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Oxtter Abror.te3
Chas. H. Sanders, Editor and prop
THURSDAY, JUNE 30, 1898.
TLIRRJTE INC OBST iCLE.
That Premier Hardy is by no means
sure yet of a majority in the Legisi--
tore bas been brought vividly to bis
mind by the Conservative contention
that ennstabies employed at the polls on
election day are disfrauebised, As they
are apeteented fpr t e .purpose of either
rewarding partizans orinduce:mothers
to vote Liberal, the cancellation of their
rotes would unseat enough Liberals to
wipe; out, Sir. I3ardy's already preear
taus majority. The point has been
raised iia coo aeetioa with the West
York protest, Mr- St. John claiming
that c9 of these. constables should no
Pease vote4. ➢,tl aidditio i to a protest;
Mr. St. Jobe tans applied for a scrutiny,
under tvhicle these rotes can be traced -
Mae statute a.revides t'•iat! "Any person
who Teas teen employed at the election*
til~ h referectie Veneta fry a candtdete
or ether perseu as epunse3,a,gent, relief, i
ter or clerks, or in any other capacity,'
cur wbio has received, er expects to re
cele e, any stem of mozaey or fee shall
not hoz entitled to vote." Mr. Hardy
has been thrown in a panic by the lesue.
aed baa decided at once to nal: the
Court of Appeal whether this refers tee
men appeitned by the Crown and not
by the cal:dtelete, or appoiieted for the
prote>tiou of the public- If these bal-
lots are tiireeen out in West Fork:, West
Huron, South Fe,. 4, Ottawa, `ipiselog
atlas ether places, the outcome will he
baasF ler the i:overeeneau, though oaf
cede -e geed ler the Province.
NQS. TItdILL, AUTIIOR A Policemen Murdered.'
— P1OROilt4
in Her 97th Year, the Oldest
Living British Writer.
DID GOOD WORK FOR CANADA.
4e, r ady Who Should age lkiecognized as a
Leary" 16'aetor in lice Planner Zife of
. the People of the i'roviuce of
Untario •-. ;Reg Worr;s And
Botanienl Regearcl,es
– Orme:4 News.
Ottawa, June 2S,—There is living .at
Lai;eiteld, near Poterbore, the oldest liv-
ing author in the British, Empire in the
person of ;firs. Catharine Parr Traill,
now in the e7rh year of her age. Bora ha
England in 102, the daughter of Thomas
Sweetland, she wrote her first work: in
151; at the age of fifteen, She cause to
Canada is 1133 and. wrote her lase book
in 1$95 et the age of 93. o that this re•
markable lady has meta:tined literary
tactivitr for nearly 54 years and bee in
itekleet Is still bright and, keen. She bids
italic to outlive the. century. Among Mrs.
Trasl1's many Wor$s aro .the following:
,"Tie Young Emigrant," ,`>retrhes from
;;ature," „Tho 13414: woods of. Gauaea,'"
:A Prop into Canadian Forests," "A
Guide For Female hlinigr ants," "Studies
of Plana Life in Canada." Her last.
wornee "Peals cued Pebbles, er Note's of
an Old. Naturalist," and "Cot and Cradle
Stories," were published by Briggs of
Toronto in 159i and 1595. It is said that
b' boot., ..rhe leaol:woads of Canada,"
(Charles }night, London, 188'6) bed a
wide circulation and. induced • matey to
tura their eyes to Canada. Mrs. Traill
has lived tomtit.' with her daughter, Miss
Traill, and granddaughter.. Miss ii-Traill,
at "Westeore," I,aukeletd, Upon an iueoine
barely suilieleut to keep them in simple
comfort. 1,7nfortunetele the death a few
weeks ago of a trusted agent revealed a
disastrous state of affairs with regard to
Mrs. Train's investments, so that the in•
Moe is low greatly reduced. It is hotted
that something may be saved troth the
wee eh. Sir Sandford Fleming of Ottawa,
an old friend, and a corninittt'e of ladies
age. gentlemen have started a movement
tm reeogni.ze Mrs. Trout's unique position
lea the literary world. Tho story of her
arrival in Canada, where she was struck
down by cholera the moment she landed,
her battles with poverty, in which she
"- c misted her pen, writing saetrhes and
XOTES ;IN) COW.V1 1T..
