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Case I B Who Leaned Head Firs: Into
Shallow Water.
It Mee lark, .Tan. 25.—Cured of a.
Woken neck, Jamess Dunn, ,seventeen
(g'eaxws oed, of No• 555 West Fifty, -first
,prtroet, ylesterda;vj 'left the 3. Hood
Wright Bospital, where he had spent
• five motionless months, rigid in a.
platster cast and wit] heavy] weights
at hits head and feet, holding hire
I oda. immovable:..
Pbealcianss from all over New York
land several ,froni other cities have
I siesited the hospital to examine the
f bldy>c, 'w lio has survived an injury
{
watch has !tyem regarded as necea
Iw c{{sc�.a,,,r,,ily; fatal or ipermauently, disabl-
Young Dunn, however, has nothing
',but a Slight etiffne,ss of the neck
•t to showy for the several fractures of
rthe cervical vertebrae which made
his case look Hopeless wheat lie was
taken, paralyzed, to the hospital on
august 2nd, la03.
On that day tbe hey went swim-
ming at 155th street and the Norte
!liver. I3'e did riot know hos, slsal-
i
low tlee water was and leaping from
a spring board, dove head foremost
into three feet of water. his limp
and helplese 'body rose to the sur-
face in a fere, memento and was
drawn ashore by spectators, who be-
lieved him dead.
He wee; sent to tbe hospital, where
the physicians with difficulty kept
him alive while they performed an
operation on his broken neck. It was
found that three of the vertebrae lead
been crushed or chipped. But the
splintered bone was removed and the
fx•aeturee set. Teen the whole of the
upper 1»dy, neck and head were
placed in a. plaster cast.
Dunn was laid upon a table and
heavy weights attached to his head
and feet. He was told that to move
meant death. or permanent helpless-
ness; for him, and he became the most
patient person ever in the hospital,
the doctors say. •
Ile WAS young and growing, incl the
almost hopeless happened. The bones
knit, and when the plaster cast was
removed four weeks ago it was found
the boy was practically as sound as
ever. , I . t
AGAINST PROTECTION.
The l+'ree Food Lea- gue "electing at
Liverpool.
London, Jan. 25.—Ailment simultan-
eously. with; ills Chamberlain's expo-
, eitiou of his policy in the Guildhall,
the Duke of Devonshire and Lord
George Hamilton addressed at Liver-
foot an equally entleasiastie, if small-
. er meeting, which was hell under
tone auspices of the Unionist Free
Food League. The Nuke of Devon -
Share said he was coming more and
snore to believe the. the Govern-
; anent was right in advocating a eel-
; icy of retaliation against protection-
ist countries, but ww-itlu Premier Bel-
: four
3 1 -
four• allowing himself to he dragged
1 into the Chamberlain propaganda it
' would be ireroeeible for the Union-
: fists to maintain their alignment with
the Goveriinient before the country,
if it was cleeired to differentiate be-.
I tween retaliation and protection. He
b'aid•Itea feared the Chamberlain can -
',mission, representing the highly or-
ganized industries, would be able to
• prepare a tariff scheme whereby
Hear wou1:1 benefit, and that they
would bo able to force It on the
country to the detriment of the con-
sumer and the less well -organized
smea of actu rocs.
Ihc meeting rasseri a resolution
• declaring against a general l retec-
Live system.
KEPPEL'S DUEL.
!His Trouble With a Brother
Officer.
Landon, Jan. 2.1.—The Ilonorable
Sir Heart Kaapel, Admiral of the
fleet, who teed -.yesterday, in his
autobiography relates the circum-
; sta rceis Of 'the only: duel he ever
fought. It anorze out of the acciden-
tal ►3pi11in'.g of a glass of grog in
tee face of a brother officer, which
Keppel, when eabsequently in a
wayward inroad, pretended had been
intentional. An apology or sates -
faction was demanded, and the for-
mer not being forthcoming, a meet -
lag wars arranged. Describing the af-
fair, Sir Hamra says • "s I had been.
the aggressor, I. aid not wish to
I draw blood, but Held ,straight en-
ough to make my opponent believe I
meant buisiness. As the handkerchief
dropped alateten fired low and sprink-
led me with gravel. Our seconds held
couessel,and said lienor was satisfied.
