HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Signal, 1903-2-19, Page 7THE SANUAL
IN THE SUARDS
Public at Last Have Taken
Up the Question
OF EFFICIENCY IN ARMY.
Zralln l'rofes.lon Mean/ Indignity
Curt Made Lowe Kuprrbedt•d
\t'ar OMce Regulations - The
Maher Will be Diatewed In the
Goner or Commons. '-
London, Fol(. 17. -The estate of af-
falrr R'Ii oh has been revealed siva
the dismissal of Cul. Kinloch (rout
1110 command. of the Grenadier
livard/t 111 tbe most debated quer-
tiou In England to -day. When Parr
lIAtment meets next Tuesday it pro
meter to furnish keener and 'ewe
direly -watched diwue/dour than
any quertlon of lame or foreign
It le a complete mistake to sup -
lore that the matter le merely one
of those acanthia which affect what
,s tailed Iambtunable loeiety, or that
It in the care of the publics chain -
leonine a man agallrt tbe supposed
htjusl:ce of his (fticlnt sup•riere.
It lute bouomo clear during the pre•
Mi01 week that flit lireit:oiler
tiu11rd1 scandal Ls gong to du %that
three years of Laborious ugitat.uu.
locked by the blest men of beth
parties In England. has faded t..
ucloeti•. The British public has at
last taken up the question of um)
, Itsc:plet and el fciency Netluusly
Eros the *peel' e unmated . facts
of the Greiaall4•r sy stem of dieda.
ohne. the enquiry ha" Isom preluded
t., the whole eysaten of the un•
written, custom-made .haws which
weer'. a ro.ltlel''r lire far wort
than the army regulations of the
Oar Office. •
A Harrier to Zeal.
It 1s plain from the carr of the
!legging in the -Grenadiers that
out of the offence.. for Milch u
young officer la liable to unit ►1 lu:
tllgnIty at the halide of leer 'Ham -
.late eetlwre u a dleplay of zee.
in learning the art and ,cle.nde u.
war ur auy open tntureet in tilt
technical ride of her profeest.n
'Deese w halternr' e(durt-tuartlal ar.
organized into a ryrtetu. ohlcit Inv
leen consecrated sty tradlt.oa, aut
there is realm to believe tint they
are enforced by direct favor oath
.leer reg.mentul nuthorltler. Thos.
Is no reason to rupppose that they
are prevalent outside the Guards
brigade. tint this brigade fr the ho -
torte leveler of tha Relish infantry
forces, and its code 1r generally
regarded as authoritative Icy olfl-
etrs of the lino reg:mentr.
Accepted by Relative..
The non-military public IN ammo.
ished to see that the 'system le al
moot universally accepted by th..
families
h -
famllles of teem chiefly 'concerned.
The father of se young officer, who
fainted under IAovra front a knotteu
vane. ban since written a letter to
Col. Kinloch. in which he ensile: l• I
sympathy with him in hie diming•
eat. and thanked lain for the firth
erly intermit ho had always taken
In hat son. The Duke of Northum-
berland. the Earl of Demo/trough,
and the Earl of Stanhope. who art
2110 Inthers of the other three rub
niterns who are =stiff in the (leen
milers, have written a Joint letter,
hl whr:ch they declare that .their
MAIN were very hippy! and content-
ed to rho regiment under Col. Kin-
loch'" command. Several oif.een,
have written lettere In which the;
defend the effects of these• secret
sntalternr' court-martial en the
ground that they were conducive to
esprit de oorps.
Tito civilian public. however, de-
mand that the whole system be "top -
pet. and that decent treatment of
newly-appalntel officer@ be secured
There Is plenty of evidence to Nhnw
that tho rank and filo In the regi-
meritn where this bullying le cue
toiletry follow tho lead of the MG -
maker lu MoAvetly e bras foundry.
Grey d:suuverus tlidt hr lead ruse
muuey. uoJ advised hem to bring It.
eykcu*au Lruught Lew nllty-uolltr
b.11r. Un the Ilr.,t visa Gray mahtpu-
luted tee .motley aid returned it. Deli -
tog 1)ykem:m 1.1141.1 hu would rout
make mare out of it. .1 retu041 time
lykemuu brought the writ,, (;ray
perto.n:d some cereIiou.el over 1t.
eu„lig by handing the owner as tarot
deed up hi red supposed to contain ttic
Lash, winch hu eamenul to, mien for
Howe dugs. Ilykemuu grew curious.
nue, pnu:rlug through tho market, ep-
eup.l the parcel, finding only brown
paper 111 it. Ile gave luforwuuuu, but
found thin (tray hurl already taken
the train for the•, United States. - A
despatch was sent forward and they
war arrested 011 the train at Mc-
.1.Lt111. }IVO 4)1 the bills were Towel
in the cloaet of the car. (fray wee
immediately locktxl Up IIt tilt• Mallon,
:111)1 an oft -Seer went from St. dohs
to bring him back. But the next vie -
Our to 4ray'1 cell found elm shard,
with the velee of hie wiggle cut. and
him throat rut front oar to ear. No
:ale know* anything about the ,(cud
luau's family. ,
RU
CNA�fOt_flIAiN 6 HA TASK
One Man Bedded.
Thero Is ono point In the whole
sr:udlal that bas rained general ear -
prise, and that is that the officers
who were flogged did not fight their
assailants as long an them was
t,realh In their bodiless. A general
writes to the Times .that when an
uttrmpt was made to whip a new
_ of f i cpt.11 ..aragameat. a[.
man, who was of powerful pliy.lqu.'
managed to throw three of him judges
not of the window. in another cav-
alry regiment nil offender was pun -
1p14(4 by another officer getting
astride of hie back and using emirs
on 111. naked skin until Ito Jumped
over some obstacles.
