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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1902-01-02, Page 7CHRIGE11 1111111 WITEHERIFI Chicago Woman Said God Would Send Defence, AND A LAWYER APPEARED. ISelghbors Say She ie aWitch—Site Breaks Down mad Tells of ller Struggles for lier Family—Dye- notion In the Case. Chicago, Dec. 30. ---Because she had prayed for assistance in her trouble Mrs. Helen Roth, 1911 Cortez street, Nays Attorney Miles J. Devine was cent by the Lord to the Court of justice Jellies Dooley to defend her against the charges of witchcraft limelight by her neighbors. The ecene, a dramatic one, oectir- red in the Court of justice James Deo - ley yesterday afternoon. On the benches at alniost a dozen wit- neeees who hail sworn that the de- fendnut had attempted to hypnotize them. Weird tales or witchcraft, hypootisin and 'other mysterious things; were teal His Honor by the Witnesses. "I tun a defenseless woman," the vietiln pleaded when the ease against her was called. "I have no witnesses to speak for me." "Have yoa not even a lawyer to -*appear foe you e asked His Honor in a kindly tone or voice. • Put Fetich Int,0 Lord, 'I have nobody but the good Lord to help me," answered the defend- ant. He is with me at all dimes. He will seeal somebody here to help. me. I have prayed to Him to be near we and to assist me and I know ale will , not fail." She had hardly finished her state- ment when Attorney Devine walked into the courtroom, being interested in another case. " Ah, my prayer has been answer- ed," deelared Mrs. Roth. " The Lord has sent my proteotor already." Then the woman approached At- torney Devine and declared that It Was tlie Lord's wish that he appear as her counael without any pay or • compensation. Attornty Devine gazed in surprise at the pale, careworn -appearing wo- man before him. Suddenly he was seen to throw off his evercoot and a moment later the ex -city attorney announced that he was there to de- fend Mrs. Roth. Say She is a 'Witco. T.hen began u further effort to convince Justice Dooley that 'Mrs., Roth was possebbed of extraordinary hypnotic Dowel's, and that her weird practices had thrown her neighbors into a 'state of intense fear and excitement. Mrs. Roth. tot* the stand in her own behalf. She told of lier strug- gles to bring up her family of chil- dren. ' I have stood on the cold street corners for hours," sh id, 'eelling, flowers s sotee, eases tea ray arid provide or thenia home. I am at the present time paying off monthly dues on my home, and as the result of my present trbu- bin Ihave been,ordered to leave my home." At this point the woman brake down and wept several minutes despite the efforts of a, representative of the Woman's Protective Association to eoinfort her. "I am not aecrazy woman. Neither am I insane, nor a, witch, as these - women would have the court belle:ve," said theitlefeedant. "I was boa in Germany, and my father was a colonel in the Germany 'army. 1 war nurse in several hospitals in Holland for year, and a ouccessful one. I ale familiar with hypnoldmie and know Ise* to use it. It is the mysterlea of this science which puzzle my neigh- bors and make them belleI am a witch. In their ignorance -they 'mis- construed my efforts to benefit them ann have brought disgrace upon my- self and family." Attorney Devine made an earnest plea. that defendant, • complainants and witnesses all shake hands. Mrs. K. Donovan, the complainant, how -- ever, refused, saying she feared the ' woman, and the came was finally con- tinued ten Cave ev•ith the undeestane- ing that Mrs. Rath confine, her 11YP- notie efforts to her own faililly. 01111i1l[1,1'S N WILSTHEIGTH Opinion of Clover, Naval Attache at.London. WAS NEVER MORE. EFFICIENT. Wheltington, Dec. 30.—In an inter- view this evening -Commander Rich- ardson Clover, naval attache at the American embeeey in London, who is hero on leave or absence, declared that the naval forces. of Great Brit- ain are in a far more# effective and efficient condition than the Contin- ental Powers believe, and that never En her naval development has Brit- ain been stronger on the seas. De- cent torpedo boat accidents have made little linpreselon in Britiehr naval circles, he declares, and their programme cane for the continued advance of tbe higheet clans of boats of the swiftest possible speed. Com- mander Clover added: 'The naval force. that Genet Brit- ain le capable of exerting le equal to* day to that of teny three Continental Poweranft was never in a more efficient condition. The riitish ser- vice line been severely critieleol, but mach of this criticism lie to Ito effi- ciency i5t due to ett palicy of the Navai League anti the press to de- preciate In the mind of the publics etrength, in order that large appropriatione may be ereered for expanding the nav,v anti to eon - thine the policy of maintaining it aped t•o that of the combined strength of any two worbi The }fl1i6,'. Ili Britain 110e111:4 to be to innweee the public with the weak - /Wee rether