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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1902-09-18, Page 7HERE'S A NEIN MESSIAH COME. New Sect in England Arouses Much Interest. IN EXISTENCE OVER A YEAR Man at head Left Church of lenge land and lad Wild Safe for some Years—Deelares Himself Christ teed hi elobbea—Witars to be a ,111 arty r. London, Sept. 14.—From the eccen- tric religious elicits which exist in every country there comes periodi- cally some mareellous pretension, WWII usually, bowever, is stirring only In its own environment. 0110 Bea lart week furnielied a striking exceptien to title rule, much against Re tvill. It has drawn the astonished scrutiny of all London, and has ex- cited the lowliest curiosity in the country. It is a body calling itself Agape - termites:, whose leader iast week de - altered to a full believing congrega- tion that be was Christ. His declaration was (My intended for the faithful, whose aamission had been tested by secret signs. Semebody from the outer world suceeeeded in paseing the portals, and gave tlie public this revelation. At lira it was regarded as the cal- culated boast of a biaepitemous char- latan seeking notoristy. A history of the sect and tho leader, however, places them among those strange bodies of emotioital visionaries where a. certain type of mind finds relief In iantastio reeell from Materialism. 14.1xi3ted Over a Yaw. The colony of Agapenamites eau been living for °Yee a year at Clap- ton, a quiet suburb of northeast Loneon. Their leader, a H. Pigott, resides and conduets a church there. Last Sunday he declared himself to be Christ. He has Once relused to see any interviewers or read any arta° In the nowepapere, but his congregation has made the following declaration: 1Ve lueve found Christ. He has come, as we know it We saw Him Sunday. We care not for the world or the public. Ilre have known for some tbne of Ens =ling and our hopes have been realized." The brethren number over 200. They are neither tech nor poor, but comfortable off. They recce the needs of the Church from their own purses, and ask nothing from un- believers. No stranger can place a donation with teems They dress in mourning. Their belief, al waiting the Pastor's self -revelation, was that, the day of grace past, the day of judgment was at hand, to- gether mete the -second coming of -thee nets/eh:ale was therefore time for praise, not for prayer, for the Book of Judgment teed been shut and the merits of men and women had already been tweghed. Their hymn book, Weil Is termed 'eras ;aeon of the Itridee' shows this be- lief. There is no euarriage among them, me is -there a bap-Lima/I font in the Church. With the second coming of the lamehele em nigh, they did not have tbne for suchvanities as courtship and marriage. Those , who were already tnarried lived as brother and sister. A Cambridge Graduate. Pegott's mdfe is a quiet, kindly woman, wbo has always believed absolutely in 'her husband, It is the personality of Pigott hinaelf Ittlach chiefey excited the outer %smell lie Is the sonof a each landeeleme, whose family resided on their own estates in. the Watt of England for many genefhtionss He Was educated at Cambridge University and. be- came a cleegyeaan of the Ceurell of England. But that lire was too un- eventful for Ids ardent sphet =hen, accordbee to his own aelnese he led ti,wiid Dee in many pares of the world.. Ho had been gohedig- geng in California, coffeceplanting In Ceylon, and ealmon-fiehing in North- west Anmeme He had been a sailor before the mast, leading a ,very loose life, until the cheery invitation of an 01(1 sailor brought hhu back to the hate. fie was afterwards major in the Saltation Army, which he quit to enter Ids present sect, .ana was the first to be enited "the bride of Christ." • Pigott Is sixty years of ago, tale dark, cleaneeetteon, and ascetic Took - lege Ilia leadeeselp came three years ago on the death of Henry Prince, svho .preached that the second com- ing of Meat would be made known through Min on his deathbed. Ile prophesied that the creed would be fulfilled in bee seem -seen The ashes Of Prince were placed in Clapton Church as et tale:teen of faith. bilvey es:anent ceeeerinen, knowing the antecedents of Pigott, have writ- ten mornings to Christians against /dm. AP who know hhn agree that he has a mtrhaus magnetism a nd charm cot manner. lie is generally ac- quitted of practising Inxurhaus living, for viddeh Prineeavas notorious. It was found necessary to have elaborate pollee arrangements for to- day, when a, public fiterylen was hell at the Abode of Love, ea the Clapton Chnroh Js desernbed. crowds have been hooting Pigott over the garden mall, but he has not Opolcen to apy- body exeept tbe faithful Mice /est Sunday. lobbed Atter service. London, Sept. 14.