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of the. lxelaegner, representing the Gov-
ernment, slid that Great Britain mast
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Mother Forgot That She Had Los
Her Children.
Cleveland, March 1L ---"She was in
girl Mabel; I recognized the body by
her hair," says Ilarry W. Sigler, 0,013
.Arcade street, a wealthy Collinwood
real estate dealer.
"He's wrong; she was my Elsie; 1
would recognize her hair among a thou-
sand," insists Otto Markushatt, :5,814
Forest street. Markushatt is a laboring
standard.
t Without forot sting the programme
of 1009, he conks say without hesitation
that if the Government found a reason-
able problbility that the German ship-
building programme would be carried
y nitit would be their duty, not only to
build suffhient ships, 'but to lay them
down at such dates that by January,
1011, the superiority of the Germans
would not be an actual .fact.
man.
Whether it was that of Mabel or
Elsie the body has been buried. The
fameral took place from the Sigler home
—it vans buried as that of Mabel Sigler.
It was clad in Mabel'e beat white
dress. Mabel's gold ring was slipped
over one of the charred, misshapen fin-
gers.
"Markushatt has made a terrible
mistake," said Sigler. "In his grief he
his mistaken our child for his. 'We
ought to know our own Mabel."
:Markushatt made no effort to prevent
the funeral. He was too busy with the
funeral of his thirteen -year-old son Ed. -
win, also a fire victim,
"We sat down to breakfast this
morning, but we did not eat." A father
was speaking. He lived in Collinwood,
on Forest street.
"Mother dished out ny porridge, and
then the children's. and then hers. Then
she poured out the coffee, and then all
at once she looked at me sort of queer
like.
"Why, how slow they are getting
up,' she said.
"I looked at her and said nothing.
I must go and call them again,' she
said, and she started to get up from
the table. Then she remembered, and
sank down, and hid her face on the
table, and cried.
"There was Eddie's place all ready
for him, and little Elsie's, too. Their
coffee poured out, and the porridge in
their bowls, and the fried bacon—
enough for four, with a little more for
my dinner pail.
"But Eddie wasn't there, and Elsis
wasn't there.
"I buried my face in my hand°, and
cried, too. And we didn't eat any break-
fast. Nor any dinner, either. It's all
there on the table, just as it was at
daylight this morning --and now --it's all
cold.'.'
SPEED OF MOTORS.
MANY PETITIONS FOR RESTRICTION
OF THEIR OPERATION.
Farmers Want Penalties Attached --
Limit of Speed Asked For—Keep Off
Roads on Certain Days—Jail for In-
, fraction of Law.
Toronto, Ont., March 16.— Cop-
ies of printed petitions asking for chang-
es in the law respecting the operation
of automobiles, are being received by
members of time Legislation for presen-
tation -to the 'use. These have been
eireulatd thrc..„hoot the rural districts.
The petitione , ask that the speed of mot-
ors be limit. a tv 10 miles •an hour, be-
tween sunrise and sunset, and seven
miles an hour between sunset and sun-
rise. That lamps be limited to two, one
in front and one in the rear, the reflec-
tion of the latter to be not more than
50 feet. Drivers should be licensed after
being examined as to their eyesight and
effeciency. Unless otherwise provided by
municipal councils motors to be kept off
the roads outside of cities and towns on
Sundays, Tuesdays and Saturdays. Im-
prisonment without the option of a
fine should be the penalty for third of-
fences, and licensee should be cancelled.
Imprisonment should also be the pun-
ishment for damage done to individuals
or property. Fees should be increased
in proportion to the size of the vehicle.
Provincial officers should enforce the
set, but where other authorities take Ito -
tion the informant should receive half
the fine.
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• DISOBEYED ORDERS.
Champion Police Athlete Dismissed
by Toronto Commisioners.
Toronto despatch: Police •Constable
Latremouille, champion athlete of the
Toronto Police Department, was dismiss-
ed' from his position by the Board of
Police Commissioners yesterday -for dis-
obedience. Latremouille injured his
hand recently, and had it dressed by a
doctor. He refused to have the injury
examined by the police physician or to
explain to his superior officer bow the
injury was done. Latremouille has been
a constable since 1902, and has been
champion all-round athlete for two sue-
eessive yearn.
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SUPREMACY OF SEA.
Must Keep up to Power Standard at
All Hazard.
London, March 16.—The question of
the comparative strength of the naval
powers of Great Britain and Germany,
which has occupied considerable time of
Parliament this session and whieh reach-
ed a climax when the fact of the Kaiser
having written a letter to the First
Lord of the .Admiralty was made public,
came up again to -day in the House of
Commons.
