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THURSDAY. NOY. 21. 1t301.
111111 AUXILIAIt1Faa.
Uuuadian formers, gardeudre and
orelutrdists lose Millions yearly try
the famous insect pest/ which prey
cyton ole fickle sad orchard", and
wake their worts a continual warfare
ugaluet toed. Few of the older
pests broom° extloot, while every
now an thee now Dues put in anap-
p •nr nee. The war on thea pests
tuk.•r up much of the farmers' and
gurdenerie time and coeds a great
deal of stoney. A remedy would be
•. boon.
A gold many of the obwrvant cul-
tivators of lite Mill think that as the
native birds halo beta killed tiff or
driven away the curse of insect
poets hu/ become aggravated. At
nee time we had a large variety of
cativo C'aradlau Iner•ctitorous hird.,
Wo did not value them am we ought.
tit we begrudged them the few cher-
ri_•u or grains of wheat awl oats
ti Lich they ate. and nuallo war ou
thew, little knowing thud the bird*
wero real benefactors. The boys,
emulating their eklers of "sporty"
tendencies. who love to k1:1 for mere
k 1 Inti,'s sake, shot the birds wherever
they were to be found. Their very
prettiness proved their danger.Tbur
the best protector against Insect
ravages was alut)at exterminated,
and tho peete were incite.1 to in-
crease, multiply and ravage the or-
charte nn1 garde+ur. And they have
le en doing it, to the great lose and
Inconvenience of the grower..
If we could multiply u hundredfold
the wild birds which years ago were
so plentiful, tho human inert fight-
ers would have an excellent auxiliary
In the work. Can it be done? It 1s
worth trying. At any rate we
should sparo rho bird. that are left,
and glvo them every chance . to
propagate and enjoy the ttu*vtI fat
of the land.
CANNED (JOO')M.
• fe .non nionthe ago the Ontario Can-
ners' Alcoa:alien decided to restrict
the output for the season of 11)01 by
30 per cant., In order to make canned
g,n,.le scare and thus keep tae price
high. Thus was such n barefaced coh-
nteracy against the p,eket'J of the
uosueimer/ that the Times advleed the
prompt application of the but known
eeme.l' fie-, trade 0.,m6itistlotts,
namely, the repeal of the emotions
duty which m:akus the operation of
such combutntiuns possible. The duty
..n -manned fruits he 21-4 rents per
pound. and the duty Liu canned t'ege-
tate.a is 1 1-2 cents per poud, the
000 prisoners. At Alma the Russians
lost 5,000 men, and the allies 8,300.
Thu Ilnt could be extended almost 111•
deftaltely, but there records suffice
to prove that fighting with aro
tlllery, Maxim. tutu &Laurer,'
le not as tlertructive as
fighting with ep ears, )audio,, .worts
and bayonets Was. The rule that war
noted et the time of the Crimean
war—that 1t co•+ts $5,000 to kill a
111:111—still holds good. War la waster
ful, oven when not speciality de.truc
dues
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I CURRENT COMMENT
C.p4• 4*F4i+tttt+it44444
('nruegie line given and pledged to
Plttiburg $14,970.(KX). Talk about
your fairy princess!
Pan-American Is about a Mil-
lion cud a quarter behind, after
.wallowing all the stuck, grants ant
receipts.
"Iketitd up Outariu," rays Rove.
"Slander those who are doing it."
ea:. Whitney. Whom Will the
electors favor?
This 1e the -daffy Mies .Stone Its dead
--killed by her paptora; to -morrow.,
however, there may st1U be ouod
reciso i to hope fur her rescue.
The Chicago Chronicle report* that
11r. Char. M. Hays, who Ls nota In
England, 1r to bar elected l'rerideut
and General Manager of the Grand
Trunk Railway system. The etory is
very improbable.
The State of New limit lutes before
it a number of claims fix inhale ser-
efc' to the war of 1812, tho total
bang about $2,500,00e). The State
want. the l'elt'ral Goveruweut to
,u,' the blur.
I'reritlent Roosevelt le u vigorous
opponent of the practice of dock-
iau horses' tails, and will nut buy
ono been w mutilated. In
Unit beta
this respect he "agree'. with King
Edward. Wo thiuk more of Roosevelt
now.
.1 butcher from New Yurk
to go over Niagara Foe,' now. Therein
Teething in that wort of thing for
him; Mrs. Taylor bc'dr rho record.
Let him try gong up the Falle,aud'
Ito may Orel n niche in the hall of
fume.
Su Schwatb does not receive 111.-
000.000
1:(X)0.000 a year salary, but only
17-125.000. It 1i ti fiery big reiaottou
on rho rumored sum. but by scrimp-
ing table expenses and making over
old clothes• he May be able to make
rr Ir meet. -- --•
Now if Kitchener would only send
tr Thauknl;Itirg gift of
a folding -bed he ought look for an
early end of the war. Lung Touts.
moble colnnins and cordons may fail.
bite the really "safe" folding -bed get'.
in It. deadly work without fall.
