The Signal, 1898-12-8, Page 6CORDON MEMORIAL
A.sured fn a Khartoum College
by Gen. KitChener'a Cenve a.
$500,000 WANTED --HALF GOT.
The sirdar As*el.h.d Lunde. by ills
Balmier*Dear, Kahialtiee of Kearny...
Lord Stratheo.a end Lord Mou.t-
.t.-ph.0 1:10• 411.0C4 and 8500
Re.pertively - The l..te.1
New. by Cable.
Loudon Deo. 6. -Lard Kitchener has
Seen a.tonls►Isg i.oedon last weak by
as exhibition of the wont extraurdluar7
energy on behalf of his pet project, the
noodles of • Gordon memortel ootiose at
Khartoum.
On Tuesday he said he wanted *600,-
000 for narrying out the scheme. Being •
ran of action, he l0nedlately erred
out so get it He spent days and nights
•ddrering all sorts of gatherings. horn
tankers, brokers and merchants In the
sitz to amen and eoc1s17 men In the
Well laod leverywhere be hug stated
frankly and plainly _that be enured
aviary and he has got It.
Up to *rods., oonaldenW7 more than
batt the sum required has been sub-
scribed, and the fund Ie still growing.
14o great is the enthusiasm that 11 le
an hard to believe the gum aaked tar
will W mads up many times over.
As one Loodoner pat It, the appeal so
far hoe only been made to the wealthy
dames fur their pounds. Walt till the
poor are aeked for their ■hnh+ ne.
K hen the memorial college 1. eetsb-
Rahad and In working order, the children
et sheikh* will be taught EDglleh and
slob elementary sabjeor aa geography.
Later on, other Mares will be admitted
and tecbnloal education will be included
la the curriculum.
I...rd rlr.th,.a. Chipped Dt.
London. Dee. 6. -TDs banking houses
at J S Morgan dc.Co. and apses, Bro.
lase subscribed respectively 01,000 and
*Zoe to General Lord Kitchener', fond
fur the eatablIahment of a Gordon mem-
▪ college at Khartoum, and Lord
Htrasb000•, Canadian High Commission-
er. has gives 11,000 to the same object.
•
Ln.d Meptst.lesw„Qlvee 8600,
London,' 18,8. 5. ---(Toronto Blobs Spec-
ial r -Lord 61nOntstepsen 00 datOtday
_ sutsnrlbsd $500 to the Mansion House
tgbd to promote Lord Klftbesee's pro-
MendenotIMI x16a111a1
1 gather from careful Inquiry about the
protinmed visit of the Duke of York to
Canada nest year that the .tiDjwe Day
n ot been seriously emuaWerecl u let, bee them Is tarso to believe that • fay-
noble
aF
arable decision might result It the inn -
beton were pressed.
P..hoda Affairs settled.
Delman th
Paris, Doo. 6.-M Delman Mule -
ter of Foreign Affairs. In the nurse e
conversation the other day, admitted that
Major Marohand hal beth ordel,d to
nun from Fesbeda by a long and toil-
some route, tenure the French Oovern-'
meat was afraid be would be made too
much of should he Intern to France
within gig months. M:trchsn1d. N seems,
Is too terribly In marmot arid too veto or
u
Soo simple to underst,d that Re If obly
• subordinate officer Ili the army, awl
*bat hie bovloeas as to art. not to think.
H. Das reached Faehoda by now, and
doubtless will get out as qulokly as pos-
sible.
bum
MAD MULL 4411•• Mut r.MExI'
Tletorloa. Mareb by the Khan MI ksbgg_
Wettish Troop. Beady. /
London, Dec. 6. -Tie unpleessnt news
from the Indian frontier, where the
• "Mad Mullah" is again on the warpath,
has noosed considerable apprehenelon
among the Indian authorities, though
the latest •dukes show that his almost.
ea. maroh has Lein partly checked by the
friendly than of Rabat, who by a timely
cove has saved the British Imes of com-
munlcaltoa with the garrison at Chitral,
which she Mal Ma},lab endeavored to
sus. 'lee fanatical 'motement, however,
has taken • strong bold among the Owe -
tin, and then la a prospect of another
"little frontier war " A British force of
n early 7,000 men Is now held In readi-
n ess for mo•e1000* to the front. The fol-
lowers of the Mnll.h are variously estim-
ated to number from 3,000 to 6,000, and
their bumbarn are growing dally. The
outatme of the rising will probably be
an effective British occupation of the
whole of the Swat Valley end another
Mg hole In the Indian budget
11 ho Ow.e Knset Biome?
Paris, Ileo. 5. -Tho three munloipall-
tlee of Chamounlx, Sallanehes and St.
Jarvals have referred a senna• tse1tion
e municipal boundaries to the Govern -
E rror, Wbo owns the top of Mount
Blanc'? The laming to enterprising pro -
jest. ef various spots at different alti-
tudes on Mount Blanc hoe been most
profitable. Chamounlz having proclaimed
that the entire summit 1■ under lee
sobers of influencer, the other munlelpall•
Olen have prote.ted A mase of old maps
and deeeeMnls eomptarable te the Vane.-
tartan
ane.tomlan dn*Ier have now been wbmltted
00 fbe Government.
Ivon'Carle.' . h Impropd.
Landon, Data 5.-15, awhile In Spain
M followed with the m MI teen Interest,
Doe Carlos le undnubre lly pampering for
• bold stroke His eml.earles are andel,-
ening to suborn the Spanish army, •
large portion of It being dieaffected, part-
ly on account of the errenre of pay, but
(Dieu, owing to the conviction that the
arm, was prevent',) from earning dim
*1Detion during the late war oh amount
of the incapability and corruption of the 1
political adminl.lratnre. These new face
Inn have given Don Carlos' a much bet
ter rheum of 0130o011. than he hal when
ars nand' hla former attempts to pin the
throne of Spain.
Anti -German ftemnmtratlen,
Vienna, Des 6.-A deapateb from 1s11 -
sen, Ilohemlia says that the Czech popu-
lation et that t.Wwindwlgd ft 816 iatP'
German demonstr•tinn on Thurada7•
Rerleleebt. use. Demand..