In reply to aquestion by Mr. Ar col
tour Balfour, Mr, Asquith, Chancellor ha
TORONTO'S LIGHT.
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CITY AND ELECTRIC LIGHT COM-
PANY STILL FAR APART.
An Abortive Conference—Controllers
Want Information, But it bs Re.
fused—Company Says City Must
Deal Independently of Hydro -Elec-
tric Power Commission.
Toronto, Marcia 10, --Toronto is will-
ing to buy the Electric Light C'o's plant
at a fair price.
Toronto is net nill[ng to take over
the contract between isle electrical De-
velopment Co. and the Toronto Electric
Light Co., under which the latter uses
Niagara as its source of supply.
If 'Wm. Mackenzie, 110 1V ret control
of the .Electrical Development Uo., will
cancel this eontract and snake a new
one with the city through the hydro-
electric Commieea m, the city wilt ae-
quire the Electric Light Co.'s plan and
no -second pule line to Niagara. wilt be
built.
In other words. the entire solution of
the problem of cheap power for To-
ronto goes into the hands of \\'m. Mac-
kenzie and Ilun, Adam Beek. The city
will buy power from Mr. Maelteitie
through \1r. Beek's connnibsiou, but not
direct.iy iron' the Eleetrieal Develop-
ment Co.
Mr. Beek and Mr. Mackenzie have the
floor. Toronto will await the result of
their negotiations with interest.
"If the Power Commission can lift
the Development Company off the To-
ronto Electric Light Company's back,'
as one of the eivie representatives puts
it, "there is a prospect of the city be-
ing able to deal with the Toronto .Elec-
tric Light Oolnpany-. 11 not, there is
nothing to do but go ahead and put in
our own power plant."'
The discussion lasted about an hour
and a quarter. The chief ,point at issue
was as to the city being allowed to see
the contract between the :Electric Light
Company and the Electrical Developt-
ment Company, es well as the city
ins allowed tt1 im eeaethe f,
peary`e plant. The to..
accede to either proposition t.
city was in a position to snake
its offer to take over both the plant
and the contracts. There the matter rest-
ed when the conference adjourned. The
city intimated that in the meantime an
application would be made to the Hy-
dro -electric Powe: Commission for a
suppl; of eiectrieal energy.
It is understood the Huard of Con-
trol will apply to the commission, pos-
sibly to -day for about 10,000 horsepow-
er. The members of the board claim
that the city can easily find use for
between 5,000 and 6,000 horsepower
right away, and they have no fears that
the balance can be taken care of. The
minimum which the city can take from
commission is 6,000 horsepower. This
could be divided among the civic
buildings, ncluding Cty Hall, water-
works, police stations, fire halls, etc.
Government buildings, University and
other buildings. The Controllers think
that by making this application the city
will force the Power Commission to pro-
vide for supplying this power, either.
through an arrangement with the Elec-
trical Development Company or by con-
structing a transmission line.
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MOVED A CHURCH.
DRIVEN FROM ME
Strange Affair Follows Recent Sui-
cide at
eai-cide;at Power Glen.
.§t. Catharines despatch: Strange de-.
relopnleuts are -following the suicide of
:qrs. ,Sangster et Power GIen last fri-
day. It seems that some time ago the
cheol Board of the section dismissed
Ethel S.cott:-bacalise of certain aceusa-
tions, and e Mrs. Ben. ltielstead wrote
to the Provincial Minister of Education,
who ordered local Inspector Ireland to
hold an. investigation, This was done,
but, the • woman who wrote the letter
said she had merely done so at the re-
quest of other parties, and the girl was
exonerated,, and at once issued a writ
against Mrs, W'cietead for slander, and
an action is now pending, After the
dismissal of,' the girl, Sangster, who is
superintendent of the Cataract Power
Company's phut at Deem Falls, gave
her a clerical position in the employ of
the Caltaract Company, and she and her
mother lived in a house close to S.ang-
ster's. -
Late last night ;t band of residents of
Power Glen, some of them employees of
the Cataract Company, gathered, and
stoned the house of Miss Scott, driving
her from home. The girl went to St.
Catharines.
LAKE L `VELE.
Lake Superior Is Low While Ontario
Will be High.
Detroit Mich.. _March 16. --The United
States lake surrey report just issued
slows a. fa'' ef eight inthes in two
months 'in the l';vel of La.ke Superior.
The water is ees' 234 inch -es below the
reeleruar•y- lee", fair the past ten years.
