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DiY IN DRIEF
Yorkshire Miners' Strike
Spread;ug Rapidly.
ROOSEVELT SAFE
is
New Yol'k's Police Com
missioner Has Rtsigncd.
The Ontario 1 lydro-Electric Com
11119,1011 nr.y be reconstructed.
Sarnia is to be known as "'I'lh(: Bea
colo Uity,' and has adopted the slogs.
"Sarnia lights the Way.'
The Frencit torpedo boat, No. 358
struck a reek near Cape Larder an
sank. The crew meta rescued,
n
u
Reports reach Manana, Brazil-, that
Col 'Theodore Roosevelt and his party
are safe and on their way to 01anaos.
J. C. Dale & Co's. private bank In
Madoc closed 1lc doors, announcing
that depositors wool(' be paid in full
in ton ilyi.
Robert Gibson .McArthur, Governor
of Lanbtcnt county jail for nearly
twenty-five years, died of appendlci-
lls aged 66.
Paul, Hayes, the German novelist,
is suffering again from inflammation
of the lungs and is In a critical con-
dition at Munich.
Police Commissioner Douglas 1, Mc-
Kay, of New York, sent kis resigna-
lien to Mayor Mitchel, to take effect
not later than April 15,
The strike of Yorkshire mi'0re is
spreading more rapidly than had been
cspected. 'There are now between 100,-
(4ll and 150,000 men out,
Tho proh(bitiou against sending
money in unregistered letters will be
ruodified to p-uuit amounts not ex-
ceeding $i to he sent.
Joint Marr, a well,knowa wholesale
grocer of LonJon, died suddenly, he -
big taken ill on his tray with kis wife
and some friends to Commander Ev-
ans' le(ture.
The, Western federation of Mines
at 4 district meding at Calumet,
331irh., decided to continue the copper
strike indefinitely and to suply Dents
to any families evicted.
.1 death Hanna, a farmer of Kinloss,
while repairing a windmill got his
clothing caught in the machinery, but
held on to a post while his clothes
were torn from his lady.
Fire, which broke out, in Cheever'e,
been hinde•y, on th1 third storey of
the ',ietropolita1 Bank building,
Guelph. di'; over $1,000 damage before
was get under control.
Stonl1y Snol1 ng. rolsnerly of-Bratnt-
�1fol'o, reported to hove_ been killed 111 a
motoring accident at Sodom's a couple
of ns nnee, is new said to ho align
and 10011, 111' 1(1(11 8001(10111 hating tak-
en place
The rami oecnrred In Montreal of
J. B. ry:silkiei, fast Grand Master of
the Quebec Grand Lodge, A. F. and
• A.L and Past Grand Regent of the
-Royal Arcanum. lie was a director of
The Montreal Star Publishing Com-
pany.
'Tilt imperial naturalization bill for
unifying the law, relating to natural -
tied subjeetr, thr1u rl:out the Empire
has had a third reading in the House
of I o.Io, and special facilities will be
extended rot' expediting th_t measure
through the, lower 1louse,
'Micro are fiftyChinese in the !no-
migration quarters of the (1. P. R, at
the Windsor Statical, Montreal wait-
ing for the first ship ',which, touching
at Now York, w111 take them to Ja-
mal'a, where they will work of the
sugar and coffee plantations.
"Theo the God," known to the 1101100
of two Continents Inv Francs -IS C
Wright, alias 1)utto11 Jackson. was
placed in the charge of the Immigra-
tion atithorities to he deported to the
iJnited Slntesee. ile 10111 in all profia-
bility he escorted to ).011 Angeles,
(1horo he alleges his father and bro-
ther live,
WORKERS' HOUSE'S
/Mr. Lloyd -George's Secret
Committee Makes Report.
Loudon, April 6—The secret land
enquiry committee, appointed by Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer Lloyd -George,
issued another report to -day recom-
mending that the local authorities
throughout Great Britain he compelled
to provide houses for workers in urban
areas and promote transit schemes,
It recommends also that the Govern-
ment should insure a minimum wage
and regulate the labor market with a
view of decreasing the hardships of
casual employment, Other recommen-
dations deal with compulsory purchases
and leasing of land. it is proposed
shat: the expenditure be met by Im-
Serial taxation to the extent of $25,000,-
500 and a local rate 00 site, values.
