Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1892-9-1, Page 2HARRISON RETALIATES, le Proclaims the Imposition of Toll M St. Mary's Canal, FUT ALLOW TEN DAYSGRACE, J3ritirsh Iltinisters' Efforts To Stay the Preoleanation. A Washington despatch sura: Yesterday was President Harrison' e 59th birthday. Re celebrated it by instructing from Loon Lake Mr. Secretary of State Foster to issue the proclamation, which an Aot of the retiring Congress empowered him to do, to levy a toll of 20 cents per ton on all freight, whether carried by United States vessels or vessela of other nations'passing through the St. Mary' Canal to any Oanadian ports. For some days past Mr. Herbert,charge d' affaires of the British Legation, in the absence of Sir Julian Paunoefote from Washington, has been indefatigable in his efforts to bring about a settlement of the canal toll question and to prevent the jou- of the proclamation, which, in his opmion, practioally closes the canal to the carrying a freights to Canadian ports. It waa mainly through his efforts that the .Adminiatration has delayed. action so long, M. Herbert assuring Beare- tary Fester that from. representa- tions he had from Ottawa the present rebate of tolls would be abolished. The wiree have been kept hot in the last few days between Washington and Ottawa in a vain endeavor to straighten out the tangle, but a letter from Consul -General Lay, at Ottawa, to the State Department set at rest all doubt as to the intentionof the Dominion Government to abolish the tolls at present. In his communication the consul says the lifinisters have determined to abolish the rebate on canal tolls only at the end of the season. President Harrison, when made acquainted with this deeision, instructed Secretary Foster so issue the proclamation, not, however, before notifying Mr. Herbert • of this intention. •The order of the President will go into effect September 1st. In the meantime • if Canada opens the Welland Canal to the free passage of American vessels the procla- mation will be withdrawn. Canada has ten days in which to think the matter over and act. The President has clearly indicated that when the Welland Canal is free the one et St. Mary's shall be made so. The pro. clamation is as follows: THE PROCLOMATION. • Whereas, by an Act of Congress approved •July 26th, 1892, entitled" An Act to en. force reciprocal commercial relations be- tween the United States and Canada and for other purposes," it is provided that with •a view of securing reciprocal advantages for the citizens, ports and vessels of the United sfitAtes, on and After the lst day of Aug., 1892, whenever and so often as the President shall be satisfied that the passage through any camel or lock connected with the navi- gation of the St. Lawrence river, the great lakes, or the waterways connecting the same, of any vessels of the United States or of cargoes or passengers in transit to any portion of the United States is prohibited or is made difficult or burdensome by the imposition of tolls or otherwise which, in view of the free passage through the St. Mary's Falls Canal, now permitted to vessels of all nations, he shall deem to be recipro- cally unjust and unreasonable, he shall have thepower, and it shall be his duty to suspend by proclama- tion to that effect, for such time and to such extent (including absolute prohibition) as he shall deem just, the right of free passage through the St. Mary's Falls canal, BO far as it relates to vessels owned by the subjects of the Government so discrimmat- ing against the citizens'ports, or vessels of the United States, or to any cargoes, pore tions of cargoes, or passeengers in transit to the ports of the Government making such discrimination, whether carried in vessels of the United States or of other nations. TOLLS TO BE LEVIED. In such case and during suck suspension tolls shall be levied, collected and paid as follows, to wit: Upon freight of whatever kind or desorip. tion, not to exceed $2 per ton; upon pas. angers not to exceed $5 each, as shall be from time to time determined by the Presi- dent. Provided that no tolls shall be charged or collected upon freight or pas- sengers carried to and landed at Ogdens- burg, or at any port west of Ogdensburg and south of a line drawn from the northern boundary of the State of New York through the great lakes and their connecting chan- nels to the northern boundary of the State of Minnesota. Sec. 2.