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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1902-04-03, Page 2DILLON, THE DYNAMITER, IN KINZION PRISON. Ile Learns Thatilis identity Has Been Disclosed. Ie is New Checker in the Clothes aeons of the Penitentiary --1-11s awe in Philadelphia Denies the Story in toto-Dillon's, or Dullman's, renew Prisoners and What They are Doing -Alleged Statements 'regarding the Crime. --Vain Hopes of Pardon. Buhulo, N. Y. March 31. -The Ex- Hears Ite is Known. west; ties inorning publish( a. long 1 Luke Dillon now is aware that ide ;story to the effect that Karl Dela ! alentity is revealed aud that the ' wore' no longer now him as Karl man, one or the three men eontoneed Denman, the inyoterlaus dynamiter. td life imprisonment in the Kingston (Ont.) penitentiary for attempting to blow up a lock iu the Welland thermi on April 21, 1000, is Luke 1)11 - Mu, an Irish National leader, a close friend of Dr. Cronin who was mur- dered in Chicago, and high in the councils of the Clan-n,a-Gael. • Two years ago Dillon was teller of the Dime Savings Bank. of Philadel- phia. It was then that the bank turned over its accounts to the Union Surety Guaranty Company, and the announcement was made to Dillon's frlemis that he had gone to Europe. A year later the report was cir- culated that he had been drowned in Ireland. The pleture of Denman lias been identified as that of Dillon by sever- al people who claim to have known the man well. A man who lived next to him when he kept a shoe store, another man familiar with the bank In which Dil- lon, woe taller, and a third connect- ed with the Union Surety Guaranty Company was shown the portrait, and all declared that Denman was Dillon, the missing teller. Prominent in Clan-na-Gael. Dillon was the joint accuser, with Dr. Cronin as a juror, of members of The Trio -mei at the famed Clan-na- Ga,e1 trial, secret sessions of which were, held at the Genesee Hotel in Buffalo in 1888. Dillon was the representative of the Clan-na-Gael, who at the time of the Cronin murder in Chicago, went there as a member of the Executive, de- nounced Alexander Sullivan, raised funds for the prosecution, advocated the throwing off of the oath of se - army: so far as noceseary to run diesvn Cronin's assassins; went on the wit- uess stand, and, by his testimony, revealed the secret of "The Trian- gle," and made publio the charges against Sullivan and assailed Mc- Geehan, the Philadelphia. suspect. De- tective Dan Coughlin, Burke, Beggs and O'Sullivan were convicted of the 'Cronin murder or complicity therein, but Alexander Sullivan escaped in- dictment. The knowledge was eomewliat of oleole to him and considerable of a °Iieran lise' Illopee for a pardon. He re- cently expreased this Lope. "In a few years more, it may be that I will be pardoned," he is sale to have express- cti it "It may net be in less ehan five or Mx years, but I do hope Viet by the tune ten years have passed I will be free and back with my family egain." Denies Ills canitt Stilt. Dillou denied and denies that he knew Noliu or Walsh before he met them in that disastroue May, 1900. kip aztys he met them by chance and never ha o known there before and has had nes opportunity to become 'tet- te- acquainted with them here. He denim he was In a plot with them or in any seheme with them to cause wholesale loss of life in the valley of Ten Mile Creek, near Thor- old. "I never ROM theln UAW 1 tract- dentically met them in that week when I was away from home on a spree." were his words. .This natu- ally leads to a third point in Dillon's present position. He tam hope of a pardon, he denied previous =quaint - Dame wita Nona and Walsh-, and. third, he asserts and has asserted from the outset that the Clan-na- Gael was no party. to his actions whatsoever, and that no secret so- eiety or organization had any know- ledge of his trip to Niagara Falls and Taorold, or of his 'movements in that vicinity before or after the explosions at Lock No. 24 of the Welland Canal. "I was at Niagara, Fars simply as an individual and in no sense as a member of an active agent of any assoceation or organ- ization," were his words to one with whom he spoke. The overwhelming desire of his life hero is to sec, his family and friends and his old home in Philadel- phia. again. Ail Well -Behaved. Tae guards and keepers know Dillon as a well-be3selaredet. obedient. prisoner. "In feet," .eelateea Warden Platt, 'all three of etitea men im- prisoned for the Morbid dynamit- ing are well behaved." An authority of the prison spoke also of the men. "Tae one of them, you know, is an expert ma-chinist," he saki. "He is working now in our shops and is making some of those Sine bars and bolts that you see in this new wing that we are build- out or the old wing fat tide celi dome buildles. He le a line work- man, steady, industrious and skilled." hals man Is John Nolan. He was working at his trade as a machin- ist before he went to Thorold. "Another of the dynamiters is doing ordinary work, unskilled," said a prison authority, Wil0 had spoken ef the good. •work being done by Nelin. This man is John Walsh. He was employed in the stables of the Dub- lin Tramway Company before he came to America the second time, three