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SPAAJB MOW TELE9RAPMe
'alters of int** hsa all Oyer
the World.
The Earl of W barucllffe 1s dead,
ag+d seventy-two years.
. yM. wWia.tu Vow uO a.nd smarty
have arrived at V vbr
The investigation Into Ottawa's ate
counts promises some revelation'.
Prof. Lawgelyes new (lying machine
tet as ruoosedul as his fortner one.
The Government of Morocou have ac-
oeeet totem de ones/ of Admiral 'lbw -
boa
It le reported at Vancouver that
the title of Dsatlmra'r Ideal 1s 'till
held by tib Imperial Government.
Wallace Mathew*. about 27 yeare
d age, committed *mold a at Ridge.
way by taking a dose of laudanum.
1lr. Coahtgeb,y Ralph Disraeli,
ulyppew of Lord Beaounst1eld. has
been severely Injured by a bicycle ac-
cident.
American gunboats Lyre opened
oeummrtcation with the Marab,bwm,
a Fillptno tribe at enmity With the
A•i%dp+arck free wasit►agtoa : aa-
uounee' that It Is Improbable .Alma
the Julut High Commission will meet
again.
The tax rate In London, Ont.. has
been flied mills.
ts ever
b collected
be the higIg hort rate
tbere.
The Montreal coat* operatives
have accepted an lncresae of 6 1-2
per went on their wages and 1-•
turned to work.
The new royal yacht Victoria and
Albert war launched at Pembroke,
the Duchess of York performing the
chrtrtwing ceremony. anchored
a
The .giei. enamor Chicago ie will prow
won the Suttee of itor0000 certain
Aeeriesa dolma
The Hill brothers have beenerrata-
d at Newsom charged with
steal-
ing the body of the late Mra Long
from 8Uisville Cemetery.
A seat 00 1110 New York Stock Ex•
change was sold yesterday for *40.•
0W, the highest sum ever paid. That
sum I. now bid for a tat.
111 sp.te of precautionary meaaures.
virulent smallpox Is spreading in Ger-
many. The disease was imported Into
that country by Ruwlan laborers.
Dumitru 1'oldto0. a peasant, reputed
to be 120 scan ia• hsBoy f at
n . He
left word saying
bert
The faculty of the University of Bir-
mingham
irmingham has gratefully accepted the
offer of Mr. Andrew Carnegie to rote
tribute theatre of £50,0011 to the unl-
tershty.
Rev. H. R. O'Malley, assistant min-
iRer, of St. Jude's Church, Montreal.
.Ines 1897, has accepted the position
of assistant minlater at Holy Trinity
Church. Wlonlpeg.
It be understood that the delegates
of Ureat Britain and of the United
States to the Disarmament Confer-
eucc will rapport each otheNn ad-
vocating a whims of arbltratloon.
The rebels captured during the re -
met fighting betweew ole EagUah
and Mande In the Br4U.h Sow -Loa
eetewdan district have been sen-
teooed to six months' imprisonment
at hand Labor.
The British Admiralty has decided
to abolish the torpedo nets with which
the erulser Cresceot, which is to be
the flagship of the North American
and West Indler equedron, le equipped.
Accenting to a despatch from Cairo
to the Daily Mali, the director of
the Egyptian museum has discovered
the mummy of Tlmotbmes I., of the
18th dynasty, B. C. 16.88. and three
ether inummles. In gilt coffins.
Near Laebnlu, Saxony. on the
R1vtx Mulde, a ferry boat, on willed]
was a picnic party tram the little
town of Rosa, became top-heavy
with the load and upset. throwing all
the p easeegesw into the river. Four-
teen persons were drowned.
About 8.80 yesterday morning 7..
Towetgnant, of Sherbrooke. Que., while
w esting In repairing Wolfe street
bridge with others. fell off the narrow
and loose planks which were stretched
over the girders. The water was very
.wilt and turbulent. and Touslgnant
was oarrled away and drowned. Ile
leaves a widow and three children.
The mit of the Trooper Adye
agnuh.et Cecil Rhodos and Dr. Jame-
son for damages for Injirton received
In the Transvaal raid was tried In
London yesterday. Capt. Coventry.
who, took part In the raid. testified
Mat the troopers were Informed of
the nature of the expedition after
they had proceeded a mile. The jury
found a verdict for the defendants.
• Later Intelligence from Blacotasing
maker It clear that the death of Mr.
A. W. Belding, Oo\•ernment forest
ranger, which occurred on Tuesday,
resulted from the bursting of a blood
vessel In the brain. and was notpansed
9y an accident. as waw at first sap-
Weld -
At tits anneal tLSOK Of the News-
paper /twisty 1a Leaden last even-
ing Mr. Harry Furnlw, the neer-
paper nrtist and Illustrator, depre-
cated the growth of AmerloanL.m,
which, he said, war " eating the
root out of honest Engl4b Journal'
Ism.''
The i.ouden Dally Mall Saturda
morning said the Admiraltyhes
of-
fered 4.75,000 for an electrgun. in-
vented hy the son of a Portland gro-
mr
The gen throws an explosive
Mot a distant* of 51-2 miles with a
velocity of two aeoonde. it 1s nolw.-
ksa And Nmokelew.
There is anrawising at New London,
Conn., a new steamship I1ne, to be
called the "Colonial Linea"' wlttl two
large freight Maumee piste`s be-
tween Yarmouth, Nova lemele ; 8t
John, New Brunswick ; New London.
Hevana, Cuba; and Porto Ron. New
London will be the headgnarters of
the compeny,
John Roeser, a driver for John Ward.
a milkman, Toronto (hanged himself
from a beam In his , *ploys'* melee
about 1 o'clockutsrday *1ternoon,
and was quite dead when found an
hour and it half Into... There was
apparently no rpasoth fu: the deet and
the general belief Is t'i , t Roeser must
hare suddenly gone nut of hie mind.
