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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1906-12-27, Page 71010-1011. iLU 10.) Toronto d9es not pay the ")ion's Aare." She pays for what she eon- traets for. tither towns nearer Niagara Falls will pay less than 'Toronto, for the very obvious reason the power will cost let A 1DOW , (1l.) A. mo the here• • after sualamitt • lehiscite. (12.) The chic ' ieitelit wil net be to the large manufacturer. All consum. ers will be cheaply furnished. The hydroelectric commission can regulate int Wrecks Vengeance Upon Child Who priges. nrati d lien I Then .Attempts t Grandmot throw Another Child and Out of Window. ,$lticago, Dec. 24.— Gladys Her three years old, was dashed from th Third storey of a flat building at No: 43 Vincennes avenue this afternoon, b an insane aunt, Mrs. J. Selene, and ss tatned injuries which will result in 1etht lea ie inaniacal woman then tried to bu. , another child, an infant, to the Asset and to overpower the aged jgmaldmother of the children: Mrs. ,aNeiae, who is a sister of Mrs. Ben - Mersa, was in the flat with ler mother and her sister, the mother of ' Gladys, and a seven -months -old hby. The aunt and the two children fere in the front room of the flat, and to first suggestion of mistreatment erne' when the mother and grandmoth- C heprd Gladys say: "Please auntie, attire so cross." kris, Selene jumped front a chair, rshe& at the child, seized her and rushed toward the window with her. I The frantic child sereatuod as she was thrown headlong at a closed win- dow. The little tot fell two floors, struck on a portico above the entrance to the building, fell to the sidewalk meat, Motherher and grandmother were aroused then inti the areaway of the base - by ase - b the child's screams and the crash of gas They rushed into the front room. Mra. Selene had seized the seven -months - old baby and started for the window. The three women struggled. Mrs. Ileesch torn her baby from the grasp of the frenzied aunt. Mrs. Selene turned on the grandmother and beat her baek against the window. Neighbors heard the struggle, the cries of the women and the mad laughter of the insane aunt. They broke into the apartment and found the aged grandmother half out of the window. The elder woman was des- perately resisting, but her strength- was giving away. ED BY A NEWFOUNDLAND DOG AND DIES OF HYDROPHOBIA. atad Been Bitten by a Mad Terrier and the Young Man Doctored it. ) Ieu York, Dec. 24.—Frank Butkanal, hyenas old, of Pleasantville, N. Y., died ata hospital here yesterday of hyrdo- pbabia, caused by a pet dog nosing his bards, Butkanal was employed by Dr. S. V. Jones, of Pleasantville, as a handy mai, Among the physician's pets was a New- foundland dog to which the young Haan 'ter uelr" ettcoleca. The dog recipro- cated this fondness. Last October the Newfou1rtlland was attacked by a terrier wbieh ` probably had rabbles and was terribly bitten. Butkatnal nursed his pet with the utmost care and tenderness and the animal, to show his gratitude, frequently nosed his hands, The dog's wounds healed, but early in November it .began to sicken, losing the use of its hind lege. But- kanal treated it until its ease became hopeless. It was then killed. Last week Dr. Jones noticed that Butkanal was behaving strange and be suggested a trip to this city. They went to a hospital and on Wednesday night Butkanal became delirous, death resulting yesterday. TR DIAMONDS RECOVERED. ARREST OF MAN AND WOMAN CHARGED WITH THEFT, AfefSii Chicago Jewelry Robbers Cap- tured at Utica—$xo,000 Worth of Valuables Found— Their Trunk round at Syracuse, Urtica, N. Y., Dee. 24.—A man who gives his name as Franz. Niedsclski, and a woanan who claims the name Madeline Kreger, were arrested on a train arriv- ing here at 3 this morning, and are held by the police upon the charge, of hav- ing robbed C. V. Sten, of Chicago, of nt large quantity of jewelry and silver- ware. The Utica police were notified from Buffalo to watch for the couple as it was expected they would change ourer~-•,mere, for Montreal. A detective met the train at Oneida and on arrival here had the suspects in charge. Their trunk, which is expected to contain most of the loot, was captured by the Syra- cuse police. When searched at the sta- tion house. the man was found to have from $7,000 to $10,000 worth of