years ago. When he went to Thorold he gave up a job as bartender in Washington. Part of Walsh's time he has worked on etone, inside the walls, and also has done heavy. work and ordinary laboring, also inside the rails. While the prison authorities spealr also in approval of his con- duct, it seems he is not so favor- ably regarded as Nolin. Walsh is positive in his assertion that John Mama, his fellow bartender in Wash- ington, who accompanied Iiim from England and was found dead with a bullet in his beart shortly before W'aisit went to Tborold, was a eel- eida The Dominion authorities famil- iar with the matter are said to be of the opinion that Merna, was net murdered and that Walsh is telling the truth when he says Marna was micide. Walsire hope for pardon is regarded as second to Nolte's. Became Batik Teller. Atter th.e Cronin murder the war between the factions of -the Clan- na-Gael broke fiercely out, and Dil- lon, as a leader of the Cronin wing, took an active part. Dillon's family, meanwhile, lived quietly at No. 920 Passyunk avenue, in Philadelphia, and the shoe store continued during the owner's comings and goings. About 1891, or prior thereto, plans were formulated and then carried out for the creation of the Dime Savings Bank of Philadel- phia. Prominent Philadelphians became connected with it, and a•mong timm were friends of Luke Dillon. Be aban- dotted the Moe store as a business and moved from No. 920 Passyunk avenue, and, in 1892, he was Tagus laxly settled as teller of the Dime Savings Bank, and lived with hie wife and family at No. 1,125 South Tenth street. There be lived until 1895, when he moved to No. 818 Federal street, where he was living in 1900, when he vanished, as if pluteked from the face of the earth. The Weiland Outrage. Taen followed the nefarious at- tempt to blow up the Weiland Canal. which roused all Canada, and re- sulted In life imprisonment for the three perpetrators. The plot to blow up the Welland Mimi failed. The men blundered in lowering the dynamite into the lecka placing it in such a posit:on that the gates withstood the shock. Had It succeeded a large area of the ten -rounding country would ham been flooded and the loss of life would have been great. 'Three men were capturee soon af- ter the explosion, wheel' wrecked a portion of one of the Canadian ca.nal Rieke. 'two of them John Walsh, and John Nolin, were identified, and their recorde traced. 'lite third man W11.0 gave his name as Karl Dall- man, renaninfel a mystery. It was known that 'the name Dailman was fictitious, but the Dona -talon poUce and dertectivee failed to identify lam. .estletsea.4?r,e0-h3F4taaaaaahathaaitteatatesePoW.,Weeaseaaa 70A-Cti-•,e" MANY QUEER WAYS OF MAKING A LIVING. (Now YOrk Isettca) eaaaaana23hareMaZaMPWR"seaateresi3W While to ineJoirity of persene ars ateati(aatin Pursuina Rome of the re- cognized ocoupattona for e teem are hunerala of mon and women engaged in queer occupations of waioh, the world ait large Rama little, and hears lease one of thein. aro honest, hard-working folk, wise have been drixon by whims or circuna etance iuto peoullar fields of outlea- vor, and some aro of a. huovirisit type and constautly are inventing etrauge or fantastic schemes to fleece the um, Wary, aerie of them exult in their oreft and find 11aPPilless ju 1-110ir labor, and some ton without pride and eimply for "the price." .13etween the inau -who makes las lima by biting otr the Mile of ha, terriers ante bull pups and the chap who deale in second -liana tombstones, betweeu the one who doctors dam- aged done and the drummer for a cork leg factbra, between tbe poodle dog's barber and the man who "reno- vatos" higa meats and noires, between the professional "business adviser" and the undertaker's "solkiltor," or between the bugca,teher of our public parks and the rabbit chaser of hreen- wood Cemetery,. there is only that ordinary dIfferenee which one notices between man and man on the etreets. The gamut Of human nature is the imam wbatever the .seale of life. The man wbo bites dogs' tails may dream elf a social success, compared with wheal Henry Lehr's would look like a spent cork beside a magnum oi champagne, and the drummer for artificiert 'limbs may eveu aspire to the management of one of the great railway systems whichmakes them accessary. A. Dwindling Intlustre. The man who bites dogs' tails for lisingdoettiat advertise his business, and he fights shy of the agents of socdeties organized for the preven- tion of cruelly to animals. In the large kennels it Is the practice now to employ a veterinary surgeon to amputate the doge' tails, bur there are enough of the old-time breed - ere still in the busluees to give profi- table employment to half a -score of "biters." Tim puppy is banded over to the "biter' when he is about a. month old. The "biter" selects the vertebrae' between which he inten.ds to force his teeth, and marks tho place with a piece of twine. The "dainties" of the profession wrap the part to be bitten off in muslin, but most of them simply thrust the tip of the tail into the mouth and, bite it off as one would bite a stalk of asparagus. Commonly the "biter's" fee) is $1, but where there is a litter of puppies to be operated on the usual rate is 50 cents the