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XVIRY THURMUAY MORNING
NY D. MrO!LLUCOODY.
Testi IIIP1%LD or-oui/TIVa
.Alas"
The spread of "Christian &lenoe"
In artist Britain has beretat'oewent-
tracOHt but little attention. The
Laadret treats It as a stupid tad. "to
vs. Laughed to death." "an absurd
Tlilltb.Ylo.vY, APRIL 27, 1899. (arra go ut aonhswre," but the Eng-
- _ andleaf .. Basile��1
Reviews says i ooneueserable number
ut people are allowlug themslves to
be led astray by the ridiculous clalme
of thee e 'elf -styled 'scientists.' and
the sou mer a check s put upon the
muvemaut the better for the sanity
and wail belugtof society." It the eel.
tad:)fai.s the platter Is vlttferent. The
Medical _Record says :
Whether; Christian ('('Penne s epread-
fug In ()neat Britain or not we can-
1,0t
anout ray, fait the unfortunately we de
kuov, that in New York State mud
city the cult is progressing by leaps
and bounds. The estimate has been
recently tirade that there are thirty
eight churches and coungegatlote iu
tin Stade of New York. with a mem-
bership of about thirty thousaruf. the
city and vicinity supplying to this
total thirteen churches. The state-
ment s put forward that in the whole
country t'hrtstlan uclentsts number
nearly u minion. If, then, there are
wareese was tea /are taw Bntrlrrtid oiretyda. a mlllioa ludlvlduale )polish
emategb to ire guided try such •stews(' '
t alder toad if converts are being
gained at a rapid rate, It would cer-
tainly appear that in some Inetniie .
repreeulve ane asures about(' be taken.
As bas been p -Anted out before In the
Medical Recor 1, the law does not
I ROOKVILLR P. flIUMND.
There wait as ale tta u lu Brvck-
vine Tlhureday. Tile tultaat was ren
tiered ne o saety by the death of Iyon.
J. F. Wood, ('o strolk,r of Osamu;
en the We. 'tory eloverttreet t, and the
mestatuency being one of thus gerry-
mandered to mike it rade Tory refuge
their esthete Mule up their minds to
risk everything on tile chance of hold-
ing 1t. They elute Igen. Peter White.
ex Speaker .i the Amer, as tier can-
didate, wlt(ie the L4b.su selected
Mr. W. R. Ocpysfock, • kneel auuu, as
titer rtandtrd-bearer. The cadgea4gn
was a lively woe, parllaeserrterIaes
- from the oPeoeling forces waking the
riling n sate/ibis oratorical tattle
flek1. One feature of interest in tits
54 the home of MsJur Walsh, agahlst
whom the Tupperinn Yukon slanders
were levelled, and the .leneeon of the
electors le naturally looked upon as
to some extent exprrming their views
upon the matter. The eowt'elsdcto of
a Tory majority of 232- IrtO a Lib-
eral
IDeral majority of 248 er rs,me.vethae
chilling to the Tory bosses and oor-
respxndingly Searing to the Lib.
era The Opposition organ in Brae/r-
oadie prcwtttuted tts columns to -
West pceroeal abatis ofellirrOr Com
stock, and all the arta of the rode!bach'
Imamfnaturers wore tried to alien•
ate the workingmen's votes from the
Liberal candidate. And the electors
have geven their answer.
Comae has turned -leer face toward
the ri•ting ern of national pre.pee-
▪ tty. She haw row a Government that
saets the interest of the whole Imo-
jie, not the favor of sections and
ceases; it stands for unite of in-
Seat, unity of pepoUe. egsaJKy to
ppportunity before the law, end that
'le a polky that appeals to all honest
Canadians. Br.t'bitlbe lies ('outing 41154)
fire ISberal ['O 1, aed there N m,
'Peery constitmeney 'today. in spite of
the ger•rytseander, that a safe for n
compel a perste .n presumably arrived
e a tie rage of discretion to call in a
doctor for him alt• he he slek even
unto death; but if be neglects to tiro -
vide proper hhred.Ical attendance for
h is cbtl•1, be does so at his own peril.
in the meantime h'• Is well that public
b' called. by seri
Ert1e1e/ u!l4 he me' refereed* to alxpve.
tee tis+ noariostcal .Wetrenes taught
by Mr,. Eddy and k,'•r disclpleN.
There, is ro amounting for the
epreotl elf peed tar beliefs. :slid
equally there is danger In presort,
lag "cheeks" or punishments. The
dlfflgaity Ise -the ease of ro-ealled
e O41OPtriaa Selesta t'- bS 4nr when
we tome to dent with infante and
tenons unable to decide for tihem-
sivee. That men or women should
trust their treatmeett for emcee to
" ('hrtrtutn Scientists," to quacks,
to faith uurlstcr, to all paths or
hnnieophthu may he said to be their
own Ix1Niuesr. If a man prefers' to
take the " denial " of a Christian
Seiritist to quinine or calomel. why
>iiifillh'_9u4 7 .easelat'•tsM usgaOarstert sefeet ie • Eat
Ss ire smQy 07„ the N. P. of the how 5,, .kul witlh dalaren and the
iotnes, andwhole weapons lire mentally incompetent? And how
fal's hood and dander. erre " checks " to be employed and
nine. effective 7 How are we to be
-* CftUWf16tDFi&? V011 TOrralt
The object of the Tory leadete in In-
troducing the Yukon matter •at this
Sags aid as an areendmeet to Ohs
addrves was to "pit the Ores -in a
hole." The amendment Wal not in-
toosid to expresta dissatisfaction *tilt
the Yukon adminirtratione nor as a
means of securing further 'investi)gt-
tion thereof, eof, bat Walt primarily a
stralgttt motion of want et confidence
in the Administration. It was also in-
tended to he nerd, and was used. meths
baste of a campaign cry to do service
in Brockville, where an election was
In propene, and to enable Tory speak-
ers ape organs to say harsh there
about the Goverment. The Opposition
had no (sltb ln-thelr "changes"; they
did not care a straw about the offi-
cials; their object was to•mako parti-
san capital, to discredit the MFnistryl,
eapeclally Mr. Milton, against whom
all the batteries of slander • were
turned. The Tupper(' father and son.