I ;know I thought rso, but Hutton de -
reared for apology. or blood. On re -
.taking our plaoere I began to think
that 1 wound rather bleed Dirk CHmt-
Coln) than die mieeelf. When theliana-
rkerchlet tele 1rfeiiluigliit r Tian opot-
ted hixrit. Hie pistol missed fire. IQv
. ,ball went through the thick part of
Ills calx and T was craved a elfe's mis-
ery'. Seconds declined to load again
and rec tumended the neeeesary:
shaking e1 hands. H'at'ton stated
'that I should go to hi,m. I refused
tea
go niore than half 'way, which the
• seconds decided was just, and so end-
ed the affair. I think I ,raid 'leery
prayers more earneytiy 'that night
than ever I did before." ;
• THE BODY OF SCOTT.
it is Said That Mei Sunk it in the Red
!liver.
Winnipeg, Jan. 25.-11er 34, ycare
tho question has been asked in vain,
"When Thomas Scott was shot by
order of Louis Riel in the Red River
rebellion of 1809-70, where was the
body buried ?" It has boon gener-
ally believed that only Riel Icnrw,
what disposal was made of Scott's
body, and that when Mel was hang-
ed at Regina ea the penalty of incit-
ing the rebellion of 1.885, the secret
died with him. But old-timers have
never accepted such a theory, be-
lieving that others besides Itiel knew
the secret if they wanted to tell,
.and their ,surmise turns out correct,
for now, after 84 years of silence,
ane man who witncssod ,Scott's exe-
cution and the disposal of his re-
mains has told the tale.
'This man, who was ono of Riel's
affieens, is to -day a well-known
allanitobian, but there are reasons
iiehy his name should not be given.
Tho gentleman lx whom ho revealed
, the secret Is Roderick Mfacl+rarlane,
' formerly chief factor of the Hudson
Eley C nnprany, and a citizen of Win-
nig. Mr. MiacFarlane authorizes
;ihe Use Of his name! and is hopeful
that steps mag• be taken to estab-
lish the, authenticity of the story.
Mr. Maclearlane obtained the long -
sought information only yesterday.
When at the grave of Pierre Desch-
ambault he met ameng the people
there assembled his informant, who
was, as already stated, tape of Itiel's
officers, and who had be with him
in old I`ort Garry at the tine of
Scott's execution.
Bir. MacFarlane, it may be explain-
ed, •w,as at that historic period visit-
ing Chief Factor MlacTavish, whose
hour was within the walls of Fort
Garry. Rie1's confederate divulged to
Mr. 'MacFarlane that after Scott's
murder a gravelled been dug within
the fort and a coffin supposed to
contain the body lowered into it in
the presence of a battalion of Riel's
soldiers. Pmt 'ott's remains were
not in that coffin, the mock inter-
ment being but afuse of Riel, who
did not choose, to trust so many of
his followers with this knowledge,
and the evidence of has cruel crime.
So, after a mock interment, the
body was dragged by a few trusty
men to the bank of the Red River,
and at a point near where Broadway
bridge now ,stands was put through
a ]vole Ln thew ice and sunk by means
of a weight tied about the neck.
This weight was a Hudson Bay
grineat,>.n0. Mr. MacFarlane be-
lieves that are investigation will re-
veal title .grinrlstono and perhaps tbe
bones of poor Scott.
WAGES IN BRITAIN.
Returns for Year Show Decline Was
Comparatively Slight.
London, Jan. 25. --Returns show
that tllougtl the net result of
changes in wages during 1903 was
a. decline, the fall, measarecl by the
weekly loss to the working class,
was comparatively slight and con-
siderably less than in 1902. In 1901,
on tiie other hand, 1t was spread
over a large number of tracles.
Up to the beginning of 1903 the
fall was mainly due to depression
in coal mining, and in the iron,
steel and shipbuilding trades.
Throughout 1903 wages continued
to decline in those trades, spread-
ing also to the engineering glass
and clothing trades. But building
trade wages had an upward tend-
ency.
The influence of a depressed labor
market was seen in fewer trades
disputes, but, taking percentages
based on the number of workmen
involved in disputes, the balance of
success- appears to have 'been in
favor of the men,
OTTAWA CLUB BANQUET.