dia- monds and jewellery in his possession. There were seventeen diamonds, about 30 pearls, a magnificent solitaire ring, gold watchesgold coins and many gems of various kinds. The prisoner claimed that 011ie articles belonged to his oom- panion, iho, he said, was a woman Inc met itt' elle old country, and with whom had ben living about n year. Found the Trunk . Syracuse, N. Y., Dec. 24,--- Aboard eastbound No. 30, on its arrival in this city; at 10 o'clock this morning, tine local police found the trunk which ie supposed to contain all the diamonds and jewelry alleged to have been sto- en from the residence of C. V. Stein, of Chicago, by two of the family servants, Mr, and Mrs. Prank Milberg, e+� NOTE ISSUED BY VATICAN PROTEST AGAINST ACTION OF FRENCH GOVERNMENT •w• Ser.. sentativcs o Religion Have aged—Cultured Associa- tiff Could Not Approve of --The foilowiing is a de- e& e- e the note issued by es a protest against the the French government and etto all the Papal,representa' tarily timet the en outraged. by outraged. 10 m- e church from French Iuerar- :t France of he 1'aptl ion of hostility to the French government in condemning the cultural associations which di-regarlled the essential rights which the church derived from her eon- stitution, such as maintaining an eccle- siaatieal hierarchy established by her divine founder as the basis of the organ. ization of the church. In fact, the law conferred en the cultural associations rights.wiaich not only belong exclusively to the ecclesiastical authorities in the practice of worship and in possessing and administering ecclesiastical poverty, but .the same associations were considered in- -administering ecclesiastical property, but and instead were placed under the juris- diction of the lay authorities, The Pontiff could not approve of such asso- ciations without being lax in his duty as head of the church. KING'S SPEECI1. BOTH HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT PROROGUED TO -DAY. London, Dee. 24.—The King's message proroguing Parliament was read in the House of Lords this afternoon before the members of both houses. It was a color- less recitation, detailing the principal in- ternational agreements to which Great Britain has sul;eerlbed during the past two months, from the Algeciras conven- tion to the treaty for the restriction of the liquor traffic in Africa. It mentioned the Transvaal and Orange River constitu- tions, expressing the hope that they will seeure peace and prosperity in both col- onies, and contribute to the federation of South Afriea. Dealing with the legis- letive enactments of the House of Com- mons, the message expressed regret at the unsettled difficulties surrounding the educational question. After the reading of the Xing's speech the members of both houses of Parlia- ment separated until Feb. 2. TORONTO POWER. ADAM BECK TELLS WHAT CHEAP POWER WILL DO. Self -Supporting From the First—Ques- tions Put to the Chairman of - the Commission Were Readily Answered. Toronto despatch: More power to the movement for municipal development and operation of electrical energy in Tor - much light on the futility of by the opponents of e results of last Association an op - eek (1 the eriticiinis ra et. that movement, were !deities public meeting Hell, called to give,the ratepa pertusity of hearing Hon. Adam give reasons why the power by -lair should be earried on January let next. In reply to questions by Mr. McKay, Mr. Beck stated: (1.) The minimum cost of tho power delivered at the municipal sub -station, veady for distribution to the consum- ers, would be $14 per horse -power. It euuld 1•e di. tributed so as to reach the consumer at a cost. of from 1 to 21-2 tm:ts per kilowatt an hour, as against the t,resent rate of 4 cents. (,!.) Continuous service could be prate- ::eally guaranteed. (Il.) newer would lie delivered to the e .n:tnura:•r at any required voltage. ( "lie estimated cosi to the eity 'far dietr;l'nf a, s .rias not 3,000,fo0, ae oto y, br el,R00.0tee tie ap for 30 •the debt RIDDLED NE Mill BULL , and the seas are breaking ut it is yet hoped she can be a rocky ledge. The Germs* len is trying to float her, and training -41p Dugusy»'Trouin ..art to ati414t. The ody is yet"a,,aa..d a.». 