HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1906-10-04, Page 3GREAT BRITAIN'S POLICE
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eltIOW THEY WATCH FOREIGN. 8IES
,. AND ANAIWAIISTS„
Int,ericiational Crime Expere's Tteie
Training and Duties --T. Ender
stand, Heliograph.
• About tever4 years ago, when the
niere deenerate eection of the •Irish Fen
-
lane was alma baffling the 'English
and Irish pollee by dynamite and other
outrages, it wits decided to organize a
dietinet. detective maehintry, known as
*the "Special Branch" of the:. Criminal
investigation Department, for the pur-
pose of locating and '"diseecting the
varioue murder, and dynamitc plots,
identifying the men connected there-
with, and keeping them under observa-
tion; ,also o Course .for protecting pub-
lic men whose lives were in danger --
notably Arthur Balfour, when he was
the Chief Secretary for Ireland. "
The work of organizing thiS branch,
writes a correspondent of the London,
Chronteie, eves entrusted to, Chief In-
speetor Littlechild, who retired on • a
pension, some Mayen.. years epee The
Matillinayand Methods Of the Special
Branch were found to be equally well
adapted to the ullea earnest Russian
patriot or the fanatical bomb thrower
from France, Italy or Spain.
The Criminal Investigation Department
Special; Branch is, .although composed
ahnoet entirely of C.. I. D. men, more
directlyeunder the control of the Home*
Office than the rest of the Metropolitan
police. Its duties consist in what is
described politely .as "political work,"
including tbe supervision of
ANARCHISTS AMS0 N.IHILISTS
and other persons who may be.a source
of personal danger to he King or Queen
oe' to members of our royal family, or
. .to foreign potentates visiting our mune
try, or d'ur own Ministers of State, The.
branch is sometimes 'kept busy in try-
ing to trace the source •of anonymous
letters written to any of the above; it
also undertakes the necessary inquir-
ies in the case of applications for let-
ters of naturalization, or on behalf ef
the Foreign Office, for passpbrte. Per
suspected of being foreign spiee
also receive attention from the S. -B.,
generally at the instigation either of the
7 Admiralty or the War Office.
The present staff consists of Supt.
Quinn -an admirable .appointment -one
chief inspector, " three inspectors and
fifty-two other detective.," in the case
of two or three of wrn the old estab-
lished rule that ever detective must
have started as an ordinary constable
• has been. waived. These exceptions are
linguists and men of very peculiar ex-
perience among the most undesirable
aliens in this ,and other equntries. a
Some thirty of this nunileei er.0 di-
vided up anions six foreign. and Seven
„British ports -which Shall be nameless
keep Observation on outgoing and
„ incoming passenger boais,. a few of
•''ekem occasionally going abroad.on sped -
1 -ti" duty connected with royal visits to
. Continental ceuntries: or otherwise.
One,member of the branch .speaks and
writes seven languages, another three,
one has resided in five different coun-
tries and speaks four languages; and ,
most of them know French. Hello-
, graphing is understood by ,,some of
them.. .
Our detectives So not, as is often sup-
posed, pormaneraly safeguard the inter-
ests of cdher countries as regard § for-
eign apolitical" .suspects in this coun-
try. At least three European. govern-
ments are represented in England by
. their Own
SECRET SERVICE AGENTS,
who tcre attached to the embassies, and
act independently of us. A foreign de-
iective sent here for special purpose,
however, as a rule places himself in
tcOmmunication with "the Yard:' At pre-
sent there is no combined international
mbvement against this class of crirne.
Theresultsof the special branch or-
ganization cannot he judged by what,
is read in the newspapers as regards
the suppression of anarchists -there
have been only two prosecutions in the
last two years, but •a vast amount of
quiet work has been achieved. SU-
speeted persons are located, observed,,
•and often frightened out of the country
unknown to- the police.
The relations between the detective
and the anarchist are peciniete One
sees a member of the S. 13. enter one
,of three shops suspected" of providing
infotenal meeting places for anarchists
not far .from Shaftesbury avenue, os-
lensibly to make a trifling purchttse.
The owner of the shop and the one MIS -
tomer, an Italian suspect, each greet
him, but in two different languages;
both know his business almost aa well
as he does. 1310 there is no animOsity
betwen the hunted and the hunter.
