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Home My WebLink AboutThe Clinton News-Record, 1901-10-10, Page 2rE 01,INTON NEWS.RECORD $41701140 everr Tlaursatte at . The News-Recerci ,azogitm sTuRPZer Printing HOU40 CLIN'IVN, .......-., UR_ sloe e'e 0VggeletrieeN-411.00 per year in 414YBPOS ; 01.40 May be charged if not so pea Ne Paper dinentinued end' all anvarages fere.P414. unlese at the option of thepublieher, The date to whiell every oubscription ls paid hideneted on. the label, .010YleetTatuut Item,-Translent advertise. Meats, 10 canto per noimariel line for ilrst ineerteoli and 3 estate per lino for each eubse- quentbwertion. 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FREEMAN vareintratsr eurseeozt A member of the Veterinary Medical Aseocia- tions of London atel Edinburgh and Graduate of the Ontario Veterinary College. . Ofilee opposite St, Paul's chureb,On tarle street Phone SI . VETERINARY BLACKAIA, ot BALL VETERINARY SURGEONS. Gov. EitNMENV VETERINARY INSPECTORS Oevies, Rase STREET ; RESIDENCE, ALBERT STREET, CLINTON. AUCTIONEER THOS. BROWN LICENSED At1OTIONEEIL Sales eeedueted in Mt parte of the Countiee of Huron and Perth. Ordere left ab Tito Nutlet Itaconn office, Clinton, er addressed to Sea forth P. 0, will receive prompt attention, Sat- sfaction guaranteed or no charges. Your pat. ontige solicited, . - ._- - . ----___. MIsDELLANEOUS CEO. TROVIHILL IIORSES1101,113 AND GENERAL/BLACKSMITH, a......1..... Woodaterk'froned awl Arst-clase material and Work guaranteed. Farrn impiements and ma chines rebuilt and renaired, , -_ „ JOBBING A SPECIALTY, A etlehr Slime% Nordin OrANVO:r .............4.1..t.,..............,,o.4........................gro........wtom • EC YEARS' , EXPERIENCE ' .... : Ttintee Minns DesioNs COPYAIGHT0 &C. Atieerie tending **kWh lied &smoker mey etikede rise/mem our OBIBIOrt freelthether An !eventual is preintelyentteettiele. vormennlea. now strictlyeontidentua. uatamoox on t menu tee. ORDIAI esentor eeenreeepatents, "IlVillItfi MESE tIRMIS MUM1 & CO. rtte1,4 *ems netke, without thence, in the .. SdtHillit fitileriall. A rate -Ben isle Illgisofel,, Mgt eregtaln " tall "trt7thst ei field betel thweesimileni, El ao de I thaldway, ;II alt 12 ,..' ' NewYtrk am It? iii. tifaullii.h***405. II. Scrofula rfliE siFT0N xilliDER TRIAL t• 'Neat Cotuttumly inherite4 10 not Scrofula telt tee scrofueoue disposition, Tble is generally and ebletly indicated by ceitaneous eruptions; sentetiniell bY Pale* nese, nerVeusness and general debility. Tea diocese afflicted Mrs. K. T.. Snyder, Union St., Troy, Ohio, When elle Wae eighteen years olcionanifesting itself ey a bench In ha neek, Which Caused great Paint Was laneed, and !main° a running sore, It afflicted the daughter of Mrs. 3. IL Jones, Parker City, Ind., when 13 gorse)°, and developed so rapidly that when she was la she lied eleven ranning twee ber neck and about her ears. These ;sufferers were not benefited be professional treatment, but, AS tbeY tartly say, were completely cured ey Hood's Sarsaparilla. Thu peculiar medicine positively cart recta the scrofulous disposition and radi- catty and permanently cures the disease, INSURANCE THE McKILLOP MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANy Farm and Isolated ToWn Property only Insured, , OFFICERS J. D. McLean, President, Kippen P. 0. ; Thos. Tema; Viee-President,. Bruceneld P. 0. ,• T. E. Hays, Seav-Treas. Seaforth P, 0„.. W. 0. Broadfoot, Inspects:4.ot Loess's, Seaforth P.O. DIRECTORS: W. G. Broatlfoot. Sottforth ; John Grieve, Winthrop ,• Geeege Dale, Seaforth; John Watt, Harlock ; John Bennewies, Bredhegan ; Janice Evens, Beachwood ; James Connlely, Clinton John McLean, Kippen AGENTS': Ttobt Smith, Hat -lock; Reber McMillan,. Se forth ; JIIMOS Cummings, Egmendville ; .1, W Yeo,Holmeaville P. 0. Parties doeirous to effect ineurauce or twine eact other besiness will be promptly attended to on application to any et the above officers addressed te their respective post ofilees, "IMAM TABLE. Trellis will arrive at and dolma from (Marin Station -as follows :- • • 'IMPVALCI &SD CIODERICII prvprorr. • • GoidgEttetExeyese 7.38 a, m. 2:55 p. m. " " Mixed 4:16 p. m. Going West Mixed 10:15 R. M. ' Express 12:55 p. m. 7:05 it. in. 10:27 p. 111 LONDON, DURON AND BRUCE DIVISION. 430114E Express 7:47 a, m. Mixed . 4:15 p. m. GoiRg N?rth Express 10:15 a. m. • mixed 6:55 p. A. 0. PATTISON, F. ft, HODDENS, egent. Town Ticket Agent. . C. DICKSON, District Passenger Agent. Toronto. 1/442=14 41161••=1.1111:1 • . 44• . W. JACKSON AGENT C. P. CLINTON Travellers to any part of the world should consult the above in reference to tickets, fares, eta. W 'JACKSON AGEISIT C• ft. A CLOSE RACE. Third Straight Will fOr.. - the . Yankee Beat.: , A deepatch front NOW York.saye :- The America cup stays, but Sir Thomas almeet got a race. - .IIis cinsiVe' cutter,: Shanirock 'a gentle. breeze, and through placid seas of ' duck -pond sintiothness, on Friday ccivered 30 -mile course , MT. .Sausly • Hook; 15 miles to leeward and, 15 mile& to windward, about 19 seconds faster -than . the wonder- ful wooee of • "weather,", . the match- less Herresholi model, - Columbia.' SliPPing down the. wit:it,. eroni the -lined oe sewit 91: .'llIII.S41011 Atonete, ing tnark sesi, the best single - sticker °VOL' built abread . beat -the Yankee yaelit in actual time by one minute and six seconds.: Officially, this. beat does. not .ceuat, as both racers crossed the starting line at 11.02.00, when.the handica.p gun was' fired from the cotnivittee tug Navi- gator. the official difference ie. the, leeward work . was 48 eeconds; and if the Shaniratet had retained this in the light weather,. Work ithe would have -vanquished,. the Columbia by seconds.. Hut 'she' wits anablp to do' tide, aud the-. result Was that the white .slo op -scored her third Victory by. a. margin of wily 41 Seconds cor-• rected time. elapsed, or actual, time, eiming the start of each yacht, at 11.02.00, the Shamrock covered the course two seconds -faster than the Coltu•abitee • • PLAGUE IS SPRBADING. China is the Only District Where Diseage is Decreasing. • . despatch front Washington says: -.Reports to the Marine Hospital Service from all parts of. the world show a ceritinued spread of the pla.