Parle, Tien. I. -A meeting of a thous-
and warns of fve.leoe was held ee
Saturday evening. They adopted a ram -
lotion **emending the Abandonment of
the prnestntlnn of Col. Plogo.rt, the re
vl.ton of the 1)rerfu* ease and the pun-
ishment of the litter's morasses. M. ill
Preteens& editor of Ile Temno. meek a
speeeh, in whinh ho seeped the public
authorities of • lank of energy in the exe-
ent)0n of justice 4)ther speakers talked
in • denim ren.
TWE LOST LONDONIAN.
algbtN la Mid -Ocean with Mer Deeks
enhmeYged sed ea •Ig. of
Moir Crew.
lelverpoml, Ike 6 -The British steam -
Sang Arthur, heroin Hendry, from
anted here N•*nrday sad
that she sighted Ste Hrltfab
lMHMnnten nn Nov. 90, 1n 1.0*.
01.85. lwtpr*.d.e to wear on bee
on the rerhnM side, with
5.1,5 a, *nhmergsd. All bar
heats were gone except a email boat, and
then was no sign of life 'about her. A
strong northern* gale was blowlog at the
Bone, and tae vowel was apparently fan
ueltllug by the bead. Tb Londool•a
sailed from Borneo Nov. 16, for London
In o0mnuod of Captain Lee. titre was
furui.rly the Idaho.
Her largo.
Horton, Mar., Deo. 6. -The London
Ian married a general cargo, including a
large quantity of grain and nettle. She
had about 6,500 tons in all. In boor cargo
were the following: 160,805 bushels of
ors, 39,546 boahele of wheat, 4,161 sacks
of Sour, 6,606 eases of oatmeal, 1,160
sacks of oatmeal, 400 lobs of lard, MS
tubs of butter, 6,473 places of mahogany
and 665 bead of nide The cargo was
valued at about 1800.000. The l.ondoulan
earned a crew of about 60 muss, Includ-
ing bor oonimuder, Captain Lea.
GIVING MR. KRUUER Hurl
lertetarr C►.m►erlala New legends t•
Pull Him l'p short.
London, 1).o 6. -At length It appeases
that something is to be .tone to right the
wrong. of British subjects In she Trans-
vaal, and that Mr Kruger will be called
to amount for his Iniquities. The visit of
Sir Albeit Milner, the Governor of Cape
Colony, has ter Its objsot to confer with
Mr. Chamberlain °nah.es matters.
!II "We have 1t on the highest suthortty,"
soy. the Pall Mall Laminae, 'chat Sir
Alfred has been called- -upon principally
with reference to several breaches of the
00nve0tlon reported by Mr. Conyngbam
Greene from Pretoria
"Mr. Kruger has turned the screw of
oppression many times since 1896. Mr.
Cham barking' Idwt, however, was to
allow the offences to accumulate -to give
Mr. Kruger plenty of rope, and to pull
horn short when the proper time oame.
"The time bas moms now. The Trans-
vaal is bankrupt; Ml. Leyds has unsuo-
orsfa117 cnuvaseed 1Curope far a loan;
German• has withdrawn her support;
Delagos Hay will soon be ours; the
Trausvaal 1s friendless and alone, and the
Boers, realizing their helpleesness and
leolailon, will he more ready to believe
Mr. Chamberlain ween he alb them his
order is 'As you were "•
4 retlelaln. 0.eerd 'Hutton.
London, Dec. 5 -The enodf.:lal m111-
tal' journal, Iho lir m 1 Arvuw, .ars, In
commenting on oho' recent Inspe:Gone In
Canada by Major-,;eneral Hutton, Gen-
eral Officer Commanding, that they were
carried oni 1n the cut-and-dried way of
the "slzt'ei" 1n Rsgteed, and adds:
"The result Is that each regiment coned -
ere Itself the best In Canada, and perhaps
In the world, whilst a ala-monthe tier -
moo, or Auetrlsn oob.crip{ Or ImV "VT,:
months TommyN knows more about at-
tack, fire discipline, nitres* deity or Ore
control than does the whole Dominion
teres.'.
CHRISTMAS PRESENTS.
Parcel. Perked sur Foreign it orntrle.
Must Its Accompanied With a
I u.tont. I)eel.rat Lon.
Ottawa, Dec. 5. -In view of the ap-
proach of the (inhumes season, the at-
Minion
RMinion of poetmaaters bag' been called to
the feet that no parcel can be sent from
Canada to any other gountry by pardel
post unless It bear. a cu*tomt dealers -
tion setting forth the matting of 1M 50e -
ants and its value. As The a00epanoe by
a postmaster of a parcel addressed to any
other country, and not provided with a
dmntoms declaration, will result in its be -
Ing ant to the diad -letter office, post-
master* are npeclelly directed not to
accept slnh parcel* without the customs
declaration.
' grata AM•S:see •Kt ♦44441'l:Rs.
-less. Life rad urh.r Ureal eulldlag. 4.
New 1 -ark tieing Destroyed.
'New York, Dec. 5. -Fin broke out
Sunday night shortly afar 9 o'clock In
the five -storey building corner of Broad-
way and Chambers street, oocopled by
Roger, Peet & Co. The entire building
eats. burned.
At midnight ten storeys of the Home
Life Insurance building of 20 storeys
were In flames A11 the woodwork of the
front of the United Stater Life [neurones
building, on the opposite gide of Warren
street, bas been burned away, •nd the
building 1. threatened with deetruotlon.
The great height of the buildings make.
It almost Impaulble to get water there.
The flre 1s still burning furlouely.
4.Gnning .teeldenl at Leamington.
Leamington, Ont , Dec. S. -While out
rabbit hunting Saturday afternoon, .ong
wltb a party of bunters, Henry Tank
-
mire laid down hie double -Barrelled gun,
while he proceeded to dig . rabbit from
a .tonr'ptle Italia throwing the .tones
back of him he harpooned to strike the
gun with a atone, discharging boob bar-
rels in such a manner er to revive the
full charges to the right sbouldw, badly
sbattertog the .hn0lder blade and collar
bone. The patient 1. erfously tutored,
but n.ay remover.
Chippewa Indians In Arms.