o Lae Huron stn,
gean lead tete fatale. :low they are
as
' , cele
wort from
" G1 a ;i piece. Tee
N i'
4 lr +, e
F
of that female are premoved, peeked in
salt inserted from Germany for that
purpose. shipped to iermaoy where the,
famine eaavi:lr is formed from three,
aced this; article is exported to thi:•
cOuntr, r, where it is a restaurant diet)
The Listowel council is aiding the
ii a;vatue-nt to have the evening trait, on
the i„ondelu, Huron tied Bruce thvielm,
of the (. T, Ii, which now stops over
night at til iti;hatn,run through to Pal
reerstO1:, returning in the morniteg,
This eveulal give the muck needed at:•
eomtni dation asked for, says the Liston
wet Standard. As the trains are now
run, it is impassible to ego from Listowel
to Atwood, Brussels or other any point
on the itimeardine ar London,Uuron and
Bruce branehes north of the Stratford
and toderich line and return the same
day. As the change asked for would
pct entail any great additional expense
it is to be hoped that the G.T.R. com•
c
i and thus
' with t t
t• Soli comply ,
play 1 p
remitdy'a real grievance of the travel
ring public.
SI**
LUY BINDER TWINE EARLY
;o other Canadian trade has been so
much affected by the Spenish•Americau
war as that of binder twine. A large
proportion of the raw material used for
making binder twine come from lianil
la, and as that island is now hi a state
of siege it is impossible to get supplies.
This has caused a shortage of raw ma-
terial both iu. Canada and the United
States. So much so is this the case that
it is very doubtful at present whether
these is enough stoek on hand in Cana-
da for the needs of the present harvest.
In addition to the lack of supplies from
Manilla, the production of sisal, another
substance used largely in the manu-
facture of binder twine, has been great
lv reduced during the last year or two.
Sisal is "produced chiefly in Yucatan,
and this year the crop is largely a fail.
ure. Besides, a few years ago, when
the binder twine industry assumed sucb
large proportions, an effort was made
to grow sisal in the Bahama Islands
and elsewhere with the result that there
was aa over -production and the price
of this raw material was reduced to two
and a half cents per pound. This low
price caused many to give up growing
it, and consequently lessened the sup
ply. It take, about three or four years
r
to rr ,", and therefore, though
p e a croP
the' ,a, an increased ,' .stand for sisal
o titer; ,rote the supply at Manilla be -
ice; siva„ orf, it will be a few years be.
fore the growers of sisal can get into
shape again. For this and other rea-
sons we would strongly advise farmers
not to put ori.' getting their supplyof
binder twine too long. Many of those
iu the trade prophesy that binder twine
will probably be fifteen or twenty cents
per nomad before harvest is over. The
ruling prices at country points now are
from eight to nine cents. The prevail-
ing prices iu the United States at pres.
ent for binder twine are: Sisal eleven
cents; mixed grade, twelve cents and
pure manilla, thirteen cents, and these
figures are likely to be increased :very
soon. It is estimated that upwards of
eight bemired tons more of binder twine
will be required for Manitoba and the
Northwest this season than last season,
and ' prospects are "real -
if present crop
ized a much ,agger percentage will be
q.
re hired over the whole Dominion.—
Farming,
stories for magazines. and amidall her
doing tic and litertrF cares
toeing,
lno
is in -
of the country, to >sttiily the botany ry
tensely interesting and instructive. in
1$39 Mee 9"raill marled a retired army
oflker. He abed 27 years later, leaving
four sons and flee daughters.
Michael Towhee-. of London, Lose lila
l rte While Making: an ,alrrest.
London, Ont, June 25th,- Anatber
foul crime and one of the most deliber-
ate and cold-blooded murders in the
criminal annals of the Forest City, tool:
place at 9:3(i o'cloek last night, when
Policeman Michael Twohey was shot in
the head and killed while arresting a
peg legged tramp for a brutal assault
upon Mr. James Ross, au aged Fetch
man at the G.T.R. crossing at Adelaide'
street,
IIOW TiIE CRIME ORIGINATED,
At 7 o'clock a. bard looking indiidu
al with a wooden 1 g, was walking
along the G.T.R track, towardtheeast,
Mr, Moss, the watchman, 70 years of
age , who for the last 25, years has peen
a faithful servant of the G.T.R. inter
eepted the tramp at the crossing, The
latter hesitated for a moment and then
started east again, Mr, Ross called him
been, telling hit. he could not wake on..
the track. The tramp flew tato a pas,
sign, and before Mr. Ross knew of the
stranger's intention he received a blow
on the right side of the face with what
he supposes was a short stick:, The
blood Waled down from a out under'
the eye, and the watehmau sank sense-
less to the ground between the rails.