- gue. in most, sections... in ,British East India during the' wee.k ending August 2, last, there were 2,022 neW plague cases, and 1,930 deaths recorded in the Bombay Presidency, an increase of more then 200 deaths over, the previous . week,- There Were 136 plague deaths in the city of Bottibay that week mid nutty othere suspected. In Egypt the -total nuntber of Int - beide plague cases frOm April 27 tO September 2 wits 1.32, with 60 deaf . - In Queensland the destruction of •rais continues, but the oflitial report shows 32 plague cases, including teit den the from Vobruitree 28 to July 6, In China, at the port and 'eaten of Swatail and neighboring dieltriete, the pl agile Steadily decreasing. Teacher: How old are you, little boy ? johnnie (who has /net gone Into fractions) : eix and fiete- tWelf tbs. No Hair? * "My hair was falling out very fast and 1 watt greatly alarmed. I then tried Ayer's Hair Vigor and my hair stopped falling at o Mrs. G. A. McVay, Alexandria, o. The trouble is your hair does not have life enough. Act promptly. Save your hair. Peed it with Ayer's Hair Vigor. If the gray hairs are beginning to show, Ayer's Hair Vigor will restore color every time. um Witle, MI iostOe• yonr (hugest cannot topio 3rtao na es MI6 dowit end we W111 *EMUS yea a bone. Be sure *attests* tito tette of rear norts,maertsfe, goat dzst . 0 The Evidence ,A.11 In. -Addresses by Counsel and Judge -Verdict of the Jury. At the Sifton Murder. trial at Lon- don, the latter part of the (ewe was principally taken ap by medical evi- deem. Several Witnesses were stleo recelled, John Siiton, brother of the late Joseph Sifton, and uncle of the pris- oner, was called as a °retell witness, bat gave good evidence for the de- -fence. In the first place he said that Gerald Sifton did ROL, BS far as he wee awere, know of the contents of (1.1 joiesestp.it S.ifton's will. He ailed furth- er, he had never asked for an in- crosseexamine.tion Mr. Jelinston got the facts about the famous nut- ter paper made on the night bee fore the tragedy, before the jury, and all about Edgar Morden and Ids do- ings with it. John Sifton had en- tered suit against Monica and gained a verdict, having proved that. the butter poper will was, a forgery. • • By John Waters, Registrar ot Mid- dlesex, it was attempted • to -prove that Gerald Sifton was financially in- volved, and in such circumstances that the :death of his father would afford great toilet and a. great inheri- tance. ' Mr. Johnston objected. -• He pointed but that there tvas no evidence thai Sif ton knew -the contents of his fa-. titer's will. . The Court upheld the objection. David Leckie identified the knife found in the straw in the Sifton barn mow as the one he had lent dJestastelp)hl Sifton a few days before ilie MARTIN MOB,DEN Was recalled. Ile said that. Gerald Sifton had told . him that the late Joseph Sifton had id his will- left an inheritance to him. (Sitton.). • He weld(' not swear to the dey or month the- Conversation took place, hor anything 'More about it, Sifton had said to him, "Everyehing is wel- led' to me." That, he remembered distinctly; ' "Why did you not tell of it'when in the, hox the other 'day?" asked his Lordship; . "I did not think it was necessaris," saie Morden: • •- Edward Peters, a neighbor; said that there had been ,trouble. between J•oseph and Gera' Id .Sifton, •because of Joseph ' calling Mre., Sifton names. He seed lue would have beat mad, - too if. his wife lead been' called- such. n. name. • Joseph Sifton, was a que.r- eeleteme man. ' • . • Dr.. Williams, of: London, said he belieVed the bruises of S fton's head might be made -by a; fall or a, seriee• of blows. .116 discredited. Herbert's statement thet ten or :twelve 'blows were poured on the head. Dr. Williams stated that rieiteer Sifton's skull nor. Dr. ItTeNeill's evi- dence as to, the. conditions he found, told any . such story as' that told by Walter Herbert of tee number of 'blows from etwo etich poweefue Men delivered with intent to kill, • Dr. Roome- told much the same storgeeeet . • ' . DEFENCE dIVES EVIDENCE. - ,Dr. Arthur • Jukes Johnson deelate ed that the theory that tho • skull had received a ' nurnher of forcible blows,. as described .by -Herbert, was absure. -.Such •bloWie delivered on Op' (if -the .. head 'would crack. the skull- an eggshell. The • boggy Mass •,on top of tne• heed conid "awe peen precluded . by.' impact with the ground. A metallic surface like aft axe would not . be likelY to •prodUce •the " injury. The. blow .which caueed the wound en top of the head, lie , believed, produced the fracture on the right side. The skull, he said, was not consistent with anything in . the evidenee; • In, the cross-exaMination, . Johnson achnitted to Mr. Riddle that the boggy mass -on top .of the head conld have been produced by a blow from the flat side of an axe.' The wound 'on the beck. of the head, he asserted, could noe be produced by the flat of an axe, as: described by Hdrbert. , ' , DR. o.a.v.nN,§ EVIDENCE, . Briefly, the evidence of Dr. Coven, al Toronto,- amounted to tide : The death of Joseph Sifton, might haVe been due 'to o fall or to blows. He was inclined to the fall -theory. A series- of blows would lia:ve separat- ed the periostium from