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The Herald, 1903-01-09, Page 2lealallsa 1.+ s o er, b'i ti' t is N w e # ate a e The So -Called Pretender Wants the Throne for Bina—A Spanish Sloop of War fries • Arrived at Tangiers and Morocco is Quiet—Turks and Bulgarians Fight and •Flfteen of the Turkish 'Troops Are Killed o Wounded—.Bulgarians Esc pede---The Turkish Commander Fefi= German Tirade With the United States. Glbraltar, J'an. 5. -The despatch o2 Spanish reinforcements to Morocco has been countermanded. The latest advices from Fez, Morocco, say that city re/baits-calm. Fighting ror Snliaan's Brother. Tangier, l o occo, Jam. 5. -The pre- tender has issued a proclamation that he is not fighting for the throne for himself, but for the Sul- t'ha,n's ienerisoxlete brother, Mulal Mohammed. It is now confirmed that the Sul- tan has ordered his brother's re- lease, and that the honors of his rank be paid to him. Tile Governor at a recent confer- ence with the Kabule Chiefs pointed out to them that they were respon- Bible for the safety of the roads run- ning through their territory. The Spanish sloop of war infanta Isabel has arrived here, Turks and Bulgarians Fight. Constantinople, Jan. 5. -In a re- cent fight between Bulgarians and Turkish troops at the village of Bre- nova, in the Monastir district, fif- teen of the latter were killed or wounded. The Turkish commander was among the Weal. The Bulgari- ans, who were barricaded in a house, also sustained losses, but the sur- vivors escaped. , Getman U. S. Trade. Berea), ran. 5.- Partial returns from the consular district indicate that Germany's exports to the U. S. increased in 1902 by about $5,- 000,000 over those of 1901. The im- ports from the U. S. fell off, but no reliable figures are available. MINE UPI_ Statistics o f KILLS F U ices Sent h to the Strike Com ission. Pot-ts'cille. Pa., despatch -By, an ex- plosion at the oak Hill colliery to- day six or more mine workers were killed and a score severely burned. Among the killed are Hugh Curran, Patrick Martin and Michael Under. Coal Mine Statistics. Scranton, Pa., Jan. 5. -Statistics on hours and wages for 1901 have been forwarded to the Mine Strike Commission by the Delaware, Lack- awanna & Western. Among the items of the summary are these: Number of coilieries•10; 2lumber of employees, 11,292 ; . average earn- ings of miners $028.03; average earnings of laborers, $363.72; per centage, of cars docked, two; aver- age of ten hour days' breakers worked, 203; average • number of days breakers started, 260; aver- age number of hours.breaker work- ed per day, 7 6-10; average num- ber of ,hours contract miners work- ed per 10 hours day,• 0.53; number of company: hands, 2,99G; average earnings of company hands, $514.93; average earnings of boys $204.10; average earnings of all employees, $43:.63. • NEWS W BRIEF CANADIAN. ;Toronto's building record for last year amounted to $5,034,000. Sir Oliver Mowat personally wel- comed his 30+0 New Year's callers. Winnipeg now stands third in the list of importing centres in Canada. The first fire of the year did $500 damage. to Stanley Barracks, To- ronto. . Dr. A. Y. Scott, or Toronto, was ireported much worse, with little hope of recovery. News has been received at Ottawa that a recent storm played havoc with the Yukon telegraph line. There were 375 entries at the To- ronto Canary and Cage Ddrd Society's show, 54 more than the record. ' The Toronto • Conservatory, of U!,fusic has purchased the property, to the, south of its present premises. Thomas K. Haywoocl was sentenc- ed at Bracebridge to three years in Kingston Penitentiary, for robbery. Mr. Chris Foley has consented to stand as independent labor candi- date' in Bnrrard for the Commons. .At the enamel ball 'of the Guelph fire brigade, li'ayor Kennedy, on behalf of the baseness men of the elty, presented the firemen with a new !billiard table. e , Several changes are reported in the Winnipeg Tribunestaff. lir. R. L. Ri- chardson becomes bussi'ness manager, and is succeeded in the editorial, chair Bay, her. 3. 3. •Moncrief, news editor. 