NOT FOR ULSTER
Mysterious 'lilt, Shipment
Was For Venezuela,
3.8ndol, April \ccording to the
Hamburg costs - dent of the Daily
,flail the own''r of the Getman steam-
er from w'bich the 'tug() of rifles, 560
tons, was transferred yesterday to the
steamer Fanny, off the Island of
Langeland, batt the cargo was for a
South Amor-can port.
It was believed here that the rifles
were intended for the Ulster volun-
teers, but later reports were that the
munitions were purchased by agenta
of Cimino, De tro, the exiled Presi-
dent of Venezuela.
NEW CHIEF OF STAFF
Sir Charles Douglas Suc-
ceeds Sir John French,
London, April 6—Premier Asquith
has appointed (len. Sir Chas. Douglas,
Inspector -General of the home forces Many of Crew Perished on
since 1912, to succeed Field Marshal
Sir John French as Chief of Staff. ice Floes.
MANY LIVES 1081
The Sealer Southern Cross
(Does Dowr.
Gen. Sir Charles W. Ii. Douglas,
G. C. Il., was born in 1850. He served
with the Gordon Highlanders In the
Afghan war, 1879.80, and with the
same regnnent in the I3oer war of
1880-81. In 1884 he served in the
Suakin] expedition, and next Haw
active service in the South Africaun war
(1890-1000), in the closing period of
which he commanded a "'Attain of all
arms. Ile has 'held Important com-
ands in 1110 old country since.
SOME BIG MONEY
Canada's Total Trade Ex-
ceeds a Billion.
Increase About $60,000,000
Over Last Year.
Ottawa Despatch—Although final
flgnres giving the trade of Canada for
the fiscal year just ended will not be
available for some two or three
weeks yet, tine indications are, from
the returns now in, that t)lo total
trade for the twelve months will be
in the neighborhood of $1,145,000,000,
an increase of about $60,000,000 as
compared with the preceding and fis-
cal year. Imports will shorn a de-
crease of something over $30,000,000,
while exports will, it is expected, show
an increase of nearly $90,000,000. Al-
though the total trade for the year will
show a substantial increase, this in-
crease is almost entirely due to the
first :Half of the year, and does not
compare favorably with an increase
in trade amounting to over $210,000,000
during 1912-1913, as compared with
19111912.
During the last few months of the
present fiscal year -there has been a
very marked falling off both in Im-
ports and exports, figures for Febru-
ary showed a decrease of. $14,401,754,
or over 25 per cent„ In imports, as
compared with February of last year,
while exports decreased $2304,080, or
about 10 per cent. The March figures
are not expected to show mucin im-
provement, and the total trade for the
month will probably be ,ohne $15,000,-
000 bmm11d the trade of the preceding
Mar0h. "
The customs revenue for the year
toil 011010 a decrease of approximately
$6,000,000, as compared with' the pre-
ceding fiscal ,year,
a a
40,000 MEN OFF
Through Retrenchment Pol-
icy of Pennsylvania Ry.
Philadelphia, April 6 --In pursuance
of the retrenchment plans made pub-
lic lastweek, the Pennsylvania Rail-
road yesterday annulled 1.18passenger
trains on the lines east of Pittsburg
and Erie, and 0 large number on the
western lines. The 118 trains dlscon-
tinned on the eastern lines include
the 62 specifically' named in the orig-
inal announcement, and others form-
erly operated in connection with
them, and in addition to the 26 dis-
continued 001n5 weeks ago,,when cut-
ting down in passenger service first
started.
The financial saving on the eastern
lines, it is estimated, will run close
to $2,000,000 per year, should the
curtailment be in force that long. On
the western lines, it is roughly cal-
culated that the economies will ef-
fect a saving not greatly, dissimilar.
About 500 employees in this city
were furloughed yesterday for various
periods, and it was said the number
of men already under suspension, and
those to he laid off within the next
month '100010 total 25,000 on the lines
east and 15,000 west of Pitibnrg.
MAY VISIT CANADA
If Bondsmen For 1-31tr Sum
Give Consent.
