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Exeter Times, 1909-03-18, Page 3FLORENCE KINRADE'S STORY Differs Veiy Little From That Which She Told the Detectives HIamilton, March 11. -At the Kin- "ETHEL IS SHOT SIR TIMES." CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS HAPPENINGS FROM ALL 01•1:11 TIIE GLOBE. Tel.'graphle Briers From Dur Oe and Diller Countries et Recent !:rents. ade murder inquest last night, Hamilton, ]liar. 11. -Lira. liickcy, CANADA. es ewe Kinrade was in the wit- to whose house Florence rise atter The Patriotic Fund Association ox fur three hours, and she the tragedy, tostified that Flo- has made an additional grant of lesely cross-examined by Mr. repce's words were: "Ethel is shot; u3.1,000 to Trooper Mulloy. Ieckstoek with regard to the mur- is shot six times." She alsosaid Montreal Irishmen are taking ac - der of her sister Ethel. The story that t•hogirl had un Ler Lai when tion to stop the display of often - which she told reveals so far no she arrived. sive caricatures of their country - new fact, although in the course Dr. McNichol said Florence's men. of i:.r evidence there can be ob- story to him, told almo;,t immodi- Provision for a new Central Pri- aereed' certain discrepencies in ately after the tragedy, was that son will be made during the present comparison with her former etaries. than forced Limsolf i a nto the session of the Ontario Legislature. Her evidence is also remarkable house, and threatened hor with aG. E. Stewart, the insane mur- in regaed to the incidents connect- pistol. She struggled with hire for tiered, has been removed from the ed with her sojourn in tho south, the weapon, and Ethel, hearing the i jail at Orangeville to Hamilton and because at Rochester and Buf- noise, came downstairs, screamed' Asylum. falo she claimed to have, stayed as and was shot. Mr. Graham's scheme for the .t vest at houses the addresses of Inspector McMahon testified that protection of railway crossings whit i and the names of their own - was favorably received by the station to complain of tramps shot House of Commons. was perfectly collected. I A scheme is broached at Mont- Detecti►e Bleakoly, who wont up real for the erection of a great un- to the house when he alarm was' ion station on the site of the Wind - given, described the position of sor and Bonaventure stations. career as a soloist by a Miss the body. There was a chair near Convict Clark, who escapee, from t, an English woman given to the window with a pair of lady's penitentiary with Bill Miner, has •clling, whose present where- rubbers near it. If Ethel had been boon brought back to New West - nits she does not know, and who shot sitting on tho chair her head I minstcr from Mount Vernon. r,•duced herself to the girl at would probably fall where the pool It is roported at Winnipeg that he :tlacnab Church. So far RS her of blood was on the floor. When connection with Baum, with whom Mr. Kinrade arrivod he said in ex - she was associated nt a vaudeville citod tones as ho passed: "I just theatre in Portsmouth, is concern- expected something like this would ed, she admitted that he proposed happen." marriage to her, having knowledge Mrs.Isabel hinrade, mother of of her engagement to Mr. Wright, tho murdered girt, said that she GREAT BRITAIN. but she said that she regarded his left the house nt 3 o'clock, and did £ttens Misss Kinrade and her not know that anything had bap-Thurrday three new States were ad - Both fa- ther, who was ou the stand two pened with Siam signed on until she saw the, commotion ded to the British Empire. in front of the house. hours, spoke of tho family being Gertrude, the youngest member Mr. Asquith, speaking in Lon - scared by mysterious men, suppos- of the family, and Ernest, the cid- don, declared that, free trade was ed tramps, and by an attempt to est testified that their sisters in no danger. Tho assault on it l•reak into the house. Beyond never quarreled. Neither over saw Fuld be repelled. lapses of