vetted on him their fiercest ezecra-
tlore, but when challenged to make
charge. agalr a the Minster, the,
took refuge In retreat and cowardly
ineenuatloos uneisr cover of Parlia-
mentary privilege. -
Batt. there is an end even to the .ver -
Malty of a campaign of slander, and
it came Out night, when a division
was reached. and In a House of 149
membees a majority. of 58 reiestercd
lis disbelief In Tory saoerlty and Its
oentlempt for Tupper tootles Seventy-
eight members were absent Or paired,
and two mate are vacant. Hon. John
Ometigan 'voted with the Liberals.
Twenty days of debate. posting the
country ataxy thousands a dinars,
has been wasted in this Ta*serlan
Wort to get mel to stick on' the
amber. of the Government. The
Widnes, of the seen on has been de-
layed, and the world has been treat-
ed to the slight of a nalieloo-4 Oppo-
sition attempting to dire'rtsdlt abroad
Canadian management of Canadian
territory by p14554rg with alien ad-
venturers to fasten scandal on of-
ficial's awl <el Mlnsteria The exhi-
bition has been a humiliating are ;
let is hope that we have seen the
end d. it, slid tlwt when Mr. Ogilvie's
report is received. if further action
shoul.i be deemed by Grit or Tory
54r le' advisable, there will be no more
display of Tupper methods', but a busl-
u pu,-llke and straightforward protes-
tation of chargee and demand for 11 -
query. To watt -proselyte there wW
be no rerdatanoe. No Minister will
try to s leen a wroth(' er. No member ,
of Parllnmena will be likely to desire
to Imitate the course of 8lr Charles
1Hbbert Tupper and hs wupporters
la the dhcredltable campaign witch
the Hones last night etamecl with
Its disapproval.
sure that we do not inflict a wrong
In trying to prevent u wrong? Ftsfu-
cation le all very well. and perhaps
the bests way of letting the public
know what " Chrietist' Science " is
or claims to be, is to give some of
the statements' of those who call
themselves "Christian Scientists."
Certulnly they are sweeping enough.
although we cannot say soesench
for their lucidity. From tkftlifash-
ingtou News Letter. an orgea of the
t. we quote: _
The practice of medicine originated
4,000 years ago in saperstitlolt and
witchcraft, and has been nourished by
human lgysoranoe and credulity. It is
Indeed pitiful to follow tie course of
forty osn$ rl/ie 01 drugging --of human
effort to eradicate the sufferings,
palm and diereses of humanity by ma-
tertat remedies --end note the antmc-
e steful ultimate -over n thousand new
ds'asem, a steadily decreasing average
of lorrg-.tlty up to 1866 the advent of
Christian Sclemoe), and a mortality re-
port. showing that only 4(51 out of
1.000,000 die of old are The balance
of the million, beerlg a small per-
centage which perch by accident,
pea out throuirh the ravages cad dis-
enae after the ekIll cattle material doc-
tor and drt%s oat n11 devr'rlpttons have
acmmplsMd their heat.
Put that in your pipe and smoke It,
ye men of pips and p,thna! And mare's
more:
"And As& It the thirty and ninth
year of lde relglf was diseased In has
fele, until hla disease was exceeding
Croat ; yet In hie deems he sought not
514. Lord. hat Lire physlelans. And Asa
slept with lila fathers, and deed In the
one and fortieth year of hs reign."
Note the repr,aaehful trend in the
Ifni "Yet In his dlseasr Ian Nought not
the Lord. but the Wry/Actium" ; also
note the finality, "he deed with hie
.fathetae ,
i Perhaps a few of the cases of heal-
ing as told by the healers w111 make
Interesting reading. Here are some
ley family doctor had previously
told me that I mhould look well to
my heart. for it was beating very
)irregularly. and sometimes It dropped
a heat in about every five. I concluded
that my span of earthly existence
was about ended. At that date I be-
lieved that the heart governed Me,
iut now I know that life governs the
heart, nal I do not know why 1 no
not greed for fifty years of Chlltian
fectenee woek, for my 1rlencie say that
1 look fifteen or twenty years younger
e4►an I did six years ago, and my heart
te beating quite regularly. • I weigh
twenty-five ponnda more than i did
When Christian science commenced to
unfold its glorious troths to my con•
.define.
In May. 1891. I was healed of
chronic rheumatism and typbold fever.
Theehestaeatism attacked the when a
boy and (to Nene) I suffered many
ears. Then i heard of Christlnn
Iemoe, and was placed ander treat-
ment. On the ninth day the rheu-
matic pine left me. Two does after
i wets taken with typhoid fever and
In leas than three weeks was healed
of the claim. 1 know now It wan
pimply what Christian Scientists term
chemicalizntlon, stirring up of old
morbid conditions No they rould pass
awny to their native nothlngneer.
The first .Inv 1 got out of bat for n
little while, )set next day D dreamed
myself and went not healed.
1 have been In Silence new nearly
eight years and have had many chiles
.hiring that time.
Soma lades venal me one evening
and the .objet of Cisrlrthan licence
came op. One of the tulles rail, "Well
I know one thing etre; I have a wart
on my neck." I at coos decbtred1 the
truth rmentally amt audibly, and In
.bay or two she mad, "Well. I don't
)mow where In the workl that wart
has gene, or wfssat ft want; but it's
not cm nay nark."
