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Home My WebLink AboutThe Herald, 1902-12-12, Page 64 b. a Y)TE CSR LIQUOR ACT STANTS AT 205,285, With Many Returns From the C unties Yet to Come in Total Vote Reported f - FOR 128,81re AGAIN ST 76,469 Majority For 52,346 Total Vote 205,385 t filoxonto, Dare, 5• the o Prohiai,tiouists orf tbe Province Won a decided victory in the vote or padslterday upon the 1iquoe act or 1902. phis morning ;the figures are so in- vcoanplete, owing largely to the im per,feat arrangements for collection, ]brat there is no method of aseer- itaining ,wltother er not the total yore cast ,Cor the act :will ibe suffi- pleat to ,put it into ,force, ,but it is ,hardly, ,expected that the requisite .,,total 'orf 212,723 votes ,will lbo aerial:Led. ,. T,lte returns received from all points rust ,till this morning give the total vote east as ,107,502 ,for the act and (From Friday's Daily Timers:) 65$63 against it. This is a ,major-' Sty of 42„1,89. The telegraph ,cam- ipa.ui.es state that .complete returns In most of lte constitueneies are not Included in this ,total; the ,bad con - Attlee: of the conntry roads haviug ,Padre i,t impossi,ble to gather the results of the vote last night. In the Constituencies. Constituency. For. Against. Addington- Brant, ddin.gton...Bran ti, S... ... ... ... ... 846 . 100 Brant, N...... ...... '. 631 354 Brockville... ..1,446 936 Bruce, C... .. ... 1,008 411 E•ruoe, S. ... ... ... 1,007 • 832 Brutze, N ...... ... ... 1;669 507 Cardwell... ...... ... 1,024 286 Carleton ... 648 543 Dufferin ... 2,511 - 309 Dundas ... ... ... ... -- -- Du rba.m, W...... 1,1 Durham, E... ... 1,4 ,Elgin E... ... ... ... 1,1 Elgin, W... ... ... ... 2,3 Essex, N..... . 504 Essex, S...... ...... 870 Frontenac... ... ....... Glengarry.- ... ... 739 72 Grenville. ... ... 719 A82 ?Grey, C...... ...... 469 55 '?Grey, N ... ... ... ... 1,390 665 Grey, S... .. ...... 656 502 Haidimand... ... ... 383 352 Halton- ... ... ... 1,150 735 .Hamilton, W... ... ... 1,664 1,805 Hamilton, E....» ... 2,265 ' 1,567 St. Ca,tizarines ......,, 760 Sault Ste. Marie ...... 600 Woodstock 802 Ingersoll • , 510 Owen Sound 852 Goderioh ' 890 Chatham • 678 Brantford ...., 1,856 Clinton t 254 G•ananoque ... • 319 Berlin 419 Pembroke • 337 Cobourg .. 376 Belleville 580 Ntipan ee 835 Waterloo ..... ... . . e.00 Toronto Junction . . 610 Barrie ,:. 476 London ... ... ... 2,818 Alexandria .., ... , 1112 Kingston ..: ... ... ... 11,483 Guelphs ....1 e.,082 Smith's falls ... 522 Whitby ..166 Petrolea ... ... ... -• 4,15 Du'nneillo ... ... ... 201 Renfrew ... 212 Fergus gus ... ... 1.32 Hamilton ... 3,907 Oslmev a ▪ 438 Ottawa .. 8,996 A.umora ... ... .:. 178 Dundas e. 225 Milton ......... ... 118 Sarnia ... , 591 Peterboro ... ... ... . 1,095 Stratford - .............774 Windsar 405 Sandwich! .. Counties \'ith Complete C'oostitneney. For. Brockville ' ... ... ...... 1,757 Wellington, W. ... ... 2,066 Peterboro, E. 812 Bruce, S. ... 1,60:3 Elgin, W. 2,635 Brant, N. .. 779 Wellington, S. 2,015 Middlesex, ...N. .. 2,002 Dufferie ......... ... 8,143 There is little change i:n the vote of totitres from yesterda , 982 5.29 585 393 , 552 283 , 658 966 179 202 1,131 308 276 605 le9 635 25 402. 2,522 161 1,575 714 ,164 97 207 81 128 72 3,872 13:5 4,6.i7 83 238 97 171 541 796 557 Maj. 153 .Returns Against. 750 618 3.051,259 1,488 423 1,153 470 369 9210,3 ures, and there are fesvn of the other 58 133 ' counties from which anything like 96 397 full returne have bees) received. 95 1,382 1,865 , 359 Hastings, W... ... 1,001 Hastings, N... ... 926 Hastia•gs, E:..... ... 880 ;Huron, E..... ... .... 113 Huron, S .. ..., 1,496 •Huron, Sir...... 1,413 Kent, IT ..• 45 -Kent, E.. ... ... ... 91 :Kingston .. ... ... 1,18 Lambton, E...... ... 1,07 T.et,mbton, W......... 1,68 Lanark, S .. ... 1,04 Lanark, N... ... 1,15 Leeds... ... ... ... ... 1, 21 Lennox... ...... ... 1,61 ?Lintxdn...... ... ... -- ' London... ... ... ... ... -- M'ddlesex, W. ... 1,354 532 .Middle_sex, E...... 1,249 5395 Ilfi1dlesex, N...... ;x59 204 Monk8-16 14:3 -Muskoka ... -- --- Norfolk, Si. 793 386 Norfolk, N. 3-32 155 Northumberland, W1,087 Nortlinmberland, E;1,638 Ontario, N. 1,713 Ontario, S. 886 Ottawa 3,996 Oxford, N. ... 