• On another ottcasion a crowd of more
•or lees undesirable aliens in one of the
. dangerous foreign quarters is looking
en •et a struggle between a. couple el
constables end some roughe, one of the
fot•tner having just sounded the shrill
Signal for help. The onlookers are re,
tolling the police in several languages
Med some of them are inclined to join
in (it is thirly to one against the uni-
forms), when an Englishman, of no re-
niarkable physique, pushing his way
through theenutskirts of the :eroved,eie
keenly scrutinizing faces -one in parti-
cular, that of a man who is ekhorling
others to violenee. The Engliehman is
-.recognized, and the foreigner who in -
crests hine steals away, whispering
,somelliing to acquaintanees as he paes-
,e. them. They and others follow suit,
and the IS. 11. man has aehieved more
than three constables- eould have done;
moreover, ho has loctited a man who
lute been lost' sight of tritely.
The force is apt to have its zeal se-
verety Ilir d by false, spentS and even
hoaxes. Leee than a month ago what
oppeared to any one but an electrieal
exeerl to be a
1,1
I i
' leofiaIld.le INFERNAL MACIIIND "
wee discevered on the dey of the'arrival
in Lennon of twe threatened 'members
of the royal fatally mai at a spot whenee
fuli e"firage iniebt have been effected.
‘,,,, a, in UV oillili ally COUrrie. 01 me.
cent melee meaemteeethe S. a.; never
'‘ dii;..i.,50,-, ney enepicious sign, 1 owever
alisee, -taken to on isolated spo Int St.
,
"
Sernes's i'arik' ani exemincl b:*,7 the fleece
OtNeo Ineeeeeler of Exple3iVe3 arra pro-
neeinced tel be nothing weeao than a
dieearded (Rvy c. ill iattcry. At another
time not far die t the branch had to
shaelo:v -ave 1ii4 ---o ,7,reee empected
et being foreign spies taleing ohcerva-
tions near an important millitary poi -
tion, and the "spies" proved to be, rz-3
liar lese, as the "bomb."
At the pont moment, in view of
the recent outrage in Macirid, and the
visit of the King and Queen of Spain
to England., the S. B. is particularly,
busy, and an intereeting. etory outtel
be mode out of the various men wad
Movements to which the S. . activity
F. directed; hut the wrifer of this ertiele,
who has bee nin touch with the branch
oince its foundation, has no -intention,
while satisfying the curiosity of the
public on a most absorbing subject, el
providing the miseteant with valuable
information. Suffice it to say that,
among other precautionary measures,
three newspapers published in London,
two in Yiddish and one in German, and
one published in Berlin (where the
police are supposed to exercise a strong
press censorehip) and circulated in
London, are being earefully read and
translated into English, cind that aev-
eral very- interesting "octriches" of tlek
proverbial order are burying their heads
In the sand end iinagining thate pon..7
Seelitently,'t heir Wiierielbotits and actlicas
are a profound secrete, whereas their
photos, each one hearing a description
of the various physical chailicteristics
et the subject are being carried in the
pockets of some dozen or more S. B.
sleuth hounds.
While. the principal officers of this
branch receive salaries ranging from
£180 to £500 per annum, the rank and
file,who have.to hunt down men with
funds at their disposal, draw from £2
to £2 15s 'a week, no extra allowance
beingernade for languages.
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ON PAVING THE PIPER.
..
After -Doing, Too Much Smoking Mr.
Gliggbileer Propounds an Idea. •
"T� much- smoking will keep' one
awake nights,- fOr one thing," said Mr.
Gliggbilter. "I like to smoke, and I am
inclined to indulge myself too much in
that luxury after dinner,
"At that comfortable time I sit and
smoke and read and read and smoke
until it's time to go to bed. And then,
after such an indulgence in smoking, I
am lilcelY to find myself lying awake for
an hour or two to pay for it. '
"It is my experience in life that you
can't get csoMething for nothing, and
likewise is it my experience that if one
indulge himself too freely in any pleas
sue° he Must "pay. for it later. r Young
men, with the resiliency of yonth, can't
be made to realize this; but nature
charges all these overindulgences' to
their account, which, in due cqurse, they
are inevitably called upon to settle.
"So young men are careless of their
resources; but it must be .eonfessed that
there are older -men. to, Who never
learn wisdom, ,that -If they' dance WO
must pay the piper; and sometimes, I
will adMit, 1 myself smoke too much
nights, and then I can't sleep. I am a
weak brother, given to the enjoyment
of the moment. But I can sleep well if
1 have the strength of mind to cut out
that last pipe, and I can rise in the
morning 'refreshed and vigorous as a
recompense for that slight sacrifice.