than the etrength of the eervice. with it view to aes 0111 (1L additional (ships tinge:eh /lila. lipprelleneion in tile peblic mind that the fore' le not ket•pbee paee WItlX it,/ importuned to the Ha lion. "Ti"re our pulley i.cenri to bo to tievreetimate rather than underestis premed with the etrength of the 0 I GIIT Itot right. The people here seem im- eepeelitily slue the Spanish- Aineeletin War, when aetually bet- tor reeillts might be obtained before Congrees were the imp.reesion cone Veyed that we aro not so sarong. Abroad the United Staters is reckon - el an. the seventh naval power, be- ing ontraekeil by all the Continental navleei Including Italy. But thie view le not neceptea In the United Statee, and figures of shipli building and tonnage indicate that the *United Staters is now either fifth or tied with Germany for fourth place, outranked by Groat Britain, Prance and Russia. German,V, however, li,ae a more ex- tensive programme of increase than the United States and will probably lead un in a few yearn at her pro - sent rate of building uniees liberal ns appropriatioare wile here for naval development. Ship for ship the new vessele of our navy equal in every respect thee° of the foreign- rervices, but we have comparative- ly few. Abroad the United Stn,tese witile, of course, reckoiserl as a naval power, cannot be said to be counted Lo any combinations that nations might make against others. The Spanish War did mob to enhance our standing before European na- val Norma but we are Mill regard- ed as entitled to oo higher rank than seventh place, which would place es nearly alongside Of Japan. "Britain to -day is stronger than any two of the most powerful eontin- ental nevem and etrongei than these with anotber power incluclea: She Imo 80,000 men afleat,• and, al- though her naval reserve 1101 so strong and perhaps well drilled as that of France, the real strength of her personnel is in the trained, dis- ciplined meafloat, who aro beteg, constantly increased. Her channel fleet is a magnificent aggregation of fighting force, constantly .kept at sea •and ready for any assignaent. The sillies are always in excellent contlitioe, and reports of weaknesses and rottenness are without st he slightest semblance of truth. These reports are circulated by the Naval League, an organization for the embuilding of the British navy, with beaaches tbrougbout. the .British Is- lands. In fact, the admiralty will of- ten refuge to officially deny state- ments of reported defects in the Bri- tish navy, and rather encourages a feeling of depreciation of its strength thou magnifying it. mate our naval strength, w111011 le p 1 11 i SMIPP1113 lifF Gave Cow to Boot for a Span of Horses. THEN SAW HE WAS CHEATED. Altoona, Pa., Dec. al.—Mr. A. Stet- tini went to. the Canoe Creek quar- ries on Thanksgiving -14 eiliend the day. Being an American of but recent origin, he may not have thoroughly understood the sacreduess or signal- oance of the occasion ; but be that as it may, lie made remarks while engaged in celebrating that led one • Anion Sardissa to confront hint with a proposition. Mr. Melilla. said he owned a cow, but found her to be un- profitable .because shit; wife refused to milk her. Thereupon Sardissa offered. te trade a team Of horses for Mrs. Sternal and the cow, andoa. deal was made cm the spot. A few days after' the transfer of the goods Steffini's horses went lame, and he drove them over to Sar - (lima's, Wiere he protested that be had been ebeated, and demanded his ,wife and his cow back. •'''Sardissa Invited lane intoethe house,. where the men sat down to a meal, the principal part of which was a fine steak cooked by the lady who i'igures in the case. Steffini tllted .bink from the table, after having satisfied Ois appetite,- and said he felt better, but was still firm in his deter- mination to have the trade declared off. Then Sardissa aCknowledgecl. that the cow had been killed the day before, and that she had furnished the steak which the visitor had so inuell enjoyed. Mr. $teffini, ;grumbled some, and finally said he would be satiseed to return the teane ir he could just have his wife back. This propoel- tion was spurned, and in a fight .which followed the lady assisted Mr. Sardissa to knock Mr. Steffini dotal and pound hills full of dark - bine lumps. Steffini then went home to ,bee, and is still the owner of the 'lame horses. It may be that Mr. Sardissa and the lady were not Wholly justified in thumping the diesatesfied man as they did, We cah hardly blame Steffini, in view of the fact that the eorees went .Jame, for Conclud- ing that he had been cheated. She must indeed be a poor wife who is worth ho more than a team of spay-, ined old horses, not to mention the Cow. oft tbe other hand, however, we are forced to concede that Steffini had a certain advantage in making the trade. He could look the horses -over for blemishes. Mr,. Sat -these could not do this, except, perhaps, with the dew, and maintain a faun - blame of delicacy. So wo are led up to the conclusion that Steffini had only himself to blame if he was cheated, and we certainly shalt not criticize the lady for her object:on to having the trade declared off. 