—All tolls so charged shall be col- lected under such regulatione as shall be prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury, who may recetiMe the master of each vessel to furnish a sworn statement of the amount ,and kind of cargo and thenumber of passen. gers carried, and the destination of thesame, and such proof of the actual delivery of such cargo or passengers at some port or place within the limits above named as he shall deem satisfactory; and until such proof is furnished such freight and passengers may be considered to have been landed at some port or place outside of those limits, and the amount of tolls which would have accrued if they had been so delivered shall constitute a lien which may be enforced against the vessel in default wherever and whenever found in the waters of the United States; and Whereas the Governmentof the Dominion of Canada imposes a toll amounting to about 20 cents per ton on all freight passing through the Welland Canal in transit to a port of the United States, and also a fur - tiler toll on all vessels of the United States and all passenger's in transit to a port of the United States, all of which tolls arewithout rebate; and Whereas the Government of the Dominion ofCanada in accordance with an order -in - Council of .April 4th, 1892, refunds 18 cents per ton of the e0 -cent toll at the Welland Canal en wheat, Indian corn, peas barley, rye, oats, flaxseed and buckwheat; 21/10D condition that they ere originally shipped for and carried to Montreal or some port east of leontreal foe export and that if transhipped at any inthrtnediate point ouch transhipment is made within the Dominion of Canada, but allowe no Such or any other rebate on amid prof:Theta when shipped to a port of the United States, or when carried te Montreal for export if transhipped within the 'United States; and Whereat', the Goeernment of the Derain. Ion of Canade by said system of rebate and otherwise diactiminates against the citizen of. the United States in the use of said Wel- lend canal in vielatioh of the provisiont of areicle 27 of the Treaty of Washington, con- eledecl May 8bh, 1871 ; and • Where:ace said Welland Canal is con- nected With the navigation (if the great /skate and 1 are satisfied that the passage through it of cargoes in transit to ports of the Unithel Seethe is made difficult and but- elensome by said eirscrimiriatirig system a relaate and otherwise* and is reciprocally unjust and unreasonable; Now,therefore, 1, Benjamin Harrigeris President of the United States of America, by video of thepower to that end conferred npon me by said Act of Congress, approved July 260, 1892, do hereby direot that from and after Septemlaex, let, 1892, stabil further notice, a toll of twenty cents per ton be levied, col - looted, and paid on all freight of whatever kind or description passing through the St. Mary's Falls cause in transit to any port of the Dominion of Canada, whether carried in 'ewes of the United, States or of other nations; and, that to that extent I de hereby suspend from and after said date the right of free passage through said St. Mary's Falls eanel of any and all oargoes or portions of carves in transit to Canadian ports. In testimony whereof, ote. BENJAAtIN HARRISON. By the Presidene JOUR W. loosTRR, Secretary of State. A FORTY YEARS' ROMANCE, The Marriage of the Duke of Devonshire a Surprise to Upper Tendon. A HINT TO BASHE1TL LOVERS, • The present moment was chosen by the Duke because public: interest is so entirely centered on the Minesterial crisis that it was possible to secure absolute privacy. De- spite the comparatively advanced age of both bride and bridegroonethey looked very happy. The Duchess, who was attired in a dark costume, and who is one of the best preeerved women living, appeared nearer 40 than 60 years of age. The Duke was nervous and constrained, and only smiled as they entered their car- riage after the ceremony, being evidently pleased that the ordeal was over. The Duchess for 25 years has been practi- cally on the footing of a member of the family at Devonshire house. The heavy wooden gates that screen that ducal palace from the vulgar gaze were never opened to any carriage but hers out- side of the Cavendish family, and the late Duke of Devonshire had a fatherly affection for her. The romantic attachment that has existed so long between her and the present duke was always so far recovnized by friends that no house party to which either went was considered complete without the other. The Duchess is still a very handsome womanecather inclined to embonpoint, but with regular features and a clever and vivacious expression. One of the first telegrams of congratula. tion received was from the Prince of Wales. The late duke was aware of the intention of his son to marry the duchess, and as there is no prospect of the succession of his grandnephew, Victor Cavendish, being in- terrupted, he made his will on the assump- teen that the present Duke would have no heir. The gtar, commenting upon the marriage of the Duke of Devonshire and the Dowager Duchess of Manchester, says: "Tho Duke of Devonshire has married his old love, who is now aged 60 years. The story of their separationis a romance. They were fondly attached when both were young, but the habitual indolence of Lord Harting- ton prevented the deolaration. The lady tried to infuse energy into him by listening to the attentions of the late Duke of Man- chester. This had a contrary effect upon Lord Hartington than she intended. She finally became the wife of the Duke of Man- chester. Lord Hartington's long bachelor life was attributed to the fact that the Duchess of Manchester after her marriage had a powerful influence over him. He consulted