St. Paul, Minn., Dec. 5. -Another up-
rising of the Chippewa Indians is threat-
ened. The game warden at Sauk Rapids
has had a fight with 14 of the red man,
whom he attempted to arrest for •1o1s1-
.tag the mane lawn. He wee badly wh;p.
pd, end Sate Game Warden Fullerton
Ordered that the Indian, be taken Into
ed.tedy. The Indians declare they will
leeslnt all attempts to caDtate them and
organize a rebellion
sue Rea Sodded be Death.
New York. Deo. 11. -The Mallory Line
ateamnblp Alamo had lost gong out
from hew pier st 20 Haat River at 7
o'nlnek on Saturday nlght,'foPGGalveston,
when an 11 Inch Abram feed nips In her
(Miler room buret rand six mon working
In the roam were enable 1 to death. Four
other. who were In the room eseiaped.
One p.se.nger of about 80 •booed was
injured.
.old Pap.'. 'sed Aske4 Alm..
Toronto, Dee. 6 -With all the evi-
dences of poverty and neglect an old wo-
man known as Margaret Hold parsed
away 1n the General Hopltal Saturday
esolning, after •O Maack of pneutn.nla.
'Nothing was ever :mown of her life, as
she made tor friende and always kepi
aloof. (4he had a deelded 41.IIke for any
person who attempted *0 be genial to-
wards her, and sbtmghl that they wan
after her money. She was • familiar fig -
nen nronnd the 'treetop where mho looms-
times
mstimes peddled apple., .old papers or
',elicited alma, and she had no partloul•r
plat* of abode. A mearnh war` made a1
her wieners, and In an old trunk filled
with trinkets wa. fonnd, among other
thing., . nhogue for *1,100 1n the Bank
of Montreal and a ret.lpt for 316. An
address of a brotl.er, James, was found,
which lead, "Janne Held, Angoher P.
0., County 'Tyrone, Tyheny Comrades,
Ireland."
Ceeb.d Don went ow.
Portingtne, On* , Deo I, --While one
shelling !4atuMny afternoon Chemin
Fotl.stglll was carrying 518 gun with the
Mayne reeked, and, eaMMng it In .mne.
Moog, H went off. *hooting Me nnmpan-
Inr. Yonne Innes, a lad ahem 14 yawl
et Ngo The bullet lodged 1n the alp and
55* 501 eat been lesk*Ad. Unties btegt
pof.ssteg err le Ibe ttsetor• teat M
totting,.
TIIE DIG BANK TRIAL
Ends in a Conviction and a Dis-
agreement of the Jury.
ANOTHER TRIAL FOR PONTON.
lite Jury stood 1•,ta • for the Acquittal
rt Nap.uee'e Ca -Teller of the
Dominion Blank-. Robert Isaokle
Found Dungy and s.eteneed
to Ten Year. ,the
Pealteatlary.
Napanee, Dee. 5, -The great bank rob-
bery trial 1s ended and the net result M
a 000StOttou and a disagreement As re-
gent. Hulwrt Mackie the jury were omen-
Imots In their belie In his gull*. but
only two of the 19 were oun•luoed of the
.z•tellur'e complicity In the robbery. On
enturdav morning ,the doorm of ibe Court
House were besieged by the eager crowds
of citizens, who would Lordly clear a
way for the judge and the counselors.
'1 he•yedge toot bis pesos upon the henob
at u 05. 1'L. room was jammed. ]Holden.
Pure, Ponton and Mackie were brought
Into the lock. Thu court was still.
"14:117 ' 1'unlon looked an.lous, and ea8
beside b4.- somber. ?bey -tared in low
wbl-pen. Mf: Meeker, father of the pre
loner Mackie, was .1.o present.
•1'58 sheriff brought a message, and the
judge said: "Very well; bring them In."
In filed the jury, loekingoareworn and
weary, as it they had not slept a wink.
The names went called. "Gentlemen,
bays 700 agrtell upon a verdict!" asked
Mr. 1) ,tache.
The Jury'. Verdict.
The foreman, James MoCeugherly
said: "Hobert Mackie 1s guilty of the
cheerio). Fite recommend to mercy."
"Verdict am to Robert Mackie, guilty,
so say you all," read Clerk Ueroobe, and
every jurur'hodded his bead In amulet -
ounce.
James Mackie, .r.. the father, looked
weighted down with care.
hit or Pontin' - u"ked Clerk De -
he
-Ten are for acquittal; two are for
es.nvlcuou."
Is there any nope of their agreeing?'
asked h1. lordship.
The foreman replied: "I could not mal,
my lord.
"Ito you as a body desire farther time
as to the defendant Pontoon
The jury'alkei among themselves.
The foreman reported that they would
like to epeod another hour toLether sq4.
tiro. •I1 sin 0 95, and the jury sled oat
again. 4
At 10.10 "Order," called Constable
Huff, aa the jury returned. They were •
tired lot of jurors. Atter theirs of names
was called and answered, the clerk of the
court asked: "Have you agreed upon •
verdict am to the prisoner!"
"No," said the foreman.
"You can not!" echoed the clerk.
The judge said that It was regrettable
afar all the expense that a dfseareement
hal neon brougbt in. lie bad no doubts
11 was oonwlantlosgly errlved at. He
thanked the jurors for their kind ■tan•
Don and care in tit case, and said: "You
are now discharged." The jury bustled
out.
Mackle's Henry Sentewee,
"Stand up, Robert Mackie. Whet Mw
you to soy" sold the judge. , -
"Nothing, my lord, only that I am In-
nocent of;he charge. I am not guilty,
and 1 have been a long dab Is jail," re•
plied the prlwner.
The lodge .aid that, of name, the
prisoner knew whether he wag guilt,* or
not Wh
su the jar- returned • verdict ot
guilty, he added, the prl.oner wax to .11
intents and purposes guilty. He did
not wish to may anything about the feel -
Inge of the prisoner The offence was a
grave one. The full penalty was 14 rear.
1' wan not the intention of the judge so
give the fuller* limit of the law. He had
thought it out. The Impression was the
prisoner had .Dred as an Intervener. He
was the one mho robbers sow. There was
no need to may more.
"The judgment 1s that you be Impri-
soned In the Provincial Penitentiary for
the period of ten years," said his tort -
ship.
"Can yds have my esnanoe dated from
the time I have been In jail, I ave been
In jail five mouth.."