New York, April 6 --The United
Slates Circuit Court of Appeals issued
an order to -day granting Albert Free-
man permission to go to Canada for
two weeks, providing he could get the
consent of as 111011y of his bondsmen
as represented $60,000 of his $150,000
bail bond.
Freeman was convicted with Julian
Hawthorne and Dr. \Vii1lan J. Mohler
of using the nails to defraud in the
sale of bogus ;pining stocks. The other
two men served their terms 4n jail,
but Freeman, who was sentenced to
five yea's, was granted a retrial. He
wuuts to go to Canada on business in
conncetfol with the silver and iron
porting companies whose stocks he
was convicted of selling. iie says that
his trip may lead to the rehabilitation
of the companies and eventually to his
own vindication.
An interesting feature of the situa-
tion is that Freeman, once in Canada,
11000 not return if he doesn't want to,
as mail fraud cases are 1101 extradit-
able.
If you wish laundered lace to look
nice, iron it while quite damp, with
cheesecloth over it.
St, John's Nfd„ ;Report. —nest's'
bus overtaken the sealing steamer
Southern Cross and her crew of 107
men. Fifty of the men have died fro{((,
exposure in 0 furioua blizzard. wig
others are dying.
The steamer Newfoundland artivod
here to -day, with some survivor]
of the crew of the Southern Cro8a1
which was caught in the ice, while
returning front the sealing ground%
1 -ler crew were adrift ort ice flogs 000
48 hours, suffering terribly. Many'
of them are still missing, and other
vessels 1 aro
searching for them. D
100 c brought in by tho Newfound-
land, fifty were either dead or dying;
witch the ship reached port.
FURTHER DETAILS.
St. John's Nfld, Despatch—Thes
steamer Newfoundland come into port
to -day with a story of disaster to the,
sealing steamer Southern Cross ands
her crew of 170 men. The exact losd:
of life is 1101 known, but it is believed.;
that practically the whole crew per'.
!shed after the Southern Cross had
been crushel and sunk in the ice oft
Cape Race•
The Newfoundland picked up fifty
of the crew, the greater number al-
ready dead, and other dying, from the
tossing ice flues, to which they es•
caped when their craft went down,
Those who survived were able, in
their weakened condition, to tell but
little of the wreck, and the probable
fate of their fellows, Ships were at
once despatched in the hope of find
in gather survivors or ,scover•ing
more bodies.
The sufferings of those found by
the Newfoundland beggars description.
For 48 hours they were adrift on ice
floes, while a furious blizzard swept
over then, The Southern Cross had
completed an unusually latgecateh In
the Gulf of St Lawrence, Her holds
were filled with sealskins, and her
decks were plied high with trophies
of 1.110 cruise,
The steamer also carried a orow
greater by one-third than she had
signed for her former trips, as the
sealing was reported to be unasuallY
good and a large bonus had been of-
fered by the owners. 'Title unusual
load added to her difficulty when she
encountered the storm and ice.
The Southern Cross was reported off
the southern coast on Sunday and
ought to have reached here last Tues-
day. As near as can be learned site
W1113 rounding Cape Race when rho ran
into an immense field of drift ice from
tine Labrador coast, and about the
same tiro" a blizzard enteloru'd the
ship, cutting off oh •crvaton. ,1'ot long I
alter the sealer was caught between
Iwo ice floes, which crushed her plates
like cardboards. The crew had just
time to tumble over the side onto the
slippery ice 011110s 1011011 ilio steamer
dieappeered.
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MURDER
MURDER CHARGE
Must Be Faced By Mont-
real Alleged Bandits.
Montreal Repert—Arthur Foucault,
driver of the death sleigh from which
the Cote des Neiges bandits fired upon
and killed Constable Bourdon three
weeks ago, and J00011 Beauchamp,
one of the alleged fan0lts, will be
tried for the murder at the June 100111
of the King's Bench, while Mrs. Beau-
champ, wife of the last-named ac(u0-01,
who was charged with receiving stolen
gods, goes free.
Counsel for Beauchamp to -day made
on effort to have the confession given
by his client to the detectives when Ile
was arrested thrown out of court. The
Magistrate held, however, that ,the
police were justified in questioning
prisoners after giving 1110111 fair w'a'n-
ing. .