1,513 Oxford, 8;. 1,918 Parry Sound 926 Peel 1,5,73 Perth, N. 1,432 Perth, S. .......872 Peterboro', W... ... 1,065 Teterboro', E. ... -- Prescott . 457 Prince Edward ... ..1,020 Renfrew, N. . ... 1,2.33 Renfrew, 3'. .,.1,105 'Russell ... ... 1,050 .,i.Simcoe, E. .. ... 2;0'0'9 laimcce, W. 327. Sirneoe, 0. ... -- Stormont ...1,245, fioroato, S. 3,843 Toronto, N. 3,757 Toronto, W... ... 4,424 Toronto, E. 2,581 Victoria. W. ...1,279 Victoria, E. 850 Waterloo, N. ..:1,074 ' Waterloo, S. .. 2,03,7 aelland ▪ 1,080 ,Wellington, W. ... 1,400 Wellington, E. ... 681: Y4elithgton, S. ... 2,06.11 Wentworth, N. ... 712 '4i entworth, 3. ... :York, E. 866 York, N. 1,808 :York, W. 1,108 ,Algoma•..... -.. Port Ar thnr ...... .312 Fort William 536 S. S. Marie 600 Nipissing, E .., -._ IQipissing, W. .,. -- 719 284 343 70 933 672 CHICAGO CHEMIST WINS FAME Freezes Liquid Sulph- ur. But That's Al! That Happens. Chicago, Dec. 9. -Dr. Alexander Smith, professor of general chemie- try at the University of Chicago, who has been devoting himself to experimenting with sulphur for sev- eral months, has succeeded in estab- lishing the fact, heretofore unknownto chemists, that liquid sulphur can be frozen art a certain temperature. Although the discovery has no commercial value, it is considered a chemical triumph. In other experi- ments in the way of analyzing sul- 6 130 266 Iain ,lawsaniitt wniehtas may ve ed much 3 1,575 influence upon its future practical 3 236 uses. He has separated the emcee - 5 484 phous, or solid, from the soluble, or 1 567 liquid sulphur, and learned many 3 ..01 facts of their natures under varied 1 56:".i conditions. 3 370 HORSE MEAT BANQUET. Berlin lbtntane Society to Dime Off aai )Aged Animal. Berra, Dec. 9.-Diatinguislied mem- bers of the Society for the Preven- tion, of Cruelty to Animals have been invited. to a horse meat dinner by 402 the Fleischer Zeitung, the national 275 organ of the German butchers, which 53 says it desires to measure the sin - 30.0 verity of the society in issuing its 1,617 recent •appeal to the public to eat 721 more horse meat, se as to be mer - 784 caful to animals unfit to 'work, which 399 wo:tld be relieved of their sufferings 576 if the co,nstunption of horse meat is 1,152 made more popular. 443 The Fleischer Zeitung has not yet 541 received any acceptance to• th'e in- - vitation cards, w=hich were gent out 1,072 on Saturday. The paper promises to 326 put as good a horse meat feast as 752 an accomplished cook can produce, 617 but the only material must be an 637 aged, rheumatic beret, well as the 1.039 society desires to emancipate. No 142 young colts will do. The date set for the dinner is Dee. 15. • 795 5,145 2,282 2,588 3,064 672 256 2,766 1,486 1,389 455 318 1,148 3.96 174 612 572 831 551 529 TO'talsi ... ...107,5502 65,868 How the Cities and Towns Voted TIn the cities and towels the total Vote cast was about two-thirds thou oast in the general eleetion of 1808. With the exception of London, St. Catharines, Ottawa, Belleville, Dun- dee, Kingston, Berlin, Waterloo, ;Stratford and Alexandria, the ma - its, i V in.oath town andk city was favor or tho Act. In several eon- a:.ituoneies, notably Chatham, St. hlhomas, and Brockville, the vote was eloso. Isere are figures: For. Againot. 11bronte 14,747 18,1:83 lin'ampton ... ............ 313 133 How nie sa vill a .:.,., .::... • 873 82, Wella tic) 193 103 Cornwall 42a 333 E)eockville 667 513 prillia. , 513 185 Mary's .... r 8011 155 Cincardino ( 181 168 76 tangerine �: tang ..,,:. '105 t1 o... As i '1'U1 m 951 8156 • BAN ON THE ORDERS. Further Action of French Govern- ment. Paris, Dec. 9.-Premeri Combos pre- sented in the Chamber of Deputies to -:lay a, list of 54: male religious orcler5 weieh the Government asks the Cht;tnber not to authorize. Hie announcement was accompanied by considerable disorder. As each or- der tvtie named the members of the Clerical Right party chanted, amid laughter, "Pray for ue l" >•i. Lasies, anti-Semite, shouted : "You look, at. Combos, as though you were saying year litanies." At M. Combed request the subject was referred to a committee. The list of unauthorized congrega- tions' submitted to the, Chamber in- eludes the English l'assionist fath- ers, thus confirming the statement a,.hat this order would bo among those suppressed. RUSSIAN BEAUTY JAILED. Deserted by Husband She Blinds Him. With Acid. Vienna, Dee. 0.