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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1898-12-9, Page 3e as se.�a 1 nese LORD KITCHENER'S ENERGY. Ate Sirdar Has Been Astonish- ing London People. ,tel $500,000 and Lost Ike Time is C •tting to Work to Secure It -He Hae ii 4 Over Half the Amount Needed 40. ready For the Proposed Gordon, Inemorial College at Khartoum- Cabie News. London, Deo. 5. -Lord Kitchener has ben astonishing London last week by OA eY�ihigall. of the most extraordinary energy on behalf of his pet project, tine founding of a Gordon memorial college at Khartoum. On Tuesday he said he wanted $000,- 400 for carrying out the schema. Being a man of action, be immediately started out to get it, He spent days and nights addressing all sgrts of gatherings. from bankers, brokers and merchants in the eitty to actors an society men in the West End. Everywhere he has stated frani,ly and plainly that he wanted money and he bas got it. lap to to -day considerably more than ball the sum required has been sub- scribed, and the fund is still growing, So great is the enthusiasm that it is Mt hard to iaelieyo the cam asked for Will be made up matey times over, As one Londoner put it, the appeal se Sar has only been made to the wealthy ,classes for their pounds. Wait till the .poor are asked for their shillings. Some of the subscribers. Among the subsorlbers are William 'Waldorf Aston 45,000, Lord Rosebery 41,000, Col, Gouraud £1,000, 3. S. or. can ee Co, £1,000, Lord Strathoona £1000, Sir Thomas Lipton £.600, and •0eo11 Rhodes £500. An amusing feature of the contrIbution 'Is that £50 of the money came from Ernest Torah Hooley, the bankrupt pro- moter, who had suoh a startling expert• iU45 with "Guinea pigs." Lord Kitohener, on being pressed to write an account of lain campaign, re• t 3Ietl: "Na, let us have at least ono Win- ona who has not written a book," Be sits tbis weal: to Caton Woodville for his 'tortralt in a painting of the lnemarial 'service held In Khartoum, on the spot •where Gordon was murdered, which the 'Queen has commissioned. Ho then re turas to Khartoum to hunt for the Mah- ni's treasure, which is understood to be burial somewhere in the vioinity of the oity. When the memorial college is estab- lished and in working order, the children of sheikhs will be taught kint:liell and such elementary subjects as geography. Later on, other classes will be admitted and technical education will be included in the curriculum. % rlohnittittetian Gallego. Ofcof course, there is table out - eery ero the in v o f eery frolu as section of Eilglishtnon that tbo college must be made dogrnatieally .Christian, but in the noudan, as in In- ,dta, England's first business will be to make good Mohammedans and not bad Christians. nome oven boldly urge that the now college bo purely a Mohammedan university, or, at any rate, a college ot the great Mohammodan university, which .one day may bavo its spat in Cairo or India. Lord Strathcnna Chipped .In. London, Deo. 5, -Tho banking houses of 3. S. Morgan & Co. and Speyer Bro. haeo subscribed respectively £1,000 and £500 to General Lord leitahoner's fund nor the establishment of a Gordon mem- oriel college at Khartoum, and Lord .Strathcona, Canadian High Commission- er, has given £1,000 to the same objeot. Fashoda Affairs Nettled. Paris, Doo. 5.-M. Delmore, the Minis- ter of Foreign Affairs, in the course of .00nvorsatiou the other day, admitted that Major Marchand had been ordered to retire from Fashoda by a long and toil- some route, because the French Govern- ment was afraid ho would be made too much ot should he return to France within six months. Marchand, it seems, 9s too terribly in earnest and too vain or too simple to understand that he is only .a subordinate officer in the army, and that his business is to -act, not to think. Ho has reached Fashoda by now, and doubtless will get out as qulokly as pos. •eible. `IAD MULLAH'S MOVEMENT. fehrnent of the latter's ,cowers, M, De Pressenee, editor of the a Temps, made a speech, in which be amused the public authorities of a lack of energy in the exe- cution of justice. Other speakers talked in a. Similar vein. LONDONIAN WAS LOST. Sighted in 31i4 -Ocean Witb H'er Decks Submerged and no Sign. of Her Crew. Liverpool, Deo. 5, --The British steam- er Ring Arthur, Captain. Hendry, from Demerara, arrived here Saturday and reported that she sighted the British steamer Londonian on Nov. 29, in lati- tude 46 north, longitude 16 west, on her beam ends on the starboard side, with