The Wingham Advance, 1908-03-19, Page 7DOCTOR
IN TROUBLE
Alleged Victim, J033i0 Eden Gould,
Prom Peterboro
Her Young Man oral the Doctor
Locked Up,
Girl Died In Toronto •on Tuesday
Last'.
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Toronto, March 10. -About 1.30 o'clock
yesterday enoraing Die A. Ct. Ashton
Pletcher, 1215 College street, • was ar..
rested on the charge of the murder of
an hotel evaltress, Aside Ellen aettld,
while Henry Bernal:neon, aged 21 years,
is also under arrest on a like indictment
as an acceesory before the act. The
police luul been aetively working on the
ease Mr several days before, but on Fri-
day discovered the residence of Smuttier -
son, and the ease was quid:1y completed
after that.
The dead girl, Jessie Ellen Gould, aged
twenty, came from Peterboro, where her
father We, foreman in some works, to
Toronto some years ago, and has held
several positions in the dee'. Prior to
three weeks ago she was a waitress in
the Cadillac Rouse on Teraulay street.
Three weeks ago she had to leave the
hotel, and Sauriderson has made the
statement to the pollee that he made
arrangements for her to room at a house
on Mutual street. She went there, but
was afterwardremoved to 73 Shuter
street.
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Implicated the Doctor.
In his statement S.aunderson implicat-
ed Dr. Ashton Fletcher. Sanuderson'a
statement went into detailof the alleg-
ed operation, which, he claimed, took
place at the Flutter street resideuee,
even to the price to be paid.
On Tuesday, Mareh 10, Dr. Ashton
Fletcher called up Dr, J. 11. 'Todd and
asked him if he could _go down to 75
31ritter street to administer an names-
thetie in a case he had there. Dr. Todd
went dowu and found Dr. Ashton Fletch-
er at the house with Miss Gould and
three othez- women. Dr. Fletcher said
to him, pointing out the girl, "A pretty
sick woman, isn't she? Do you think
it safe to administer an anaesthetic?"
Dr. Todd felt/ her pulse and found it
ecarcely stirring, but the heart-beat was
better, and he thought it safe to ad-
minister ether. Dr. Fletcher suggested
that the girl would be better in a hos-
pital, and, Dr. Todd concurring, she" was
sent to the Western Hospital, where she
died. an Tuesday at about midnight Dr.
Tod.d went up to the hospital on Tues-
day night and. found Dr. Ashton Fletch-
er there. The girl had just died.
Said He Was Called in.
In a statchnent made last night Dr.
Todd, jun„ stated that the facts given
nbove in reference to his connectioii with
the case were correct. He added that
Dr. Ashton Fletcher had first called up-
on another physician, but the latter be -
tug out of town, he had requested. the
aesistanee of Dr. Todd. The father of
the girl was notified of her death and
came to the city and arranged with A.
W. Miles undertaker, College street, to
prepare tlie body for .burial and ship it
to Peterboro. The liody was shipped to
Peterboro on Wednesday aad was buried
on Thursday. The father and those at
Muter street were informed that death
was due to appendicitis aecompenied by
a sharp,attack of pneumonia. Dr. Todd,
against whom there is no charge, saye
that the girl certainly 'dial net have pneu-
monia. The death notice on file at the
City Hall states the cause of death as
acute septic peritonitis, with rupture of
the pus tube, and the report is signed by
Dr. Ashton Fletcher.
Dr. Ashton Fletcher Arrested.
Dr. Ashton Fletcher was arrested at:
his residence on College street by De-
tectives Sockett and Arellibald at about
half -past 1 yesterday morning. Be was
taken to the City Hall first and after-
wards to Court streetstation,where he
stayed until yesterdaymorning, when
removedj
he was to the ail. Ite has en-
gaged J. W. Cerrry, K. C., as counsel. As
the charge isione of murder bail tannot
be granted without application to a
higher court.
Henry Saunderson is a young eleetri-
clan, but bas been out of work-lor some
.weeks now, but previously held a posi•-
lion with a city firmHe was arrested
at half -past on Saturday night by De-
tectives Mackie and Soekett, at an ad.
drese on Yonge street. Pee was takento
Esther street station and detained there.
He admits in the fullest possible manner
ethat he made arrangements with Dr.
Ashton Fletcher with regard to the
girl. Ile says that the girl threatened
to poison him and then rilson herself.
He suggested marriage, he. says, but the
offer was refused.
The body will be exhmned, probably
to -day, and brought back to 'Toronto,
where a post-mortem and inquest will
be held.
portion .of tire rtelnetton in the average I
number of ehildeen itta. family In the
eounty of Loudon le in till arobability
duo to the fact that title Jaeger bourne%
ftt',1 t aItt'eater .0XtPat than baltlAittr
Matt tiVe etenternia preeeitri evideth tousle
to drive demi bean tho Oentre of Lea-
den to the outeleirta of the county said
beyond the eouettry,
sae is rale, tho iatreene the family the
geeater is the diffiettlty of finding imit-
able house aceout notlations in the mere
oesstra parte, mad Use straeger ,itre the
influences of attravtion t0 tiro atiburbe."
BANDIT IN MAIL CAR.
OARING ROBBER'S WORK ON THE
GREAT NORTHERN.
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BOON TWO Mell °leeks, nabbed the
Oar and Delivered Way Station
Mail for Hundred 0,111es-then
Dropped Off Train and Escaped,
Spokane, Wrote, Meech 15.-.4. bandit
1)04)114 the mail car on the weetbouell
limited of the Great Northern Railroad
at Penner's Ferry, Idaho, before day-
light to -day, bound the two melt
clerks, robbed the mail ear, and de.
livered way station mail for erle ,hure
dred miles. Then he dropped off the
train and escaped. The robbery was
not discovered until the train reach-
ed Spokane, five hours after the bandit
boarded it.