AR ngainet that no -called discip-
line tho offlcrre, when in harmony.
seam to err on the redo or extreme
laxity. One Instance of title may
show how tho offlcore' mase Is tonne -
timers conducted, even during tr. w.tr.
.titer the occupation of Pretoria one
of the Guards,' regiments gave n din-
ner, which developed Into nn ex-
tremely fretive function, In the
course of which n entaltern rolled
the colonel over on the ground and
wet on his head. The colonel wrest-
led with the youngster, and Iremtad
to enjoy the Retort, while the mile -
tont of the regiment shouted In glee.
This cook' never have happened In
n line regiment.
The Orenadlere aro encountering a
vast amount of popular ridicule since
ihn disrioeuros came out. The other
night three young dlandlrs were
Wending np In the "tall of n thea-
tre when cries of "fit down" ennle
from the pit. Then another voice
railed out, "They can't; they're
Grenadlera" The house ens con-
vulsed with laughter.
I he, Diffle:uliy of the Situatio
in Cape Colony.
S10HY OF LORD METHUEN
Lemke", Feb. 17. -Mrs Chamber -
Iran him reached the matt difficult
rt1igtn of hie stork In South Africa.
The intend were' not In power In the
Tr:uava:N and the Oraugo JtiterCol-
ony, and he could deal with thew
'fruity. Mid ciax theta hit0 gout be-
havior. The 1)wtch are in power 111
e;.tpd• Colony, end retain their 1/1000-
Jetley with a tenacious grasp. They
nave receive! him coolly, because
.bey suspect that the mute put -pure
ul him M11Not1 lu 8uuth Afrte.► 1r to
.:arty tee '1011 general election,"
Jgaluet them.
The Cape Colony loyalists, on the
other bend. have not remelted hie
ect1ua in dlsearding Lord Abner,*
advice fur the 1UNteclslurl of the con -
'duration. but1►avu hailed ifs appear-
.1.uce with entblut:mm. Temporarily
his presteice 4t a colony tent with
political and race fewer tends to
streltglhen fru-tion feeling. but he
hate nut (ltl.hed the work.
Dr. Jameson and .tlfrol Belt, who
have returned to London to -day
from the ('ape, would have preferred
Lord Minter's equtlon, by which Sir
Goodell sprtgg s unable! of Govern -
meet. with 111e Help of elltegt)rli.to,
would hire been &fueled. If Mr.
i'lcituberiatn,.ucccod,t iu forming an
imperial f11'ltish-[hitch party and
utrrying the colonial election., It
Will be one of the great *weevers of
his career.
1)r..Jamesoo, who had much to do
meth the rxp:seure, of Gen. Buller'*
heliograph nteeenges to Ser George
White respecting the lorrenrler of
LIdysnllth, returns at the moment
when Lonl ltlet!•..en Inas testified be -
:ore .the Commlttee on the Conduct
,d the War that be marehel to the.
Molder River and fought the battle
.f Mnge•refnntein, tinder orders to
relieve Kimberley 0141 then abandon
it foal retire to the Orange River.
This plan of campaign excite.( the
r1ghtemes lrllgn:hese of Cecil Rhode.,
who' wit« under *sego at Kimberley.
UPI Gen. 8111ler'r Juwiifa11 was has-
te:lel by the practical men., Cres
slopped for revealing the secret of
mil :try Inceptcity. The headquart-
ers of the nffiet.•al committee on mill-
tary defence In London probably
ens nut responsible for the strange
plan eV campaign for the deliverance
4f mouth Africa by the eurrend,•r of
f.ndysmltle the evacuation of Kim-
berley and a retreat all slog the
Inc.I•
MURDERED HIS MOTHER
TO GET HER MONEY.
Yaqui Women Fight Valorously Against
the Mexican 1 coops.
Philadelphia despatch -Geo. Nele,
of . No. 5,::1b Wakefield rtrett, Ger-
mantown, murdered Ills iuot11er 01111
:1 hatchet hint night, 1411d clwppel
ha 'aster we that her efe is derpalrcd
of. Nelk left a note behind way lug
that he .had committed the crime
and that. he hod taken $1,000 to
have a good tl)ne.
"1 hate $1,(I:,U,' the note read,
• nod wn going ant to have a good
tiu►e. Then 1 will grill myself."
Nelk had not been caught. The
mother diet! In the huy)1UG to which
the wits taken without regaining
uone'lOUrlle.am. The sister wn1 re
;tired hurt long enough tel) gasp:•
'Bro:h'•r George, did it." Nelk, the
pollee Is•Ilore, has fled to Chicago.
Ile appeared at the ht.use of 11144 bro-
ther elortly after coiumllting the
crime. Later he war seen 111 several
dens 111 the Tenderloin. The hatchet,
with whirl' the murder wean eom-
initted war found hi it metre'shed.
\elk .eeured $3011 from the hound/
Hie mother tear about Arty -five
year* ol 1 and feeble. She eked out
a living by 'selling cigars lu a small
shanty 111 Germantown.
i'ayul Aleurisma In Batik-.
Callen. 'Mexico Feb. 17. -At Cabe -
dmilImaomirr *
]I6 SHARPERS
FORTUNE-TELLER'S SUICIDE.
fk•n1atsonal Robbery Fends in More
*meat tonal Death.
St. John, N. 11, Feb. 17.-.1 sensa-
tional robbery here Saturday was
followed by n 541111 more nenNattnna'I
'maids,. A man giving the sumo of
Prod Oray. hailing ne he Raid from
!.nglnnd, and chinning to bo a Lo-
oter -teller. rttu1.' I•rre thee, a '•.,
ergo and toot rooms at Elliott'.
Betel. where he had gnite a run of
r1111tnm and took In some stoney.