the skull. A single' blow from 'an axe at right angles weuld not have produced' the skull fracture, e.e. fall would haye produced all the wounds 'found. Dr, McCallum, of London, said that the wounds 'were consistent With a fell, or two oe three blows froin an axe, but ' not consistent with a dozen hard blows, Ile favor- ee the fall th,eory. Dr. Wishart, of London, was ,of the same oPinion. "Could a man," Mr, Johnson. ask- ed, ."who. wished to conceal crime, so gauge the blows with an axe to produee these WoUnds .?" Dr. 1,Vishart declined to answer. Dr; Balfour, suberititendent of Vit- toria, hospital, Lonclon, laid stress on the -fact that there was not much blood about, an axe had been used in the mow there• would have been blood. To Mr, Riddell lie saki that bleed might have beea -spilt on the chaff aed never reached the floor. Dr. tioutledge, of Lambeth, . arid Dr. Nett correborategl What had al- ready been said ,by other doctors, They* said the injury cto the skull might have been caused ' by an axe, but the.bedsvs. must have been very light ones. A fall was mors eon- .sistent. Dr.' Seaw, of London, went fur - thee and said he would recognize an axe Wound and this was not of that kind. Dr: J. D. Wilson,. London, • based his evidence of a fall on the fact that there was blood in the bictdder which meant a sudden shoek, Provincial Analyst Ellis said there were no treces of strychnine in the body, there was a trace of mamma. - Ilan blood on the axe and also live probubly cove; hair, though he would not be certain. BLOOD ON THE .LADTrott. The first problem of the defence Was to account for the blood on the ladder up which Joseph Sitton climb- ed to the trap door. 'Tarry Smith, a sheep skin dealer, explained that he had brought sheep skins, time of them bloody, down that. ladder shortly before thse tragedy, and they woule leave their Mark. Allan Routledge also testified to bleeding sheep being In the barn about that time. Richard TrWin lend .1. L. lifantoeh swore that, Ciereld Sifton was left- handed. Tide le Important in con- nection With the evidenee of ITetbert. Andretv Rogers, the second hired man on the Hilton farm, denied eer- tain Intervients with Herbert, Which had been Morn tO, Rogan Otte de- nied thitt Gerald Hilton luul choked hie Wife in his preeence, as Herbert had Anted, nor did he hear Gerald 1Nifton say on the morning of the tra- Igedy that if Joseph Hilton and ARMY !MeVaelttne Wee° not alreader Married, he Would put the old Man in n, place where there Were no marriages. Mr. Joheston said lie would Waive etiquette and call Mr. Holitnutit. His LOrdship torieented. I Me. lIellinuth Raid that shortly al- ter the driest 'Herbert had sent for him atid naked him tO take his cue. 4 • ITO told precisely the same seory tolcl by Gerald Warm. On the next I day the confession, of Herbert ap- !peered in the press. lift., Hellenuth went to the jail and told Herbert he could not act for him. He asked Herbert if his ceafession was true, and Herbert replied: "No matter what anyboily says or What X May have said, the 4tory I told you yes- terday itt true." Mrs. Mary Sifton contradicted Her- bert's story. She swore positively that her husband had not choked her and contradicted the evicionce of Mr. McFarlane regarding threats. Ger- ald had said that lie did not care which of the boys helped with the hay fork, This closed the evidence for the de- fence. ADDRESS FOR THE DEFENCE. - When Mr. Johnston rose to maka his address the court -room was jammed with an eager and attentive audienee. In opening, he pointed Out te the jury that the life of Young man was at stake, not only his life but the happiness and life of his wife. . :"Yon are not here to decide .wheth- er Gerald Sifton or inno- cent," said the couhsel, "but to soy, upoti the evidence, . and the class of evidence that has been brought' be- fore you, Nvhether he lute been prove en guilty of the crime with which he is charged, It is for you to say that we shall have newspaper trials, no detective trials; but that men shall be given a hearing upon the evidence that is given fro.m the witness box, and on• that alone." Only when the evidence carries home the .convietion to the jury could a verdict be found. When -betWeen thir- ty. and forty skilled physicians and although differing in minor points all agreed 'as to the improna- surgeons; bility of Herbert's story of murder. surely that showed great doubts in their minds. If 'these 'men expreesed grave , doubts and many- of teem. ectid that the .story of Herbert wee .prac- tically . inereclible, ,surely the jury meat :haVe serious doubts as to the Seine thing. The Crowe witnesses had themselves said Herbert's 'state- ment.was ineonsestent. with the facts found. . They were.not trying Gerald Sifton' unon newspaper 'stories. If that system were adopted 'trial by ;inky might be , abolielme arid court and justices wiped out. Upon the Moeden's eidrience• Mr, Johnston was especially severe. The trail *if the serpent was all over their testimony, 'Wherever there was the greed of inoney' there wasethe -name • "Mord, ens,"- ...Weere yeu find the.inan. who heard- hie.. betrothed 'traduced' and' raised not his voice or.hand vim find. agree:. :"Morden." In their story is the' voice of the • perjurOr and -the hand .of. the forner, , The inan • who tells a story in order to be safe -a story which is' incredible to the doe,» tots, ' who is- teken 'Into the 'clerk chamber 'Of iniquity.and the yery bit of hell, • underneath his record it: written. Walter Herbert, Edgar Mote den,- • Mr. johnetori described the teetieneny given by Burgees ns -to Siftores alleged admissions: • The. -Morden-Mclearlane-Herbert- chain of evidence was' attacked, and Mre John- ston risked if upon that