A rase of rennesneyfloe : I the urged
to toot LINA Man for ten months
or seem, but nas=al; but wise the
phyaesta s ('pave her bee a taw days
to eve, 1 yieseled to the last my for
help, rune foug-ht a elamse to !rattle
for Abortt han an )Nae with the last
enemy. in about a week she was able
to take a 'rip of several hundred
nuns, and sour menthe kits wrote
bank tivat 1she never had been no well
to her life.
A raise qi (snrr•lsfb• NOW IsnnMirttle,
wrt.r4n a eight Wan ghee oety a few
to ilito ar•Nte. rdlaeved in a
Now that the Tory attack on the
Yukdn officials luta been dlepnaei of
the Taranto • World m tggemtivPly re
suaeke: " The neap that reaches us
from Dawson ('ity mnatly melee
through United Staetem news agencies
and United Kontos newepnper*. The
/tete of affairs is designelly Mint -
presented la the American press."
Rpeakirg of the two Monet Yankee
w -ho madtr the pllgrImnere from
Mil
Dnw-
sosh to Ottawas tJ, make ..ertaln der
mania on the (internment, the London
*we saint: "Why not give the fellows
• --1he *14.1. territ.ry, to 1e. Minp*R
teas1 a pstemt from the ('ren ? I',*.
dW, however, this would bend to a
karst for the abolition of reglstra-
idea fee," And probably Sir Chart*
NIbbert Tapper and hie friends woill
Jobs In denouncing chstgas for rests
gratin= we extortion and mileage on
the Yard,' r>intweee of Asv'alopwent.
tear ad (''ter sad in a few days was
tits well as ever. _Ittoh puaded the
phA gofers welch the pbyalc4ta pro
u.u- - ed thetwable, sayber It would go
to the and elide asltt was
I abwtlt but
mica, slid Mita I wade tate wooed
pall ttItwg mos; dtwllpprtarlog, as 1
sea lnloe�tl, right away ; but the
Ma.phyprofiteer rs the 'm-
ew
ie r f.ostftt7mfby tie e ' -
fw later.
A case of otaaoer: Patient given no
holm: sheaves advised to take her
ht the country and groat her eutfbleat
to ckaden the pato and let
iter u low as e b
that
way. Belle going to the country,
by acadent, her attention was called
to Christian 8dsnoe by a lady friend,
and as a Mia remora wlthast ezpeo
tannin of miter, etre obtained the ger-
vans of a Chreetitale heater, and in a
very abaft time were steely cured,
absolutely and perfectly, not bav-
ktg a Mark where before, to moire,
the awful sores had exhibited them-
selves
hewselves Dr. Martha (who was la Hum
Ytun a few days argot examined her
throat and - saw that the woman
was perfectly healed.
There's testimony foe you. a.uyway.
We emitter that we do not just un-
derstain tbs modus operandi, but It
seem. to be se may -no pills to swal-
low or draeghte to drink -anti so
cheap. the real material twlog-Je Me -
lett, thatwe Aai'S wander the pa-
tients who recover so magloally like
to spread the glad Weeps We ole
verve that dines "eclentletee point
to the last chapter of the Garpel by
St. Mark as bearing out their claims.
heiling lVe risk being one of the signs
cot belief. That time statement, how-
ever, would require the "*t rrttlets" to
be abler to subsist et pruritic acid, bi-
ohloritie of mercury. atrycndine. etc..
and to handle poisonous mementos with
Impunity. ,'Isn't It asking us to take
a good deal on trust to believe that
theta people do Leese these ? 14 doer
not neem to help our underutandsea
that Mrs. Feely tells us
Where dlvtIe love gains admittance
to a humble heart. that Individual
ascends the scale of miracles and lista
the warmest wee of men and angels.
Jesus gave Hs dlaclplee (students)
power over all [Wanner of diseases ; and
the Bible was written In order tett
all peoples, In all ages, should have
the same opportunity to become
etu.dents of the Christ, Truth, and
thereby God -endued with power *know-
Ioelge et divine law) and sects follow-
ing. •
BEN PARROTT
TO TIff GALLOWS!
1lDITINO UNCIAL V*leilAGL
The 1Jaaanchusetts Senate bas' ad-
drreai leer to S. teeth'-' It 155M ll'IMM
PEI reform In Canada, torr -of editing or
twilling down the verbiage employed
In real estate conveyer's*. What l
intended la shown In the provisions to
substitute the word "grant" for the
formula "give, grant, bargain, sell,
and convey" ; making " release" or
"quitclaim" serve for " convey, re-
mise,
esmise, release, and for ever quit-
claim" ; abbrevlating " assign, trans-
fer. and set over" to " assign," and
to permit the four words "statutory
powee of sale" to do the work of
nearly four hundred. While the legal
mind inveighs against "surplusage,"
yet there are no formulas more rank
with it, rank with iteration, damnable
and otherwise, than ere the legal
formsdaa, and what the lawyer's
"Mid," In many or moat inetnnacen,
Lacks of being a volume would not
ire matter enough for u newspaper
paragraph or one of Aeaop'e choice
little fable.; -the latter, examples to
condensation that lawyers and lay-
men alike may study with profit.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
" Sifton must go !" shrieked the Mall
and Empire. and It looked to Brock-
ville for approval of its cry.
if Foster had made a few more
speeches In Brockville Comstock's ma-
jority might have reached t 500.
Somebody please tell those two Yan-
kee editors of the Dawson Nugget
that Brockville has been heard from.
One naughty Grit and one equally
naughty Tory are accused of crooked-
ness in connection with the Brock-
vtlle election last week -ballot -stuff-
ing they rail It. Mr. Cotnstock'a ma•
jorlty ens not obtained by any much
ramie as that.