- Byfka Offenbach, Russian adventuress of extra,or- dinare beauty and daring, bas just been sentenced to 'three years and a half in prison here for blinding nor former lover, Rubin • Stamo- elez. the ran, of a wealthy merchant of Lore, Poland. Ryfka ran away with Rubin, wbo hand staler: a large lathe from her fa- ther: :When the money was gone Ito - bin deserted her, and she blinded bine with su'ipurie acid. She was sent 4o Siberia on a life sentence, but, by lnr.'tking love to a Whole series of officials, she escap- ed, area, after extraardinarr adyen- tures, reached Carlsbad, where she feet iep as a reigning beauty. The IRue:elan police discovered her, and In order to escape them, she suddenly married an old beggar at Lemberg, thus becoming an Aus- trian subject, She left the beggar immediately after marriage, and m- me'diately resumed her oareer ie Carlsbad ; but Rebhr's brother got her arrested, and she has been sen- tenced to prison in. Austria. Among her admirers, it is now said, were an archduke, and two German prinoes,who made ever7 exertion' to get her free. A Bungarian nobleman of great wealth, dazzled by her beauty, has written her that she can, go to hitt when released and he Will marry her. Re galls her not only the must beautiful creature tilting, but a heroine. , , M011SE IN NEB HAT. A *Many Stockinged Com- motion in a Car WHEN THE NEST FELL OUT. Newark, Deo. 9. - A woman who thought she would wear her last winter's hat just ono more •season caused ruct;on,s the other day in a Clinton avenue trolley car. Before starting downtown for her shopping she went to the attic and dragged out the old hat and put it on with- out a •close inspection. Then site boarded the car, In which there was nothing left but standing room. All the passengers except. Sergt. Brown, of the Fourth street edifice, and a small bay were women. And of course they all spotted the new comer's fiat nod knew* its vintage at a glance. "She's a parlor trick lady," end- denly exclaimers the small boy to his mother. "She can move her bonnet without sitaking her head." The bonnet was surely wobbling a little and there was also an uncanny upward movement. The boy's mother called the attention of her neighbor to the moving hoot, and the word passed down the line of seat, so ev- erybody was more or less prepared when the real calamity came. That was wheel the passenger, suspeeted of being a. parlor trick lady, felt something herself and began to wriggle. A moment later she shriek- ed and then she threw last winter's hat on the floor of the car, thereby releasing five small, but very lively mace that had been torn in the hat and might have been raised in It if the woman hadn't tried to make it do for two winters. There were twenty women in the car, and no two of them wore the same color. or design. in stockings, es Sergt. Brown discovered when they all jumped upon the seats and began to scream. He had hall a mind to call out the reserves, but the car was going too fast to get help then, so the sergeant fell to alone to slaugh- ter the mice and save tate women. He billed four of the beasts on the floor of the car and caught the fifth as it was shaken down on a seat, from an elevation to whiet it had climbed, and despatched it with his club. Tlie woman who had causal the ex- citement left the car at the next corner, and woe last seen going into a millinery store. HALF ARE COUNTERFEITS. Startling Statement Regarding; Amer- ican Silver .