1 Heirs ,to the Eli Hyman estate, To- ronto, are springing up all over the country. The latest claimants ere, beard from in San Francisco, ;whale ;the first wife and one of the daugh- tere of the Toronto miser have been located. Lawyers claim to Have all the proof that ie necessary to es- tablish their position re the estate. BRITISH AND FOREIGN. The end€an staff cors is to ,be abol fished. . The cable from San Francisco to Uctxiolulu es -as completed. Fifty-eight men .were killed in a shining disaster at ,Bachmut, Russia. Austria and Hungary have reached lin agreement. which settles their customs policies disputes. • ,It is eaellovedstlea,t the cattle 11s- eiase in ;the ;State of ,1lfaesaeliusetts has passed .the dangerous stage. The National ,review for January repeats the storey that Emperor Wil- liam attacked the King and the Brit- ish people. • The Times' correspondent in Paris rays that pilgrimages to Mecca have beet forbidden ie Tullis during 1003 ecause of .the prevaleece of cholera :%rg•ipt. The ,teritish Cable Company Is at- tenipIng to purchase Nanning Island, now under British protection, where their first mei° station out of Van - Coverer is iodated. Hong Kong e]esilaattches to Sheen- ese papers; dated Dec. 100 say that one-half of IKw,angsi Province Is now in the hands of Ibanci.its. News trona Wei -Het -Wei ,tells of e gold mining boom ',there. The Central News announces that the e1 Upi of elete nolle for $45,004 against the estate of Lard Francis Hope ha_s been settled amicably. The terms of the settlement have not ,:et been publ€Shea. Frederick S. Shaw, of Columbia, University, yesterday broke the strength test record of 2,049 valets by himself, according to the 'Sargent system of measurement, in Novem- ber 'last. The new figures made by Shaw a.re 2„106. - , The Mayor of the city of Leon, Mexico, .which has a amputation of 80,000, has issued an order, that every. house in ,the city must be re- painted ,within a month. Paint deal- ers have had their stocks depleted as a melt of the remarkable order. CLJRLEIIJ3 PEEC AT DELI Deplores Decadence of Indian Native Arts, LACK OF HOME SUPPORT Delhi, Despatch -This was the sec- ond day of the ceremonies of the coronation durbar, at which King Edward is to be proclaimed Emperor of India. Lord Curzon, the Viceroy oe India, carried out the programme for to -day by opening the Indian Arts Exhibition in the presence of the Duke and Duchess of Connaught and a brilliant gathering of native princes. Lord Curzon Made a. noteworthy speech on the decadence of Indian na- tive arts. He deplored that native taste was declining, and that many modern models were debased. It was in .the hope of arresting. the prog- rens of decay that the exhibition had been organized. He appealed to na- tive artists and their patrons to study, and imitate the beautiful spe- cimens of the past collected at the exhibition. They were witnessing in India ono aspect of a process that was going on throughout the world, which long ago had extinguished the manual industries of Great Brittain, and was rapidly extinguishing those` of China and Japan. Nothing could stop it, because it was inevitable in an ago which wanted things cheap, and did not mind their being ugly; which cared much for comfort and little for beauty, which, ever assert- ing its own xmodels, was seeking some- thing new or strange. It was per- tain that if many old Xndian arts and ]handicrafts were to be revived and placed in a flourishing condition it could only be done by the patron- age; of the Indian chiefs, the aristo- cracy and cultural persons. But so long as these preferred to fill their places with flaming Brussels car- pet, cheap British furniture, Italian Mosaics, French oleographs, Aus- trian lustros, and German brocades, there Was not much hope. Lord Curzon said that he slid not mean to specially reproach the East In- dies for their pursuit of .foreign gauds. ufattere were just , as bad in Groat Britain, but he wiehed to impress upon phis bearere that sup port of native* art must cotno from India. Outside patronage alone could not support it. Ho was con- vinced that in an artistic sense In - din Wee not dead. She, could still imaging and create. The art eollec tion. is the result of a, prolonged and careful researeh. It includes priceless brocades, enamels, gold and silver plate, carpets woven to order for moguls atnd emperors, jewelry from the treasure Houses of sundae rajahs; and exquisite carv- ings in wood, marble and ivory. One Of the carpets in the tent of Gael: - war of Barocla is embroidered with pearls, rubies, emeralds and dia- monds. It cost sixty lakhs of ru- pees. P'RO=BOERS AND CANADA. 