704.4, .r11 NEWS IN BRIEF CANADIAN. The Toronto Grand. Jury in their pre - f sentment, suggested the cancelling of all the present prison labor contracts. Nine of the principal bakers of To. ronto have been summoned on a charge of selling underweight bread. Thomas Gavin, an elderly and wealthy resident of Brockville, died suddenly yesterday morning of heart disease. Clinton M. Smith of St, Thomas fell off a scaffold, alighting with his head in a pail of tar, which probably saved his life. Henry Bruce, a sweeper at the London, Ont., street car sheds, fell head -foremost into one of the pits over which the cars are run for cleaning this morning, and his injuries may prove fatal. Wednesday evening, Mrs. Harry Cul Ingham was taken ill on King street, Brockville, and after she was carried to a drugstore nearby, expired. She was 45 years of ago and cane from Toronto a few years ago. A Galician immigrant woman gave birth to a child on the street in Winni- peg yesterday morning about 5 o'clock. and fortunately was promptly assisted by a policeman and hurried to the hos- pital, where both she and her child are doing well. While the Dominion Cabinet has not yet finally decided upon the form the new election bill shall take, there is good reason for entertaining %lie bc'tie•f—teat the measure wiat contain it provision for eompulsory voting. BRLTISI-I AND FOREIGN The Czar has decorated Premier Stoly- pin for his zeal in the cause of the em- pire. R. P. L. Gray, of Midlothian, Seere- tary and the most ardent supporter of the British Association for the Importa- tion of Canadian Cattle, is dead. Arthur J. Balfour, the former British Premier, 4s again confined to his house by illness. He is suffering from another attack of influenza, an epidemic of which is now ravaging all classes in London. Fire yesterday destroyed the )rage building situated in the centre of the Harbin, occupied by the general staff of the Russian army. The fire also consum- ed the museum, library, and a number of shops and large warehouses. In answer to a question in the Imper- ial House of Commons to -day, Winston Churchill. informed. John B. Lonsdale, M. P.; Conservative, that the Govern- ment was unable to admit the Premiers of the . different Australian States to the Colonial Conference. ♦ --- STABBED FOREMAN. SCOLDED BOY FOR RAISING TOO MUCH DUST. New York, Dec, 24.—In the presence of half a hundred terrified women, Ab- raham. Lose reals f'a'tally stabbed to -day in a Centre street bookbinding establish- ment by Louis Segxul. Loss, who was foreman, fell with a sleep knife would in his neck, just as dnalrf a dozen police- men, attracted by the womenee Gamma, nusiued into the roam. His jugular vein had been severed, and he was dead be- fore an ambulance atarived.. Sega was =- rested. Jamey Lnpialus, 15 years old, causd the row whdah reaulted in the tragedy. Segue complained to the boy that he won etru-irog too much dust in weeping, and waren taxa boy continued to wield the bream es vigoroualy as before, Segal struek Srtm. Lees took the boy's peat, and the fight nesuited. s.• CAUGHT BY WOMAN'S WIT. A Bogus Cheque Operator in the Toils at Galt. Galt, Ont., despatch: A Galt woman's tamely painter to the pollee to -day leu to the arrest of a Haan who has con-: fessed to being a passer of bogus, eneques, and fs believed to be the er, water wanted in a number of Cana- dian towns and cities. • MN moaning a strange man entered a osel.h TIali t store, ou New Ainslec street, and asked Mrs. Ball whether she hand any blank cheques she could .pare, as Inc wanted to fill some out. Mrs. hall sappected the man, and ou His departuro notified the chief of po- lice, who placed the man under arrest. At headquarters the man was taxed. with being the party who had. worked the bogus cheque game in Guelph. At first be vigorously denied the charge, threatening reprisals, but finally weak- -sued and admitted the whole thing. Ile said he was the son of a farmer named. Horace Brown, living near (Sales - vine, a short die -twice from Brantford. ' e world make no further statement as to i ale ag he had been operating, KILLED ED BY TRAIN WHEN ON TILE WA''O BUY CIIRIST- MAS PRESENT FOR TEACHER. Pittsburg, Dee. 24.—Tracey Crist, 17 years old, was killed; Rachel Shaffer, 16 years old, was seriously injured, and five other young persons had narrow escapes last evening at Windber, Pa,, when the party was run down by a Pennsylvania train. The party vats 00 its way to Winber to hay a CSeristi,,nte prt';;e,nt for its teateher. CATTLE EMBARGO STAYS. Must Have Been Shot a hundred Times. trad Assaulted a Woman and Crowd Lynched flim. Taken From Jail, Strung Up and . Shot. Dead. Strung Up and Shot Annapolis, Md., Dec. 24.