'Still, she ought to have observed the proprieties of going to South Dakota for a feve weeks. • SENT BABY BY MAIL. -- Pollee Called Open to the P. O. A tE Clio t ies Indianapolie, Dec. ae.--The Post - 01 flee employeee at the Union Station sub -station found a strange peek - age among the Christmas packages when they came to assort them at midnight !net night for the waiting trainIn the station. All the offices were crowded yesterday and many onekagee were posted at the suns 'station. When the employees ceetie to assort thene they found a baeket on there was no addreese and no stamp, and none of the men emeld re - mein bee t nki rtg it in. Examinee ion ehonsed UM It was covered over With linen. When turned to one side a small bottle of milk fell oitt. Thie led to the opening of the basket, and boy baby, probably:a Week old, was found neatly wrapped up iu Dammam 8111 .eleeping soundly. Another bot- tle of milk wag foniul in the beeket. The polite were called and took elmegn of the infant, but the Post - office employees ere at a loge to know -hove It got into the office. It le elipposed. though, that ilie mother It it through the witelow or quiet- ly entered the room while the men were buy and clepodtal the linsket with the pnekngee which were piled Int 11 heep, on the floor. Yilhe station pollee say they slaw- it woman neer the NA -station Jere befinei stile bas- ket wag( tonal, bit nothene about her attraetea 'eart1011141 attention. MD MET DE11111, Two Men Jumping From Motor Carriage MANGLED BY AN ENCINE. Three Children Perish in 1 Burning [louse In Minato This Morning - Japanese bluer On in a el rea Storm ()1r Port Townsend. St. Louie, 1‘10„ Deo. 31.—J'olto W. Taylor, chief engineer of the ter- minal railroad association, and Wm. Austin Kent, whose borne Is in Leuls- vine; Ky., were ground to death be- neath the Wheels of a Wabash twitch engine, in North St. Louis, Wet night, after jumpingepanic-strieken from a swiftly moeing motor car, which thi.eatened to oollide with the switch engine at the May street crossing. Three, children Ceemated. Buffalo, Dec. 31..—Three children lost their lives le a fire in the two , story frame building at 27 Lombard etreet, shortly liefore four o'clock this morning. They were three sons of Madary Grazeht, wlio occupied the second floor of the building. They were Joseph, 10 years; Frank, 7 years old, and Adam, about 2 years old. Their forms were slightly burned, but nor unrecognizable. The other members of the fondly bad a marvel- lous escape, and the mother and a baby two days old, had to be carried out on a mattress. The fire is sup - Need to have been caused by an overheated stove la a eaioon On tile first floor. on Loire lii a Storni. Seattle, Wash., Dec. 31. --The Nip - pen Yuzen Kaisha liner Shinano Meru is afire at Port Townsene. Meagre details of the conflagration, which is raging In the hold, arrived last night by the steamer North Pachle. Shin- ano Marti Jett this port for Yoko- hama a week aro last Wednesday with several thousand tons of cot - tett and general freight. She put back from sea and yesterday arrived at Port Townsend flying signals of distress. The storm made all fear to gO, out to lier, until the British Vice - Consul chartered the tug Wildwoocl and went to her. Ile was tt3 that she was afire, and gave the a' we to the North Piscine, then on her way • to Seattle, The Shinano took out the emost valuable Oriental cargo ever sent from tals port. ;, • MB. DIME LOSES CASE The Duke of Portland Can Now Rest Easy, REJECTED BY PROBATE COURT, London, Dec, SO.—Another claim to a British peerage and dukedom has &Maimed. The case of Mrs. Florence Anna Maria Drace, affecting relative- ly the title and estates of the late Duke of Portland, has just bten set- tled in the Probate Court., After a triel lasting several days, before Justice Barnes and a special jury, the finding was officially made' that Thomas Charles Druce died Deo. OS, IS364. Inferentially, the verdiet carries with 'it the declaration that Druce was not and could not have been the fifth Duke of Portland. Loses Though the estate of Druce Was also at stake, it is considered of lit- tle importance when taken ie Con- nection widi the contes,. for the tette. By the jury's filming the will made by'Deuce in 1.86d, and a codicil writ- ten in 1.361, are deolared valid. Thus the Wallah' loses the right to claim Tor lier son bothethe'coveted title of nobility and the Druce property. AEA a few great fanolieu 10 Eng- land breathe eauier over inc.) result, for -the conmectione of the Duke of Portland are so many and so inauen- tial that the trial bad raindications throughout tile kingdom, Though a threat has been made that the case will yet go to the House of Lorils for final decision, no one believes the result will be otherwise than In the Probate Court. , Thaott•ghout the trial