3,000 Planned to ' Descend Upon This Country. • Monterey; Tan. 5. -Dec 29.-e(aen. Samuel 1'oatl's,un, the feemer •13or'r conna.n.tier, who is here, says••thrit plans had ,been mach! icer an in0as10n of 'Canada with an army of. ,Pee -,Boor Americans, when a step was pule to the proeeeclinc:• t .by the death of the financial letterer of the movement. He, says that had' it nut been for the dearth of Edward Wittiness, of New York, the invaelen tvould have been made during .ltaroll 01• April. Thin war was not ended Until May. Wanness had agreed to furnish all the money s,ecessary to equip an army, of a t least three thousand men. He was a wealthy retired New Yorker, whose entire sylnp,athy was with the Boers, according to Gen. Pearson's statement. OYSTE THE F1fflfJEOP Effect of tine Scare Over Fatal Weyard Banquet, ALL ENGLAND IS ALARMED London, Jan. London may de the excitement tide, something 5. -No .hatter how ;' ermine to throw off of its Christmas - extraordinary el- ways crops up to keep people awake. This year the excitement is over oysters. The fatal mayoral banquet at Winche,-ter has caused no end of sensation. The post-mortems which declare,l the death of many prominent victims to be due to ty- phoid from swallowing disaase.l o; s- ters, followed by the death of the Dean of Winciae:ter, also from hags ing eaten oyeters, have had a most d'ieastroue effe;;t on the English oys- ter trade. Mr. Gann, one of the largest wholesale oyster merchants in Eng- land, in an interview, said the sale of oysters had fallen 'by about 75 per cent. "My own books," lie said, 'show that I have taken in about £5,000 .less during the last three days than I should have, had this 'typhoid scare not occurred. I esti- mate that during the present oys- ter season this outbreak will cost the trade about $ 100,000 worth of business;' , A worse feature, however, than the loss to the large merchants. will be the falling off in the em to e t of those who get their daily bread in the oyster producing districts. I"or instance,along the Kent and Essex shores there must be 500 or 600 men employed on the oyster beds. The et:are means a shortage to 500 or 600 families -several titou- sand persons. The extent of the Ems - worth's loss is best set forth in the following statement by Mr. Foster, one of the largest merchants in Lon- don: • "In the week before Christmaswe reckon to sell 100,000 oysters, but what has happened is that in the week before the erare we sold from 35,000 to 40,000. On lfontlay, the day previous to the first publication of the typhoid outbreak, we sold 5,- 000; on Tuesday the number was 3,- 000. ;000. Since then we have not disposed of 1,000 a day. On Saturday we did not get rid of; a single oyster. On Monday 60,000 arrived by smack. Tiley are useless. This Week 50,000 more are doe; they will be useless. I have at present in the beds about 500,000 oysters, valued at between $5,000 and $10,000, .but they cannot bo sold. "Again, I have oysters laid €n other parts to which no suspicion attaches, but the present scare will render their disposal exceedingly difficult." U. S. CABLE LANDED. San Francisco Now Linked With Honolulu. Honolulu despatch The U.S. cable was completed at 8.10 o'clock last night, ai-hen the two ends were brought together in Molokai Channel, 35 utiles from Honolulu, where the San Francisco end had been buoyed sine Dec. 26. Shortly after com- munication was established the fact was announced to the crowd in wait- ing, and %va,s greeted. with applause. Judge Cooper, representing Governor Dote, who was absent from the island, sent a men sage to President Roose- velt anziouneing the opening and ex- tending a greeting from the citizens of Hawaii. The public celebration, which has been held in abeyance until the completion of the cable, will be held in the capitol grounds to -mor- row. 1 't . , t , NAVAL PRISONERS MUTINY. Dischairged Revolvers, but Were Cowed by Brave Officers. Boston, Jan. 5.