An Inquest was held at King's Heath.
sear Birmingham, on the body of a
ley named Sellars, aged six years.
Tile medical evidence showed that
death was tine to an Irritant poison.
wh'ch cringed excessive vomiting, nest
a playfellow stated that deceased had
eaten re quantity of dandelion flowers
from a garden.
A petty at eight representative
Merchants of Bristol wet Mare ter
gede os May IEth by the Eider -
mentor steamship Montesole,
with the view et developing trade
relathenelepe between the two oow1'
teeA True d.lpatatten makes Its
emit wt the Invitation of Mr. A.. L.
Jee*e, of the Eider-Deatpster Liss.
At a meeting of the Pestreost*I
t Amccii• hi London on Monday night
lea►* were said for the @rattan, and
Int.
ftwwerestos s telegram was seat him
lelling film about RA Tide eras he
`.^ I'M 8 s eomwelation for the rso�e�sg1�
rasstv,.l hy Aided RaakI
Penne ROT. Joseph Parker there. who
damned her In a sermon don Cromwell
'7 -
BEGGARS MANY
WORRY CARNEGiE,
Says His Resources are Ill
Hypotinhaltll,
ARRESTS IN TRANSVAAL
In Act That lay Precipitate Prase
Trouble There.
WILL HOPI'S DIAMOND BB >`M D ?
Rumor That a conference With Kruger
Will be Hata at cape Town -Rave
Bitting Ruined count Radene-Ids
£ttempta to commit Suicide.
Doug Kong. Map --Thu olltltre;
w situation to the occupatlna ley Itrft-
isli forest of the new territory, Koo
Loon, opposite Hong Kong, las sud-
denly been renewed. About 900 men
of the Hong Kong Regiment, with
machine guns, are leaving here today
and to -night, whim the volunteers
have leen warned to be lu readlnues
for any emergency. The British sec-
ond-class gunboat Swift, accompanied
by three other gunboats, are pro-
ceeding to sea under sealed orders.
These warships have 500 men on
board. The territory bank of the
Hinterland is also disturbed, and Chln•
ese troops been sent there.
THE QUEEN'S RETURN.
Loudon, May 15. -Queen Victoria ar-
rives] In London to -day from Windsor
accompanied by the Duke uud Duchess
of York and her suite. and drove to
Kensington Palace, the party occupy•
Ing a number of open. four -hone lan-
daus. with postlllbone in blue and
white, red -coated outriders, and c-
ourted by a detachment of the Horse
Guard& Crowd. of enthhslastic peo-
ple Tined the route to the palette, where
Her Majesty whited the old apart-
ments wh.ch she occupied as a girl,
which have been renovated prepara•
tory to opening the palace to the
PEACE CONGRESS ROUTINE.
London, May 15.-A despatch to
the Daily Mali from Ste Petersburg
'says: -According to the programme
prepared for the forthcoming confer-
ence at The Hague, which Is the work
of M. Beath. director of the Asiatic
[)apartment. who accompanies M. De
Steal, the head of the Russian dele-
gatlou. one vote will be permitted to
each delegation on every proposal
submitted to ballot, and this will be
oast by the chief representative of
every country."
FIRED ON GUNBOATS.
Manila. May 15. 10 a. m. -The "Tin -
Clad" gunboats Laguna De Bay and
Cavadonga, and a launch, under
Captain Grant, ran Into a nest of bo-
wrgeots concealed in the bushes on
both sides of the Rio Grande River,
three miles above Calumplt, yester-
day afternoon, and were received
with heavy volleys at short range.
A sergeant belonging to the Utah
Battery was tilled and we private
was wounded. Opening with their ra-
pid-fire guns. the Americans killed 20
of the natives and wounded several
others, flhing the jungle with a hall
of chot for a half hoar, t111 the enemy
left.
CZAR THANKS STEAD.
London, May 15.-T7ie Tlat's pub-
lishes the (Meowing despatch from St
Petersburg : "Mr. W UI lam T. Stead,
editor of the Review of Reviews. alter
an autilestoe of the Czar to -day (Sun-
day). at which he received the thanks
of tie Emperor for has afore, on be-
half of the peace conference, ad-
dressed an aasemhsage at the British
and American Church. the novelty of
which proceeding was enhanced by
I11e criticism of the wolfing* of the
Ruwlan oensorship."
OUTRAGES LYNCHED.
Bridgeport. Ct.. May 15.-0. 11.
Minotte, an Italian. was killed here
last night by some of his enraged
countrymen. Minoite had assaulted
the five-year-old daughter of a couple
named Fmdelle.
a SPAIN I8 WATCHFUL.
Madrid, May 15. -The Minister of
Finance. Marquis Villa Verde, has
kneed a decree dewing immediately the
r�gl'tern of foreign bondholder's, la
otvler to deolde who 1s entitled to
gold payments on the external debt
oospore ander the recent law. Thea
coarse b taken to stop the frauds by
which Spaniards transfer their claims
In order to secure gold. to which
foreigner only are entitled.
CHOPPED UP HIS WIFE.
New York. May 15. -Marlin Victor..
a chipping clerk, 20 year. old. was
arrested to -day on the complaint of
Ms mother-in-law and .bter-In-law,
who accused him of murdering hie
young wife and cutting her body up
on the plan adopted by Martin Thorn.
In the Gnldeneeppe tragetly. Victor
married the girl clandestinely In Jan-
uary last year. Her maiden name
was Sadie Cohen. and she lived with
her mother In Hoboken, N. J. Victor
at the outbreak of the war enilsted
in the navy, and Nerved on the Katah-
din. 1114 mother -In-law and .luster -In-
law declare that Victor's wife hart
dl.appeaied and that he ham hoaetert
to there that he cut her up and did
away with her. He wan held for ex-
amination. and to give the defectives
an oppertunhty to investigate the a0-
cneatloh. He denies the charge.