—Aned seenes ot disorder J. IL Pigott to -day ear - rind out ids promtse to again pro- clabn himself tee Messiah at tne Albedo of Love, sildch I. the name for the Agapemonists' Chhreh at Clopttoi. Only 200 of the meeting 5,000 peroons were able to enter the building After about 800 of the Agapemoniets took their places lathe chneelt Tiaae strangers, with the notable crowd, kept up a continnone din throftheut the Service. Those litho eacceeded in entering found themselves with bruised limbs and torn coats and titnbrellas. In the ohapel, mdtleh Abend a beatitlailly decorated intmaor, with allegorical has -reliefs on the Walls poste of carved oak, aild much carv- ing in marble and Algerian. oyne, Pigott, Mdthmit ,surpilee Or robes, Wed his congregation, staring in- tently, and afterward s assuenine a meatie faremeeray look. A silent prayer folkmved the slinging of a hymn, Wideh Woo Interrupted toranni- Ments from the non-Mete/are, three Of winum Were expelled. Pigott read, In a well -modulated Voice, lb° lksilia-lting of the Verge ifrom the Epistle tithe Corinthians: "Because the foolleithess of Uod Is wiser thou men, and the wealmeee Or God Is stronger titan men." Ito then proceeded to say that OW was about tO manifest tido in the time that was beginning. He added: "For the seeonci coming there Wart. a ina,n seet from Grod, whoee name was Brother Prince (referring to the founder of the soot.) Those who receive:1 his message were very few. Teo churches rejecter.] ban as a blasphemer and a wicked. man, but his wisdolli is justified again, for those who reeeivea that message received him now. It is not as rim - toe of this church that I stand be- fore you, but as Him, who has come again as the on of Goa, cones in my body, come to please my people, to receive my people to myself, and to give everlasiting life to all flesh? Immediately the service was over the crowd rushed pellemell to catch a glimpee of Pigott, who emerged pale, but 'smiling, and with vacant eyes. The throng surrounded lane Yelling, hissing anti threatening him with upltrted stisake. Pigott put his head out of the winelow of the carriage weica he had entered, his black ana grey little hanging over les face, and seemed to invite mar- tyrdom. The police prevented him from being assaultea. It is under - stool that a man weo was On the box beside the driver was an ex - prize fighter.' During the service a detachment from the Salvation ArniY, or which Pigott was formerly a member, marched past tee ;Mural) singing "We shall knowHim, when He comes by the nail prints in Ills hands.'" The crowd backed the Salvationists against the Agapemonists, Some of them elicatted to Pigott, "Hold up your hands.," Pigott did so, showing both hands bound in white cloth. A feature of the noisy scenes was that While moo were jeering and joking the women were passionate- ly angry aill the time. Some of the members of the sect who drove up In carriages regarded the public with complete unconcern., GIRL DER MN LINED, Former Toronto Woman's Sad End at Rochester. THROAT SLASHED WITH RAZOR. Rochester, N. Y., b'ept. la—Ethel B. Dingle, a rarely pretty girl, lies dead from a gaping wound In leg throat, while Leland Derr Kent is at, the Heenoeopethie Hospital, his throat also slasleod, but not so seri- musty but what lee will live. Kente titateinent to the coroner bus not been made public, but he claims that the girl wounded him: and then killed heaself. His story is doubteee The couple came from Buffalo late last night and registered at the Whitcomb Homo as L, D. Kent; and wife. They were found in their room thee morning, the girl dead, the man wild and raving. A razor was in the girl's left h'antl, and several poweriul drugs were found in small bottles In the room. Detectives are guarding Kent, who would have graduated from the Illy- eeeide Hospital at Buffalo next year. He has a wife and little .eon In that city, and lasfather is gen- eral manager of the Masonic) Life Insurance Co., of Buffalo. The girl, who was a Canadian by birth', had been connected with: the Riverside Hospital at varlotte times in the must seven, years. The intimacy of the two dated back only two menthe, and, according to. what can, be seemed at Kent's story, the two agreed to die together. TRADE WITH AUSTRALIA. If Canada Wants it iter People Must Send Goods. Ottawa, Sept. 15.—(Special.)-3. S. Larke, Canadian agent in Austial- laireporting to the Department of Trade and Commree, states that if Canadian firms wish to do Mist - nese in Australia., they must have their repriesentaltivee es ta,bliele tegee- elee in the country', and whore pos- elate have these agencies carry a full stock. Every other nation, lie says, has done thee, and has secured a foothold. Canada cannot hope to change this law of trade. The agents must be on hand to take the orders, and see that the goods are dela/Deed wben shipped. With reepeet to the drought Mr.• Larke states that so far the con- dition le uncle -tweed, and that there has not been suflecient rain to af- fect the crops. The consequence its, there has been created a demand for Can/Wean butter and also. for Canadian No. 1 hard wheat, aathe country cannot grow suffitdent green for their own use. He ad- vises that the Government should send some saipments of butter, at thole risk, in order to establish a market. He also advises that sam- ples of western grain should be forwarded. AS TO 1 RANSPORTATION. Passengers Bandied WIOtont'Stop- pteg Trains on Through Lines. . Belfast, .S^pt. 14. --The engineering section of the Britah Association has been much interested in the model of in electric express treat, which paradoxically "stops at an stations." The idee le that a simple train corn. posed of several corridor earriages as It pines each station drops off be- hind otte carriage containing passion, gers who want to alight tbere, and picks up in front another front that stntion, all this, being done while the train is travelling at full speed. The carriage to be attached hae to start in advance and get well under way by the thte the train catches it, and is coupled by a patont automatic, arrangement. The scheme le only poesible wbere each ateriege has lee own thotere ot the multiple unit eyetem. TRIED TO KILL MENELIK. Three Attempie at, Assassination— Death %Voted Convulse Europe. London, isopt, 14.