head -or, rather, the tail. " Renovating" electes. Probably the meanest of all the queer occupations in this city is that of the man who "renovates" higli meats and fishes. It not only is mean, but it is dangerous to health, and the business is conducted in viola- tion of the rules and regulations of the Board of Health. Sales are made from wagonts, and at all times the "renovator" fights shy of food in- spectors and the police. The "renovator's" process is a sim- ple one. In the case of leabl meats it usually is the surface portions that are affected. These he pares oft un- til tlie eretat has the appearanee of being ale= and fresh, whoa he et- hers It for sale in the cheapest dis- trict. OEM finds bis .best custom- ers among the poorer Italians and Slays and Huns -people who are as ;ignorant of the customs as ' they are of the laws of the country. The roasts mid -other pieces of meat for which they pay 8 or 10 cants a pound costs the "reftovator" less than $1 the 100 pounds. In the matter of handling fish the "renovator's" chances for big profits and quick sales are equally 'geed. He buys from the 'wholesaler a lot of tainted fish "for the purpose of mak- ing oil." Thefah are coated to his den rod sorted over, Those evaiell aro so far gone that the foot can- no1 be dishuisee are tossed tete bar - vele to be sold to farmers for matter% Those that are not Yielentia, bad are washed with an acid solution to hill the emelt, feed,. rule 'then sent out to be pole by the Inewlana. Tile Cork -Log, Drummer. It is the business of the corlesleg drummer to keep posted a,s to the accidents that happen in lee terri- tory. Ho resole the 'afternoon and morning peepers carefully. every day, and when be Marne of an aecident in which thas victim has Weil maimed eo that benputation ot a limb is necessary, at is hat Weirton to "get next" at -ince. tile inethods are pat- terned after those of the adroit wine agent In accident cases tee name of the injured person's "next friend" is 'always 'taken by the pollee when poesible, anti this is the person Of whom the cork -leg drummer goat in search. Ho gets the address from the pollee or .the hospital surgeon, and makes the aequaintaaree of that person during a call of sympathy, usually under the pretence that he was an eye -witness of the disaster. He Is consuiseed with. sympathy. He calls as Often as he eau to learn how the sufferer fe getting along. There is to be 'an operation. How distress- ing! Can he do anything to be of • any service to the sufferer? He is eaten up with anxiety for the victim and when next he calls 'he discloses that this anxiety has made him think of a friend who is in the business of sup- plying artificial limbs to unfortunate persons. The Ilusiness Adviser. Kingston, Ont., March 29. - (Buf- falo Express deepatcha-The reve- lation that Karl Denman, the Wel- land dynamiter, imprisoned for life Ln Kingston Prison, is none other than aeake Dillon, the famed Irish patriot and former member of the Clan-nsagael executive, was a sur- priee here, little sbort of astounding. At the prison all was silent and sealed as on other days. The great gates were shut to visitore, as they have been for some time past, and to the everyday inquirer there no information was fOrthcomIng about any Inmate and &taller as to Dillon or Dailman were absolutely lacking to the general seeker after facts. Thai simply Is in aceord with Kings- ton Prime's policy, which le that Oneti a man enters it as a convict he Is out off prattleally from all the WOhld. in the Clothes ttooni. Luise Dillon 00 longer le timekeeps er for a stone gang. lie did net go to the atone quarries tha afternoon and he did tot go Out int0 the pri- son yard Weide the four high walls' to keep the time for thoee breaking fJtOnn. Luke Dillon now is a. cheeker or marker of clothing in the claims. room. TItie change in Ms oceapation is not announeed by the authorities. Such things are not made public. Be vvorke In the clotheerOom and he sleeps and eats in hie eell. Dilioli among the 500 inmate e is re- Outeltd as oice of the gentlemen con - one of the eeellisive arletocracy of the City of cella He le Isecognized rie far superior ittelleetually end In pest life to Marla of hitt fellow oat- meal. Outwardly, treat ere all alike lvai tevien inzeide se prieen eletlielldo Vet Make the mate e--- SCOUrS THE S101cle. DilionaSoe Deities That Denman Is His rather. Luke Dillon, when in this city, re- sided al No. 1,420 awash Tenth street, abere bis family is now living. His Nan, Luke J. Dillon, is a clerk In the mailing department of the Philadel- Post-uffice. When seen to -day he tirn8 asked whether he had heard of Ms father's arrest. "You could not expect me to talk about my father," said ha "The only thing I can say is that I think him too wise a raan to get into a gasne of that kind. Certain it is that 11 110 uudertook to do anything he would complete the job and not make a both of its" 'eked how long his father has been out of town. young Dil:on replied that he could not say exatetha "nail he been here within the last month ?" lie was asked, and in reply he arid he had net. Beyond this he declined to make tiny statement either as to the exact time who: Ms father left town or where be boa been while absent. "You hear from your father oeca- rsionally, don't mitt 7" "Of couree wo do," he replied, "But I am not geraig to U1i you how often oe from whom we lust beard. If you go to the MO (meaning the Trail - American), atm niay find out, but I doubt whelber they will say anything ebout it." "Are you an agitator 1" he was :taken ns a, /mating queletion. "Well, we have hopes'," he said, "but at ptesent we are not active." To Abolish the Barmaid. London, March 80.