decks and hatches submerged. All her boats were gone etcapt a small boat, and, there wass no sign of lite about her. A strong nertbwest gale was blowing ae the time, and the vessel was apparently fast settling by the head, The Londonian sailed from Boston Nov, 15, for London, in command of Captain Lee. She was formerly the Idaho. Her Cargo. Boston, bias,., Deo. 5, -Tho London- ian Carried a general cargo, including a large quantity of grain and cattle. She had about 5,00 tons In all, In her cargo were the following: 169,835 bushels or oats, 39,5565 bushels of wheat, 4,251saci:s of flour, 5,822 cases of oatmeal, 1,150 mons or oatmeal, 400 tube of lard, 228 tubs of butter, 2,473 pieces of mahogany and 655 head of cattle. The cargo was valued at about $300,000. The Loadonian carried a crew of about 80 men, include fag ber commander, Captain :Cee, GIVING alit. lCRVt ER Rof'E. Secretary Chamberlain :Tow Intends to Pull Him Up Short. London, Deo, 5. -At length it appears that something is to be done to right the Trims - veal, ot llritlsh subjects in the a s veal, and that Mr. Kruger will be called to amount for bis iniquities, The visit o1 Sir Alfrei Milner, the Governor of Cape Colony, bas for its objeot to confer with Mr. Chamberlain on these matters. "We have it on the highest authority," says the Pall Mail Gazette, "that Sir Alfred has been called upon principally with reference to several breaches of the convention reported by Air. Couyngbam Greene from Pretoria. "Mr. Kruger has turned the screw o1 oppression many tithes since 1896. Air. Chamberialus' idea, however, was to allow the offences to accumulate -to give lir. Kruger plenty or rope, and to pull him short wheu the proper time Caine. "The time has cone now. The Trans- vaal is bankrupt; Mr. Loydt3 has nnsuo- e'ssfuliy cahvaeeed Europe tar n loan; Germano has withdrawn her support; I elagoa Bay will span be ours; the Transvaal ie friendlte.es and alone, and the Boers, realizing their helplessness and isolation, win be mora ready to believe ber. Chamberlain ween he tolls them his order is 'As you were.' " i)on carton chalices improved. London, Deo. 5, --Tho crisis in Spain is followed witty the mast keen interest. Don Carlos is undoubto.liy preparing for a bold stroke. His emissaries aro ondoav- 1 oring to suborn the Spanish army, a large portion of it being disaffected, part- ly on account of the arrears of pay, but ohielly owing to tho oouviotiou that the army was prevented from earning dis- tinction during the late war on account of the Incapability and corruption of the political administrators. These new fac- tors have given Don Carlos a numb bet- ter chance of success than bo bad when be made his foenlor attempts to gain the throne of Spain. 'Victorious March by the Khan of Robot - British Troops Ready. London, Deo. 5. -The unpleasant news from the Indian frontier, whore the "Mad Mullah" is again on the warpath, has caused considerable apprehension :among the Indian authorities, though the latest advices show that his viotori• •ous march has been partly checked by the .friendly Khan of Robat, who by a timely move bas saved the British lines of corn• munioation with the garrison at Chitral, which the Mad Mullah endeavored to out. The fanatical movement, however, !leas taken a strong hold among the Gwa• tis, and there is a prospect of another "little frontier war." A British force of '.nearly 7,000 men is now held in readi- ness for movement to the front. The fol- lowers of the Mullah are variously estim- ,ated to number from 3,000 to 6,000, and their numbers are growing daily. The outcome of the rising will probably be an effective British occupation of the whole of the Swat Valley and another 'big hole in the Indian budget, who Owns Menet Blanc? Paris, Deo. 5. -The three munioipali- 'ties of Chamonnia, Sallanohes ant St. Jarvais have referred a serioue question of municipal boundaries to the Govern• anent, Who owns the top of Mount Blanc? The leasing to enterprising pro- jects of various spots at different alta etudes. on Mount Blanc has bean most profitable. Chamounix having proclaimed •that the entire summit is under its :sphere of influence, the other municipals• ties have protested. A mass of old maps .and documents comparable to the Vene- zuelan dossier have now been submitted •to the Government. Anti -German Demonstration. Vienna, Deo. 5..•-A despatch from Pil- lion, Bohemia, says that the Czech popu- lation of that town indulged in an anti - German demonstration on Thursday. RefiiIOO'Sts Make Deutands. Paris, Deo. 5.