Great Indignation has been aroused
In England by the rumor, unfortun-
ately ton well authenticated, that sur-
vivors of the Stella. when taken on
hoard the Vera, a sister ,tale wet and
exhausted. were not given any food
or stimulants until passengers out of
pity purchased comforts for them.
The British public will mark their
eoutempt for melt conduct in It very
effcetive manner.
The Mall and Empire *omelets
bitterly because Mr. SUton hunted
down the Manitoba election frauds.
" yet, when there were frauds re.
ported from the Yukom he Fernand
to stir a Pet. Why the difference?"
There IN no difference; the House
Um awaiting a report of the Inquiry
krto the alle4ations of wrongdoing
in the Talmo.
At Brockville Sir Charles Tapper
made a personal attack on Hon. Mr.
Sift n, sneeringly alleging that be-
fore he entered politica he was a
poor man, unable to p 111111
The Insinuation was that he was
making politica pat. The Times
remarked on the andeelty of each an
attack mmHg from Ser Charles,
who entered public life In poverty
and who irate been recently credited
with monsoon wealth gathered dor
41g years of pantie service.. The
Spe•tater !metes to asset. Its rend -
es that Sir Charles Is " a poor
mane' The Times Is not prepared
to accept the Spectator a, nn
authority, mnrh Ise a dleintereeted
witness. 81r Charles is "well need •';
Ire hu, fared well at the hands of
his countrymen. Bat U he were
as poor es when he entered pebilo
Mil, Me attack would stili ha
warranted as the prodigality that
left him tenor ,iter a lifetime of
rich reward for he services werild
he miserable.
The Matricide's Doom Fixed for
June 23.
INSANITY PLEA WAS UNAVAILING.
Story of the Awful Crime of February 8 on Steven Street --The Testimony
as Presented to the Court -Strong Effort of Counsel for Prisoner -
Jurors Evidently Did Not Think film Irresponsible ---The Judge's
Question as Submitted to the Jury --Prisoner's Stolid Indifference at
itis Sesteace-A Short Trial.
(Hameton Times, April 19th.)
Wimp ate ictal g[ tde_iteillieleta I'ar
rott on the ctrarge of murdering iia
mother. Bridget Parrott, war begun
at the Atrium at 9 o'olek th1*
mooting, the court•ruom was
crowded as far as that portion of
It free to spectators was oonoern-
ed. The prisoner bud but 11Ltie color.
but gave ao gamier indication of
feeling his position. He maintain-
ed a watchful attitude throughout
the morning, but the story of bru-
tality. as told try the witueesoe, me-
sterei to ankh no impression on
elm. He was plainly, every poorly.
dressed. and with closely cropped
hair and heavy features. pretreated
anytblug but a prepossessing appear-
ance.
Mr. J. J. McLaren, Q. C., appeared
for the Crown, and lir. Geo. Lynch-
8taunton for the defence.
The calllag oaf a jury did not oc-
cupy many mauut*. there being ab-
solutely no ctualle ngea. The men
'elected for this lmpertaut position
were William Ridge Juhn B. Leyte,
M. J. Ireland, Jeseplh Nelson. Wm.
Hlldreth. Joseph Turnbull. John Mc-
Cormack. Kenneth McKenzie. Henry
Clement, Geo. F. Griffin. Brouk'Ly-
ons and Geo. Carter.
Walter Jacknoo, the young Man
who witnessed the' ner's attack
on Its ',other, on the afternoon of
Feb. 8M, swore that wither he was
Walking c»wn etteven street abort -
t) atla"t''J iYtltl@t'YDD^t11'Nd1� Yri uses
tion, he saw M!. Parrott run out
of her hotate,-followed by the prison-
er, who carried an axe- The latter
caught up to the old wudm'ui on the
irouievervf and struck per on the
arm wltL the axe. .►.s she tottered
be struck her again on the head. He
saw the axe raised for a third blow,
but a pumlog wagon intervening,
shut out 111e Yew of that blow. Wit -
nes. asked 4m driver of the passing
team Why he did not help the wo-
man, and he repie.l that ne could not
stop las horses. Jackson then went
up to Taylor's gra ery and got the
proprietor to telephone for the po-
les: The latter wee chary about do-
ing this at first, thinking Iia ocoa.
stn was imply that of one of the ire,
quent and consequently
fights W the Parrott hou
. io Mr. Staunton witnes eakd be
haad known Parrott seven or eight
years. He had never heard any of
the neighbors, but had heard some of
his own acquaintances, refer to the
prisoner aa -Crazy Parrott.'
Willie Burges, a email boy. was
the next vette:icor. He said that from
the street In mar of the Parrott
house he saw the preoncr at the
back door and sale the door slammed
against him. Parrott then went to
the barn and got tin axe with which
he smashed in es
the dour. Witness
then ran ardund to Steven street to
see Mrs. Parrott come out. and his
boyish curiosity was fully natlsfeal.
He swore t, lowing Mrs. Parrott
struck with the axe wielded by her
son and seeing the old woman fall.
William Dornan, the next witness.
told nothingnew In the case. He
saw Mrs arrott struck once by
her eon. the wagon. which interfered
with Jackson's ♦talon, effectually
blocking his views of the other blows
also.