-A blow is about to be struck at that eherished Brit- ish institution, the flirtatioue miffed and aprOned barmall. From Glaegfew Mines intelligence that the vity Magletratee are about to de- cree that in the future these rosy- elieeked, ollarteterigual young wo- men shall not malty the Wale. with Whiskey and boor. Shenk' the Magistrate Outer:ed. It Le pitiable tO think of the distress and grief of that portion of the king. Mona' young Men who find all their seltial enjoyment lo tearvereati011 Over the Der With the Helm Who draWN their beer. tercel by nightfall at Green. Point Came Early tho next morning mine te "elear the lino" rummage front "I.' "I hope you are eXercising your horees Med men. 1 ehall want you allneet inintediatelyS To tile the commantileg offleer replied, "Propose exercising the horses aoti men all day long:" There was an. Interval of two honrs, then "K's." Fewest measage memo to hand, "What do you pros peso doing at ellghtl?" Well 'expressed. Another personality tint flauree perimps in more Stories than tiny other soldier is General T--, whose vocabulary, extensive and peculiar, Le the subject of many stories- -In the general advance toward Pre - tale, one of the most polished of Our generale, seeing a solitary horse. Man riding about under it heavy fire, mut an orderly to tell "that fool" to get under cover if lie did not wieb to be Shot. The orderly returned with the information that he deliv- ered hie message and that the horse - mail had saki many weird things, among which as Lilo intelligence that he was General T--. The polite general was pained that he had made the mistake and asked the orderly whether General T -- was much offended. "Much offended, sir," said Atithes, gleefully; "why, lie told me to go -that is to say, sir, he sad you were -well, to tell you the earth, sir, I couldn't 'are said it bet- ter rneself." True to aife. One of the odelest of occupations is that of tho professional "busi- ness advieer." If your affairs are not conducted to your liking this gen- tleman, for a consideration, will station himself. in your office in a position to see all that is going on. He will nose into your affairst for a week or longer, at your option, at the end of which time he will "be prepared to potnt out the faults of your system, employees who neglect their duties, wastage of supplies and time, and suggest means of improv- ing, extending and conducting your affairs on a sounder basise • The words 'quoted are from tins mod- est gentleman's advertisement. In brief, ties man, alter a. week's ob- servation, will undertake to rear- range the most complex office sys- tems "for a consideration," and give you adylee "free, gratis, for noth- ing." As drowning men catch at straws, so do men whose affairs are hopelessly and inextricably muddled grasp at the chance this geutleman holds out to them Tile professional "business adviser" ha,s plenty of clients, and nine times out of ten his advice to his employer is to "make an assignment for the benefit of .your credttors." It is the safest counsel he can gives another odd business is that of dealing in second-hand tombstones. Not tombstones that have been taken - from oue grave to be sold, for use on another, but stones vabica have been ordered and tieulptOred and letter - al' arid then lear on the,' original deal- eral hands by reason of the inability or unwillingness of the persorahwho ordered them to pay for the work. These stones are bought by the secend-hand tombstone dealer: The lettering is thiseled out, but the( 'de- -sign is left intacts All that the sec - one -hand man has to do is to cut new lettering as desired, and ha can offer a handsome stone at a much smaller price than the firsahand deal- er would oak for its Storiettes of the War (Lormoll D.Amy MAIL.) Laa.-&-IaRgzaza0,a?2aw-.4.L.k-yengRagazmaa Bloemfontein, March 30. -There are thousands of Incidents of war which are not of sufficient importance to cable, which do not fit in exactly in one's weekly lettere, whIch do not make in the elightest degree for history, but which, neverthelesa have an interest peculiarly their own, which renders their exclusion from printed record a sheer waste of good material. ' There is • nothing particularly lurid in these stories wh4ch I wish to tell you here, and, indeed, this letter is less a collection of, short stories than a lazy; recalling of in- cadente of war that at the time Farwell me as being out of the ordin- or/. For instance, I remember what seemed to me to Uc it remarkable exhibition of those powers with which the lamented Sherlock Helmets made us familiar which was exhibit- ed by the staff officer of one of the cahoots to which I had the good fortune to be attached. Staff Wilco, as Sherlock Holmes. We were hot after DoWet in the Cape Colony, and there