-A meeting of a thous- and partisans of revision was held on Saturday evening. They adopted a reso- lution demanding, the abandonment of the prosecution of Col. Picqnart, the re- entries of the Dreyfus case and ' the pun - Criticizing General Button. London, Deo. 5. -Tho unofficial mili- tary journal, the Broad Arrow, says, in commenting on the recent inspections in Canada by Major-General Hutton, Gen- eral Oi]]oer Commanding, that they were carried out in the out -and -dried way of the "sixties" In England, and adda: "The result is that each regiment consid- ers Itself the best in Canada, and perhaps in the world, whilst a six -months' Ger- man or Austrian conscript or any twelve- months 'Tommy" knows more about at- tack, fire discipline, outpost duty or fire control than does the whole Dominion force." PEG -LEG BROWN R. MACIE GETS 10 YEARS. Will Be Tried at the January Assizes According to Present Outlook, London, Ont., Deo,'5.--Marion Brown, the peg •leg, who is alleged to have shot and killed P. C. Toohey on the night of June 24, will in all probability be placed on trial for bis life at the January assi- zes, which open before Mr. Justice Rose on Jan. 9. Although the prisoner's coun- sel informed the Crown authorities that a postponement is really necessary, as he has several witnesses who cannot be located before January, County Crown Attorney Magee has refused to consent to the postponement, on the ground that there is no information as to where these witnesses are, who they ;,re, and what is expected to be proved by them. The Crown claims that the country should not be put to the great expense of bring- ing a number of witnesses bete unless they oan establish facts regarding the in- nocence of the prisoner. The Deputy Attorney -General says the trial must take its oonrse. FIRM AMONG SKY SCARPERS. The Jury Disagreedas to the Guilt of W. H. Ponton, Rome Life and Other Great Buildings in New York Being Destroyed. New York, Dec. 5.-Firebroke out Sunday night shortly after 9 o'clock in the five -storey building corner of Broad- way and Chambers street, occupied by Rogers, Peet & Co. The entire building was burned. At midnight ten storeys of the Homo Life Insurance building of 20 storeys wore in flames, Ali the woodwork of the front of the United States Life Insurance building, on the opposite side of Warren street, has been burned away, and the building is threatened with destruction. The great height of the buildings makes it almost impossible to get water there. Tbe fire is still burning furiously. Stood 10 for Acquittal -Ex -Rank Clerk is Now Oat on S1O,000 Hall to Stand Another Trial -Pure and Holden's Cases Go Over Till After the Next Trial of Ponton-Mackie Has Gene to fCingston, Napanoe, Ont., Dao, 5, --At 9 o'clock Saturday morning the doors of the Court Douse were besieged by the eager crowds of eitizeue, who would hardly clear a way for the judge and tee counselors. The fudge tool- bisplace upon the bench at 9.05, The room was jammed. Holden, Pare, Ponton and Mackie were brought into tbe look. The court was still. "13111y" Ponton looked anxious, and sat beside bis mother. They talked in low whispers. Mr, Mackie, father of the peen goner Mackie, was also present, The sheriff brought a message, and the judge said: "Very well; bring them in.'" In filed the jury, looking careworn and weary, as if they had not slept a wink. The names were called. "Gentlemen, have you agreed upon a verdict?" ask: Mr, Darocho. itobert Mackte "Guilty," The torolnan, Jaulee MoCaughortey. Said: "Robert Mackie is guilty of the charge. Five recommend to mercy." "Verdict as to Robert Mackie, guilty, so Fay you all," reed Wee); Derooie, and , every juror nodded his head In ecquios- 0ence. James Dfackle, sr., the father, looked weighted down with care, "What or Penton?" asked Clerk Dee recto. "Ten are for acquittal; two are ter convietton," "Is there any hope of their agreeing?" asked his lordship, The foreman replied; "I could not say, my lord,=' "Do you as a body desire further time as to the defendant Ponton?" The jury talkol among themselves, The foreman reported that they would like to spend another hour together and see, 1t was 0,2), and the jury filed ant again. At 10.10 "Order." called Constable Huff, as the jury returned. Tbey wore a tired lot of jurors. After the list of names was called and answered, the clerk of the Court asked: "Have you agreed upon a verdict as to tho prieoner?" "No," said the foreman. "You can note" eehoed the clerk. Tho judge said that it was