[Dollars, Wa,sbington, Dec. 9. - The state- ment was made at a meeting of the Chamber of Commerce by Fran- cis 0. Moore ethat of 80,090,900 silver dealers now in c rculualten, it is tvitliilr the realm of possibility that not less than 40,000,000 are count erfeta Mr. Moore predicted this state- ment upon a report made to )rim by the president of one of the leading banks to this city that of 350 sil- ver dollars turned into the sub - Treasury by the institution of which he is the head, no fewer than 170 were confiscated by the GOv- ernment as being counterfeit. Mr, Moore's rem•.nrlcable state- ment acme as a .protest to the re- port of the Committee oo finance and Currency, to which had been referred the question of suggesting measures that would tend to pro- vide against a money situation such with as we. have had recently to deal BURIED BY WOMEN. AWomain Said. the Prayer, and a Wo- man Preached. Ohmage, despatch : A core,m;ony unique among funeral services tvaz perforated at Roeeleill to -day, when the body of a woman was laid to rest by a party of her women friends. A woman said the prayer, a woman spoke the words or eulogy over the bony and consigned "dust to dust" at the open .grave. Only one tan stood in the throng of mourners. IIe was the son of the woman in the casket, but he took no parr in the simple rites. It was the funeral of Mrs. ] liza Jane Oliver Monahan, who died at 90 years of age, the daughter of Captain Joseph Oliver, of the Conti- nental Army in the Revolutionary War. Following her last wish, she was buried as stated. 100,000 MORE IN THE WEST. Population by End of 'Year Will Thus be fi tgmcnted. Winnipeg, elan., Dec. D. - The re- ports issued oy the Donta.n]oe Immi- gration Department indicate that the population of 11anitab:a, and the Territories will by the end of tbe present year have augmented by fully 100,000 soula From Tanuary to October 81 the number of immigrants registering at Winnipeg was 64,085. • TTno returns for November have not yet iaeon completed by the authorities, but it is estimated that the number will bo in the nel barhoerl of 5,000, �gb' , making a total of 69,000, with .'an- other,itnont.h a•. arrivals to be added. These figures do not, however. show .the total arrivals. The officers were wont to estimate that fully 25 per cent. of the immigrants were of the independent class, and do not regis- ter, at the. Immigration Office, this percentage i:s therefore added to the net total, MODERN KNIGHT ERRANT, Foiled in '[lis Ell'orts to Rescue Prin- cess LOuise Froin Asylum. Buda Pesth, Deo. 9. --Tine evening papers report that Lieut. Kegle-. vich has made a bold but unsuccess- ful attempt to rescue Princess Louise of ['diburg from her Linden - hof Asylum, near Dresden, Several years ago Lieut. Keglevieh eloped with Princess Louise, who is the wife of Prince Philip of Coburg, and a daughter of 'the King of the Bel- gians. The runaways. were caught and the Princess was placed in the asylum. Lieut. ICeglevioh was con- victed of having forged .the name of Princess Stephanie, sister of Princess Louise, and using the money thus obtained in gratifying the extravagant tastes of Princess Louise for dress and jewelry, and was sentenced to four years' im- prisonment. After obtaining his re- lease, Lieut. Reglevich declared that Princess Louise was perfectly sang, and that it would be his life's work to rescue her. Lately he went to Dresden, and watched the asy- Ium. He met the Prince'ssj out driv- ing, and 'bribed her attendant to help there. Having arranged a plan of fight, the Princess returned to Lindenhof, promis]mg to meet the lieutenant the next day. The at- tendant, however, betrayed the se- cret to the proprietor of the asy- lum, who took measures to prevent the flight of his charge. Lieut. Keglevich, upon learning of this, returned to Buda Pesth to con- sider new plans for the rescue of the Princess.. The Balloon Theory Should be abandoned, ONE HUNDRED MILES AN HOUR. London, Dec. 3. -Sir Hiram i1axim, of the firm of 'Vickers, Sons aMaxim, will sail shortly far the United States, where he Inc ends to remain for about two years, pi -lineally to try by breathing his native air (he re a native of Maine) to cure a trou- blesome throat complaint, the re - suit of an attack of bronchitis and laryngitis six months ago. The see - oratory object of hes visit is to pro- secute experiments with the view to the building