memory Miss Kinrade or heard of firearms in the house, gave her evidence clearly, although UNITED STATES. evidently under high nervous ten- sion. ers she cannot remember. when Mrs. Kinrade carne to tho THE' MYSTERIOUS MISS ELLIOT. Apparently she was introduced to HEIRESS WEDS A PORTER THE WORLD'S MARliETSI EAT THE WEST DEPORTS FROM THE LEADING TRAI)I; CLN'1'LES. ]IACRIED IN THE BRIDE- GROOM'S DINNER HOUR. How Riede Obtained Iler 3Mo(ber's ('ousent-Will Stick by Husband. A love story which comes from Shropshire, England, reads like a chapter from ono of Fielding's most fatuuus works, even to the name of the hero. Toni Jones, a young railway porter, son of a house de- corator residing at Pant, four miles front Oswestry, has secretly wedded Miss Evelyn Dorothy Hop• ton, a charming young lady who is reputed to be heiress to some J.:10,000. The young lady, who, like hor husband, is only nineteen, has been residing at Pant with her mother, with whom she carne from Here- fordshire sonic four or five years ago. Her father, a retired British officer, who is at present big game shooting in Uganda, is a Protest- ant, while her mother is a Roman Catholic. Tho father in 1902, dur- ing a brief visit to England, took steps to make his daughter A WARD IN CHANCERY. Two yea:s ago the young lady the Manitoba Legislature will hold says she was sent to a Roman Oa- t summer session Leg toIa ere will the tholic convent at Brussels. Being boundaryagreement and that a a bright, ofchthe girl, shey dislikedni � the quiet of the seminary, and in general electiou will probably fol- low soon. SOME SLIGHT DISCREPANCIES Miss Kinrado said that she at- tempted to get out of the window of the parlor, but the assassin pulled her back. How it happened that• e had previously said she heard of Florence bringi revolver with her from the South. DAYLIGHT BILL HERE. Mr. Lewis Proposes That Canada Join in the Movement. A despatch from Ottawa says: Mr. Louis will bring before Parlia- A Polish priest was shot in his rectory at Newark, N. J., by three unknown men. The numuer of lives lost in the Arkansas tornado is now estimated at forty-two. Tho United States tariff bill pro- vides for reciprocity with Canada in had nt coal. thout of e window sho did ment a suggestion that Canada A man nt Marlboro', Mass.,has not know. Neither could she ex- join in the movement now on in eaten nothing for thirty-ight plain why, when she ran into the Great Britain, the United States, days. He hopes to euro cancer by back-4yard, she did not scale the -Australia and New Zealand, to fasting. fence, one easy to climb, and get promote early rising and longer The Missouri two -cent -faro law assistance. As to the number of hours of daylight for the people was quashed by the courts, as not shots the witness was unable to during the summer months. Ho has showing a reasonable profit to rho speak definitely. She tholght that given notice in tho Commons of aErailroads. one was fired while she was up -1 daylight saving ',ill, along the lines The now United States tariff bill _ rs. At least she heard a bang, }. of the bill now before tho British t did not realize that it was Rouse of Commons.us. In ender to removes the duty on hides and re- duces that en lumber, steel and chuoting. Ono shot was fired at; make the scheme more feasible it !caber products. herself as she rad out of the frontis necessary that, the United States, Canada and Great Britain agree to simultaneously put back the clock one hour in simmer, thus main- taining the present business un - door. A MOMENT OF SILENCE. Tho silence of the court -room be - Three bankers, now convicts in the Western Penitentiary in Pennsylvania, have discovered a shortage of over $26,000 in the came tense nt one point when Mr. penitentiary's books. 