1i:elu•kd. As tin plate it admitted
free of daty, and the fruit and vego-
tabby. are cheaply produced In the
neighborhood of the cannerl'V, the
prediction of the tariff to conekdh'r-
able. To -day we read that the onn-
uere carried -out -their plan- to /*duce
preduotlua, bet It also happens that
the pock In the United Mtatemi is
ernnll, culiieluently 10 000 canes have
been shipped from Outarlo-to At.
Louis, and order. have been receive)
from California, from Australis. and
from Udna, while the idea of n trial
a.hipment to South Africa is under
c'vel.horation. 11 It is possible to du
an export trade of this kind, a cul-
t( me duty le enable the Canadian
canner to supply the Canadian mar-
ket is simply absurd. It is a means of
holding up the consumer—making the
Canadian housekeeper pee top prices,
oldie 'Jelling the surplus product of
the raise/Jinn faclorlty to forelgnere
for what caan be guL _ Scare Lammed
to too that the export trade Is grow-
ing so nicely, but the situation Indi-
c iter that the canning - iuduutrt
whoul) be Idt( to ntand upon Its own
limy. It needy no (Meal props.'
rill; 111'I('IIN:RS' Hlbb.
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During the interval between the
1-10.4' of the Franco•Prnselaan war and
the beginning of the Britiu,h'Boer war
the theory war frequently netvauceel
that lung were would be Iulpo.olhh
In the future, because they wool,.
he too coolly and destructive for any
nation to cn(lnre more than a few
week*, and "Anne people thought that
the hoprovemevtt In the weapon" 01
doet.ructfplt would pat a stop to wart
of any tied. A return ham been be -
Bund by the Bride,' War Office, show
lug that up to trio end or October,
the British killed In nctlon In 13outh
tfrlca, numbered 4,001, that 1,681
diet of wound', 96 died In captivity,
10,684 died of disease, and there
wofu 473 accidental deaths—a 'Lots.
of itni An two year's er warfare.
In addition to tide Ions there were
332 mieel(ag and pri reit, 439 in
talkie who dl_d after being.. real
home awl 3,958 Invnllde lin left the
mortice as being unfit, n er bring
cwt home—making a vend otnt of
22,773 tiled or disabled.
Thn butcher& hill le big enough in
nli reason, Mit it does not bear out
the theory of which we have 'Token.
Notwlthetanding the greater de.
ettuctiveenee' of modern weapons,
the Toes of life In the !Motet war le
comparatively small. In the battle
(rf ()e•tty4Amrg, I'enn.ylvanla, July
1-3, 1863, the North lost 23,190 mem,
of whom newly 7,000 were minoring,
anal the South lout 86,000, of whom
111,7:58, wounded and unwound
el remained se primoner.. At
('baneelkrrmvllle, Virginia. May 2.
11 1, 1046:1, the North lost 17,-
000 and the South 13,000.
At hi ethetm, Aug. 2, 170(, the French
end Bavarian* knit ::7,000 killed and
13,000 wounded. At Waterloo. June
18. 1815. the ltrltl.h and allies lost
4,206 killed. 14,5119 wounded and 4,-
281 mta.Ing. At Ramlllee 4,000 vie the
allied army were Plain. At Hohenlln
dao, Dec. 3. 10400, the Midden,' lord
10,000 In killed and wounded and 10.
-Poet boast of your ancestry. Even
the gorgeous and aristocratic chry-
santhemum 1s but a developmentof
line crude 16 -petaled blossom simi-
lar to our common feverfew, sad
owes its present position to the
skilful culture of the Jnpane.e.
Lord 8trathcona both/ $16,000,000
stock of the Ureat Northern Rail-
way. $3,.50,000 1s the Northern Pa-
cific, $1,373,000 In Duluth, South
Shore • Atlantic, and $750,000 In
:lin C. P. R.. and smmdry union" In
other qua . He can keep the
bailiff off a while yet.
A Chicago professor ie going to ex-
terminate cancer by the Roentgen
rays. and front London cornett the
story of a cure by the application
ut-(4„14,1 Wares. The phy.kianhave
long trucked the cancer germ; , per-
haps by and by they we, get con-
trol of It.
$ Providence, 31.I., professor has
succeeded In extracting light front
decayed porter-Trod'.e /steak. £very -
thing bac It. secs. We have often
wondered what use route steak should
b, put to, wile/. It 'night be for car-
epringe, but that professor may be
on the verge of a great discovery.
Canadian Imparts and expurte are
Lath int -reaming. The figures for Oc-
tober, and for the four tnonihm end-
ed October :Sleet show a gain under
each beetling, the Importe for the
third of the Racal year being $64,-
l57,16`) and the expxrrte $73,371,-
:010, a{galnet $61,436,736 and $70,-
112,001, for the correepeuxling per -
kid of 1900.
Cueadlans would do well not to be
tau revere on the poor Chlueaw who
remittal the sun from the dragon,' the
other day. Sues Ontario folks, led
by James 1'Ilny Whitney, talk of
✓ eee.tiug Outario front 'the beet gov-
ernment It has ever had, and frow
a cuuditlou of prosperity uuequal/ed
on the coutlneut.
n. int ernwling on the wire can
play huh with the mae111nery In the
Nlag'trn Falls Power dome., Rod
keep the, wheel,' quiet in frwtorlee
,anal the street* dark le ultimo for
two hours, there .night to be rome
dauber for keeping entre from- r.11mts
Ing polo.. That particular cat will
never tie It ngein, but there are
others.
