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SENT, JAIL
Charged With Theft from the On-
tario Bank.
A. E. Ames Teals of investments by
the Balk Through His Office.
The Case Against Mr. G. R. R.
Cockburn Adjourned.
Wailer Chenoweth, cacti., swore that
Ire prepared. misleading statements under
direction of :Mr. McGill.
Wrongful entries representing $1,400,-
000 were concealed in the statements to
the Government,
The hank's losses on the Stoek Ex-
change were regularly covered up in the
"carnet loan"'colttntn.
Mr. lafcUill had three accounts with
Ames & Co., ankh. were used. for stock
speculation and dealings in (Ontario Bank
share.
To nti-lend the Government officials
the shares of the bank owned by itself
were at the end of the year temporarily
transferred to leading .ebareholder•:.
The sum of $00,000 was transferred
from "overdue debt," to "current loans"
for the purpose of the annual statement.
Upon September 10 a portion of the
losses, $516,335, was charged against the
"reserve for losses'" account and writ-
ten off.
liagirtrat Denieon ordered a new infor-
mation against Mr. McGill. charging hire
with the theft of $130,040.
A Toronto report: Charles McGill, ex -
Manager of the Ontario Bank, left the
City Ball last evening a Closely -guarded
prisoner. As be climbed into the patrol
wagon, which had waited an hour to
take him to the jail a wedding party
ewept by in a scorer of carriages and the
ceeupauts were throwing confetti from
the windows. The fortutee of Charles Mc-
Gill had taken a suddeu and unpleasant
turn. Only a fete minutes before he had
been made aware that his liberty would
be denied and that he roust enter a cell
with the charge of 'theft" registered
against him. until then the charge bad
been the somewhat technical one of "pre-
paring false returns," but just before
the late adjournment Magistrate Deni-
son ordered a new information laid and
without warning denied bail to the pri-
soner.
The Doctored Statements.
The ease had been In progress all day.
and Walter R. Chenoweth, who prepared
the false statements to the Government,
as he swore, under the direction of Gen-
eral Manager McGill. had been for hours
on the witness stand. He had told how
accounts with different brokers had been
kept in one private ledger, an the
losses whieli bad been sustained in these
accounts had later appeared in an-
other ledger as loans to the brokers, and
had finally come to light in the state-
ments to the Government as a part of
the "current loans in Canada." He had
told how $50,000 had been subtracted
from the "overdue debts" and added to
the "current loans" for the purposes of
the annual statement, how shares of
the bank were bought and sold
to maintain thr'r value in the market,
and how the transactions were hid-
den in the re •rn that had to he made
to the Gov • +mt•et. Mr. Chenoweth,
who has be t pr•u'tieally chief account-
ant of the 1 ,,;k, although he never re-
ceived the title, maintained that he had
acted throughout under instructions, and
that in signing the statements to the
Government as "pro chief accountant"
he was simply Certifying that the fig-
ures were correct.
Mr. A. E. Ames Testified.
Mr. Chenoweth had been subjected to
a rigid cross-examination by Mr. B. if.
B. Johnston, K. C., which coviderabiy
changed the effect of his evidence, and
then lir. A. E. Ames testified as, to
three accounts which Mr. McGill had
kept in the office of A. E. Ames &
Company. One was the account of
"Charles McGill' 'a second was that
of "Charles McGill Special," and the
third. war, "Charles McGill in Trust"
All of them were used for deals rn
the market, although one appeared an
be reserved solely for transactions in
the Ontario Bank stock.
Mr. Ames said that heavy losses had
been sustained by Mr. McGill, but if
the books of the bank showed that there
was aliability of $138.000 of the .Antes
firm to the bank, which had been writ-
ten off as a toss, the books must be
false The Ames firm had never mem-
- promised debt, but at the salve. time
ha had a call loan 'from the bank et pees.;
eat for about $100,000 for 'which the
bank held securities as collateral. Mr.
McGill had several tines received Checks
from the firm as profits, end all the in-
vestments were anade in his naive.