The train curled the through mail,
and much of it was registered. The
amount stolen will not be known until
the registered mail has been checked
up.
When the train arrived at Spokane at
9.20 o'olock to -day the mail ear was
closed. Employees at the station open-.
ed, the ,car and found one of the mail
clerks lying bound on the mail sacks.
The other elerk was loeked in a closet,
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MISS NIGHTINGALE.
The Soldiers' Friend Presented With
the Freedom of London.
London, March 10. -The freedom of
the city of London was to -day bestowed
upon Florence Nightingale, the organizer
of the nursing in the Crimean War. The
ceremony took place in the Guild -Hall
in theepresenca of a. largegatheting
which included many doctors and names.
The aged nurse, Miss Nightingale, is in
iter 88th year, was too infirm to attend
and was represented by her nephew.'
Sir Joseph Dimsdale, the City Chanel
berlain, in making the presentation ex-
plained not the city regretted by the
unexplained omission of a former gen-
eration that Miss Nightingale had not
been honored. in this way half a century
ago.
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READY TO SUBMIT.
Sultan Mutat Hafid Makes Further
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NO HELP FOR HIM.
Slayer of Grace Brown to be Exe-
cuted This Wefk.
Albany, X. Y., Meech .10. --Governor
Hughes will not interfere in any way
with the. execution in the week, begin-
ning March30„ of the death sentence
upon •Chester Gillette, of Cortland, eon.-
vieted of the murder of Grace (Billy)
Brown, of South Otselie; at Bie6Moose
Lake, in the Adirmulacks in Suly 1900,
-and.now in the "death cells" at Auburn
prison. The Governor would not talk
about the matter for.publication this
Morning, but it may be stated with en-
tire confidence that he has carefully
readnot only the unanimous opinion of
the 'court of appeals affirming Gillette's
conviction, bet also the evidence in the
case, and entertains no doubt of Gill-
ette's guilt.
.11 was reported to -day tient Gillettee
mother was on her evity bet..e to appeal
be GOverThOn? Hughes to save her son's
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Peace Proposals.
Paris March 15. -The Government
believes there is a good 'owed of a
defitiite settlement of the trouble it
Moroceo. This will be based upon the
submission and elimination of Molai
Hafid, the insurgent SulteneWhile nego-
tiations with Mulai Mild have not yet
French commander in lforoceo, tele -
granite that stpplications far peace halm
been received front Held and his
leaders. The general reports also that
Freneh troops are encempal at the gates
2f the Seta, and that the pacification of
the entire Clusouia region is proceeding
rapidly.
Gem &Moak lout granted a, rade toe -
duct to the chief of the (Macula tribe,
who has annotmeed that Multd MOM is
ready for submieelon, to come to SCUM,
where the French commitialer is at pre-
setit stationed, to discuss terms..
LONDON'S LARGE FAMILIES.
Were Driven Out of the City to the
Suburbs.
London, March 15. --:-During Gm last
oix years there has beet: tt &table of
over 10,000 in the number of ehildeen
attending the elementary echo& of
LOriden, arid the offidal repottiog the
matter to the Lettlon County Countil
Board of Edeteation eaye that nee of
the Oltief eauswe its the seilitetien wieeh
elevens to he takirig Oare in the aver-
age eletao Lontlt»i fennee.
There ie Ito auggetation ni1,aett
mild* Mr the repeert onyx: "Sortie
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CUT HIS THROAT.
Capitalist and Politician Takes His
Own Life on a Train.
Chattanooga, Tenn., March 10.-4ames
Johnson, capitalist and politiehen of
Ibis city, lasts night committed suicide
by cutting his throat on an Alabanut
Great Southern train: Mr. Johnson, who
had been te 1sTew Orleans, accompanied
by his wire and baby, was taken ill on
Saturday night and stopped over in Bir-
mingham. Daring the night lie took an
over dose of strychnine, but was able
to resume his journey yesterday. When
the train was between N.Vhitnes and
Caldwell, Ala., Mr. Johnson went to the
lavatory. A few niiiintes later he was
found with his throat cut. Xo cause can
be assigned for the suicide.
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MACKENZIE KING IN LONDON.
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GERMAN TASTE
IN SOUVENIRS,
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CHINE„SE ROYAL IVIAHRIAGE CON-
TRACT IN A VILLAGE INN.
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Brought From China After the Allied
Armies Left the Celestial Country -
Owner fled No Idea of Its Great
Val. -Its Less Caused Agitation.
Berlin, Mach of China's most
eacred peblie doeuments,t lie marriage
contract of the reigning Emperor, Hwang
Hsu, dated Yebruary 20, 1000, has been
discovered in, Germany and formally
handed over to the Chinese Government.
The document had been missing from
the archives of the Imperial. Palace) duce
the visit paid to Pekin by the allied
armies in the summer of 1900, It is sup.
posed to have found its way to. Germany
ie. the keeping of one of the Kaiser's
subjects, who happened to be present
when the various representatiVee of
wester)) cleilization helped themselves, to
souvenirs 'capable of removal,
The marriage contract consists of a
gorgeone piece of silk, four Maga length
and it foot wide, which folds up in a
curious manneruntil it assumes the form
of it fafiey leaflet. richly emblazoned with
dragons and other artiatie emblems of
the Chinese dynasty, and recites the sol-
emn conditions of the sacred peat in Ori-
ental terms,
Ever since the diaappeareece of tin
document the Chinese diplomatic retire-
sentative,s in all parts of the world have
corxclacted all exhaustive settech, but were
baffled, until the document was located
a, few weeks ago in a village in southern
Germany, in the porisessien of a tavern.
keeper, who had not the slightest notion
of its tremendous import, and thought
it looked as well on his wall as any mul-
ticolored pill advertisement.