1lackstuck, after going over :!file derstanding with respect to the Kinradu's story, asked her if sho hour of opening and closing of GENERAL.bad not at ono time told of strug- stock markets, the arrival and do- Iain Alfonso and his Queen aro filing with the man in the dining- parturo of steamships, etc., on g roam and there actually seeing her both side.' of the Atlantic. Mr. holidaying in Andalusia. Lewis' bill provides that Canada President Castro is said to be about to leave France for Venzue- la. Twenty-seven workmen were killed in Salsburg, Austria, by an avalanche. The Cuban House of Representa- tatives passed a bill legalizing cock -fight i ng. Two Anarchists were shot in a fight with the police at Yekaterin- oslav, itussia,. 1 he fiscal policy is the question which will probably divide the parties in the Parliament of Unit- ed South Africa. Though Servia has given the pow- ers assurances that she docs not want war she is continuing her mili- tary preparations. Calms lacemakers boycotted a largo lace factory and threatened tc burn it, because the owners were oont•emplating a removal to the United States. sister, who had comp to see what was the matter, shot dead. "Now, did you tell that2" de- manded the lawyer. There was a long pause beforeRrttat.n to carrh y it out wen tho the voice of the slender girl in t•me is ripe. black answered faintly, "Not that •l' I know of." COURT ASKED) I'OR INQUIRY. "Did _you te11 that to r nyono 7" "Not that I remember." "Tell• me this, Miss Kinrade, was Ethel Kinrade, your sister, shot in dour sight nt the foot of the din- ing -roost stairs!" '1 ply eamo in n weary mono - endorse the proposed scheme, and will enter into a point arrangement with the United St,ttes and Great Montreal 11'ant i to investigate Chic Adiniebdration. A despatch from Montreal Bays: The establishment of a. far-roach- ing pre edeut passed through its e a. recital of which the initial stage in the Court of Ap- ia tired: "All I know is, peals on Wednesday when a dclegn- n and saw her Eying at the tion of four appeared f•'r tho of the stairs." lens of Montreal regarding the ap- --_• • -- .TIC INCIDENT. pointmcnt of a Royal Conm:rsaron to investigate .'.lontreal's civic nd- ru�n ing, in answer to a direct ' ministration. Chief Justice Sir gnl`,tion by 11r. Klnekstnck as „ lfenri Taschereau, with Justices whether she could identify her si Cross, Carroll, Trc►,hulmc and let's murderer, Miss Kinrade with \rehantbault were on the bench. a little cry nitswercd : "[ don't. Tho purpose of the deputation froth know his name, but. Oh, I ahonuld the city was to urge tho Court of Lieu - know him if 1 saw him," and fnint- 1 Appeals to recommend to the Liou- cd. Doctors came to her, and on j t, sant-Governor in Council that a thee motion of Mr. '',her,on the in - !investigate i Royal Commission be appointed to t- - quest i uwas rs l.tttcljournadjourned till 7 o'clock real'sgver,ment. state �Resolhticnns en T , .< y evening. 'hum the Montreal Board of Trade A VERY STARTLING QUESTION ;and the citizens of Montreal were An extract from the evidence of a short time ago sent to the Attor- Nlr. Kinrade, father of Florence, nt t,ey_Gen al at Quebec, arLtngthat the inquest on Wedncsday night, 'such a commission be appointed. given in answer to Mr. )llackstock's The matter was referred to the questions: i Court of Appeals. The court re - "Is it true that when you canto served its decision. r,':-,t'r • front hall that day you d. - 1 have expected this would for a long tines' 1" „ 'Will you swear you did not use expression'!" au't for sure.,, yon used an expression of t kind you cannot give me any stands experiments with the Vick - son for your use of it 7" ers, Sons and Maxim Co. adapta- 'There are two reaons I night tion of internal combustion en- c if 1 did say it. In the firt gines to Inrgo ships has proved so ,•e; if 1 said it that was when I successful that the Admiralty has thought .it was Florence who was decided upon n now type of bat - killed. There arose nn idea that t'.eship, outdistan:ing the Dread - the man who had been following . nought type air;test as far as the her down south had been crazy latter outdistan,•ed its predeces- ' At 20 minutes to 2 