Among them who eonght hie advtro
were Vlotor Dyktman, n pattern -
Frio of "Get -Rich -Quack "
Concerns in Panic,
J..teue slehualchl, :443 stiller :south of
Sana Marlel, sllu:1tr1 on rho 'written'
slope of the Itacatette MoU111:11n1,
!,'teethe troupe of the fourth bat-
talion, umber command of Co:. Hluu,
met Yaqui forcer uuder Gutumzoleo,
Olt Fel. 5111, wed defeated them In
a terrific battle. Many Yaqui wo-
m4.11 faught vulorour:y it the ranks
agulust the attacking forcer, and
Mexican bullets pierced them lbro•igli
nal through ur repeated %taleyr were
Wel. Bravely the women stood the
rain of leaden wlrrller, and when
one would full mortally wounded
l iolhi'r would step forward in- her
place.
Cel. Bina, with 1,200 troop's. sur-
rounded the Yftqul1 after a difficult
march awl destroyed all ' wane of
✓ rtrent from the hill on t bitch they
were entrenched. Tin 'turves of the
Indians( weetpp stampeded down the
h111 by Mexican ecoid.. and the In-
dl:inA became panic stricken. The
Mexicans, bent upon extermination,
made no distinction lu rex.
The result woo that the Yaqui wo-
men sought arm.. 10 defiled them -
elver' lgninst the kleelea11N. Fr
Gonave pleaded with the Yaqui w•nr
✓ loea for a rifle with which to de-
fend himeeelf, ne the content war
°lh'ked by Mexican eol,llere. Ile was
furnished the rifle and jellied in the
brittle.
NORTHWESTERN STATES SHIVER.
Chicago Female Robber Chocks
Chloroforms Her Victim.
{Veit Superior, Wis., Feb. 19.-T114'
meieury to -day recorded 23 degrees
below z, l0, the coldemt of 111e win-
ner.
Omaha, Fel. 18. -Ten degree* be-
low zero was rcglstered hese title
mottling. the coideet of the year.
Tito cold were (rovers the (ileum of
South anti North Dakota.
A Pentair Thames Work.
Chicago, Feb. 18 -Choked and et•: -
petted with chloroform by a female
bandit. in ,the hallway of her dome,
341 Winne slant, at 9 o'clock tai.
Meta, Mrs. Edward Hufineb0ler\wnr
lobbed of her purse containing $l
by n torte who woe 0-Itln the daring
women. Tito robbers swatted anti
Mee litemeister when found W''.4
emcee -chime and her face war badly
bunted b) the timet.
Ws. Il ofineIeter rrturnel from n
gruery Ntolt anti wan t 3110111 '11111
R'nr:•N b1 the.robberr. AN ehe entett'.1
;HICAGO PAT BONS LOST LARGELY
(*Weeps, Feh. 17. -"Get -rich -quick"
0neern{ in ('hlc.go suffered yester-
lar afternoon. from the ante of po-
ke reform that oterted in St. Louis
.olden the 1.1,4 turf rpm( --elation s)n-
dentc of E. J. Arnokl & Co. *udden-
ly collative 1 and left thouseurie o:
.+r.l:tora to mourn the 'oar of mil -
0; do.lnn.
Three *1mllnr concern', some. o:
a hhh offered to pay 4 per cent. a
eerie 0.1 "tnvritments," ani who are
1111 to have ohtnan'I more than $I,-
.0 1,000, men. railed aimuletnto.l' y
.n 1 another 0•(04 salla defendant In
at attachment /shit brothht by Thos.
,tutus to knee lot $2,70J through
1. llenanwt & Co." Toe concern's
•al !e 1 and the pera.one arrested fol-
low:
1I. Rroinekl & Co., suite 40:-7-4-5
-4tar bnild:n;t. 358 Doarbern street:
eneon load of Itterntur. confI. entP.l ;
Harry Brotnskl and Henry Thomp-
oo, nllc;dal proprietors, nrreeteI;
.oth reletsel Noon after being taken
to line Harrt*on .treet ponies sta-
tion.
Ib noli: t & ('o.. turf Investments,
703 Temple Court haielint, 2.:5 Dear-
orn elreet ; three bushels of viio u-
lara and correspondence seism 1 : 11.
J Berk, W. J. Worm ane Mime Matter
Wdwlli arreetel and taken to the
Iii rrban street pollen station.
Mllcoetinent lits-tment Uomp+n'',
.0lr•rnt!ve tookmakoie room 620.
1115 Dearborn street ; Mew Olga C.
Smith, n stenographer, found In
•harge: malt .1. W. Wit tmor.e, pro-
prietor,
ro-pri etor, was nut to luncheon ; core-
. penitence and circulars conflsoate t.
ani
the darkened hallway elle wads seized
by 0 wuw:u/ *tending 011 the *stadr-
%V.%. ' M,•r. Ilofuu•Iist r attempt. i to
cull for help, but the footpad held esu
tiglaly that "1m w0s (111111)10 to ut-
ter a houldl.
Without rek.nsing her grip on het
tictin;e throat the rubber multi'.' n
harolkerchief from the bosom of Ilei
drew am! clopped 1t over th., nor-
trI:e of Mrs. llofmt'letv:. The hand-
kerchief was dettnrateet with ch:urn
fo:in. Soon Mrs. llofm(•trtor nlccuwb-
el partially to the drug dud the
0elaatl cellist hermale companion
who was conceralel behind the .'oar,
Ile caste out and took the pure.
fromMrs. Hofineletcr's hand.
JI1IL nut the robbers were le ottit
Charles. Bonert, a roomer In the
house. letting heard the sound.' of
the struggle, lutateuel to the hallo
way nn.l started to pursuit, not
knowing what hail occurred. ' He
crd'l1 not overtake them and abnn-
stonl(a1 the chase. Detectives' I.oftue
ane M.Mahon were detailed on the
esuse. but no arrests were wide.