Before the contract was sent back to
China it was carefully scrutinized by
Oriental scholars and reproduced, so that
it copy may bn kept in Europe as a
curiosity.
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Disastrous Flood
Walla Walla, March z6.
-Not for years has this city faced
so serious a situation as it does
to -day from the floods which have
come down from the Blue Moun-
tains and made Mill Creek a roar-
ing torrent. The Fisiirth street
bridge has been washed out; part
of the Third street bridge has been
blasted out; the gas works have
been flooded and closed dowt;.
Main street for. several blocks
hove Sixth street is reported to
be under water. In the business
district the water is rapidly filling
basements. Flood conditions are
apparent in all parts of the Walla
Walla valley.
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KILLED BY GAS.
• Blackstock Merchant Found Dead in
Bed in Toronto.
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11. tun guilty and, am ready to take
uty puubsinuent. 1 have told the truth,
I understand tidily what must he .the
consequences."
There are solne 'pereons whe believe
that Orehard has been guaranteed M.
inanity. This is denied by those in
authority and Orchard hitueelf. The
prison same and Orehard'is spiritual
advisers express the ' apinion. that
ehould an effort be made to eommute
IIIS se.ateuce or pardOn him Osehard
wilt refuse to tweept leniency.,
It
is the .general belief that Orchard
expects to .die, and that he wieltes to
etiffer the extreme penalty for his
runes.
Deputy Minister of Labor Will leiter-
view Colonial Secretaries.
London, March 15;. ---Mr. W. L. Mac-
kenzie King arrived in London to -day,
To -morrow he will see Lord Stratheona,
and will subsequently interview. Lord
Elgin and Mr. Winston Churchill, Inter-.
viewed regarding Canadien feeling on
Oriental iminigratioa, Mr. King odd trou-
ble was anticipated, cepecially in British
Columbia, if the problem were allowed
to remain uneolved.
COU NTE R FE IT PASSPORTS.
Over Three 1-lundred to America t old
by Japanese Clothe,
Tokio,Mareh 15. -The Government
has oneasilied a fraudulent passport
ntatufactrirerLt &Mori, it seaport In
gotta -tern Japan. Feveral arrests lave
bean natie, anoluding tsvo police officers
%olio are charged with briving eolli over
300 tratV120T101. to Alalerift for $130 easel),
Toronto, March 10. -Samuel Parr, of
Blackstock, Ont., one of the best known
young merchants between Toronto and
Peterboro: was found dead in bed in his
room at the Wilson House, 111 York
street, this morning, with the gas turn-
ed on full. There was nothing to indi-
cate suicide. Parr came in last night
from Blackstock, and seemed to he in
splendid health and spirits.
SAVED WAR OFFICE FROM LOSS.
British Minister Sells Hotel Before
New Law 'Becomes Public.
• Lendon, March 15.-A charge of a
piece of sharp practice is made against
Richard Haldane, Secretary of War,
by 'a Portsmouth publican, who is
tenant of a publie house which be-
longed to the .1•trear. Office. Mr. Hal-
dane, as Secretary of War, was the
owner, and put it up at auction, with
a reserve price of $50,000; The pub-
lican acquired it at that price.
low, after a couple of months, he
finds that the Government's License
Bill has reduced the. value of the pro-
perty to $10,759, the average valuation
of three firms of valuers, including the
Government agents who condueted the
sale. The publican argues Hutt Mr.
Haldane must, as a member of the
Cabinet, have known the terms of the
bill and taken advantage of his
(the pnblican's) ignorance in the ire.
tenet of the WaeOffice.
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WAS A FAIRY TALE OilLit.
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Something Like es Blizzard But Sun
Shone Later.
Torouto, March 10. -About 8 o'elock
Ude ,morning it real winter storm passed
over Toronto and the weatern pert of
Lake Ontario. The snow aml, wind for
it time made things look like it north.
west blizzard, The wind a first blew
from the south, but veered around to
almost north, and at the same time a
sudden 1 all in the temperature was not-
ed. At 8 a, m. tho mercury registered
34 degrees, but by 0 o'clock the column
had fallen, to 20 degrees, a decrease of
eight degrees in Quo hour. The storm,
however, was of short duration, and by
0.)10 the sun was out shining io flue .
spring-like style.
PARDON FOR KARR.
Beamsville Lad Who Gave a Poi-
soned Candy.
St. Catharines, March 10.-(Speeial)-
'A, W. Maequis, of this city, solicitor for
the young lad's .father, has received is
letter from the Under Secretary of
State, J. Pope, dated Ottawa, March 14,
which grants a pardon to Louis Karr, of
Beamsville, who is serving e sentence in
the Lincoln jail for having administered
poison in a candy he gave to a com-
panion in that village in January last.
There was it good deal of sympathy ex-
pressed for the young man, who, it was
thought, was not aware that the candy
eontamed a poisonous drug, or that the
affair was in any respect as serious as
it proved.
Story That Sovereign Bank Had Lost
$6o,000.
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Toronto, March 10.. --,"It's a &lie, tale,"
deelared General branager Jerarnett, of
the Severeign Bank, when asked concern -
Mg it newspaper story to the effect that
the Sovereign Bank held two notes
totalling $02,000, the maker and. endorser
of whiciacould not be found,
"Will you let tie deny that the bank
holds or has held any such notes?"
asked the reporter.
"Deny it? Why, the whole thing is
a fairy tale, so farI knave."'
"And," added the reporter, "you ;night
to know, should you not, sir?"
"Yes," was the reply.
"A. niee pipe dream," was the deserip.
tion applied by Mr. W. G. Boland,to the
story. "There is nothing to it, that I
know °V' he said.
A despatch from Montreal says: When
seen in regard to the -rumored loss of
sixty odd thousand &lbws from the Sov-
ereign Benk, Mr, D. MeStewatt, former
general manager, said: "That is a, most,
extraordinary story. I'do net believe is
word of it." '
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ORCHARD WANTS TO Die.