Mrs. Druce acted in an extremely eccentric manner, and she, has left the impeem- Mott that; her inieti is unbalanced; but, then, her friends and support- ers say that lier domestic troubles and her legal couteeto and cheap- Pointmenta have been Huffloieut• to render erratic the average human anderetanding. The claims set forth by Mrs. Druco aro the most sensational that were ever given publicity le England. She is the widow of the illegitimate son of Thonme Charles Druce, who kept a large bazaar in Baker street, Loa - don. This store was honeycombed with underground passages, whioli Bruce frequented, At timehe would not be seen for weeks, and then would suddenly emerge' into Ida eounting-roore and re,sume business ea if heeled been abseat for only an 110nr. Prying Ryes Shut Ont. About the seine period tlie fifth Duke of Portland htved la barouiai epielelor at Welbeek Abbey, and at tunes oecupied hie townhouse la London. The latter plaoe was sur- rounded by high wade that °flee- tively ehut one prying eye' lea° Iasi movements. Bat tillage were (afferent at Welbeek. Tiler° the Eccentric nobleman nail conetructed eubterranean paSsages, Mazeellke characte•r, and It wan his custom to dieappear and reappear In' 8. 10175- 108100,8 Way., in fact It in the laim df Mrs. Druee that the Duke left 'Welbeek Abbey to beeonie plain Mr. Druce in the Baker etreet establishment, and that :when Me Greet, grew weary of trade he retriteed hie steps to ble vonntry home, washed off the stabile and ignut Of 001010050o, tentl—preeto, eletege I beetime again the high and inhdity Peke of Portl The Duke diva Dee. 0, 1870, end was' enceeeiliel title ntal eetatas dy a tlietant rclative. but an Denote the Merchant, had 0:sp1ra1 1,011113 emu% earlier --or, according to the &olden jilet rendered by justice Barnes, Dee, 28', 186 1 --Mrs. Drum asserts that the shooman simply abandoned the 111(5. 08111110 house forever and renutinell Duke the rest 0;1' his ilaya. IIts Orace was burled In Xensal Green, and kfrq. Drtwo alleges that there is nothing but lead pipe In his coffin. She once got a permit to have the sarcophagus opened, but another legal barrier was raised, and it Is now improbable that the outi-lie worl I will ever know what that tomb contains. While the Probate Court tleciHion tuts failed f.0 raise the Tell that eov. ers a mysterious double life, tviel while scores of people in England be - Rove that the Baker street merchant and the ecceentrie nobleman or Wel. book were one and the same persoli, It he certain that Mrs. Drucedi Hallor son will now never be declared the rightful heir to the great Dukedom of Portland. CHRISTMAS IN THE HOLY Rig How the Day Was Spent in Bethie_heni. CHURCH OF THE NATIVITY. Scene of a Wonderful Gathering to Donor the Doy—Order of the Pro- cession and leervistes—ii any Altars Occupied. New York, Dec. 31.—The World prints a cablegram from Bethlehem, billowing the manner le which •Cbrist. Inas eve and Christmas day were this year celebrated in the Holy Land. According to the despatch from isTKEN rwwwwwwwwirgwav HORRIBLE BOER BRUTALITIES HJR !TENS OF NE ITS BHGLUIFROM FAR AND NEAR TOWARD BRITISH WOUNDED, Girl Shoots Man Who Re- fused to Answer, TWO RAILWAY WRECKS. Toxas Christmas Tragedy—Boy Ace cidontatly Wounded, 9Is natter Fires Into a Crowd-13E4E1X Cashier Kilned by all 1iituertic Shock,l Dick Bill, Mise., Dec. ale—Frank Royal, a young man, wa,e shot and killed last night near tide place by the daughter of his brother-in-law, S. Mills, whom he and his wife wore visiting. Mills and Royal went to town in the evening, and upon their return, by way of a Joke. Royal refused to answer Mrs, Mills, who called to him as ho started to enter the hallway. Beatrice it 14-year-o1d girl, thinking it 0011113 one on mieeldef, seized a shot gun add fired, the, entire load enterine' hes heart, killing him inetantly. Two It' ailway Wrecks. Grand Selina Tex., lam 31.—In a freight wreck near Silver Lake haat night, 15 ears were derailed and five persons were more or less injured. The Texas and Pacific "Cannonball" engine, which had been detached ancl sent on With a wrecking crew, was derailed evItile returning from the freight wreck, and four men were injured, none fatally. A Texas Row, orNo Nacogdoches, godro emben were cliecharging os, Texas, Dee, St —As a.pis- GEN. CHRISTIAN DEWET Whose Commando Attacked the Etitish Camp at Zeefontein on Dec.24. Bethlehem the acY Was clear and the air °Billy on the day le fore Chriet- Inas. At an early hour crowds com- menced to stream in from Jerusalem and all the ne,gabating town. Many travelled from Europe, some even from America,. The Euro- pean east:times nangled with the might • oriental dresses made the scene varied and vivid with colors, while in the throng were seen many Betalebein women. At the Cannon of Nativity at Beth- lehem, the Latins, Greeks and Ar• menittne each have it place of wet'. ahip, but the ceremonleo Which at- tracted the thouelends were those at the Catholic Church. Throughout th morning crowde flocked to the