Lord Minae, Sir Wilrrid and Mr.
Borden Speak.
Ottawa despatch : The Canadian Club
movement, which began in Hamilton
some years ago and has spread to a
number of the leading cities of the coun-
try, received to -night the blessing of the
Governor-General, of Sir 'Wilfrid Laur-
ier, of Mr. R. L. Borden, leader of the
Opposition, and of Lord Minto.
"1 cannot hope thea I shall see much
of the development which the future has
in store for my country, but whenever
my eyes shall be closed to the light it
is my wish, nay, it is my hope, that
they shall ease upon a Canada united
in all its elements, united in every
particular element, cherishing the tradi-
tions of its past, and all uniting in elier-
ishinri still more hope for the future."
It was with these elequent words that
the Prime Minister to -night closed a
noble and c1ir:•nifad address to the Ot-
tawa Canadian Club.
Sir Wilfrid said in part: "Tor my part
I ventured to express a few weeks ago
the opinion that the time would come
when we would require our own treaty -
making power. I know too well the
occasion of the gathering to eater into
the diecusion of such a topic. I re -
feral to this matter only to say that it
has been asserted somewhere that the
concession of the treaty -making power
would mean the severance of the, colo-
nial tie. It is against that idea that
I wish to protest. In my estimation,
whenever the granting of power is neces-
sary to such a colony as Canada, as
Australia, as New Zealand, or any of
the great self-governing colonies of the
British Empire, to carry on their own
institutions according to their own laws
for the development of their own inter-
ests, instead of lessening, will simply
strengthen the ea which binds us to
the parent State. (Applause.) This bas
been the history of the past; it may be
the history of the future."
Mr. Borden was well received. Ile
declared he had no amendment to offer
to the general remarks made by Sir Wil-
frid Laurier. He did not, however, see
as clearly as the Premier did bow Can-
ada could make her own treaties inde-
pendent of Great Britain, though he ad-
mitted. that Canada must be consulted
in the treaties in which site was imine-
diately interested to a greater degeee
than she had been in the past. All
Canadians were fast realizing that Can-
ada's future was more and more linked
up with that of the empire.
DIES UNDER " RAGGING.
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Comrades of British Band Boy at
Cairo Inflict Fatal Injuries.
Alexandria, Jan. 25.—A seriont;s ease
of "raggiang" occurred among the
band boyis of the Second Battalion of
the Rifle Brigade in the Katir-Ntl
barracke be Cairo ore Sunday!. One
boy; was eoletinually being reported
ae slovenly and dirty; in 'person to
the adjutant, who adopted the fol-
lesvinlg extraordinary; means of cor-
rection. He ordered all the boyls to
undergo extra drill on account of
this ax,e tiroy's delinquencies, and in
consequence the bey: was subjected
to a barrack -room court-martial and
each rough usage and brutal mal-
treatment that he became unoon-
sciauls and died at the hospital from
hie injuries. The authorities have
been eampelled to order a court-
martial Krd the murderers. . ,
M'GiILL'S NEW DEPARTMENT.
Railways Rave Agreed to Contribute
$5,000 Apiece 'Yearly.
Montreal, Jan. 25.-4rrangementls
are being made by the McGill Uni-
versity authorities for the Inaugur-
ation of the new railway department
which is to be established int connec-
tion with the faculty of applied
science. It Is understood that the
sum of $20,000 is the amount re-
quired for the running expense. Of
this amount both the Grand Trunk
and the Canadian Pacific have agreed
to pay $5,000 each, yearly, and the
Canadian Northern will also contrib-
ute $2,000 as its share of the ex-
pense.
A request has been sent to the
Government, asking that it donate
a sum in the name of the Intercol-
onia.l. So soon as the yearly amount
mentioned is guaranteed, the univer-
sity will have only to furnish the
accommodation required. In this con-
nection, the detente of the curri-
culum have not as yet been settled.
It is known, however, that the
course will include instruction in
leveling, surveying, bridge making,
ballasting, track laying, and in all
other subjects with which a practi-
cal road' man should be familiar.
A PERTINENT QUESTION.
English Farmers are Asking How
Protection Will Benefit 'Tem.