o'clock, this A 3l0VIN(I FORTRESS. New Type of Battleihlp Ottidtrt- tane's the Dreadnought. A despatch from London says: The Evening News saws it under - 11!)11111:!) LETTER BOXES. Three Brookville Boys are Commit- ted for Trial. A de'pstch from Brockville says: A ayt;tentatic scheme of robbing the postoflico was unearthed on Tues- days arresth and the o 1 three night., boys, Gilbert Russell, 13 years; Joseph Lnrocque, 12, and James Murray, 11, followed. Tho boys acre caught in the net, a- d when ers shouted in terror, but the King apprehended, confessed that they spurred his horse to jump and the animal cleared the child. His Ma- jesty then dismounted and caressed and comforted the girl amid the applause of tho crowd. less than two months she returned. 1 ive months ago she struck up •an acquaintance with young Jones, and as her mother was arranging, she says, to send her to another convent abroad she decided to get married. So one day Miss Hopton asked her mother in a casual sort of way it she might marry. Tho mother tnonghtlessly answered: "Yes, if you can fled anyone to have you." To a similar question put by the young man to his father, the lat- ter replied : "You can get married twice over if you like." The young people took the par- ents at their word. Archdeacon Wynne Jones, to whom they ap- plied, granted a special license, and the marriage took place in the porter's "dinner hour" at Morton Parisn Church, tho vicar, Rev. C. R. Garnett Botfield, officiating. The ceremony was witnessed by the bridegroom's sister and by an Oswestry bird fancier. MOTHER ASTOUNDED. After tho service the couple parted, Jones returning to his offi- cial duties, while young Mrs. Jones returned to her home to break he news cf her marriage to her mo- ther. At first Mrs. Hopton refused to believe her daughter's state- ment, but the girl showed her the wedding ring. This convinced her. When she had recovered from her surprise, Mrs. Hopton at once sent a telegram with the news to the family aulicitot in Liverpool, and despatched a messenger to Welsh - pool to a Catholic priest. When the priest arrived the girl herself admitted him, and then left the house and rejoined her hus- band. She has not seen her mother since. The young couple moved later to some furnished quarters. The priest and he family solici- tor have had an interview with young Jones, and he was asked to leave the district until he became of age, meanwhile letting his young wife return to her mother. But the young couple will not hear of this. Young Mrs. Jones peeing quite happy with her posi• tion, and says she requires no other society than that of hor hus- band. "I was christened in a Protest- ant church," aho remarked, "and baptized in a Catholic church, and I returned to a Protestant church to get married." .t h1N;;',: HORSE31.INSIiiP. Sas cd the Life of n Little Girl at ('arta. A despatch from Madrid says: Ring Alfonso's skillful horseman- ship has just saved him from the misfortune of killing a child. As he was visiting nt Ceuta, a little girl approached him to present a petition on behalf of her imprisoned father. She fell ooneath the feet of the King's horse. The onlook- hnd watched for keys unthinkingly left in boxes, and, once secured, cued them for opening the boxes. Letters containing checks and 'honey were freely taken, and all but the cash destroyed. On Wed- nesday afternoon they were vein - milled fur trial. 1101' SAVED BY "X"-1t:11'`l. Safety l'in Was Located in London !'hil'l's Throat. A despatch from London, Ont., says! ":"-rays saved the life of enough to try to step her marrying stirs. The new ship will be a veri- the four-year-old son of Oliver the young minister by shooting her.'liable moving fortr,es, able to mete h,.ays, when the child swallowed Then I thought too, it might have, ell its heavy" runs in a complete a safety pin on Wednesday morn - been one of those tramps."