Robert Rlcbnrdvon. colored, who
liven on Nightingale street. about it
block and a half from the Parrott
bowie, gave very important testi-
mony. He said that shortly after the
time the murder was rommitted, he
went out to his own barn to get a
pall of water and was met by the
prisoner. who came running but of
the barn. Prleoner'a first re-
mark was. " I)an't .a noth-
Ing." Wltnele naked what was
the matter. and Parrott replied,
"I have killed my mother. I have cut
the - -- -- head off with the
axe, and I meant to do it."' Parrott
further pulled one )hard out of hs
pocket and stowed witness K fresh
cot, remarking that he mother had
bit him. Tote hand 1sad coraelderable
blood on it. Parrott wanted to know
U he coned hide In Richardson's barn,
bort wttnrav told him to get off the
place. Parrett then went out of the
barn yard, heading for Ring street.
Mr. Staunton tried unereeesefally to
alter Rtcharden's teetimooy. Wttneen
thought Parrott had been drinking,
bot he certainly wee not drunk at the
time.•-
favld Hobbit, one of Parrott's fellow
carters, said he had known the pris-
oner for eaves! yearn He had irr-
quently had conversations with the
prooner regarding fight* at (home.
Shortly before the murder Parrott
Md told hlm that his mother Ind
thrown hs clothe* out of the horse
again, and he had added, "1'11 kill her
yet, If i hang to It."
wi
To Mr. Staunton witn.sold thnt
ro
Partt had always lived under pecu-
liar home conditioner. HP had left homea, several ooemslons, nrd lived in a
bane on 1T.. street. and also In n
rifler drnnieile on Jackson *treat.
Witness knew thnt Parrott was p
man of n queer way of living. He ate
little of anything but meat, and drunk
A grent deal of whiskey every day.
Onnatable Walsh, who answ'rerl
the commons to pollee hendgnsrteri
at the time of the mneder, te.tifiM
to seeing lire. Parrott Iyt10 r on the
bnnlevard in front of her house, in n
dying condition. Later on wltnt.s
found an axe, covered with bled, id
the Parrott bairn. •
geratemnior Prentlee precise] the
Nee Tn mart, and It wan Identified
as this (mind cry Walsh.
Dr. Edger end le. fMrkbnrn testi
need en to the nature of M!. Per-
mitter injuries. The latter wan at
the wmmnn's Olde before she was
dead, bet found that two of her
three wvruy,4e were 'sufnelent to
dens. lentil. The worst isle war
® the head, where a pottier' of the
Metal sad brsMs had been rat away.
nooutwble CrnlrkNhank, who ar-
rested Parrett a few minutes after
7 o'ekwk on tite evening of the mur-
der, erplatnsd 514. clrenmstaneea of
the *rest, wtilrh Link plows at the
W. i, Hamilton. inagyrtor of inland
RMrens.dledeery mmeleely aS Ms home
to Wteenie the morning, of heart
trouble, from welch he had beisate
tori* for about a menti. ,.
morner of Wentworth awl King
✓ tra.M. After is was hnncieuffe4
Parrott observed to the ntfirs- that
his would probably "get the rape"
Ase . what he had Iww >shiee
was Mins owvsysie 40 the Pollee
Station be did oomelerabie pursing
Ib 1114 • �Bked. Lshit lm
led film
a street - oar at . the corner of King
and Mary streets. the praaoner had
remarked to the conductor, " ell
get this," and ,nada a salon of his
manacled hands towards her throat.
Tide ended the mase for the proae-
eutloo.
' The Delmore.
It was evhlemt by the mode of Mr.
Stsuntun's c•ruer-exctlnloatkn of wit-
ness up to thee point, that the line
taken by the defence woukl be that
Parrott wos inane. The first wit-
ness called for the defence was the
prhioner's father, Benjamin Parrott,
cantor. He said that he had lived on
Steven street atom 1872. 13e Thad
had ten elhtkh•en, of whom, seven were
yet living. One of ahem, William, was
now In Site asylum Some years ago
he haat been lu for three valet aid
was dl.c!o 1 es cored. He had to
go hack again, however, and had been
in the asylum over a • year. The pri-
mmer was about 30 yen! of age,
spa bad star P& Iso'rr.
dlhd anotias of 111pailty. He was born
with 'conviisloast irat at the age bf
18 he had grown out of then& For
several yeast, however, he had been
subJect to fita of violent tearer, to
which he apgetaral quite ready to
oomunt any crime. Witham
odd Me home life lull pracUcally
been foil of drunkenness and strife
for 15 years. During all that time
his wile had been drunk almost con-
tinually. the had meow of a family
dist were as bad aa (herself. Witness
thougbt she was ontzy es well as
her ton. Her brother, Wm. Hanley,
he claimed, wrier practically Insane
thratgb drink, and another brother,
Daniel Henley, while under the in-
fluence of ikinor, had wont hs wife's
head open with a cleaver. Contlna-
log, witness told o1 many of his son's
actions, which he thought, proved hes
to lee ksrano. Witness had prevented
the pri•uuer, once, from killing his
own brother, Daniel, w-Iho h1 now to
the United States army. Ben. al -
way. hill two or three revolve!
atoned Il* hoose," matinees] Par.
rott, "and frequently Sot around the
yank at nights. The neighbors one
peeled of the nuisance, but I was
afra t to say anything to )him or
even go oat for fear I would et
meat He l a Hight orroe with
halold
mal McQuillan, on the tartar's stand,
and tried to stab him When he
fought he ecratcehosl and 1,1t his op-
ponent'. He' •anteap5 acted like a
crazy man around the hoose. I•re-
guently the woght be annoyed at the
crowing re chickens In the yard. 11.
would tell them to stop, and because
they did not obey 11*, he would
wring their meeker and then
'throw them on the dungheap.
FHe and los mother were continually
at war with each other. They fought
for any or no excuse whatever. Hts
mother drank ns much ns Ire did, and
that was n lot." Containing, the prim
peer's father said that he had several
tervs narrowly escaped merlons lujury
nt the hands o1 Ila son. Once loo wne
struck by Benjamin, jun.. on the shoul-
der with n epode, and laid up for
weeks. Another time the boy threw a
'brick aS tile mother, and it struck the
witness. Because of the fighting be-
tween mother and son the latter was
nen allowed Into hie perent, home.