London, Jan. 23.-3. W. Lowther,
M. 1'., speaking at Carl•sle, said that
the farmers of Norfolk and Suffolk,
where most of the corn of England
is grown, scouted the idea of laying
down a single acre more because of
a duty of two shillings upon foreign
corn. They had said that nothing un-
der seven shillings sixtence or ten
shillings would satisfy them. If they
were to substitute colonial meat and
corn for foaogn they would have to
compute with colonial earn instead,
and with Australian beef and New
Zealand mutton and Canadian beef
and mutton instead as now with' Ar-
gentina and Anter:can beef and mut-
ton. Suppose, t' ey did ehut cut foreign
corn and meat, how were the agri-
culturists of England to benefit ?
INTERESTS PRANCE OF WALES
Verdictof a Coroner's Jury indirect
Censure ol'Rem.
London, Jan. 25. --At Lambeth to-
day a coroner's jury returned a ver-
dict of accidental death in the case
of a woman wino fell downstairs. The
jury adeod that th landlord should
be eonte•e11ed to provide handrails,
the lack of which indirectly caused
the death. The landlord is the
Prince of Wake', and the house be-
longs to the Duchy of Cornwall. The
rent is fifteen shillings and sixpence
a week.
UNDER AN AVALANCHE.
C• $'. R. Track Wrecked West of
Leggett by aSnowsiide.
Winnipeg, en. 25.—Traffic on the
Canadian 1'aeifie Railway west of
Le glean, wit.: ccmL.etely paralyzed
ye,ste lav• Wind of an immense,
siroww ell to has reached Winnipeg. An
avalanche or ,snowy heft the mountain-
side come miles west of Laggan, at
a roust near Bear emelt, cradling
tale tumbling down the heleht and
carrying everything; before it. The
monstrous pile tore up the traces for
eteveral hundred feet and wiped away
the telegraph wires. So far as known
no one was injured, but trains are
greatly delayed.
1llanwanoth 111 a Glacier.
Vancouver, 13I C., Jan. 20. -Chas•
Runner, a well-known hotel proprie-
tor of Skagway, will head an expe-
dition next month to investigate a
report brought by Indians of the
finding of a well-preserved body of
a 'mammoth in a glacier northeast
of St. Michael. The Indians say the
body is 20 feet high, and the tusks
over .a feet thick. The report is
that Is 'was frozen solid and can
be removed in one piece.,
111,1ti8 aelear 9Netta$essY1a' eteallers
leerliir—Baron Won ivlannlicher, in-
ventor at the Miahlnldcher rifle, is
\dead.; 1 t ,.
Port said—Tile - Rnxislsian battleship
Auroira, tile transport Orel, the eol-
Iwer Slara'Liolff, and nine torpedo boats,
for the far east, have entered the
I4u1ez Ca xal, I , I ,
Toronto, Ont,—- The Master -in -Or-
dinary to -day, fixed Feb. 9• for hearing
argument in the Atlas Loan case as
to the priorityof debenture holders
over depositors.
'Rome—The P1ope has ilssued a per-
konal order transferring the elec-
tion of •bdeholpis who do not depend
on the propaganda from the special
comiandrision of cardinals to 'the con-
gre,gation ter the holy: office, of which
t he Pape its Prefects, 1
I3averh111,
Maes.—Ex-City Treasur-
er Jmo. A. Gainers, now,, ender indict-
ment ;by the Grand Jury, for alleged
em'bezelemexit ori the cittyPs funds, is
said to have admlitted that he had
Warted without au'thority', coun-
terfeit city Wade, aggregating in
-value, 0815,000, , tt t
New York—Cbar- leis M. Schwab has
made to the four first mortgage
bondbolderu, who are prepsthng the
action for a permanent receivership
for the 'United ,2lta,teis shipbuilding
Oompace , what its tantamount, says
the Times, to an offer releasing his
hold oet the Bethlehem steel property.
New,Yo2•k—Plaatrs formulated ; re -
have been adopted -unani-
mbnus15' by the committee on. grain
trade, recommending the esrt:ablish-
memrt of new grades, was approved,
after an addition, authorizing the
gradi!xig of western rye. The princi-
pal feature of the plan its the exten-
rsilon of the New York delivery: eye -
tem to Buffalo, s'o that that grain
can be delivered at that point run
New York contract. The recommeu-
dationts are to take effect on reb.