"Philosophers say that the only actual
possession that man can have is his
will, his power to control himself,
which is something inseparable from
him exce'pt by his own surrender of
Lands, houses, money, everything else,
can be taken from us, hut not -our power
over ourselves, our will, if we choose to
use and exercise it, which we may do
with innumerable resulting benefits, in-
cluding , even the restoration of lands,
houses cded moneys lost, as aforesaid.
"But if, as we are more likely to do,
we have clung with tenacity to our tan-
gible possessions and are suffering only
personally by indolent indulgence, -why,
that we can correct, and we can vastly
heighten our enjoyment of life, by the
exercise of the will. as, for instance, we
can give oumelves the sweet boon of
refreshing sleep by cutting out that last
pipe; and to bring this simple fact to
The minds of -sortie to 'Whom it may not
have oceurred is really all that I- set out
to say. .
"True, there are other causes of
sleeplessness besides overindulgeno in
tobacco, but that is one of them; and if
the thoughtless smoker will deny him-
self to -night for an hour before he goes
to bed and so give his nerves a chance
to recover their natural tranquility he
will sleep happily and rise refreshed
and, find a , far keener enjoyment of his
pipe the' Inerning."
FRAME TlitS II GOT41).
If I had known.in the triOrning,
How wearily all theeday
The words unkind
Would trouble my mind,
1 said when you, Went away!
If 1 had bean more .careful darling,:
Nor gweeyou needless pain!
But we vex our own
With look and tone
We May never take back again.
For 'though in the quiet evening
*YOU Misfit giveme the kiss of peace,
Yet it might be
That never for me
The pain ef the, heart should cease.
How mane`i go forth in the morning
That never COMO home at, night!
And hearts have broken ° ,
For harsh war& spoken,'
That sbrrow can ne'er, set eight.
VALUABLE BIBLE.
The most costly bnek in the 1 Royal
library at Stockholm is a ., Bible4 nes
there le net anther jnet I he it ,in the
world. In weight and size alone it is
unique. It is said that 160.,aesees ekine
were used for He parchntent leavee,
mach page falls but an frig_ Montt of a
yard itt leuglIt. The ,,,Vidlii if the leave,.
is f?fiine, The covers are solid planks eel.
thick.
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STAMPING OUT MUTINY
MAO IDEGIODEP A RUOIVIENI1 III
ERS 91VNIIAND.
A Minsk Battalion Blew Itself
Pieces at Malta to Avoid
tiunishment;
Seid411 110-5 a sterner punt,shment been
meted but to an insubordinate regiment
than that .vvhich, has Tecently, been in-
thelkd by the Czar upon' the Preoloca-
jenekr Guards.•
,This is emphatically the corps crate
of the Russian army. In it his Majesty
Served his "time" with the color% a duty
inchmbent upon' every Russian, from
the Emperor down to the lowest peas-
ant. '
Of it, afterhis accession to the throne,
he became Honorary Colonel. Its WTI-
cer.e are all nobles, the best and bluest
blood in Russia. Even the privates and
Picked' "inen a belong, most of thera,
te good families.
When, therefore, the Czar found that
disaffection was rife even in its ranice,
his aregete-kneele410 WWI& eAlee-4,0411g
whole Or the 'officers. and 'man paraded
before him, and after addressing to
them a few scathing words, he publicly,
with his own hands, tore up the uniform
he was wont to wear upon occasion as
their honorary commander. Then the
corp 's was relegated by the Imperial
Ukase to the status of an ordinary line
battalion., and banished from St. Peters-
butirg to a remote and dull provincial
town.
WROLE REGIMENTS 'WIPED OUT.
And now, on top of all this, come
the news` that Colonel Gadon, the ofTleer
Ir. command of the offending regiment,
has been cashiered; as has also Prince
Wassittchikov, Aide -de -Camp -General to
the 'Czar and Commander of the; Bri-
gade' of Guakis, and General Ozieroy,
commanding the -Frst Division of the
Guards. e
Severe measures indeed! 'Yet, Worn
the point of view of military discipline,
fully justified. jellutiny is an,ugly thing,
and in no army in the World are these
guilty of it shown any mercy whatever.