Afar a panes, the judge sold: "I think
not," and Prisoner Mettle sank book.
Retuned for Pare And Holden.
At 10.20 Mr. Odor sake! that encase
of Pare and Holden be traversed to the
next sour;. It would be In the Intere.ts
of justice to carry them over under the
present clroUmsancea. fare and Holden
stood up and were asked 1! they had any
objection. Both replied: "These will be
no objection. my lord,"
"Then Iiia traversed," said DL lord-
ship.
Punter's 18.11 •I0,000 -
Mr. Porter maid: "My lord, on behalf
of the prisoner Penton I ask that be be
admitted to ball."
The judge maid the jury bad dl.agreed.
They were not united in opinion.
Mr. Porter asked that the prl.oner
ghoold go un 51e own recognizance'. Ha
submitted this /Mould he done. ._._
Mr. Ogler .nod the Crown would RSI
agree to this propo*ltlo
Tho judge did not favor Mr. Porte,
Then a lower hall w,..4.ked. it sat1slE
be 35,0011 in a11.
Mr. Osler said he thnnght It .5obld be
*20,9
1'he 00judge thuueht the malar might
be 1.11 so the judg`• In Toronto.
Mr. Porter objeru,d 4.0 the ground of
expense and delay. In the end It was
agreed that Pall to the amount of 110,-
000 'Mould be aecepted.
James Mackie, sr., and Robert Mackie
held a eke cnnvereettnn together a. the
prl00ner stood In the dock after the 'mit-
tens had been prnnounred. Mackie .111
g0 to the plan of hl. next ten years'
abode then morning.
"The court is adjourned by an efflux-
ion of time," were the judge's last word..
The Jury'. Deliberations.
'1'98 troth of the jury'. deliberation. 1s
out They went to their room a1 6 o'clock
and the full evidence was reviewed. Ten
men from the stare stood out boldly and
firmly for Ponton's •equltW. They 4r•
Blared that tb. 011450(5 of 'Pare abd
Holden was a fabrication and that the,'*
was an organised coneplracy on the part
of the Amerfean detectives to pmt the
guilt On Pon10n. The other two jurors,
Kdwerd Kaykor and Andrew McCmugb-
.rty (foreman), were In favor ofaeonvle-
llnn. The point they stook on was Ong
fare mild gel his information regarding
the olrr,tlatlon of the newly signed notes
from Penton alone. Their nomnde0 ask-
ed them why nn* from Haines, Durand
nr Green. '1 h. fart Alm that the head
°Mee had alternated similar bilis was
put to the two Jerome, hot to no aunt,
it kook the jury one hoar and a half to
mires upon a verllst against Mackie.
They rwonmmend4rl him So merry on the
ground that he wee a wort of IOlerseedl•
areald
between the hank and the Peb-
bles.
I'.etee M.11.d.
ThMene MiGlnnIA end Janne Cum -
MOW « Belso11M game trews rtattrtdwe
Mer0ag end senomposakill M letywer
Pelle drove no to the jell. Paper were
aseeetad by W S Herrington and hall
e 110,000 In two •urettes of *8.000 was
Wm, ami BHy PMbn was ttrnwgtt
down to the Palate, Hem* In • hook.
TMs• was a mate la the guests as Billy
•
drove down. Women rustled out of the
boost sad alvei their 'kavehlef.all blur;
sone and fathers we.; down lows to
. hate 518 hand.
Pontos lel tor Belleville on the 4.80
Main, • big crowd s000mpas7leg blur to
the st..tiva and cheering him as the train
pulled out. Bettor/ilk was out In tun
tome to meet him and 51s propeller soon
a51 as the mils pulled 11, and then Ie •
hot Slane in Belleville right now
Mn. Maokle visited her husband la the
j•11 et noon, and au aliening parting
w ens was •neeted, Little Moodie was
also present and her childish Sean ruined
even iron••Isaged Venlavun, the fatly.
Pontes at IteII.•lllr.
1%1101111S .O01, Use. 6. -Then was
much extlarneel In town Saturday over
the bank *robbery caro. W H. Penton
arrived on the 5.80 train 1n the evening,
•nd went quietly to hie home.
THE GRIDIRON CLUB.
Washington the seen• .f • Meat VaIgae
Dinner, •t Which Were 110 w11WWId
Laurier and H1. Cellergee..
W..hingtos, D.C., Dee 5, -The Grid-
iron Club un Saturday night gave• moat
notable dinner, entertnlning guests of
the United BMWs, Europe sod other
pars of the worldlo the oompaoy were
the President, VIce-Prominent, members
of the Cabinet, the President of Costa
Roar the Pamir of tiao•d•, the eners
Joint high Amencen-Cebadlan o0autn1i-
Mon, Oen. Ganda, the most prominent
uftloets of the army and navy, Senator'.
Representatives and many other dlating-
untied men. More than 16n people wen
assembled In the beautifully decorated
dining ball of tee Arlington Hotel The
dinner war In • measure conducted on
lines of oompllment and honor to men
wbc dlllingulabed themselves by both
land and sea 1n 158 late war. Great ova-
tions were given to the President, Ad -
mini Schley and Oan. Shatter when' there
rose"10 speak, while other speakers re-
ceived most generous consideration,
j'ep.IQ@nt Frank 11. Holford was very
tot:Iona& In his Introductions of promin-
ent guests, and with sentiment, wit and
retire oonduoted tie fealurep/of the din-
ner to a most soti.fast conclusion.
Speechesare always short at gridiron
di,.ner, and there ems no exoeptton to
the rule on Saturday night. Kemarks
were maple by the President, the Vice.
President, the Pre.ldent of Cosa RIoo,
Lord Herschel, Sir Wilfrid Laurier, See -
nary Hay, Smoreary Long, Postmann-
General Smith, Admiral Seeley, Geta.
Shatter and Garen, Capt, Slgeber, Sena-
tor Lodge, Mr. Feeler -and others.
Anloug the features was • burlesgog,
Investigation of the oobdtiot of the war,
wWcb ooyed soma.of the lnllrabomog.
tins fanciesn•of the real Inveetlg.II3O.