rogrettnhlo after all the expenee that a disagreement hast neon brought in. Ile had no doubt it was conscientiously arrived at. Ho tbanketl the jurors for their kind atten- tion and care in the case, and mid; "You are now discharged." The jury bustled Out. entekie gets Ten rears. "Stand up, Robert hackie. \Vhat have. you to say?" said the judge. "Nothing, lay lord, only that I am in- nocent of tho charge. I am not guilty, and I. have been a long time in jail," re- plied tbo prisoner. The ledge Lala that, of coarse, the prisoner knew whether lio was guilty or not. When tho jury returned a verdict of guilty, ho added, the prisoner was to all intents and purposes guilty. He did not wish to say anything about the feel- ings of the prisoner. The offence was a grave one. The full penalty was 14 years. le was not the intention ot the judge to give the fullest limit of the ]aw, Ho had thought it out. Tho impression was the prisoner had acted as an intervener. He wags the ono the robbers saw. There was no need to say more. "'the judgment is that you be imprl- soned in tho Provincial Penitentiary for the period of ten yours," said Isis lord- ship. "Can you have my sentence dated from the time I have been In jail? I nave beau in jail five months." After n pause, the judge said: "I think not," and Prisoner Mackie sank back. Pare and Holden Go Over. At 10.20 Mr. Osier asks that the cases of Parc and Holden be traversed to the next court. It would be in the interests of justice to carry them over under the present circumstances. Pare and Holden stood up and were asked if they had any objection. Both replied: "Thera will be no objection, any lord." "Then it is traversed," said his lord- ship. As to Ponton's Bail. Mr. Porter said: "My lord, on behalf of the prisoner Ponton I ask that he be admitted to bail." The judge said the jury had disagreed. They were not united in opinion. Mr. Porter asked that the prisoner should go un bis own reoognizanoes. He submitted this should be done. Mr. Osler said the Crown would not agree to this proposition. The judge did not favor Mr. Porter. Then a ]ower bail was asked. It should be $5,000 in all. Mr. Osler said he thought it ebould be $10,000. Tho judge thought the matter might be left to the judges in Toronto, Mr. Porter objected on the ground of expense and delay. In the end it was agreed that bail to the amount of $l0,- 000 should be accepted. Goes to Kingston Monday. James Mackie, er., and Robert Mackie held a clove conversation together as the prisoner stood in the dock after the sen - tone had been pronounced. Mackie will go to the plaoe of his next ten years' abode this morning. "The court is adjourned by an efflux- ion of time," were the judge's last words. The Jury's Deliberations. The truth of the jury's deliberations is out. They went to their room at 8 o'clock and the full evidence was reviewed. Ten men from the start stood out 'boldly and firmly for Ponton's acquittal They ds• dared that the evidence of Pare and Holden was a fabrication' and that neve was an organized conspiracy on the part of the Atnorioan detectives to put the guilt on Ponton. The other two jurors, Edward Kaytor and Andrew MoCaugh- erty (foreman), were in favor of a convic- tion. Tbe point they stuck on was that Pare could get bis information regarding the circulation of the newly -signed notes from Ponton alone. Their comrades ask- ed them why not from Baines, Durand or Green. The fact also that the head office bad circulated eirnilar bills was put to the two jurors, but to no avail It took the jury one hour and a half to agree upon a verdict against Mackie. They recommended him to mercy on the ground that he was a sort of . intermedi- Caned Him "Reedier Blair." Halifax, Deo. 5. -Hon: A. G. Mair, Minister of Railways, last week instruct- ed counsel to institute proceedings against the New Glasgow. Enterprise and its editor for criminal libel, on account' of an article published entitled "Boodler Blair." The article accused the Minister .,�f profiting personally by an order given to en American Arm for locomotives for the I.C.R. ' The Enterprise, in its last issue, published an apology, and it is tanderstood' the threatened prostsoution has been dropped. eoe ary between the bank and tbe real rob- bers. Penton flailed, Thomas McGinnis and James Cum- mings of Belleville oame down Saturday ]horning and a000mpanied by Laywer Porter drove up to the jail. Papers were aoceotod by W. S. Herrington and bail. of $10,000 in two sureties of $5,000 was given, and Billy Ponton was