Mr. Edward Nulty, ,a • wielder, who
lives a short distance away, was the
first to notice the watchman. He cora
metnicated at onto with Mr. W. D. Wil-
lis at the corner of Ring and Adelaide
strnets, The ambuianee was telephon
ed for and Messrs, McNulty and Willis
carried the unconscious watchman to
his shanty, where they did their hest to
wake hien comfortable, Re soon ro-
covered, and seemed little the worse a
short time afterwards, except for a
bruise and cut, The tramp was seen
malting his escape east, and the pa-
trol containing Policemen Mouachau
Morgan and Rowell, was sent to arrest
hiin. They failed to connect with the
wooden -leg man, and the officers on the
different beats were notified to be on
the lookout. P. C.. Twohey who was
on duty on Dundas street, het wenn Ad.
elaide and Ontario, was told of the oe-
eurrenee, and also that the man bad
gone in the direction of his beat. The
quiries were made by the constable,
m
b witha
whoascertained that a man a e
rico e
ph
kg, dressed in a light suit of clothes
and wearing a soft felt hat, had been
seen on Ontario street. The officer
General and Personal.
Louis E. topping, copyright clerk itt
the Department of Agriculture, has ab•
rented binrselt from the office without
leave, and it is otlielally stated at the de-
,
parttns.nt that his nc4otirats show a deficit
of ilia0, The platter has been placed in
the hands of the pollee.
natures 'Ellison. an inmate of the Old
Men's Home on Bank street, took at dose
of laudanum last night with suicidal in-
tent. Fortunately he took an overdoso.
and the poison only Meade hire sick. Elli-
son will be arrestee.
A. 'writ was issued yesterday by Messrs.
Latchford .0 Murphy on behalf of Mr.
William Young, Rochester, against tho
City of Ottawa for 22,000 damages for
injury done to his premises through the
destruction of dreins. An injunction was
applied for to compel tho corporation to
replace the drain at once.
Patrick 'McCurry, barrister, Parry
Sound, has been appointed judge of the
provincial judicial district of Parry
Sound. This is a new district.
Sir Wilfrid Laurier with Lady Laurier
has gone to Arthabaslcavino, where he
intends spending the greater part of his
holidays.
Sir Louis Davies has left for Charlotte-
town, Prince Edward Island.
Mr. Fielding left for Halifax last night.
Mr. Mills will leave for London on
Friday nest.
There was a washout on the Canadian
Paeifc Railway near Thurso. The trains
were delayed for several hours, but are
now running all right.
The victory rests with America's
0reatest. MedicineHood's' Sarsaparilla,
when it enters the battle against im-
pure blood.
s SrcAV. veiYisd v,.
SUICIDE]) WITH ACID.
Hiss liar; aret Eakins of Winnipeg Took
a ,Fatal Dose at Strathroy.
Strathroy, Ont., June 2S.—Miss Mar-
garet Eakins, daughter of James Eakins
of Winnipeg, committed suicide yesterday
morning by taking carbolic acid. She
apparently seemed all right and came
clown town early in the morning and
purchased the acid. It is thought she took
it before entering the house, as she im-
mediately went upstairs and laid clown,
followed by her sister, who suspected
something wrong, and questioned bar,
when the girl merely laughed. Several
doctors were sent for, but could do noth-
ing, and she died about two hours after.
She was living with her sister, Mrs. Wal-
ter Wright. No motive can be given for
the rash act, excepting she has not been
in good health for some time, and at
times appeared despondent.
PREVOST WENT SLA.D
And the Only Witness Against a Woman
Charged With:Harder Is Removed.
Winnipeg, June 28, --Mrs. Gauthier,
charged with rnurder at Port Arthur, is
free. Prevost, ' the principal witness
against her, is insane. In consequence of
his insanity, the Crown is unable to make
out a case against her, and thewoman
returns to her home at Valleyfield, Que.
'Prevost is now in Kingston penitentiary.
Mrs. Gauthier says he assassinated: Lav-
iere and Dabin with a shotgun, after-
wards setting lire to the huildiog. Ace
cording to her story, she was a willing
dupe of Prevost, and he led her a brutal
Premier Greenway is home from the
east.
FOLLOWED THE TRAMP
on this route north, and haying been
made aware that a one -legged man
was only a short distance ahead of him.
on the same street, the policeman set
I
off on. a run. Thus small bo • }s in the
vicinity scattered in all directious, as
they were under the impression that
the policeman was after them. He
continued on the run to the corner of
Elias street, on Ontario, where he stop
ped for a moment. The officer sighted
his man on the west side of the street a
hundred yards ahead, and was soon
upon the tramp, whom he attempted to
place under arrest. Charles Mclndoe,
son of Mr. James Mclndoe, of Elias
street, was the last to see him start af-
ter the tramp. When prisoner and offi-
cer got close enough together they were
well beyond the electric light's rays.
and in the dark. There was a scuffling
sound, and
A DEATH STRUGGLE
ensued, It was of short duration. The
tramp resisted. There was a flash, and
a pistol shot rang out in the darkness.