THINK CHRIST HAS COME;
STRANGE RUSSIAN SECT.
1t recommended Gott the couocll pro- 0
twat against Chief Thompson or
auy out's/Mlle's of the City, Council
eudeavorltig to kill the enluu, and
Hutt 11 11100 mon keep In wind the
MI MON of aldermen who voted that ,,
0117.
LOCKADE RAISED AT IISI; I.oR TOTAL. ABSTINENCE.
MwlIrrel Ant/Goan Synod Passer a
I 1t, .eluDon-- Church aad Divorce.
t'mmander ot.Blitlsh CIuiter 1•itt.bul•R, Feb: 17. -One person) a•ur
14)110I brought Ite leisure t0.a clues
TUruIIIU Ir u11a41rgu1rlg hurt now 1 Abuse Tills the News
to -day, and wear prorogued by 11111
brace .Archbishop Butte thea after -
tors
that of (uflueuna. Dote swum
.1t to -piste rectilon a reeulu-
orr *5114)0 that .11 ill for removedleen n k K
the r u. t e St nod to empower
from the genulus Purlieus la grippe ' the Archbishop to appoint a emu -
that Nur lint (ell hero in all ft," 1vcRYBUoY t$ FILLEt,.K,'1 11 J,)' mitten to draw 0y4p4 a memorial to
severity annul ten year* ago: The the General Synod asking for the
after-effect's are not nearly 1odaus Lu Genian, Pse til. -Ter enactment of n :anon un di+urce, war
�uruul or esu melena. 'Cee prurtlat Ilei idru ul.i4ttly rut•.J. The cow' ruucU10,44. Another motion, hating for It.,
typo les moistly bestehen in mender of the Bri11rti crulror Tri- old yet the trtabilslweut In the dlo-
ter, anti 1.+ clue largely to change- Gun-, the only 00r.1(ip here, rent 4111 erNle of a branch of the Church
able weather, awl In 140010 eared oi,hacr 45: horl the morning with the Social ('1114)11, 0014 also lost. Arch -
to Gold houses. tulduuuceweut taut the T(Filuu(' bishop 13o110 wan naked to appoint a
•
. vomit heave this' af.erlluun for.. 11. 1• eonndttee to communicate with
BRIiISH AND FOREIGN. lad. The 144,11411aCe 111 wed 401(11 joy• other diocesan s\e14.41.4 ill remota,
and to take such 1lr4)m aN
necessary for the holding of the
ill. nninl or lr:enuetl church (.ungreee
In Glenda, Hindlur to the church
rougresses In EngIolI 1, Ireland mei
Australia.
The following n'su'ution ens lass -
ed : "Chat (hie Synod(, deeply realiz-
ing the great harm done to body anti
wine by habits of Intemp'raree,
wutll strongly recommend, to th..
100(141 In particular, the great need
cf booming total abstainer.' from all
nlcolwilc beverages."
Several pewees perished In a Idle=
zanl in Ncwfuwldluat.
A rtlf fight b.,twteu luau g 1St and
cunrtubulaty took 'lace wItiets e(Yelt
tints of Mauna city.
bit- Chattels G.Vau Duffy. formerly
en avowed Irish reb:L and inter
4'rlimo Mlulrter of 1Ict(1r14, died at
\eco. .,
New engine* oa the Midland Itull-
wny. Engem I, uttalued u speed 04 S-
wile*' :w hour while drawing loads of
350 tone each.
r tomm:ttee of ('ougree' rc•porte.l
iu favor of a utcaruru uumitttng re-
eleterud brood aniseed )uta tee
Coifed Stuns duty free.
Honduras and other republics are
luvolved In disputer which may lead
to u general war In Ceutral Am-
erica.
It it reported that the Austrian
reserver have been warned to hold
Enthrone Young Girl and Child and Offer
Them Worship
St. Petersburg, Feb. tee_ - .t most
Interesting and harmless sect haw
sprung up w'ltb:n the holt three
years In Semyonouka and the
eastern province" of Strile, on the
:Mongolian frontier. attracting thou-
sands of members
Senryononka was a de,erl some
year's ago. .1 few Buddhist nomad.'
wardlrr,•,l there. Then came n few
liberated 00114 cps, (bin Rome Kirg-
hiz and Tartars, and they formed
a settlement. The Ru1141an44 plough-
ed, built hats, Hank weir, wove
cloth. People Is'gan to gather.
A Bu4kihlst priest ramp along and
.,cartel to mhomhoconverts. He
preached about the ,soul coming
Mack to earth anti entering the bod-
ies of babies. TIL'' i ittednllr got hold
of a New Testament 1110 rend
about the 1d•' of P.ethlehem. They .
and the Amidi els met regularly
every evening Awl discussed these
matters.
beautiful )0004( girl hernme the
mother of n boy. A rumor got
abroad that Christ toad route again.
It spread like wildfire all along the
i LOWL'R' BY TONS
fkellq Isle•. end the Riviera Sending
(i moo it ice to L.nldon.
Lumen), Feb. 17. -The (rmand for
rut flower's for la hie decoration le
greeter than ever this year, 441,1 the
flower dealers at Covent Garden are
tanking lortules. Ia the. enrly niorn-
ing the ner 1m redolent of the odors
from thousands of baskets of cut
flowers, which come 011 every boat
and train. From France the other
clay two tbuew►nd b.i kete reached
Charing Cross, the inmost cnnsign-
rnrnt ever known.
Put the Rlvleln Is not alone in pro-
ducing the great Rupply of flowers
for l:nal@h teblea. The flower traffl:.
from the Scilly been Is grenler 111is
muses than uta* ever known. Ile:,
clay poet week brought d I •von tone of
(Iota •e from the lrtlly whleh
wee@ a record up .111 then, but wits
broken on Wafne el ty, when a con-
signment of twenty-two tun. of flow-
ers' nrrivevt nt the market.