-I1 was learned to- day that an offices of marines quelled an incipient mutiny, in which ttv'o al.risonere at' war were the chief actors, oh hoard the ;Sound line steamer Plymouth last night. On board were twelve general court- martial nasal prisoners,. .who were being taken from. the 'Brooklyn navy ,yard to the naval prison here, to servo oat their terms. An escort of marines accompanied the men, . Two of the long-term prisoners were unshackled and sept below in charge of two marines. • These pris- oners disarmed their guards of their revolvers and ,began a general fuell- ode. The officer in charge, when he appeared, was confronted by one of the niep with a dream revolver. Tho officer Mid: " Now, don't do anything fcoli.sh," an, t his words halal the effect of bring- ing the unruly men into submission. The mien .Wer„e rcela,acklod. Ten Ages In all avere. fired. The aprisoners were (landed at Fall (River apd brought here (b,y train to -dad'. SAMUEL ESON !flHESPCNSVELEa Middleport Tragedy investi- gated by Coroners' Jury. ARRESTS AT AMMASTER, Allred Hanley and Edward stay, Weil Known Butchers, Charged With the Prcvious.ltold-up at the bonne of the se al'son 13rothers- uclx Interest in Case. Brantford despatcll-The inquest into the circumstances attending the tragic death of Wesley Watson, which occurred last Tuesday morn- ing at las home near Middleport, was resumed yesterday in the hall of that village. The session occu- pied about five hours. The chief evi- dence was that presented by Janes Watson, a brother of the deceased. Dr. Fissette, of this city, presided, and A.. J. Wilkes, K. C., Crown At- torney, represented the Crown. W. C. Livingston looked after the in- terests of the Watsons. SamuelWat- son was not present, the authori- ties deeming .his appearance unne- cessary. To -morrow afternoon he will be taken before Squire Leitch, of this city. James Watson told of the attack on himself and brother by burg- lars on November 22nd, who sub- jected them to torture to obtain the knowledge of the whereabouts of their money. Itis testimony was that they had on several occasions Fought to have their landlord re- pair the buildings on the farm, but uusuceeeefaily, and during the pre- sent fall they decided to with- hold the rent of $500 until such time as the repairs acmanded were made. Dearing that the landlord could garnishee the money if they had it in the bank they withdrew it all. This with the amount. derived from the sale of their chattels, amounted to about $2,600. They deposited this sum in two fruit jar'%, and buried them in different parts of the farm. They told a few persons about doing so. The burglars se- cured the smaller jar. Ever since the brothers have lived le a state of nervous fear. Tire jury returned the following verdict : "We find that Wesley Wat- son met Ills death from a gunshot wound inflicted by Samuel Watson, during a period of irresponsibility induced by excessive nervous and mental fear bordering on mania due to the maltreatment previous- ly inflicted by burglars, and the belief that they wore again to be subjected to worse abuse by the same parties. We find no evidence of malice' or premeditation, and be- lieve that he fully supposed his vic- tim was a burglar." Alleged Burglars Caught. Alfred Hanley and Edward Ray were arrested in Ancaster Town- ship on Sunday on a charge of en- tering the hone in Micidleport of Samuel and Tames Watson, gage ging and binding the two brothe's and robbing them. They were brought to Brantford by Consta- bles Armour and Merrill, arraigned on Sunday before John A. Leitch, Justice of the Peace, and pleaded not guilty. The case was adjourned until Wednesday afternoon at o'clock. A groat deal of interest is taken in this arrest. After, the 1u1 - fortunate tragedy in elicldleport on Tuesday morning last, the two brothers told a story relating to the causes that led to the sheet- ing. They stated that on Nov. 22 last their home was entered by two masked men, who seized them when they came in, bound and gagged them, and tortured thein into tell- ing where they had hidden sonic money that they were known to have in the house. The brothers a,- serg:ed at the time that they knew who the men were, in spite of the fact that they were masked and