Even In Chicago the coerte occa-
sionally wake up and avert their
dlgulty. The order for the Imprlrun-
went of llevtret'd managing editor
nod another of his staff, for eon -
tempt of court, way have a Viol
effect. But If the millionaire ex-
pklter of yellow journalism e1,ould
himself be sent down for a term, as
it xeemuequite probable he will be, the
enure of decent journaitnn us well as
that of pure courts may gain.
The Manufacturers' Executive will
try to do something to ()fleet the
Insolent as.umptlon by the Uulted
Stator of the word "Americau," as
weaning pertaining to that country.
They will ark Brltieh trade and other
publicatlune to amide by speaking of
poodle mode In the Dominiou as 'Cain
aeliau made,'. and of good. made In
the United Statav as 'United States
wade.'• ,1 campaign afoug tdat line
i* justified; but our own people
will do well to wake the "Cauadban•
uieedu" very prrumaae'at.
Archbishop Corrigan Is no rtxt:alidt.
lou doe.e not tidier it Ir purrlWo to
rrahxe ideal condlttonr by making
lie /tate the all. Ile way,: "You must
e .pose that those who wero .orm-
t rl • lazy and .hLtlee'. and Irrerpon-
nit,1have goldenly, hJ route tw
magic,
,
trans erred 1Itt .eel re, into ideal lu-
dustrlu d workers; all this, 1 ray,
you mu. *uppo'.o if you are going to
imbrue() : wll,tu." It is suppu..lug
a good d 1 to esupporo that 'intact
u: plrliame t uviol ecu change :nen'.
.maturer.
Parents of g,
lustrueterl at t
&hoot on Main
1s who have beeu
Domeatle 8e:ieuce
rout, or at the
branch on Stuart stroct, caonut be
p•reuaw1"d that the -aching of ecl-
onllfk: cooking is a us ear fad. They
tel to that they Dojo better vic-
tuals lit lose cost on ccuuut of
what their daggbtcr. wee taught,
and they Infer that genera lnetruc-
tion ou the ammo Sues woul enure
u considerable addition t the
wca1W of Hamilton by the pr ten -,
of warts, We well as an, m-
protument In the health and ha -
nore of the people. Thom who ar
most vlolont in their opposition to
cookies chaise* aim the ones who
know least about their advantages.
The London correspondent of the
Globo, dimumeing the poeslblc advan-
tages that Canada ham received from
tho recent royal tour, comments se-
verely on the Indian aali hautymail
festturees of the entertainment, the
reports of which In the British papers
produce the impression that the
greater port of Canada's population
r made up of rolrgh shnntymen and
wild Indians. Ile thinks it was n
groat- Mistake, ads,* to magnify u
nst.,w flurry west of Wlunlpeg halo
a September blizzard, "out of which
there vents cause for devout thankful -
aim that tho rugal party suoceeled
in escaping wtih their lives." In his
opinion, Englishmen do not know how
to decorate their streeta, and they
shoulti take a lesson from Canadian.
in that art.
TWO VICTIMS Of
R STRANSLER.
The big Onntham gun wbtol, has
been played at Sandy Hook, and
which was to wipe out a war -
.hip nt each shot, terns out to bo
oett to umel/tel, The teat .het. CML
$1:55.(100 each, Ito' projectile weighs
1.0'61) Ib(, and carries 500 lbs. of gun
cotton. The remelt was to merely
dent the face of the target.
They have a very prnetlral wain!
reform minleetter out In Vete-never
Rev. Dr. McLaren lune for n long time
denteineetl the nrgleet of the pollee
to enforce the anti gambling Iaeld.
now he rite the City Coaneil td an.
point him a'J Deputy Chief of Pnlbe
without salary, and let him .re If
lin can effect any improvement Eel
dimity he has the courage of hie con
vletlooi. Go It, Ebeae'ser.
WIMI: AND O1'HEHWISIt.
'That le your husband rapping :"
annov.neel the medium 1n a solemn
voice.
"sly husband rapping?" said tho
wkk,w, absently ; "gracious! he
most have forgotten hie night key i"
br.ke, awl the outlook's out
pleasant,"
Exclaimed the p etor sinner ;
''1'1l have to have dinner tor nothing,
Or nothing for dinner."
It la not Lo that .marches for
'tnlee that finds It,—elvar,l.
b'erel.tent people begin their mim-
eo*. where others end In faliure,—dd-
wnrl Eg, h.wton.
Leieurn 1s a beautiful garment. but
It will INA 4, for. conetant wear,—
A awn y mute.
Tailor—Tlte fashionable coat this
fr(41 )has but three button.
Benedict—Better put four on mine,
then, for one 1s bound to come off
before long.
Avarice le the lice of declining
years'—I3&nerof t,
"i natter, myself yon will like this
article," Dahl the would-be contri-
butor. -
"That's a taut," acid the editor,
after glancing over 31.
"You do Ilka It, thew?"