1 /3114111.11(/3114111.11(the• 111n0111111.111.►a.
us
t'urac, Fel*. 15. -Since 1111 y••N-
Levitt). luurulug Weuezueluur have
Men :Nnt.ing finttdttl nil)' ,h:' , 1.
M4114.111 411 ,h it the 1;10. k.ule bad bore
valved. T111. 1110111111g, 110w•rter, then,
l:rl.t Il teen -of -ear T.ebune•wa1 dila
al tai Guaira eeforeiuh the block.::h•
nal preventing 1l timate' font ty� leas'.
log the hurler. The Gove r lint i 4twnr
puzzl d until. at 11 o'eluck, th pp{{ new*
retched Corneae tend the captain o:
th,• '1%114111e11e bud notified the nulhor-
flier at Iia (luuirn th.►t the blockade
41.114r+usel. At .t o'clock to-dayto-daythe
Trills:iv eft (01 1ItnI'1311. '411 1 utR•s
03411141 from all 1, ,u zuelui ports,
except, Guru and lliguerute, les that
tit • foreign 4t•arsl
II ' nulled away to-
day'. The (i,terrmeut, Immediately
on rteelting the new. that the
t I tekadt h Id btu rained, meet troupe
lu all directions to crush the revolu-
tion without giving the rebel's a
moment's reeplte.
thenlsel0ur.tn readiness'. for active 1•:►rrloae l'14•,aw•d.
service. I • \Wllinmslnd, l'urac:ut, Feb. 15.-
laird Salisbury will make Wsfleet There Ir great tcnjuand of thlcing uniting nil
'speech mince lie retired 1rum the el'trnr'r here at tie \'ene-
:u pin LL.ekndc. Mute' sating veneer
Preneerehip at a' banquet to - be are lying In fhb pert with curl 4)e«
givmi 111 1.041(8)0 04 Mardi 3rd. for Yens u lin ports: they will leave
It le reported In (bo lobbies of the to -morrow. A euttber of steamers
French Chamber of Deputies that art' lading aur the tame chestnut' fon.
Gm couditiou of tete Pope le very A great amount of coffee Is awaiting
critical. Ties report cannot ba eon- tr:Import etion 1 0m Veee.0 •1 t to th •
armed, and 1te source cannot be United State' No one Ie apparently
tracoti more grid at the rat -Ing of the b!ock-
ade than those on board the block -
The St. Jame' Gazette way* the tiding 1quadronr.
C. 1' R has' not yet bduoht any -
-steatnere for Its Atlantic freight BINDER TALK
Awoke., but the neg0tl:+tiuna are pro- In our Inst issue w0 spoke of some
greasing l
frontier. The R11N1i1ns said it was
(direst. the M0ng0le that It ens
Buddha. The girl e0uld gli•e no ex
pinnatirm.
Crowds come In pilgrimages. Th
girl wad placett on a throne and
covered( with rich ('Meese brocnder
with the lab* 11 her none. .B114.
41111x1.14 and 1:100.41 114 knelt befor,
ner. llothrr and child were radiant.
The crops flourished(, the cattl.
multiplied, sickness" tanished from
the 'settlement.
The new faith spread rap.11y. Of
felines anti pagrimages were of
daily occurrence, and every day
the girl and her eliid eat there in
shimmering brocade, with it crown
on her hair and n bnekground of
gold and silver and gleaming lights
1 year passed, and tin fans' of
the strange events travelled as
far ass St. Petersburg to the Czar's
rare. No such pert smut be pernllt-
tap, he sold, the police ga(h
eretl from lee adjacent towns nn1
told the girl and her baby to de-
part. They 41141 so, and nobody
knows whet lune become of them.
The "temple" buns beet) closed and
the disciple" are sitting in mourn -
tea (alt (),ern are IMAGO of them
and they --believe that a day will
Noon emu. u. when nnothe•r mother
and child will return to rule the
earth.
*e+evev.4WV11vWst1
NEWS IN BRIEF 3
isa>ti sus s`+lLe.,t"�a tt"�f fJs
CANADIAN
The Toronto City ['council voted
against the Femmes'" Union.
Mr. J. 11. Leitrim, ex -M. P. for
llnsklnonge, ham been appointed to
the Senate.
Mr. Macph'reon'N mrtjnrity 1n Bur -
lewd hen increase:! to 289, with At-
Iln yet to hear from.
The by-law granting $25,000 to
the I'nsllneh Lake & )leppeler Street
Railway uta" carded ut Guelph.
Tbo final ref,renilum return* give,
for the net, 199,749. agnlnnt 10.1,-
G/9; total 00 tin lists. 6041,577.
Dr. Parkin wan the guret of the
Upper Canada ('o1e41e Governors
and Old Boys at a farewell dinner.
Pulp manufacturers waited upon
Sir Wllfrkl Leerier to ask for an ex-
port dnty on pulpwood.
Mr. E. A. Dunlop was nnmtnatel
for the I.egielntive Assembly by the
('onserVativos of North Renfrew.
Toronto St. Andrew's Sontety hue
decided to nld In the erection of a
Burns cottage at the St. Louts Fair.
Toronto Public yeh)ol trustee@ are
dinsatlsfled with the abandonment of
the Inveetigitkn Into Inlpeetnrt'
eh'* rgae.