brought. down to the Paisley House in a back. There was a scene in the. streets as Bine' drove down. Women rushed out of the houses and waved their 'kerchiefs at him; sons and fathers went down town to .hake his hand, Ponton left for Belleville on the 4.30 train, a big crowd accompanying btm to the station and cheering him as the train puliod out, Belleville was out in full force to meet him and his molter coun- sel as the .train pulled in, and there is a hot time in Belleville right now. Mee. Mackie visited her husband, in the - jail at noon, and an affecting parting some delicacy In Europe, and t.. $ conk • n� me an - GABLES LOWER,. Th. Wheat . Markets at Chicago. and Liverpool on Saturday - The Latest Quotations. Saturday Evening, Dee. 3. Liverpool wheat futures were easy to- day, and closed to eed per eentul below yesterday's fast quota ions, Paris wheat declined 5 to 10 centimes, and flour '2 to 30 centimes. oeteago Aintree followed salt, easing gff a net eie per bushel for the day, Cattle aryl Meat News. One thotw`end cattle were landed In Daw- Son lefty and retailed at $1.1'5 per pooled - There are four mavkets In that city. owing tc the scarcity of beef lis ger- neon- use poorer classes are subsisting ea bonen and oog flesh, A syudreaui of American cattle buyers ?nave perm:used 100,000 head of cattle in Hermosillo, Mex1eo, The Animal* svuil be shipped to Cuba and Porto Rico. The 111- .m -eters expect to (-leer 3,00tl.900 after all transportanou and other charges are pair- (;tanned rabbits are- considered a Leona - scene was enacted. Little Matadi(' was mated than e0,000,titw are (u n . d also present and her childish tears melted ,Stile is Great Britain and lreiand, ended. SaThen ackLis geatimat if at 'th4,3'10 eve71 iron vtsagen Vauluvon, the ,Slier. P t'onton at Belleville. C$ekS utpauy, with A aompauy with a capital of $:0.040 has Belleville, Ont., Deo. a5,, -*There was Leen organized sn Ottawa, to be known aS the Ot. hick -resit roeees u o estaltlirsb. a much excitement in town Saturday avec lt. k p pox the bank robbery ease. W. H. Ponton peri; paektug Wiese, with a capatezy for arrived on the 5.30 train in the evening, 1000 begs per day. as wen as a large num- and wont quietly to leis home, her of cattle, at rsapanee. Tile estinaatted cost of tine plant is ,5;5,000 to $1O0,teett ent- pa . Izsg ,•'.(10 men. THE GRIDIRON CLUB,Armour S: Co. are erecting a $40,000 cold eter,ag,e at Port:and, Me. Washin;tou the Scene of it Moat Volga ai Leading Wheat 3iarlRotr, owner. at Whiolt Were Sir Wilfridiru1'"purtaut '"1¢owTte :ireucutres file elcsieg prices today at Laurier and Ills eatteagues. taaslt. Dee. May. July. Risen^e .,.$,... i0 $u GO"=, y0 G1) Washington, D.O., D. S, --The Grid- �a•ry fork ,., 0 733, ") 71=.s .... iron Club ou aturday :night game most Milwatikee Q'GP' notable dinner, entertaining guests of St. Loins .... 0 701e 0 70?e 0 coin ..,, the united States, Europe and other "Deirt'oit .: Q"r,;yv# 07014 (111:4,4q)::* 0.0,0,+1 parts of the world. In the company were Inure n, No, 1 the President, Vice -President, members Northern „ 0 enle 0 03'.44 0 Ge ,,., of the (`Shiner, the President of Coats Pui+t.'t. No, 'i I hard .. 02 Rican the Premier of Canada, the entire ogee; non e" Q.., Toronto, ;lo. 2 hard (new)., 0 79 Toronto, red.. 0 69 faint high ,ttrsserican•Cenadlan commis- sion, Gen. Garcia, the ]gleet prominent officers of the army and navy, Senators. Representatives and many other disting- uished men. More than 160 people were assembled in the beautifully -decorated dining hall of tbe ,Arlington Hotel. The dinner was in a measure conducted on lines of complement and boner to men who distinguished themselves by With land and sea in the late war. Great ova- tions were glean to the President, Ad- miral Schley and Gen, Shatter when they rose to speak, while other speakers re- celved most generous consideration. 0'4% Q,OAar'i ,.,. Toronto St. Lawrence 'lancet. Wheat steady; 2200 buslsels sold at follow= ing prices : White 70e to 71u.e, red 700}^e to 71e, goose 68e to eninc, spring Gee, l.itrley stead 1500 bushels sold at 4Se to rue. Crate steady; 2000 bushels mid at 29'5e to :i .b , . flay easier, timothy ceiling at $S to St per tan, and novel. at $0 to $7,1i0 per ton, Straw steady; seven loads sold at $7 to $S ter ton, ilogne-Bre9Seti wogs were easier at 55•25 to $6.40 per etvt. Better, eggs and poultry were plentiful, President Frank II. Hesford was very' preen l,elrai ess;er generally. piaster Boil fortunate in bis introductions of promin- at lt;e to n0'. per lb. rolls. and eget% strictly tent guests. and with sentiment, 'alt and , nes'-1'H.l, at '.ret' to 3nne limed, i ,-e satire conducted the feature, of the din- 1 "tttrDe toteeerte a to GOt per trete dsie:a nee 7,ie; gorse, 5e to Ge per ii ; ner to u nsost settsfactory conclusion. tnrl:r•,r•s, 7e to Oe per lb. Speeches aro always short at gridiron . East Buffalo Cattle einrIeet. dlr,nerq, and there was no exception to oast Buffalo, Pee, 3.