her before he took a single im- portant political step. Their relations were so well known that the societypapers began to speculate upon their marriage imme- diately after the death of the Duke of Manchester. The difficulty was that the late Duke of :Devonshire, was strongly opposed to widows remarrying, and Lord Hartington, who has strongviews of filial duty, delayed the union during the lifetime of his father." The Countess Louise Frederica Augusta, daughter of the late Count von Alten, of Hanover, Dowager Duchess of Manchester, • was the widow, at the time of her marriage to the Duke of Devonshire of the seventh Duke of Manchester, to whom she was mar- ried in 1852, and who died at Naples on March 21st, 1890, being succeeded by hie eldest son, Lord Mandeville, who married in 1876 Consuelo, daughter of the late Don Antonio Yznaga del 'Valle, of New York. The father of the present Duke of Devon- shire died at his residence, Holker Hall, on Dec. 22nd, 1891, and was buried in the Edensor churchyard beside the body of his son, Lord Frederick Cavendish, who was murdered in Plumes Park, Dublin, by Irish Invincibles. Lord Hartington, the present Duke of Devonshire, was fornierly a supporter of Mr. Gladstone, but upon the introduction of the Home Rule question ha abandoned his leader and assumed the position of head of the Liberal -Unionist party in the House of Commons. When he became Duke of Devonshire he was called to the House of Lords, and his usefulness to his party was was seriously impaired. His successor in the House of Commons was Mr. Joseph Chamberlain. Automatic Postage Stamp Distributing Machine. For over twelve months machines for the automatic delivery of postage stamps, intro- duced by the Stamp Distribution Syndicate, Limited, of 11 Victoria street, London, E. C., have been before the public, and during that period several improvements in the details serving to render them more efficient have been effected. We have had anoppor- tunity of seeing then machines in operation, and of examining the internal arrangements, and for a machine of this description the latter are simple and apparently reliable. For every penny placed in the machines an, envelope containing a little memorandum book, a small sheet of paper, and a postage stamp is received, and an automatic appli- • ance is provided to prevent the insertion of coins when the stock of stamps and books it exhausted. Gladstone and the Sabbath'. Mr. Gladstone belongs to the old-time Sabbath observers. He recognizes it as the Lord's( clay, and acts be harmony with its sacred dethatids. Secular business is laid aside from Saturday night to Monday morn- ing. Sunday book is are read ene Sabbath occupations alone observed Sabbath visit - Ing ics not indulged in unless t. sick and efilicted friend requires his attention. Sunday travelling is eschewed. No wonder that at 80 Mr. Gladetone is so hale it body, se vigorous in mind, and so devout in areal 1 He Who honors Godes holy day bas teason t� wiped the Lord's+ blessing Imola hens and takes the beet way to acconiplish the most foe humanity and for hitneelL.—Cone. Mother—My little girl goes to sleep So nicely every night when 1 sliest° hers Isn't that to, Mamie ? Mamie—Yee, that's so, ma. The mother leaves the viten for a moment and lithelie eays to the visitor ; "Don't tell ma, but, I only make mit that. I aut askep to get her to .stop inging, ha singe Se avstfullad.° GLADSTONE'S NEW MINISTERS LORD ZETLAND LEAVES IRELAND It is probable that Mr. Burt, Laborist, will be appointed Under Seeretary of the Home Office; Mr. Buxton, ljeder Secretary of the Iedia Office, and Sir Bdward Gray, Under Secretary of the Foreiem, Office. The Right Hon. Edward Ivlajorilaanks, Patron- age Secretary of the Treasury, sent out to- night his first whip asking the Liberal members to assemble in the House of Com- mons to -morrow. It is stated as a fact that when Prof. Bryce's name was presented to the Queen as the appointee for the Chancellorship of the Duchy of Lancaster, her Majesty said she had never heard of him, and inquired who he was. On being informed of the profes- sor's record she expressed her approval of the appointment. The Telegraphannounces that Lord Sadie bury, is an unselfish apirit, will accept no distinction from the crown except the privi- lege of wearing the Windsor uniform, which has only been granted during the present reign to Lord Melbourne, Lord Palmerston and Earl Grey, The Earl of Zetland, the rising Viceroy* of Ireland, held a farewell reception in Dub. lin Castle yesterday, after which he left the city by train for Westland Row station. The streets from the meths to the station were lined with troops. The earl was on horseback and was accompanied by Gen. Sir Garnet Wolseley, commander of the troops in Ireland. A large number of peo- ple watched the departure of the vioeroy, and he was warmly cheered as he rode to the ;station. The Irish Viceroyalty is the only appoint- naent in Gladstone Clabinet over which any difficulty arose. It was intimated to him by the Irish party, when Lord Brassey's appointment