attempted to disguise their voices, but that the only witness who could know anything of the case refused to testify, and that there- fore they could not take any :se- tae, having no evidence to offer except that of themselves. The events of last Tuesday, however, put a different complexion on the matter, and James Watson swore out an information against Han- ley and Ray. They stoutly main- tain their isnnocencc. Bail was ac- cepted for each of the two men on securities of $10'0 each. I1E; WAS VERY GREEN. Paid. a Crook $10 to See Temple Building Revolve. Chicago, Jan.. 5. -,'William Green, a farmer from Saginaw, Mich., was the victim yesterday afternoon of a confidence man, whose manner of obtaining money from unsuspecting strangers was new to the police. Green, according to the police, gave the bunko man $10 with the expec- tation that for a portion of that Burn he would sue the Masonic Tem- ple turn. 1 -le also believed the stranger when informed that he would get his change back if he ,.,waited a few moments on the street corner. Green diel as he was told, but after waiting almost an hour for the 'building eo'turn ,and tra:0 th er eicear for the man with ills change, he became 'suspicious that he had been swirl-. dled, and reported the ease to De- tective Sergeants Morgan and Mc- Grath, of the central station. Green had been in Chicago spend- ing the holidays with friends on the eouth subio. lie left for his home last night, but having a few hours' leis- ure before train time, decided to see the sights. Ile 'teas amazed at tbe height of the Masonic Temple and was gazing skyward when he was acereeted by n well-drew:l stranger. "Pretty tall bleeding," remarked the bunko man. "Thio biggest I ever see," answered Green. - "Yes, it le a big one, bet the queer- est part of it all is that it is turned retied 'every three llolir's," continued the bunko artist. .You don't mean to tell me. that they turn that building around r" exclaimed Green. "Tilaat's just what I Mean to tell jou, and in jest three hours from now it will be turned agaih. It just got through being turned a few minutes ago" Green was disappointed. He said he would like to. see ouch a sight Jost so be could 'tell about it when ho got bade to Saginaw, but ex- pi/lined that he diel not have time to wait, as he week! miss hie train. The stranger said if Green • would let him have $2 'perhaps be coiild bribe the engineer to ' have. the building make an extra 'tern. Green did not Jiave two dollars €a change, but gave time elan a $10 note. The stranger passed through one of tire revolving deers and Green has not seen Min Since. 309 CHILDREN MURDERED. 13orrible Baby Farming Conspiracy. in Osaka. • Yokohama, ,Tan. 5. -Details of a horrible baby farming conspiracy in Osaka have just been made public here. Au elderly woman, her married daughter, husband, and two others have been arrested for infanticide, and it is learned that since they started operations this year, three buni]red children were killed. a CENT ffl1D CALE3I Marconi's Prophecy for the Near Future, THE INVENTOR WAS BANQUETED ilalifae despatch-Citizeus of Cape Breton gave .. ;breliaut banquet Wadi night at eedncy. to Marconi, the sage of wireless 11hgrtyplxy.. Eighty guests surrounded .the tables. Meyer erowe, of Seduces i resided. Mr. Marconi gave at brief survey of .1.110 milestones O.t wixele:ss tr:legx•zi1phy. Ile said that about two years ago lie thought that by using g;rt tier Brower than be had fo:matly used messages could be sent to greater dlstances, and he advised the. company .to estmtbiish a station for that purpose at Cornwall and ascertain .whether it was or was not peeeible to communicate across the Atlantic. The cunipany did erect baicii, a oration at a cost of one hun- dred thousand • dollars. "The test made at ;Signal Hill last yec,r assured me," said Marconi, "that leans -Atlantic wireless telegraphy was possible. My reason for going to St. John's was that it was the near- est tpoint to Europe, ,but unfortunaely a cable company that appeared to have a monopoly on every mode of communication except by speech, in- tervened, and we had to forego fur- ther work. While in Newfoundland I received generous invitations from Abe CAnadiun G,lovernnient to come to Cape Breton. 