HEAVY (ATMA
Washington. May 15. -'Phe State the
partmr 1,t fine awn Informally advised
nth t dx.ime aggregating a consider-
able ',stmt have (ween made by Bre
this, French and (Merman reedemts in
feta during the recent humrreotton,
and that these ultimately will 1*
Cr1 against the United States
t*laat. QM claims Whem elves
have not yet beam presented, }b( are
being eoliected bythe several fovr-
eigo offbeat As e ointments send
diesel he The Flreooh claims( aggre-
gate between 12,000,000 and 15,00(())00
()0O franca The Gorman chums are
avuderedood to be .Meetly under these
of the Fueech. trails the British claims
are said to be,susishiswably mere than
either the fere welt eN (lermarl.
GOMEZ BACKS OUT.
Havana, May 15. -Gen. nitrite('
Gomez ti -day ,informel Gov.-Gen.Brooke that ha mead no Alger net a/
representative el the Cuban army In
the dietrlbetion of the $8,000,000
appropriated for the payment of the
Cuban troops.
Thrid -w, May 16,-1fr. Andrew Car-
negie kin Lcmdon tneby for 8ktbo
Castle. in an Interview jest puhlieherd
he Is quoted as saying: "1 nm kstklnS
forwam4eor protection In my filar.
*silted.. Inset obs army el H
now
which every hoar le Imlortnning ee
for mntwerlptki s to every rmeelvable
object. Knew were i tN.pxwd to! fes
to ♦hwow apgltn*ttoru for proml.r:n>,it
ared.twhtee, my reenerenv' for philan-
thrope hare alreerly horn hilly hy-
sertleseated, and bombarding res with
further appeals **imply adding to the
portal revenue."
RA('E$ SUIN);U HIM,
London, May 16.-Ileapatelwr from
V4,naa may 1t la reported there that
Coast Itadenl, the former Prime Mln-
Ister of Austria, recently trial to com-
mit eabade, on aceount of Wares sus-
tained on the race course.
The fortune of the former Premier
ppb igen estlruated t SOo, . _ GI
jovial and generous man.
MAY BE A CONFLUENCE.
London, May 16.-A despatch to the
Daily Mall, from Cape Town. mays
that the negotlatloua for a tweeting
hetween 1'resldmt Kreiger, of the
South African Republic, and Sir Al-
fred Milner, Governor of Cape Colony
aJld Brltlah Hight Commissioner for
Sdntlt Africa, regarding the griev-
ances of the Ultlandere In the Tran. -
veal, have culminated fluidly In au ar-
ranagenent for a conference, which
will probably be held In Cape Town.
ARRESTS IN TRANBVAAL.
Capetown, May 16. -The Argue, of
this city, to -day publishes a despatch
from Pretoria...capital of the Traus-
vaal, or South African Republic. suy-
4ng that F. W. Reitz. -the Secretary.
of State. ronfinu, the retort that a
number of unusual arrests bare beau
made-4her,e. ante Wee.
the prisoners are-Bsi4Ws officers.
REPORT CONFIRMED.
Ltxtdat, May 16. -Tho foregoing
dispatch probably explains the tele -
Tam r•eoelved by the Argue. of Cape
own, today. from Pretoria. 'nye":
the Transvaal Secretary of State con-
firmed the report that a number of
unusual arreste had been made, and
that it was rumored tient the prle--
onere were British offkoerr.
WANTS TO SELL SPARKLER.
London, May 16. -Lord Francis
Hope. brother of the Duke of New-
castle anti Husband of May Yohe, the
American actrew, applied to the
Chancery Court to -day for permisslou
to sell a family heirloom, a blue dia-
mond weighing 441-2 carats, estlm-
ittel to be worth 885,000 to $125,-
010. The gem wars unique, until an-
other one was pgently (awed wo'gtttn-
45 carats. Counsel for Lord Hope
urged that the gem was melees for
ornament, and that it would be
wiser to sell for the benefit of
Lord Hope's Income than to allow It
t, lie in a hank's safe for the next
forty years. Counsel for the Duke of
Newcastle and Lady Beatrice Lister -
Kaye. the eldest sitter of Lord Hope.
opposed the sale, which the arourt
eventually rerused to sanction.
Jioa' i a mnlAtbo woman. cimee near
being lynched -by a mob of negroee
last night. The crime with which she
and her husband were charged was
brutally burning their four children
nearly to death by igniting paper iet-
uratel with kerosene, with which
their bodies had been wrapped. One
of the children hail all 1,b' flesh burn-
ed from her lege In several places and
will die. The oth.r thee:. ars 1., I
burned.
TO RELIEVE DEWEY.
Vallejo Cpl.. May 16. -Rear Admiral
John C. Watson, who le to relieve Ad•
mired Dewey, in command of the .4.L.
otic station, will Nall to -day for the
Orient on the City" of Pekin.
HERNANDEZ FREE.
Caracas, Venezuela, May 16. --Mien.
Hernandez, the leadee of the revolu-
tion of 1898. Iii - Yen eta, who was
captured near Yumare on Jude 12th
last, has been released from captit-
Ity.
LORD HERS('HELL'8 I:STATE.
Landwu,May 16. -The will of the late
Baron Herechell, the former Lord
Chapoellor and member of the Anglo-
American-Canadian
ngloAmerican-Canadian Commission, who
died in WaMuJngton on March 1st,
was admitted to probate to -day. The
estate is valued at £153,(J00.
PRIZE ILLEGALLY HELD.
