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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Blyth Standard, 1914-04-09, Page 3NEVtS OPINE 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. - 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. . 'o 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 ft ] 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 ( dr 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 •e' the 01Einu ' 03 tun„ 1 .31' 1108- w•r111 t J, at; ureal(hlet 'i ne mu. 1'e: 1)anlel '1 8111111'\, Angle, local 3101 1 te, 5At,( .-seer.. ally 3. aa0 Ill \t (41 1111% 1 me } 11 1,11 (1 Nolo • 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, A SLAP iln• I ”1 n of !� 111191Ly 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.