"'No ; I meitiViCii a fMet Mint you
flatter youreelf."
Every noble activl:y maker room
for itaelf,—IioWerseet.
"i /should like to get a poltlon In
the ballet," sad the young woman.
"Hoye you had any experience?"
Inquired the theatrical manager.
"Well, In Roston, where i we,
born and related --"
"Alt 3 from Ikv,tdn, eh 7 I'm afraid
you won't do."
Men's argument. often prove noth-
ing but their wishes.—lblton.
0! now (loth comae the jocund fall
With ripened nut and apple
The harvest's big and beet 111 .11,
It bringeth Ipeclou. scrapple
"Whit urn the ehampinn* of the"
vrge'tnrfan theory 1" naked 1 he man
with the paper.
"Why. thn rural a lt..re when
their fell aeehmpriptione login to
remit In:' tr,gnndrd the nein in
the next neat.
7 he llvm of the Melt of ns are
'ahem elweedng between erlle,--Jnn-
ilnwke-1 lieu„ aeon a Hind'.
fntlr roue n psalm leaf tree In ten
mint term.
F'nleon —Well, 1 Imre Ten n lest -
got -rich" tmerie,n rnl•r• n family
tree quicker than that."
Woman Found Choked to
Death on Roadside,
PROBABLY BY SAME HANG.
Smelt IOW Goss Delvlag With a Masi
la • Covered Carriage—No Motive
for oke lMllreceis Knows—Other
Cites Recalled.
livamevllle, Ind., Nov. 18—Two wo
tans, not of guo0 rteputatlun, wero
murdered oa ' tbe outskirts of this
City On Monday night under (dream -
'tames almost identical and leaving
DO clues. The weonen were Mrs.
Georgie Radley and Mime Lena Ren-
ew. They were sack killed by a
strangler and their bottles were found
la ditches abnge.le unfrequeuted
hlgbways near the city Enoh woaaan
was taken fora dr.te In the eotlntry
In a covered carriage. Mrs. Mary
Stoerk way murd,•rri here two years
ago, ht the same manner, and this
seem. to Indicate that there Is In
iaenrv111e a Jack the Strangler.
The Finding of Inc Itody.
A market gardener oum.ng into tits
city akeug tee first avenue road
early yeeiterlay morning tan- the
body of a middle -Aged woman Bing
face downward in the (Ittck
head bore many cont i.l iii nod
around the neck were tee imprint,
of a hand that had hold the woman
In a death clutch. The clothing ryas
torn, ettowtng that the victim had
grappled with her murderer. A later
examination 'bowed that her neck
was broken.
Son 'dentine. It.
After several hears the body was
identified as that of Mrs. Georgie
Malley, aged 40 years, who lived by
herself at a boarding years,,
In ('lark
street. .1 grown son, living In Ken-
tucky, Cane on Monday to visit her,
but waw unable to find her at home.
Yesterday he ens uneasy at her
absence and heenn to senroh fur her.
He Identified the body at the morgue.
Mrs. Italley-'s movements on the af-
ternoon and night before iier death
have not been traced. She visited
a slater la the eubarbl and while
with her display ed a letter, but af-
fected secrecy about the writer and
what le, said. She was Intimate,
the sister Saye, with a man named
ayes of St Louts. He visited her
t •nently. If he was in the city on
11 day the pollee are ignorant of It
A Ii1tCO`(1) ('ASN.
Is The - a ,lark- the- Strangler et
Work.
On the ase ersninc, according to
the oplalon of physicians who •xan,-
lnet both bodies, Lena Renner was
killed on another road lending out
of Evansville In an opposite direction.
at a distanoe of tour nines from the
place where Mrs. I,(afisy's body was
found. !ler body was found last
night not a yard front where Mr..
Storok'e b rly war found two years
ago. There were no sharks of vlo-
Ieuce except the print a the stran-
g ler's fingers ou the throat. and
body coatur:on■ resulting from a
fall. The supposition is that she
wee taken suadeoly unawares, offer-
ed no eesistence, died quickly, and
was thrown Into the ditch.
Miss Renner was 30 years old,
handsome and had many acquatn-
tames among men. The only tato
suspected le connection with her
death, John Kau fir, wbu palet at-
tention to her openly, war arr•et-
ed bat later war released on the
ground of lnsifticleot •vldence. Be -
send a meted remark of Miss Ren-
ner to a girl friend that etre bad
promisred to go driving on Monday
evening with a man, there is noth-
ing for the polis:e to work on. Who
tho man was, where he met her and
how long tbsy were together be:ore
the murder are unknown.
That the dead woman expected to
return to her home and bring her
uovnpank,n• with herr is shown by the
fact that site left out a luncheon to
'.lin dining room before she de-
ported.
e-
1rorted.
Nu Mollie Kuutr o.
In neither murder le there a mo-
tive apparent. If robbery had been
Clio purpose the murderer would not
have, omitted to take two rings from
Mb. Renner. Perhaps fear either of
blackmail or of the publicity - of
questionable relations prompted the
orioles, but them the known charac-
ter of both women would have off-
set that. 'rhe police ,amuse that
the murderer delighted le, mooing
death for Its own sake.