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COUNTESS COMING.
Daughter of First White Man Born
at Sarnia, Ont.
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Port -Hama Mich., ,Mareli '10.--1'ert
Miran will he tielted soon by Countese
De Smeturer, u Deemer Port Huron
woman, and, the daughter of Louie La -
forest, the first white man born in liar-
nia,. Out. Twenty years ago Miss Mary
artforest was wedded to Count de Saute
urer, of France, and. elle now writes her
biotiler that she e ill vi sit this country
in the near future. The Count and
Countess have been traveleing through
Italy and other foreign cottuttiee for
the last four yeers for the benefit of
the Countess' health,
He is Aexishis to Suffer Exteerhe Pens
UNDER STREET .CAR.
Toronto Boy's Miraculous Escape
From Death This Morning.
Toronto, Mareh 16.-1.4ward Sheri-
dan,' a boy of nin•e years, living at 57
Brant :Arcot, playing with some emu-
ptutions on Queen street, near Spadiaa
avenue, was struck by the fender of an
emethound street ear, eetrriett along it lit•
tle .dieteutee and finaiiy rolled under the
our, but behind the first wheels. The
mutoeman promptly applied the braitee
bawd, preventing the hind track from
passing
over the litdle fellow. The boy
eraaiibed out from under the body of the
oar, When IVO was, found to be uninjured,
°swept for eevelest serious bruises :shout
the heal
LONDON GIRL
Found in Detroit Resort and Will
be Deported,
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TOOK IT BACK.
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Girl Witness Against Hitchcock
Contradicted Her Testimony,
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NOW York, Mardi 10. -The ToSelen1)-
tion of the trial of Raymond Hitch-,
Cook, the comedian, in the %Orme
Court to -day furnished a sensatien
when. Elora Whiston, who had been
ealled as a corroborating witness, com-
pletely refuted her testimony given
before the Grand Jury. In reply to
questions by , Assistant District At-
torney Garvan the girl declared that
Hitchcock never had harmed her and
that sbe had. told the story to the
Grand Jury as she had boon directed
to do by an agent of the .0hildren's
Society. It was partly upon the tes-
timony of Flora Whiston that the
Grand Jury's indictment against
Hitchcock was based,
'Hitchcock Acquitted,
Raymond Hitchcock to -day was ae-
quitted by direction of Justice Blanchard
thd Supreme Court of chargesbrought
by SCVOral young girls, after one of the
girls had testified that the allegations
she had made against the actor were
ontrue.
Detroit, Allele, areli inunigra-
idea officials are investigating the case
of it girl Who arrived her on Saturday
and went at once to a resort where she
was found later in the day by the po-
lice on a tour of inspection, and taken
to headquarters. The girl Says she was
sent to Detroit by it man in -London,
Ont., to prevent her from testifying
against a citizen of that place who is
charged, with it 'serious crime, She was
told to remain here and sbe would be
taken care of. The girl claims to be 10
years of age, but Rieke younger. Her
presente' in the United States is a vio-
lation of an iatereational treaty and
she will be deported.
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Three Drafted
Stratford, Conn., March O. -By
the overturning of a rowboat op-
posite Lordship Park by a sudden
squall yesterday afternoon Peter
and Andrew La Croix, father and
son, aged so and 10, respectively,
and Henry W, ii1on, also about
so, all of Bridgeport, were drown-
ed. Their bodies were washed
ashore, where they were found
+ several hours afterward.
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SHOT HIS WIFE.
THEN FORT WILLIAM MAN TURN-
ED PISTOL ON HIMSELF.
Elderly Couple of Fort William, Mar-
ried Twenty Years, yictims of
Tragedy -Husband Dead; Wife
Can Hardly Live.
Felt William, Ont., March 15. -After
living together for over twenty years, a
petty quarrel of an old couple of this
city ended in a terrible .tragetly on Satur-
day afternoon, Mr. 'Wm. Garton being
dead by his owa hand and his wife lying
in the McKellar Hospital in it -critical
condition, as .the result of a bullet wound
in her head, the wound having been in-
flicted by Garton before he turned the
weapon on himself. The couple were in
•the• back yard at the time, and the till,
gedy was started by a war of words,
which was suddnely ended by Garton
whipping out a revolver and committiug
the insane deed. ,
Neighbors who were attracted by the
shots found both lying apparently life-
less on the ground, but it closer examina-
tion showed. that Mrs. Garton was still
alive, and she was hurried off to the
hospital, where medical aid has, so far,
been able to keep life in her, although
the final outcome is very doubtful.
No reason for the rash aet is known.
Garton was apparently sane, and was
not a user of liquor. The coupilchaveehve
residedm
here for any years, and
it family of grown-up children,
ON THE PANAMA DITCH.
Worle Progressing Wonderfully, Says
Capt. Kutz.
New York, Marea 16.4-alarked pro-
gress in the conetraction of the Pan.
ma. Canal is reported by Captain I',
W. Kutz, instructor lo eigineerin„e at
West Point Military Academy, whe re."
turned • -to-day o11 the steamship Pare
anut after a thirty days' inspection of
the new waterway. Speaking of his
(tip, •Captain. Katz said: e"The work
seems to me • to he programing wonder-
fully. During 24 days of last month
3,000;000 cubic yards of earth were re-
moved. .Eveey one appears to be
happy end eontented, and the fault
finder and forecaster of the future has
disappeared. I believe the canal will
be completed by July 1, 1915. That is
the estimate of Colonel Coethals, who
is -Chairman of the lethinian Canal
Commission."