seemed to be some doulat as to whether we were on the track of the main body or whether the wily Boer had de- tached a small party to lead us off hie traok. Every fanm. house we passed told the sante atory - 00 Boers: had passed as far as the owner knew. It wan a straightforward answer given in every case, and the tact that the tanners' forage WAS in every case untouched gave some sort ot credence to the stery. ' At brut we came to a farm, and the staff officer rode up to the stoop and made the ueual enquiry. No: no Boers had passed nor stopped at the term. The staff officer pleked up something from -the ground and extol -lifted it for a monlent "ave you any peaches?" he asked at lengths Yes, the farinar bad some peaches, tind quickly produced some, very glad to be of eerviste to the officer and happy to supply hie need. "Do you have a good crop of peaches every year ?" 'Mtn the next questiole "Not such a good crop," was the reply, the farmer by no means sorry to got off the embarraming geestion of the pees -age of Beeves and On the leo dangerous topic of horticulture.. "Do you eat many yOureelt ?" was the next queetion. NO, they were all prepared for Intirket. TelleTale Pedal! btoneS• The officer thought a while, then mid to the aertonishea farmer, aLast night a large body Of n001.8 COMO ter your Mime and etatel for food, Yen had none, but yon entertained theta .General T-- is a stickler for dal - Moline, and duriog his term of com- mand in one of tho big Free State towns he gave stelet orders that offi- cers arriving at the station should report themselves, either personally to Min, pr to 14s staff officer, or to hie A. D. C. His staff eineer at the time was a gentleman by no Means favored of nature le the. matter of good looks, added to wlach he was a may of morom and taciturn disposition- The A. D. C. Wttfi a gilded youth with a drawl and a vaaant stare. There arrived in the town com- manded by the General an officer of th•e Buschmari Corps, roue* of lab - gunge and fearless of gold Moe. It heppened lee was taking a morn- ing liquor at the club when the gen- eral entered and was passing -through the room in which the Colonel stood, when he, noticed that the Austral- ian's teem was unfamiliar, "Ili, you, sir," he roared, "who the devil are The colonial rose and saluted, "Cap- tain 3-, sir," hei replied, "Srd Vic- torians." "When did you arrive ?" demanded the .general. "Yeeterday, sir," was the reply. "Why have you not reported your- self to me, sir ?" demanded T--, add- ing a rider condemnatory to his lis- tener's visual organs The colonial was riled. "I went to your office; you were not in, but I saw two officers)." , • "Who were they ?" ( -I don't know their names ?" said tb a colonial. as well as -you eouid with the best YOU had to offer." The farmer for a time protested his innocence, but eventually admit- ted that something of the sort had occurred. Afterwards asked how he Dad arrived at the truth of the story, the staff officer pointed to mine over -ripe peaches which had 'been half bitten :through and thrown away; and to a perfect litter of peach atones in front* of the farmer's steep. " I could see," he said, "that Isome- body had been keying a royal feast of peaches, and as the man said that neither he nor ids family ate the fruit, it was evident somebody elm bad, and a, good many .somebodies too. Look at these rotten peewees ; nobody would bite them except hi the dark; RO itt is evident that the visitors called after eundown. man who derives a certain amount of hie ineeme from t'he Kale of peaches, does not esually offer any ailment to even hie friends, and the inference is that the peacaues were given in the place of some more Sub- stantial food demaahed by the visit - ora" e Equally successful, althoughthe task was certainly far easier, was the attempt of an irrevereat old Junior subalternwho, lighting upon an old camping-groand, saw in a. doneu empty charnpagae bottles atdf a few doseen pato de foie' gras pots treats ot a certain crack cavalry regiment, and in nn abandoned chest-protee- tor indication of a. general staff. Merchenee's Stories. Naturally enough Lord Kitchener goodis 1.(he.6 of more than! one very ot'''rf.e :Vika" by 000 of his ittaff whether he ciki not regard the mobile eol- umns antler ins command as the backs bone of his army, lie replied lamina cally, `Yes, they are what one might call epinal k'ow people are aware ot the ex - to which Lord KItcheaer 'bus- tles his own columns. Nu sooner does a tolunia rotund from trek and report ite arrival la toWn than a wire something like the following ar- rives from the older: aWilete will you be( ready to go, oat again ?" The fel- lowing 'morning along oomee another wire, "Why aro you waiting?" fel- Mitred a tow Doors etterwards by, "Why have you not lett 2" Then It IS that the colunrn cone. mender preferring the deadly siil- 001' to the relentlese man in Pretoria, 'teetotal to Oct 'Mullen/ Out ot range of the telegrapn Witte. A short time age) a VitelltknOwn 'cavalry regitnent arrival at Capee town and ha -Stated to dieenibark.The dieentbarkation was oareled out sue- OesSfull,f, and the reglmeilt Wait tlitare give him an oppertuulty to attend •Lo the great matter of hie Nuns NalvatIon.1 0. Neither dill at, eta -Tile Mats tal anguleh for a time overpOWer- ed tlie tuttortil Cravats for toed. The three days Of blindness foruted et per - led of 0001) penitenee.