Wamhbneton, D. C., Mayr 18.- The
Units" Staten Serene Court today
dc!derl the prize -money cars of the,
French steamer Olyndv Rodriguez, the
Inst of the naval prize -monkey cases
go -teeing tart of the Spanish war to
reach the court. The decision wan an-
te -moved by Chief Juettce Fuller, and
directed that the easel, which was
enptured off Mtn Juan, Porto Rico, on
July 17th, 1898, and Inas been Held
miner' by this Government, shall be re-
turned to pie owners. on the ground
that it was not proven that the
steamer's officers intended to enter
the blockaded port. The court (held
Incidentally that the blockade of San
Juan Was effective.
STORIES' FROM THE ORIENT.
New York. May 16.-A Berlin de-
spatch to the letaat. Zeitung says
that word has been received from
Hong Kong that the members of the
Amerlean firm of Smltz & Company.
at Hong Kong. have mckdenly Telt the
city upon It being discovered they
were emptying Aguinalde Wfb arms
and ammunition.
Seattle, Wn., May 16. -Major Wien-
.snher'g, commanding volunteers In
the Philippines, writes that the FII-
ipinoc have offered a special reward
to than, who succeed in killing either
an Wirer or a private in the Fish
Washington.
MURDEROUS STRIKE TROi7BLES.
Little Rock. Ark., May 16. -Forty
strlkets attacked 25 colored coal
minere behind a stockade at mine No.
58, near Huntington to -day. firing
volley after volley at them. Mien
on guard at the etockads returned
the fire, killing one of the strikers.
John Wright. one of the gnarls. was
killerd, and another, James Camp-
bell, usriouely wounded. A number
of new inertia have been periled
about 'the•.mlhe and more trouble la
feared. The colored miners had been
Imported from Illlnote wavered days
ago to tilt. the plaweee of the 'strik-
ers. ami had Ignored several warn-
ings to leave town.
CANADIAN BOATS HIT.
Must Produce Oonsuler H111e of Hoalth
on Petering U. to Parts.
Detroit, Mlch., May 11. -The Trea-
sury Dep artnent intend; to compel all
Canadian vessels arriving at Amer-
b.nn lake ports to pre dune ronsntar
hill. of health no preserjbed by the
quarantine Act of Feb. lSth, 1896,
The order maddened In A clrrular of
April 2nd la the result of the preva-
lence of smallpox In many localities
thus year. Rome think, biowever, that
the order Ions been In.pIred by the
action of the Canadian authorities In
st'mAnMing the gems finpefe item vvw-
sel. leaving Cleveland. The order will
make untold trouble+ for Canndian
beats
WHO IS THIS 'went 1
Beerieglian }*heti on Lakeshore With
. Starks of Violent)", on Elm.
(`.eleyeiltSr, Ont., May 12. -Thr hotly
of et Ma Was fonnd•on the heeeh half
s mile wast of (loloh.ster Point this
morning. Deuerlptbm : About flee
feet nix Inches In height : dressed in
brown mat and vret, pants somewhat
hhghtsr In enter : meet shirt, with rel
ler and neektie. in 1,h. poiMts was
found a Dime Saving. and Banking
Ca. took, No. 111.6411. In favor of Bra.
1;has. Waffles. and semen "(Thaw. Rsf4
Fine nein I fee retary.' The man le
abnnt forty pare ni,t. There nppeare
to he marks of vlolen.'n on 1i1. person.
The coroner has two notified.
A �ARING"BANK1OBBFRYI
Skilled Craeksren Secured $i,,000
at Bowfanville._ _ __.--
TOOK EVERYTHING IN BANK VAULTS
BowuuauvUke, tiny 18.-A daring
Wink robbery wan perpetrated early
Lids lnorel'tg, when the Standard
Bank wee robbed of over $11000.
There were six or *even nee In the
gang, and they thoroughly under-
stood the bseina4s of safecracking.
T1s, building is a uriek structure,
Wilt In 1894, and le equipped with the
latest and most improved burglar-
proof (?) appllanass,
The burglars first went to the
Haltom offsets all relied the ulghf.
watchman, Henry Metcalfe. After
bliradoldleg and gagging klm, tit's
*amsit s,`1, ser essinesieliseileal Its lead.
and put them on ham, asd told him
what they were going to do, and to
keep quiet or they would shoot him.
They then escorted him over to the
bank, which W only across the corner.
and began operations. Metcalfe was
gaardd by one man with a revolver,
while the others entered the bank by
removing a pane of glans 1n 0120 of the
windows on the west .Itis of the back.
The front door war then pried opou.
Three explosions took place In quick
etsxxesion, which apparently worked
well, for hi about half an hour the
three doors leading to tlio place where
the valuables were depxatlted were
shattered an though they were wood
About $11,000 belonging to the
[tank, $110 belonging to the Canada
Life Aseagranoe Co., and a lot of valu-
ables belonging to private citizens
were carried off.
• .4s sax( as the job was finished they
carried INjgttwittchmaut Metcalfe
into the bank and departed for parts
unknown.
Metcalfe was found there about 5
o'clock theemornieg by Frank J. Oar-
reit, who was passing. and was at-
tradc�ticd by a curious ss,und Inside Abe
�W. J. Jmeel the manager,- and the
other officials are entirely without
(uncle this morning, but tie°. Me0111.
the manager of the Ontario Bank,
'perorep4ly- affeveterell-nselsstases _le- hie
power to tide over the day. The vault
and safe were most modern and com-
plete in construction, fitted with time
l ok..etc. The force- of the explosion
biete• off the heavy doer and demol-
ished the safe beyond repair. The
building was not damaged by the ex-
plomone. The office clock stopped at 24
minute after two, no doubt by the
force of one explosion.