to that post was announced, that Lord Aberdeen or Lord Carrington would be a preferable appointment. Glad - atone immediately bowed to the view of the Irish party, and, as Lord Carrington was otherwise provided for he appointed Lord Houghton, the son of the late Moncton Milnes, the poet, first Lord Houghton. Lord Only Ashburton Milnes, mond Baron Houghton, was born in 1858, was educated at Harlow and at Trinity College, Cambridge. He was a Lord -in -Waiting to Her Majesty in 1886. In 1880 he married Sibyl Maromewho died in 1887, daughter of Sir Frederick Ulric Graham, Bart, by whom he has one son and three daughters. His country seat is Fryston Hall, Ferry Bridge, Yorkshire. Lord Houghton is the youngest Viceroy Ireland has ever had, being 34 years of age. He is tall, handsome, popular, of literary tastes, and •holds strong radical views. Lord Aberdeen could not take the office because of the large outlay entailed. The appointment of Lord Houghton is received with mixed feelings in Ireland, but it is better liked than that of Lord Brathey. Report says that Mr. Bryce may yet i come n as First Commissioner of Works, with a seat in the Cabinet, but this is only likely to happen if Mr. Gladstone finds the storm of Radical indignation over- powering. Mn Gladstone)) three new Cabinet Min- isters, Messrs. Asquith, Arnold Morley and Acland, are sound Liberals. Mr. Asquith alone is slightly tainted with Radicalism, but he has a legal mind, with such a strong Victoria 'station on a opeciel train en route for Gebouw House to fieliver their seals of office to the Queen, The event attracted little interest, and only a small crowd gath- ered at the station to 'witness their de parture. Two hours later the new lelinie- tem left the same station, also on a special train. They will prooeed directly to Otsberne House, where the thole of office will be turned over to them. It was generally thought that Mr. Gladstone would aeoom. pany his Cabinet, but for soine reason he did nob go with them. His presence Was not necessary, and it is thought he did not care to undergo the fatigue of a second trip to Osborne House to attend a merely per- functory ceremony. Mr. Shaw-Lefevre has been appointed First Commissioner of Works. The Rouse of Commons met again yes- terday afternoon. There was a °Swinge in the seating of the members, the Liberals going over to the Ministerial side of the chamber. The Irish membere, however, did not change their seats, but remained on the Opposition benches, es did also Menne Keir -Hardie and Burns, Laborists. Right Hon. Edward Majoribanks, Patronage Secretary of the Treasury, and Mr. J. T. Hibbert were the sole occupants of the Treasury bench, the Cabinet having gone to Osborne House to receive the seals of offices from the Queen. Mr. lVfajoribanks moved that the Speaker issue warrants and make out writs for new elections to fill the seats made vacant by members of the House aceeptieg office. The Cabinet Conunittee on the Home Rule Bill comprithe Mr. Gladstone, Lord Spence) John Morley, Sir G. 0. Trevelyan, Lord Kunberley and Arnold Morley. Parliament was finally prorogued last night until November 4th.. There was no Queen's speeoh. The subject of preparing a Home Rule Bill for the meeting of Parliament on Nov. 4th next is said to have been dismissed at to -day's Cabinet meeting. It is understood that Irish Chief Secretary Morley will have charge of the work =der Mr. Gladstone, and is to be specially advised by Chancellor Bryce, Justin McCarthy and Hon. Fldward Blake, when that gentleman returns from Canada. The list of honors bestowed by the Queen has been announced. The Earl of Zetland, late Viceroy of Ire- land, has been created a marquis. Viscount Cranbrook and. Baron Wil- loughby de Eresby have been created earls. The new barons are: The Right Hon. George Cubitt, Sir Rainald Knightly, Sir Archibald Campbell, Sir Thomas Brooks, W. A. Tyssen Amherst, W. J. Legh, John Mulholland and J. A. Rolls. Among the Privy Councillors appointed by Her Majesty are Professor Huxley and Mr. Jesse Collings, M. P. Among those who have been made baronets are Mr. John Jaffrey, of the Bir- mingham Post, and Mr. Edward Lawson, of the London Telegraph. Mr. Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett, member of the House of Commons for Ecolesall, and Mr. John Blundell Maple, member for Dul- wich, have been knighted. THE STOAT OF A KISS. A. Vienna Student Who Said the Wrong Thing at the Wrong Time. A Vienna cable says The following story goes far to prove that the Austrian capital has learned judges who are as ex- pedient as a Cadi of Bagdad in solving the difficult problems that come upbefore them. It was a young student named Bierogger, who returning home at 6 in the morning, bias towards his high office as make lthn ter a night of itefelt "alt the poetry of mg apparition of a blooming maiden of 19 . . summers walking toward him in the street." Unable to resist the temptation he snatched a kiss and found himself in the arms of a policeman, and, next morning, demure and sober, he was brought up be- fore the Judge. The oourt