—The martial Governor-General 61 the Italian col- ony at Erythrett says that there have been three recent attempts to assassinate King Isfenelek of AbyFi- sink, Ire expects he Will be killed sooner or later, and thereafter a trentehdous etroggle for the sticeeta Mon, Which Ras Mehontien, who was reoently in London at the corona - don, hao UM best ehance of win - fling. There appears Ito be real clanger that England, Fromm and Italy will be at loggerheads in tho ,event of Menelek's midden death, BOTHA S ATTACK UNFOUNDED. No British Bitterness Against Boers in Natal. --- FEARED NATIVE ILL -WILL Supptame to be True Reason Why iI Left Coionyeeefrecttener 130150 at /40rOOSO Marques.— Attack oit Lord Illener—Brittsh Pro.130ers, Durban, Sept. 12.—The reasous given by General Botha, wim is now in Europe, for leaving Natal, are said bore to be absolutely unfound- ed. ' There Is no trace or etritish bitterness against the Bar, on the contrary, the reveroe Is true. It is probable that ern. Bothtee true reason was bis rear of the resent- ment of the natives, An Afrikander Bond le beteg form- ed at Lorenzo Marquez, the capital of Portugueee East Afrioa, and it is stated that many Portuguese are joining it. 'The movement te BO strong that a journal to advance the interests of the Bond is pro- jected. A curious sequel has followed the recent fire at Lorenzo -Marquez, Which destroyed much property on the wharves and in their vicinity. Tee Portuguese Customs officials are demanding that the consignees pay the duties on the goods that ware destroyed before they had passed through the Customs -home and reached; the hands 6r the consignees. two :1111111on to Loyalists. eohannesburg, Sept 1.2.—It is of- ficially stated that the grant of £8,000,000 fixed ay the tertns'of tha Doer surrender will be paid out of the Imperial exchequer. There will also be paid from the same source £2,000,000 as dompensation to Bette ish eubjecte, foreigners who did not break neutrality, and Karnes in both colonies, and to nesist In the restoration of their homes and heee them to start work again. AT FACK ON atitUe Merriman Itconses Hint ell -Outraging cape (aeons • London, Scsot. 12.—A Cape. Town core reepenctent says tee speatil by ex- Teeasurereeeneral Naglenutu, iu the Aesemely, suppeadog a not.lon intro - emcee uy hale contienneng the agitate tem for tee easpension of the tape Colony constitution, was unusuafly violent IT brealea mdth menetory re- ferences to events which lect to Amer - can luctependenee. Merriman declared the eurepensendsra' council would have been a kindergareen of young :Bedew' men. lie Bald Lord Whiter had out- raged Cape Colony by his threats of martial lama and charged him with conspiring to destroy tact liberties of tibri colony. IL Vienna eel -respondent draws at- tention to alleged Pan -German in- trigues to prevent the reconciliation oil. the Seers with British rule. Ile saes the Pan -Germans, one of whose MIMS objects is the destruction of laetialt naval and commercial su- pramacee think that the continuance of Boer reeenement will be an excea lent means of embarrassing Great Britain. It is behoved, adds the cor- respondent, that if an eventual Boer rev(gt WETO auccessfut the revived Boer states would find they had drlred into informal dependence on Germany, which woudl be yea"' moat, Dale to tee lattext A. Ilie.uasMs despatch says that though a large crowd awaited the ar- rival oet Botha, DeVVet and Delarey at Amsterdam, their reception by tOe publie was distinctly quiet in character. Even at a pre -arranged Ceremony at the railway etation lit- tle enthusiasin Was manifest Pro -Hoer Vleevs in engeuea Boer sympathizers In England, de- clare that General DeWet acourately petured the positionof parties in South. Africa, when, ao the last word at the reeent conference at the Colo- nial Office, he asserted to Mr. Cham- berlain elute the Boers, not the Brit- ish, Imre made peace in South Africa. Adherents of the burgher cause are convinced teat Mr. Chamberlain's re- pudiation of the Boer proposals bas =lonely handicapped the work of pacificaeiont • Herold Rylett, leader of the South African Commonwealth Committee, who represents the most advanced elemeet of the pro -Boer party in England, said to -day: "In turning the coki 'shoulder to the Boer generale' request, whieir were net impudent, no they were termed by the jingo Masa but! coheeived in: an honest de- teii for permanent pabificatIon, the Government gives fresh proof of its determination: to continue its pol- icy of domineering irritation. Its attitude is far removed from peace and good -will. Its unbendingepirit Le similar to that menifested be Sher- lock when Ile mattered his sullen de- mand for his bond. aritelit Peers Concessions. "Some of the burgher proposals were 'perhaps lejudiolous, yet the British Government could have grant- ed every' One of thent without endan- gering the future security and wel- fare of the conquered celenies. Its Pefeeal WON undeniably dictated by the fear that concessions toe Boor nationallet sentiment, however-tight- ereuely asked, might foster the growth of robust political life In South' M- elee and eventually prove a. ,Sture- bilug-block to aristocratic Imper- ialism. "Great Britain's attitale is taint- ed with suspicion. It will be met with) numpiciort. It is not likely that the Deere will renew any concerted attempt to modify • the fate that flange over them. Nevertheless, the recent ifitervieW with Mr. Chant- berlairi will atintulate them to keep eleepless eye on the cominet of their conqueronst." NEW COLONIAL POLICY. St. Jean's, Nfld.'Sept. M. Jackman, Colonial Minister of ailn- atnce, will start to -morrow in the col- onial cruiser Fiona to visit the Preneh shore mid arrange for the establishment of cuetoms ports of entry at the Stations where the rreneh resort, th the hope that this Measure win prevent Preneh emug- gling along that coast. This step is a part of the new colonial policy of en - Reeling the OuotOnie laws egainfit the Prenah tIshertnen ott the game lines an they are enforeed agairiet local reoldente, PURIFYING PARI Two:ape:we Criminals, Welt Aimed, I CONFESSED . _ wake.i into vu.tody. Parts, Sept., la—In tho hope or ding Parte of some or its undesirables. 