In India, in 1857, whole regiments,
known to be disaffected, were simply
wiped out of existence, after having
been surrounded by loyal troops. Chaim,
the Napoleon of Zululand, if he had the
slightest suspicion of an impi's loyalty,
or if one had shown cowardice in bat-
tle, used to send other imp,isagainst
it to "eat it up."
In 1807 a British composite battalion,
forming pare of the Maltese garrison,
miitiniedv and shin themselves up in
the. strong Fort Ricasoli, overlooking
"the Grand Harbor.
WHEN THE GRENADIERS MCTINTED;
From this vantage point they- attempt-
ed to parley with the Governor, demand-
ing better and more liberal rations, the
abolition •of corporal punishment, and
a higher' rite of pay. But the Gover-
nor declined evento listen to their de -
'elands, much less to reply to them.
Instead; he surreunded the fort, with
troops and cannons, swearing that "not
one mutinous * dog amongst them all
should escape hanging." As a matter
of fact they did, though; for after sus-
taining an eig'ht days' siege, they fired
the magazine, I blowing into the -air - the
fort, themselves, and some, hundreds of
their bescegers. • ,
Other' times, other methods. When
the .Grenadier Guards mutinied et Wel-
lington Barracks, on July 7th, 1890, the
regiment was merely banished to Ber-
muda. This kind of punishment, by
the way, appears to be a favorite one
with our military authorities. At all
events it is the o,ne most often employe
ed.
Thus, when the Royal Irish Rifles
broke into revolt at Gibraltar, in 1887,
they were bundled off to Egypt at twen-
ty-four hours' notice, tind sent up the
Nile to roast at Assouan,_ • •
WIPING OpT THE STIGMA.
.1
A similar, ;policy was ,pursued in re-
gard to the mutiny of the Hussars at
the Curragh Camp, in September, 1887.
Of course, In such cases. as :these, nioi*e
'or • less lengthy terms .of imprisonment
'are also inflicted upon the, einglodere, • an' mony Meer trifle -se bit here there's.
inaddition to the wholesale punishment naething much obje• nable, let alone
the sand an'ewant o' wetter."
"There, may be a. few insects along
with the sand,. Mac," suggested a coin -
rade. ,_ •
"Inseeksr cried he, derisively. 4Wha
cares fur inseckS, shid like to ken?
What herrn is there-in'wheen innocent
muskittiess fur instance? Insecks?
11
11-11'11:ePhalje'surd.l.t.s. 'of the remark seemed
tc tiekle him, and he chuckled merrily
ae he broke eucalyptus twigs. Then
suddenly there was silence, te, silence
'so strange that his mates looked
around to see what had happened.
" nscPcItsfl. they heard him mutter.
"No( wunner-bit no that canna be,
'fur sna IiiVna got feet, an' this
bea.st's ir supplied in that direction.
It's ooy beast, too.' I wanner if 1
"if it's an inseck," came. his voice
again. "this country mann be an ex.
tra-erd'itar'--- Maid off, ye „beast! Ilaud
off. fell yer .
1 Ii s mates -crime running up just in
time to See him slaughter a large-sized
centipede which had refused to be pro-
pilieted by his advances,
gie ye the best about inseeks."
sniff Mee. "Bit ye'll *admit, it's maist
e-lra-ord'ner' Inc see inseeks o' Un-
nnfilrail description . Miming about on
the face o' the earth.
cti rine3," tiry were Lacnccfsw14 caN
SthTi-,1112',5SION OF TUE SANIZAWia&
ProPnbly they were thantanl, upon re-
aeetl1;n, that,Their punishment had been
nir,4 nioye tivIn it wos;. For, En
lave and even ,;;r4. nEllef?, MIrtrt latei
Ecr4(2Ela autgn3t3 onowed r-Tnnt mercy
to mutt:cora..
Talo, for instance, the ea5./2 of the
"suppreion" of c7ani3arieo
Sultan Mahmond Ili. in MG, than whieh
mora appalling tragedy ia reoorded
in history. These were picked men.
Ike S'ulten's own hody,guard, and this,
of eoku'oe, rnade their disloyalty the
blacker. They were,' to it the spoiled,
pets of the Turkish array. They had
actually deposed one Sultan, and had
habitually dictated, throglieut a long
reign, to another. ut When they tack-
led Mahmoud, they taeltled the wrong
man.