was ma genial mood, and, doubtless having once been a student himself, he played the part of counsel for defendant and addressed the young lady, conciliatingly, thus: Judge—The defendant was jovial and excited, and he now admits he was at fault. Won't you forgive him for having kissed you? Plaintiff—I'm not vindictive, but I want 10 guldens damages (about $5). Judge—Ten guldens for a kiss? Plaintiff—Yea. I must now leave eny lodgings on account of the scandal, and 10 guldens is not too much. Judge—But the defendant ia only a stu- dent, and therefore not a manof means. The sum you demand would be a great loss to a person in his position. Here the unfortunate student, who was the picture of misery, put in a word for himself: "D� think it over, miss. You must feel that if I had been in my sober- senses nothing in the world would have ever in- duced me to kiss you. No, not if I lived for a hundred years." Plaintiff—Why, this is a fresh insult, almost as bad as the first ! • Defendant (disconcerted) -0h, I—didn't mean that; indeed, I would k—I mean I wouldn't, that is, I—I—haven't the audacity to kiss any young lady.. Other- wise, I would willingly—that is, in fact—. Plaintiff—Oh, of course, that is different Well, I'll take 5 guldees. The Judge seemed to think 5 guldens too high a price to pay for a kiss; but the money was at once paid down, the case dis- missed, and plaintiff and defendant smil- ingly approached each other, and left the court chatting gayly together. malleable on principles. Arneldstiforlee is ature called into play by the enchant - in everything Gladstonian. Mr. Aoland . has potent old Whig family connections and is heir to large estates. Fortunate filinisterialista explain that the name of Lebouchere was on the list which Mr. Gladstone presented to the Queen, but that Her Majesty being irreconcilable Mr. Gladstone was forced to omit the name. The following from Truth, Labouchere's paper, is regarded as a threat: "11 the electors find that the Ministers, who owe their existence to a Radical triumph, are not prepared to use the weapons placed in their hands'then the people must properly decline to trust them, and will justly say there is no great difference, except in words, between the parties." The Pall .Mall Gazette says "It looks as though Mr. Bryce, in accepting the Chan- cellorship of the Duchy of Lancaster, had consented to become maid -of -all -work to the Cabinet." The resolution's adopted at the meeting of Irish sooieties held at Ogden Grove, Chicago, on Monday last, are being used by the Unionists to embarrass the Liberals. Tele Times says that one of the principal problems of the Separatists is the treatment of so-called political prisoners. It is prob- able, the Tames adds,that the Clericals, in- cluding Messrs. Dillon and Devitt, would readily acquiesce in a postponement of the subject diol the decision rest with them, but the feeling in patriotic circles on both sides of the Atlantic is too strong. This feeling affords the Parnellites a dangerous instru. meet with which they will keep prodding theClericals. It regards the meeting at Ogden Grove as proof that dynamiting is still alive, and concludes "Among the convicts now in jail are men who were dispatched to Great .Britain by O'Donovan Roma himself since hits release. Are they to be sent back to enlist fresh recruits who will be hailed as heroes in America. V' Sir Algernon Borthwick hail refused the peerage which was offered him on condition that he tranfer his seat (South Kensington) to Rt. Hon. C. T. Ritchie, who was dee feated in the St. George's division in the general election. It is now said that Mr. Gladatone, in forming his Cabinet, assumed the entire responsibility and consulted nobody as to the allotment of offices. Henry Labouchere's hopes of obtaining office has rested mainly upon various con- versations he had with Sir William Vernon Harcourt. .A8 Harcourb had no voice bathe matter the hopes of the editor of Truth must have been built upon a rather flimsy foundation. • No oppoisition will be offered to the re, election of any of the members of the new Government who have been appointed to office, with the exception of Sohn Morley, who has been made Chief Secretary for Ire - lend. • Morley will issue his election ad. dress after the meeting of Parliament to -day. He will address the fiest meeting which is to be held in Newcastle, Saturday. The contest in 1VIorley's case cannot result in hie defeat, ae in the' event et his nob being re' turned he is certain of getting a seat else- where. Among the members of the former Lib- eral Government who declined to accept office under the new one are Osborne Mor- gan, Sir Lyon Playfair and Mr. Stansfeld (tho was president of theLocal Oovernmerit Board). It is stated that the number of peerages Which will be created on the recceinnenda. tion of the outgoing C-lovernment will be unusually large. The income of Baron Houghton, who was Made 'Viceroy of Ireland, apart from the £20,000 Which he will receive as Viceroy, is sad to be A40,000 per annern. The member e Of the late Ministry