evidence they could send EC man, to the- rope of the hangman. He said' that Gerald Sif- ton's desire to prevent the marriage was. a• natural one, and hie aetion seeing Martin Merden, Mary lelcFar- lane's affianced husband, one .that would occur to- any man. . le murder were to be Committed, would -he go around trying to peddle the job? If. -the Mordens .were- men who could, be hired to commit murder. their evi- dence was not worth the utterance. Herbert's story was ,reviewed, . and Mr. Johnston said that the doctors could .not admit it as being teue. The;juey could not accept it 'as giv- en, and when they commenced to alit it through, what portiim of it could they believe? They must reject it al- together. The teeponsibelity of the -jurymen Mr. Jennston pressed home, 'and, in elosing seid.:-"You have to t.lo it upon the evidence Which I say is unexaMpleci in the history of crim- inal trials in this country," • . THE .CROWN CASE. Mr. Riddell opened ,by stating that the CroWn. had not •called Edgar Morden because -they .did not wish to produee witness against whom there was the slightest- taint. The defence lia.d scored Martin ?Jordon 'because he had not Married a wo- man who had admitted her unfaith-. fultiess. They might as well talk of a Sifter,' gang as of the Norden gang in connection with this case. The Ulna that the alleged bargaining for the will was going on the will was in the - eustody of Clown .Atterney Magee, Even if Gerald Sefton, did not know the contents of the Will -he must' know that a marriage would seriously impair his chances, De- spite .the ihsinuations there was uo- Oleg to show that Inspector 'Mur- ray had not conducted his investiga- tion with the saute honer and fair- ness that distinguished the many casee be had haticited his long career, There was. no doubt that Joseph Sifton and Mary Melearlarte spent that Friday night at Edgar Mortien'e house. Was there a true will drawn up, and after that ane other will ? That was a mystery.. Ile did riot think that' any man wild' had seen and heard the • two Men give evidence as to seeing Joseph Sliton with the axe would believe teem. Mrs. Siftotes story -was a na- tirral one, for a woman Neotted give . anything or do aratthing for the 1111111 elle loved. /1. was impos- sible that Herbert cotild have in- vented his story, for he lacked im- agination to do so. His evidence gove not only the- more probable, hut the only possible explanittion. *Prof: Coven had said there must have been two blows, and one of the doctors called for the defeece, after examining the premises, said foul play. lt was incredible that Joseph Siftou had climbed up a 6 by 11 scantling to knock oft the booed% Mr. ltiddell emphatically denied that any preesure Was brought to bear • eipoit Herbert; who had mode his first confession to an uncle. There was no possible compensation, no inducement, whish would lead Herbert to admit' that lie had helped to kill a man. Herbert had been oVer a year in jail, and in that time he might, possibly have diminished his own and increased Sifton's part in the crime. If the liordens • had made up a story they might very well llama said that Gerald had con - tossed to them. 'Mr. • Riddell closed bp dwelling upon the responsibility of the jurors to -decide the case upon the evidence, ahd said tifat no Sym- pathy should deter them frone their -duty. They should folio et the Ilibtleal laW and render justice. THE JUDGE'S CHARGE. On Thursday morning Mr. Justice McMahon began hie address to the jury, After warning the jecey of their duty he began to speak of the motive of the crime accord- ing to the Crown, was formed on the evening before the tragedy, when Aliton 'earned of the approaching Wedding of his father. "The m.o. tive eatablished," Said the Judge, "by evidence not very reliable." 'The tat0 Was an unusual ono In the fact that, accordnee to the Crown, Sit - ton had gone ;shoot here and there offering rewards to people to kill the Old Man, lie went tO James Afor- den, who directed him to Martin liforden. Here his Lordship cons - Wonted very severely on the conduct of the Mordena for not at once in - fox ruing the anthorities and telling %non that they INTENDED TO INFORAC. Vollowing up the story ids Lord- sbip spoke of Herbert's evidence re- garding a bargain with the prisoner on the morning of that day. He pointed out tbat both Rogers and Mrs. Sinop, contradicted the state - wants made and showed the inapossi- bility of such a bargain being made:. IIIITTle.11-PAPER WILL. The butter -paper will was touched on to show that the Mordens Med some inducement to give evidence against Sifter:, They got en offer of $1,000 for that will from Gerald Sifton. Did. the Mordens go further and offer an inducement if Her- bert's evidence is untrue, there is no eVistence upon which a conviction can, be made. T.he judge seemed to make Inech of Dr. McNeil's evidence. To bine Ger- ald Sifton suggested giving the old men, when about to" die, strychnine. "That was incomprehensible, but peo- ple were soencitimes incomprehensi- ble." "To sum up in a Word or two," said his Lordship, "Walter Herbert Nom an accomplice, end althongh the ltiry may cortviet on po evidence of tur accomplice alone, the law says the judge is to warn the JurY, as I now warn you, that it is unsafe to con- vict on such evidence without some corroboration, for it is very easy for OCCOMPliCe to ehift the blame from Ills own shoulders to those of the man he accuses. "Tile corroboration you heve is the feet of ihe prisoner's going to James Morden and Martin Morden, and the statements mode by Dr, McNeil. This evidence miter or may not affotel cor- roboration. That is left te you to say, Most of the inedlcal evidence was to the effeet that If the blows