I Captain. Kilts advocated an army
canteen as it solution of the liquoi
nroblem on the isthmus, where, he said
the licensed saloons were pro.ctiealle
cola:oiled by Chinese, who sold inferice
liquor.
natewilil be organtaede aceordittg to a.
prolate° of Hon, Mr. Matheson, .and
douletlase the: qt"tiori of lawyere! .fees
will be ia t4. awe into At Oa pre
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sant tiine soma .orlisieliem is divested
againot the manner hz which, the in -
forum -thin is .given to the pahlio 410-
0011815. Per inetante, Mr. J. R. L. Stem,'
re tint down as "wow:table $2•,-
200.," tuid there are inany other like
Roma that vendee to produce, lively ses,
slam 115vounteittee.
Some Liberal meridiem have- searethed
invain to eee what .the Van Zant invete-
tigation cost the Province, but
zujpM-
ozztly them lies been no -settlement as
yet of the account of Commissioner Xos,
ARK,. of Leaden,
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HIS HOUSES STOLEN.
LONDON MAN'S BUILDINGS R -
MOVED WHILE HE WAS ILL,
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Three Cottages TOla Down and Carried
Off -Thieves Told Police They Had
Received Qom to Clear the Ground,
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Loudon, March 10. -When Mr. John
iliorris Goodwin, of Broudesbury, wont
to Willesden Green on Friday, after
having been eoufined to his ionise for
4 month with influenza,' te look after
omeeproperty .itt Nos. 210, 298 and 300
High road,' eansisting of mall cottages
and wooden buildings, be found it pee.
net was Mr, Goedwin's statement in
the Willesden Police Gout, when im ap-
peared to proseeute Joseph Griffiths, itis
wife) Elizabeth, and George-Morgen, all
living, who were charged with steeling
a quanity of timber and building .loa.
terials, the property of Mr, Goodwin.
Mr. Goodwin stated that he found the
buildings "completely wiped off the
earth." •
The buildings were peraienent .and
heavilzatiled, and quite £200 damages
had.'ffeen done, Moro than twenty tons
of timber bed been removed.
Pollee Constable Bryant said that on
February 10 he saw Morgan
- down these premises, HO said to him,
"Are you clearing them all away, old
dap?" to whieli Morgan replied, "Yes,
have orders to shift 'em." The of-
ficer saw him working on the buildings
several days, and one day be saw it
building which he was knocking down
fall on him and bury him. Ile extri-
cated Morgan, and found that he was
not much hart. He went on with his
work and pulled down all the build-
ings,
MIT. Griffiths told. the Magistrate
that fifteen people were -engaged in re-
moving the property.
LOST THEIR MONEY.
Puncture of Drace Bubble Bursts the
Backing Company.
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London, March 10. -At a meeting of
the shareholders of the 0. H. Deuce Co.
it was agreed to wind up its affairs. All
the funtle have been spent, and the emu.
pany owes $1,300. The company WAS
formed to finance G. IL Druce in hie
fight for the Portland estate, on the
ground that Time. C. Deuce, the proprie-
tor of the Baker street bazaar, and the
late Duke of Portland, who was noted
RACE TROUBLE. BRITISH It P. SUED.
Shootipx In Alabama Lumber Camp
Cat In Wages,
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EDITOR WANTS PAY. -FOR WRfT
ING THE merweres SPEE0Hes..
Sonde in AO0O-Orit ot 300 Guineas for
Aloha, Ala., 'March 14. --Another sere •Services Rendered in Recent By,.
Ions outbreak has occurred In ths loot- election , Hundred' Guinea.*
,ber caluPs of Grant P4141). where We' Pharged for After-clinner .Speecti,
tion was recently brought about by
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4e 01 IT; t 07,04pir.tsiliatol viwZ311" amuuklg
,1rxr; glimpse LondonbM
eh
, ind the scenes areh 13.ateAn.
erda,. Youislana; to Altexivp4pg„ mrir mentery candidature Was jifferiled
ecial train last night en route groin Patlits
ella.
ing it manlier of persons who have been week when Frank llarrie,"a well-knOWa
wounded at Verde,
The trouble. grew out of the dissatiS- jsQuIeliduaAligiti‘rvhoThriser.e'otsTutrheQfnVe4wily-litYeleenteirti
faetion and friction O'er wages and the member of Parliament for littetings,
recent race trouhle, in which the negroce for 030 guineas, for services rendered
i‘iveegrreioeadrivrilelituriTii°eldn, YetTsliailg Itis
renewal dillidrtuunre"atit"thNeviit'vhcetriti: bye-eelle"le4tniotitt °Wail);
the outbreak between, the lumber emu- Gueros is the man wile won hie election
peny and white laborers,
by blainiag the rise in the priere of
Reports brought here„ say that there 'wend ott the Liberal Goverenneat, Liar -
Is great exeitement et Verde and fur- rla presented his bill as follows:,
ther trouble is feared. To ten leeding artieles for paper es -
Among those who were injured were tebliehed to promote Ducrost interests,
George .Poole, ef Orange Texas, and 60 gueneats,
Robert Strong. Gee, Sinitl, bookkeejer To preparing two speeches. of 2,90 to
for a lumber eompany, also was injured. 3,000 words, 100 guineas,
More than a wore of shah were ese 'le preparing one after-dinner speech
chauged, of 0,000 words, 100 guineas.
_ Harris explained that he hod written
A SALUTE TO THE FLAG. speecho for several politicians, whose
ISLAND TUNNgL,
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Toronto . Controllers Interview Hon.