leftthe Dr. Parkhurst's Wife, Mrs. Parkhurst, the wife of the famous reformist and preacher, is a truly beautiful woman and has had considerable to do with her husband's success. She is a tall and shapely brunette. Her face is exceedingly attractive, being of the wide-awake, inter- esting sort which ie always accompanied with dimples, soft curls, winsomeness and good nature. She hat a beautiful head of dark brown hair. She has entire charge of her husband's voluminous correspondence, and thoroughly believes in his mode of cleansing the metropolis of vice. A. Happy Father, A Whiting, Ind., paper says: Whiting may congratulate itself on the latest addition to it population. Mr. and Mrs. Childs are the proud parents ot a boy born last Sun. day. Since that time, the fond father has spent much of his time sitting on the front steps and softly humming: "While the Child that is born on the Oabba,th day, Is blithe and bonny, good and gay. If you would be happy young man, pick out a young woman with some energy. Don% Marry a listless creatures who goes about on hot days with her suspenders down. Australia is estimated to contain over one million Melt people. She (quizzingly)--Pshaw 1 I'll wager you'll be tired of marriage within twenty - feet hours after you've bought me my first new dress. Re (herokally)—Well, them 111 never buy ohe for you. In Germany married men Wear wedding ringS, a ouistom Which many writere have advocated isa other countries. THE CRONES KISSES. Mrs. Bathurst Tells Ilei' Story of the Alleged Osculatory Attack, POET ARTHUR SENSATION IN COURT Om readers are already amen mf the Arrest at Port Arthur of Col. Somplel Well- ington Ray, the well-known .,banker and military man, on a chargeeof criminally assaulting the wife of ith. Launcelot Bathurst. The Toronto Wald !supplies the following additional facts: trhe plaintiff in the case, Rose Louise Bat rat, IS not yet 26 years of age. She is thi mother of two children, and her Christ as present to her husband will incr see the olive branches. Born in Englan( , until 16 years of age !she attended a sol4ol in Somerset, of which Prof. Clark, presently of Trinity College, Toronto, whs the then reo- tor. When 16 years of age she removed to London, where for three years she attended the London Ladies' School. While there she met Dr. Launcelot Bathurst and they were married in February, seven years ago, by Rev. Mr. Griskin. They at once came to America, settling in Detroit, Some time afterwards she returned to England, where she remained eighteen months, visiting her sister, her husband meantime continuing the practice of his profession in the mining district of Michigan. Throe years ago they removed to the Thunder Bay district. After narrating some unimportant incidents the following is given as Mrs. Bathurst'e story of the affair: • Wednesday, morning I met him again, when he spoke to me about a vestry meet- ing they had had the night before. It did not interest me and I did not pay, much attention to what was gale'. He talked in an undertone. He spoke about beingshort $200. He asked me to walk towards my house, as he had something to say to me. I asked him if he could not say it then. He said no. I thought he was going to say something about money. We Walked up to the house. I unlocked the door. He was behind me. He closed the door with one ann. The other arm he threw around my waist. He kissed me and then he acted like a madman. He said, My God, my. God 1" I told him to let me alone and drew myself away, and he said, "Let us go up- stairs." He kept saying all the time, "My God, my God 1" I was nervous and fright- ened and faint. I was struggling to get away from him. He was much stronger than I was. I did not get away. By that time we were at the dining -room door and he pushed me down. This Was still in the hall. He then got up and closed the kitchen door. It was still on the floor, but got partly up. He came back and pushed me back again. I fainted. I am subject to fainting. The next thing I remember Col. Ray had me by one arm. I was crying. He told me not to ory and wanted me to sit down and talk to him for a few minutes. I told him no, to leave the house; if he did not I would call out. I have every reason to believe he accom- plished hie purpose. He then left and I sat down and had a good ory. I stood there until I was able to go out. I then went straight to the Northern, and going inside beckoned the proprietor, Mr. Wylie, to me and told him of the fajts. My hus- band was away at the time. When he returned I complained to him of the occur- rence in the house. An information was then laid. The first whisper that the public had of the storm .which was about to beret was upon the return of Dr. Bathurst from Gun- flint Lake. After his wife bad related to him her story of the affair he went on a hunt for the Colonel. They met on the crowded wharf. The doctor stopped Ray and said: "1 intend to have you arrested I want to speak to you." The colonel saicf "Don't miske any disturbance here." The two then walked along the dock. Dr. Bathurst mean- time unloading the