Ordered a New Charge. '
It was here that the Magistrate sud-
denly asked who had prepared the or-
iginal information against Mr. McGill.
"I did it after consultation with .Mr.
Bicknell," returned Crown Attorney
•Oorley.
'Well, a much more serious charge
shall be laid under the code," returned
the Bench.
"I was not aware of the facts," ex•
plained bars Oorley.
Magistrate Denison had. - the now tn.
formation in his hand, and, leaning over
tela .bench, be said..
°Charles McGill, you can stand .up."
His Worship then read the following
charge
"That Oharies McGill, bettt•een• the
years 1000 and 1006, in the city of To-
ronto, dict, contrary to lana', steal the
tve
aismumammixur
viaw.soosualasumeaualsui
slue of 81:10,0,19 .91 itt money'. th n pro-
perty of the Ontario Hank,"
1Tr. ,ste(;ii1 pleaded not ;;nilly.
Mr. Johnston Enters a• Protest.
The chief ectuneel for the defence, 11r,
E. 1'. 1, ,lolin.=l on K. (. promptly en-
tered. a protest l tiA ttorneyGenertil
corheete.t to Bail in this ease knowing
the situation," he said.- "Tire mere turn-
ing of a phrase or the fortu of atu infor-
mation will not change the situation. I
may say that I would prefer to have the
ease tried on the charge that your• Wor-
ship has- Ceell fit to direct to be laid
rather than on the original charge,"
";lout May have to meet both," inter-.
ruptcd the nr,lgisirate, who added that
if the conn el Were eousidering the mat-
ter of an adjournment they should know
that bail would he refused .lit. lfe(till,
"in a east• of sue!' wholtsalo utistrppro-
priation As this 1 tin not fool tlisposetl:-to
give bail," he said,
Counsel Draws Comparisons.
"This action appears strange," eont-
ntetited the emoted for the defence, .bit-
terly. "There are other people manifest-
ly in the sane ponitio11 as Mr. 'McGill,
yet he alone is charged and held without
an opportunity of hail."
"Tell Meet -live \laekie--he is behind
ion." returned the. magistrate, "turd I
will see that an information is laid. You
surely do. not mean the Crown witness."
1 moan the directors, who were eog-
nixant of the whole natter," returned
the conn.eel, "yet we have a summon:;
ii,SUN1 for one of these and a warrant
and nn hail for Mr. llettitl.".
"The other ea s,.
t' is a misdemeanor,"
said the magistrate.
"There i' me such thing new am a anis-
demeanor," gait! the eouneel.
"Well. give your information to the
officer,," '5a ui the magistrate.
"1 ant not a e''nnrun informer. what-
ever nnynne else may ire," the counsel
shot beck.
Jest then (emit atl,jeurnt.1- ,with a hur-
ried agreement that the preliminary in•
vestigatiort sht tt!tl Lo reart:ticd on Friday.
Mr. Mc(lill's bontl fteu crowded around
him Wil it a .;tn•ance.. that an effort
rvonhl lw nMilts to secure an order for
bail from the Altorney•Ceneral. The.
enustable.s, however, .were waiting, incl
between 1w -o of them the prisoner •talk-
ed down the steps into the darkneee
outside and at the end of the walk dis-
appeared into the patrol wagon.
Mr. Cockburn's Case.
Just five iniuntet of the day's pro-
ceedinge Were given to the case of Mr.
C. R. R. Cockburn, the president of
the hank, who is (•barged with signing
the false Statements to thi+ Govern-
ment. ITe appeared, and the state-
ments from the bank to the Govern-
ment were formally filed as an exhibit
to be used in the case against him
without the necessity of recalling the
Receiver -General's offieer from Ottawa
for that special purpose. Mr. Frank
Arnoldi, K. ('., the counsel for Mr.
Cockburn, was permitted not to elect
Or? nnetitod of trial until the case is
called again on Tuesday next.
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NEWS IN BRIEF
CANADIAN.
Thirty thousand. immigrants have
passed through Toronto this season.