'the Polies nave made rem:Meet de" eeleiree Of late in certain ill-Xamed. quarters of the city, ebooising 2 14 M. as the most suitable bour to track their quarry. Yeaterday they 011enged their tootles, awl made a raid at 5 o'oleek 111 tee afternoon upon certain establisaments 10 the neighborhood of the Fauleourg Montmartre, fre- quented by a motley apsortment of criminals of the worst description. •TWerety-one indiViduale were taken into custody, and, in addition, the pollee picked up a bundle of title deeds anci Shores representing In value £1,600, which had been Staten a feW Ileum previously. On one of tho Individuals arrested was eound n ilst with the inscription, "In favor of our friend, Pilate," Pi- late, tt transpired, is in prison, but his oomradea of the jimmy and dark -lan- tern had not forgotten him. Time list contained eeveral subscriptions of a louts (16s), and th,e total amounted to nearly E7. This liberality is not eo Surprising when it is stated that all those arrested yesterday were amply provided with money, some of them having as much as £40. A11 were also armed with revolvers, sword canes, ktifecia eta' TO MUI1001, REMAR GLOM SCENE Bride ,Cuts Down Body of Father's Murderer, SHE WANTED TO HANG HIM She Ilad Formally Requested the Executioner's Position, but Was Refused—Was eiarried 00 stiuday —Kept the Knot es a souvenir. Nashville, Ga., Sept. 13.—Bo1sy Bry- ant, a seventeen year old negro boy, was hanged here at noon yesterday for the murder of Town Marshal Byers, Mrs. Dila Hall Parker, a daughter of the murdered officer, watched the .proceedings of the exe- cution from the scaffold trap. As soon as Bryant was pronounced dead, Mrs. Parker, with her father's itelfe, cut thebody of the murderer iteeen. The prime for which Brya.nt was hanged was committed In Adel, Ga., a nearby village, last May. The negro was wanted In the town on a misde- meanor eharge and Town Marshal Heers attempted to arrest him. As the marshal approached Bryant, the negro drew a pistol and fired upon the officer, mortally wounding Immediately after the trial the daughter of the murdered mart ad- dressed a letter to the sheriff aeking "The privilege of putting to death Betsy Bryant, the murderer of my poor father. I am as tender-hearted about other thengs as most women are, but in this case it is different. Bryant killed my father in (told blood, and I want to, kill him." Mrs. Ella Hall was married On Sunday to R. C. Parker. He had told her that he was anxious to hang Bryant, and she had expressed the wish that be spring the trap, as she herself was not allowed to, under the law. Mrs. Parker spent the reale with Sheriff Swindle, and was on hand early tees morning. She was accom- panied by her husband. She evinced intense interest in the proceedings and was prepared for any duty the sheriff would permit her to do. 'I am at eour service at any time,' she told the sheriff, at the conclu- sion of the religious service. "Pin very sorry," repited that of- ficial, "that the laws of Georgia will not permit a tvoinan to act as exe- cutioner. 11 1 had the authority I would permit you to take my 'place." The sheriff told her that she would be permitted to out down the body. "I'll do it triflingly," she said, and waited patiently for the time to conie. Bryant made a ehort state- ment.- sayeng that gambling, whis- key and evil associations led him to his ruin. The trap was sprung at 11.15 am, and at 12.07 o'clock the physicians prole:Mimed life extinet. All this time Mrs. Parker at in a tcoping posture beside the trap toying with the knite and feeling the keen edge of the binde. "'Fell me team you 'are ready, Mr. Sheriff, she said, anxiously. "In a minute you can do the 'work," replied the sheriff. Then Sheriff Swindle signalled her and•the upefted knife cut the hempen rope. • "I told you I %voted do it right," Om said, "and now I'm satisfied." As she descended the gallows steps she asked for the liangmaies knot, which was given to her by the eheriff. " TI114 / will keep no a setivenire she said. Five hundred persone Were allowed to 'witness the execution, and the negro's body tete turned over to friends as none of ills relatives were present. THE COMMONWEALTH. fllsslutio Resolutions Presented In the Australian Legislatures, London, Sept. 15.—A despatch to the Dany Mail from Sydney, N. S. W., stays that resolutions have been laid an the table In several of the State Legislature's In fa,vor of the dissolu- tion of the Australian Common- wealth. Attorney -General Deakee does not take the resolutions seriously. Though they will provoke plain spooking they cannot he carried in Any 01 the Legislaturee, Sir W. 3. Lyne, Miniater Of Boone Affairs of the Commonwealth, in a spee0 admitted that the rnaellineey Of the redelatiOn is Weighty, Merl- e/eta, and expensive. Ile urged co- operation to make the Common - Wealth a, :vetoes. Grave Diggers on Strike. Buffalo, Sept. 14.