Henry Me calf, the 13owmanvtlle
nightwatctaman, than describes file
experience with the burglars who
robted the Standard Bank :
'I was sitting In the 1tloe of the
holloe station on Sattrrdny morning
at half -pain 1 o'clock, when I heard
a wand ol scuffling outside. I went to
the riper, and air I stopped oat I was
wired' oft ether side by my arms. Two
men who were 'handing in the shadow
of the bmis1ng, me on each side of the
step, had grabbed me and held me fast.
At the same time they pointed two re-
volvers at me, while a third man be-
gan le blindfold tae. I straggled to gain
possession of my baton and was striae -1z
over the hand and finally overpowered
and blindfolded. Then I add, thinking
It wast a joke some qt the .omlg men
of the town were playing on me:
' Boys( what game is this 2' One of the
mew replied: 'Shirt your mouth ; Its
no game.' I was tom gagged by a
knotted handkerchief, and the men
got* thnllgh my pockote took my
revolver and handcuffs, which fatter
they teed to (handcuff my hands be-
hind my back. In the meantime my
feet had been tied together, and when
one of the men said Bring him down
this way.' I was carried diagonally
screw the street from the pollee sta-
tion to the Standard Bank. i still
thhortght that It woe a trick. and man-
aged to atter the men 1l It was a joke
they were playing on me, but the
Gender sake
'ITS NO FUN;
If you speak any more well blow
your bralra out.'
I woe Utero laki Wane near the win -
dew on the Tlempernnce street side of
the hank, with ono Win standing
g�a�� w148 a revolver over ma. II
heard tee others cattlztg a window
=Pane
a dtamtend, and then heard
48. pane fall In with a oraatt. A few
moment aftesrwnhds the first explo-
sion occurred, and three men came
cult of the bank and tokl the one who
was watching me to more me up the
street a little, as the wall might fall
down by the lords re the next ex-
piration- I was moved up the street
and heard twv, other expioWens, af-
ter the mien had re-entered the bank
th.ong1a the front door, which they
had pried open. In the Meantime I
had armed e,V gtakkrd bre loosen the
haodoeffe on use a lbbtle as they
were buret s tap w?W. He found
the key in ally the other m namehacpooket didk again
and thew these I counted .ix of than.
One hada red ekieh ted about the
lower part of his face, and the other
nen were .lmllna-ly digulsed with
white handkorehtsds. One of the
handers Aorta(' to take my watt*,
hat the man who appeared to be the
leader ordered him to desire It had
bee;vin to rn{srl, awl had te'e'd very
°oil, and one of the thieves akl
'What will we dhr with the old tetra.'
"The Starter wild, 'bat's carry hint
tato the beak.'
I accordingly taken into the
MaamgOt s office, and bid down on
the met, where I stayed mall found
in the morning. I Chan glue ho der
reivittion of the *stn, exrept that they
were draeed� eine. fairly good ektMhing
m
and did not to ems to have the
di tr
appearance nmpa All were in
dark eni4n, and one had a fedora hat."
(AOT INTO THE VAiILT.
With a sledge -hammer, which they
had stolen from the blacksmith .hop
of Richert Darch earlier In the even•
Ing, tbey battered off the knob of
the lock. Into the opening thus
formed nitro _gl cerine was poured
and explrs8ed, lock being smashed
and the Immo *Wel door, weighing
half a ton. being curled 11ke paper.
The force of this explosion evidently
led the burglars to believe that the
building iteeif would he In danger of
collapse and It was then that they
had Metcalf moved up the street oat
a harm's way. The explosion, how-
ever, only mashed the lock of the
door and pdwmltted the bolts to elide
peek. Thorn a fire -priest door of thin
steel barrel the way. tut title wan
awoken through with a few blows of
the*ad the Manglers
wens inside the vaunt.
,ATTACK ON THE RAFE.
A maMve safe, known as a packed
rubber lever lock, having 16 heavy
bolts in Its door. for wmring It on
each slip, 'ted before them. The
safe 1e generally coneld.red burglar -
and, In addition t1, Its heavy
holta. had two comhlnetions and a
time leek, hot It rnnet not wlthetand
the &NOWIt of the nitro -slyest -rine
wwetere. T6► minute (-revise running
around the door, as It fitted Into the
woe, was first nar.fnlly fill.d In with
snap laving a swell open span. et
Um top Into thine tbr•oltdh the m itl-
uw of a spilt quill. the neap -glycerine
was introduced. the explosive quickly
finding Ito way all around the door.
being prevented by the soap
from tatcap(ug. A detonator cap
was thea fastened by a
plaster of soap to the point into which
tiro quill had been forced. and to (hie
a Luse was attached. When the fuse
was lighted It communicated with the
detonator anti the concussion caused
the explosion of the nitro-glycerine.
The tremendous force of the explosion
wrenched the heavy chrome steel safe
out of shape, but the door still held.
and wltea the burglars re-entered the
buck they found the steel box intact.
Another Charge of glycerite was ap-
QtLsd:-;esti ii,1s 1,(1110 te,e boots 'slim 46ai1
and the heavy steel, eight lnehes of
solid steel, was thrown half way acrorw
the vault. The fireproof door of the
vaglt had been closed to deaden the
sound of ,the exploelon, and one maw
of steel weighing some twenty pounds
was thrown completely through It, and
landed on the floor 10 the trout of
the bank. Another section of the safe
crashed through the desk in the man-
ager's office, and the glees In the
partition of tee building. WL -shat-
tared.
Only one email door now stood be-
tween the thieves and their quarry.
and this they smashed with the sledge-
hammer. The money, which was
wrapped In packages. could not be
distinguished from the bundler of
papers In the safe, and the burglars.
apparently determined to make the
most of their opportunity. took every
Ihfng
which appeared to them to be
valuable.
THE SPOILS SECURED.
They carried away :
$$2,,000 in Standard Bank 510 notes-
- $4,350 In Standar' Bank $5 notes.