The Toronto spool it committee on
power hs.( recnmmerele1 flint the
City Engineer rs►nmit an expert end
The London Daily Mail puhlirhee a Important featured Jr birder con-
.Ie»patch from tivalemula, raying etrnction. Thin subject ie of put -
that who her been declared between DeWitt moment to justify our pur-
.lhuteuutla on one side and Salvador suing It further In the interwar of
.rued HDnduras on the. other. I our farmlag reader.,
War Minister Andre bus honied an
We 'puke of the advantage of the
order forbidding offlcere and em- ({eating elevator as used 4)u the
,Loyees of the Mini"try for War trees Mnnncy-Hurtle Bite ler. We repeat
nrtfcupallstg In the rtne4ved Dreyfus Uiat it le very necessary to succerr-
IlOcusrloa. • poi hnrveeting In. heavy crop.4.
1 .tttother Important point 1e tete eon -
Ur. Castries Douglas, M. P. for 1 .tructlon of the Main Frame of the
.ortliweet Laocaelllre, has written u Binder. A rali*uy bridge require.
.nemoir of ate brother, the late Piro- 1 Mkt, founnttlon, and a binder re-
ewo: Halliday Daugdas, 0a Knox 001= qulrea a strong frame. Tads 1s an -
h ge, Toronto. otl'er place where the Massey -'lar
pun Foreign Uiflce ri•port 1.y Mr. rth libeler undoubtedly nacelle all Its
Cowell Beckett. which Was ',trued eontpolltors The (ansa on the
rocondy, It 14 reported that 111 the Masoey-llnrrl., Is spiet1Ud'y truseed-
singm Siamese dietrlct of Cblrug_ It will stand all tin strum that It
teal during 1.1)02 nut fewer than 1.0 . b (at n to bene. WO believe
rrpres nut( Ig n mou.•tnry thinenllIr the ltecretupoof the success:if chic
.'alto of iN,:00. were! stolen(rum machine. If you are buying a leader
BritJ.b foremast. Thar show- A re-
duction
thee shier w4) 111,11V1110 you to carefully
duction of acres compared with the took Into this feature. You ws.,1 be
previous year. - well repaid for so doing. And we do
not speak without knowledge of the
Mr. Courter Day Rove, the Cana- rn'!;.;,,cq, _-
Ilan recently elected to the British Remember what we have saki
Parliament. ray* he hopes to bring about tho Massey -Harris.
rile Alaskan question before 1 at iia- I
meet and to desist upon the duty of I PLAYHOUSES FOR, LONDON.
the Guverument never to yield to the
(" (xl Staten.
RS' OfKIl�
IS HOPEFUL.
M O
She May Never Again Go to
h 1l a 0'r. --
Marconi. wilt) Id now In Loni10a, 1, Perna Thrbe F:rt clod and
tet 1 ren- to C>inadstw•t
trnenthn [it t■raw a(rrw N. Ar.• Talkul 111.
hence, atter visiting Italy. He 'Tahoe
London. Feb. I7. -Tit gcext new
(''satin end mays great disuatirfac- thorv,ugu(aru vvhien Is to connect the
tion areata there at the obsl:u4er Strand slid llolborn hale ell tilled the
plu004 in the way of entablirlling a
rem ,%':+I of sccrnu thratrrtt. I. in set -
commercial 'service by the British 1 11: I that the new avenue 'Mall be
Government. *need .Udwych, retiring the name
_ _ - 4 of the ole( Danish settlement which
• awed Its origin to the great peace
established by Alfred the Ureal.
in the crescent -.three new theatres
err to be cret'ted, one, the New
li: Icty, a 111^II
oil be rm. be(1 furwa:d
Nett to this block wilt Ie two large
lhraueN, to be owned relgwctt*ely
by Murray ('arson and -E. .f. Saun-
ders, 1111.1 .separated by a large hotel.
All three will be built by the Gaiety
atchttcct, and all after the style of
111)' French renaissance. ".) (11:114
nlntching one nnother am to their ex-
teriors, the effect b expeete•I to he
%cry fine.
These three nre not elle nily thea -
tree lIkety to be bnllt In that thor-
oughfare. Other manager., who, It
1R Nat.l, (10.41:0 to have houses of their
own: err milking engnirl:'N about Intel
for. building purposes. •
sod tho Inwestlgatloa has been
abandoned,
It is reported that the Northern
Pacific Ralway has applied to build
1.10 miles of railway in Manitoba
this year.
The protest against the election
of Mr. A. (4. Mackay, Liberal M. P.
1'. for North Grey, was filet( at
Owen Sound. •
Schools and c11urehea near Mount
Albite' have been closed on account
of a bail case of smallpox In the
neighborhood.
Three Toronto deputy returning
officers have been summoned of
chargee of misconduct at the refer-
ordlutn, to appear before Judge ler=
Crlmmon. Three other mon are
charge) with perisonatlon.
A epeclnl train conelsting of 12
ears laden with silk linseed through
Winnipeg early on Sunday morn. 041.
Eleven of th • carat were consigned
to Preston. Ont., for distribution
In the United States, and other
four were for Montreal.
The director@ of the Canadian
Pacific Raifwny declared a dividend
of 2 per cent. on the preference
Mock, and 2% per eon,. on the
common stock for the half year
ended December last. There le *►'Pur-
ples for the half year of $1,1102.U70.
in view of the Increase in the cases
of wife -heating In Montreal, the
Society for the Protection of Wo-
men and Children has appointed a
depltntirm to net the Government
to subatltute the eat -o' -nine -tails
instead of Imprisonment as a punish-
ment.
At the meeting of the Toronto Dide
(riot Labor Connell (tut nicht •
prsecnt a report. short dismission upon the firemen*.
The Toronto P*Mte Reboot Inspee. anlon followed the reading of the
tore have some to an agreement Orgenlsatkrtl Committee's report.
SHE MED OREO SHIT
eatil of Mrs Cllaffde Who
Gave Him Freedom.