-13ti0a0se they Were obliged to work on Sundays, the gra,vediggere at Holy Cross Cemetery at Limestone Hilt, One of the biggest lionian Cath011e eeme- terieeitt tale eountry, kneel gone on strike. The mem are Opposed to dig- ging gravea oil Sunday. Incidental- ly, they want their pay inereaead trent $37.50 to $40 a month. The other cemetery employeea also went 'Oxi 0. strike with the grave dines% Farm Hand Kills Lad ot Whom He Was Jealous, CONFESSED HIS CRIME. ,11,...••••••• Death Thought to be Aceleeet, Out Investigation by inspector WWI'. rny Shoved it to lee murder— Murderer Mill -Witted. St, Thomas, Ont., Sept. 14,—Wit- Ilam Charles King was arrested yee- terday afternoon by Inspector jolin Murray, of the provincial force, charged with the murder of James William Feamettle the 15 -year-old adopted son of le B. Freeman, who owns a farm on Hag street, In the Township of eddbopeough. King is Freemares hired mane Freennen was killed on Tuesday by What was supposed to be the acca dental discharge Of et gun. An inquest was metered atter an, investeeation by County Crown :Attorney Donahue, and on the strength of the facts that no powder marks could be found on the boy's face, although the shot had spread over an, area of six inches. It is salted that a, gum discharged at so close a range, as teemed have been necessary in young Freeman's ease, hem the position' he was in, could not possibly spread t1u3 shot over such a wide area, nor could such a thing occur without leaving powder mares cm, the injured part. Oa the farm, besides Air. and Mrs. Freeman', lived a Charles Bane, a half witted fellow, who is 25 years of age, but has more the appearance of 15. • Prisoner's rirat, Story. At the inquest held on Wednesday Kling teatified that he had been with Mr, Freeman for six: and a half years. The arse he knew of anything; wrong in the drive -house was at n000 when he was near the house, after having earnessed Mr. Freeman's horse. Pre- vious to this he had helped tiers. Free - mut to ehurn, and had taken out Ala Freeman's coat. After hearing the shot ho ran to the barn and went upstairs, where he found young Faee- nuenon a carpenter's sawhorse, ela- ting astride of it, with his head for- ward, one arm on each side, while the gun lay on the floor, with the butt letng towards and within a foot of the boy. His hat was also lying on the floor. 4 The Hoy Was Alive, but unconsclous, and leecti.ng In the neighborhood of the right eye. The witness picked up the gun and put it away downstairs In its usual place. He tben went to the house and told Mrs. Freeman, who ran Out screaming, just as her husband was going out or the gate. After this he informed Freeman of what had happened, and was told by the latter to go and ask Colin McPher- son to go for the doctor. Laa to this time Freemen had not seen the injured boy, but Mrs. Freeman bad. With Mr. Crosby, who bad been notified, the party again went up - steers and took the lad from his position, Laying him on the floor. Tbe last he saw cif young Freeman was when the latter was carrying in peacbes. The gun be:onged to Mr. Crosby, and had been borrowed by Mr. Freeman to shoot squirrels. Wit- ness had only shot the gun off once. He did not know what Willie had been. doling with the gun. He remem- bered' Mr. Freemen loading the wea- pon en the meaning. Mae Eliza Freeman's evidence was to the effect that the eead boy had been adopted by them when five months old from the House of Indus- try at St. Thomas, and was at the time of his death aged 15 years, and nine month's. King had been on the farm gee years. The Body exhumed. Inspector Murray, on arr.eal at Rodney, proeeededs to the cemetery With County Crown Attorney Dona- hue and Drs. Lawrence, Duncombe and Webster, and had the body ex- humed. An examination of the shot woundshowed that it would have been impossible for them to lia,ve been self -inflated. A visit was then made to the Freeman home, and King put theortgli all his alleged move- ments after hearing tile shot on the (Tay of the tragedy. After talk- ing the matter over with Inspector Murray, 'the suspected man broke down and acknowledged that he had shot young Freeman because he was jealous of lam. In telling 1115 story Ring said he crept upstairs in the drive-houee and took aim at Free- man's eye and shot lam. He then called Mr. and Mrs. Freeman and told them that "Willie had shot him- 5011." was brought to the eternity Peel here last night by Inspector Murray to await the outcome of the inquest at Rodney to -morrow , THE CZAR'S CROWN. Powerful Party intrigue Against film and Czarina. Perla Sept. 14.—A well-known Am- erican 'traveler, who voteless to pre- serve his incognito, has just arrived here train St. Petersburg, where he had opportunities of obtaining in- formation from the highest sources. Ith states that no Words can do - scribe the bitterness of the disap- pointment in Imperial circles over the recent Weimer to the Czarina. The Russians Were intensely sar- castic over the Servian Queen Dra- gaee misadventure, which was pre- cieely similar to the Czarina's, and now they aro quite put out of tom- tettence 'The inforntant ;Ade: "I can tell youi the Metter is very ecrious, becattee there is a ,big party intrigue againet the present Cear anti hie trlie, headed by the Empress mother, and tide force, and the ab- senee of male children, may 1t eon - sequence have surprising result. "11 Is quite on the envie that WO ellen see Nicholas II. disappear anti Ole more popular brother Michael plated On 't110 Ovate. "The TO:salaam are 'very (Mental In their ideas and methods, and you know what that meatia" rilm.arliala• Mlsi laateleen S. Knox Dead. London, Sept. 14.