were administere4 ae descelbed the skull would be crushed, end that the theory of a fall is more consistent. But if Walter Herbert struck the first blow, as he says, the medical evidence must be eliminated. If ;Yoe have any doubt, give the prisoner.the benefit eif the -doubt." • TIM citarge was completed at 11:40 and the jury retired, ' It. was very impartial, though slightly in favor -of the peisener. JURY FAILS TO AGREE, • Nine for conviction,- three for ac - qui tta.1, stood the jury on the trial of Gerald Sefton for the mueder of his lather, after -five hours' argurneht the juryeroeni. His Lordship was setisfled that the jury could :never reach aa agreement, and discharged ,tAt t tioi enwwtellta lb aa,ct,k tthoe 181 sp At• two minutes to five Thursday afternoon, twelve men filed into the court-roc:in While an expectant crowd eat hushed in awed silence.' In 'the dOck sat Gertild Sif ten, a, man whose MARKETS OF THE WORLD Moos 00 cattle, Crain, Cheese, 80 lathe Leading Markets. Toronto, Oct. 8. -Wheat --There is a (inlet trade with mitten; only, who are buying' sparingly. New 47 -lb wheet (Noted ett 650 middle freight, and heavier grades at 00e. 014 wheat to millers quoted, at 6730 low freights. No export business. No. 1 spring is quoted at (18c east, and NO 2 goose at Ole. Manitoba wheat is lower, No 3. hard selling at Mc, grinding in transit, and No 2 hard and No 3. Northern at 77ec, gei.t. For Toronto and west 20 lower, Oats -The market is quiet and prices easier. No 2 wbite sold alt 84;ec low freight to Now York. On tome here they are quoted at 87c. Peas -The market is steady, with sales of No 2 at 70 to 71e, WO freight, Barley -The market Is steady, No 1 quoted an 52e middle freight. No 2 quoted at 483 to 49c ; No. 3 extra at 473e, and feed at 45c. ' Oorn--,Market is quiet, with prioes firmer, Offerings simile No 2 Can- adian yellow quoted at 56e west, and mixed sold et 55ec west. U.S. corn nominal at 63c on track here. Rye -The market is quiet, with Cars quoted at 48e, middle freightf and 49ec east, Flour -The market is quiet. Niuety per cent: patents, $2.60 bid, in buyers' bags, west, but Twee offer- ing; Locally and eor Lower pro- vince trade prices of clioiee straight rollers, in wood, are 33 to $3.20, Hungarian patents, $4, bags includ- ed, at TorontO, und strong balsere'. $8.75. Oatmeal -Unchanged. Car lots on ti ack here, $8,95 in bags, and $4.05 wood, broken. lots 30c per bbl., extra. Millfeed-Bran is offering at $18 to $18.50 in bulk, middle freights, and $14 in car lots here. Shorts here at $16 in car hate. HOGS AND PROVISIONS. Dresses' hogs are again, lower ace cdoaritiantue 69 iltrom.69WI'quiOitoeg :_prBodactiocr long clear, sells al, 12e in ton and case lots, Pork -Mess, $21.50 ; do., ehort cut, $22: Smoked Ineats.--Hams, 14c to 14e,e; breakfast bacon, 15 te 16e; rolls,' 123c; backs, 153 to 16e, axe shoul- ders, 11ec to 12c. Lard -The demand IS fair, We quote 1 -Tierces, 11e, to 13.ec ; tubs, 11.e to 12c pails, 12 to 21c. Compounds, 8* to 9e,e, DAIRY MARKETS. Butter -The receepts of butter eon- .tinue good; but too Much poor stun' is offering. 'We qnote :-Selected fresh Made dairies, 16 to 17c; choice 14.1) rolls, 18c; second grades, ip rolls or •tubs, 13c to 14c. Cream- ery, Rem; prints, 21 to •22c; solids. g 0 C. Eggs• --The market is firm. We quote e -Strictly new laid, . 16c ; fresh condi d 4c d 10 etaring wild-eyed into space, her e , 1 ; sec n s, very elle depended upon the word of tO those twelve silent men. Beside him, • : • CheeeeThe market ie dull, e-ith very soul reaching out te receive the finest qualities quoted ae. 10c, and secoads at 0ec. first . intimatiod of the verdict, sat • the prisoner s devotecl wife. His THE STREET. MARKF,T. Lordship loaned toward -the jurymen. "Gentlemen of the jury, have you Following is the raege of quota - WEST TUTTLE .OF ,WAIL A. British Garrison of Less Than 300 Reld 4000 Boers at Bay. A despatch fron1 Lendon says I-. Ali the accounts of the lighting at Vort.Itala, including those from the South African correspondents of the newspapers show that • it was. one et the most striking' offensive and defensive engagements of the war. The whole Dritish garrison there numbered only 800 mere with two 15 -pounders and a Maxim gun. An outpost of 80 men, under Lieuts. 1Ctine and /.4efroy, occupied the suni- mit of the hill, out of sight of the inain camp, which was on tile elope of the hill. .A.t about midnight 600 Boers rushed the outpost. Their on- slaught was so sudden and fierce that for twenty minutes only bay- edtss s owne idoeciduesdedt.h-0 Opovsets'enstsieolmn Izoig4 tile outpost, Lieut Kane fell deod shouting "NO SURRENDER." Lieut. Lefrey was severely wounded, and the whole force was disabled. The main camp watt thus reducee to 220 men. The 13pere assailed from all sides. Front about- 1 axe throughout the remionder. of the night and all the following day the little garrison withstood teem until seven in the evening, Nviten the out- look seemed desperate. The Dritish had been withoue water for • -many hours, the Boers having cut off their sappier, and their ammunition was feet failing, Almost suddenly the. Boer tire began to slacken, ond soon aftee the attackers Withdrew, eithee -learning that General Bruce' fearnil- toe. wee approaching or in sheer des - pith. of. seeceeding. Their retirement !ripened the way for the wounded conumwder to withdrew his ex- hausted foree which reached bT'Irand- :loatgiinoter.the .mox•ning. Among the DmottelfeankailledschWuietzz'e wamienoeorzunlme aOupdpaenrt- .reteleteltlugrbtaon if‘roSitittltNeXiliratndhlWai,licall 'British military surgeon who ascend - est Rant in the Morning to attend the wounded. there was innetediately pincencleedahipatteetooner by Boers, Who