$1,058` t Caaadlan silver.
$
52,000 L nDominion of Canada $1
and 52 notes.
51,285 in notes of other Canadian
banks. -
ln *Alto -1,e Shia-a.larrie,aum4six.
a( valuable documents, reeceipts, dealt'
and other papers oonesigned to the
keeping of the bank were taken, but
as these will prove of little benefit
to the thieves they will probably be
recovered. Of the currency taken
190 beiomged to the Canada Life In-
surance Company, for which W. J.
Janes, manager of the bank, is agent,
and 5110 to the Queen Fire Insurance
Company. It appears that one of
the gang objected to carrying away
the heavy load of Slver, but lie was,
according to the snatsmeot of Met-
calf, ordered to do so by the leader.
Tho thieves then carried the watch-
man Into the bank and left, having,
It is estimated, spent not, more then
thirty minutes on their work.
Metcalf lay bound and partly gag-
ged on the floor until 5.80. when
several stonemasons on their way
to work heard his groans. They
sent one of their number for Chief
of Pollee Jarvis, but while they were
waiting for that officer to arrive
Mr. Frank Garratt, a commercial
traveller, pawed on his way to the
station. He was told by the work-
men of what they had heard, and
without more ado climbed through
the window and liberated Metcalf.
REWARD OF $5,000.
The directors and Inspector of the
bank, atter visiting the premises with
the local manager, held a coneulta-
thon with Mr. W. F. Allen, who le
also a director, and who resides here,
and they decided to offer a reward.
Five theusand dollar* reward will
be paid by the Standard Bank of
Cnaada for the recovery of the
money and such information as will
lead to the arrest and conviction of
the guilty parties. Or $2.500 re-
ward will be paid for the recovery
of the money. Or $2,500 will be
paled for the arrest and conviction
of the thieves. All communications
to be addressed to Joseph E. Rog-
ers. Inspector Criminal Investigation
Department. Toronto, or to George
P. Reid. General Manager of the
Standard Bank. Twrnto.'_- --- -
SAYE AWAY YOUNG WIFE.
Offered Bonus of $9 To Get
Rid of Her
THE TRANSFER DULY MADE.
New Yank, May 18. -Ups and downs
in the matrenental market of Pater-
Wrb, N. J., were exploiter} yesterday
in the tenets d that city when the
leppUoatksn of Mrs. Edwin HYwgl'
for aroma callee up. Elie slid that_ her
hutrbanel had given her to Lona iievm-
nlhlg, amt that while etre wow happier
with her new partner than she had
ever been before, duo wanted to be
entre that elle had a legal tight to
hftn.
Before her arrings five ens ago
Mrs. Hough was emplcryg on the
m
farm of JosephBailey, a Deletion,
N. F., and afterwnr d .its frequently
visited there. It was there that Flem-
ming showed her attentins, and her
is tstu4'. ndt#-s owe attracted. Hine -
band and wife lied been having guar-
rets, anti when Haugh met Hemming
he r+eruarkexl the wanton says, "If you
want my wife so badly yon ittey hare
]ter."
"Haw mus•It chs your want for Wier?"
due says Hieimhit;tg asked.
"1 waist nothing," slid Hhveli, "ex -
cep% that yore will promisee never to
let her twee beak to me."
"Thera are plenty nit angle wnseen
to, be had," mil 1LIeWn
'Well," remerended iia, "x ou
will take her I will give you $9 anti
all ttue furniture in my home." Ws
hi►�vvnm ertr. ohlr.
and Met
HoluW n !five at
No. 6 Glraham avensek tr`tth is a
taker at No. 858 Oland attest, Mfrs.
FFtsuStI dsclar'ert that he tarred more
for Ike baryt s+ than ids her, and he
says she 1s tight.
I made the prdprhetltkm jokingly at
fleet," Plbblel salol hot 'Hight, lest
It M a cat antis•_ one to me, end
all i nsk M that AlesantinR 'tame hie
etre Of 1t. Thi TntrB tram away all
the fern/tate Nein my home on Pet-
tiest stred a. weed, bid have not
�h�a the $9. He sere
eve It, hsnoevez, Res tinge he want.
My wife ners.r 41141 take oars of our
girl, ring It to her gamete,. I wan
hit M immlying far a divers*
Myself, am Wet su we'll pkats.cl
that site should do so lost* 4,"
Mat illawt, a erttk ewel that her hue
Mind lifts net will the h arges money
tit fee string and naked If Nee *net
tato to gut It. Fihebeyvt 1. twenty
five y.faintaxle( i( Untidy Vetea*sl mat. mewl twenty -Mee and of
preps i emaing appse+.vvaness,
Rev, WI A. J. Martin wa. Inducted
es pastor of Zion Chareh, Brantford.
HE SHOT 1118 WIFE.
Then He Sent a Bullet
Through His Brain,
LITTLE CHILD I ifITNBSS
Terrible Double Tragedy in Green-
wood Village.
WANTED TO bll,L 1118 SON ALSO
The Little Girl Pleaded With Her
leather; to Kill Her Too - lull Par
haulers of the Dreadful Deed -The
Trasede Not Unazpected-
l)renwood, Out., May I3. -A bock -
trig tragedy was enacted here allene
7 o'clock tile awaking.
Frederick Wootd elearreitetreetgillif
wife and family' last spring. and, as
a remit, he was tacked up la W$Nir-
Jail for three mouths. Since his re
leave Wood has been wandering drum
place to place. the family refusing to
admit him to their home any more.
He slept in Abe tarn belonging to
the house Iast night, and this morn-
ing when the members of the family
had gone to work his wife and daugh-
ter being the only ones remaining, he
entered the house.
He gave his watch to his daughter
ami ordered her out. He then shot his
wife, one bullet taking effect In the
abdomen and one In the back.