meg niffeent Church of the Nativity in closing the eave, believed by Scholars to be the actual birthplace of Chriet. It was brilliantly illuminated. During the forenoon it multitude of people crowded the greet square fronting the Church of the Nativity, covert:lig the housetops on every ide. Tiro procession then appeared, the patelarch escorted by Turkish sol- dier& preceded by the Kawaesetiv or official guard of the Patrierch and. convent,. advancing to the church. radowlea the sacerdotal proceselon came tittA of the French Consul and his staff, in uniform, witli an escort of mounted guards, he taking pre- cedence as representing France, the recognized guardian of Cetholle in- terests In the Itoly leind. Following his entry into the °Introit came the beautiful service of vespers and the betteoictien. Throughout the evening the etturch wee well filled With OrOW(I Et of worehippers. At 11. d'eloek matins were sung, and n, few minutes before midnight. all was imehed. Then oil the 'stroke of the hour the "Glorittee arose—all la profound adoration to usher in Christen:us morning*. immediately af- terivard the Patriarch ascen,led tlie high altar mill began to celebrate high mess. Theneeforward through- out Christmes day every altar in the ettered (Matte was oicuP1 el by prieets eaeing masers. Many devotees who took their /deem at 10 o'clock on eltrietin is eve kept their vigils till 11 teeloek On Chrietnies day, anxious; not to ieleo one moment of the cere- monies on the site of tlie birth/ilftco of Christ. Grehain /Iroise men's fariiiehing store at Lon Ion, Ont., wits chimers - ed by fire to tile eXtent of $7,000 Or $8,000. fOMJWYMM/MMAIMMWMIVIMMINAWMA Cleveland Suffers from gout. German exports hey° ranee off greittly. Mr. W. E. Triveey, of Winnipeg, died suddenly, ' Ilritlsli grocere fear competition of' Co-operative 'stereo. Mr. Robert Itogerse n. Wilialimg printer, dropped dead. Tee Canadian papermakere have matte aa. advance in pricers,. Tem new protocol between CItUI Argentina has; been signed. The London-BrIghton electric road Is expected to make 90 miles an hour Mr, Gilbert Parker will be ban- queteO. at Belleville on Jan. 11114 It le reported that Emperor Wil- liam Will visit England next month, There are eight cases of smallpox at Winnipeg. Edward Onelow Ford, R. A., the sculptor, is dead. Rev. Dr. Plannery,-formerly, of St. Thomas, died in Ireland. The Grimsby San hes suspended publicaelon. A. J. Magurn has acquired Events, the weekly paper publishea in Ottawa. The winter is very severe In Eng- land, the frosts being aecompanied Py a. good deal of fog. The Dominion Coal Company is slapping coal to Quebec poiets front Sydney, via Portland. A by-law to onforee compulsory vaccination has been introducetl in the Monti•eal Countil. Hon. Robert Rogers denies there is any trouble In the Manitoba Cabi- net on the prohibition question. The new city, direetory, just eut, gives London a population of 45,987. The (senses figures make it 87,000. Mr. George Nelson, of London, has lost four children by diphtheria lately. It is reported that the Chinese Court will engage an American ad- viser at $1,5,000 0 year. Governer Shaw, of Iowa, will suc- ceed Mr. Gage n.s United States Sec- retary of the Treasury. Tho Superior Court has pronounced the separation of the Grand Duke and Duchess of Hesse. The action by the Town of Goderleh against the Elevator Company was settled at Woodstock ASHIZEIS. Mr. John Allan, of Onondaga Tenveiship, is dead from wounds re- ceived Iti a shooting aeoldeet. A fire wagon and a street car collided at Tole,do. Captain Ward Was killed and several other fire- men injured. The retirement of Rev. R. J. Hutch - eon, M.. A., Almonte, from- the Pres- byterian ministry to j. in the Unitar- ians caused great surprise to his friendin Kingstou. The National Association of Credit Men of the United States hold that credit should not be extended to -business men who do not protect their creditors by carrying insur- , The Canada Central Railway Co. awe. The Smith's Palls, Rideau & South- is applying for it charter to build a eedrancouver. ' aerfaIptapiilicivaalyionConitoptaizilelirey givee uoti,, I a road from French River, Ont., to foi : n extra ension ofeeleut, - roe the co- m riline. 1 e John McCool, of Port Willia, a"—MMOVSZ-"'anci °omelet:ion of their died at,Ottawa, where he had gone tion policy, and Mr. Smart, Deputy et's, Mr. a A. Mc - The Domm inion Government is about Coto 0 1:1, 1 M. to adopt a more vigorous immigra- Edward Lemarne, England to investigate the pros - 's, Westminster, has excels ed an . Minister of the Intarior,- wet go to appointment as organist to the Car- negie II/aisle Hall, Pittsburg. peete there. Mrs. P. J. Cesgrove, aged 67 years, Sir William Van Horne has return - home, Frontenac street, Kingston, ness on the island. • fell do,hmstairs iports a prosperous condition of busi- nto the cellar of her ed to Montreal from Cuba, and re- eustaining injuries from which she died soon after without regaining W. Curtis Wakefield, of