'name, and mett with most enthusiastic recegption. I .would, be doing ,the Italian Govern- ment an injustice did I not express to it my gratitude far its moral and material assistance of my schemes from the very outset." Mr. Marconi then referred to the uses to which wireless telegraphy is at present applied and said that when the system was further devel- oped it would quake it possible for a ship in di,streas to signal to a passing ship, as had already been done in the English Channel. "Wireless telegraphy," he said, "would, by being a cheaper method of communication, become a potent agency in cementing the ties that bind England to her colonies. The cables are eff€tient and good, but the cost prohibits their use to the public at large. I have a contract with the Dominion Government to send com- mercial massages at a rate of ten cents a word and Government busi- ness at five cents a word and don't you think this very cheap in com- parison with the rate of twenty-five cents a Word, charged by tbe cable companies; and don't you aleo think that this reduction will do a great deal toward a better understanding and better relations between the two countries? T,he cable started sending m.essugee 'at the rate of £1 a wore, but harp come down to twenty-five cents. In the case of wireless tele- graphy, is it not promising that when it starts with ten cents a word it may come down to one cent a word?" (Applause.) THE REFERENDUM. Later Returns Increase the IMiajority to 90,020... Complete returns from Fort Wil- liam and Lake of the Woods show that the total vote cast in that constituency in favors of putting the Ontario liquor act into operation was 759, against 744, giving a ma- jority in favor Of ,tile act Of 15, in- stead of 19 against, as at first re - ,ported. This ibrings the total vote cast, irrespective of spoiled ballots, up to 302„12S, of .which 190,077 were in the affirmative, and 108,051 In the negative; giving a majority of .96,- 026. 96;0'36. Tho respective percentages of 65.0 for and 84.1 against aro not affected by the change in; the figures, East Nlpiesing is now the only con- stituency (roan which the returns are inconepiete. . 74 YEARS WITH ONE FAMILY, Record Made by a Servant in the Island of' Jamai ea. Port Antonio, Jamaica, Jan, 5i.- Among; the prizes offered by the Gleaner, u Jarnitica newvspapor, €n .lis Chrietma,s numbee was ono to the see - vont w110 cegald slimy the longest eon - tenuous service in one family in Se - =Ma. There were fifty-nine competitors, and the prize was awarded to an old . African women' with seventy -leap yoa.s' service to' her credit. She is nbw elghey-nine years old and .quite heal f tyy.. The other fifty-eight servants had been employed from five to seventy- two years. • In the annual report; of they filu.m- burg Chamber of Commerce • the Gorman press is urged to ramie( fi'arb ateack;s on Britain. NOTIE11,G. T. B.N Victoria Bridge Scene of a Railway Tragedy, ONE CONDUCTOR DECAPITATED Mlonrtreaf despatch -Following close- ly upon the Wanstead disaster the . : G. T. R. line was the scene of ai}otber bad accident . to cloy, ; thou h;' To1 Lu- nately the loss of life was"hot great. Asthe resign of a;errtlision between two freight trains a con- ductor Lost his life and considerable damage was done to property: • s The. scene of tie-citirs accident egress the great 'Victoria ' Bridge, which spans the St. Lawrence between Montreal on the north and St. Lam- bert on the south shore of •the river. Two freight trains from the .east were followiirg each' other on the St. Lambert bade of the bridge short- ly before noon, running- apparently under norxiial conditions, when the engine of the second train ran leto the caboose at the rear end of the first, and the force of the 'impact was so great that the locomotive drove the caboose from the track on to the car in front of it, and decapitated the conductor, Octave Tremblay. The !elusion was follow- ed by a conflagration, which re- quired the services of the Montreal tiro department .to suppress. Haw the two trains came to be running so closely behind each other that a momentary stoppage of 'the foremost of, the two should have - been followed by the second running Into the rear of