vials of his wrath upon the alleged betrayer of his home, and finally he struck the colonel. The latter returned In kind. The colonel then proceeded to the sample room of the Northern, whither Dr. Bathurst followed, called him a brute ac- cused him of having seduced his wife, an unprotected woman, and again threatened him with arrest. The same night he swore out a warrant against Rae on the charge of criminally assaulting Louise Rose Bathurst. The warrant was executed by Constable arrest. and Col. Ray was placed under BEIfORE THE MAGISTRATE. The preliminary examination took place before Police Magistrate W. Dobie, swami- ated with two local justices. District At. tornoy Lewis appeared for the prosecution. R. Clute, of Belleville, who obtained a local reputation in June wken he conducted the proaeoution of Mrs. Carrothers, charged with the murder of her husband in the Rainy River District, had been engaged for the defence, associated with Mr. W. K. Cameron and Mr. James Gorman. Owing to the nature of the case the " vulgar horde" were not allowed admission to the hearing. Mrs. Bathurst told her story virtually as detailed above. She was cross-examined at great length by Mr. Clete. It came out that her house was not located in a sparsely -settled district; that a ears. Squier, with whom she was acquainted, re- sided 12 feet to the east and Mrs. Ashforth, another neighbor, 12feet to the west, while the police station was 30 feet distant. She did not notice whether the windows of the houses in the neighborhood were open, neither did she observe whether ornot there was any person in the police station. After the alleged assault she proceeded past one of these houses and the police station to the Northern Hotel before acquainting any person with the facts. It also transpired that although her husband returned from Gunflint Lake in the afternoon she seem, pealed him to their house, returned with him to the Northern Hotel to dinner, and did not unbosom herself of the foul orirae of which she had been the unwilling victim until after tea, when they went up- stairs in the hotel. She said that in making the appointment to meet the Colonel at her house during her husband's absence it did not occur to her that there was any harm in her going to her house with any one for whom she had may respect. When asked if the reason for not keeping her appointment on the previous Tuesday evening was owing to the fact that it rained, she replied, "No, that was not the reason. I forgot about it." It will be recollected that she said thet the astault took place in the hall after she had unlocked the door and invited the colonel to step inside. The peeler and dining room doors were open, and thus there were two open doors leading into a room, in which there were three open windows. To Mr. Clute she gave the following graphic de. Eiotiption Ot the asSault H put hie arm around my waist and kissed me on tlae lips and cheeks as pout as he olesed the door. He kbised me repeatedly. It might be 20 times; I don't knout but it raightb,e 40. 1 didn't kin hini —not once. It wee all ott one side. Its arm was around my waist all the time that he Was kissing me. I don't know how long the heating took—I did not look at my vmtAi when he began or when he 0eieluscl. 1 bald him two or three times "to be quiet and go away," but that was all that was 'mid by me. He said, "Stay a while—etay a while." I drew myself away ne far as 1: could—not out of his embeeee. I did not ecream once. It mewed to me, hut I could not. The kissing went on in the hall. I did not invite him into the , parlor at any time. Till he threw • mo down nothing but the kissing took place. He did not throw me down roughly but easily. Before he pushed me down he said, "1 love you; do you love me I" I said " No," but he kissed me after that bets of times. 1 said nothing while I was on the floor. I did not tell him the kitchen door was open. I saw him close the door. I did not scream, I did not call. A scream could have been heard by the neighbers if their windows were opeu. I cried softly. I did not cry out aloud like a • sob. It was I who unlocked the door and let him out when he departed from the house, as the lock was a spring one and he could not unfasten it. Think Col. Ray was in the house half an hour. I do not think any person walking on the sidewalk e.ould have heard any noise. This deposition was signed by Mee. Bathurst. The report which was telegraphed that Col. Ray had signed a cheek for $5,000 to settle the affair may be correct, but if it is it is strange that evidence to that effect was not given when he was arraigned. The was very little other tessimony taken, ' Arthur L. MoEwen, a mining engineer, stated that Col. Ray had admitted to him that he had bean indiscreet. F. S. Wylie, the proprietor of the Northern Hotel, to whom Mrs. Bathurst first told her story, corroborated her evidence in respeot to calling him out and laying the facts of the ease before him. He also had a talk with Col. Ray, when the latter exprested the hope that the matter - would be arranged. Mr. Wylie modified this