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WARSHIPS SOLD
Four Famoue British Vessels
Now Out of Date.
Montreal, April 6—The London car-
rnpondent of the Daily Mail cables:
,Pour superannuated British 101(0 -
ships famous in their clay, were sold
by auction yesterday to the highest
bidder. , The most notable •wns the
battleship Renown, which had scrotal
duties upon the public interest. 'For
fine or six., years she has played the
unheroic role of training sl._p for
stokers at Portsmouth, but when in
1`'95 the Rencwr was first commis-
sioned she 5roudly ranked not only
as the most beautiful ironclad afloat,
but .also as the fastest vessel of the
British fleet, being capable of 181 -
knots.
't he Renown also holds a I 13ig1e po-
sition
0situ n as the only modern British bat-
tleship sent to the North American
station, which she left for the. Medi-
terranean when carrying Lord I'islh-
er's tlag 'rine Renown was, indeed,
the favorite ship or the father of the
drea'iloaghts, and Lord fisher cher-
ishes n silver model of her, a gilt
from ofrit•ers who served under Min. ,,d
('Ile Renelyn was also the -vessel in 0,
which the present King and Queen 1I.'rk
node their journey to India. At the Mb
chlletion yesterday she realized $193 ' oat
900. nn1r-
The other ships sold were the Rcso- mica
halon which brought $178,250; the
i'o'ta for 092,500, and the Metes for 1)
:51,891.. The Scylla was also offered, b10)3
but the bids did not reach the reserve, iur
the best offer being 569,000. mon
CIRCUS MAN'S MONEY
Stilt Fighting Over Estate
of Jas. A. Bailey.
VThine Plains, N.J., April 6—A
jury's verdict revolting the twill of the
hie widow o1 James A, 13ath.y, who
tuts 1'. TBarnum's associate in the
circus business, wan set aside to -day
by Supreme Court ,fudge Tompkins.
The reviceation of the will was brought
about by Mrs, Isabelle Hutchinson, a
sister of the late furs, Bailey, after a
legal struggle aver a will which un-
volves nearly $'1,000,000. Under the
will Dr's. 110101110001( received only an
ammit of $10,0(10, while her two
brothers and another sister divined
the -residuary esiduary estate, valued at $4,000,-
000. If the decision of the trial jury
had stood, she would have altered this
property equally with her brother and
sister,
Ars. ll1(18(0 cn contested that the
shewnm's widow was unduly 111-
(
nce
lu d against. t h0 v I
g t 1 her r ). r nrOCllel'
jogarth YI(Caddou, who, she said,
CRIN FOR VILIA
Part of Torreon is in the
Rebels' Hands.
But E'ederals Have Not
Yet•Surrendered.
EI Paso, Tex., April 6 --"In answer
to your message or yesterday, l wish
to reply that, although we have taken
a part of the city of Torreon, the
struggle has not yet been concluded.
1 hope that to -night we willobtain
a ponplete triumph, of which 1 will
notify you."
This message was received by Gen-
eral Carranza from General Poncho
Villa in Juarez late this afternoon,
and was the first definite news from
the rebel commando' now investing
Torreon that had been received since
Monde night.
Monday tt.
g
It set at rest the various reports
was tutlou, of the success of her two 111a1 have been prevalent since yes -
sone la the circus business, terday afternoon that Torreon hal
Justice 'Tompkins decided that the fallen into rebel hands; that the rebels
verdict (0110 against the weight of evi-
dence and 611101ed a n00' trial, He
said he thought the jury made such
a will us it believed Virs. Batley should
have made, disregarding her right to
suit herself.
e.s- .
{OT FIVE STORES
had been defeated and driven hack;
that Villa had been killed. .
Juarez was apprised during the
afternoon that fighting continued at
Torreon, but the above message was
the first one direct from Villa ile dict
not say a word about Herraras tom- ALASKAN BiG GAME
mond, w'Mclt was sent last night, to
intercept Federal reinforcements sup-
posed to be coming to Torreon. A mes-
sage this morning, unofficially, said
Robbers
command had met the Federal
LindsayRobbers AI'e Later reinforcements at San Pedro and had
blown up their troop train, killing
Arrested in Peterbofo. hundreds.