Toronto's percentage of street railway
earnings for October was $21,083.35.
An option was obtained on the Pal-
mer house, Toronto, recently, for $115,-
000.
It is feared that all the crew of the
bark Adeono, on llichibueto alar, N. B.,
twelve or fourteen men, have periehed.
It is ,said the Government will intro-
duce legislation whereby the Province
will obtain a direct revenue from the
mines,
'd'rn. E. Parsons, of hope t.ownsltip,
who went to Port hope on Saturday
with a load of grain, was pinned under
the wagon and killed.
While the -constable of the German
Consulate at Shanghai was walking with
a Russian friend on Sunday evening
from Woo Sung to Shanghai the two
men were set upon by natives, and ser-
iously maltreated.
The official account of the mutiny at
Portsmouth barracks Drakes the matter
to be much less serious than popular re-
port made it. The insubordination con-
sisted mainly of a noisy demonstration
by discontented stokers.
A medal from the humane Society'was
presented at St. Thomas to Inc.Elliott,
the 14 -year-old son of C. H. Elliott, enc
gineer of the pnrnping station at Pina-
fore Lake, .by 31cyor I:.awrenee last
night. Young Elliott, at the risk of his
life, saved a young lad, Thomas (laugh -
eat, from drowning while fishing in the
lake recently:
Thompson. a convict .from Stony
Mountain Penitentiary, told a remark-
able story at Lite. Doyle murder trial at
Morden, Man, He said. Doyle arranged
with others to put the principal.. Crown
witness ont of the way, and the registra-
tion of 'Weiless' name after his muster
at the Battleford hotel was also the
work of Doyle's accomplices.
BRITISH AND FOREIGN
Tire wrecked stonier Turret Bell has
been 'condemned by the surveyors.
Emigration bookings from. Liverpool
to. Canada, up to the end of October,
constitute a record,
The. death is annomteed at Srolendtnt,
Holland, of Fritz Thattlow, the Iv irrwe-
gien lendscape painter.
'i. Cleinenceatt, Prince 'Minister of
France, has declared that a part of his
CHARLES E. HUGHES,
The Newly Elected Governor of the State of New York.
policy is to maintain the peace of Eu-
rope.
in Detroit tate proposition to give a
long-term franchise tri the street
way company was defeated by a major-
ity of two to one.
'The Russian orthodox congregation at
`Vinuipeg are in financial difficulties,
and their .little eltureh was sold under
the hammer to -day.
President Roosevelt has 'dismissed in
disgrace a battalion of colored troops be-
cause they refused 1..o disclose the iden-
tity of a murderer among them.
Before the Fifth Ward Conservative
Assoeiatiop, Toronto, Mr. L. 33. Oster,
,1. P., said he expected a dissolution of
Parliament before Christmas next year.
The Bishop of Toronto is issuing a
circular to all the clergy appointing the
third Sunday in November to be .obs
served throughout the Diocese as Prison
Sunday. t,...
Sanutel Martin, of eat, Thomas, for
many years proprietor of the Franklin
House, Port Staniey, while temporarily
insane, drank two ounces of carbolic
aeid and was found in an uneonseious
condition by members of Itis family.
Unless the railroads of the United
States yield to the demands of the
switchmen, as .presented by the Switch-
men's Union of the t'ltited. States, or a
compromise is effected, it is tstatetthat
tate switchmen itt nearly every railroad
yard in the Unitdd States will walk out
on Wednesday night.
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DRUG CLERK'S MISTAKE.
Mrs. Max Wener's Baby Killed by Mor-
phine at Montreal.
Montreal, Nov. 12. Owing to a mistake
in compounding a prescription, the nine
months old child of Mrs. Max Wener, 92
Clarke street, Mile Rad, is dead. The drug
clerk gave anorahine instead of calomel, as
prescribed by a doctor, and the little ono
fell into a stupor from which she did not re-
cover. The coroner will hold an inquest.
OPEATJ
Two Grateful Letters from Women Who Avoided
Serious Operations.—Many Women Suffering
from tike Conditions Will Be Interested.