Some time before the murder, witness.'
had complained to the Msglatratn of
his eon', Panty, and warned the
legirtrste that he wend murder
ennwhedy If he wan allowed at Inrge.
Ndvtwithetan4ng this the Magistrate
hnd let the prisoner off with n fine of
41 -and a warming to keep cut of the
Finns". About n month before the mur-
der the prlaen.•r was taken 111, areal was
thmight to be dying. He ens allowed
Into the hese again, and slept on a
loners In the kitchen. His mother
spent half her nlghim at thte time
extorting and threatening` her hick eon
"The stay of the mueler," maid Par
tuft, "I eawtiBen drink n qnart of
whiskey milting by the stove in the
kltehen. i knew he was In one of
his crazy vette. and when I sew him
on the carter.' stand Inter In the
forenoon I made him promise me
that ho wouldn't an home to dinner
so that he wouldn't run foul of hie
mother. I put my armms *rowel my
wife'. neck before I went out and
hogged her net to cross Ben. In any
way, If he did tome hemp. When I
told him not to comp home, he esald
ho wouhl kill somebody yet 11 they
didn't quit bothering him. HP could
Coke Inrgr quantities of whiskey and
It appetite/el to have little or no ea,
fret on him."
To Mr. McLaren, the primoner',
father int added to the detail's of
his hard experience as a tastilly man.
Ho meld that _hjt wife drink np ev-
th^ t N-.;rg_ - and he believed
WAR e=ail well ns tMr prls-
mn.r. HPI that the latter was
not re enable for his action. nn
Lbw .lea of the oto der, nithough ad-
mitting that 1e ordinary matters con -
fleeted with kis daily work ho was
sone enough
Willem Preened. went on the
.tend, bet declined to say that he ton• w
Wired the prisoner crazy, although w
d known Met Ice Sere
Herbert Fenton had kuoen the pre
,peer fur yeah, and thought him of
weak mind.
Goo. J. Raynor, a grocer. whore
abop Parrott often vlrlted, was wee
that his oustomer was crasy. Ile said
that the prisoner alwey■ bought the
beat goods In the store, such as suited
turkey, (hlokest eta.. and paid cash
fur them. His talk while making these
purolhaaes was Invariably of a silly
nature:- Frosettili+wn-lrainedsdge of
the tough nature of the Parretti'
home life, Raynor rid not think the
prisoner's father had exaggerated the
oaae at all.
John Wright, who rep*L'e gull. eta..
mid that the prisoner about throe
month(' before the murder left a re-
volver with him to be fixed. Witness
kept It from Parrott for three
menthe because of the man's threats
that Ire was going to kill somebody
who was steallug his chickens and
dogs. Witless always oonsidered Par-
rott Insane, and haat known him for
yeal.
The case was concluded about
11.35, and Mr. Stauutw. shortly
after, began, he address to the jury.
and. fur about twenty minute*. en-
deavored to convince toe jury that
all the evidence pointed to Parrott's
Insanity whew he killed his mother.
Mr. Staunton urged the jury to di-
vest their minds of all the prejudice
naturally areeiog from the brutal
aatere of the crime. and dwelt at
leagtln car the low nasal training
w4TTch Parrott had evidently had.
and claimed that his home life was
surrounded by misery and eln that
would but foster the evil bent of
Ills dteetred mind. Ile pointed out
the evil characterieticr that evl-
deutly rut through the mutter's
family, and were la her and also re-
ferred to the fact u( the prisoner's
brother being lu the Asylum as being
a atrewg indication of weak Intel-
lect It the premier. Hereditary
taint of title nature and an Inherent
love for over indulgence In strong
renegued had negued a ltrlaeser's will
power until ha did not know right
from wrong If Parrott did theklll.
trig 1n the heat of patriot the law
hot a that his crime mead only be
m:uhluughter. The crime might heed
been the• result of an accumulation
of rho hate of years In a weak-mind-
ed man's heart, and the ebntroversy
with We mother, which reveled In
the murder might have been " the
last straw" to a burden of had home
ataochatlona. The animal like way in
which Parrott lived, and his queer
actions ler years. combined with the
manner in which he treateeetin7Was
treated by tae mother, were paged
as reasons why the Jury ah0al1 f
him *muse.
The addreer of the Chown Pzeseca-
tor lasted ken than ten minutes, and
1t contained little of oinela1 moment.
He snouted the idea cot inertaity as
bektg abated In view of the evelsce
adduced that the premier was •
pretty setierled feraer'dn. titins s4,,-
01 life. The brutalityof the
crime, wale 1b itself, no evence of
the prtsoier's insanity. The Crown
Prosecutor impsewed upon tJte
the fact that Parrott, 1n converse
tint with Hubble, had threatened to
kill hie brother, acid also that the
prisoner, heel evldeothy, m
atioeme-
ver a with Wchardsoa, at -
ter Isle crime, thoroughly
understood the, nature and serousuws
of his crime. Recognized Insanity In n
family was no evidence of Its exist-
ence in all the members of that fam-
ily. The reason for Wm. Parrott's'
Insanity had not been clearly shown,
and it wee nnderrtocxl to be not tiered-
ttary in this Dale. At any rate no
medical testimony was offered as to
1'atrott'a condition of mind, and as
such was easily available it was a
remarkable thing that the defenoe
had not called experts In this line.
Judge Armour's charge to the Jury
was en able presentation of the facts
of the case, as brought out
lu the testimony, and It was
ekeldedly agetout the prisoner.