New York, consciousness. Is the name of the Ameridan who has leased Dillon Park, near Windsor, for the coronation year. London, Deo, 30,—Lord Ieiteleener'is despateb, publiehe(1 by Uici War Office, gives the report of MaJor N. E. Young, I). el. 0,, Royal Field Artillery, resenting the eonduet or Um Doers to The offleera and men wounded in tile action with Col. Beneondi column 01 lirakenittagte. Major Young saYs "I have seen the wounded adfleere and men of Co101101 13en8On'e coalinn. Seventy-five non-conmeissioned offi- cers and Men made complaint of 111- trea•tateet of amore or lose serious nature; nearly all of theee had been robbed ot whatever money timer pos.. eeesed, (tem of their watches and vate papers. A. Very large proportiou etaleti that their bouts had been re- inoVed, and in these easiee where the leg had been brokethis mussed in- tense agony. "1 atiacii statements taken down by me trout ilie auleers and men relation to tbe meet serious case& 1 was imeressedxitli the idea that elle statements made to me were true, anti not wilfuily exaggerated, so dm - ply were they made. :statements, of the Men. ' Private Prickett, ath Dn. King's Royal Rifle Corps, states: saw the Boers come up, and an old 13m-, witil beta beard and tvalskers, and wearing leggings, whom I should be able to recognize again, shot my friend, Private F. Foster, 4th En. King's Royal Rifle Corps, by putting the muzzle of las rifle to his side. Private Poster had been firing under cover of; an ant hemp tilt the 13.oers took the position; Ito then threw away hie rifle to put his hands op, bet was shot all the same. When any of the vrounded neoved on the Rola after we had stopped firing they kept sniping at them." • Private N. 11. Grierson, Scottish Horse, states: "On October 30 I was wouoded and lying by the side or Colonel Benson. When the Boers oame up they wanted to begin to loot. Colonel Benson stopped them, tolling them he had received a let- ter from Commandant Grobelaar, saying the wounded would b3 re- spected. Colonel Benson asked if he &mid see Grobelaar, they said they evened fetch lam, and brought up some one who was in authority, but I do • not think it was Grobelattr. Colonel Benson told him the wounded were not to be touched, and lie said he would do has best; he himself pro - The American Cereal Company has obtained a controlling interest in the Peterboro Light & Rower Co. Mr. Geo. Elliott's store at Cran- dall, Man.'was robbed of $1,000in at Union Bak bills on Christame,nght. Twenty-five gypsum companies In the United States have been coned - !elated with it capital of $10,000,000, William Waldorf Astor has donat- ea £10,000 for the promotion of civilian r.fie clubs in the United Kin.g,done. tols in celebrating Christmas, a stray bullet struck Mitchell Bird, aged 18, inflicting a mortal wound. The boy's mother then fired into the crowd with a shot gun, seriously wound- ing Ed Lee, Reuben' Chandler and Ed- gar Moore, all negroes. The boy is dead and one or the negroes• is dying. Killed the Casli,ter. Akron, Ohio, Deo. al.—D. P. Wheel- er, enshier of the Citizens' National Bahk, was found dead in front of the vault in the Walk last night. Ile had been killed by an electric shock, through handling a socket of an in- candescent limp and opening the vault door at the same time, thus forming a current which killed him. FIGHTING TYPHOID FOIE11, Ann Arbor Professors Wo k- ing on New Serum,- ••••••••••••••••••••• WILL NOT DISCUSS RESULTS. Ann Arbor, /Welt., itee. 30.—General interest hes been aroused 4n the medical profession hero by reports of a discovery of anusaal import- ance of the bacteriological labora- tory Of the Univereity of Mieh gan, It 18 statei that experiments by Dr. Preverlok Novy and Profeeeor Peal C. Freer,a chemist, have pro - (limed whet is believed to be an 110- tifieptie for smell intestinal disestses as cholera, typhoid falter and dysen- tery. The preparation has been tried with 0110e088 Iii experimenth on small animals, previously innocu- evith iliteetinal seattee, and &Whig the poet Week five Medical atudelitsi have been undergoing it couree of experimehte with the pre- ptiratioit. It is stated that they were reetrietee to a diet ot iter - Dim' milk, and that repeated cli'nn- 0101 .thiring the Deseret showed the utter destruction of the intestinal poisons. Dr. Novy and hilt colleagelee posl- ely decline to (Meuse the report - (el aleeovere. or their experintents for pubileatipti. The Northern Pacific Railway is preparing to shorten its main lbse In Washington by 00 railed by building the Line -Ellensburg out -off across Yakima -Valley. This out -off will be 110 miles long. John B. Weeks, of Champaign, Ill., a. personal friend of Rear Admiral 'Sampson, has received it letter froin Mrs. Sampson, in which she says the mental condition of the admiral is beyond recovery. A former German) Government em- ployee, named Voigt, was sentenced to three months' imprisonment for eelling official secrete to a journal- ist, Dr. Hamburger. Voight admit- ted his