Other messages received tits after-
noon, official, but not from Villa,
stated that the rebels held the Salvador
Hotel, the 13arcia warehouse and sev-
eral other buildings in the heart of
Torreon, The Salvador hotel is a live -
storey rock building and affords the the result of new .regulations matte
rebels an excellent. fortification. public to -day by the Department of
+�+ — Agriculture, Effective immediately,
BOILER BLEW UP and for a period of two years,'tlhe
shooting of moose in Southwestern
Alaska, and of mountain sheep In the
eastern part of Kenai Peninsular, Is
prohibited. The area thus closed to
1110000 hunters ]les south and east .
of ,Lynn (`anal, and on the Kenai Pen-
insula, sheep are protected east of
longitude 150 degrees. The districts
affected by the new regulations are
among the most readily accessible to
spo'tauen Hitherto Alaskan .some
has been protected only by a closed
season ,and the system of fees for
spooling and shipping licenses. The
Alaskan moose head is regarded as 1
rite finest trophy of the hind in the,,
world.
DIVORCE REFORM
Is Burning Subject in the
Dritisil Common,.
Montreal, Despatch -:1 cable to Cao
Daily '31131 from London says.
An interesting debate Is !wombed in
the Nouse e of Commons on a Notion
in farm of divorce reform by 31r. (:.
A. France, Liberal 0!, P. for the Mor-
ley (310101(1)1 of Yorkshire, but Lord
Hugh ('cell has taken advantage of
an obsolete rule to introduce a aill on
the subjeot, thus obstructing the.
Prance 11101.1010
Thee iv great indignation amongst
the members at this action. fhb; Af-
ternoon waui the first tlm1 that the
principal ehamplon of the Church of
England in the Commons has thus de-
fended his ecclesiastical opinions, Jt
in believed, however, that his oust
will IMAM a boomerang, and will ra-
ther strengthen the dm1alld for re-
form.
11 is interesting to note in this con-
lec
,lion that he 1
t Women's men' (` 1? -
s o e .ra.
I
tive Gadd, comprising 30.000 w011105,
has issued a report favoring in.reased
facilities for divorce, claiming Out
these are more urgent for working
women thaw for any ocher class. They
also ask for the appointment of wo-
men and assistant registrars of the
divorce cart,
1111001( Despatch—Five burglaries
'took piper hero shortly after mkiuigut
lett night, the places entered being
Iritten's jewelry store, R. 1.. Mor-
gans mag stmt Williams' Bowling
Alley, Maunder C. Sens' mill, and
i'illfam l(oh,sou's grocery store. 13e-
l000t i,d00 and $jou in goods and
I(ch van; talon. Two of the men
were arrested in Peterbcro' t1is
Morning, anti had most of the goods
011 them They wire heavily armed.
1114 11184eS aro Wilson and Smith.
,'hey were arrested at the 0. T. 11,
0(101))0 tare by Detectives Newhall
And 13,lo) cr, and had good's anlo at-
•ing to about $'hl, un their possession,,
Consisting of ,jewelry, drugs, etc. The
;burglars arc about 1:) yeas 0' age
ihiet
pr 1elir.c Thompson (xpents to
disk( uuur arrests before 111511y
kionu . i hici Chilton ]caves this even -
106 kir Teterboro' and will bri(1g
throe bock either to -night or to -mor -
:tow nailing.
SWEDEN'S KING
!E! Alarming His
SubjeLts.
ookholni, Sweden, April 6 ---The
013011 of health of icing Gustav
,,nuea cause general anxiety,
�11 was not allayed b5 the issue
(.r Miiletin to -day by the court ph,r-
m.' who stated:
j 1ltheugh the health of t 1 King
y":;, ittipreved during the past week,
Ithougit thele hi no ground for
l t 11005, the royal physclanshave
Mended His Majesty to consult
peetaealtinr Wilhelm Heiner, the :mee-
t r
r internal diseases, of ileidel-
ermany, as titer are indica-
aa'etu'n of the stomach fou-
1 which he has been suffering.
alar Fleiner will arrive in
.lin on Saturday, The King has
ling for some time. He under -
operation for appendicitis in
d in October last year again
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Il
ELESS 'PHONE
ailway Aid Will Be
ried Next Week.