cone. ATTEND THEIR WOUNDED. Consequently the British weunded lay unsuccored during the day in the broiling sun without water. The attaelc on Proepect seenati to inive been enlY disastrous to the Beers. The eamp was well situated for defence, rani although the garrie 80081e1 rAirxbinelt7dthoenyly twenty men, with withstood all at- tacks, notwithstanding the dashing. brevery of the assallatits. The lat- ter withdrew withoet echieving their ptirpose, and their dead were- piled around the fort. The British loss Nom one killed und 12 'wounded. , The Beets -have never hitherto dise" played such rockless dariug, • and 'their defeat is the Worst etnash they have sustained., Ildojor Shapirian, ; commanding the British, seemed to bear a.charmed, life, Gen. Kitchener . , him congratulatee him. I . On Saturday the Boers captured a. • large British convoy. Gen. Hamil- . ton purs.ued them and came inter; action with them, hut 'no details of the 'lighting have been received, though it. is reported that the Boers were agent punished. • Hogs to fetch the top price must below 160 nor above 200 tbs. be of prime quality, and scale not IF taw8 N Following is tee range of quota- tions ;- , Cattle. • shippers, per cwt...$ .4,25 Butchers', choice 4.00 :tulttoecollilaeeress''' °indfeiiii:iatal: t-.:)..: .I18'.72f5S, 1:7005 stem:sting Items About Our Own Choice ewes, per cam' 8.2.05: Butchers' sheep, each -2.00 8,00 nLunengibss: Achevit,... .,,,., . 2:50: • 3•0° .sink::::ixng:11 the West' - .. a•e0 ' ALL THE WORLD OVER. $ 5.00 83: Condeneed and Assorle4 for Easy Edmonton has Lite • only Case ' of THE VERY LATEST FROM 'States, dud Aii Parts of thetlichOp . CANADA; ''' . London' had 57 ,' deaths,. '60 births and 66 marriages last month, Hamilton's, assessment is $27;188,- 800, end pOpulation 53,681. - . 13rantford,'s • itasessinent ihevett 4 Populatton ..of 16,685, and taxable' property, Of -$7,059,550. • The Allan. Steeinship Cerneireny de. - ny that. they, will forsake Montreel ' for the port of Quebec.. . . CI, V, Hastings„ of the Lake ef-the- - Woods Milling Coinpany estiriaat:e( the North• -West wheat crop ae 45e 000,000 bushels, • • .$120,000 neceeeUry for. the' Neieti tairiehe will be able to raise . eitt - Capt. I3ernieri at Montreal., ie•ceie • • 'lleep and lambs.- 'Country, Ureat Britain, the United • elilkere and Calves. Cows, each ...,..., 0.00 45.00 Calves, each eee 2,00 10.00 Hogs. Choice hogs, per cwt. 7.00 7.25 Light hogs, per cwt. 0.00 7.00 Heavy hogs, per cwt. 0.00 7.00 'Sows, per ewt... .. 8.50 e.00 THE DUKE IN THE WEST. Indians Present the- Duchess With a Priceless Relic. e A despatch froM Ashcroft', B.C., says :-The Royal parey's run back . . from the Pacific. coast eommencea oarnese oneThursday.' Miley in' the morning the Einpress pf :India; With her escort; arrived. ' tit VaricouVer froM Victeria, and shortly' before agieed upon your Verdict?" asked tione • . • • Wheat, old, white,.,.- . . . . .. 30.73 -36.00 Clerk Macl3eth, . - Wheat, eed... ..... .,.. 0.73 0.00. "NO, ..lny Lsn•d," replied- the foie - man in, a •low tone, wheat.' • neue. red and . 0.60 0.70 The crowd- breathed peeler,. the on- Whitt.; 00..66.5.23 00..7660' ly thing to .break the silence was. the ii1Wvhheeaatt: g.sp01.01:53g.: convulshie soles of the little woman ' Oats • 0 40 0 42 • 111 black. . • I • ' • ' Mr. Justice MaaMalion told the - Berley..,„ a 0.47 0.55.. jury that 'every man's conscientious • . .. . . • 0.683 0.00 opinion must .be regerded, and aslc- 'HY° • " 0.54 0.543 ed -the foreman if there was any pos- Hay, per ten:- 10.00 ,11.50 sibility of - an agreement. Mr. •01-3111-• livan replied thet• there was not, and', his Lordehip • anno.unced that • he. would not keep the jurymen furthee. . With Magnificent nerve' Gerald Sif-. ton -hart faded- the ordeal, and when. the' annountement was. Made. there was no change in his expression. His', faithful wife bent forward and buried ' her face, in her hands, sobbing bitter»e' ly. Ai in the- solemn- stillness the judge wrote clow the' formal disPosi- thin' of 'the case, she lost. control;1 and lier friends had to .come. te, -her.; assistance. ' Clear-eyed and calm -fac- ed., ,.Sifton heard the repert of the f ram -tine .,coeet tO‘•%/iailsicecdel.1 with a smile. en . 33 BRITISH KILLED. - Illany Casaaltiee it Pierce At- - tack by Delarey. A despatch from London says: - The War Onicahas received the fol- loWing despittce from Lerd Kitchen- er', eitted Pretoria, Thursday:-"De- larey'e flight attack. on the camp of leekewich (who.' -commanded the gar- rison at ICimberley during the siege) et Moiciewill wait- pressed by. the °A- eaty, who- were 011C" thousand strong, with. 'great vigor. ..e.fter• two hours of elose fighting .the enemy was driv- en off, Our casualties, I regret to say, Were severe. Of the officers one Was killed atid one so dangerously wounded 'that lie has since:died; ele- ven were' eeverely wounded and three slightly. Of our men thirty-one Were killed, six dangerously .wounded, for- ty-tWo severely wounded,, and twen- ty-six slightly. The wounded hove arrived tit Ilusteriburg, and are being well cared for. Forty more remain to he atcounted for. No details hater nowt received, Col, Kekewich who wad slightly Wounded twice, reports that the ranks behaved exteediely well,. • "The reports of the enemy's heavy loss at Iteht and Prospect are 'eon - finned; Twa hundred and fifty Boers. Were killed and three hundred wound= ed." . A later mesSage 'kohl Kitchener says that the two Royal Artillery gums Which were capeured by the Boers. at Viakfontein have been re- covered. Moideivill, the scene Of the bold at- tack by Commander Delarey on Col- onel Nekewich's camp, is 75 miles west of Pretoria, and 15 West of Itlisteriburg. As the wounded were being brought back to Rustenburg it, looks ite though Moidcwill, -which is close to the Magator leass, in. the Magalleeberir range, had been aban- doned. Arhorig the Boers killed at IffoidewIll was Commandant Tobias Iloithof, a weir -known leader. lCemp's Scouts picked up the body. Most of the others killed were foreigners. • • • 4.