Members of the oommlitee brought In
Immense stacks of testimony, a1.0 large
reports and different .15151ts, blob took
off wane guests and roused great arouse -
meet. The report concluded with the
finding that [Dare waa r war, that Spain
got licked, and that the Anglo-Saxons
u$ocd together.
As this wan done, the American and
British flags were unveiled, as a oompll-
meet to ihs Canadian members of the
joist 51gh cemmlrMo.
KILLED A BRIDE.
Pl.rr. tarsen Sheet. Pert jj sW;dtheartr
Who Had Rejected 111ta, mad Targe
the'Re•el•er o. ■tmeelf.
Montreal, Dee. 5. -Murder and euleid•
will probably be .he verdict Ina shooting
affray that oocurred here on Saturday
evening Pierre Lnzon shot Fahlol• Ors -
Te, wlfa of 0. Richot, and ;ben .bot
blmalf.
1'he woman, who waa .hot In the head,
died Instantly, ano the murderer died
three boars afterward..
The .hooting was the result of jealousy.
Lepton had beet paying ooctt to the
girl for some time, but .he rejected ale
snit and recently married Rlcbot. While
the was walking along St. James arrest,
n ear the Grand Trunk station wltb •
young .2.ter, she was meg by Lantos,
who, after following her for a short die -
rinse, pulled a revolver and shot bet In
toe head. Hs then turned the weapon a
h imself.
Nally Victoria Bridge.
Montreal, Deo. 5, -It la pretty well
understood that the new Victoria bldg
will be formally opened on the 94th at
May mut, ..*Utmost moo► of the work
will be completed early next year, and if
*he Duke of York should •lift Canada
Lt 1a believed that His Royal Highness
will pertlolps*, la the avast.
A CANE. FEOM TORONTO
Washed Vp Among the Wreckage of
Pre•l.eetewa, Moos
Pro•Incetowo, Mar., Dec. 5. -The ex•
oeedingly sharp wateb for wreckage kept
along the Cape shore, from Wood lend to
High Hent Is practically • means et
saving about every fragment of the 111
fated Portland that may he borne in on
the waves. Two very Important additions
to the IIB of *reeks washed ashore wen
■ section of a life raft and a goldheaded
cane. The owner of the latter may pos-
sibly he ascertained through the marktbg
of the knob, "Nov. 97, 'Toronto, 1337."
Throe Idontiled.
Baton, Maas., Dee 5. -Of the bodies
at tbe North Groes Street Morgue, three
have been Identified. Ons 1. that of Fred.
A. Brown of Portland, identified by his
brother, Welter H Brown; another thee
of a man named Allen of l'hllarrelphfa,
recoenlzed by hie brotherin-law, grid the
third ►s that of N:va M. Totten, formerly
of Somerville, but reeenely removed to
Portland.
(-o•.r. for Chaldron. H„eke.
W hen the onlldnn's favorite book
grows rbahhy it may be renovated by
giving It an embroidered cover. Cut a
piece et brown holland or one of the
pretty art linen. two Inches wider and
four Inches longer than the book, Turn
In an loch at the
top and bottom, and
meaner* the linen enrefolly around the
book, turning the extra length iestde.
Sew Una to the outside, forming a kind
of pocket at each end into whloll she
rover Is dipped. The lines may be deem: -
Med with say Maple devise la embrotd.
try, • wreath of hotly berrtes and les•es,
with the owner's initials in the middle,
er a monogram, nr the name of the book.
-ladles' Homs Jonrnal.
Leffler 1Nralr Dema Ease.
"I think my old overeat will do ilii
Christmas-"
"Yee, Yid atter Christmas you won't
get one because I1 will be w Bear spring,"
-Chlose° Rsoomd.
Ree R.wsl.b, To Rnew,
"Young man," said the perlpatet e
e vangelist, "do you ever refinot on d.atht"
"I do," answered Cholls. "Horrifies
me tno. Po darted oomnton-"-Indlae-
apels Journal.
TMtlag RIM Werth.
"What does the men nest door mess by
hallooing all the time?"
' 1 hate hie b.et•e. 1 he los
limping willo
smile "--(;ble.g, Record,
Wants 4. wake sot..
Mand.-Dnyou pin your faith on f)t1Sr411e1
tahe►- Pm not oat kited with pinnlns
f want a good bard knot tied.-I'511ads1.
eht• Prem.
FUTURES HEAVY.
•
View When M 10.1, at Cble•go ane
erpeul en S larder --
Lot..t t}n,.lntleua
ealurdmy Brealag, Dee. t.
IJ west fu urea were easy to
dal. *44 to had per cental belt ..
Feet r• tart emulations,
wheat declined 3 to 10 crannies,
ltd fhtmr 1b 10 6u mutters.
tutors■ !Alewrd gull, easing off
• an tea pee bushel fit the day,
• . seise •,.,k *..at Nva..
uw *Lu*eiaud umlur wen kludtd lu tats•
Sou .illy and 1\tr1..,1 at *4.{:4 p.r y.. u.. d.
TLere an lour market* 1a Hurt cit). •
owing td Ute awlwk, u( 0wr( lu tires
Many 100 puvret •ea..•a are eahe.LLLg va
Moe, Aad Dug Mee.
A syod.ute w American cattle buyrn
Woe parvened 100,0.0 head of crt.1•• lu
llenlluettio, Mexico. The aulm5ls wilt In
n ipped to lade and Porto Rico. The lu
vte.era 414)008 to clear j,1,11w,Wu •J;rr 511
treurematmloa mud other charges are mild.
C.tuael raWlta are touald.t.d r toots
e ndue dadltatey m hitglype. rod n los er:l
mate! Ihet 70,000,t110 are commend au
Llatl4y lu ureal itrlu:a red Ireland.
'Cue eal11.1. heeling 6011100 fur 1!545 le
ea lr I 1'I pact 1s estimated et 1171.310
cars •ad 3u.u* berre:s.
A caispruy with a capital of 8:,0.0151 bu
Lveti ofralaaalbed u4 Ottawa, to be kuuwu as
the Utlaw. admit Yams Aad Au.ululr.
R. P. Hleku 4j propene to establish a
perk peeking L ,use, with a cryar.rs 64.
1100 Yoga per day, as wen N • large num-
ber of twtO. at Nepalese. The eaUul.,, J
oink of Ste punt 1. ♦ia,tal) to fluu.b u, , to
ptoy1ug 'J3184 et11..