(list. , i , .
DIED AND GAME TO LIFE.
li rsr.rrected lean Tells of the Happi-
ness of Heaven.
Ilttrrlaburg, Ill., Jan. 25.—The clays
of miracles are not passed, according
to 'Chose Men:liar with the death and
return te'iife of Ulysses S. Roberts, a
citgarxnaker and pnysieian. He had
been affl.cted with consumption for
nearly a year. Top weeks ago Ills
condition boname worse, and a few
days later ,tie called his wife and two
children to his bedside, and, kissing
t hem good-bye, told them of the fast-
approap,1ung end. In the presence of
the family, his pastor, Rev. A. S.
Maxey, 01 the First Methodist .Epis-
copal Church, of this city ; Attorney
It. ti, Marsh, his family plays:clan ai;d
a number of 'reIn,tives, he died.
An undertaker was called. Twelve
hours had claesed since the spirit bad
left the b..dy, when suddenly the fee -
ere lying -en the cot smiled and open-
ed its eyes. !lir. Roberts then spoke
and asked them thw long he had
been gone, and, when told, he said :
"That's strange; it seems 1.0 me I
have been gone 1,000 years. I have
been in Ileav9n and I have bean
happy •"
He told of his meeting his father,
who had long preceded him, and
other relatives and friends. Many
questions were asked by the pastor,
tier. A. S. Maxey, concerning Heaven,
and the description given by him Was
wonderful.
"But," said he, "I have just seven
day's to ,remain on earth, wwiben I will
leave you until we meet up yonder."
W1,en asked by Itev. Maxey as to
how Jesus appeared, he said He was
most always happy, except at times
when He beheld this earth steeped
in sin: Reber is expressed a desire to
return to heaven, and, true to Nis
prediction, on the seventh day, and
at the very, hour named, he again
Med, I , , , . , , f t
BEAVERS FOR ST. LOUIS,
An Addition to Canada's Exhibit at
the Great Exposition.
Ottawa Jan. 25,—The Dominion ex-
hibit at St. Louis reemises to be an
excellent one. Several consignments
have already been mocked and slap -
pal, and others are being prepared
for able vent. The Cana Tian 'build-
ing is about two-thirds completed,
and will easily bo finitdi*ed for the
a;lmittance of the exhibits.
Another int•.:restieg . feature hue
been added to the exhibit which Can-
ada in sending. It will have a large
fancily of !.leavens. Those have all
been secured, and will be brought to
Ottawa Alertly before the final-ex-
babasare shli:pea.
GIRLS iN DANGER.
Mormon Missionaries Filling
Orders for Plural Wives.
Naw! York, Juin. 20.—What Ls con-
strued as a menace to the school
' girls in New York City has just been
revealed through information which
has reached a prominent educator in
a letter from $alt Lake City. The
revelation is that Mormon mission-
aries, :whose work has lately caused
so much protest, are paid for their
work teeter the return to Utah. It
ie said that $5 is paid for every girl
over 16 who becomes a convert, and
Gf the missionary succeeeds In "plebe -
lag" bee—using her to fill an order
for a plural wife-eshe is worth from'
$40 to $60 to lam.
This letter, which comes from a
man Who was formerly a Mormon
and who is closely allied in friend-
ship with the heads of the Mormon
Church, is in reply to questions on
existing conditions among the sect,
which the Now York Educator, lathe
interests of the schools, is now. in-
vestigating. The letter says—
"Every missionary gets so much
per convert—if he gots them to Utah.
Tho missionary makes from $800 to
$2,500 for leis term. I can point out,
at least 800 Mormons in Salt Lakel
City who have from two to five
wives. 'Plural wives are as much inl
vogue as they were :25 years ago."
CLAMORED FOR DIVIDEND.
Lehigh Valley Stockholders UrgeThat- '
it be Declared.
