon. A good mixture would be (a)
one-third shorts, or bran, (b) one-third
ground oats, peas, barley, wheat. mix-
ed or single, and (c) one-third ground
Indian corn. The best results from In-
dian cern aro obtained wben it is fed in
oontbinikli affddflf r, kketl +ilk el tatter -
milk, which supplies the Malt forming
material,' in which the corn is deficient.
-Report of Commiseiooer of Agricul-
ture end Dairying of Canada.
Good Motto, In Cold Wewtbo,•
First of •11 I want to toy we milk
three good Jersey oowa, and also that a
good Jersey cow is • very important
feature in making good butter. I save
n o strippings and acutely ever break
the cream on • pan of milk until it is
ready to skim. When the cream bas all
raised, i skim into • 1 y4 gallon jar.
When the jar is full, [stand it in • pan
that is about five inches deep and fill
the pan with pretty bot water, bat not
too bot Btie the cleans occasionally sod
leave In tie water coo -ball or th...-
quarters of an boor; gait it s little to
your work and the temperature of your
cream. Then poor into • warm churn
and churn about 16 mivatea When the
batter is garbeted. I remove to a bowl
and work the milk out, then pour • let
tie water to and work it out • time or
so to be pore to get all the mils out
Then 1 melt and work into rolls. From
IN, gallons of cream 1 always make four
pounds of gilt edge batter. There is
nothing more commendable to a young
woman than beiug a gond housekeeper.
By that we mean to know how to do all
kinds of housework, and girls will find
It • better way to learn before they are
married, an 'aperient* 1s sometimes*
dear lesson -Cor. Nstion•I Stockman.
'rodding Grain.
We believe In feeding grain to all
young things on the farm from weaning
time nntll grass becomes rich the gun
seeding spring. We do not mean by this
giving them all the grain they wi11 eat,
but we believe that grain ran never be
fed to better advantage and with greet-
er profit than to these young things in
which the foundation 1. being laid and
which foundation ca00ot afterward be
ebanget. We would commence the
grain feed before weaning time in cage
of calves that run with the oowa.-
W.1Iaoe's Farmea
The Cabman's Monk.
'74,4s- YN$S.<.`"-y ... w,..,,+e• 4...r4J '.-lF74 1, `• �:. hl', .,,w)1: tars.-.`..
5•
, f• zap}
"51/610 yen change for 100 trams*. rale
'rrt.inly not stnpidl Why ,kat'S
1. t .t1;,hrggar.rnnnd the corner?"
THE NIGHT CLERIC'S SITOIT.
A FACE UKE CHALK
A very bad attack of the Grippe nae
year age Iaat winter left my system :n a
very weak state and Sly nervous see, in
completely unstrung. After groin Boar
the dangerous stage of the dimes, 1
naturally eap.cted to gain strength, bur,
unfortunately, did not do s%. On the
contrary, my blood became weaker. p
daily loot strength and vitality, and my
n ervous system became w weak tint it
was a constant source of suffering both
day and night 1 lost appetite, the tight
of food nauseated me, the weak state of
my system caused .bortnese of breath
and uonetural action of the heart, such
as guttering and violent palpitation, and
my face was like chalk. I was in this
condition and constantly getting week. -r
wben 1 began taking Dr. Ward's Rime
and Nerve Pills. 1 had read the books
they distributed and their adverti.emeuis
In the papers, and thought, " 01, 1
have taken so much medicine without
benefit it is useless to spend any mere
money. However, I finally made up my
mind. It is • forlorn hope; 1 can but try.
If 1 am not benefited I will not be bu,t.
So 1 bouplit one box and received great
benefit therefrom, so continued their um,
and to -day am a well nun in consequence;
my blood is strong, my face has the ruddy
hue of health, my appetite has returned,
1 sleep well, I have not the slightest in-
dications of nervousness or heart trouble,
end from a sick, weak, nervous man Dr.
Ward's Blood and Nerve Pills have
transformed am in six weeks to full hea;tb
sad strength." 1 amours very trulyr
(Signed) WILLIAM WILLAR
Night Clark Grand Central Hotel,
Peterboro.