—Ilenry Zt Davis, alias Henry Chambers, col. T ored, whocommitted co m tted a felonious assault on Mrs. John Reid, of Brownsville, five miles from An-, napolis, last Friday, and who had confessed his crime, was taken from the jail here this morning by a mob of about sixty masked men and lynched. • He was strung up and his body riddled with bullets. 4 .4.4.4 41,^44-•4441.•÷4-4.4-0-44-4-4-4,-4.4-4-4-4• Annapolis, Md., Dec. 24.—The jail is situated in Calvert street. and is isolat- ed. The plans of the lynchers were kept quiet and their movements carefully guarded. In- a statement made after the man was taken from the jail, Deputy Sheriff Reuben L. Smallwood said that about2 o'cloek man appeared at the jail and rang. He said that he bad a prison- er. Deputy Smallwood saw that be had no prisoner and refused to admit him, whereupon he Left. Soon afterward a mob of about 60 men appeared before the jail with a whipping post and vain- ly endeavored to batter down the door. They then procured a sledge and quick. ly broke a hole in the door, through which one of tho men crawled and un- locked the door. Then five or six men en- tered the building and proceeded to the warden rooms whore they encountered Warden George Taylor and other offi- cials: At the point of a pistol the war- den surrendered the keys. In a few mo- ments more Davis was secured and car- ried out bodily. He made no resistance. His appearance outside the jail was greeted with yells. He was kicked and beaten by members of the 'lynching party and in a few minutes was taken to Brickyard Hill. Here Daivis was closely questioned and again narrated that he bad criminally assaulted his victim. A rope was then procured and the noose slipped over his head. By this time Davis was nearly unconscious from fright and the blows which had been rained upon him. While in this condition he was hoisted up to the limb of a tree. Almost before his feet had left the ground a revolver crack- ed a bullet crashed through his skull. It was the siennl for a general firing at least one hundred bullets must have riddled his body. After a fere minutes the body was eut down, and a few persons took pieces of rope and elothinn ae souvenirs, before the mob dispersed. The members of the mob which evidently was eomposed of voung men, wore masks, their faces were blackened and each man was armed with a revolver. The negro was Carried through the negro section of the cite, but no one interfered. When people ap- peared at the windows they were warn- ed to remain indoors. The police permit- ted the mob to have Its own way. none of the officers apparently interfering.. Mrs. Reid, the negro's victim, was con- fined to her home for some days in it serious condition as a result of her in- juries. BIRRFLL TO BE IRISH SECRETARY • To Succeed Bryce When lie Comes to Washington. A Canadian Will Likely be Minister of Education. London, Dee. 24.—In well informed parliamentary circles Augustin Birrell, President of the Board of Education, is now regarded as first favorite for the post of Chief Secretary for Ireland, which will become vacant when James Bryce is transferred to the British Ent - basil at Washington. In this event Dr. N. C. MacNamara probably will be the new Minister of Education. It ap- pears that the contemplated appointment of Winston Spencer Churchill to the Ir- ish Secretaryship is gettiug but a luke- warm reception from the Nationalist members of the House who desire a man e; ith a longer parliamentary record. Fur- thermore there is some doubt about the safety of Mr. Churchill's seat in the house from Manchester, where Inc would have a formidable opponent in A. J. Bal- four. It is believed that the Nation- alists would warmly welcome Mr. Bin rell as a successor to Mr. Bryce. It was noticed during yesterday's debate in the Ilouse of Commons that the refer- ences of John Redmond, the Irish leader, to Mr. Birrell, were particularly effus- ive. MRS. CAREY' TESTIFIES. Defendant in the Brampton Trial C6n- tradicts Much of the Testimony. Brampton despatch: 'Tho Carey trial drags slowly along, and is creating some haerest, particularly during the night seaslens. 