They broke out into mutiny at eight
o'clock on the evening on June 15th. At
four o'clock in the morning, on June
16th, the Sultan personally unfurled the
,secred green banner of Islam, and by
six some twenty thousand of them had
been cut to pieces in the narrow streets
of Constantinople, by troops and ISsi.
pulace. Tie remnant was disbanded the
same afternoon. and sold intoelavery.
-ePearsoliVeWeelSye: " '1 •
INTERESTING ITEMS.
Fifty-six foreign countries have rep-
resentatives in London.
Poppy -seed will yield -more than half
its own weight in oil.
The cha.nce of two finger -prints be
Ing alike is not one in 64,000,00,000.
Only 240' newspapers are printed in
the whole continent of Africa. '
Frain Liverpool to Cape Town is two
less than 6,000 nautical miles.
Farthing is only a' corruption of
"fourthing," ,the fourth of a penny.
Britisheinvestors have quite 2,500 ,mil
nS -
liosterling invested abroad.
Geld can be drawn into wire so fine
that 550 feet will mily weigh one grain.
The Bank of England was incorpor-
ittecl in 1694.with a capital of £1,200,000.
Cash is eaid to be derived from the
French word "eaisse," a. chest in which
money was kept.
The nineteen- richest' persons he Eng-
land hav.e .an average income of just
over '1500,000 a head.
Infantry:van' be distinguished from
cavalry by the naked eye at not more.
than 1,200 to 1,400 yards.
If air at ordinary temperatures does
not move at more than one and a half
feet pees second, no draught is felt. .rail-
wayaverage cost of making a atil-
way in England has been $194,80; in
li'eland only $69,070; and in the States
$57,501.
Irish emigration is falling fast. About
373000 people now leave Ireland yearly,.
in 188.3 the numbers were 109,000.
The late war raised 'the area of Ja-
pan's territory from 189,000 sqUare
miles -to 283,000 smiare miles, and in-
creased her population by ten- millions.
The eify of Arequipa, in Peru, is
tnore subject to earthquake than any
01,110' -town‘ in the world. It lie.s close
undat Misti, a huge evaleano.
The aggregated number of coins in
circtdation in, the British Isles is reck-
oned at 1;400 millions. There are al -
was at least 20,000 bad. sovereigns in
circitlation. ,
The Parsees, are much better educat-
ed than any other -Indians. In every
10,000 Parsee men, 4,075 know English.
Among the Hindus only 64 in 10,000
speak English.
The United Kingdom imports oVer
181 million pounds' worth yearly of
food, drink, and. tobacco. The whole of
our self-governing Colonies, including
ale Australia, Canada, Cape, etc:, spend
only 15), millions in the same way.
A -WEE DRAWBACK.
When "Mac" and his comrades arlived
in the Aust,ralian gold -diggings after
experience In the Klondike, says the
author of "In Search of El Dorado,", the
Scot was enormously pleased. "There's
aye something lite contend wi' in furrin
countries," he philosophized as he event
leisurely about blinding the fire. "In
Alaska there wis snow, an' Chilletiets,
Meted 'out to the disaffected battalions.
Obeasionally an offending' regiment is
Orposed to .ridicule, . a punishment
which usually turns out 'to be extremely
effectual. Por instance, smite timetack
It was decreed that 4 crack Austrien
corps, which had shown signs of insub-
erdination; were to' be deprived of their
badges and facings; at the ,same time,
too', thele buttons were removed from
their tunics, and replaced by hooks and
eyeshi.
'l'sso mortified the men, that elur-•
ing the 'next campaign they sought la
Wipe out stigma by so magnificent-
-le heroi -et, charge that very feev e
• awed aliv Whereuponthe j.",,rnpei
was *Pleased •• • decorate. the survhe
and to restore to the regiment its
eot insignia.
Ivan the Terrible, again, was onco
faced IV a -seritius mutiny of no fewer
than seven of his line battalions, who
refused point-blank to march at,Tninst
Kazan. The Czar rode out alone 16
meet them, slew with his own hand the
ringleader of the mutineers, and then
ordered the ethers, in a •voice hoarse
meth ,passion, to throw down their
arms. Taken by surprise they oheyed.
"Now strip." was 'the next command.
Wonderingly, ' Alley . again complied.
"March." Shouted the Car, and 1110-
chanically the serried ,ratiks put tiled}
eelves 111 motion.
It wile it bitterly cold il;ty, but Itent
marched the' nude mutineers twenty
• miles, elong roads lined by , jeering
sell;(11‘;‘;ide'-;f' tulle tell ti et,
finger of scorn.