Armo,w & Co. are vas:Usg a *4lklaal e:tld-•-
JSatage at •erettead,-.Ile,
L .k.gf 1Yhht 86wrk.e., - _.
Following are the closing prior* to -day et
Ilupurla ul crutrvs :
1..15. 11,c. M.'y. Jul..
C55'.,. ...*.... :0 65%10 wit 10 640
New t .rk .. 0 1314 0 7116
MHwautee ... u 671-
ht Louie ..,; .0 10114 0 7034 0 l!i•t4 ...
Toledo .. ., 0 7014 0 71'!(,
neeTt(G
In,a - Vu.'•10 otP14 .... 0 el 0 1.:)
Nortutrsh, ..,I 00644 0 6384 0 6644hard ....
,u \u-
MinU
Minneapolis .. ... 0 *..'x 0 61% ....
Toronto, No. 1
Mitt/ Ines)„ 0 79 .... ....
Toronto. red.. d 444 .... .... ....
T.ro.te St. Lawrence Market.
Wheat steady; 220.' bushel. gold ut,Ldl-.w,
lug primes : It bite 7-.- to ?Poe, red nate
to 71e, guuae Otic W 13.41;c, Spring 1100',
Itarley strata; 1:5.' btubelr gold at 48e to
Loa.
oats steady: 20010 bu hole add at 2'4,c
t0 0 .
ler. t
IGty44. evulnwtLy adhn at 3* to p
per hats, .rad .lover et 61I to 17.501 per ton.
Straw steady; wren loads Sold a: 17 to
Pi
R mar ton-
Il,.gw_llrresM b.,g. were easier at 13.25
to 3..40 per cwt.
Rutter, rmces to eaggggs aad poultry were plentiful,
01 IIne e
130ppeer e
bb. roll= anyd egRguelttetricU
area Ja W, m 2de to 3e•; limed. lar.
Pooltry--{hlrkenw. 2-r• to e e per. pa'r:
duck., 414• to The: geese, 6e to fie per Ib, 1
turkeys, 7, to 9.• p"r Ib.
..'Raaf 1•11•Je Cattle Iiarket.
Neat Buffalo, Dec. 3. -Ret -plots of .ale
and tbroagb cattle. sheep Aad hogs during
the 34 hears ended at noon to -day were:
Cattle, 146 can, sheep ■ed Ismbe, IP one;
hog.. a can, ab.pmrata-Cattle, 144 carr;'
sh..•p aad lambs. 7 car.: bogs, 48 ram.
t'attie-Tbe re elptm for sale were tea
toed* erecters bred for Mondry'• market.
The HW of prima was unchange,) from
Mond.y- A couple of 1 els of god tined*
stockers sold at 331x1. 1'.1,M were lu fair
supply. moderate detnu.d aad lower, choice
t0 extra, *7 to 37:m,, g' .d to ebece. BLitt
to 67.
She p and lambs -T myon,. loads III OWN
Including nine Made of ('..taloa. IlDfrtp-1w
moderate demand , n.1 .Heady. Lambe dam,
with peke, a Nile 11411. e; lambs, roe..
to extra, 3325 0n a:,yt: gonia to eadr.•. 13
to 6.44.'25; tomuu,a bl f* r. 14.76 to 16. 88:8 p,
45084,, to extra, 14.26 to 14.40: Saul to
ebrre. 34 to $-4 25: common to (.4r, 112..)
to 13,60.
Cker.e Innrkets.
1,''ndon, Ont.. 15.0. 3 At Oda, th-• I, t
'nrkee at the raven,. twoYv1,.e..e. (ors -t-
e.t 11(10 boxes, 91)11 Ge ober make and _•,)
S ,.camber make. Sale., *Mil 4rt ul.•r a
Its,•,-. yip Ynr.'m u"r et 9t 4.
Ceetee, N.T., D. c. 4.-81x hundred :eau
Of batter meld at IN 1m 1144.
aritieb Markets.
IJrerpool. Dec. 1, -412,30,4 -No. 1 Cal..
i• ISL o ,.. Ito -Al: n 1 slut:,, nuhe. \,A
1 Northern, epelos. M 244d; corn. to 101,1;
6e lid; perk, 011s; lard, tis S0; tal-
1•. 41. 4)1',,J,, u, he,, ,,. l.....,;GA.; r: •e:._
zea• abort Cli, ate ed; chase, whit.. 4M; 1
.dure.l, 478.
Ia....u• .I l'lese-*pot wheat firm, will
t \or I•ern 1 r. 214.1; real wiry, fu-
tures, d0144 for fire. and 6s 11•44 far
llerrl. Spot mals-, quirt at Ss 10'',d: fa-
ttier,
o-tin•, queer at 1. 9';.1 for Dee., as T*W for
vtnrch. Flour, (9a 3d.
when Your Iln,brella H1ew. Inside Oat.
During the last deluge did you have
your umbrella mown Inside out by the
sudden goad of wind' Do you remember
bow you struggled to right It, and very
Probably broke several of the ribs and
tore the silk In the effort? The next
time the resident Nippeoe, joist torn
round, fairing the other way, and let the
wln.l blow the umbrella beak into shape.
It will do It, and all the chances .re
.het your umbrella w111 not be Injured
In the least. I found that eat moonily.
The wind was blowing great guns, and
it was rainier' bard. A11 at ones a strong
gust naught my umbrella and turned It
into • parachute. I was wrestling with
It vainly, when I beard • voice at 1117
elbow:
"Jr' turn roan', ma'am, an' let the
win' bow hit heck •Stn,"
I looked up inquiringly, and Users
was an o1d dark', bowing with all the
arurteey of down gouts before the war.
"'Twill do hit, sho'; j•. you 117 hit."
Menh.olonlly, I obeyed, and, presto,
the umbrella righted _itself, as good as
ever.
"Voir let hit down. Top mho hole bit
la this win'. nohow."
Veld t,. riser...
The number of people at present who
speak Rnglimh le .old to be 116,000,000.
The ezpener of Great Britain are now
about 1500,000,000 yearly, Or nearly *1,-
000 per minute.