The first bullet was aimed at the po-
lieemau's heart, but was obstructed in
its course by a large open-faced watch,
which it struck squarely, and trans-
formed into a veritable wreck- The
broken works rolled out into the pocket,
and then the ballet, which was flatten
ed and cone•shaped. The struggle
must have been desperate, and was
ended when the tramp fired the second
bullet
INTO THE IPOLICE3MAN'S ISRAIS.
It entered a little above and back of
the right eye, and the officer dropped
immediately. The tramp beat a hasty
retreat in the darkness and got safely
away. Young Mclndoe, when he saw
the officer and the tramp come togeth-
er, ran home to tell his father, but be.
fore returning the fatal shot had been
fired, Two volunteers returning to the
camp, heard the shots immediately af•
for the big gun on the camp grounds
proclaimed the hour of 9:30 p.m , and
they found the victim limp and lifeless,
bis helmet and a soft felt hat a short
distance away. Word was immediate-
ly sent to the police, and at 9:40 Chief
Williams and a posse of men went out
to the
GREWSOME SCENE
The dead body was placed in position
and Coroner Flock. notified. A crowd
of indignant neighbors gathered round
the corpse and vowed vengeuce on the
murderer, The story spread with light
ning rapidity throughout the city, and
hundreds wheeled out alung the rough
and sandy roads to the scene of the
tragedy. P. C. Harry Green was left
In charge of the remains to await the
arrival of the ambulance to convey
them to Ferguson's morgue. The offi-
cer experienced erienced great difficulty in keep
p
ing back the crown, who pressed round
eager to get a last look at the dead
constable.
isicieAICING THE NEWS.
Killed at a. Earn liaising.
Erin, June 28.—A shocking accident
bappenod at the raising of a bern Fri-
day afternoon on the farm of Mr. Dun-
can Cameron, 3rd concession of Caledon.
It seems all wont well until the putting'
up of the plates, when,, in the beat of
raising and shortage of help, a plate was
allowed to fall when partly up, striking
the head of a young man named Joseph
Flaherty, splitting his skull in two and
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tragedy was broken to her by the
clergy. No one else had dared to tell
her. It was a heartrending scene, and
will never be forgotten by those who
witnessed it, The deepest sympathy is
expressed for the widow and children
in their affliction,
THE DEAD MAN'S RECORD.
No officer on the force had a cleaner
or more honorable record than Michael
Twohey. At the age of 28 years, on
June 6, 1887, he joined the force and
for eleven years had been a superior
man in his calling. He was 39 years
of age, and of fine physique, over six
feet tall, au vei hed about
190 pounds.
He was a man of good judgment, and
no indiscreet arrest was ever recorded
against him. He was popular with
everybody, and was widely known.
He was a member of the Roman Catho-
lic church, and lived a most consistent
life, In politics he was a Liberal. He
was born in Biddulph 69 years ago and
came to London when he joined the
force.
P. C. Twohey hada charming home
at 499 Oxford street: The house, gar
den and lawn are models of neatness,
and testify to the pride and care he be -
Stowed upon them. He was devotedly
fond of his wife and family, and enjoy-
ed
njoyed the utmost domestic bliss: When
ee left last night to report for duty, at
7:45 p.m. be kissed bis loying wife and
three little children, and departed in a
causing instant death. Mr. Flaherty was cheerful mood At ten o'clock the fam-
e well-to-do young pian, a son of the late ily was plunged from happiness into
John Flaherty, on the Erin side of the unspeakable sorrow; ,The wife became.
town line between Erin and Caledon. almost frantic, when the nee's of the
THE eivanERER.
The tramp who did the deed was seen
by many people in the vicinity. His
peg -leg renders his identification un
mistakable. He carried his coat on his
arm when going:up Ontario street. He
is a man of about 180 pounds and 5
feet, 9 inches in height. His vest and
trousers were of a light color. People
noticed him partiealarly because the
neighborhood in which the horrible af-
fair took place has been infested with
tramps, who have carried off many
valuable articles from the clotheslines
The shots were heard by many, who
knew that there was trouble, but who
disliked the idea of being mixed up
with it. So far as known there were
only two or three persons who saw the
flash of the pistol,
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The Election Protests.
Toronto June 27.—It is understood:
that the election trials will come off in
September. Not more than ten or a
dozen of the .19protests for which the
place of trial was arranged the other
day will, it is expected, come to . actual
mai, It is likely however, that a 'few
of the remaining cases will cometo a
hearing.
Antoni Baroni has been arrested at
'Buffalo charged with the murder of
Philip Forestanh, whose dismembered
body was found in a trunk in the
conal. Jealousy is ascribed as a mo-
tive.
The inquest onthe body of the =late
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fact that the bullet that killed him en-
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Johnnie Powell, a thirteen -year old.
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