Dr. Pugsley, •
Ottawa, Mae& 15. - Controllers
trocken, Spence and Denison, with
Property Odosmiewioner Darris, yes-
berday inteerietred the Minister of Mar-
ine and the Minister of Public Works,
reepectivelee• in reamed to two mitters
of much noportianee Go the City of Tor-
onto, the - meeganization of the life-sav-
:nig eel n on 'reroute 1siiand, with its
removal fleen the Eastern to the West-
ern Gap, and the construetion of a, tun-
nel between the Island and the mainland
near the Western Gap, the Government
to bear the expense of the 400 feet of
cutting from share to shore and the city
to coariberte the wet of both ap-
proaches, •
The confereuee With Hon, Mr. Bro-
dear in reetted to the lifeeraving sta.
tion ware geld in the morning at, a
querter to Nevem That with Dr.-
pogsley far the discussion of the ton.
projeet took place in theafter-
noons and it wee pointed oat that, rur
the city would never be allowed to
construct a bridge . to the Islaral,
tumid wee the (rely tame tive, A
great deiveway system, to eost a mil -
lien dollars, was in contemplation, and
the deputation thought, under alt the
cireumetances, the Government could
'fairly be asked to assist
Dr. Pir&ley evinced great interest in
the:project and said he would send an
engineer of his departmenL shortly to
look into the matter and report
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TO DEFEND AUSTRALIA.
Premier Deakin Advocates Expendi-
ture of $9,000,090.
Sydney, N. S. W„ Alareh 10. -Speak-
ing on national defence at Sydney to'
ley, Premier Deakin said Australialay
open to the firstcomer but for the sup-
remacy of the Zritish fleet. It Was
:lot natural that one part of the peo-
ple should allow another to pay or fight
for its safety. The Oevernment to
leal with the future hoped to have
.!,00000 men available and a 'flotilla of
fifteen toast defence vessels. The total
...xeienditure for three years heuee
Would not exceed £130,000 annually. -
The Premier's speech was xociferously
applauded, When _it was announced
that the United States fleet had ac-
cepted the invitatiou to visit Australia
three deafening hurrahs were given by
Premier Deakin's request,
THE POPE'S JOKE.
The -Vatican Chuckling Over His Holi-
ness' Latest Bon Mot,
-T,ondon; March 15. -The Vatican.
3aSt:4 a writer from Rome is chuckling
over the following jest by the Pope.
Ho has a friend in Venice who le
3iek. During the. week he received in
CHINA AND jAPAN AGREE. for his eccentricity, were one and the tudience it Jewish gentleman, who is
Azt1110 pemn, And that the funeral of Also a friend of the invalid. In bet -
The Tatsu Maru 1 htl d ent Sall ef ante r, Drnee wes an inipostare, the coffin 005- cling his visitor farewell the Pope
ilySettled.. - taining some heavy subatan'
ce instead of eaid: "'If you see our friend tell him
a body, in order to permit of the Duke 1 send him my apostolic blessing."
Tokio. March 15.-A satisfactory set- disappearing in his mistimed role of "But, . your linlinees," °Wetted the:
names he refused to disclose, and his
That is One ee Japan's Demands rToin tonne sever before had beau considered
to 4)e t4oloitelsliitgighimen, well-known Lib -
China.
Pekin, March 10. -There wits a Inc. eral journalist, testified that Harria'
between
e eeno earteonicl e Rah; asititis tiled tayapt:-ndeftiy? charges for the artWles were fair, but
he could say nothing about the
stgeeters, as he had no experienee in
Minister to China, and Na Tung and
Yuan Shih E.•)ti, representing the Pekin luP,
Govern -meat, over tlte Tatsu Mero in-
cident. No final understanding was
reached, however, and the dismission
of the inntter is to be continued.
Baron Hayashi proposed that China
pay the purchase price, something over
$10,000, of the arms on board the Tatsu
Meru if she insisted upon their re-
turo, as Well as demurrage for (hi
time the vessel had been in the hands
of the Chinese anthoritiese He insisted,
however, that China release. the steam-
er and that Chinese warships fire a
salute to her flag in the presence of a
Japanese Consul,
In consideration of thia Japan would
relinquish her claim foe payment for the
arms and leave the matter of the punish-
ment of the of•ficials who are responsible
for the lowering of the Japanese flag oti
the Tatsu Mato to the discretion of
China. To Dieu eroposals China replied
that she was Willing to restore the ves-
sel and incorporate an apology, for the
flag ineiderit in the. final settlement.
China lies presented her side of the
ease to the diplothatie representative,s
in Pekin of the several powers.
dement of the Trawl affair Wee - bazaar keeper without emitting incon- other. ]am it Jew.
flounced Ole afternoon. Clibla 1,3 1, eon .. venient enquirie). " "That does not neater," retort4 t1A large number of shares were sold Pope, "the goods are all right, thongT
ceded all the Japtitieee demands. She al; the par value of $5. They were quoted the packing noy be bad."
will purchase the ante and ammunition
on. board the Tatsw and will hoiet the at $12.50 .before George H. filed his
perjury eomplaint against 'Herbert Druce.
Japanese flag over pie vessel. While the I, NEW JUDGE.
his action oe the part of the claimant
flag is being rehoieted it Chinese warehip eaused it boon atul the shares sooii r050 Ottawa, Ont., Mar& 10. -(Special). --
will fire it salute. Mr. Walter Cassels; K. C., this meeting
There is it general feeling of relief irt to nearly $25 .
When the Deucn vault in Highgate took the oath and entered upon the
consequence of the settlement of the cemetery was opened and the body of duties of Chief Justice of the Exeltequer
incident.
Thos. V. Druee arid tot 'zoo pounds -of' Court.
lead, wee founh in the coffin the Stock
ULTRA VIRES.
British ColumbiaNatalAct Again
Knocked Out.
'Vancouver, March 10. -The Provin.
dal Natal Act was this morning ruled
by Mr. justice Morrison ultra vim
and repugnant to the B. N. A. act.