When a physician tells a woman, suf-
fering from female trouble, that an oper-
ation is necessary it, of course, frightens
her.
The veru thought of the operating
table and the knife strikes terror to her
heart. As one woman expressed it,
when told by her physician that she
must undergo an operation she felt that
her death knell had sounded.
Our hospitals are full of women who
are there for just such operations!
It is quite true that these troubles may
reach a stage where an operation is the
only resource, but such cases are inucli
rardr than is generally suppo d, because
a great many women have b5'en cured
by Lydia E. Pinkhain's Vegetable Com-
pound after the doctors had said an
operation must be performed. In fact,
up to the point where the knife must be
used to secure instant relief, this medi-
cine is certain to help.
The strongest and most grateful state-
ments possible . to make come from
women who, by taking Lydia E. Pink -
ham's 'Vegetable Compound, have esca-
ped serious operations,
Mrs, Robert Glenn of 434 Marie St.,
Ottawa, Ont., writes :
Dear Mrs. Pinkltam :--
"Lydia E. Pinlsharn's 'Vegetable Com-
pound is so well and widely known that it
does not need my reenntmendation, but I
ant pleased to add it to the many} which you
have in its favor. I have suffered untold
agonies from a serious female trouble for
nearly three years, and the doctors told • me
that I must tandcrgo an operation, but as
I was unwilling to do this I tried r Ve-
getable Compound, and''you
I am only too
pleased that 1 did so, for it restored me to
perfect health, saving me the pain of an
ther
operation and
a Pay ace cept any mense hes attending
and best wishes."
Miss Margaret Merkiey of 275 3d,Street,
Milwaukee, \Via, evritea
Dear Mrs. Pi nkham
"Loss of strength, extreme nervousness,
severe shooting pains through the pelvic
organs cramps, bearing -down pains, and an
irritable disposition compelled me to seek
medical. adrie,e, The doctor after making
an examination, said that flied a serious
female trotable and ulceration, and advised
an operation as my only}' hope. To this I
strongly objected—and 1 decided as a last'
resort to try Lydia IL. Pinkham's 'Vegetable
Compound.
"To my surprise the ulceration healed,
all the bad symptoms disappeared,and I
am once more strong, vigorous anwell;
and I cannot express any thanks for what
it has done for me."
Serious feminine troubles are steadily on
the increase among women --and before
submitting to an _operation every women,
should try Lydia E. Pinkham's'Vegetable •
Compound, and write Mrs. Pinkltam, at
Lynn, Mass., for advice.
For thirty years Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound has been cursing
the worst forms of female complaints, all
functional troubles, inflammation, ulcer-
ation, falling and displacement, weakness,
irregularities, 'indigestion and nervotis''
prostration. Any woman who • could
read the many grateful letters on file in
Mrs. Pinkham's office would be con-
winced of the eflicieney of her advice and
Lydia I+`,, Pinkhaan's 'Vegetable C41^
pound.
Ask Mrs. ?fabliau's Advice—A Woman gest Understands a i ionaan' hill.
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FALL WORK
AGAINST INSECTS.
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Press bulletin from tbo Ontario Agri-
cultural College, Guelph, Canada. 13y
Prof. C. J. S. Bethune.
The time of year has now arrived when
most of our insect foes have ceased their
active work, and are withdrawn from ob-
servation and consequently most people
come- to the conclusion that the season's
fight is over and that, nothing need at
present be done. But this is very far
front` being the ease. There are many
destructive insects that can be rnoreeas-
ily dealt with now than at any other
time of the year.
First and foremost the. Pea -weevil.
The losses from this insect Have been
very much lessened during the last two
seasons in Ontario, but this does not
mean that Wo have got rid of the teen-
bie. The insect is still with us, but be-
ing in greatly reduced numbers can the
more easily be dealt with. If there i.s
the least suspicion of the presence of the
tiny beetle in the newly -harvested peas,
they, and in auy case peas intended tor
seed should be at once treated with tri-
sulphide of carbon which will kill every'
one that is exposed to its fumes. The
method is familiar enough; put the peas
in an air -tight cask or bin, and place
in an oPen pan on top of them one ounce
of the bisulphide to every 100 lbs. of
peas (a bushel weighs about 60 lbs.),
cover up tightly and leave for 48 hours.