He then placed the revolver to his
mouth and fined. killing himself In-
stantly. He leave a grown-up, very
spoctable family. Mrs. Wood Ir Mill
living at the time of wrtting, but the
attending doctors have little hopes of
her recovery.
lireenwood is about six miler from
Pickering. on the 0. T. R.
Oshawa, Out., May 14. -On Saturday
morning at the village of Greenwood,
in the tow -weep of Pickering, Fred'sr-
Ick Wood fatally slot his wife and
afterwards took his own life. The
scene of the trag.rW 1s about a mile
west of the village, in a snail frame
hew..
hundredads from the a l►en
a' reporter visited the late home ' of
Mrs. Wood a large crowd Lind gath-
ered to attend the funeral of her
murderer, but on account of the death
of his wife it was decided to postpone
the affair and bury them together to-
morrow.
omorrow. In a small room In the west
end of the dwelling lay the body of
the woman stretched on a board on
bwo chairs, while at her side her bus -
bard lay in a plain coffin. The room
was (tare of any furniture. The klteluen
and living atom :mere filled with a
throng of friends and neighbors, die -
coaling the tragedy. The small attic
ugtstatrs was used as a bedroom. The
only outbuildings about the place were
a cow stable and a dilapidated barn.
Fred Wood was a man 54 years of
ago wtth long gray beard. and from
his appearance one would think film
an unlikely man to commit such a
crime. His wife was about 10 years
ibis )nmol, of ndsteeters' and so-
frost build, wirdruggwas sold to have been
a very powerful woman. The story of
the tragedy wan told between sobs by
their little daughter Lydia, a bright
child 11 years of age.
THE LI'T'TLE DAUGHTER'S STORY
Her story In effect was as follows :
81e was lying upstairs,asteep when
her mother called up abeut 7.10 to
awaken her. Just after her mother
went down.talrs ante heard n scuffle
and a man's angry voice. tRuehing
down, she saw her mother wrench a
revolver from her father's hands. The
father was loudly demanding an an -
e wer to certain questions, which the
mother seemed Inclined not to an-
swer, but saki she would If he would
put away the pistol. Her father
then struck the mother a blow,
knocking her down, at the same time
snatching the revolver. He then
fired four times. Two of the shote
entered the woman's body, one bored
a hole through a tin kettle standing
on the stove, and the fourth went
Into the wall.
The child then lay down upon her
mother's breast, loudly calling to
her father not to shoot any more.
When she attempted to get out the
doors she found them locked, and for
an hour lay beside the preetrate
body of her mother, calling at in-
tervals, "Shout me, too, father ; I
don't want to live, now that mother
M gone.•'
FOUND HER 1FATHER DEAD ALSO
Finally Lydia was perupaded by
the father to go Into the bedroom,
where he gave her his watch and
all his money. He saki to her, "Go
and tell David that I have shot
your mother, and to come home at
once." She started across the fields
to where her,brother David waleem•
ployeil, and when he heard the,tory
he made at once for Brougham for
a doctor. When epee returned she
found her father lying dead beside
her mother.
That David Wood owes hie life to
the tact that he went for the doc-
tor, Instead of going to the house,
there M no doubt, for the father
came to the place with the express
purpose of killing 14th mother and
MIME
For some time past Wood and hie
wife had not been getting on well,
and had parted. In fact, he recently
spent a term In Whitby Jail for abus-
ing her. The chief matter In dispute
was 1,11+ child Lydia, 11a, of whom he was
paatlonately fond. HP at one time
stole her awns, from the mother, and
upon being forced to restore her
swore to be revenged upon the whole
family. Ho had frequently made the
datetnent that were It not for Lydia
he would burn the house and nil the
Woods Inside. The family had learned
to look upon him with distrust, and
were always watchful. .
Wood receetly served a term In
Whitby .Tall for striking a Mrs. Krim
new with an axe and his record gen-
erally had been a had one. As le us-
ual In such rose, there nre twotddes
to the story, and there are those who
say that his wife, by continued nag
ging. poured what might have been
an nnotfsending man. He was also said
to have been Jealous of her. FIR took
a particular 41.114. to hi* son David
and his married daughter, Mrs.
Aaron Berk holder, of Altona, and
spurs+ to bare titter nom 'W11611- he
Mit its pirtee of alkide nn Friday
ev"nlog M+ wad In nnosnaliy goad
.plrits. When 1' arrived at the hoes,
of Willem i'nrmitters he 'topped for
a chat. Asked where he was fining, he
1414: "i don't know. i may he In hell
by to -marrow night."
INTENDED TO KiLL HiS RON.
He arrived in tlni village some time
In the etening, and a neighbor saw a
MIA near the owner where the hones
W ood at 10.80. He told his little
daughter that has stayed int the or.
client gate 4 a.m., until It hngan to
sal sired then went Into the now .bed
end Meet. When ilavld left ha was
' till sleeping, and he was anmawhat
annoyed at this, beam* be Intended
to 'betel film as he came out of he
door. Wheu Mr. Pengelly heard of
the affair he and Ed. Gleseou, hotel -
keeper. went over to the house. The
old man eat behind the door. waiting
for the son. When lie saw the two
men owning up he prepared to take
his own life, for he had declared that
he would never again be arrested. Just
as Gleeson was about to push in the
door a shot was tired.
When the two men entered the place
411-e9111'4s04..4he 5 1.44, .diem tr..1>h
railed. Wood lay on the floor w
his mouth open and filled with smoke.
and In his band was the weapon which
did the deed. Life was extinct. His
wife lay a few feet away on her right
side. Wheu spoken to by Mr. Oleeeon
no reply came, and they thought she
too was dead, but site had only been
keeping perfectly 14111 that Wood
might think her dead and pay no more
attention to her. It was only upon
the assurauoe that her husband waw
dead that she stated that she was
shot.