--.Reeeip:e 01 vale rho rule on .,aturilny night. lictnarks an,I : areu„ h cattle. sheep ane h,.7,i dsrr.a,g were trade by the President, the Vico- the 21 isiu:rs tenni at noon tn...;iy a, re: 1'resldntst, the 1"rasidont at Costa Rico, ('-t ie 1.40 cars. sheep and limbs, 1'a t •,; Lord Herschel. Sir 'Wilfrid Laurier, Seco sthw and one lei alamas.s7ieara lams nee jars; rotary Hay, Sweeten:, hong, Postmaster-; earth' --The receipts for sage were Sen General Smith, Admiral Schley, Gans. loads swelters held for efonday's mark=et. Shaftor and Garcia, (`apt. i' igsboo, Sena- The Itas9s of prlees was uneltanged fees tor Lodge, ;fr. Laster and others. A e..uple of leads of 1, o i (rl f a•;a lrnrles uo Introduced. sto•het•, sold at $3.00. Sleeves Caere In air R sal ,ties moderate demand and lower t zeS e Amnia the features was a burlesque to extra, $7 to 87.50; good to choice, 84.30 invostf ation of the conduct of tato war,to `7. which conveyed some of the more humor -seen she °p and lambs-Tierty-one loads on sale, nus fancies of the real invastl atian, tnelatheg nine loads of -Sundae. Shen, in g me•de rete demand :fad steady,. Lambs aim, Members of the committee brought in with prices a little higher; lamins, alt 4.. t» immense stacks of testimony, also large to extra. 55.23 to e3.5e; gootl to choler, $5 reports and different exhibits, which took , to .$ ,23; common ti fair, $4.76 to 55.:..e, p, off seine guests and caused great acuuse- ment. Tho report couctudod with the finding that there was a war, that Spain got linked, and that. the Anglo-Saxons stood together. As this was done, the Amorican and British flags wore unveiled, as a compli- ment to the Canadian members of the joint high commission. Pleasure, Not Business. Washington, Deo. 5. -Tho Anglo- Saxon commission, including the ladles of the parties and a number of friends, took a special train to Annapolis on Sat- urday, where they are the guests of the navy officials in an inspection of the U. S. naval academy. The comrnissions held no business session on Saturday. TRAGEDY AT MONTREAL. Pierre Lauzon.Shoots ]Former Sweetheart, Who Had Rejected Him, and Turns the Revolver on Himself. Montreal, Deo. 5. -Murder and suicide will probably bo ,he verdict in a shooting affray that occurred hore on Saturday evening Pierre Lanzon shot Fabiola Gra- vel, wife of O. Riobot, and then shot himself. The woman, who was shot in the head, died instantly, ant the murderer died three hours afterwards. The shooting was the result of jealousy. Lemon had been paying court to the girl for some time, but she rejected his suit and recently married Riobot. While she was walking along St. James street, near the Grand Trunk station with a young sister, she was met by Lauzon, who, after following bar for a short dis- tance, pulled a revolver and shot her in tne head. He then turned the weapon on himself. Sold Papers and Asked Alms. Toronto, Deo. 5. --With all the evi- dences of poverty and neglect an old wo- man known as Margaret Reid passed away in the General Hospital Saturday morning, after an attack of pneumonia. Nothing was ever known of her life, as she made no friends and always kept aloof. She had a decided dislike for any person who attempted to be genial to- wards her, and thought that they were after her money. She was a familiar fig- ure around the streets, where she some- times peddled apples. sold papers or solicited alms, and she had no particular plane ot abode. A search was made at her quarters, and in an old trunk filled with trinkets was found,• among other things, a cheque for 52,000 in the Bank of Montreal and a receipt for $16. An address of a brother, James, was found, which read, "James Heid, Angoher P. 0., County Tyrone, Tyheny Concession, Ireland." It was evident from the discoveries made that deceased oras well oonnected, and it is said that her brother and three sisters in Ireland are owners of a large estate and are influential People, probab- ly millionaires. Cocked Gun Went Off. Burlington, Ont., Doo. 5. -While out shooting Saturday afternoon Chester Fothergill was carrying his gun with the trigger cooked, and, catching it in some- thing, it went off, shooting his eompan- ion, Victor Dynes, a lad about 14 years of age. The bullet lodged in the hip and has not yet beau located. Unless blood Poisoning sets in the donors fear no eitolre to extra, 34,20 to 54.40: gaol to choke,. 