Fork, April 6—The first ex-
t Jn the use of the Marconi
v dln telephone from a moving.
1' ill be made next Heel( from
11,' telephone instruments on the
anlla Limited to receiving in-
at
on the Lackawanna wireless
r at Hoboken, Scranton and
.niton,
1,
1 ,` of Telegraphs 1, B Foley, of
f kacl.awanna, said to -day that the
tine wireless 101002110 from the
ni'p train would probably be made
( i•sday, and that the ralho10 in -
sae ',to
n -
1 Ien',,to replace its wireless telegraph
1+'!t with wireless telephone 000(100.
first official announcement of
cre20 of the Marconi wireless
1ne for practical use 50110 made
'ch 18 by. William Marconi, who
Roue: "Tim problem of the
s telephone, or radio -telephony,
en practically solved. This has
+'roved by utccssfuj expotfinents
'0...'0 the Di,kcsof the Abrurtf'n ship,
gena Elina, off. Agosta, Sicily
nnot describe the apparatnu in
lir said Chief Engineer sneer l . 01. Sam -
the Marconi Company, to -night.
transmitter is practically the
is that used in telephoning 113
The Messages are receieed by
(Unary wireless receivers. The
ifferenco is that the operator re -
the Human \01Ce instead of dots
ashes. The wireless telephone
which we will install 00 the
anma will be the first use of
ew means of communication by
d. it will be one of the first
the wireless telephone has been
n land for any distance."
Y an engagement has been
off through a misunderstand -
ch thinking the other had
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Is to be Protected For Two
Years.
Washington, April 6 --Alaska's big
game, which yearly furnishes excel-
lent sport for wealthy huntsmen from
all over the world, are to receive
greater protection in the future, as
Two Dead, Forty Injured in
N. S. Mine
New Glasgow, Despatch—One of
the large boilers in the 13anbhead
plant of the Drummond Colliery,0'est-
villo, operated by the fat rcolonial
Coal Company, exploded th.s Dimm-
ing, and spread death and disaster
about the 5111111. 1 (0 of 160 ernduo '-
res were adieu (101 1(,a1 ;mu a 11015)3l'
or otne(s were 00,0(103,.30035
11 no 0010.01011 etc,„eu .,,e3n
and 9 ()mock, when 111011,. el the 111 a
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at; ureal(hlet
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bcr li e, 8181 11(311,'::„ I.,,., ;i w
.(lnn)real DI=sp,((ch A spec ,0 Lon -
Aberdeen 1,001d tat.
'rhe bon.( 1,110 181 of the 1:'10 01
five
that supplied l.,:e pe u; 16,
ce!Lorh.s, it..c Lw;
accident con(pfet0ly d1 dabicd the,
nig e(1Ulpmellt. of the 111170,
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1e l.�eportallon.
BLA'1E MINISTERS
u (1.1),11' Iu 1,10. Daily map e(
Tim Mahe ation.sts out or
la,1811, t nt are jubilant at the ,c(cpt
thee. by the 11ous(. of Common v yci-
te'oay ilutir resonitiolt 1105. rung
(Ile '(11)0101101100 01' ((l'( IIgI11S Lt1111110
by Magna (Mato throughout tee 1.10-
1.411801.W
(0-1. 111(05 ` of the 111111ine. late (.11(3cn
regards this netioa its au adolintstra-
Got 1)1333. to Prenlier itrou e ani, hu;
French Deputies Censure (tin 112,0 General Moto, ani a: a
Monis,
ce1(sure oy the Imperial Porlia-
Caillauq and Monis, 1'unt rendering, Botha aware that
his arbitrary conduct already n ptdl-
anal by the lootll African wenn., is
Paris, April 6—The Commission in- 1 zpuglulllt and intolerable to all who
vestig'ating the reasons for the post-
have (a I(tht g for freedom and the
best, British traditions.