Lake Ontusi j miner to show an ex-
ceedingly l.i ) letel for the Denting sea -
sou. The v, `er is now 21/ inches above
the mean el "ince 1886 and is 63e
cinches kigh. lean in F-ebrtrary lust, 11
inches Ina than in 1906, ].S inches
higher tlt w 1905, and 24 inches lldgh-
er than in-
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BIG 1'• T FOR HORSES.
Great Is the Need of More
creasing.
o There should be
a rse-breeders of
th that the de -
e nply
to Freedman's lungs and fired, He gasped
out, "Mary, I'm shot," fell to the
ground and died.
The assailant escaped through the
pantry window. Beyond the fact that
the man Was stoutly built, with a dark-
overcoat and rap, there is no clue to his
identity. The pantry floor was covered
with blood. The window was raised,
while beneath the window were prints
of the murderer's feet.
The murdered man was an old-timer
here. He took part in the gold rush to
the Klondike, where be made a compet-
ence.
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TOLD OF HE 1 DEATH
REMARKABLE STORY OF AN EX-
PERIMENT AT VERSAILLES.
Doctors Secured Body of Girl Appar-
ently Dead and Restored Life by
Rhythmic Electrification and Hyp.
notic Influence.
Paris, March HU. --Comte Leoiaee De
Lraandie, director of the important
Soeietie Des teensde Lett
night of the effort mad
three French savants t
dead."
rn
res, told to-
e recently by
u "raise Inc
-11 was out in Versailles,” said the
eonite. "A young girl apparently died.
front natural causes, anu the physi-
cians, wlth the eutiseut 01 the faintly,
secured the body a Jew hours after tue
death. Thu body was immersed in warm
water, and subjected to rhythmic electri-
fication. From time to tune one of the
physicians applied sulphuric acid,. while
his colleagues .wade hypnotic pusses.
After three ,lours' treatment the girl
opened her eyed. Further stimulated
she was able to speak.
"'When 1 fell asleep at the hospital,'
said she. 'there '. an an indefinite period
of complete prostration, and then I be-
came conscious of a growing sensation
of cold. All my life seemed slowly to
concentrate about may heart, and all my
thought seemed to retire to a distant
corner of my brain. Then my thought
Ieft my body altogether. 1could see
myself lying there, while 1 still heard
the sound of distant music; but through
it all I had a bodily sensation of bitter
cold. Suddenly there was a delicate
stock. 'The last tie uniting me and my
body was broken. T witnessed a terrible
spectacle. My body was the theatre of
a terrific struggle, nameless monsters
fighting for its possession.'
"At this juncture the girl became
hysterical, and savagely attacked the
physicians. To quiet her they gave her
an injection of morphine. The dose was
overstrong, and her heart action ceased.
Efforts to recall her again to life were
ineffectual.
seas AV:present' during the ex-
eriment,"said the eomtc, "but - the
story was told nee by a man in whom
I have 'absolute confidence. The three
physicians were also , personally known
to me. They are men of undoubted in-
tegrity. The only rational explanation
is that the girl was not dead. but in a
trance. The facts are as related."
Lay Preacher Proceeds Against
Bishop Wiltmore.
A Chatham despatch: Bishop Wilt -
recce is tie defendant in an unusual
suit brought by one Williams, a lay -
'preacher, who elaimts the bishop had
a bard in selling a church in South
Buxton and permitting it to be re:mio'ved
to North Buxton, where it is now used
as a hall.
Williams has relatives buried in the
church graveyard in South Buxton,
and dislikes seeing the sanetity of the
place destroyed by the removal of the
edifice. In the course of an examination
for discovery the bishop admitted that
he consented to the ehureh being sold,
but he lied no band in selling it. As a
result of this s'ta.temtent others will bo
brought in the motion.
SHOT SIX NEGROES.
Masked Night Riders Raided Town of
Birmingham, Ky.
Paducah, Ky., March 16.--- One hone
Brod masked "night riders" rode into
the town of Birmingham, Mnr„hr.11
county, late last night, shot Fix ne-
groes, one of them fatally, and whip-
ped five others. The riders took pos-
session of the town and shot into
every negro cabin in the place. In
one of these Sohn Scruggs, his wife
and three children and e granddaugh-
ter were struck by bullets. One of
Scruggs' daughters is dead, and two
other members of the family are not
expected to live. The riders then took
five other negroes to -the banks of
the Tennessee, whore they whipped
them, After warning .twenty-five other
negroes to leave the place the masked
men rode away. The raid folowed a
warning of two weeks ago to all the
Dred' population to leave Birrning-
m.
a
a ye
would
prese
in the co
rate of 1
It seem, th
Carringto, have under consideration
a scheme for the encouragement of
the breeding of horses suitable for
military purposes. It is to be hoped
that they will keep the possibilities of
a Canadi^.n supply in view. The
trouble nor is that the Canadian far-
mer does not • quite understand the
standard of horse that will nieet Bri-
tish army requirements, and he has
no security of demand.