- THa. SAMAR IVIASSACRF. Body of Captain. Vound Vartly Burned. A despatch from Manila, says: - The advices front the Island of Sa- mar give harrowing detaile of the" slaughter of the members of Com- pany "C" Oth IT. S. Infantry, last Saturday at Ilitlangiga. It neente that the Preeident of the town, claiming to be friendly, led the as.. omit. The body of Capt. Connell was found tied by the heels', saturat- ed with kerosene, and partly burned. Porty-five bodies had been burned in it trench, leaving 13eVen UnaceoUnte ed nunterous inetanees tite bodiee had bon badly mutliated, The atubtutt of personal property left by the late President will be about 0140,000 and 'cif real Weal, about $10,000, aggregating about 0210,000. 1Celery, doz.. ....,.............. 0.40 0.50. Beef, forequarters... 4,50 ' 5.00 Beef, hitidquarters... „..e7.50. P 50 I Beef, medium,' carcase5.50 6.50 ! Beef, choice:- .... .:. ... . ..... 76.1200 7,....proo .'Lefautitttbon....,.. .. . ... - ... Veal, choice .75:0500 -iel.t0100.:. Straw, per ton.- ......10.50 11,00. Dressed hogs... . . .... 9.00 9.25 Butter, in III rolis... . ..... 0.17 0,20 Butter, creamery,- 0.20 0.25 Chickens, per . 0.40 0.55 Ducke, per pair,. .60 0.85 Turkeys, per lb... . . ... 0.13 0.14 Geese, per M. .. 0.07 0.08 Eggs, new laid._ ..., 0.16 -0,18 Eggs, held, per doe 0.14 0,16 Apples, per biLx•rel., '1 50 2.50 Potatoes, bag- , 0:65 0.75 Turnips, bag... . 0.25 0.:30 Carrots, bag. . 0.50 e• 0.0p Onions, bag... . .. ..,0.80 0.00 Parsnipa, peek... 0,20 0.25 Tomatoes, bush.- 0.40 0.50 Tomatoes, basket... .,. . 0.20 0.25 Cabbege, doe_ , , 3 , Cauliflower, 0.50 L25 Buffalo, Oet. 8.-»Flour•••Leitead.y. Spriug wheat-Fa:hey. active; No. 3 I Northern, ' 722c; leo _, 2. ee, 1010,' 'Winter wheat -Weals; No 2 re,d, 74c; iNo. 1 white, 75c. Corn-eieirni; • -No, 12 - yellow, 1111c; •No li do, 61e; 'No. ill corn, 60-ec; No. a do., 60ic. Oats l-feteady; No 2 *white, , 40e; No 8, 1 , commen to fancy. .Ryee-No 1, in do, 89ec; No 2' mixed, 37e,,c; No . -3 ' do., 873c. Barley -58 to 02c for - 'store, 57c. - Canal freights, steady. Detroit, Oct. 8. -Wheat closed -No. 1 white, cash, 70/ei- No 2 ied, t:ash, and October, 70c; Deceinbee, 71: e May, 751c, , . ' ' eite Louie, Oct. 8. -Wheat closeit- CLIPII, ' .6810 ; Oetober, 68ec ; De- cember, 70ee• Mav 70 est Minneapolis, Get. 8. -,Wheat ' clueed -Cash, 67c; - Deeembee, (16ec; mny. 693 to 69:c; on track, No. 1 hard, 70e; No, 1 Northern, 67c; No 2 doe 64 to 64.3e. Flotir-LOWer ; first, pa eentg, 88,85 Lo $1.95; do second patealis • $8.75:- • first cleave, *2.15 •to 32,45; secend do, '32.2a, lirrui-- 'In bulk, 013 to 813.25. . Toledo, - Oct. 8.-Wheate-No. 2, cash, 711c; December, 7210; May, 75ece• Corn -No. 9 mixed, Decembee, 5111e; May, 581e. Oats -Nothing do- ing. Ilye-No. 2, Mee. Cloy -mead -Prime October and - Deeembere $5'.17e, • ' LIVE STOCIC MARKETS, . Toronto, Oct. 8. -The receipts at the Western cattle market to -day were 78 carloads of live stock, ine eluding 1,821. cattle, 1,605 sheep and lembs, 800 bogs, 70 calves and mileit cows, and five horses. There was a good, lively market here to -day, and, While the quality of the ntuelot was only fair, the de- mand WOE active, and Prices (Winer, Everything was sold out early. • Export, cattle was in steady de- mand to -day, awl for choice stall Se per M. was paid, Ilutelter cattle of the right kind Wee in good request. More good to choice stuff eveulti have sold to -clay at froin 4. to dee per lb, Stockers Were hi good snippier and Were quoted at, unchanged' pricee. Feeders were scarce and Wanted. Good ntileit COWn aro also Wanted ; the range of price to -day Was from $115 to 845 each, Up to $50 will be paid for the right kind. There is a steady eneefry for good veal calves, whieh Will easily bring (if of the right kind). up to 010 0aTtletport sheep are Worth Ile per lb. Lambs are Worth feom lift to Ste per lb. nogg are qttoted at the prices of ,Tuesday, with the probability of a. -further deenne. The best price hir "sitigere" is Vic 'par lb.; thick fat and light hog* ire worth 'Pp per Th. ten o'clock the Duke and' Duchese dee bat -iced to take the Royal. train. The last eereinieny on tlie coast was the reception on the Wharf of a _large .nernber 00 Indians, representing the Port Sitnpson, • Mission Coast, Ida in- land and Sechelt TheY are of a type wholly -different from those of One prairie and it:eater:1- Canada, poth 'in physique and otherwise, mid p e e ie uc " oe the Chiefs" el(iti-Um-Sna.moi.gat), a headgear Which they venerate and hold as of priceless value. ' lt is made a curiously, carved wood, and includeS, a unique mask. The top is of belittles pulled -from the beards of sett lions, and oi great antiquity. ,Froin it' falls a mantle'. of ermine skins.• AS it le said by the Indians to have, been handed down" lor 'count- less generations, the generosity of the tribes Is the mere nottible. The Duke courteously thanked the Ine diens on behalf of ehe Duceees. • • The departure of- the -Duke for the Best toek , place in the presenee ' of thousands: „Half a. dozen bands plaY, ed • (Ion sAyE THE KING. • 'o ce expedition. Tile Witinipeg Street Railwite CemeanY. and the Ogilvie Milling eCoinpany. -will brine 'their power slice - ety mile,s, from point on the Winiti- • peg ,Iliver. . • • . • • arid the Nvarships in -the harbor fir- , ad the Royel salute, Before his de - suture the Duke Ms ected the blue- jackets and comp mente t cm in commute'. -Thursday afternoon between Yule and North Bend the Duke.' and Duchess, with some 'of tee suite, mounted a specially prePared eneine wieh arm -chafes strapped upon it, ahd retie for some miles amid the womierfut rock • scenery of Fraser Canyolt. At et •polef , at. which • the engiee emerged from ii.tunnel a cinematograph picture of the Royal engine .was taken by T. MacGregor, 10.N., who has been -making pietures of the chief incidents 'of the toor for ibitiOn in England. • . The 'Duke 'before leaving Vietorta telegraphed Premier Dunsintiie Extension,. 