The enmllaritles of the canes Induce
euspk ken to meet upon one man ra•
thee than upon two. The fact that
the murders are distinct and 14111
klentloatl to feature, and that both
were oommltted probably within the
short time of an hour, tmggente that
two men could not have maimed and
exceutel the deeds. What progress
the police are makkag ix immaterial.
and finless won', strong elite le 'teeny -
Fool immediately the guilty perste
or person. may eiteape, for ii Is plain
by the leek of evidence that he or
they planned thoroughly and to pre
vent detection. Tim county has of-
fered a reword of $230 for evidenee
that will lead to the conviction of
the perpetratew to either ones.
Mrs. Mary Rt reek went to her depth
two years ago under precisely similar
eireurmartencee Rhe left her hexon to
go driving with a ,ran and watt never
o men alive agnln by her family. filer
body wan foeind a week afterward In
n ditch near the marine A.ylam
Around her ne'k there tree n enrd
tightly etretched She hid been
,rtranglel to death. The motive for
murdering her remains a secret t e
tilt. day, The pollee worked npon her
ease for monthe end then gave np
The dlerecvverr of MI*. Renner'. body
Inst night at the Maze where Mem
Storek'o body was found two vatre
eget 1nggalrte that three tmhrinr, end
not two were the work of one men
That .Inner mnr ere have not harm
committed elsewhere points to the
eoncln.lnn that the murderer live.
in the city.
MARRIED DIVORCED WIFE. DISSENSIONS
Sudden Courtship Followed
by a Separation.
WARM Ef OVER LOVE'S FLAME. Situation
IN THE CBINTI
New 11Nov. 18.—Attar a reuse.
tMinal tlHoroo action, aeries the trial
of which the husband declared le,
upon court he would kill the alleged
destroyer 'W him home If ever they
canto face to face, t'uyler Payne, u
Tooting man, mune quietly into New
York a few day* ago anti before he
left yesterday ho ug+flu had wedded
hW divorced wife.
0enetleve DOrello, at one time a
member of the Beethoven t`uerlette
ant a player ou the ouuoert ,tugs,
wet Payne In 18140, and the two were
married a few days later.
Belden as was their .courtship and
marriage the sequel cattle with a
euddenners twat .Lucked their Mutual
frk'nde. The beginning of the mud
came, In ('olumbue, 0, whither M:es
DOrellu had accompanied h w while
he was en tour with a otrul,eny pre-
.ontlog "Alabama."
In the court proceedings which fol-
lowed Payne Insi,text he had returned
to lila hotel from the theatre on the
night In queetlun earlier than was
his custom to find hie w(fo In the
room of another man, et man who
had been frtently with Payne fur
seteral years. The actor farther de-
clared that, entirely unketown to
himself, this emu hart folk,wel Miss
DOrt4b about the country at various
time'.. These allegatoos the wife
(holed, but the entire mutter created
a ettr at the time.
A separation followed nod abort six
months later Payne began an action
r 1 eco ,u In
fur divorce. .,s D Or t ar
1 oroe'. M
t
.1. fence and the trtal was apnsa-
t.onal and nttrected much atteution.
.t decree was grunted nevertheless,
nrl Payne rheenly made the assertion
that the man he had mentioned In
the rrmpinlnt welt defraying the el-
lonttee of litigation fir Isle wife.
The Actor rabeepuently married •
Chicago outman, one not In the the-
etrlcal professor, and est:11 later was
.ileoreed to turn from her. 111w
1)Orello has been seen but little In
public P_fe since that time.
SI6NED THE
CANAL TREATYI
1 Much -Talked -of
Chief [owe. Wnrd.n Tinsley eteite.
that the deemed for lieeneee to
hent deer Is granter thin year than
weer hefnrr. Fngnlrles for Ile'.n,a.
nrw .1111 enetn In. thgh the open
meson 1. nearly evti
y Duet.
Converttton
is.Now in Force.
MANY HUNTERS SHOT.
Adtr,.e Verdict, .1. the St. Luul+
Lock)ow (',see- Health Depert-
ueeut Blamed Nnlur..1 (..,. 1 s-
pluslue Ire I'hile'trlphla Het -
roue Stomp loon et tellcu P.
Washington. Nov. 1N. --T110 new
Ilay-Pauneefote treaty was signal
to-dny at 12.05, by `secretary flay.
for the United States, and Lord
Pauncefote, the British Eueba-sador
for (treat Britain.
Shoutlag Huntsmen.
Augusta, Me., Nov. 18.—Although
the last legl.latfire passel a law Im-
posing a maximum penalty of ten
years' iniprl.o oment, or a fine not
exceeding $1.000, for negligence or
caro:ovine.. which "hail! result In
the shooting of a human being by
hunters, the record of such fatalities
in this etate during the present sr -a-
eon is very heavy. A pec.11ar feat-
ure of the sltnation It that In wee-
eral accidents the "Mote have !sten
fired by nrlkLown persons. The re-
cord up to the present time shows
that 12 person'. have been shot by
accident and that five of the tictlets
have been either killed outright or
wounded so that death follewe 1. In
four instauoev the shot.• were fired
by unknown persons.