a flying machine. He contemplates making an experiment- ing ground in Connecticut, or on Long Island. Sir Hiram believes that the era of successful flying machines, with which he has made many experiments, is very near, a:l- tl:ough much work will be necessary before free high flight is practicable. He adheres to his often expressed view that the solution of the prob- lem will not be found in lighter -than - air machines. He says that a major- ity of the present experimenters, numbering about a hundred, are working on the balloon theory, but h•e is convinced that inventors have Dome to the end of their tether in that direction. He does not think that anyone will do better than San- tos Dumont, who is entitled to every credit. He has done much better than the French Government experts under Col. Renard and his brother, Major Renard. A successful machine, Sir Iliram maintains, must travel fast -at a speed, incleecl, which would • tear any balloon to pieces. The mini- mum speed of a true flying machine *III have to be 12 miles an boor, and the maximum 1.00 miles. The t0 e 1)0 e that speeodf 'probably neressll train Stir Hiram adds that if he does not build a machine himself lie may be- come a consulting engineer on the subject at •the St, Louis Exleibl- tion, although if he competes for tate prizes offered by the exhibi- tion menac;ement .11 is obvious that he will not accept an offloial posi- tion. Sir Hiram will sail im about a fort night . Aeronauts Reconciled. Paris, Dec, 9.-A reconciliation leas been effected between , the Acro Club and Santos -Dumont, the well, known aeronaut. Ire, Count de la Vaulx, another aeronaut, and M. Deutsch, tire donor of the prize of 100,000 francs for any aeronaut who could sait around the Eiffel Tower in a diri.giblo airship, were guests of the club at a dinner to- night. and received m.oads in re- cognition of their efforts to con- quer the pr'oblome of air. Santos Dumont is preparing to renew iris experimente. C. P. R. WAGES INCREASED. Conductors and Firemen Get Fifteen Per Cent. Increase. • Montreal, Dec. 8. -Two thotmand entp ogees+ of the 0: P. 1±., comprising all their conductors, trainmen and yardmen east of Fort William, were granted increased wages to -day. The advances reach well up to 15 per Cent. The lncredses were granted by the company alter negotiations cov- ering a period of over sax weeks, with a joint committee of the Order of Railway Conduotors and the Brother- hood of Railroad Trainmen. Passenger conductor's north of Lake Superior will receive $125 • a month lust'ead of $.108. On liners east of the lake the in- crease is from $100 a month to $110 and 5:115. . I'assezlger• oonducl:ors on branch liners will 0e paid $90 instead of 580 a mon. . T.itrothagh freight conductors, who were paid. 52.75` par hundred mile% will receive $2.90. Through :freight brakemen are in- creased eight cents per hundred mimes, making the rate $1.95. The increase on way freight trains is about tan per cent. all round. Baggagemen receive an eight per cent. advance. Their wages will range frons $53 to $70 a month.' Yardmen's wages are advanced about fifteero per cent., making them the best paid in eastern Canada. In the large yards foremen will receive 25 cents an )tout, and others 21 cents, In the smaller yards• tbe rates will be: 28 and 19 cents. - Roughly estimated, the increases will aggregate as, quarter of a mil - nen: doliare. • COAIL STRIIU3 INQWRY IIAS RESUflD BUSINESS. Several Witnesses for the V6lliers i1ake Their Statements. Scranton despatch : 'the proceed- ings of the Coal Strike Inquiry yesiter- diny. were of a more or less desultory character. Six: witnesses were on the stand during the two sessions. They were President Mitchell, two photo- graphereS two miners, and the wife of a miner. Mr. Mitoheai was on the stana far a short time only, and was galled to show that a 20 pee cent, in- crease) i.n wa,r es deal not mean a cor- responding increase in the price of coal. Tie pnotograllhers produced photographs they had taken of the canes of mineworkers is, the Hazel- ton, region, which territory was un- der investigation