54 to $4.211; common to fair, 82.110 to $3.50. Chceae Markets. London, Ont., Dee, 3. -At this the laet market of the ,season, two factories booed - ea 1100 boxes, 900 October nuke and 200 ;November make. Sales, 650 October at two, eett November at 01 c. Oanton, N.T„ Dec. 4. -Six hundred tubs of butter sold at 18 to 18,e. British Markets. Liverpool, Dec, 3.--(12,30.)-No. 1 Cal., 6. led to 0, ltt•,d; red winter, none: No. 1 Northern, spring. es 21/2d; corn, 3s 101,0; peas, 5s ltd; pork, 550s; lard, 27s 0d; tal- low, 2)e 81; Wenn, heavy, l.t•., 21k; lent, 28s; short cut, 20r 6d; cheese, white, 40s; colored, 47s. L1veriauol-Clone•-$Pot wheat firm, with No. 1 Northern at as 2ted; red winter fu- tures, Gs O°/sd for Dec. and 5s 01 l for Matrch, Spot maize quiet at 33 10a;d: fu- tures quiet at 3, 9?eel for Dee., as 7%a for March. Flour, 1tts 3d. GOT AWAY WITH THE CHILD. Mr. and "llrs. frank A. McGowan Got Out of Erie, Pa., Suddenly. Erie, Pa., Deo. 5. -Mr. and Mrs. Frank A. Maeowan have given their case here another sensational tarn by getting out of town, taking with them Mrs. Magowan's child, Edith Beryl Barnes, whose abduction from Cleveland, Nov. 14, was the opening act of the present case. Itis generally believed that the Ma- gowans have fled to Canada, The Midnight Dash. Buffalo, Deo. 5. -Shortly after mid• night Saturday morning a carriage driven by a negro dashed through the streets on the west side of the city and pulled up at the foot of Ferry street. In the car- riage were a neatly dressed woman and a young girl, the latter apparently about 8 or 9 years old. As no one could be found to row them across the swiftly running river in the dead of night, the carriage with its occupants stood all night at the foot of Ferry street till the ferryboat that plies between that plane and Fort Erie began her daily trips, Early Saturday morning when the ferryboat was ready to make its first trip from Ferry street to Fort Erie, the occupants of the carriage boarded the boat and were taken to Fort Erie, where they landed and soon disap- peareJ. It is now generally believed by the per- sons who saw the woman and the child that. they were Mrs, Edith . Barnes• Maguwan and her little daughter, Edith B. Barnes. A CANE FROM TORONTO FATING HORSES AND DOGS. Effect of the Rigid Cattle Exclu- sion Law of Germany. Two Cases of Smallpox is Toreato Quar- antined 00 Sunday -.Parts, Ontario. Threatened With.* Milk ramine, than nonce a,en eloyl ag Failgd, to Obey rho Tubercullee Edict of the Poet* ter Health. Washed Up Among the Wreckage nt Provincetown, Mass. Provincetown, Mass., Deo. 5. -Tho ex• ceedingly sharp watch for wreckage kept along the Cape shore, from Wood End to High Head, is praotically a means of saving about every fragment of the ill fated Portland that may be borne, in on the waves. Two very important additions to the list of articles washed ashore were a section of a life raft and a gold -headed pane. The owner of the latter may pos- sibly be ascertained through the marking of the knob, "Nov. 27, Toronto, 1887." Three Identified. Boston, Mass., Deo 5. -Of the bodies at the North. Grove Street Morgue, three have been identified. One is that of Fred. A. Brown of Portland, identified by his brother, Walter H Brown; another that of a man named Allen of Philadelphia, recognized by his brother -In-law, and the third as that o1 Eva M. Totten, and of Somerville, but moonily removed to Portland. Tise new Imperial penny postage stamps are now on sale at Ottawa, On .Saturday six vessels took out of Fort Williasn 698,00.0 bushel,, of wheat. Robert Bond, the Toronto. Iiveryinab, was badly hart by a runaway on Sasur- day meriting, Four Chinamen Were baptized in the Emmanuel Baptist Church, Buffalo, Sanday night. Mr. John H. Tilden and Mr. Teetze1 Wilt be the Hamilton .mayoralty candi- date* in January. la the ten years cloeing with 1896, ins elusive, 407 school ohlldreu committee suicide in Germane'. Mr. Janes liiduer of Aither shot him- self accidentally While. going htanttng< and stied in a few s afialutea, A New Vert draggle; has shade that mistake ot platting up atropine for ente r- phiue with serious pastors. James Maldby, a car repairer in Buffalo, was killed on :=uturdayy afternoon ou the Lake Shore