EVIDENCE OF A FIERCE STRUGGLE
The room waa In great disorder,
chairs were overturued, and every-
thing In the room gave evidence of a
fierce struggle. Mn. Wood was a
e troug woman. while tier husband waa
IrajF, and IL M thought that he used
a -daub or he could not have over-
t Batton, of --Wo - =r erted
mitered
atter the aboo and found
th▪ e bullet had miteredd ood's mouth
and continued to the brain. Mrs. Wood
had been shot twice, one of the ballets
entering the stomach at the rig h t aids,
and the other the liver at the left. It
waseeen that there was no trope. and
her dying hours were made assess ea
possible. Death took piece at 1 a.m- 011
Btmclay. In a pall behind the door
were ftaatd the tour empty Wells tak-
en from the revolver by tib prisoner
while waiting for the appearance of
Iter sen.
BOUGHT IT IN TORONTO.
The deed was carefully planned. The
revolver wile purchased In Toronto
three weeks ago when Wood went
there on a visit. It was of 32 calibre.
and when found had two chambers
loaded. For some year's peat the won
David had been supporting the mother.
who had lived with her daughter
Lydia. The father took a special ob-
jection to this. thinking that if she
were left without support she would
again comment to live with him. He
has twice left her unprovkied for, and
asked to be taken back. and at last
he was forbkklen by the family to
agas.in appear about the premise
Mrs Burkholder, of Altona, and Mrs.
Levi Kemmer. of Mmtjoy, are daugh-
ters oe Wood, and they have lived a
Weise em s4eae vtiesd. for the old mac
had ._declared he would kUl them.
Whenthe news reacted Mrs. Burk-
holder We s ld : "Jest what we ex-
pected ; he hes done it at Teat."
Intense interest was taken In the
affair, and all day Sunday hundreds
of resident's of the township visit-
ed the scene of the tragedy.
MR. MEIIES A RESTED.
Married a Wife in Toronto "'
and Deserted Her.
TALE OF A HANDSOME YOUTH.
Toronto, May 15. -Three years ago
a poetic -looking youth named Leonce
de Montecourt Meller came to Toronto
during the blithe springtlde, and for
a few short weeks was coneldsred by
the young ladies whom he chanced to
meet as nothing short of what might
be termed a masculine "peach." His
face was almost feminine to Its deli-
cate contours, and he had large brown
eyes under beautifully sweeping eye-
lashes. On his pure white brow his
long black curls clustered In a pecu-
liarly retelllag way. In Inca he was
all that the fancy of a lady novelist
could paint. He figured as a per-
former on that most poetic of instru-
ments, the violin, and had charming
pictures taken of himself with his
Instrument tucked under his chin. He
managed to attract the attention of
society reporters, and got lb name
Into the papers ; ho also made love to
sundry young ladles, and left them
under the Imprewlon that he was
going to let them exchange their
prosaic cognomens for the poetic one
of de Montecourt Meller. Finally he
met a young lady who was at the
time staying In this city, and. she
having a mother with some money,
he decided to do her the honor of
eloping with her.
Three years pawed away, and on
Saturday Leonce et cetera stood a
printer? In the Harlem Police Court
In New York City, charged by Mb
wife, Dorothy de Montecourt Meller,
with abandonment. His address was
given as No. 10 Eaat 115th street,
and he described himself not aa a vlo-
(Inlet, but as a theatrical manager
from the West Indies. His age was
given as 28, and that of fib wife aa
21.
Mrs. Mellestold Magistrate Flamer
that she met Mellen In Toronto, In
1896, and eloped with him. She said
he deserted her In New York in Octo-
ber, going to Jamaica, where his uncle
had a theatre. She declared that on
Ilia return he borrowed money from
her mother, and also stole her mar-
riage oertfflcate.
8115 said that she and her mother
saw Melina at 115th street and Fifth
arenne on Friday, and that he ram
away. Mrs. Mellen ran after hirn.
screaming, and Detective Farley ar-
rested Item. Detective Rynders, of
police headquarters, told the Magis-
trate that there were other charges
of theft against the young man.
Magistrate Flammer held Meller in
$500 for examinetiom to -day.
PROPOSE £S0L11AM7N0 OMRDS.
Nlnsty-ree Members of a Swell
London Olub Support 14.
Landon, May 14.- Ninety -throve
members of the swell Bachelors' ('lob
have called an extraordinary general
meeting to propose tin entire nboe-
is hing Of cards in tie club. The
Bachelors' Club admits to membership
every young man, eighteen yearn being
snflctant, and It le contended that
reed -playing M not well for the health,
morale,pockets of thew yoang.tters.
This reform 1s oppose] by a viral
circular, eigne i by 119 members
Among the eorwlnlentlota objectors
are the Dukes of Athol and Portland,
the Earlu of Lisavwel, •I'1,, Ingham, Oe-
fard, Meath, Norbury, Normentown,
VTm. om bok1,p yyheappnninn
ws two
dnkee, tic's of Devonshire and Ret:.
b.hrgh.
Is This Sritehes Setase
London, May 14. -'twelve twullkta
dollen. M the sur* pastel manually Is
Great Britain for ea Mleesrrarn. ere
British nokwhles anal America There
is a scheme to oonnort njl *misting
land Aires, by wh{Nt It M tbtnght
this' outlay sSeiis1 he rerins.etl 75 pew
qpt. By LuUrttng a Wert Mise. aryirs
Afghhanlstwn a (wnPlete kind lineal'
1,w, satahl l.hel between tontine , and
Iirwnhay at 110 et wend ewe no
agslnet $1 by table. Only 850 mels
of land lino 1. ihsw.eaes►ry eft eonneet
London with Melbosra4