The heart beats ten ideate' a minter
lose when on. Is lying done than when
1n an upright po.tnre.
Russia, with • population of 187,000,-
000, has only 18,4)41 physicians. The
United States, with about 70,000,000, has
100,000.
The barreln of the Krag-Jorgensen
rifles are 80 1ne5es long. Placed end to
end they would snake a continuous tot,
181 miles Iong.
The average number of horses killed
In Spanish bull 14h1, every year exneed.
1,00ft, whale from 1,000 to 1,200 bulb are
macro find,
The American Trans !Society has 400
mibllcatlore In the Spanish language,
and t.tewde te pot a Spanish primer end
Testament In the hand. of every Cuban
family,
Yanag *t.e'.':1iw Ten, •,,.,loth.,.
"To be perfectly frank, i have very
little faith In New Yesr's raanlutlnne
whleh are made at the beginning( of •
year," writes Rdward.Set 1n the Ladies'
Home J•0rnal. ' A t the earns time, th re
are people who fanny the Ides of making
resolutions at some arbitrary divisions of
time, snob an too first day of anise fear.
Bet the nh.rantere of those resolves aboold
emanate from one's own heart, and net
he Imggested by aerator. Tri a excellrN
resolution for • young Me be mate it
thin triangular tone: Be lethal/nous. seen
all Inenzlntisg Ilguan, end eat inn •
good savings bent at Icer 1/ deals at
mosey delta . ra.d darli g *b. yam."
y ea. tlad.arnteoa td.
tis -Why did you fall to rsoegniet Ere
en the deer today?
Shs-1 didn't yea yogi.
AJIA=Thist's etreng.? T sew yon twkte-
e-Ob, the pndrhly ait0Nlnte tar 1*.
1 never notice • man In that 000dtYon.-
Chiagn Nowa
(illUIS'iS UF181111E ALL'S.
Appalling List of Fatalities
Among Mountain Climbers.
SUPERSTITION 0/ THE NATIVES.
Strange Astperlllea. Amens the
Craws and Yenta e■ Dark and
Stormy Itlebte-Trawls Beene* Re-
enacted by Ukostly Ckaraetera.
For centuries fatal readmits have tem n
frequent in the Alps During the pr.enn
season the average weekly death rats
among mountain ellmbtlra has boon more
than two. Practically .11 Lure who have
oariahed have boon people of wealth and"!'
,oaltion. Their deaths have been widely
reported, but not all the publicity that can
be given to them will forestall the lnevla
tale. The nett vire have become superatltI u0
and report tragic apparitions among the
crags and peeks on dark and uk.ru.y
nights. Even the guides, around whom
tourlats have thrown a sort of heroism.
sNAP Furothe Brant N ",.,cr.
STRENGTH Fix the Physical W,oter,
STAMINA For Mon, Women Iuu1l hiWr re.
4141,",
BLOOD & NERVE
PILLSJ----
BEAD THE PROOF !
GENTLEME14,-1 have for • lung time
seeded something to make blued and
build up my system. My blood was watery
and thin, lacking strength and vitality,
Last January a friend said : Why
try Dr. Ward's Blood and Nerve Pine?,
?
They will supply the oxygen your
blood
needs and gave you health end strength."
I told him i was fiery skeptical as to any
benefit that could be derived from an
proprietary medicine and had no faith i,
them. There the matter rested until four
months ago, when reading so much about
what Dr. Ward's Blood and Nerve Pills
have done for ao many people with im-
poverished blood, 1 concluded to gin
them a trial. 1 have taken four boxes and
my unbelief so far as Dr. Ward's Blood
and Nerve Pills are concerned has been
entirely removed. They are a splendid
blood budder and strength restorer, and
an invaluable medicine for weak, ener-
vated people. This -las been ni-
enee, they having giver( me st.rngth of
body and strong healthy blood.
(Signed), PETER LAWRENCE WHyT1,
988 Queen St. West, Toronto, Oat,
All good druggists can supply you, 1f
they won't, we will by mail. Pnce Sot,
Wbox l S boxes for $2.00. THE DOCTOR
ARD COMPANY, Limited, Toronto, Qat,
JUST A BAD
coo.
A sharp stinging pals
i in the back --you think it
dy.
t. ' thing -be -be all right iamount to n •
few days -but it docent.
get all right -kidneys are
not doing their duty, ant'
the poi.onous matter that
they ought to remove it
going all through the sys
tem -causing rheumatism,
gout, dyspepeta, head.
aches,baciyrw• aiauey..
of i11a
OR(4T• n1-l'A(-T Ax *I.PI11 ACCIDENT
are sob to fr'gnrnrM lose their proverbial
nen,, when they recount the catastrophes
of the mountains and their spectral re -en
&entwine
A method/sr apparition le said to be
that of a party fastened together with a
nope In which one of these number 1a pre
clptated over • glgantte cliff Old climb
en know that a rope le a safeguard when
four or more nem are fastened together, of
doubtful benefit W three, • positive die
advantage when there are but two, be
cause one man eann01 support, another's
weight on • dope In rope climbing tM
most oxperlcmotd man runs the greatest
risk He 1s always .t the upper end of the
Met. 1f five roped men go over a priori p ice
together, the first four are somewhat
said In their fall b7 the strain on the
rope, but the last Dnp Mee wall out tam
158 brink of the preelploe because of this
strain and falls more heavily than If he
wars not roped. it 1s 110. the boy's game
of "snap the whip " This Is one reason
why w many gulden are killed
The roll of •lotlme of the mountain
climbing fever is • long one It lulus
many norma of omen whom the world
child 111 spare. Arthur Balfour, doubtless
• mooing premier tierat Britain, mourns
• brother, Professor Franck Balfour, who
perished with his guides on the Algullle
Blanche. a virgin peak of Mont Blanc In
1882
4-p0914 not be said of Balfour that he
didn't know his danger. He made his
.111 before attempting the •went)
A few days later Mr. Penh.11 wait, with
his guides, killed by an avalanche on the
Matterhorn, and Mr. Oablett of Durham
Onlversfty, with two guides, perished on
the Dent Blenche.