11:e evidence was ail in at 10 o i•Ioek to -night, and enunsel will be. gin their addresses to the jury at the opening of tate eourt. .1Ir:A. Carey was put in the box by her Counsel early in the day. and has Leen miler examinetion all day, flue was a most positive wit east, and eontradicted al test all the previous: witnesses in the tui'mit'5t detail. She said aha+ never lied leaven/el fro.n '1'orenta to Rtannyeicle, nor from l'oraarta to Port ('relit, and was u ee YT in sot t ('redit. The Crown prose - otter was i.t••u•ehiji in his ex:veinal' 'the verdict nun n ' likely be fill late in the 1010,...._,-.14,0•1._ WAS NEIL MURDtRW WITH A LONG IIAT AUSTRIAN STRIKE TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND POST. OFFICE EMPLOYEES TO QUIT. Vienna, Dee. 24.• --The post office em- ployees of Austria, numbering 25,000 men au:l ttomen, have vote3 to a5te'ak•e to. silty as a protest atgainert the conditionts under which they aro forced to labor by the Government. Dhe Government Jute attempted to increase wages, but, this offer has been declined. Thai strike ,rame<, at a particularly inoontvenient time, the poet office is handling the heavy Christmas mail. LAWYER LOCKED UP.• 1 Told Police Magistrate Durable He Was Impertinent. Peterboro' despatch; A deeicedly sen- sationaI incident took plaee at the Po lice Court this morning. Fred. McGee was under trial for assaulting Constable. Newhall. Mr. D. O'Connell appeared fon McGee. During the hearing a feu words passed between Magistrate Dum• ble and 11r. O'Connell. The latter re marked that "the court was impertinent and favored the police." Mr. Dumble said that he Hurst apolo ,size or be arrested. This he refuse+ to do, and his arrest was ordered, an' Constable McGinty placed him in th cells, After an immurement of about twen ty minutes Mr. O'Connell consented tt• apologize, and was released, but did nu' resume the ease, Mr. Denistoun beim engaged in the interval. The incident created a great sensation. FOR HER BOY. Chester Gillette's Mother Going to Give Lectures. Utica, N. Y., Dec. 24.—"Chester Gil- lette—Guilty or Not Guitty A Mother':. Plea for Her Son," is the title of a lee tan -e to be delivered by Mrs. Louise M. Gillette, mother of the condemned mut dersr of Grace Bronze: Mrs. Gillette will speak in a number of cities in an effort to rave finale for an appeal to the Court of Appeals for a new trial. Her first lecture will be delivered at Syr:mee) next week, and the second is booked for New York city. THREE OF A RIND. CONNELLSVILLE CELEBRATES THE BIRTH OF TRIPLETS. Pittsburg, Dec. 24.—The birth of trip- lets, two girls and a boy, to Mrs. Harvey Walton, wife of a Connellsville steel worker, yesterday, was made the occa- sion of a general observance of the event by the people of that town. Visitors from all over the place called at the Walton home to offer congratula- tions, and a movement is on foot to re- member the triplets substantially at Christmas. LORD DELAMERE IN JAIL. Well -Known Explorer Charged With Fraud M Africa, London, Dec. 24.—A despatch to the Daily Mail from Mombasa, on the east coast of Africa, says that Lord Delavnore, who was prominent in English society and has wide connections among the ar- istocracy. has been committed far trial at Nairobo on a charge of fraud. A so- licitor who is accused of abetting him was also committed. Lord Delaanere devoted much of his time to exploring and hunting big game in Africa. Iris wife acompanied him and shared his rough life. He Ieft England last year to reside near Nairobi. where he built a. fine house and bought 100,000 acres of land, intending to grow cotton and sugar. MILLIONAIRES CONVICTED. Wealthy Nebraska Gentleman Found Guilty of Fraud. Omaha, Neb., Dee. 24.—Bartlett Rich- ards and Will G. Comstock, the million• airo president and vice-president of the Nebraska Land and Feeding Company. were convicted here this evening on 36 counts of an indictment which charged conspiraey to defraud the Government of public lands and subornation of perjury. C. C. Jameson, secretary -treasurer and general manager of the company, was also convicted. A number of other wealthy cattlemen and their agents are under indictment for similar offences. Tho maximum penalty for the offences is two years' imprison- ment and $1,000 fine on each count. GERMAN CORNED BEEF. Scandalous Revelations Made M Factory Near Bremen. London, Dee. 24. --•-Scan lalous revela- tions have been made regarding the con tlitio:t of a corned beef factory at Oldes toe, near Bremen, owned by a German who has escaped to Canada. The exam- inetiou showed that the bulk of tine beef sold to the army was prepared from putrid meat. The general condition of the factory equalled those of Chicago at its worst. The man is accused of being a fraudulent bankrupt. —.