Philadelphia, Jan. 25,.— Sibdckhold-
ere bf the Lehigh .Vaileeyj Railroad
Coimlpan'y for three hearts to -day; cla-
mlored for a &videmd at the annual
meeting led the company. The poi -
ley: of the admdneetration was ques-
tboned, and intimations were
throtwin taut of ulterior motives on
the part of the officers be failing to
declare a dividend when prorfito ap-
peared to warrant. Strenuous op-
poeition was made to adopting the
annual report of the President and
directions becMi ,, of a clause aulhor-
i;zing• a general consolidation mort-
gage, securing $150,000,000 ixi
bolade. The report was adopted bel
457,767 Ishares inn `fawnor o11 and 1,-
711 agaimist. 1
A resolution urging the incoming
:board of directors to resume the pays-.
mean or dividende wase cedoiptted.
The companly has not declared a
dividend for eleven years. - ,
YiELDS TO THE EMPEROR.
Austrian Archduke Gives Up Marriage
to Professor's Daughter.
Vienna, J'an. 20.—It elate learned
to -night in well-informed circles that•
Arclii duke Ferdinand Charles has,
owing to orposltion of Emperor Fran -
Cis Josel:lig, giving up his project of
marrying b',rauicin Czuber. It Is said
that be consulted his brother, Arch-
fiuko Otto Francis, who privately ap-
eeote{:ed the Emperor in the mat-
ter. H'is Majesty refused emrirati_
Cally to give his consent to the met: -
Maze. Archduke Ferdinand Charles
finally renounced leis intention of
making the professor's daughter his
wife. 'Be will seek to forget the af-
fair in foreign travel.
ONLY PHYSICIAN ILL.
People of Grand Mar- ais Down 'With
the Diphtheria. •
Duluth, Minn., Jan. 20.—T.hesteamer
I3on Amt has arrived from Grand
Marais, on the north shore of Lake
Superior, with, instructions to not re-
turn without a. physician, and two or
three trained nurses. Diphtheria is
raging there, and the only physician
is critically i11 with• the malady. Fico
deaths have occurred in ten days anti
twelve other persons are sink. The
sick have been without medical atten-
tion since T:ursday. Dr. E. L. Cheney.
has wolunteerod his services, and one
trained nurse„ Emma, Boyd, has volun-
teered. Two more trained nurses are
expected before the steamer leaves
to -morrow morning.
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SCHOOL FOR RAILROAD.
Engineering and Transportation at
McGill College.
Maltreat ltreaI, J'an. 20.—McGi11 Univer-
sity, through Principal Paterson,
today announced that $12,000 had
been received for the establishment
of a railway department, or school
of railroad engineering and trans-
portation in general. The Canadian
Pacific and Grand Trunk both. do-
nated $5,000, and the Canadian
Northern $2.000. A request has been
made to the Government for a con-
tribution from the I. C. R. The sum
of $20,000 ie .required.
ANOTHER LITTLE WAR.
Britain Called on to - Chastise More
'Wicked Arabs.
Aden, Jan, 20,—Owilla$ tie the 'hos-
tile attitude of the Sdbhai trlbe,two
gums of the Oth Mountain Battery
are being attacked to the Boundary'
Commission, and the Aden Field Force
is being collected at Musemir, on the
Subhai border. The Subhai tribe can
muster 8,00) fighting men.
It ie only a fesw, weeks since an-
other Arab tribe, which plundered
the mails, was chastised. Several vil-
lages were destroyed by the British,
and fifty prisoners were taken. ,
GOT $IO DAMAGES.
London, Jan. 25,—In the cn.se of
Charlotte Jones, wife of Dr. Jones,
of llageraville, vs. the G. T. R. Corn-
pan•y, at the Assizes to -day, pla,ln-
tiff claimed $2,000 for wrongful
ejection from a train. Dr. Janes is axe
Indian, while 'bins. Jones is a White
woman, and they live on the Six Ka-
tona' reserve. The agreement oS the
railway' and the Six Natlonts,Indlans
in 1875 was that in consideration el
the cempanlvl being allowed to build
their line throttle] the reserve, the
railway' woluld grant trap portation
at half fare. Mrs. Jones claimed dam-
ages on account of her being refus-
ed and ejected. A verdict was re-
turned (for pontiff for $10 and
oo rt e. r ,
Deserving Confidence;—No article
so richly deserves the entire confl'
dense of the coinmunity as Blrowan's
Bronchial Troches, the well-known
remedy, for coughs and throat trou-
- tales., -_1 , . _ :.