to -day. W. la. Dettry, President of e, local union, said the men working for Coxa 13ros. are paid an average of $7,20 a week, and all contract miners are re- quired to• stay in the mines front 7 aw nx. until 3 p. m., whether or not they have enough cars to 111.1 with coal they have mined. He said a black list exists at the Cote mines and that he was on it for nine inonths, be- cause he refused to work a breast which netted hire only $3 a week. He also coneplained of the docking sys- tem. In the examination of Dettry, enc. Darrow brought out the statement that the Coxe company had refused to re-employ upward of 400 mon kil- ted the strike was declared off. This number was subsequently reduced by the company consenting to take back some of the men at first barred. Mike 7iiddlick, a Hungarian minor, testified that he earned about $21i0 last year. Ile also complained of the docking system. He submitted his wage statements for the last year or more, which showed the largest am- ount of money he received) for any two weeks to have been a little more than' 81:5. Mrs. Mary Boland, the wife of a nailer. was the last witness. She told a general story of poverty and said the money earned by ber husband was not sufficient to keep her family ofseeven children in good health. Will Hasten Matters. :Mere were no developments this, morning looking toward a 'settle - merit outside the anthracite commie. Sion. Rumors of peace aro still cur- rent, but none of the attorneys on either side profess to brave any in- for•inatioa on the .subject 'The com- mission threatens to adopt rules, which will hasten matters, if the at- torneys for both sales do not agree on some speedy method of presenting the statistics and other data re- lating to wagers. The lawyers have 1,eid 'sever'al conferences, and it is likely brat they will soon home to some unclersta,n<ling. Bill to Pay Arbitrators. Washington despat t : Tho House passed the hill to appropriate $50,- 000 to defray the expenses of the anthracite coal strike commission and then adjourned .until Friday. Ta,sre was some criticism of the • 'feature of the hill allowing double salaries to members of the coinmis,- sion now in tho employ of the Gov- ernment, and also becaulse the bill left the amount of the compensation of the members to the President, but all amen.dments'were voted down. The hill was passed without; division. MY. 'Griffith (Inc].) offered an amendment to provide for the payment of the expenses of Jahn• Mitchell, the President of the United Mine Workers. He ex - toiled the ,service of Mr. Mitchell in bringing the ,strike to an end. Mr. Cannon pairs a high tribute to Mr. Mitchell, who, he said, was a fellow citizen of Illinois, but said he did not believe Mr. Mitchell would endorse melt a "cheap John" pro- position. Tho amendment was voted A DRAUIIT OF DATII POR MiED MERCIIANT. Suspicion That Poison Was Placed in Bottle of Beer. New York, Dec, 9. -An inve ltegat:on by the coroner into the sudden death 'last week of George F. Leyh, a wealthy manufacturer in Brooklyn, has developed considerable of a mys- tery. The investigation is proceed- ing. Leyh was over 70 years of age and is said to have possessed an es- tate of more than $700,000. It was Itis custom to eat lunch in the rear of his place of business. With his daughters ho made his home in apart- ments above. On Tuesday the lunch- eon was brought as usual and Leyh went into tate cellar for a bottle of beer. He took it from a case con- taining twenty bottles. On taking off the top he found the beer flat, but drank part of the glass. It tasted bad, and he called to the office boy, whom he asked to taste the beverage, which, lie saikt was bitter. The boy put the glass to his lips and said the same. Leyh arose and started across the room.. Suddenly he fell, and died in twenty, minutes. The doctors found that his death pr'oba'bly was caused by a strong irritant poison. At first it was be- lieved the stuff had been placed in the bottle for sefe-keeping, and that Leyli, had taken the fatal draught by mistake, hut a study of the whole affair is said to have convinced the coroner that the tap of the bottle lead been taken off and a large quantity of poison was poured into the beer. The beer that rem,ained in the bottle and the glass used showed a quantity of sediment. An autopsy will be performed and the contents of the bottle analyzed. to ascertain the mature of the poison. . DEATH IN THE STORM. Vessels Wrecked and Their Crews Lost. 