The Judge evidently took little
stock in the Insanity plea and alio
pointed out that there was no lack
of evidence to show mahlefons ISOp5
on the part of the prisoner to com-
mit the crime. (However. he al ur-
ged the Jury to carefully wet all
the evidence ant pointed out at 1f
tbry decided Parrott was insane, he
would be _Incarcerated In an asylum
perhaps for life. perhaps only for a
short period, If he became motored
In mina in ronrludon, the Judge !sub-
mitted the following questions to
the jury for their guidance In erre-.
Mg at a verdict :
Was the offense committed by the
primer when Initorirg under net -
oral imbecility or disease of the mind
to such an extent it, to render him
incapabe of appreciating the nature
and quality of IM act anti knowing
that such act was wmree?"
Thti Jury retired at 1242, and at 2
o'clock returned a verdict of gulity.
The edginess In the court -room could
almost be felt during the minute that
elapsed between the will call of the
jury and the delivery of the verdict,
rhe relief following the extreme ten -
aloe el that brief period found expree-
uiorr In a general movement through-
out the large audiences.
Parrott wile then milled upon to
wend np, arid .rude Armour naked him
If he had anything to any why sen-
tence. ahead not he passed on him. Ile
replied IA the negative. He cheeks
were flashed and his eyes glietsened
with supposed excitement.
"Yon have ben found guilty," raid
the Judge, "of murder committed nn•
der circumstances of most herbawian
atrocity, and your trial has oven
well conducted. You have had the
benefited' clever counsel. and your
rase has come before a jury of ex-
crptloRal Intel]
aThJ
co•,clu he l with tn'nl forme al -,a doer
such otcasfon,, sentencing the pris-
oner to death, by hanging, the date
of the execatlon tring fixed for Jane
23rd, and the place the Barton
Street Jell.
Parrott. although apparently some.
what bewllolere i by the tern emits
had tatl4l, reamed his seat. bat was
soon smiling, at aogmalntancese who
caught hie eye ne he left the roart
room.
DIAT$e IN ONTARIO.
The Total iron Oonsnmptlon for March
- was 986, a Record.
The increase of deaths from eon-
sumptlon In thin Province enntin-
urs. In the monthly report of the
Nerd/wird lioxttri of Health for
kanrrh, isomer! by Dr. Rryre pester
day, the deaths, (rem eononropvtlon
amber 235, an ngalrst 215 foe
February, n'hirh was the previous
mono, for nee month In Ontario.
Deaths from all camas numbered
2,961, as against 2,15655 In February.
Thio e a merit higher death rate
compared with previous years. hot
that a accounted for by the fact
that before last January rmlydeaths
sweet by emntagions Athwart were
noted In tie. repontic
Depths farm oodeagloun ('►wase. la
Mae•I1 were: Snaarlatea 86, dtph-
therla 25, measles' 2, whoopceg rough
9• typhoid 17,
IM )♦rote, Both Drowned
Winnipeg Man., April L'(1 --A sad
/tor) of phure drowning le the Mine-
toii*. Creek Tote just reached the eity
from Dauphin. Two ehll,ren n1 a
settler namot Reynolds. who formerly
Ilved at Owen Found, were coming
the stream nn the lee, when it gave
ay, preelpitnting both into tis
-Este>,�
7 was remtued, but ('lad next
day from the sheet.
Market Reports
The Week,
looms/ W4.ate artey,o _
devat . - a*S14* 54
Jr'uliowlug are the Masan( any h
deg hulrurtant *0 : IOay
Nowl YC k ,,, .., •" �- So 'h 1.4
077 7-8
Ijt. Laois ....,. ,,. 070 0 77
Talwin .., .,. ,... ., 074 1-4 0 74 5o
))(''twit ............ 0 741.4 0 74 7.8
Duluth; Noe 1
e. 0708.4 __
Ikut Na 1 harii.. 074 --._
)Onnaai ig4Im • • • ---- 070 8-8
'hrr'an'to, red ....., ... 0 70% -
--
eleventh, Na 1
hard (aro) ,........ 080
-Orals sad Produce at Toronto
ltmmttu, Alit 22. -Pier -unto
bs�, 13 38.70;
etesdgltt rollers, 58,10 40 18.20 ;
; gts-
twLperte, n54.t038t.o0.$4ta('.
Wheat -Ontario. red and white, ece
uorth and west ; gots. 650 to Imo
norand west; No. 1 Mnnetnorth
hand, 80c at 15Ronto, and Na 1 N.
tlhern as 77c. Prices mss- assiaat
920 00s-WWblte palls geotgd at a 1 xo waste
Rye --Quoted apt 54e.
Barley -Quoted at 42 to 45c west.
Buckwheat -Firm; 48c north end
50c east.
Bran -City mills sell bran at ell.%
and shorts at 815.50. In oar kna
f. o. b., Toronto.
Corn -Canadian,- 860. wort, eat
American 41 to 42c. on track here.
Peea-Bold at 65e. north and west.
In ear Iota
Oatmeal -Car bis of roller'
bags. on track In Toronto, $3 80. is
barrels. SABO.__�
K Lawrie* 1•arkeut
Toronto, April 22: Reoelpts .,1 fare
produce to -day were Ilgbt-5 load. of
grain. 10 of hay. and a talc supply od
butter and eggs.
Wheat, steady ; one load of red acid
at 71 1-2c. per bushel ; two lead« el
goose sold at 631.2 to 66c.
Oat., firm; two loads sold at :the
per bushel.
Hay, scarce and firm at lie to ell
per tun for timothy, end Cis rr a1
47 to $8.50.
Straw -'.lone offered.
Potatoes -Prices firm at till t.. t 0'
per tag ,retail, but oar luta w --e n
little ender at T5 to 79e per bag.