The decision. was on the habeas corpus,
application for eighteen Hindus, con-
victed in the Police Court under the
Natal net, The chief points urged on
behalf of the application were that the
Dominion immigration act and order
in Council covet! the whole field; sec-
tions of the Dominion act are abso-
lutely affirmative, making the . Pro-
vincial act' absolutely eonflicting, and
that ships' offieers, obeying the Do-
minion rtet booms liable to penalty
under the Provincial act, and the lat-
ter is, therefore, repugnant.
E. P. Davis, counsel for the Hindus,
strongly urged that the sentences in
the Police Court were certain to .have
a very strong tendency to cause
trouble in India. The action of one
small Province. and one Pollee Magis-
trate within that Province might have
terrible results in the British Empire.
The Hindas were ordered to be re-
leased. The Province will appeal the
decision.
SUICIDE AT COBALT.
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Jack Pikkaman, Finlander, Found
Hanging to a Beam.
Cobalt, March 15. - This Sunday
morning a shocking suicide was discover-
ed about 4 o'clock, when Mat 4wikiski
discovered the lifeless form of Jack
Pikkareen, a Finlander, aged about
thirty-five years, suspended from a
beam by a stout rope at Larsen's board-
ing house on Main street. The man was
quite dead when found, and is supposed
to have been hanging about three hours.
Deceased is believed to have no relatives
here. Despondency is supposed to have
been the C1111410.- The remains were re-
moved to Campbell's undertaking rooms.
THIRTY TO BE HANGED.
A Long List of Death Penalties in
Russia.
St. Petersburg, March 15.-A large
number of death senteneee were pass-
ed to -day in various parts of Russia,.
Those who will saffee the cleath pen-
alty inelude ten robbers at. Xrement-
chug, four tobbeirs at Kies'', three men
waro made an attack upon the postoffiee
itt Proskurov, three brigand's at Lodz.
it 'peasant of Korkov, and two poi:Him:1
prisoners at Kursk. At Yekaterinbu.rg
seven man WPM eentene.ed to be hatigeel
and one to imprieenment for life for au
Abed: upon the noittiting house vonneet. Ashland, Ky., March inen are
_ reported drowned here to -day. The tow
ed aid: a mine, the property of one of
the Countillora of bbe empire:
boat Boaz, which left Pittsburg on Tties-
-
day morning for Cincinnati with twelve
25 YEARS ON BENCH. coal boats, sixteen barges, three fuel
CATHOLIC MARRIAGES.
.Rules Promulgated York.
New
byArchbishopof
New York, March 15. -In aceordauce
withit reeent decree of Pope Pius X.,
Archbishop Farley sent a letter to the
rectors of all the Catholic churches in
this city explaining the new marriage
law that will go into effect at Easter.
It was reed at all the masses to -day,
In the main the decree prohibits civil
marriages for Catholics, and declares
unions in the church_ on and after April
10 invalid if either the bride or bride-
groom is not a Catholic. --The following
el:lenges are made in the marriage
legislation of the Church:
1, No marriage will be valid unlese it
is performed by tt, priest, duly authorized,
and before at least two witnesses.
2. A marriageaserformecl between two
Catholics, or between a Catholic and a
baptised non-Catholic by a civil magis-
trate, alderman, notary public or Protest-
ant Minister, will he null and void. Hith-
erto such meninges were valid.
3. No marriage will be lawful unless
it is performed by the pastor of the
bride, or by as priest delegated by him
or the bishop of the diocese.
.4. Those of the faithful who are of
marriageable age, or who may be con-
templating marriage in the near future,
should secure positive and correct in-
formation as to the date id, ate and the place
of their baptism.
ELOPEMENT IN THE. COUNTRY.
Herbert McLaughlin and Margaret
. Monkman Have Gone Together.
Tortilla:), March 10. -Having pictured
a nice little home in an American Oty
pretty little Margaret E. lVfonkman, the
16 -year-old daughter of H. Menkman, of
Xettleliy, eloped Friday afternoon with
Herbert McLaughlin, VL years -of
The course of true love did not run .
any too smooth, for the pair started
away from hone in an old weather -nee -
ten boggy with a broken dashboard. The
horse was a sorrel animal in Very poor
condition -and so were the roads, for
the irate father, who wired the police
the above information, could not follow
his girl, giving the reason that "the
roads are etoto-dhaay.d," but he will arrive
In
Toronto
The pair were traced down Yong°
street, nearly to Teronto, and it is
supposed that they were on their way
to Toronto Junction, where the soung
lady has relatives. Buffalo was to be
the destinatiou sometime to-merraw.
Tho young man wore it ' 'dark seit
of clothes and it black fur coat.
DETERMINED TO DIE.
A Montreal Woman Made Three At-
tempts to 'Suicide.
' Montreal, March 15. -Mrs, Foran, a
middle-aged woman, attempted suicide
by three different means tea); morning:
First, by throwing herself in front of a
street car; second,by taking benzine, and,
filially', by stabbing.
Tbe woman, who resides at 100 Bleury
street, had been in a fit of despondency
concerning family matters. Bushing out
of the house, she lay down tit front of an
Outremont car, Rua was within an ineh
of being crushed bythe Wheels when the
motorman brought the ear to a stand-
still.
She was removed to her home, where
she immediately lifted it large bottle of
benzine and swallowed the contents. This,
however, did not immediately -disable her,
and he seize& a pair of scissors and
stabbed herself. She svill probably the.
l,1
:FIVE MEN DROWNED.
Baeges on Which They Were Work.
log Struck Pier and Sank. ,
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boats and it crew of thirty-five meta ran
into a heavy fog early to -day o:t Cat -
Judge Meclennart will Probably Re- lettsburg, and, being unable to tie up,
tire on Pension in October.
Ottawa, hlarch 15, --Mr. Jastice
Mnelennan, of the Supreme Court, will
romplete his 25' yeers on the bench
next October, and will then isa en.