A FAMOUS CASE RLM L EU
yen FratteL co, Cal., 1'eb. 18.-,tuJi-
Ch flee, r8 )'oat14 011, la dead,
W this clay. having sacculnbo,l to
tile incident to 001 age. She woe
etc w•1•.0w O: ler. t'. C. tit tare. 41111
.,41.4 Al 0,1e out.. tit.. 0a -new 0: 1 T.-.l
-.eutt, tee nepyl0 shale 44 ld)*e 11411111•
d uttm:1444 t ut ode o. Om m4.11 to--
..d,LLi Ueetr.onr 0, (11d• t'l1.tea .tater
.)upreme t'o'rt, n tlec:.;loI 0ler
., u.: tl R71a 0.5,,4 4 tut In. nt1N-ic cult-
.1o.eray *t h.011 pract.cal.y nunul,.•.1
.t0! M..nunr, cu...ptUl:u.e.
ore.' ;scot!. *01114 1141 1.0 Mrs. C'11uf-
ee with the e,.ute of her l.r.t bus -
.1(15, ter. rdiel•.,00, 0, 1St. Louie. 1/r.
..401'0.111 44:21111• *Lr.itoa in tee t u ted
elate.( Arl,y. 111 1131 Ir' (4.04 #neat
et 1114 slate and 14)1y eer*nnt Trow
M. court to ti.e military p0.41 at
41‘.3. .14 11han 4.1.1 ..net i0o ,3jk :* laver
.o Fort (40011ing, in the territory
urn known n« upper Lenllewn.t. [n
-b:1M the nnr,;e0n .111 d Ills shoo rc-
.itrne.1 to M.+'to.lri.
.1 11 srcn:, lawyer br«1ght reit in
deed $c,)Lt'1 be14411 un the cu11ten-
.I:n that the *slave had heel 1 reeil
p)• bring taken into n free State.
114' 1:opa1 [111144 to estab.i,h &ant'.
re4'.lo:n an 1 col'e.:t the llCeum,.l lel
w01l1 then linen leen
ate him for twelve ye ire o: more.
Cue lo.'nl court decele I in 111.11 111%or.
nut 111 111100 mree'er.14(1 coarLR and
.r►.+Ily In the fitment d :1" 0.1 04 Chief
Justice Taney, flet) in Moeda 18..7,
.t wan decided that the 'menet; ela-
tes wan not ntle.'tel by h* tempo-
rary eel logien try).tn free roe.
Drell Mott continnr l to eve in at.
tavola atter Ilia return (hero with 11r.
Emerson In 1838. Noon nfler the de-
cision of the milt In favor Of hies
owner Mae. Chaffee freed the 01•I
-1 'c toiusitnrlly.
CARNI OIE I'OR PEACE.
Trial
fHE PUIEODiED CANUY CASE
Montreal tiespatch-The Anglican
(LII officers differ In their Judgment
regarding the advisability of submit -
.111g the charge of murder agalarl
Mrs. Cordrii:t Butkln to another hear -
After
a jury.
.tiler a trial Meting twenty-two
ate.' Mrr. L'utkln wnr convicted, on
oec. 30th, 1898, of murder In the
,fret degree for having deliberately
murdered Mrs. John D. Dunning, of
outer, Del., It war proven to the
*attefactlou of the court and jury
that Mrs. Bottle sent a box of molly
. otlltluhg arsenic to Mrr. Dunnlag,
Jul that the latter and Are Lebo.
1)ea11e, aleo of Dove(., died from the
• W'cts of the poison after eating
. ditto of the candy. Jealousy of Mrs.
Dunning on the part of Mrr. Botkln,
4t ho war blfaUlated N•Ith Dunning,
was the metivo for the crime.
The t -l'1 of Mrs. Bulkin, void the
utnty of *tan F'rancleco upward of
$10ec00. The W0(01n appealed from
ha [lading of guilt, M11 the court
e-$u,ie.l to reopen the: case.
M. s. B:;tkll 1e in Jtll under a sen-
tence of life Imprisonment. Since her
rontictton ('hie( of lb.i_e Lees, who
worked succeesful.y In. dleouvering
the wriest* guilty of having meluel
-he tar of candy from thea city, and
who fitted the Ulstrlet Attorney'.
)([Ice largely In 'securing evidence,
Ilam died. O:her important wltnerses
ire dead, anti the main link in the
Thain u( hlcntil,cationa of the poison
14 gone. District Attorney Bytngton
believer ' that he can 0004101. the
wum:tn without the testimony of
Pennington am presented at the trial
of 11:18.
Judge Cook (hoe not s4'1' any rea-
son why Ole county should go to
the expense of at leant $10,000 for
another trial of Sire. Botktn, when
,11' result, in hie opinion, must int
acquittal, 111 there Fouad not he
otherwise than a doubt In the mildly
of the Jury an to her guilt with the
O1Rerrcl to I.1111 113410A100 to f,'rnr-
/mein, but Not Ili quired.
Washington, Feb. 17.-(t ens
Irnr•net to-nithl that Leal Venezuela
ern unable to meet the deman l i►:
ern►any for the p•lyment of $380,-
(8)) Andrew (hrnr•glr .sbroe ready to
eupply then Num In nen' to reline
\'enrznrlt of nny emharrnesment nn 1
maintain pence. .A direct offer of n
:dein of 118800:0 to Vcnrztdela, to le'
pull oter to M'n:at•r Bowen, wan
nettle by Mr. Caen -este bit wap not
ar0eptel becalm Vents tele wan ale
to meet the demand of Germany In n
ratisfnMory manner.
Ms+hap to the amides From Fla.
(•oleohit Jr -'r •.
There (1000 woe n mel 1 from Fla,
Who ellpped ne sin wnikol In UP.
on,
Phu crao.! nit, 'Oh. fudge!
1 anally can't Midge,"
'Tnw, cMdd 'there he nnything ha?