Adverese Verdlrt,
St. Louis, Nov. 18.—Coroner Fun-
hower to -day rendered a terdkt
finding the St. Luuls Health Deport-
ment negligent In the preparation
of diphtheria anti -toxin, the athnin-
istration of which recently caused
the death. by tetanus (lockjaw), of
seven children -
Gus 1e %plosion.
Weulukngton, Pit., Nov. 18.--A nat-
ural gee explosion occurred along
the Wan 1111.0 3mrte of the Wheeling
(pea (:ompeny, at Detain village,
eight tnllos west of here, last even-
ing, which remitted 1n injuries to
six men, two of whom w111 probably
die. The explosion wa0 caused Iry the
gas Igniting frold a tor;lt In the
luuslr of one of a gang of repair
me n.
Revenue Stamp brands.
Phlledelphla, Nov. 18.—John 1..!tem-
ply, a lawyer of Camden, N. .1., was
place) out trL•tI to -.lay in the United
States Dlstrict Court before Judge
McPherson, charge) with aiding and
abetting Arthur Taylor nal Bell -
wet 8. Breduil la making, issuing and
attempting to circulate counterfeit
twenty dollar notes. Semple Is the
thirteenth man to be arreetet In
rcxwtrction with the celebrated Lin -
estate?, Po., revenue ratan difidliter-
felting conreplraey, conceived by
,laa'ottn aadl Kendlg, cigar (naaufac<
tureoe of that city, In 1897. Winn
man have gone to the penitentiary
for their part In the crime. and three
othere are In tbe county prison,
awaiting sentence. •
LAVE LETTERS USEFUL.
Described as One
of Hollow Truce.
THE VOICE OF JINGOISM.
Ilei' %sopped Mullet Intended to
salty a Rival.
Derby, Conn., Nov. 18. — Walter
Ftal°her, of Ansonia, got Into an
altercation yesterday with John H.
Jamem over the latter'., attentions
to Mist, Amelia Morrie, whomn hand
both man were seeking. James drew
a revolver anti deliberately fired
at Fltcher's heart. When Plete•h-
ar'e shirt WAS openei a slight brume
was tlmibia to mark the place where
t1t, bullet struck.
Tho boll wan found emhMdel In
n packet of love letters. which
chocked Its course. There were 13
totter., one of them 27 purrs long.
1'kteh.r had done them up randy to
return to Miss Morris, who he
thnnitht had Jilted him.
MIP. Morris. on hearing of the
ehnntingharrind to Fletehmr'm side
end n eorplete reeonelliwtlon wee
/greeted.
Loudon Globe un 1tie ('anal Treaty
Geral tierglun UUyuuulaluw Burn-
ed With Lw* of 3' uur Lives vice-
roy of Kwaog Tung Dead.
New York, Nov. 19,—Rumors that
Parliament nt w111 west In the middle
tat Jaowtry hardly reeve w explalo
tate frequency of the Onbinet tueet-
litgr, tutor the Trlbuue's London cor-
reepoudeut. There will be another
one to -day (Tuesday). M'hlle the pro-
gramme of the rersiou contains lit-
tle beyond drastic proposals attend-
ing the rulers of the (X,mmonr, well
founded rumors of it rltarp titter-
geuce of opinion between dlr 111-
chaeI-Hicks-1)rah alit Lir colleagues
respecting lair financial policy of-
fer au addegnate exp(auatlun of the
my eatery. laird L.dslonlerry''es hollow
truce Iter not been much, ntallnel of,
but may bo patultet un again if Sir
M.cheiel pinned inure flexlule that) he
Maur a fortnight ego, respecting the
wavy and a of providing for filo
me ter lou I g
eoutlnuauce of the /war.
1 I. , t oleo ur Jingoism.
Lowson, Nov. 19.—T*►:t Globe the.
aft.-rnc'.0 4)m.'usrea ohm Ilay l'suncr-
fotu treaty In Its usual ultra Jingo
lune. It satyr: Uulewe Lord Pounce•
foto and Secretary flay have rtrlet
ly ub.,•rved the principle of quid pro
ye,., filo treaty he far metre direly to
impair 1.111111 to strengthen friendll•
ue.,re. 11 itrltlstt righty in the lath
rem, have been aletn:k,utsl without
u taagl8le equivalent it will Dot ire
long before Great Britain will he in-
vited to surrender the Wert Didier
and even ('anpda as peace offerings
to American chauthdem.
lomat 4ilianariume Housed.
Darmstadt, Nov. 19.—The great
bunting erected by the Darmstadt
gymnastic moieties, which wad open-
ta! n,tn great cere'lnony alt ek•teher
6, by Grand Duko l:rnet Ludwig, wee
destroyed by fire this morning. Four
ew'rvants employe! ab .dl the bui'diug
store btrue-/ to death.
A Viceroy -Deed.
Hoeg' lung, Nov. 19.—,(n urcoe-
firmoit report is in circulation here
that Tau Mu. Viceroy of the Province
of Kwnng Tung and Kang 81, le dead.
MIERS MRCH
TO CLOSE MINES.