Then open up either out of doors or
where there is a thorough draft of air;
do not allow any fire or light to conte
near it, as the vapor is very inflamma-
ble and explosive; every weevil or other
insect among the peas will be dead and
non -infested seed will be available tor
next year. The sante treatment should
be used for the Bean -weevil, which is :t
serious pest in some parts of the prov-
ince.
In addition to this treatment of the
peas themselves, the pea -straw and rub-
bish should be cleared up and burnt and
all refuse where the threshing has
been done should be similarly got rid of.
This will destroy any weevils that have
already come out and are hiding away
for the winter. It will pay to do this
whether the insect is known to be pre-
sent or not.
This brings us to the next important
matter, namely, clean farming and gar-
dening. All sorts of insects find their
winter quarters in refuse. Many that
infest grain take refuge in the stubble,
others are sheltered by loose rubbish,
others again hide in tufts of grass, am-
ong the weeds in fence corners, under
bark, wherever in fact there is shelter
of any kind. Now is the time to tuna
them out and expose then( to the frost
and wet. CIean up and burn heeds of
every kind, this will destroy many seeds
as well as insects. Leave no heaps of
rubbish anywhere. Gather up and add
to the manure pile the leaves and stalks
of roots, potatoes, etc. 'Plough up old
pastures that are infested with white
grubs or the larvae of Rose beetles.
Serape the rough bark off the trucks
and limbs of fruit -trees, but this may
be done later on in the winter. 13sr
keeping the farm, the orchard, and the
garden clean, myriads of insects will be
prevented from finding on the premises
the shelter they need during the winter
and will either perish or go somewhere
else. for a. hiding place, and thousands
more that are in the egg or chrysalis
stage will be deet:royeel. Many, no
dealt, will think all this too much trota-
ble, but if they faithfully try it. they
will soon find that it pays.
BLOWN INTO AIR.
THREE ITALIA= KILLED AT LA
TUQUE, QUEBEC.
Premature Explosion of Dynamite
Wreaks Havoc Among Gang of
Workmen on the Quebec & Lake St.
John Railway.
Quebec, Nov. 12.—Three Italian laborers
whose names are unknown, were killed, ani
seven other badly hurt, in a premature
dynamite explosion at Tuque on Monday
evening at 6 o'clock. The unfortunate men,
with others of their nationality, were engaged•
onthe construction. of the now branch line
of the Quebec d, Lake St. John Railway;
and were drilling in a eat thati was to be
mined that evening, after 6 o'clock, accord-
ing to custom. They had just finished work,
and were about to move away to their huts,
when the explosion occurred.
The result' was terrible, eleven men were
blown up in the air. As soon as the rest or
the laborers recovered from their surprise,
and' reealized what had taken place, thee
rushed among the debris and recovered the
unconscious bodies of their fellow -country-
men, and found that two were dead and the,
others injured.
MASTER CRIMINAL CONFESSES.
Gives Police List of Murders and Rob-
beries He Has Committed.
San Francisco, Nov. 12.E—Louts Dabuer thin
afternoon confessed to Detective Duke that
ho and John Simnel), who was arrested with.
him for an assault on a jeweller last Sat-
urday, had committed a number of the•
grimes that recently have startled the city.
ilo stated thathe and Siemsen killed Win.
pitzner and William %'rlede, merchants, rob-
bed the Japanese bard: and murdered Cashier'
M. Munatalta, and also robbed Dr, T. D. W.
Leland. thottglt for this crime another man
is now serving imitrlsonmieet.
Dahmer matte a full and free statement
eefiardtng all those and other crimes of which
be and Steenson had been suspected since
•their arrest, Dabney stated that the amount,
taken. front the Ta.panese bank was *meet