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ORDER OF HOME CIRCLES.
Supreme Circle in. Session—Re-
r c , told
Institution
'at the end of
00 cavalry horses
whereas at the
were only 150,000
Moreover, the birth -
horses is decreasing.
Mr. Haldane and Lord
organisation to be Considered.
Toronto despatch: The Supreme Cir-
cle, Order of Orinadian Home Circles,
convened in Victoria Hall yesterday at
2 o'clock, with Supreme Leader Robert
Stark in the chair.
The report of the supreme seere ary
showed 1,335 additions, a.nd at present
a membership of 18,954. There had been
184 deaths, and $283,516 paid in death
claims, besides $3,550 in total disability
and $21,815 in life expectancy claims.
The trustees, in their report, showed
the following statement: Balance in
general fund, $5,734; sick benefit fund,
$2,408; beneficiary fund, $60,273; life
expeotanoy, $218,275.
The mutter of reorganization general-
ly was referred to a s+peeiai committee,
cansdsti g of W. G. Maybee (Winnipeg),
Marian Sommmmerville (Toronto), and, W.
A. Truman (Canspbellton, N. B.)
In the evening the ' by-law amend-
ments were considered. The reduc-
tion of the age limit to 16 years was
found to be an infraction of the eJhairtel'
and was not tinted upon.
A proposal to disqualify life insurance
agents and supreme officers of other
fraternal inauranoe orders for meting as
supreme representatives was discarded.
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MURDERED BY A BURGLAR,•*
Charles Freedman, of Victoria, B. C.,
Shot Dead.
Victoria, . March 16. Attempted bur-
glary last night resulted in the murder
of Charles Freedman, aged 43, of Stanley
avenue. His assailant escaped, and the
police ]lave little clue to his identity.
Freedman, accompanied by his wife and
sister, had just returned from the thea -
tee, and was going to bed, when on going
Into the kitchen to get a glass of water.
he saw a hand protruding from the .
pantry door covering him with a re-
volver.
Re immediately cried to his wife to
telephone the police, and rushed to the
door endeavoring to keep the intruder
from opening it its his wife rushed to
the telephone.
The miscreant placed the revolver close
A NEW HEIR WAS BORN.
James G. Warnock WiII Case at
Brockville Further Complicated.
Brockville, March 16.—Mrs. Eva
Warnock, widow of Mr. James G.
Warnock, against whose will an ac-
tion
o-tion is pending in the high courts,
gave birth to a son this afternoon.In
his will 'Warnock bequeathed $5,000
to each of four daughters and the resi-
due of the estate to Mrs. Eva War-
nock. The mother of these girls, who
claims that she and not .Mrs. Eva
Warnock is Warnock's widow, is now
contesting the will, but with the ad-
vent of another heir to -day more com-
plications have arisen. Providing
the will is set aside Mrs. Eva War-
nock and her child will inherit every-
thing, unless the first wife can prove
she is the lawful wife.
WOULD SEPARATE FROM THAW.
Wife Will Start Proceedings for An-
nulment of Marriage.
New York, March 16.— Evelyn
Nesbit Thaw to -morrow will institute
proceedings for the annulment of her
marriage to Harry K. Thaw. The ac-
tion will be based on the allegation
that the defendant was insane when
the union was eontraeted. Thaw pur-
poses to defend the suit. The papers
in the ease will be served some time
to -morrow, and an early trial is ex-
pected. In the meantime the two, by
mutual agreement, will remain apart.
WOULD BOYCOTT JAP GOODS.
Canton People Roused Over Tatsu
Maru Incident.
Canton, March 10.—A monster meet-
ing was held here last night to resist
the demand of the Japanese Govern-
ment for the release of the Tatsu Maru.
The meeting was attended by a great
number of prominent personages, who
vigorously asserted China's sovereign
rights. A resolution was adopted to the
effect that, failing the confiscation of the
ship and her cargo, a boycott would be
inauguarted against Japanese manufae-
tures.
ere ACCOUNTANT TIED FAST.
Two Italians Rob an Office In Que.
bec.
• Quebec, March 16.-4 bold robbery
was committed about half past twelve
o'clock this r4ternoon in the offices of
the St. Lawrence vinegar works in St.
Sauveur. Two Italians entered the of-
fiee, and, after having gagged the ac-
countant and tied him to a radiator;
made off with the sum of $250, The
crime was discovered about 1 o'clock,
when the employees, who had left for
their luneb, returned to their work.