-Cane 3310. "Without doubt this wa-s a 000000 ot intense inward (=Met, alone and in darkness." 10. Auaniart-We know nothing of this roan except what we find in thie lateen and in ciliate xxih 12. "ile woe a devout man, In good re- port among the jeWe• wits In own- muulcation with the brethren at Jerusalem, and was truetea by them" In a vision -Saul was pre- pared for the visit by a Macon, and by it visioo Ananias is told to go to him. 11. Straight -Main thoroughfare Of Drunasous; so-called Motu its miliaria in a direct line fro% the eastern to the weetern gate. It wos a mile long, a huuered feet wide, and divided by Coritutbian eolutents into three avenues,--Lowin. llo Prayetil, "Breathing out" no longer 'threatening& and slaugh- ter," but etruggliag defame after Ilfo and light in the persecuted One. 18. Have heard, etc. -Tale heel - team On the part of Ananias to visit Saul does not prove that he was either tearful or inclined to disobedience, lie was merely exer- olsing dire care; ite desired to be nee about the matter. Tay saints -Tele Christian converts were pro- bably called "saints," that Is "holy persona" at a very early period alter the death of Carat, because of the marvelous outpourings of the Spirit upon the first converts. -Cam, Bib. '.D.escribe them, then," said General T--. ; . &i Id the colonial, desperate- ly, for ho heti no mitt of lauguage, "one was an ugly looking devil with a beastly temper-" "(Mod," interrupted T--, "that's my staff officer." "And the other," continued the Aus- tralian, "was a silly ass of a chap with an eyeglass." 'Eight you are, my boy," said the satisfied general, "the idiot's my A.. D. C. Sorry to have troubled you." Eager :Wallace. Suilday School. INTaRNAT.IONAJO WeSsON NO 1. APRIL (1, 1902. 15. Go -Tits brief, expressive word of the Lord (1) • demands implicit eleallence, V) puts the doubts 01 0. weak faith to. Manse,. (8) contains a monist of the Lord's aid aad blessieg.--Starke. Achosen vessel - Ono whom . in view of hie fitness a,s a man, Jams had chosen for a great mission. Saul, of Tarsus, Convortcd.-Acts 9:1-20. Commentary -1. And -"But." -31..V. -eThe "but" marks the contrast. be- ttveen the missionary zeal of Plano and the persecuting zeal of Saul. One is inflamed ley hatred, the other in- spired by lore. -Abbott. Saul -The same, as mentioned In the. story of Stephen. His name in Hebrew was Saul. His Roman name was Paul. Yet-ltrp to tide moment his blind, perseentitg rage against the Mee- ple.s of the' Lord burned as fiercely' ae ever. Breathing" out threaten - Inge -Persisted in persecuting the dieciples with increasing violence, as If he could not breathe without ut- tering threatenings against them, or would, it able, have slain them with the breath of hls. lipm-Scott. Unto the high priest -"Being a zeal- ous volunteer in the service he de- vised plans for fully exterminating the religion- of heals, and was ready to carry them into execution to the utmost of his ability-" 2. Damascus -This is the oidest.city in the world, 'situated one hundred one forty niiies northeast of Jdrusa- lam. In Paul's time it contained about forty Jewish synagogues, and be. Meow' 40,000 and 50,000 Jaime . 8.• Suddenly -About noon (chap. xsit. 6); at midday (ohne. xxvi. 18), When the sun was shinieg NO there could be no deception. Light - It was above the brightness of the 'sun, 4, Fell to the earth -The whole company fell to the earth. Chap. =xi. 14. Heard a voice -In the Ha brew tongue* The vette was clear and dietinet to Saul, bat to those With him it WWI only a mysterlowf sound. See on a 7.• Way perseeutest thou me-Canet thou give any good reason for it? Must I aftemli be cru- cified by thee? 5. Who art thou -Jesus knew Saul befOre Saul kneW Jesus.- Leal -Used to denote respect for some • Un- known, , august person.-Binney. am jesues He takes the name whielt was the object of JovvIell hate: - Hurlbut. The enmity ie against me and my religion. Ho . whom aon per- secute is the Lord of life and, glory, riot amply poor fugitive daciples.-- Bib. taufs. It le hard, etc. - This Mouse and the first part of 'v. 6 are emitted from the Revised Version, but they belong to the account for Paul himeelf utters them in chap. xieve 14. Kick against the Matte -Or goade; art stubborn (Men did, thus wounding themselvee the tnore deeply. 6. Trembling, ete.-A taut deserips tion of .a Muter who sees the wick - edema of his heart. What Wilt OM, etc, Convinced that lie had persecated Christ, tend that hie re- lIgiolia and diameter were Wriereg, he submits lemself to the Will of HIM who had Serrated lilm In hie blind career, tvith the con - Rent that he. Would be Obedient te all Him rhea:tame. 'I, Heating a volee-Itt chap. xxii, We are trial that those witit Paul "heard not the 'mica" "What is Mena is clearly that they Mallet hear tho Worde as Words- could attach 110 Meaning to the sounds." e-Piuircptres 8 Saw to mtirt-"Sttav. nothirtg."