statement, however, by saying that the suggeetion came more from himself than from Col. Ray. From while the Colonel remarked he gathered that the latter thought that an apology would settle the whole matter. Dr. Bathurst, the husband of the pleintiff, detailed the circumstances under which his wife acquainted him with the facts, and also stated that she fainted very easily during a fright, being of a very nervous disposition. Her faintingspells last from 5 to 20 zninutes. While suffering from the fright she is ren- dered speechless. On this evidence Col. Ray was committed for trial and bailed to appear at the next assizes. As in Thunder Bay district all criminal oases are prose. cuted by the Attorney-GeneraVs department direct, the provincial authorities will conse. quently have oharge of the proaecution when it comes off. The defence, of course, has not been gone into, but it is understood that Col. Ray de. flies that he was other than indiscreet ande that Mrs. Bathurst's conjectures as to what occurred after she fainted are merely the creatures of her imagination. Col. S. W. Ray, the Port Arthur private banker, awaiting trial on a charge of as. milting Rose Louise Bathurst, wife of Dr. Bathurst, is once more at liberty. A few days after his arrest application was made to Mr. Justice Robertson, who was holiday. in,g in Port Arthur' for the release of the' Colonel on bail, butthe-application was re- fused. Tuesday the application was renewed in Toronto before Mr. Justice McMahon, and the application not being opposed by the Attorney -General an order was granted for Col Ray's release on furnishing bonds of $20,000, himself in $10,000 and two sureties of $5,000. This was promptly furnished by Mr. James Conmee, M. P. P., who is a firm believer in the innocence of Col. Ray, and . the accused was released. Owing to the recent change in the law uisder which two sessions of the assize court will be held in Thunder Bay district each year the trial will take place in November. Meantime Col. Ray will remain in Port • Arthur and look after the interests of the banking firm of Ray, Street & Co., of whieh he is now the sole partner. The other partner, Mrs. Street, sister-in-law of Judge Street, retired a few days ago, the partner- ship having become dissolvei by lapse of ' time. Coronel Ray, who is in command of the • 96th Battalion, carried on an extensive business, and is worth at least $60,000. In making application for bail, Colonel Ray made affidavit to the effect that the in- formation of Mrs. Bathurst was "unfounded - and false," that he was innocent of the charge and that the evidence given by the • woinan in her preliminary examination was untrue. Squaws at Play The Walpole Islanders picnicked at Belle Isle Park the other day. The reporter at- tended all the sport with Mise Never. Married-But-Willin , and she kindly trans- - latecl the DaMf39 of participants. Inasmuch as each one of these names is nearly a para- graph of ordinary type, and apace in these columns is hard to get, the results may not be given in detail. The most interesting of ' all the games was the one called Pate ga-vvie vva-win. Miss Never -etc., said there • was no word in the English language to express this, as it was not quite like shinny, a little different from polo and only a distant relative of lacrosse. The game is played by ten women, five on each side, and each one attired in a gorgeous costume. Each is armed with a long, sharp. pointed stick, painted like a barber pole. The game progresses something like polo, the effort being to put a piece of red rag through a goal. The players on one side were : Mrs. Shoes -Hurt -Her -Feet, captain ; Mrs.. Home -Without -a -Mother, Miss Whore -Am -- 1 -Ab. Miss Fire -in -Her -Eye and Mrs. Last - But -Not -least. On the other side were five other good players : Miss Face Without -Warts, cap. tam ; Mrs. Down -in -the -Heel, Miss I'll -Be. a -Sister -to. You, k1ies Why•Is-It-Thus and Mrs. Cross•Byed-But-True. The game was watched by some 10,000, people, and, as they did not understand it well enough to appla.ud the good plays, they cheered at stated intervals as a matter. of form. The first knowledge that the, vast multitude had that some one had won was when five women,very much ire earnest, rushed to the judge to get the prize. ICe did not happen to have the prize in his pocket, and experienced considerable trouble in explaining matters, --Detroit' News. Lord Ityron's Idea of Fame. " Xo," said Blowhard, when asked if he would contribute anything to the charity fund. "1 don't think I will." " Catet afford it, eh V' "It isn't that, but the last time I gave something for charity ane of the papers( spelled my name wrong." To avoid becoming a regular Niobe every time you have onions to slice cet them hold- ing the itandir under water. They will be, me& tenderer if soaked an hour or two be- fore cooking in warm salt water and sliced in rings instead of being plit - In underground London there are MOO', Mike of sewers, 84 miles of telegraph wirers,. 8,200 miles of gaspipeu arid 4,500 miles of' Witter maims.