Dr. Ward's flood and Nerve Paeans
sold at Som. per box, S boxes for $s.00 at
druggists, or mailed on receipt of price
by THE DOCTOR WARD CO., Limited,
77 t Victoria Street, Toronto. Book of
tion free.
resSeWiWasesetWaseleakti
ow CSI reng/h
FOR THE OLD, 1'ORN AND FEEBLE
Dr. Ward's Blood asd Nerve Pills
Sores
Healed.
Nothing like B.B.B. for healing
sores and ulcers, no matter how
large or how chronic they may be.
B. B. B. applied externally and
taken internally according to direc-
tions will soon effect a cure. It
sends rich, pure blood to the part,
so that healthy flesh soon takes the
place of the deciying tissue.
" I had bass trs.tbled with sore
fingers and sore toes around the sails.
The salve 1 was using did not help s.
and I was getting worse. 1 was advised
to try Burdock Blood Bitten, and after
using nearly two bottles my sorry were
all healed up. I Burdock
confider B.B.B. a
wonderful blood B1OOd
perifier." ENOCIJ
G. HORST, Bloom- Bit
iiegdale. Oat.
wade. Pbllo.opy.
Tbe young man who is notable for hie
jdllty and sareleesnese of the morrow bed
soddenly relapsed int% seen-,
"What . the matter?" as 4 '0e of hes
eompanlona. "Hays you j, se tamed et
something Sad?"
"Il's my sympathetic nater, LMS
makes it seem melancholy, I suppose "
"Toa are feeling sorry for some sae
abet"
, Yes. "
"Some oats into is lie distress?"
"No. He ought to be in distrain, but
M throne realize LI. pension "
you ars thinking of the time
whoa M will awaken to • terrible sane -
Moo?"
"Ne. He woo 1 awaken to It. Hell 1.
ahead le the lest Imagining that be hes
detailed an spvl•hl. destiny. That's the
p.thotle part of It."
who is the object of your solicitude
a.ybow?"
"Old Mr. Jingleson."
"Why, be b one of the Ashes* men is
Sewn."
"1 knew 1t. That's why i feel sorry fee
him. I doe"ler whet there le for him
in enemy. TM ordinary softens, of gee
Ung the tailor or the rens paid haven't
any meaning for him whatever. It sues
be fsarfoly monotonous to have se emelt
money that you can't think of saytbling
10 do with It but hay op mon business
with which to make mon money."
HEART PAINS
Tin Heart and Aeries us Oftu
end Canso Prostntioa of tie
Entlrs System.
A Kingston Lady Testifies to Bcr Ex-
perience In the Use of N11ben's
Heart and Nerve Palls.
People who troffer from &$7 disease et
disorder of the heart nervous miter,
such as Palpitation, Skip Beats, Smother
ins or SinksagSenestion., Sleeplessness,
Weakness, Pale In the Head, etc., ca@ -
an abed to waste twee try .ug ~MOO
remedies, which have nothing more to
back up their claims than the bold aaaen
tions of their proprietor..
These dimmers are ton serious to pee
mit otyour e�xp.rlmenting with unfelt,.
rvndediee. Whenou buy Milbrp s
Heart and Nerve Pills, you know Toe
have behind them the teatrmomy ofthoua-
anda of Canadians who have been cured .
by their use. One of thew is Mrs. A.
W. Irieh, Oa Queen Street, Ringside.
Ont., who writes as fellows t
"1 here suffered for some yen with
a smothering seem d% caused by heart
disease. The severity of the pains la
my heart caused me much suffering. I
was Oro very nervnwrs, and my whole
system was mil down and debilitated
Hearing of Milburn's Heart and
Nerve Pills being • specific for three
troubles. I thought 1 mind try them, net
therefore got • boa at McLeod's Dreg
Stare,
They ■ffnrded me great rwli.f. having
toned up my avetem and removed the
distressing wymptoms frnen which 1 sef-
fered. 1 ran heartily recommend these
wonderful pias bis an sufferers from
heart lruuble,e
11111460....
tagat.lksr Nes ears amereeer•. Orr
seeisb4M dewillMslM- arse, On period.
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