Lord Francis Douglas and three other
members of the Alpine club fell, roped
**death In 1866, dropping from cliff to
cliff of the Matterhorn, 4,100 feet
Death olalmed a shining mark last year
when i7, Stoeber, • German pr. tees0r,
was frozen to death during an ar'ont of
Mount Ararat by menthe!'" of the groiog
1081 nommen and when, on our own
Mount Toronto, Protegee Fdgar McClure
wM dashed to plea -mon the rocks Amer'
ano have not, however, often leen victim.
of mountain climbing In their own land
Our highest motorising are often, like
Pike's peak, comparatively smooth •nd
safe .4*0,0t..
In 1816, Aug. 26 was an inn ornalty.bed
day for mountaineers. 1)r. Srhunrdreher
of Pragne and two Italian pukka were
killed by falling over a precipice on Mont
Ill.,'., and on the Paine day a Berlin law
efiteent, named Mndl fell Irp/o the Kate.
joch Inountnln and wan killed
The Pr'edigtatuhl ham a Ind record its
flet .Ix event. Included two fatal goes
dente The Mlttag.pRse and the Metje, In
the Italian Alpe. have claimed their share
of deed
Mount (haler la the k)ftlemt moontni0
or the A tlt•rtAt Tyrrnl, the pride of the
Hhaetb,n Alpe Fire Englluhnen went
out without guides In the summer of MIS
10allmb the ()reprtrerg. They fell over
a proelpkt together, dragged one .stet •n
other by the fatal rope, but only one was
killed
Two Views of the Cane.
"No, I do not think she will marry
again She vowed 0a the day be was
buried the would not•"
' Ah 8 Thinking about it already, was
abs'--Olneln earl Inenlrr
MIs Oaapre►•.dee of Pr.vlde..e.
A conntry preen went Ie ase • bum-
ble parIehlower, says e writer in Long-
man'. Magma, and 1f possible Se 00111 -
foci Lim •mar little ander brave *Penh%
whle5 had befallen. The pester Mend
the homely eld S. 1• his daeola*e ,.
*11., alma Re mid many thing, and
added that we most try and Nb ell
entities* Movably, as appointed to os by
prnviteMes. "Tse," mid the gem old
man, gaiters. Imperfse*ly Inepneted 1•
Menai', "that'. right eee.gb, that Is.
bel
thellge4111 tint Thoth old providence
have M• Ogle me all along. bat 1 reekne
as there's one above ail' pat a stopper am
b. 8f he ge fes far."
DOAN'S KIDNEY PILLS
Cure the disease by removing the cause.
W. D. Popham Talbot At, St. Thomas Ont -
says. -I have for a long time bed sarins
-back and kidney trouble My hack eras le
stiff and painful that when 1 uit down 1 had
to 5.v• something 10 ma.ist me to get .p. I
have taken lour bone. of (loan'. K, Ary
Pills, met they have taken the stiffness and
pain from my beck air enabled me to
straighten op without pala or Milken',"
Price vee. a boa. 3 ter 1t ss, all dragglsK-_r
The Doan Kidney Pill Co.. Toronto, Gut
• AN1M'ALa ire STORMS.
Tb• Faculty They Raise of Predicting
('bhp. .f w
Certain movements O the part of the
animal crsalon before a change of Wm -
their appear to indicate a reasoning
faculty. Such seems to be the came with
the common garden spider which. es
the approach of rainy or windy weather,
will be found to .bonen and strengthen
the gays of hie web, lengthening the
same when the storm is over. there 1e a
popular superstition that It Is onloeky
for an angler to meat • single magpie,
but two ./f the birds together are a good
amen. The reason Is that the birds fora
tell the coming of cold or stormy wea-
ther, and at such times, Ineteed of search-
ing for food for their young In pale, obi
will tinny, remain on the net lies-
gulls predict storms by aaseenhling se
the land, .a they know that the rats .111
bring earthworms to the surface Thes,
however, IS merely a search for food, and
is due to the some Instinet which neae6r
tee swallow to fly high In fine weather,
•nd .tom along the ground when foul 1.
coming. They simply follow the files and
gate, whirs remain in the warm strain
e the air. The different tribes of wading
toted, always migrate before rain, Its-
wise to bunt for food. Many birds fore-
tell
ora1all In b7 warning cries and Hoary
mittens, and swine will carry her and
straw a hiding -plana, oxen will IMk
themselves the wrong way of tee h•Ir,
sheep w111 bleat and skip about, bogs
turned Got 1n the woods will come grOn1-
ing and squealing, Bolts w111 rub their
beets against the ground. crows will
gather in crowds, oriekees w111 sing mike
loudly, film owns left the boom. frogs
Break and change color to • dingier hoe.
dogs est grass. and rooks soar Ilk•
banks. It is probsble that many of there
actions are doe to actual onsernese.
similar to that whkh all who rn troubled
with corns or rheumatism experience be-
fore a storm, •nd are caused hath In the
varlatlon In b•roreepte prawns and the -
changes In or •leetrlesl condition of the
atmosphere.
A BRITISH SOLD/ER
Tells bow IWburn's Heart and Nerve
Ills Conquer Disease.
Like the compering armies of Britain,
which are marching to victory in every
quarter Of the globs, Milburn's Heart
. .14••_ -
.4e20.1"1/
10
11,
•nd Nerve PMNears everywhere trismpk-
ingovereicknese. weak nese andeuffring.
Mr. David Vntleh, of Carleton Place,
Ont , n man who has served with dis-
tinction and credit in the 0ritleh ermv,
and is stow all employee of the C. P.
Railway, mays, " While lathe army I got
broken down, and my nervosa system
was complete) shattered.
"I was mach troubled with liver com-
plaint,
plaint, loose appetite, etc. My rest be-
came broken and was disturbed by v1•iti
drama. The. Aad been going on fir 14
years, akhough i took ■ greet many
remedies to serape from the troubles
which afflicted Irte.
" Remover, T got no relief until i
Maned to take Mi16•i4tt's heart end
Nerve Pine, which 1 geed illerffitTr wick
Lasa -Liver PIIL, sad new altar laviof
geed a few beim, I am better thea
have bass Ike years. My nerves are
restored to fell ibree and vigor, i eat and
steep and my entire system bit
been oat( strengthened."
» 'e Heart and Nerve
• 501, K ! Aga lit.'s. at all desgg►il'
,14.-