—Ml5a ICatideen S. Knox, proprietress 01 The Clare Jour- nal, died at Ennis, County Clare, Ire- land, on Sept, 8. The jottrnat hes bect, owned by the X{nox family sinee SECRETS OF ANATOMY, Eminent Scientist Neil:lee to Think the Appendix Not ilsoless. Belfast, Septo14.—Prof.Soltafer, in the physiology geetion of the Brit- ish A.sseolatIon, has given an inter- esting bit of news about the verm- iform appezelle, Which he saki Was not the only item in the 'tertian anatomy wilich )id eititerte been Niger ied as uselese anti imperflu- (nue There was another, lie sted, cello I the pituitary, a body of smell vascular formation about the sive of a pea whicii is locatea at the batte of the brain. Prof, Sithafer has been experimenting with ex - treats from it, and injecting theni Int o live edliniala, The result has been that the kidneys have been stimulated into aotivit,v, and Ids illiferenee is that this Is a function of this hotly In the head so far away from the object of operations. GOLD PELOW BEDROCK. Ynieon Aliners Pig to Depth of 140 Feet Beneate Streetie Dawson, Sept 14.—An astonishing discovery of a geld filled sub -stra- tum has been made by boring many feet below whet Imo been previous- ly conshlered to be bedrock In the dream bottoms, This diseovery was mule by two' nenors owning: all fraelional claims at the junction of Bonanza and ledorado creek, who not only found an abundanee of pay likt forty-eight feet below the usual mining levee but also the horns of a moose. Encouraged by this evi- lenco that they were not too low to find gold, they kept on digging. A.t a depth of one hundred and forty feet they found another pay streak, and the trunk of a tree hnbodded in clay. AS BIN IN HAMILTON. 3uffalo Girl Murdered in Rochester Once Lived Here SHE WAS VERY BEAUTIFUL. Ethel Blanche Dingle, whose clout body was found in a Rochester Hotel, her throat having beecesiaela al with: a razor, as told by wire In another part of this paper, was a native of Hamilton. Twenty years or eci ago her father carried on a meat butenese in this city, and he died here more than fifteen years ago, 4..1 that time Ethel Blanche was a pretty, child of 6 or 7 years. Alter the tether's death the mother and children went to Toronto and lived with Mr. Dingle'e mother, a Mrs. McDonald, Mrs. Dingle died there, and her three daughters went Co Buffalo with an aunt, Mrs. Mc- Pherson, and have since resided there. For five years she had been a nurse In training at Riverside Hospital. Sho would have graduated in a short time itt feet she would have gradu- ated long ago but for a habit alio had of leaving the institution. She left a month ago because tafe was reprimanded by the head nurse for paying too much' attention to Le- land D. Kent, the young final'year medical student, who left wife and Meld to go to Rochester with lier, .who, also with hie throat out, but liovtinot, wars found with her in the Dr. Randall, Superintendent of Riverside hospital, says of Miss Dingle: "She was olio of the meat beautiful girls I ever saw, well formed, bewitching in manner, a girl whom every man would look at as she passed along the street or through the hallo of the hospital. She had dark hair, almost black, and lovely, soft, dark eyes. Poor child, It seems pitiful that her life should have ended in mush is tragedy. was very fond of her." During one of her periods' away from the hospital Miss Dingle was employed by the Bell Telphone Com- pany in Buffalo, and on account of her attractiveness was selected to illustrate the proper way to use the instrument, Her picture, taker! In two positions, is on the cover, of the instruction book. KING DRIVING GROUSE. dis Majesty Keloys Better Health Then for )(cart) Past. London, Sept. 14.a -With the ar- rival or King Mtwara and Queen Alexandra at Balmoral, His Majeste'e convalescence is officially declared to be complete. The fact that the King has already Indulged in deer stalking, and is now busy with grouse driving, coupled waif the departure of the Queen. for Copenha- gen ehle week, Inditiatee the confi- derma of those in attendance on Hirt Majesty that hie health is fully m- etered. Indeed, the King Is enjoying better health, than for years. The yachtilig tour of their Majestiee amend the EnglIsir and Scotch consist wee a lazy, drifting cruise, seopping at many spots hitherto un- visited by them. Their reception everywhere demonstrated the per - meal popularity of their Majestlee. EMPEROR RUNS AMUCK. Annum ittiler Shoots Three Wives arid Flogs Empress. Perla Sept. 1,1.—A tragic sensa- tion in the royal palace at Annam recently occurred, according to mail advices. The young Emperor suddenly went mad, and, rushing Otto the harem, shot three of his wives in, cold bleed, The Empress remonstratei with him, whereupon. he had her bound, to a. favorite menial and flogged nearly to death!, Tho Merited offi- cials sent for the French Resident, who at once ordered the Emperor to be seized. In a 'few (Jaye the fit preface!, but the Emperor -kill shotes signs of an impaired intellect, tied well proba- bly be dethroned,. TURNED PISTOL ON AUDIENCE -- Mad Gendarme itt Malaga 1{.1118 Seven tattle:ins 11Is Ft Mize, :Madrid, Sept, 14.