- WORKMAN FELL 160 FEET. Lost His Balance on Bridge at New York. ••••••••••••••••••••••• NO BOAT NEAR TO SAVE HIM, New York* Marelt at-liunareds or people on aerryboate and other craft withal/led the death lasit even- ing on George Simmer, art iron work- er, who toll from the centre span or the new East River briege into the East River. He fell 168 feet and was the first person to meet death from tlic suspended structure eince the cable work was boon by 80110' Company lest ahauer was cla years old and went to work On tile now bridge three weeks ago, There are lour foot bridge's listed by the worIcinen in stretching the males. The foot bridges are connected by narrow passageways, and woramen aro warned to use these when crossing from one footbridge to another. Shatter disregarded this warning. He tried to Ertep from' one of the south foot bridges to the next one and probably lost Mit balance, When he fell, Joseph Koen, the foreman, and 14 cable workers and briclgemen were woraing near by. Sheeler screamed and they saw him turn - leg mmersaolt after somersault as be shot down to the water. There Were many: Ierryboate an the river, bat none near enough to help. Shatter struck the water head first with a great splash, He reap- peared a few minutes later, but im- mediately sank again, his hat float- ing. Twice. more he Mae and dis- appeared again, Each time he seemed helpless and wa,s probably insensible. Be had disappeared when 16. He must sufrer-Compare Paula assistance finally reached the spot. own words ia chap. xx. 23. See aleo The body', was not recovered. chap. xis. 19; II. Cor. xi. 23-28. Sbauer's fellow workmen were so 17. Ananias went -"How beautifully affected by big death that work childlike. is the obedience of Ananias for the rest of the day was sus -- to the heavenly visioni" Brother pended. Xoen reported the man's Saul. -Knowing that the Lord had death to the police, and said that chosen Saul to a. sacred office, An- nobody knew svhere her lived. anlas fen a great respect for him and an interest in his salvation. Ap- peared unto thee -This would en- courage Saul's faith; it was a con- firmation of the reality of what he had seen on the road to Damascus, Bath sent me -it Nrould also en- courage Saul to anow that Jesus had counted him of sufficient value tc direct someone to help him. 18, As it had been scales -There 0 a difference of opinion as to whethei literal .scales fell from his oyes There is no question, however, but that the restoration of his 'sight was supernatural. "The nature of the injury we cannot determine, •bui It is certain that the recovery woe instantaneous and complete." '- Hackett. Arose baptized - From this we see that lie was immediate- ly baptized, before he had received meat. • 19., Meat - Foote Certain days -How long is not known. It might have been for months, as he clici not go to Jerusalem until three years from this time. 20. Straightway - Immediately Preached Chriet - He proclaimed that Jesus was the .Christ. V. a2. Teachings. - The Lord is able to save the worst. When Jesus epeaks it is our duty to obey. When Christ re- veals Himself -to the. seeking semi earthly joys are' lost to vievr. If WE OrOnld help people and lead them from their sins to God, we must go to them with tenderness and love. We sbould. ever be ' ready to witness for Christ, to tell to others what. lie Das done for us. Thoughts. - "Paul wa,s kicking against the goads (1) by refusing the kingdom of God ; (2) by resisting the Holy Spirit (8) by striving against the new impulses' that were being awakened in las soul; (4) by opposing thn goodness Of Got' ; (5) by destroying- God's people." PRACTICAL SURVEY. The conversion of Said of TarsuE lei one Of the most important events In the history of the Christian church It furnishes. most positive testimonj to the divine origin or the gospel. The accoimt in fully authenticated' On several occasions the apostle 're- peated the story in detail before pub. lie assemblies. Sears conversion wee sudden and thorough. By the power of the gospel he had so bitterly op posed, the whole current and pur- poses of his life were changed. Saul the -persecutor. Such was Ills dece.ption Seto which he had fallen that Ile verily thought he ought to do things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth. Which things he dist, cousin- the -mints:to be Impri- soned, and when they Were put to death he gave his voice agalast them At, the time of his arresb he wait en• gaged in a systematic course' of bitter and cruel opposition to the disoiples of Christ. The expression "breathing out threatenings and slaughter" .(v. 1) gives sorne idea, of the enraged condLtion of Ms mind. Saul the .conquerecl, Jesus Christ made. a pereonal appea,1 to thole mote guided persecutor. "Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou Me 2" V. 4. Saui then awoke to the faet that in per- secuting the saints on earth he was perseciittng the Lord of Glory. A mighby struggle took place in tlia mind of Saul. It was uselese for him to longer "kick against the goads.' Resistance was of n� avail; he Must yield to a importer power. The les - eon wag haed. to learn, but the trial* had arrived when he must acknow- ledge the grace and power ot Christ or resolutely set himself a.gainsi 'Christ and at last 'duffer utter de struotion. Saul a chosen Vessel. "He is a chosen (choice) vessel (instrument) unto me." V. 15. AS it "Vessel" he Veeeival of the infinite fulness el. Chriet Through the instrturental- ity of an humble disciple.