•
wigg, "Do pat believe that every
Ian has his priee?". Na'agg : "No; lots
of men give :thenteelves, away I"
The eergeoe of a large hospital wee
By nightfall, semi 1,fh(). „n::Irying a to the pationtS ‘A'hen i*o
di al arrived by a ciremitous rotO lo IttY rall Irishman.
Oise where they hod left their gar- 119' 'ilqu'ing.' .1)18.1)aill yore"
teen's end their arras, and were osee., bravely. ior ne grorate
.0-1y permiltecl to (Ion fernier mill "oil. Pc"' i'v")°"`
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clictInetsi3 1P2sfliArliat)tlidiroleh9atin(1 itenlinie.chataCle.3
Out of every hundred livo IMUrOd
in England, nay five are.those of wo-
men. •
In memory of the Dogger Bank old -
rage a statute is to be unveiled at Hull
shortly,
At Scarborough the old Blue Bell Inn
ousewill Shprtly be opened as a ratssion
Messrs. Merryweather have just for-
warded to Spain the first petrel mo-
tor -fireboat ever built.
Mr.. J. Pierpout Morgan bas contri-
buted X1,000 to Guy's Hospital for the
promotion Of medical education.
An order has just, been given by the
•Londen-Teounty Couticir for .the Stipay
or, cockle shells for paths.
100,000,000 Picture postcards is the
estimated number sent through the_
post during the holiday season.
The Prison Conunissioners have ask-
ed the Y. M. C. A. to arrange for, the,
systematic visitation ,.of prisoners.
England contributed during the past
financial year £82,361,500 to 'Imperial
purposes, Scotland £10,238,500, and Ire:
land 41,811,500. ' s •
During the forty years' service, Mr.
Benjamin Gouldstone, an Epping post-
man, who has -just retired, has walk-
ed nearly 150,000 miles.
Mr. George Meredith, the novelist, has
returned to his chalet on the Surrey
hills, at Dorking, and has now quite
recovered from his broken leg.
To maintain smartness in the ap-
pearance of the steel the Great North-
ern- Beltway order that all their etaff
efiall wear white collars. „
In the CatTharvon, district a quaint
funeral custom,: which dates back for
generations, was observed recently,
when some breed, salt, and a coin were
buried with the body.
An inquest was. held at Whitechapel
on the infant child of tailor, who
VMS killed by swallowing a hot cinder
which' "popped" 'out of the fire into
its .mmith. •
A child Who has recently come under
the care of the Mutford and Lothingland
(Suffolk) Guardians rejoices in the name
of Aurora V Tonita Agatha Wil.
San.
St. Anne's -on -Sea is eeoming known
'as the "Widow's Ret at In one
street half a dozen wido re living
nrextttoweenatcyv
h NOtidhoerw.while in ano her there
4e
• Under the new London County Coune
cil. by;law people who throw down
wastepaper, fruit, or vegetable refuse,
broken glass, or nails leti the streets will
be liable to a penalty of forty shillings.
When a steamer was entering the
.Mersey the other day one of the parrots
on board escaped and flew seawards.
The flight of the "poor Poll," however,
was short, a number of gulls swooping
down 'and pecking the stranger td
death,
The other day a little girl was ask-
ed roughly to deecribe the human body,
with the following result: "We have a
head, which contains -the brains, if any;
'also a body which contains the heart,
part of the liver, and the Mounic. The
tummic contains the vowels, A, E, I, 0,
and tj, and sometimes Y and Z.''
London's net debt, according to a re-
port just issuer, is X44,620,266. The re-
ceipts of the Lonplon County Council
during the year adedunted to £15,216,-
749, and the expenditure to £15,771,-
397, education costing 44,586,398.
Mr. William Baker, Dr. Barnedo"e
successor, has gone on a tour through
Franco, Spain, Italy, Germany, Bele'
gium, and Switzerland, for the purpose
of studying the charitable institutions.
An egg laid by a Buff Orpington hen
belonging to Mr. Woodhead of Thun.
detsley, Essex, was eight and a half
inches in circdmference, and when
broken, it was found to contain another
perfectly formed egg.
Summoned at Macclesfield for furi-
ously driving a mare, a fernier pleaded
that the animal was an "old trooper,"
and the toot of a motor -car, mistaken
for the bugle -call, aroused her military
instincts so that lie could not hold her.