guilt. Magistrate Bartlett, of Windsor, has reported to the Attorney -Gen- eral's Department that he has exatu- ined the gas pipes andefinds no net - ural gas is being exported from Essex to the American side. James ilIcSitane, ex -Mayor of Mont- real, who served as an officer of the Fleet Administrative Battalion dur- ing the Fenian rakl campaign in 1806, bas been presented with a Fenian raid 'medal and ribbon. Rev. Colin Sinclair, or St. Thomas, and his wife and son are danger- ously 111 from poisoinng as a re- sult of eating canned salmon. .Jacquee Fra.neois Bonn Fouquier, the publicist and former member of the French Chamber of Deputies, is dead. He was born Sept. 1, 1838. In a copyrighted article in the Na- tional Gazette United States Senator Merit Hanna, of Ohio, peys a high tri- bute to the memory qf the late Presi- dent McKinley. Commander Spain, Mr. E. Adams, Ottawa, and Mr. James Stewart, Kingston, hairs) been appointed a eononission to iequire into the Mar- ine City disaster at Goderich. Robert Paul, of 119 Champlain street, Quebec, who is suffering from comer, is being treated by X-rays, and it is declared he is greatly bene- fited after five days' trial. Mrs. Duffy, a, respected resident of Pittsburg Township, near Kingstee, who lived alone, was found dead in bed by a neighbor. She was aged 65 years, Death was due to natur- Mrs. join, Neill, Xing street, King- al causes. e sten, died suddenly while awaiting the homecoming of her husband, a land hoe accepted appointment to commercial traveller. The deceased the iliclustrial department of th owvaosr ahninratalvecoon• ft tienKingston.bite- i tlived National Civic Peclerat'on, created at the recent peace conference of The Spanish squatters on the labor and capitalistic leaders. All Island of La Costa, Government re- the others chosen have accepted. nervation, near the mouth of Char- Details of a plan ,tor the re -ore lotto •Ilarbor, southwest of Florida,' ganizittion of the Erie, Telegraph and dere from the United States Treasury Tole;plione f $32,000,000, involving a transfer Must I cave there at once, under or - Department. of control to the American Tele - A despatch to the Lenden Daily 1 phone and Telegraph Company, are Telegiaph from Sofia says that the gi.ven in a circular to tho elittrehold- America n Legation has arranged era of the Erie. terms for the release of Miss Stone. The Berlin corrospendent of the Times says the Associatiere of Ber- lin Merchants hae sent a memorial to the Pectoral Council advooating legislative regulation of trade oom- binations in order to avoid the ar- tificial raising Of prites and conse- quent disastrous fluetuatioes. It is understooll that the Richelieu & Ontario Navigation Company will Make Oswego a port of call dering the season of 1902, and thus afford better accoMmodation for summer A despatch from Mombassa, East travel from that secticin of the State. Africa, states that the first loeomo- The route will be Toronto to Char - live for the new Uganda, Rallrosid lotte, to Oswego, to Kingston, and renelied Port Florenee, tho terminue on to Prescott. of the line, on elotorie Nyanza, on Friday. It traveresd 582 miles from the mist, Work on the railroad was commenced in 18e0. It is slated that $14A000 is to be paid in Bulgaria, and Miss Stone will be released on Turkish soil. What Is described as a new system of etheric telegrephy is being experi- mented with -between Folkestone and Dungeness. The tontrict is stated to be perfect. Lloyds' ena "Reveled ship- pers; are intereeteci in the expert, monis, no details of whieh have been made public. The Berlin correspondent of the' London Stendard learns that Ger- many is About to despatch ten ultima- tum to Venezuela. Unless; Venezuela The Lohdon lime -ere of IL St. 000109 tO a definite and satisfac- johli 'Oix, who is eliarged with tar- tory arrengement with her German eeny committee in tlx United creditorwithin a very short titne, States', and who is also aceesiel of the correependent sesve, the Gertnall wreekiiig the lesatilinavian Amer:- Government willebe prepared to re- call Bank at Whetcom, Wash., esir sort to foreible nusitetires, they Will not appeal againet til' The Stockhohli Board of flun.ralane extralition (10018011. lms publieheil the results) of He en- quiry into the CatligeS Of peuperislie tt finds; that drunkeenese le roseate eemeeee ems been mood to pro% o sible for 52 per t3 ont. -of tits en sett Tn that Adt•le de Algonquin wile the c,i3n Pt rweeernet.eirourniktedea,eittne ea% brootrli cont. daughter ot the Duke or Orlculla, af- ter Louis Phillope, her mother dying only tite Miller, end In 7 Per (lent at her lertri. 