13.0. expressing sorrow at the mine accident there. Ali afternoen the party pakeed through the once -famous pl twee mine region of Caribou, and there have been small ovetions• at all the quaine old settlements. . party will .diviee ae Bann, when. the Duke Wile go on with a small following to Poplar Point, Matti tuba, to shoot small g rc to et's ranch. The Duchese 'remains at the moutitain resort two days, where a prop;ramme has been. areanged for her enterietimnent. . RO et A LTY AT ' ANtelt • A despatch from Bathe, N.-W.T., says i-The,Dake and Duchess 'arriv- ed here at O'clock on Friday, and separated foe a short thne. The Duchess and the ladiee of her suite Will make their -headquarters at the Dante Hotise, which -overlooks the grand arras/ of peaks, and has beeit chartered for her use. The Duke and it panty composed of Venice of Alex. antler -of Teck, Lord Wenlock, Duke of iloxintrgh, Sir Charles- Oust, Hon. Derek Kept:ell. Commit/Kier leauset, Major efaude, Col. Service, and the special service cancers, left. at 10 p.m. fin. Poplar Point, Man., where' they will he the guests -of Senator Kircithoffer on a. hunting expedition. Oa Saturday the Duchess and her ledies will reteace the route to Lag.' gan in a special train, where MID eisit,,Lake Louise and retuen Banff in the evening. She leaetee here Suaday night, and rejoins ehe Duke Monday night. During the afteenoon the Duke and Duchese derive to see the buffalo in the National Perk, and the celebrat- ed caecade. Sir Wilfrid Laurier and Sir Donald Wallis Went, forward to Winuipeg on the Duke F; train, where Sir Wilfrid • will attend to paddle butane:4.g. On Vriday. in passing through ILO., Sir Wilfrid had a. dis- tinguisbed visitor in the person or Sir Claude Macdonald, late Ambas- ador to Pekin, who in en route to his new post in Japan, and is holi- daying in the mountains. Sir Claude Mitedonald also met the Duke at Field on the areival of the Royal train, end they took a walk up and down the green near the station dis- eussing :natters at home and abroad. This intervieW lasted O'er twenty] zainutee., I le,. IT. Clergue has puechased the ice crusher 41gornee and will make ,an , effort, to .keep open the eltennel be. twcen Quebec and the Gulf of St Lawrence during ' the *inter months Prof. S. J: McLean, Who' has been enquiring, - into the' railway z•ate ' grievance§ in , Canada. on behalf el the Government hae coaclueled • his ' work anO wili s000 pt•osent his ree poi . • ! 'Staff-Se:tett, Wright, of the Militia • DePartnient, . Ottawa, .has been offer- ed,,a commission. as -lieutenant of in» fantry in the Gold Coast Reghnent ; of the Atualgamate,d 'West , Afeican •• Frontier. Force... • • . • GREAT. BRITAIN.' ' I 'Andeew Ciirriegie• has donated' .E24,-. 000 to the. Glasgow -and \Vogt Scot- land:Technical 'College. ' • I Mr. Williani Waldorf Astor has do- •. noted E10,000 ' to the Limeon :See ciety for the Prevention- of • Cruelty to Children. le'cottish students would seetn to hold.aloof from Mr. Carnegie's unie • versity scheme, says the -executive • . . ' Tee deer in Windeor parkNave be- come so nutuerous- as to '..e.eea.. nuis- ance, -and King Edward Oita had the keepers' kill alarge -number.; • . UNITED STATES: - .A plough trust, 31p9,000,000 Cape.. tat has been formed, at 'Chicago. • At Canton, Ohio,. eight prisoners bloke out of the connty jail by Sow- ing out bars over a window. " • 'The statement of the United' Stat-' es Steel -Trust, just given out, shows net, earnings fee the hist six. months, , with Hepteinber eistimated, nearly $55,000,000. Mr, .1 ames C. Caltanan, the Wife of one of Alto Wealthiest men in IoWa,. has endowed Booker Washiegton's Industrial ,Institute, Teskegee, Ala., with 820,000, Mituriee A. Brooks of Baltimore, etWalloWed his false teeth While rcnisolmevreosidi,, :ion:op:hey stuck above his breastbone, and not nail his etome. ach was opened could they be re- Ormeby, Chicago, has giver:. birth to . quadruplets, and the children are all perfectly formed; be- sides this,. Mrs. Ormsby has borne otwnctede on two occasions, trip. lets . GENERAL. The King . and QUCDD -of Itely e•ee- visiting Venice. , • The French Congo Colony is bank- rupt and native tribes are attacking the factories. • The new library le Athens, begun fourteen years ago,t has just been t(1,.°01011,P0Itentletib'a o 1,a v. g tot The Cloonan mission at Panthong, north-east of Kwangtung, in China,, has been attacked end injured by na- TRAVEL IN BRITAIN. Passengee Trafae Durihg. the "tear Totaled 0225,000,000. A despatch front London Says: - The annual report of the Board of Trade lit regard to reilWays in the United Kingdom shows that the re- ceipts fronx passenger trait°. during the year amounted to Z45,000,000. Of tide sum, .e28,000,000 came front third-elass pasedligers. The retelpte front freights durtng the year were 459,000,000. KINCI EDWARD. ILL. Reported to be 'Suffering' Vrom, An Attack of Rheumatism, • A despatch from Aberdeen says: -- Sir Francis taking, physician to the Ring, parekti through here on Thurt>. day. on, his way to Balmoral from London. It is reported that, MS MS.. isstY, who is neW at, Dannoral, *altering from rheulnatisuit •