�..•i-•i�- WOULD HELP FILL CANADA. Woman Weighing gas Pounds Making inquiries at London. T.ondon, 1):•e. 2 Anwng the seekers for inf•rrmatiou who called at the Cana titan e141dt:411 A a .he Belief That the Weapon Was Thr the Eyeball Into the Man's hr Woman Still Declares That Her Hus His Death by Falling Downstairs New York, Dec. 24,—The Neil murder ,aystery promises to take frank among vho celebrated vases of the day. It generally believed. ia Greenwich, .roan,. that ate was allied, but opinion s divided as to whether his wife, a 'teautiful woman, is guilty of the crane ,r not. The medical examiner who made .tie autopsy is quoted as saying: "I do not believe tha her (:lim yell's) nail file found do his umbrella ailed blue It looks to inc like the eye - sell had beers shoved aside while 'he. Mars in a stupor from drugs, and that aen a long hatpin was plunged into the ticket at the side of the eyeball, so as .o leave as small a wound as possible. titer the point passed the eyeball the .aspen was thrust deep into the socket ud three and a half inches into the lain." Mrs. Neil, who was arrested at the orae of her brother on Saturday, was ken to police :headquarters yesterday .rd palotugiaphed. She is now held fn the Tombs as a ngitive from justice. Her attorney is eiward Greenthal, of 49 Chambers .reet. Sheriff Ritobe who carne here to get prisoner, and who will ask for ex- radition papers, said yesterday that he .as convinced of the womana guilt. It ;as on his statement that ilagtstrate ;neon in the Tombs Court committed er without bail. At the same time the eeriff expresses deep sympabby for her, e tying that tae 'believed she was the inose bused woman that ever lived and that er husband treated her in an 'inhuman tanner front the time of their marriage. Neil," declared the Sheriff, "was drunk ail the time, and. never di the blacksmith shop, :u.l tl iag perfotnne;l by assnstnnts, Airs. tI ledaar3 y'ester r ,• >. et t b way to Police Headquarters knew nothing of the ciretumata her husband's death. "I lova n.y husband," said site; he was very kind to me, except when., drank, and then bo tease. beast. 1 met hint at New Rochelle, where I married hint. This was after 1 had got a divorce from my Bret backend." Mrs. Neil said she was eager to go 'back to Greenwich and Paco the charges against her. She was willing to talk as much as auny one wanted iter to. "We were all drinking that night," said she in the court room to reporters, "and Joe, my husband, tried to take rare upstairs. .lie fol lteadlong drown the stairs." She was then asked about a nail file said to have been found in her umbrella in the hotel. From the deseaiptioa of it given her, she said it was hers, but she declared she could not imagine bow At got into rite umbrella. Her eye was 4till discolored, the result of a beating, she said, whielt Neil had given her. airs. Neil is known to many artists, in. eluding Chase, for whom sbe .posed. She was much in demand because of her wealth of auburn hair. The latest theory advanced ea a solu- tion of the mystery is the possibility that the aezueed wife acted under the influence of a dual personality brought about by a combination of anorphine and whiskey. Physiciana who have observed her since her arrest are convinced that she has had a t times a dual .personality, and that when she says ehe haft no re- collection of• killing her husband, she sneaks the truth. MURDER MYSTERY NOW CLEARED UP. Geo. W. Harris, Murderer of School Teacher Two Years Ago, Confesses. Goshen, Ind., Dec. 24.