FIRE ESCAPES.
Fire Drill and Fire Escapes Ordered.
by, Minister of Education.
Toronto, March 16.—A , circular has been
issued by the Minister of Eduttation re-
quiring that fire drills shall be practised
by all schools in the Province which are
more than two storeys in height. The
circular also states that the department
will insist on the equipment of schools
with fire escapes, and the provision of
adequate exits, the doors of which must.
open outwards, School inspectors have
been instructed that it will form part of
their duty to see that the provisions of
these regulations are properly carried
out. The action taken by the Minister
is the immediate result of a report re-
ceived by him with regard to the Me -
Keough school, Chatham. mete report
stated at that school, although it con-
sists of several storeys, no fire escapes
have been provided. Dr. Pyne has in-
structed the inspect, r to visit the school
andmake an immediate report on con-
ditions which he finds prevailing there.
CHATHAM SCHOOL
Overcrowded, and No Fire Es-
capes ---Other Schools as Bad.
Toronto, Ont., March 16.—It has
been reported to the Hon. Dr. Pyne, Min-
ister of Education, that the McKeogh
school at Chatham, containing twelve
rooms, is overcrowded, has no adequate
means to prevent fire and has no fire
escapes. Dr. Pyne has ordered the in-
spector to investigate, and report forth-
with. Dr. Pyne has also been notified
that there are several other urban
schools in the sank position, and has
sent out a circular letter to all iuspec-
tors in the Province, ordering them to
report as to accommodation, fire drill,
exits, etc., on all schools over one storey
in height.
SUDDEN DEATH AT HOTEL.
Scotchman at Toronto Succumbs to
Attack of Heart Failure.
A Toronto despatch: Going into the
sitting room of the Bromell Hotel, at
the corner of Queen street and Strachan
avenue, about 8 o'clock last evening,.
John Tate, aged 37, 039 Queen street
west, was suddenly taken ill, and died in
a few minutes. No one noticed him go-
ing into the room, but the porter heard.
something fall, and, going in, found Tate.
on the , floor. Death was due to heart
dirdase. It is unlikely that an inquest
will be held. Tate was employed at the
Massey -Harris works as a • laborer,
though he was by trade it carpenter. He
had been out from Edinburgh, Scotland,
about a year.
BROODED OVER MORTGAGE, --
Attacked Wife and Childs Then Hang.
ed Himself.
Piqua, Ohio, March 10.—When four of
,the little children of Mr. and Mrs. David
Davis, of Pattytown, Newton township,
went into their parents' bedroom this
morning they saw their mother and one-
year -old child lying in bed with their
heads crushed by an axe.
For several days Davis had brood-
ed over inability to pay a itortgage.
Early to -day he rose, and after strik-
ing Itis sleeping wife and child on the
head with an axe her had brought (ruin
the woodshed, he tried to kill himself'
with the sante instrument. Failing
in this, he went to the barn end hang-
ed himself from a beam. :M1lrs. Davis
and the child are believed to be fatally
wounded.
MURDERED HiS FAMILY.
Awful Deed of a Former Canadian.
at Tenino.
Tenino, Wash., March 18.— Warren,
McKay, a Canadian, formerly of Winni-
peg, but a resident here ten years, killed
his wife and three children and then
committed suicide by taking poison.
Two men discovered Mcl%ay's body
this morning, and, notifying the town
marshal, the latter immediately pro-
ceeded to the house to inform Mrs. Mb -
Kay, They were horrified to find there -
the mother, 7 -year-old girl and 4 -year-
old boy with throats cut, and a 0 -year-
old girl with her head crushed by blows,.
from a sharp instrument,' probably a.
hammer.
APPLES IN AUSTRALIA.
19,831 Boxes Sent From Canada Ar-
rived in Good Condition.
Ottawa, March 16. ---According to Mr.
J. S. Larke, Trade Commissioner at
Eyduey, there were imported into
Australia by the Canadian Australian
steamers 19,831 boxes of apples in
three shipments, the receipts being, •
for October, 6,772 boxes; November„
8,163 boxes; December, 4,896 boxes,
Nearly all the apples arrived in.
good condition. There were in ad-
dition a few boxes that ca+nre by
freight steamers from San Francisco„
but the shipments on ehese slow
steamers were a complete failure,
Hindus Fined.
Vancouver, March 16. --This afternoon,,
Magistrate Williams gave judgment in
the eases of eighteen Hindus tried for•
failing to pass the educational test of
the Provincial Natal net. , They were
found guilty, and sentenced to pay the.
statutory fine of $500 or twelve months'
imprisonment, The defending counsel in-
timated that an appeal would be taken'
without loss of time,