—There was great excitement anI tonfusIen In the theetre at Malaga last night, When a gentian:tie Who was present sud- denly went rued, and, drawing his revolver, feral incesealininately ento the audience. Seven persons Were killed. In a vlld panic) the aualenee eought tO mai front the building, and hine persons were knocked down and injured. The gendarme Was etelea upon to surrender, by Horne p011eettien, tthO upeit refueing to 00 80, he WAS shot and killed. CONTER PACKING' TRUE 1 leurictue Result of Hitter War in Soule Sionerleon Country, Alt the butchers Of Paragene aro nennen, and many other oecupationo also. which invariably are netainvel elsewhere by peen lute° Wien to the kit or the gentler elle. Teo cameo of tido etate of thine Mammoth Trust's Tentacles la the Iter010 war waged by Paraguay 0. WOMEN OUTCHERS, Ot.11.10.4:0010 Reach Canada. SWIFTS IN THE DEL Greatest Combine Outside of the Steel T rust Is Just Forming— How the Stook WIII be Distributed— Beer, oduets Also to be cornered —Attlee interests illay be Gobbled Chicago, Sept 15. -- The Recorde Herald Says to -day: The long ex- pected merger of tett great meat- packing intereets of the Ultitea Slates win go into active teed open opera- tion on Saturday, Sept. 47t1u, unlees Otero should be an eatirely unlooked for change la the pleas agreea upon by all thoee concerned In the deal at a meeting hold hero to -day. An industrial combination, second only to the steel trust in pohtt of mag.ne tuee and impertance, is therefore, practically an accomplished fact. Jetports coricerniug the actual terms of the censaidation, differ. The most reliable light Wad upon tee eubject was tee pla,n outlined by Boston authority, who has possessed the most Inside information about the deal ever since its existence was Arse rumored in tho cares, part of last spring Aeoording to this expert tho new Peeking combine Is to be capitalized .it the rate of tworay-flve times the last years earnings of the constitu- ent companies. For example, Cudahy & Co. are said to eave earned about $840,000 In 1901, which would make their share of tee capital stock of the merger $21,000,000. A 1 per cent. dividend that the new consolidatior ndght he expected to deelare monad amount to $840,000 on ties lot of stork, approximately its legitimate earnings 9n the ba.sis of capitalization, Armour St Co,, whose last year's profits are supposed to have been about $8;000,000, will receive $200,- 000,000 in the new securities in ex- change for the liusinese, Sada Se Co.. will receive $60,000,- 000, their net earnings for the past year probably not amounting to more tluin $2,000,000, by rea- son of :the fact teat thie concern does not own its subskilary com- panies, smile as car lines and :slip:1g agencies: Carrying out this enethoa to the end, the eehwarzehild & Sulzeburger Oh, YOU receive $26;000,000. It is said that it is the undoubt- ed determination of the consolidat- ed ineat intereste to control all of the packing houses and stock yards of the company and save every possible dollar in the cost of man- ufecturing and distribution. In addlithM to this, all by-prce ducts will be absolutely controlled and efforts made to buy up indus- tries that are closely allied to the meat business. BANK STOCK INVESTMENTS. Some Figures of interest to (Janad- ians Generally. In view of the recent increase in capital stock of established banke, and the formatton of a new bank, which, before commencing buelness, has provided for a reserve fund equal to its capital, it is interesting to note the course of prices of bank stocks during the last five years. On Sept. 2, 18,97, the average price of the shares of the Domenion, Toronto, Deportee Standard, Nava Scotia, Ot- tawa and Hamilton Banks was 199. On September 2, 1902, the average price of tees° shares was 240, or a gala in price of 41 points, or over 8 points per anomie The average per cordage of reserve to capital of these banks, which are instanced because Of their being banks of moderate capital, with high proportions of re- serve to capital, was, on September 2, 1897, 7847 mer cant., while on September 2, 1902, the proportion was 98e2 per cent. It is, of course, a factor in, considering returns to shareholders that all of them banks have given valuable pritileges tro shareholders from time to time -in the way Of pro rata issues of new stook at priees considerably under market quotation's. In New; Yotrk results In this direc- tion have :been most remarkable, though, of course, owing to the immense opportubities afforded be. cause of dense population, the ex- perience of New York bahks cannot be acceptel as a criterion here. However, in New York, we recently witnessed the spectacle of one bank giving a bonus of 1,9.00 per cent. to its shareholders out of the .accumulated profits of a term' of years, the shareholders simultane- ously subscribing for 'new stock and thus converting a capital of $500;000 tato one of $10,000,000. There have been a tow other such cases', only less remarkable in char- acter. Taking, however, the re- cord of a dozen other banks outside of this class, it is found that the average price of stocks of twelve leading New York banks was 631 8-4 during 1897, while the average price of the saute shares 00 Sept. 2, 1002, was 807 5-6, being a gain for the five years of 173 per cent., or op per dente per °einem. In 1897 the average proportion of reserve to capital in these banks was 150,70 per cent., whereas in 1902 the Leverage, proportion is 209,05 per cent. It will tints be seen that the ex•• perinea of investors, both In Can- ada and New York, who have bought glares, of batiks with a largo pro- portion of rotary° to capital, hal been particularly happy. In addi- ties to the return from dividends Of, lefty, 4, per cent. On their invest- ment or front 2 to 4 per cont. in Now York), they have had advaneee In priori alid pritelegoe on new etock tO an extent whiehl made their diva &Yid return otily a feature of the Investment, awl that het the meet Gimplooer.tant. eeo doubt, also, pro - It mese be many years before such years will be much Mere Marked lueve been witnestee1 In Now York.