Indiana Coal Strike Situation
Becomes Grave.
CHICAGO IN DENSE FOC.
TRAGEDIES OF THE SEAT
Castaways Picked Up on
Terra Del Fuego.
OiHERS MISSING OR DROWNED
Buono, Ayres, Nov. 18. -'rhe trams
pert Chau, which tan arrived nt
tills port, report. itavlug picked el.
at lituton 1s1Atel. Terra Del !'ung,,,
tlw captain and first and mooed of-
(k)err and 21 of the crew ul the
French ehlp Aetreo, L`aplalu Juan -
Jean. The Astreu had Immo aban-
donoct un Out. 8th, off Cape tit. John.
ells other members of the crew, who
turd left the ship is small boats,
are missing.
The Chaco also picked up the first
offloer anal two of the crew of the
Brlllsh barque Olencalyd, Captain
English. Tito Olencalyd was lust o((
Port Margaret, Staten Island. The
eaptaln, the second offloer, the
third officer and the rest of the
crew were drowned,
Metal ('ulltrluno on the 1!levated
ltuads—An Alabama Negro hes..
traced to Death for Highway
itobbery—Stolen (lends Mound on
,. Portland Street.
Washington, ind., Nt. 18.—Three
hnhdrel trail miners were gathered in
dill city title Morning waiting for
.a train to take them to %invention,
where they expecte I to be jested by
five hundred other miner,' from cnr-
rtunding town.. Th^n they Intended
to descend ne (3m i'eorpa'el Hill miner
there nm1 r•n:leaver to iter'.lnuly the
trio-unkn !nen to stop work.
Last night o delegatktn of Mont-
gomery mtnere marched Into 'Wash-
ington ants held a ,ecret meeting
with .tho laced mon, after e•hleh they
%laled the raNrun•l agent and e•her-
teret three nacho,' to tnke them to
tineenne•. by the fleet train.
Wool was received last night that
130 Men were marching to Vinee'nnee
forth Prineeton, rind erv('ral hundred
froal other serroiniing mining
towns. Fully eight hundred men were
. spe•t1,1 to tin untamed At the newel.
The Men were divided into (•ntnp:i11100,
e1,e11 of widen heel te enptnlu. They
.n11 they would tolerate 110 dolor,,,
int weds tub -tate only (awful met
oft tte gain their endo. They woil.l
not return until they 'Mould have
('13"1,1 lila mints down, they said, or
reverted the anon scale" of wages.
They would pnrehene provisions at
t'le.eehnet and camp olt while there.
Collisions la 4 Mesita Vox.
('hicngo, Nov. 19.—A dense fog With
rrvpen,lbin for minterms Mineli10,0,,
and ervltivions here early to -day. In
n colllslon b'tween two Metropolitan
Elevated teethes one woven was kill-
ed and twelve injured. Other col-
tisliai "Hudak ripened Mt the North-
weetern. the Lake -Street and the
Month MM. elevated reale: A1id fon
Dame of the miriade Mase, bat It was
.tan •.t 4Mll--tor-tblemewei lr-wtee-were
,e.sly Injured.
The fust wald.elle of the most dense
Chicago hay experienced in yearn.
People vtnndlag'on the sllewnike
credit scarcely see pissing vihlel"e,
rind Attest oars kept their Renge
flanging constantly.
'rh, Metropolitan "1." eolll,lon was
between it tralo carrying factory
worker. and an expreee train both
running rust. Moth train* were
crowded, end Thomas Molly, 18 years
old. 'standing on the rear platfornt
of the fleet train won crashed to
death.
, Slanging for Highway Itsbhery.
Birminglham, A1a., Nov. 19. — 11'111
Roans). a negro, has been mentenewd
to hong for highway robbery. The
cean,enins of legal opinion here le that
the .entente will watabll.h a pee-
erirsadt whtch will bee the mean. of
bringing order Into many settlementis
in this state hitherto given over to
lawk'ssnems.
Found Medea theles Jewel*.
Porttend, Oregon, Nov. -19.-8anln
.italnortd stick -pens, veined at about
$200, were puked op on Park Street.
rad have been identified ail part of
the $10.001 din mond oefeetloa stolen
`Sandsy night. from A. W.LeWeeth,'l'"
riven nt the l'nrtland Hnte1. Noar-
ro/ts have hese made.
•
PAN - AMEflICAN DEFICIT.
Liabilities Amount Altogethe"
to $3,326,114,
TOTAL COST WAS $8,860,757
Buffalo., Nov. 18.—The directors oe
the I'an-Amerlrau Exposltlou anti a
number of creditors conferred tide
afternoon, and listened to the re,ot
Lug of the financial report of til.•
company as P 'le,red
rtthe auditor
by
Toe report shows the total Habil
Oleg of the company at the present
time to b.• $3,826,111.69 net, aseum
Mg that the assets of $146,434.17.
are collectable at fac0.
The company owes operating et
leense* and on oonetructk,n work
$377,945.73, which Item I', of (Douro.,
embodied In the figure of tote! ilea
btllller.
An Intereethlg fact shown by lis.
report In the total cwt to Liu! Etp.