TORTURED RY FIERCE ZULUS.
Ter4iib1e Acts 'Which Prompted Troops
to Cry "No Surrender!"
Irenry Tuley, who has been nearly
thirty years In South Africa, writes from
Pietermaritzburg to his brother, Capt.
11 Tulliy, of South Shields, England,
defending the troops operating in Natal
'against the chergea of barbarity brought
by keit Hardie and some...other Napes.
He states that the very. opposite was
thee„ease: The WOMen and children
Were taken care of, and only the ,na
tives who were found in arms against
es were killed. •
With regard to the other side of the
picture, the writer 811315"Bl'OOkS and
Brown, of my old corps, e the Natal
Nfounted Police, were most terribly mu-
tilated. In the case of Veal, a non.
emnbahnit, he must have suffered aw-
ful toiture. A native WilneSs has cone
fessed to us that the o( fellow war
held down whilo the soles of his feel
were rot Off. lie '11 lined, and when
he eame to he Was nit (10 to walk a dis.
Mee, eterreing a heavy load on hes
head.
"Ilie algid hand was cut off,end le,
had to Ohne himself with his dead
'And. After that his 0108 were gouged
out, and he WAS dkmOnil,pre'd While
Can you wondor that the
men -of .1t'lcKeneie's eolunine when they
found his mutilated body, ehould cry
out. lake on .surrender, air'?" ,
Ot-
prieon vieitorreeetSle aslabd ono of
the prisoners how he came to 1.6 theve.
"welt.* wee the anewer.
Ws mow useful not he Mew thinee
and epelio. people think you de, Hein in
htleAV thelit and not ilaNV zuWilody he -
hove it. „
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liEAHING ItAIIKETS
LilEAD'al;FE,$.
Tfiri-anti,,Oct, 2, -Ota
nrio Fi
11d 1r
$.75 frV 1X3 per: cent.
bnyer; tag, out Muni.
-oba-$4.40 for Dr3t patenti, ,3 s) for
eceerele ii.'1130 for b4;;:(
1),Iiltivi'd- $15 to 0150 in bulk, out-
ide;eber1.5, 1$.1I hi $1.9.
of 5 earj af No. 2 white cat$
Nen.) ntade on the logai cafl binni si
f.o.b., on fic role t3
and of 5 'earn on'the sante terms for
October ehipment.
Wheat-Ontalio-----No. 2 whit, 721:';c
shed, ?Igo hid, outtiida; No. 2 riOd,
72-34:c ceiked. 71Ao bid and 720 bid, main
line east; mixed, 7130 asked.
Wheat -Manitoba -No. 1 hard, 80%e
asked. 79ge bid, Point Edward; No. 1
northern, ,793,11c asked, 190 bid, Owen
-bound.
Barley -No. 2, 51c asked, 40,0 bid,
on 5c rate to, Toronto; No, 3 extra
.480 asked, 460 bid and 47c bid on 5Z
rate to Toronto; No. 3, 45% asked, 150
bid, outsidCoc'nNo
Jo, N3 yey7:1ex,0D55uge t,o.
arrive, Toronto. Tit
'tiIM
fititter-Beeeipts continue ,light, with •
firmer prices for creatnefy, ,solids and.
Cre(ids23
amseorly. . . 24 cc tt -00 24
d)
dairy prints ...... 22e to 23o
do pails . 18c to 20o
do tubs ... . .. „....... 18c to 20c
Inferior . . . 170 to 180
. Cheese -Holds firm at 13%e for .large
and 14e for twins, . ,
Eggs-QuotatiOns unchanged at 18y2c
to P19.
to 600 pet:bushel and 80o
Lo 90c per bag.
Baled Hay -$9.50 to $10 for No. 1
timothy and $8 for No. 2 in car lets
here.
Baled Straw --$6 in car lots tiere.
MONTREAL MARKETS.
Montreal, Oe. 2. -Grain -Bids showed
some improvement. but were still out of
line. Millfeed continues very firm in. ,
tone under a good demand and small
supplies. The merket for hay is also
filen. • .
Oate-No. 2 white, 39%c to 40c; No. 3
white, 38Xo to 39c; No. 4, 37%c lo 38o
per bushel, ex -store.
Peas-poiling peas, $1 in carload lots,
$1,10 in Jobbing lots.