Hallway itrack-s. Rev.. Dr. Blaokstock of Toronto, while out walking un Saturday night, Stepped and fell, breaning rho small bone in one of bit legs. Air. Peavey. the western elevator king, will next year build a number of eleva- tors along the Northern Pacific Railway in Manitoba. The Spanish Cabinet has dist:usred the suppression of the Ministry of the Colon- ies, which matter will probably be re- ferred to the Cortes, At Hull a true bill baa been found by the grand jury against Andre Riopelle indicted on a ebarga of murdering Leen Boyer of Eardley, (slue. The f,'ranat Trunkhallway's earnings for the Wax Noy. 23 to Nov, en, 1898, are Vienna% as compared with 1897, eeele,503, a tivereaes o1 $8,540. A recent attempt to cross the English Cbanuol to 1 ranca by balloon proved disastrous to tee aeronauts, altiaea:g l they will recover from their Injuzies. ,Tames Welch, William Loomis. James Curdy, John Williams anti Cherlea Mai.ean were arrested in litigate ou Sat• urday and charged with Burglary and larceny, Thontas O. Smith, a Toronto milkman,. who became despondent and shot lilnmelf an Saatnrday at noon freer; died at 8 o'clock Sunday morning in ne. Michael's Hosult,sl, Arrengenscnts have been completed for the closing of the Cobourg 5mallpex Hospital, The vigilance of theauthorities has been rewarthd. No second case ue- veloped there. The Cteecent Athletic Club on Satur. day rnnatebod Eddie Connolly of St. john, N.B.. and ,lack Bennett of Moineasport, Pa., to box 20 rounds in Toronto Satur- day night, Dec. 17, Frank linaak's reported release from the Berlin, Germany, prison on bail was premature Diflioulties were raised at the last moment, and linaak ati11 suffers for alleged lose nmjeate. The Government of Nicaragua, as a re- sult of the collapse of the United States of Central America, has published a de- cree doolaring Nioaragua to be an inde- pendent sovereign state. Since the systematic exclusion of for- eign cattle and swine from Gormany, horse ani slog meat have become rho staple with the poorer classes in certain districts, and notably in the large cities. Fred. Mueller of Preston went on a spree on Friday night, and was found dead lying co the Boor of his house by his wife on Saturday morning, 1I,e doc- tors pronounce,' it a case of heart failure. A fire which occurred in the Govern- ment dock yard at Fero', Spain, gutted several buildi.;„ s, one before the flames were extinguished a number of bombs had been exploded. The loss is estimated at 4,000,000 pesetas. The death of William Beatty, who went to Parry Sound in leen is an- nounced. His widow is Isabella Bowes, daughter of the late John G. Bowes, at one time Mayor of Toronto, He leaves besides his widow, three daughters and one son. John T. Niblook, the Montreal agent of the London Life Insurance Co., has. confessed to forgeries which netted him, $457,33. Wben taken to the palls he broke down completely, and the scene on Sat- urday when his young wife visited blue was most affecting. Paris, Ont., is threatened with a milk famine. All the dairymen have decided to cease delivering in town. Tho board of health a month ago decided to insist that all dairy herds be tested with tubercu- line, and, failing this, no permits for the sale of milk to be issued. The time for the test expires Monday, and practically all bave decided to resist the ediot. Mise Banton, 32 Phoebe street, and Miss Boyce of Montreal, visiting at 16 Garden avenue, Toronto, were on Sunday taken to the isolation bospital, as they bad been attacked by smallpox. It is thought Miss Banton may have naught the disease at Cobourg, where she was lately visiting; no souroe of oontagion is known in thu other case. Every precau- tion hes been taken by the medical health officer to prevent the spread of the scourge. POLITICAL POINTS. Tho North Hastings and Nipissing elec- tions will both come on December 27th, with nominations one week earlier. West Algoma is also to be added to the list of protests that have come to noth- ing. Saturday, as no one appeared for the petitioner at Osgoode Hall, Justices Fal-: oonb.Idge and Street dismissed the case without costs. Shot in Roseland. Guelph, Deo. 5. -John Morris, Guelph Township, has received word stating that :limn Kirkland, a former resident of the same township, had been shot dead in Roseland, B.C., by an irate neighbor, about two weeks ago. Hee sold his farm to John Morris last spring, and went to Roseland in company with bis sister, who kept house for him until the time of his death. He was. about 35 years old.