41(101111(411, was fottn41 only flid mothAr- Tite 01111 Iron 'of snob In a secret drawer or an old Frenelt Parents; linee to be supported by tits clock. poor rates. The eineltmati 'enquirer publishes; Galileo& deep:tit% intimating that teeted Colonel Benson for nbent all boor, but he Was still there when a, Boer took off Colonel Benson's spurs and gaiters; then the ambulance eame, and we Were removed. I did not sne the gun removecte Private E. Rigby, dell 1311. J1.1ngij Revel Rifle Corps, states the Boers took all his clothes except his elate:. T11111 man Is not quite able to speak yet. Coldeblooded 19 order. Trooper Alexander Main, 2nd Seot-ses'°- isli Howse, stater; 1 "Wldle lying on Ito groml, 1113 Doers came close UP and stood about fifteen to twenty yards away from where sve were lying wounded round the guns. All were wounded at the time, and 111) 0110 lre Savtaet firing. tecr telli.LBeelarfetera°' eta' officer, was lying beside me, wounded in the leg at tuts time. He reeeived one or two more shots in the body, ant thortly afterwards he died. I myself received three more wounds. I got into camp by myself." Sergi.; Ketley, 7tit Huse'are, states: .11 was wounded In Vie head- and lap Just before the Boers rushed the guns, I was covered willt blood. A Boer came up, took away my carbine and revol- ver, and asked me to put up my hands. I could not do tide, being too weak with the loss of blood. De loaded my own carbine and aimed from his breast while kneeling, and pointing at my breast he fired ana hit me in the right arm just below the shoulder. Nothing was taken, awl I was not touched env more." Trooper jaatieeon, Scottish HOrFIP, says that the Beers took bis boots, and they hurt his shattered arm in tearible.mantie • while getting eff las bandolier. His arm bas been re- in°17drelva.te Parritila 1st,. Bn. King's Royal Rifle Corps, Nays: 'While lying wounded, the More came and took my boots off. Our ridge was not fir- ing any more, but whenever a wound- ed man 'Armed himself they fired at him ; in this way several were killed. One man, wile was waving it bit of blue stuff with the idea of getting an ambulance, received abeut twenty, s'ISInte Beta 4th 13n. King's Royal Rifle Corps, 25,th Mounted Infantry, estates: "I was wounded through tbe hip with Colonel Beneon's real -guard on October 30tle When the Boers came up they took niy boots off very roughly, hurting my woundedleg very much. -mw them ttiking rea.ntcpes and money off theetsithr e m These are but a fevr of the testi- monies.. • GUNN ROM IN ARM . Paving the Way for it Total Abolition. SLAVES MAY BUY FREEDOM. Berlin., Dep. at.—T,Irei text of ata1m- perial edict clealieg wan the ques- tion of domesiiesatyjelkasketatier ' Ea ' °laze enilirricion published. irder to pave the way for the al kion of domestic slavery in Ger. su East Writes, it Is decreed that o fottowleig regutueloas shall be in - c tided in tee code: her by sale of a man's self, • sale effected by relations, nor as pa 'silent for debt or fulfilment of other obligations, nor as punisument Lor adultery Omit a relationship of slavery be nenceforward established. "Every domestic slave is empow- ere,d to terminate his state of slavery by payment of a 811111 of money for las redemption. The amount of this sum sball be decided by the 'cone: Potent administrative authorities. "Every slave who has paid. the ransom appointed shall receive it eer- tilicate of emancipation from the au- thorities. "Every domestic slave must be per- mitted to work for himself during two days, in the week, or to use for Ws own purposes the corresponding proceeds of Iies labor. Ia so far. as existing custom is In this respect more favorable to the sieve, it shall continue in force. In this matter, as well as en all other differentes be- tween master and domestic slave, t deciston shall lie with the compete*, authorities. "The master of a dome is under obligation to and provide for him in s 00, dt ; vie th whose Before at. aertheeitice other point, portant, en of the own that inel not sopa without "Tire forfeitec comrnitt duty 103 tent ant. quire into wherili come and aro in such, effeet the liberationoi e1 Issuing a certificate of eman pation, and in soda eneee the former owner shell not have any claim to compen- sation. "Offences against the provisions of the edict hall be publialied by a fine not exceeding 500 rupees or by imprisonment for it period net eX- ceeding Oven monthe, eeeept 01 theme caves vvivere 0 heavier penalty is in- curred by virtue of other law." DIE'D ON BURNINO STEAMER. Yomail Memphis, Terms, Dee. 31.—The stern. Wheel eteatner Sete ply1ng between this port and Fulton, Tenn., burned toethe water's edge at 5 o'clock to- day, at her meorings at the wharf On the city front. Tire boat arrived front Fulton about midnight last night Wite fifteen pas- Rongers, all of whom were 'Were on board when the fire brOkeseout. Of eliesm three ere known to be I). 11. Rainey and wife, of Oki Tema, sued .Mrs. G. M. Time, ot Rich- ardson, Lnwling, Ark. Titter eltarred remains have been reeovered from thin Wreek. The three.montlee-ola child of Wire. Thus is missing, It le believed that nil the other /meows o - boatel eeteaped. The fire m101)410,1 in ft pile of ;seed cettote on the boller (leek, and probebly Wan started by a spark from the hirnnee. Wet Wee Vnleed itt $10,01i0, and wee n bent Mir insured. 'Cho eargo Wes; tetelly I destroyed.