— grass in Canada derhig the next five than in the provlouS period, though e.xtraordinary reatiltd are reaelted as more than thirty years ago agaiust the overwhelming forces of Brazil, the Argentine Republic luta Uruguay combined. Tills war, which, lasted esti years, beat many singular points of resemblance to eite receut Boer war. It ended in the almost 01;41 alinlellation or the able-bodied male populatioa of the country, and the result may be react Jo the following egures Population of Paraguay in 1,887,4,89; in 1873, three years lifter the termination of the war, It amounted to only 221,079, and of these pearly all were women, chil- dren and very old inert. When the war was over the people had been mimed to the most abject poverty and were on the verge of ttarvation, being driven to such ex- pediente as te eat cats, dogs and Itorsee. Worse ,still, owing to the destruction of the male population anarcity prevailed, and all the work :ormerly perform:el ey males felt On the elle sex. They rebuilt the housed which had been burned down, tilled Um fields, and wove for themselves rough homespun clothing from the cotton grown on their own fields. LI the Cubit° slaughter houses the cattle are &beseeched by men, who sever the spinal column by cutting It with a sharp outlaw: just behind the nape of the neck. When the llama' falls to the ground Be throat Is cut awe it le allowed to bleed to death. This is the only part of the work done by inen. The animal is ikinned and otherwise prepared by women. The carcaeses are then con- veyed to the butchers' &tans, where the meat is cutup and sawed by women, who are dexterous in the use of the sraw and knife. It is then terved out to euritomers, also by wo- men—not generally by weight, but by the piece...anti the price is so low that a pound of the best meat may be bought for about a penny. Women of all agog act tee part of butchers—some are young and pretty, atliere old and wrinkled. The Women ere great bargainers and keen as mustard to pull a new arrival almost to pieces In tho hope of securing Ms eustone These women butchers earn. good wages. LOTTERY FH11110 RECALLED By Suit Against President's Widow. JUDGEMENT FOR $388,066, Won., .,•••,1 Which She Secreted Velum lestate . Was Divided Among Jee-iiniCie'C'—. Woman After Being Rescued CreviraeBack htto Burning Bettie for Valuables and Perishes. 4 MMV Orleans, Set, 15.—The arand Jury has returned an indictixtetit against Mrs: Rose Branch& lectaphin, widow of Maximillian Dauphin, foe nettny years President' of the Lena - shine State lottery. Biro. Daaqddn Is said to) be Ill in or near New York. Dauphin, veeo was President of the Louisiana Lottery Company, died in 1891. ELM estate was in- ventormi at $100,000, his medevit and a friend iteetee exeoutora Tilore were other heirs, heaudearg Daulthiale !nether. The estate was settled up, the eeirs were paid their share and the eldoevi and legatee mune into poesession of tee rest of the property. Eleven years alter the .settlement among the effects of Judge Porches veho had been Mrs. Dauphin's lame yer In the probate case, an old, badey worn paper was found giving a list of a large number of bonds wlech apparentey formed part of the Dauphin estate, but winch had uot figure.] in the Inventory. Mrs. Dauphin was caned cm to exe tealn. alto failed be appear belore aouislana court, but piece by piece he trouble burled for eleven years was brougitt to light. Dauphin had, %opt ids money and securities hi a, a01: in his room, and was a much wealthier male than many supposedt From 'that box his wedone it is (Marg.- od, bad removed and secreted $214a 000 In securities and $10,000 In ca.sa. In order 'to ewer up her work: she le alleged to imere eold the bonds, in. vested and re -invested the money in new securities so that no trace email be found of it She ktpt no bank ac- count, and frequently had $1,00,000 on her person in $1,000 bills. Judge Lassrus, ocansel for the heirs, succeeded in tracing every bond for more than twelve years. The court awarded judgment tegatnet tem Dauphin for $388,060. , Der. bite for Her Money. New York, Sept 15.—Mr ea Mary Frazer was found dead under a bed In her apartments early this morning; an hour atm, a Ore in tho building had been extinguished. Soon after tlie deo sleeted, Mrs. Frazer was resenal from it fire escape In front of her wheitev. Xt is supposed that she re - toned to her rooms to secure her valuable% and was suffocated by smoke, The money loss by ;MO fire was Smell. A NEW ELDORADO. Pretoria deepatch: The pegging of claims in the Zoutpanebeeg die. trIct began tiile week. There is ct great ruslt to the district, Wlihth the prospectors are confident cou. tains great wealth in Minerals. Dan- ger arises front whites flocking there without eapItai to ausetan them for Immo Month's, there being few employers of labor. These mon may become pressed for food and steal from the IZaffirs, who would resent the thefts by killing whites, the trouble eventuneltr developing into a big native rising. There are more natives in the Zontpanabeeg distriet than in all the rest of the Transvaal. The Intake at rioters - A trust of landlords With is nap- flmrg, hi'the Zoutpansbergaltave re- ital of $500,000, Is proposal ae 11 °penal. Many Arab leettlere have means of crushing the tInited ntartea Starts there, and are doing ish Leap°. a lett° trade with the N.affirts.