'Hatteras, N. C., Deo. 8. -The ob- server of the - Weather Bureau re- ports that the four -masted schooner Wesley H. OIer• went ashore near Hatteras Inlet life-saving station early ihie morning during the storm. She was pounding in the surf about WNW a utile off shore until 8.20 a.m., when the foremast went over, carrying overboard the last man. Almost im- mediately she went to pieces. The life -.saving crew could do nothing to slave tite crew. No bodies have wash- ed ashore yet. - Yonkers, N. Y., Dee. 5. -During tite storm to -day several barges that were being towed up the river broke adrift, and one of them sank. Three brothers were on the barge that na.nk. One was drowned and the two others were found on the beach in an unconscious condition. Kingston, N. Y., Dec. 5. --Blinded by the driving snow, Bessie ,Nickson, aged fourteen, walked into Rondout Creek and was drowned to -day, while returning home with her little broth- er from a' More with supplies for the family dinner.. NEW RAILWAY PLANS. Western Road Via Ontario to Buffalo, Dec. 8. The incorporation in tide State of the Niagara Transfer Company, of Buffalo, to construct a steam railroad between Tonawanda and Buffalo, and the application filed at Ottawa by the Niagara Grand Island Bridge Company for an oaten-. Sion of time, in wh.oh to complete its works, taken in Oonnectien with the fact- that Canadian eng,neers have been making a survey of the land on the Canadi:en side of Niagara River, opposite the north end of Grand Island, have given rise to many ru- m,ors, It is !hated that it westernT road will seek e:trance to Buffalo thorough the Province of Ontario, that a new bridge will be built across the Niagara :River at Tonawarida, and that the Niagara Tranefer Rail- way wilt be. the connecting link with an eastern road. A special to the Ex- prese from Tonawanda .says: The Niagara Transfer Railway will con- nect with it road which the Northern :Paelfio contemplates building aserders Grand Island to Tonawanda. NEWS IN BRIEF ? a q areti CANADIAN. Onrt. 14Lr. Oliver 3fc0lary died at London, 1 Mr. C. C. Robinson has entered the Toronto alayora]ty contest. The five Toronto men charged with personation were remanded a week. Local Government officials must in future give guarantee companies' bond;si Queen's University trustees rati- fied the appointment of li,ev. Dr. Gor- don) ars Principal, Edward Walker, a London milk - nein, was arrested on a charge of personating in the referendum vote, H. Bremner, the prisoner in the To- ronto Junction shooting affair, was Sentencedpenitentiaryto.. fifteen years in the Mr. W. T, Jennings will report to the next Toronto Council meeting on a general system for the entrance of r'a,dia,l rail way% l• the County Court, deputy .clerk of the Crown, and registrar of Surrogate for 7laldim,and county. At Orgoorlo Hall on Friday, before Justices Street. and Britton, argil - anent was heard on two charges of :hiring rigs against Dsreald 'Sutker. land, Conservative el. P. P. far Soutar Oxford. judgment was eeserved. BRITISH. &ND FOREIGN., Intense cold pievalts throughout Great Britain. The education 'hill passed its sec- ond reading in the House of Lars. The 'Cuban ,house of 12epreseuts- tives ;will probably reject the pre -- posed ,treaty tvit7i the United 1S1atua T,,he State of Illinois has declare.:d a cattle� Ont quarantine ainst 0 at•iaW Q,aelbec, Pennsylvania, and Now York, as Well as the New England States. `Ilhe ;British Board or Agriculture harp intimated its :willingness to re - Move the embargo on cattle terrivin ,from New, Euglancl ports w,benevr•, the Amerman' Department of rtgrieul,• turapressed. considers the outbrraaak is sap - The things ,we are going to do are generally ;tire things we ,b,r,ag a,bo t. moat at:•