Lincoln's Operator Killed.
titled to retire on full eislary. It is
undereteod to 1* his iatention to risk Ditighaentoe, N. Ye lefereh 15.-Dewit
for his peneion and then resume his
Palter, of Hancook, who svas private tele -
residence in Toronto,graph operator for President Lincoln
*ee durieg the civil war, was killed on the
r15,0,1•1 DUTIES 14 PER CENT. Erie tracks nt Narrowsburg on Friday
filially strock an exposed pier of the
proposed Ashland -Ironton bridge, one
mile below this city. It is reported that
nearly all the barges were sunk.
:a.
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London, March 13. --The Militia!' of
the British death duties wee, illuetrele
afternoot, Mr. Fuller svas about 70 yeas
of age and was employed by the Etio
as It telegraph repair Ulan. Ile hrtd been
Weeds 'Hole, Mites., March 10. The e_ 1
Vieline, Meath 10,-Eraperor Fronds ed 1-- coo ti 1 a f t • t e years'. Ile Was riding his track veloeipede
. ._ ed on Pridey. ()mot Itarker reeeiv- le the employ of the mini for about, 40'
Thirty ThOticiand Dollaes Paid Out rockets on Sehoeitbronn castle for sever- 3._L.tte .geof her 'husband. who died four train.
head, passed a, satisfae'tory night. There - th'erefore takes a iloraile duty of
1430,000 In lawyere Mee ahem\ In the ' ‘ ........................a.e............-- Fall 'River, Maattq March 10.---eTaenes
.****_......4**•••16,...* 6.....•
ON THE ROCKS. not be sold for five cents.
southwest gale of yesterday and last LAWYER'S WERE COSTLY.
- • . • * of - • . alty for His Crime. eight bore heavily upon the eteamer SU -
WARSHIPS FOR. HAYTI. , Boise, Idaho 'Meech 1g. -On the Via, whieh ran on to Soar and Pigs
London. March 16,-- Iles morning of 'his 42M1 birthdays . next Beef 'Saturday, and at dawn to -day the
this inornina sent °Herm by 'cable to the .
AalwiraltY 'Wednesday, Hoary Orehard, confeseed vessel hnd ;settled fleetly tie the upper
„.,
British elitism% Indefatigable rota Creasy, mutderer of fernier Goveenor Frank deek, seereingly indicating that the
antertenber who WA,1 killed by the greater portion Of the bottom ha btat
. which are both in West Indiett Water, exygolon , of a lamb ae the gate.of his tore away end that the clumees of eavs
proteetion of Britiele Intereste. ree'idenee in. Caldwell on the evening ing bee Ima been eedueea to a, minimum,
of Dee. ;10, 1003, will fate Judge Fremont . • •,......--mt*,- V.**
to peneeed forthevith to Hayti for the
.e.:. t
Wadi prepered to hear the death eon- Bolls of Shaisdon to be Remoulded.
Footed Dead on 'Floor, tame meted out to him. , ' London, Mani: 15. ---The famous bells
atilt, 'Mardi 15. -e -A fernier Mulled Orchard, against the urgent plena- of Shandon, immottalized in Father
Rankin Murray, of Meth Dumfries, near , into of hie attorney MO others, re- Prout's verse and more reeently
11405 "Mill, woe rental dead on the floor fueed when arraigned 011 Merck 10 ter eopulariesal lie- William. IlIaek'tt uovel,
ef Ole liense We Intomang. Ile lind been let his previous plea or "not guilty', have aroveli to trioalla from Cork,
ill •for Wine' time. Ife wee 'between 50 Meta 01 to plead to a teeter degree of len their way to it bell foluselry, where
mid nn yeti.* old. murder, than 'first degree„ Ile mid: aitiey will be remoulded.
JOSEPH SICK.
' ( eo, to me.
on joSeph, who has been confined to his who cline into possession of 11113 'mall when he WA8 etillek by . paesenger
by Province. at days suffering from cold in the days before she aid. The Government
KILLED BY BUCKET.,
Tororrto, itts4 ytur was he fever. 700, or 14 per mt. of the estet.
the Province of Ontario paid out, neatly
Legisleture 41, few days ago Mt. C. N. • $400,000 FIRE. AUSTRIAN ENIPOOk ILL.
'Monitory wag end joint gearshift
and ltalUIPT Kavelea were injured, near -
Smith (Soule Ste. Marie). drew attention Lytine, Mardi. 10. --The fire \Odell - don seriously, by the felt o'f o: looted
to the frequeney with width the -law- broke out laet night in it big biscuit face _ Vienne, Mark 15. ---Emperor li'raneie etati bueltet, weighing fully it tot, at the
yrttS1 tarots Lwere seattered threneeleseat tory her and width .spreed over it block. &mph hits been eoufined to his raw dock of the American _Mint Werke tei-
the Pages of the publie fte:_ount.s. 'These r+1 buildings tovering 22 tints, is under ia ahoenbrunn Castle for several days day. TiwArtitlett, evits due to the break -
individual fees vary frosa $25- to. -$8.104, ....entail. The lees is placed -at $400,000, pest suffering from n add in the heed. ing of it table,
While the exempt fee is without. $700. • lie continues to work ileily.allitangli Ito eti)•eee -
With very few eteeptions ate* lawyers ' One Ituellred .pasisengere were hurt in ehan refused to grant general midi:fleet.. The 'Moose Morietain mites Win begirt
alto instal:de of tho lagraive Prat Ovineial .. A treteteak et Netvfounaienti. Arelidillse laeree realiiiroul preeided *libeling hem ore by the outening of neei-
denartentette.. rire rendered 30n families limn tivk-i ' it).414(y at a stala dineer given bit !honor ',Ain% wording to. it St:thine-at of Mr.
'1'414nm/row the rublie Aceowas Oesn. at Big limber,"...Ntont., with $400,000 lose. of Grand Duke Serginsi. , D. D. Mann.