Atkin Company of the expotltlnu
The root, aeoorating to the report, we..
$8.460,757.:0.
The total receipts from wlmlrebue
after May Ise were $2,467,086.58.
and the receipts from c nersek*te
were $1,011,522.79.
Tho balanee due to fleet mortgage
bond holders is $174,979. and tows,
oat mortgage bend holder. $300,00),
Loth of which are Included in the
liabilities as given above.
t y .a .. y Z ■ L
THE MARKETS
7r7rir7r-ir-r7
Toronto' Kar ,arra' Market.
Nov. 18.—Rescelpte of farm produce
on Saturday were large -5,0.10 burn
envoi grain, 13 lark of hay, several
lots of deemed hogs. a few Iota of
potntoee, with a large delivery nt
butter, eggs and- poultry.
Wliett—.00 tuehele told ns follows
Red, 103 bushel,' at 63 to 7.w , g•,.,.' .
400 buehele at 66 to 69 1-2e.
Marl 7—Fifteen bus Del len heli •o'd
at 31 to 601.20.
Oats—Three thonsaud beeline soh!
at 501 1-:5to5114.
Rye—One load sold at nee.
Hay—F1(teert loud* sold at $11 t.
$14 per tows for timothy. and 44 t,
$9 per ton for clover:
Dree mrd thus—Prices steady a'
$7.1:0 to $7.75 pm cwt.
Poultry—Deliveries large, with
prices firm dor all of good quality
and well dreamed. Chickens mold at 40
to 80o per pair; thinks 50' to $1 per
pair; goose 7 to Sc per pound; ter
keys, 10 to 12e per grind.
Eggs—Prlees firm's f .r ,orb try new
laid, which sold at 80 to :1.:10 per
dotty*. LItned egg. sold at lee per
doses.
Butter—Deliveries Large, with ode...
easy at 18 4e, 23- pre pound. A few
lot+ of very choice dtlry to special
customers brought e'en.
Apples.—Prlees are ender at 822.10
to $8.50, with an o'eaalonal lot at
$1 per barrel.
Leading Wiliest Marietta.
Following are the clo.ing quote
tknis at Important centres today
('ash. Hey
•('h Ieago ., ... ... ... -- 76
Toledo... 76 1-4 79 5.4
Duluth, No. 1 Nor 71 A 8 71
Duluth, No. 1 haul 74 3 8
C00.,. Markets.
At irxgnot., "ales nt 8 -, 8,
At South Flneh, sties at ,t 1 2,.
At Winchester, sale. at 8 580
Toronto 1.1v• *teen Rark•t..
Cxport Battle, skalds. est owl lie n0 es
d.,aadtem 3 2.5 to
Kee,rt esu. 1 SO to
Dutekare *mini stoked t 25 M
nu choloe t 13 to
R., fair 330 10
de son mon 00 to
do trews 33 to
do ballsh to
Fannon. 'bort- loop 75 is
dn. isatillsie W to
etdsksn, I,eae les 1.,05 aka... 00 so 40
46I1gkt B0 is 50
Lille\ sows, sash. Da .0 to M 00
ehdsp, swop per cwt
7.1
ie,
44
a,
ve
is
rn
do Gulls.
Iambs, 10r ewt
Calves, per ►•d
Rap. skalds, per ere►
Bop, tat, par owl
Has., hitt, pre awl
ne to 5
00 to 1h
00 to 3 M
OD to 3 4n
00 to 10 Of
30 to 0 ec
371 to est
34 1s 0 so
dradstrs•t's se Trad•.
Business at Montreal ha. show*
aroma expansion In certain whole"els
departments this week. The raider
weather has created more demand for
hinter goods, and the ahtpmeUtP old"
week to many 110.. have been very
heavy. Redness conditions at Q,u"-
bc are ar goal as the preceding
week. Colder weather has Improved
the demand for heavy wInter goods
M the dry geode trade at Toronto
Snowfalls brought a large Increase of
°More to retallers and mads It neceA-
,wry to reorder certain lines to keep
stocks srrteed. The factories And
melte continue bury. Larger P11m1 In
wages are Deing dlstrlbited In Can -
edit now than ever before. Trade et
Hamilton an reported Is active. The
},biters are busy filling order* note
nn1 ahlpmenta are heavy. The prise"
In wholawtle trade are generally well
m lnlwlnel, and there Is not likely
to be ranch dlspkrmltIrwi while the
dr mend Ire so arttve is it IN at pre-
sent to make mneee.kwt. to Induce
mien. Rn.ine.. at Winnipeg 'On-
tlnnes to Improve are the when( .ti
Itrerla'J Increase. Ball nein at T.nnk,n
I. rialto motive. The farmer* are now
mnrketing a good deal of grain, al-
tlx'ugh m geed many ere holding It
hnek, M they often do when prlret
urn advenetng Trade at the Parlfir
('oast ciders has been aelvereety of
f.v cal iry the fine, almost slimmer
lite weather. The Itollday trade Im
beginning with the jobbers, and pro-
mises to reach good proportion* Ibm,
Amann Rn.Inea at Ottawa Is f.lrty
hriek, and to some lines Mnslderable
activlty le bring Meows.