Floure-kfanitoba spring wheat, 14.25
to ,$4.40; strong bakers', $3.90 to 84;
winter rwheat patents, 84.10 to 34.75;
straight rollers, $3.75 to $3.90; do, ire
bags, 11.65 to $1.75; extras,. 11.60
$1.70. ' •
Millfeeds--Manitoha bran in ,bags, $20;
shorts, $24 -Ontario, brarasin bagae
.$18.50 to $19; ,shdrtS, $21.50 to $224.
milled. =untie. , $21 to $25; straight
grain, $28 to $29 per ton. .
Rolled Oats -Per' bag, $1..95 to $2, lit
car lots, $2.10- in fobbing botse
Is $11 to $11e50; No. 2,
$10.40 to $11; clover mixed, $9.50 to
$10; pure clover, $7.50 per ton in car
tote:
Eggs -Receipts of eggs this morning
were 1,203 cases, The market is steady
at 22c for selects and 18Xe for No. 1
candled, -
Provisions -Barrels short cut m es -8.
$22 to $24; half -barrels, .$11.75 t� 112.50;
clear fat backs, $23.50; long cut heavy
mess, $20.50; half -barrels do, $10.75 e
dry salt long clear bacon, 12X,c to
12%c; berreis ;plate beef, $12 to $13;
half -barrels do, $6.50 to $7; barrels
heavy 'mess beef'. $11; half -barrels doe
$6; compound lard, 8c to 934c; pure lard,
l.iMe to 1.2c; kettle rendered, 12Xe to
13c; hams, 14%c to 16c, according to
size e . breakfast bacon, 15%e to 16%c;
Windsor bacon; 16%c; fresh killed abat-
toir dressed hogs, $9.75; alive, $6.425 to
$6.90 per 100 lbs.
BUFFALO MARKET.
Buffalo, Oct. 2. - Flour - Steady.
Wheat,Spring, dull and weak,; No. 1
Northern stronger ; Winter stronger;
No. 1 white, 77c. Corn -Active and
strong; No. 2 yellow, 52eSc; No. 2 corn, ,
51Xe to' 52Xo. Oats -Strong; No. 2
white, 37%c; No. 2 mixed,35c. Barley
-Higbee, 47 to 59c. Rya ---Good
No. 1 on track, Oetc.
-a-NEW YORK WI1EAT MARKET.
New York, Oct. 2. ---Spot irregular;
No. 2 red, 7a3ec elevatereind 803,c f.o.b.
afloat; No. 1 northern Duluth,. 87,0 f.o.b.
afloat; No. 2 hard winter, 820 f.o.b.
afloat.
GIOMMIMAMONeal
CATTLE MARKET:
Toronto, Oct. 2. ---There was little new
feature to trade at the City Cattle Mar-
ket dins morning. ,The run was mod-
erately heavy, and, while a good MM...
her of fair cattle , were' offering, the
number of choice on the market was
'Export, Cattle -Choice at 34,70 to 34.-
9;); medium to good $1.40 to $4.60; bull,
$3.50 to $3.75; bulle. light, $3.25 to Sea
50: cows, $3.50 to $4.
Buteher Cattles-Choicce are quoted at
$1.40 lo 31.50; medium to chokes. $3.75
34.30; inferior to medium; 132.50 to
i..13.:i0; hulls. 82.25 to 33; cows, 32 to 33;
verniers, 31.50 to -F,4.2.
Sltocletebs and,FeederS -StliokerS, 010106
$3 hi 53.05; light, $2.2.5 to 33; (*bows, $2
to, te2S'ee fans; $1.'75' to $eli,e'th; short-
ke.s,Tilefi(;(1:,;:t‘b‘%_$11:21{tIm
t, tolag,k(?50.r prices et
.
h rine is firmer al :4135 to 80 'each.
Calro,-(---Alnvha1mge(1 at 30, to 63e per,
Shoe.) end li,atas Export owes are,
quoled ati 54.b!:i to Ri.50; bucks and
eattills.5.:i2031011)6C31.
:1114.11, end lambs, 20c up
ft(11'
a
Urk, feti end watered.
"New. To/reify.'" Said "the bOise ?nether,
giving him final te)st rutetions, "you lova
renenther how to behava at 'the party.
If einfee eeleet lot have.monielhing anti
eeer vennt 'it, you ,nmet eety 4Yee„. Mentz'
eou: and if esei don't want it 'eon nmet
eay. nem theein't titiffier.ribieit:thA
*part Of it, was" in POrruptil ,Tommy:
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