—Before Judge Dodge, of the Circuit Court, to -day, Geo. W. Harris made a complete confession of the murder of Sarah Schaefer, a pret- ty school teacher, two years ago. Harris is 31 years old. He says his real name is Frank Burdock, and that his mother lives in Brooklyn, N. Y. His whole life has been given over to crime. He was born iu Logansport, Ind., and since he was 16 years old he has roamed to all parts of the country. He detailed all his movements to the judges. Harris' story is that upon his arrival in Bedford he met Esau White, and immediately engaged to murder bis wife No. 2, who is supposed to be , Sarah Schaefer, for $500. The confes- sion says White helped to drag the body into the alleyways Since the murder Harris has never seen White, and did not know him until the nigtt ref the killing. In explanation of co- mitting the murder, he nays he did' the job through the greed to get money. This afternoon ITarris pleaded guilty to trying to kill Police Sergeant White- ' man, of EIkhart, and was given from two to four years in Michigan City prison and fined $2,000. Sentence was deferred pending .the inquiry into Harris' coufession. Officers from Bed- ford are expected here to -night. Harris insists lie is telling the truth, even though he hangs for it. Judge Dodge is not inclined to accept the confession as genuine, but does not believe Harris insane. Harris gives the minutest details as to his movements in Bedford, and while his confession looks improba- ble in many resects in others it has elements of genuineness riff .ORDS' DEFEAT OF THE EDUCATION BILL Parliament Will Not Dissolve—New Bill May be Introduced --Premier Sees King. London, Dec. 24.—There will be no dis- however, a widespread impression that solution of Parliament as a result of a purely secular education bill will be the action of the House fo Lords in de- introduced during the next session of feating the Government's Education bill. Parliament, while no doubt the Cabinet during recess will consider what means Although the rejection of this, themain are possible to prevent the Lords from Liberal measure of the session, is the nullifying the prolonged labors of rho most serious rebuff that Sir Henry Commons and to debar their veto of Campbell-Bannerman's Cabinet has sof measures passed twice by the Rower House. fend, it is not regarded as being suf- It is the general view of politicians ticiently grave to necessitate an appeal that the Peers have entered into a con• to the country, Whether the Govern - more struggle embracing much meat could now successfullyappeal to more than the Education Bill, The Lib- pP era's promise that there shall be no the nation on the Education Bili is the cessation of the fight until the constie question on which even many Liberals tutional issue is settled as to whether are in doubt. The only immediate effect the Liberal party is to be forever check - Of the step taken by the Upper House, mated by the "standing committee of therefore, will be to give an enormous the Tory Peers." impetus to the Radical agitation in fav King Edward to -day received the Pre - or of curbing the veto powers of the niter at Buekingham Palace. It is un - Peers and to furnish the Non Confor- derstocd that His Majesty wished to be mists with a new gun and .ammunition fully informed regarding the Cabinet's in their fight for the disestablishment views on the political situation, as,. af- of. the Church of Englanid. There is, fected by the education question. twommeimmworiemommien SAYS NO "RM." MR. W. J. GAGE EXPLAINS TO THE TEXT BOOK COMMISSION. Vested Rights Urged—Open Competition Regarded as a Likely Improvement-•• A Lengthy Statement Marie—Report Will Bo Ready in January. Toronto tlea.ltatch: The Ontario Torte ,mok Commissit.n yesterday finished. tak- :ng evidence, and the Chairman, Mrs. J. T. C.other•ra, said that the report woald •ne ready ft.r the Ctoverntuent early in January. In the morning President S. G. Beatty and hecretauy C'baries Builder, of mulct, PaLliebing Company, testi- ' :t a the names elf the nd thus it m - gave figures as ter the cost of produc- tioir of the Canada Publishing Com- pany's books, and Mr. A. P. Rutter, Vice -President of Warwick Bros. Ac Rutter, explained that the reason tete publishing firms were asked to enter the Canada Publishing Company was be- came Mr. I:entty was in poor health and .ontennplatttl removing from Toronto. TWO DESCENDANTS PRESENT Centenary of Sailing of British to West Virginia is Celebrated. Loudon, Dee. 24.—An interesting fea- ture of the celebration at the Hotel Savoy to -day of the 300th anniversary Of the sailing of the party that was to form the British colony at James town, Va., was the presence General Maden Powell rt desecndcnt of John $mi Rolfe, who is a ontas from It ion'