Editorially, the Citizen asks;
-where he the strong tutu w haat
stones are sweet to the 011111101811511110
tlaetionary employes, They are
unwerinr soder the dread of the re -
to -morrow,
The report says "The course of 11, h next clad tints for the Un-
Caillaux and the intervention of Al. 1 m aril int. ut of loath Africa. a- c,ur
510m0 constitute a most 00p10110!l'. b nr,hed comrade.; here urd Co Snub
4frica to morrow, as return they will,
abase of influence. Their act hour- I vee do not believe i' that the authorities;
ever, was not one of corruption, since tart dare lay bands on them. We
they were personally disinterested.- 11 ll le stehl of Victory i1 11111 strug
The Commission express( - regret I 1 hl vvhlc'1 ue aur bttllirg 1.,,11,11`11,3,11.1..
that 01. Pabro, the public prosecutor, d Iola eea'nnl will, a£Ilin,t vvll,h
did not have, at the tltne he declared the ,ate 4 of rcactiou will dash in
himself humiliated over the order to clue ”
postpone the Rochette ease, sufficient
courage to resist.
The action of \L Bidanit de lisle,
the President of the Court of Appeals,
is also criticised in the report. The
Commission declare, that. it has 1110 i n
unable to discover how the abre re -
thou
ti4'CUSed of I'�1& Son9
l
(hon ami M. 13riand, who are also theMurder Was Ill-used,
object of caustic criticism.
Several of the deputies gate prove
that they will speal, out the report to-
morrow.
-.a
ponement of the trial of Henri Roch-
ette, charged with extensive swind-
ling, finished its hearings to day and
adopted its report, 1011100 will be sub-
mitted to the Chamber of Deputies
STARCHFIELD FrkT
port reached the hands of Al. ilar-
GASLESS SAULT
Fire in Plant Meant Cold
Meal For Many.
Sault Ste. Marie, DespatchJBe-
tween 10 and it o'clock last night fire
broke out in the meter room of the
Sault Ste, :Marie (as S illectric Com-
pany of Michigan, doing Ila08110 to the
extent of something over $2,000. The
night watchman, 11 is said, passed
through the room jinn a tn,v minutes
before 080 lire 111011e out, and says
there was no 011(0!! 011 gas in the 11001n
at that time. ;1 is supposed that one
of the pipes sprung a leak, and the
;as coming in contact with a small jet
set fire to the building. As a. result
of the fire a large number of the citi-
zens were lett without any means of
cooking their breakfast this morning,
and business in several places was
badly crippled, owing to their depend-
ing entirely on the gas supply for fuel
purposes. A number of men were set
to work this morning making repairs,
so that the service might be resttmod
to -day.
New Y'oalt April 61 1 cable to the.
Ir1Lunc fame London says:
There' was ,1 Cr,allhtie ending yes-
terday to the triad of. St rehfield,
c,h ugre(t twitit 111e murder of his young
son, Willie Otaro)iI'ield, whose body
was 11,11nd 1n a train en the North
London Reflwny on Ian. 8 The In dg,a
topped Lin Ilial bcf0h a the 1rusetn-
Icon ha I 101111( c0 its cote, and
bluntly asked the 'Ole.cu COunrel
03.3(41(01' the case conl(1 safely let al-
lo,ved to go to the jury. Cm111 a' a0-
nvittcd that the cvideace of id(-nt1iica-
1ion was lin 11!lotactory, and thejn(115
instructed the jury to O't,irn a 0010
itct of "Not e1nllry.''
The end 1‘41, 0(11(1 and :t 1 tl ng,
even to th031 who have. 31110 ;teat 05-
perientle in m'arder trials.
1n the: acouitted unit emerged from
the court he w11(1 gr5010(1 with 1111(1
cin -(0s. the crowd 031(5 '=o 11,119.0 Haat
he had to take rofnge fn a ;,hop.
Froth both shies during the trial
came scathing (3nlnleits ('e;!'ard11(11
the co'oh.u's inquest. 'rhe judge was
(tell 00vV,er than the counsel, "'fhb
manner in whicli the inquest was, con-
ducted," lie said, "violated all the
principles under which any such in -
airy should have been carried ln. It
was an entire m0(1113y and abuse of
the duties entrusted to a coroner."
•-o
One conpany alone has installed
more than 400 automatic railroad
stoker's on locomotives in the Pates.