it will require in- vestigation to explain. Conductor Tremblay was in the act of discon- necting bis van from the rear of the train, the usual practice as trains leave the bridge, when the engine of the second crashed into it. He was standing between the van and the next car in the act of making the disconnection when the collision took place. BRITISH OR RUSSIAN ? Max Nordau Sees a Mighty Combat for Suprcenacy. Vienna, Jan. 5. In the course of an exhaustive review of the history of the world, contributed, to the Nene Frio J.'recse by Max Nordau, the writer deeply deplores. the growitii of military imperialism in the United States, and says that by tbo admission of the spirit of militarism, which was formally rig- orously excluded, America is rais- ing obstacles to the entrance of emigrants, whose only capital is their strong working arms. (Speaking of the future of the world, 3i. Norden says the open- ing of the Panama Canal, under American ownership, mull mark the beginning of a new( epoch. At Best the Anglo-Slaxon element will seek to drive out the French and Ger- man flags floating over single points in the Pacific Ocean; then the struggle will be carried further to the Asiatic coast, whore -Anglo- Saxons and Russians will have to decide the momen.tbus question of whether Eastern or Russian Asia shall remain British or .Russian. To this forecast M: Nordau adds: "One can only imagine teeth horror what such a gigantic struggle of nations and races will signify." LOADSTONE IN RIVER BED. Kentucky's Famous Suck Bole Proves to be at Magnet. A deep hole of water in Nolynn Creek, ten miles'soutli of Ilogdenviile, has for some time been attracting attention by reason of the fact that it has 'a very strong suction. For years, it has been known as the "suck bole.” It is about ten feet deep and about fifty yards long. The water le clear and bottom can eas- ily be seen. Tiri,e hale bas been watched by people in that section for 11. number of years, and it has also to some extent 'been avoided. It now develops that it is no "suck hole," but in the bottom of the river it is claimed there is a streak of powerful load -stone. A man in that community recently constructed a large and substan- tial raft for the purpose of investi- gating the causes of the suction in this particular part 01 the river. It was discovered that the river bottom is solid rock and that through the centre of the rock, running length- wise, is a black streak. It is about five inches 113 width and runs the length of the hole. This streak was examined with a common fish gig and was found to be very hard. The gig adhered to the at 00e, and it took no little pulling to eetricaate it. Fur- tber investigation wee made, and it Is said the streak following the bot- tom of the rivet' is unlounledly pow- erful ioadetone. • This holo was dlioovercd over forty; years ago by I.noc11 Atteberry, who came nclar event; hie life in the wat- er, having been rescued by two men, who pulled 1)1m out by femme of a. lout; pole. Lam \Ness and Luther Truloek, also came near losing their lives in the hale a short time ago while coining, They were rescued half -drowned by other members of the party. The attraction was so powerful teware a, nimbi on the bot- tom of tho seine that the seinere bad to abandon it. The hole Is not in the main r,treaen, but is an outlet, A. dog thrown"into the water nev- er tonics on.t, but Is quickly drawn to the bottom. When a trent line is stretched across the 'place the un - 80011 energy attracts the hooks to the black streak and there holds them secur'ely tilitil they are drawn out. At times there is a strong ttn- doreurrent in the 'bayou, which is uxraecounteal for, and which often sweeps the bottom clean, relieving the loaul,stono of its collection. •'J',he looahity of the suck Bole is get- ' ting to be a much dreaded one, es- pecially by the aauporlstitious. It is known to all nevem; as the "death hole," and farmers In that section find it difficult to employ negro help: Many, cattle and hogs hn,ve been lost. -Louie-vibe Cour icr-aoui'nai. John Oliver, a prosperous English lron•ncaaste.r, in Madrid, 'loon the limb prize of $50,000 in the .Strt'to lot- tery, I•Ie distributed the money among his employees. , i , ,.