-A.Ms,nlita-s he received the fulness of the:Holy Ghost. V. 17. The filling of tlre Holy Searle is an experience .to be gained Oubsequelit to convereloil and is the crowning qualifiention for the work of the ininistry. Sate was chewer of God unto the work Of the apostleeltip Aral Was to boar the tame of Smite in hie heart, in ble life, in his ministate STONED LORD CURRIE. British Ambassador to Italy Attacked 411 44L0411#.41, AL alt THE MARKETS TrIll'arana"allt Toronto rarmers' Market. March We -Receipts; of farm pros duoe were light, little else but but- ter, eggs and poultry being offered, Butter -Prices steady at 18 te 23c per Ib, Prices ranged front 18 to 150 per dozen front farmers' bas- kete. Case lots, 12 to linefe per dolen. Poultry -Prices steady at 60c to $1.25 per pair for chickens; turkeys sold at 12 to 15o lb. Potatoes -Prices easy at 60 to 70a per bag. Car lots offered at 60b, with. no sales. Seeds-Alsike No. 1, is worth $8.50 to $10.50 per bushel, and red clover seed $5.25 to $5.75 per bushel, while thuothy seed is selling at $7 to $8.50 per 100 lbs. lame quotations are for seeds that have been specially eleetned-by seedsmen Inc the spring trade. Wheat, white, bushel, 70 to 79%o; oPring, buishels 703; red. bushel, 743c; goose, bushels 6a to 67c. Peace bushel 84e.s. Beans, Mesita, $3. to $1.25. Ityo, bushel, .58e. Barley, bushel, 55c. Oats, bushel, 453 to 46%c. Buckwheat, bushel, 5.3c. Hay, per ton, $11 to $13; clover hay, per ton, *7 to $0. Straw, loose, per ton, $6; sheaf, per eon, $7 to $8. - Leeding Wlieat 31arkets. The following are the clotting quo- Itoafdioatys; at important Wheat centrat Cash. July. New York.............. ---78 1-4 Chicago... ... 70 1-4 72 1-8 Toledo... ... - ... 77 74, Duluth, No. 1 hard ...... 73 11-5-18 Duluth, No. 1 Nor ... 70 Toronto Live Stock Market. Export cattle, choice, per owl, $4 80 to $5 a do medium 3 50 Lo 080 do COWS 200 to 380 Butchers' cattle, picked 4 85 to 0 12i Butoherd.cattle, choice et 25 to A 85 Butchers' cattle, fair...... 3 es to 4 00 do COMM= do bulls., to to 3 50 Stockers, 1,000 to 1,100 lbs 32 6500. Lteo 43 6025 Feeders, short -keep do medium d p 85 00 to 50 00 334 460 000 ttt 000 544 702005 mllodhocleigweht. each Shoop, ewes. per ewt Hoge, choice: per cwt 3 25 to 3 60 42 2050 too 55 7256 Iambs, yearlings, per owt Hogs, light, per cwt. ... . . ,.... 56 71524 Lo ° 00 0066 Hogs, fat, per ewt • 75 to 000 Bradstreet)b on Trade. Wholesale trade at Montreal has been fairly active this week. Couto try remittances have been fair. There IS a good demand for monay and rate.; are steady. The flue weather at Quebec during thei past week has had a desired effeet on retail trade, especially dry goods. There has been a steady development of spring and summer trade at Toronto this week. The fine mild weather has Imparted a. tone of cheeefulness to wholmale trade circles and there Is abundent confidence In the Attire prospaets for business. Business at Hamilton this week has been quite active. The 'wholesale houees have received many orders for the spring and initi- aler trade, anci are now busy ship- ping geode to many trade centro' of the Dominion. The sorting trades as reported to Bradeareet'e, lesepe remarkably active, the orders being numerous aeld well diatrIbutecl. Ths factories and Mills are busy on. or - dere and appta,rfently have all they ean attend to. Labor Is well eel- ployed and the masees are well sup- plied with money which accounts for the active demaad ixt retail Mailed Ifnalrtitteheeiptya.st witeemletances have been Wholesale trade at Whinipeg has considerably recovered front the et - (sets of the heavy; snow 'stoma. At London that week, as reported In Bradstreet's, there has been eia pension. in trade. The jobbere are ex•perlenoing a 'better demand from eountry retailers who are deeirourt to be well proVided for the increased atutiness 'melted for the minting season. At Pacific Coast central there Is a moderate amount of stetivity, but the outlook 10 encouraging and a turthee demand for eOrting patoele le looked for after the first of the on the Street: I ilnaoirnitrloactTivrea.ee at Ottawa has been Paris, March 80.--A. deepatelt trom Rome to the Itappel tays that While Lord Currie, the Blather Alubaseadoe to /telly, was out driving yesterday alteration, ft stone was thrown toward lile eerrlage. The Miesile wits poorly Mined, and the Ambassador escaped Marry. It te thought poeitible that the attenspt on the Ambatterelet Wait the outtsome Of the Neapolitalle irria 11; Thtt tiaieling hrightneefl Of 1 Catlett against the British Colisel, E. I there lie no future pang ean deal the tight had 'tondo Idol totally N't now, Who made 00nie dieparaam that justlee MI the self eeridevened "Thiebilluleecte Was, 110 dotibt, Ing refleetioris Ott them in a guide that he deatle on Ids owe soul. - atarch VailUree. It: GO Ituti & Co. report liabilities of oomnietelal ftellurets for three weeke of March $6,110,458, against *0,102.- 185 beet year. laillaree thlte Week numbered 205 in the Baited States against; 206 last year, mid In Can- ada 22 agaihat 20 last year, Inerelfully ded by, rkrovldmite to book Which he edited, 0"004 „ 4. 5 • -. 41, • 41111 •