'N F: -WAY ItATEs
Every day from February 15 to
April 3.0, 1903, the Union Nettle
will eei! Onewly Colonist Tickets at
the following rates from Missouri
River :
$_0.00 to Ogden and Salt Luke
City.
$_0.00 to Butte, Anaconda and
Helena,
1Y2.50 to Spokane and Wenatchee,
Wash.
$_5.00 to Everett, Fairhaven and
New W hatoom, via Huntlntton u
S3 olthIle.
$25.00 to Portland, Tacoma and
Sen t l le,
$25.00 toAehlaa"e
l, floburg, Eu -
egad, Albany and Salem *la Port
Inner.
1.15.00 to San Francisco, Los An
gelds,'0Int many other California
pointe.
From Chicago and St. Louts pro
po;tlonntely low rates are 10 effect
by Itnee connecting with the Uu:on
P:nclflc to all above points.
For full Information cal: on 01
rukiro ns
ue•rersary link In the ehnln mlaslog.
\1r". Botklt'm attorney, George A.
Knigt', Is at present In Europe, e•, but
upon his return lire. Rotkln pays n
sepedy trial or a dJNrmineel of the
t hire • against Iter •. iii 1,.' 'Icntandal.
BOERS DECLINE SEAS
1Nere Asked to be Members
of Executive Council,
DUTCH BOYGoTTING LOYALISTS
Pretoria, Feb. 17. -It i« a.nnounc
pal that tho Government offered
seats In the Executive Council to
Gens. Botha. 1k.11rey and Solute.
The Iter generale rnanimouNIy re-
misedto newel, glviUg an (h:1r rea-
ro11 the manlier in wit eel the Coun-
cil waw formed, which, in their
opinion. nate not In the beet luter-
pets of the country.
!batch Mid Moor.
('lips. Tone, Feb. 17.-Vr. ('harn
s• -
1r•utlu arrt%al at (tree(-1lteinet, In
n butch distort, to -day. Tum w•e1-
con1c' extended to the ('ulonh►1 Sec -
celery was- anything but (Online
!'he Dutchmen help sullenly (loo(
11•om 1110 reeep11uua noel functions'.
d
.eny 01 "them openly pararkd re-
bel hedge". Tis ms omlrrof t 10
British colony called on Mr. Cham -
11 'renninand colppleined of Ito)•Cot� _
Ling atthe halide or the Dutch, and \.
the general .,ystun) of oppresrlou \
11141 Intimidnlloo, which team also
extended to the native" because of \
.lie u1Nartanee tie'y re11dered to the
British during the war.
Mr. Chamberlain made a long
speech, In the course of which hn
rebukoe.t th.' Dutchmen In strong
terms for their altitude, and frank-
)• wanted them tett It wenn Inton-
.Intcnt welt the enjoyment of the
,,rtvaegra of Itritlsh ndmini"tra-
Ii. F. CARTER, T. P. A.,
14 Jansen Building,
Toronto, Canada
F. B. CHOATF. 0..1.,
1243 Woodward ave.,
Detroit, Mich,
StIOT iOR A BEAR
1tohr•1•1 .fohnstet. or ':amt Torino')
K111, d In ?ru,koka.
Springfield, Mann., Feb. 17. -Mem. C.
1111NUtken by lin commotion,' on is
'Mooting expedition for a brnr, itob-
ert 30.1101lo11, n resident of lost To
ronin, mal deafen In the 11111'.koku
woods on Wednesday. Itl54 body was
eronglt home y, s.0. day, 'tel ah • fun
prat well take place Iron ter res;
dente M his sister, Mrs. Leek., t
Wood 'street, thin nfle'rnoon,
,lo:'nston, who watt 6 t years o
Orr •, Irft for a few .!Wyse ht 1 tiny s, the
feral In yearn. Only a meagre account
of the trnge)1y 1171,6 reaclt11 hl.
friend X In TO -onto, but it appars
(lust Johnntun, 1.51'1 a party of 11*,
olhern, went nut hear hunting In th
neighles, hoof of Peterson, In Muskoka
dtntrlet. Ili' b'c:tine ws painted from
the rent, end while tunvlog ahOt
the footles WWI mInLeken by ono or
more of them ler n bear, and fatally
shot.
The remaine wi I he Interim! In St
(tenet Cemetery, Norway. Mr. John -
*ton was n native of the eo5nte of
datum, Ireland. He le mnrvived Ir n
wieow end three eoae,
WORTH kNUWINO.
11o*i An) Child ('.411 Clean and Polish
Shalk lar a Collection.
1 young render of St. Nicholae ask"
the editor of Nature and Science the
mist cony to prepare eaellr for n col-
lection. T,a. answer I" glveu In the
February St. Nicholas:
Finn. 4tn"h (1.1111 of mud, etc. An
old toothbrush will bit nn efficient
aid. The soft parts are easily remove
11 utter 'making a day in- weak 111"x-
.01, or the specimen may be laae0sl In
.1 email kettle or other receptacle
sultsal• for the purpose and covered
with cola water. Bring to a boiling -
141101R "Moult not be put Into
w•nter already boiling, as the sodden
change of temperature may crack
them, or nt tenet injure their pollrh
end general appearance. /
After r1•mnving the *oft parte bo
the aid of pin crooked wire, or email
tweezer*. poliel1 with brunt) or cloth.
Shehlo that have n ekinllke covering
'any have a very small quantity of
vnlh liar rubbed to to prevent them
from erneking when dry. Ruh off all
'xtr:a vane 1 nes with a {lore of flamer 1.
The Toronto Suburban Compntly,
which nt present operate* a trolley
line from To•onto Junction to the
he:ul of Bathurst street, 1e applying
to the L sglntatuire for permladoa
to extend Ito line easterly to some
paint In Enat Toronto nr Little
Turk.