Fogs -Prices easy at 12c to lie
per dozen for strlotly pew -laid.
Butter plentiful at 15e to 20c, the
bulk going at lac to 17c per Ib. i
few chole. Iota of selected dairy to
estel sur. sold et Zee -Setae.
Poultry -falces firm at '75c to !)Oe
per pair for chickens, and turkeys
nt 12%e to 1(k per Ib.
Farm Produce Whols.ale 4* Tercets
Terunto. .April .-Hay, baled. car
lots, per um. $7.50. Straw. baled,
oar Iota. per ton Si to 14.50. Pota-
toes, oar iota, per bag. 75 to 7Nc.
Butter. choice, tubs, 12 to 13c ; made
um, tulle 10 to 11c ; dairy, Ib. rolls.
13 to 14c; large rolls. 12 to t:tc,
creamery. Ib. rolls. 10 to 20c. Eggs.
choice. new -lake 11 to 12c. Honey,
per Ib.. 8 to 7c. liege dressed. ear
iota. 111.10 to $5.25. Chickens, per
pals, 40 to 70c. Ducks, per pair,
50 to 750. Turkeys. per lb.. 12 to
18c. Turkeys. cold storege, Ib., 7
to 10c. Greve, per Ib., 6 to 7c.
ar►ttae' Markets.
Liverpool, April 22, 12.80. -No. h'
North.. spring wheat, 6e 4 1-81 (Du-
luth
Bouluth inspection); No. 1 Cat.. b &1 to
6s 5d ; red winter, 0. 0 1-9d ; Dorn,
new, 3. 5 1-2d ; old, 8. 6 3-4d; pas.,
5. 71; pork, fine, 45.; prism West-
ern mem, 42e ed ; hard, prime West-
ern, 27o 61; American refined, '.8s;
tallow. Auu4brallaa., 23. 9d: good to
418$, regelleolbiarten, a r., light. 29s ed;
1. c., light, 29. 6d; heavy, 29.; a a.
heavy, 2Br 6d1 ; ohms, bout white
and colored, 52e 6d.
Liverpool-Close-Spotwheat eon
at 6. 0 1-241 for red winter. Paters
tied winter• quiet at 5s 7 7-8d fur
May, and 5. 11 1-k1 for July. Malta
8e er 1-9d for new and 8. 6 8-4d for
old se t ; futures. 8s 5 1-6d for May
and a. 5 l -2d for July. Flour. 17s !kf.
London-Close--Wfeat. waiting or-
ders, 2; off coast firm; on primage
gnlet and lees' dl,pasltloo to bey.
Walla, arrived, 25. 7 1-2d ; Oreg rs,
Jan., 30e; Na 1 Nor., .team April -
May, 290 1 1-2d Austral:.an,
Feb.. 295 net. Make off comet nothing
doing; on pmenge quiet and Seedy.
Mixed Amerkwn, .all grade, steam
peerage, 16s 7 1-2d, odd parcel. Spot
Dan. maize. les 8d ; American, 17. :id.
S. M. flour, 29a 6dt1
Antwerp -Close -Recd winter wheat,
17f.
Pari. -Cloy -Wheat, 21f, 20c for
May and Aug. Flour, 42f 70c far
April, and 48f 40o for May and Aug.
leradstreet's
an Trade
Canauilan trade has beep brighten-
ed up by more 'Trete-like weather, and
the general oatice* has been im-
proved, althourrlt country roads are
still reported lin poor condition and
collections and retail distribution
somewhat retarded. Montreal reports
some Improvement, but collections
are rather backward. Navigation will
ceps II about two weeks. Tighter
money has 50(140d to lower stock goo -
tat ce s, while failures time reported
few and of little importations. The est-
eem to far done in Avail at Toronto is
the largest reported for that Period
for flee years set. Immigration tat
the Nnrthweat M very heavy, and
alepmettte of good, are large Cana-,
dlan lumbermen desire higher duties
on Anw rloan lumber, and some tariff
charges nae looked Por. trade 4
late In tie Maritime Provfiio , but
reports from the fisheries are good
and gold -mining is szpantud to be
active this season. Fligessw Priem Its
(umber 4t tie United Stales and New Ro-
+rope are expected to help the tum-
tier e ri n(/tak, e cut
I of whichtrad, hoverer,tBrenwUl th
11f �Mll. Vlc-
tore report. ally Imprmvsd n.ie
corydttlots and oolsctdous ('altar. trCao
atllnn bank clearings for last tweak ag-
gregate $28,957,974, an Hrer'sase of
19.' per cent. over the previous week
and of 58 per omit. over the oew-
rerpxwhi g week a year ago. Bue-
naeq failures a the Doneinkpn number
25, as against 81 the psevioes week,
27 In the cormagpt71ing wesk a ear
ago, A9 h 1897, 84 a 1806, at 28
h 1995.
Wa(.A11 CROP IN 0. 8
The Al report ofinn
dthaseoa iepartassnt Rt
Warl!titianof winter on Aprf too loos
Mum 77.9, Ami
1898 ; 81.4 oft 1 1 ,o1AOl. and e
t 'Isar averinat f 84.4�.}ppfp� wis-
her
average � tike- se -follows:
ass 91, Ohio 98 P ),suss 89, 11e 71,ole 7'10nee-
niaY 4 yksgoerl 79.
Oadforshe 916
wfOf ie prods** w•1rh ter
mart: df t total winter w eat acre
oontalshover 76 Per
24,riga('► a onedlAV th.h
N tan -roar tf
lar1C8.
There Inas best a lac=er Maris lion•
r lbs paid ten da a than t1)0 Mos
ibilr last year. to nem
*dam •t
harts hiviril
ham --rereOe4r� N V the Wr tis