+ercle and fire all of them on either,eie It was hurried to the hespi- "But you cannot swear positive- broadside )'rebetey the new ship t.t': and an examination made, Iy that you did not mak that will he arlr- d with 1e.:, -inch guns.: which re:ealc-d the pin fast in the statement 1' t nn'l will ',see a cd •i.laceancnt of 1 throat eche' " iieesiun wr.s made and "Well,'not fur sure." j31.nv; t .• i -.J of 23 knots.Ithe object removed. • -y, REASONABLE. Young Physician (diagnosing a case) -"In the first place, sir, you must drink less coffee." I'at.ient--"I never drink any coffee at all, sir." Young Physician (considerably annoyed) -"Well, you oughtto." 4• MiFtre=s (angrily) -"How dare you talk brick to me in that way 1 I never saw such impudence. You have a lot of nerve to call yourself a lady's maid." Now Maid -- "I don't call myself that now, ma'am, but i was a lady's maid before 1 got this job." !'rices of Cattle, Grain, Cheese and Other Dairy Produce at Houle and Abroad. I.1tEADSTU1.1- S. Toronto, Mar. 16. -Flour - On- tario wheat 90 per cent. patauts $4.10 to $4.15 in buyers' sacks out- sicio for export. Manitoba Hour; first patents, $5.70 to $5.:10 on `track, Toronto; second! patents, 85.20 to $5.40, and strong bakers', E to $3.20. Wheat -Manitoba whoa', $1.20 for No. 1 Northern, and $1.17 for No. g Northern, Georgian Bay ports. No. 1 leorthorn, $1.24, all rail, and No. 2 Northern, *L21 all rail. Oats -Ontario No. 2 white, 48%e on track, Toroato; No. 2 Western Canada oats, 480. Collingwood, and No. 3 at 46% to 47c Colling- wood. Teas -No. 2 92%e outside. Corn -No. 2 American yellow, 74 to 74%e on track, Toronto, and No. 3 yellow at 73 to 73%c, To- ronto. Canadian corn, 72 to 73o on track, Toronto. Bran -Cars, $23 in bulk outside. Shorts, $23 to $23.50 in bulk out- side. COUNTRY PRODUCE. Apples -$4.50 to $5.50 for choice qualities, and $3.50 to $4 for sec- onds. Beans -Prime, $1.90 to $2, and handpicked, $3.10 to $2.15 per bushel. Honey -Combs, $2.23 to $2.75 per dozen, and strained, 10% to llc per pound. Hay -No. 1 timothy, *10.75 to *11.25 per ton on track here, and lower grades, $9 to $10 a ton. Straw -$7 to $7.50 on track. Potatoes --60 to 63c per bag on track. Poultry -Chickens, dressed, 12 to 14c per pound; fowl, 10 to 11c; tur- keys, 17 to 190 per pound. THE DAIItY MARKETS. Butter -Pound prints, 20 to 21c; tubs and large rolls, 18 to 20c; in- foior, 15 to 17c; creamery rolls, 25 to 260, and solids, 22 to 23c. Eggs -Case lets of new laid, 21 1:o 25c per dozed. Cheese -Large cheese, 13'/.,c per pound, and twins, 14c. 1100 PRODUCTS. Bacon -Long clear, 11% to 120 per in and in case lots; mess pork, 1;520 to $`.0.50; short cut, *23 to $24. Hams -Light to medium, 14 to 14%c; do., heavy, 13 to 13%c; rolls, 10% to llc; shoulders, 10%e; backs, 16 to 16%c; breakfast bacon, 15' to 1Cc. Lard-Tiorces, 12%c; tubs, 13c; pails, 13%c. BUSINESS IN MONTREAL. Montreal, March 16. -Peas -No. 2, 98% to 99c. Oats -Canadian Western No. 2, 51 to 51%e; extra No. 1 feed, 50% to 51c; No. 1 feed, 50 to 50%c; Ontario No. 2, 50 to 50%c; Ontario No. 3, 49 to 49%c; Ontario No. 4, 48 to 48%e. Barley -No. 2, 63% to 63c; Manitoba feed, b8 to bs',c. Buckwheat - 55% to 56c. Flour -Manitoba Spring wheat potents, firsts, $5.80 to $6; Manitoba Spring wheat pat- ents, seconds, $3.30 to 85.50; Ma- nitoba strong bakers, $5.10 to $5.- 30; Winter wheat patelnts, $3.40 to $5.50; straight rollers, $5 to $5.10; straight rollers in bags, $2.- 31, to $2.45; extra in bags, $1.95 to $2.05. Feed -Manitoba bran, 822; Manitoba shorts, $24; Ontario bran, $23 to flee; Ontario shorts, $21.50 to $25; l)ntario middlings, 825 to 825.50; pure grain mouille, $33 to $35; mixed mouillc, $28 to 830. Cheese --Finest western, 13 to 13%e; eastorns, 12' i to 12%c. But- ter -hall creamery, 21e; Western creamery, 20e. Eggs -The demand continues good, and the undertone to the market is stronger, with sales at 28 to 30e per dozen. UNITED STATES MARKETS. Milwaukee, March 16. - Wheat --Steady; N 1 Northern, 81.16E ,� to $1.17; No. 2 Northern. 81.1•', s to $1.15; July, $1.03 asked. Rye, -No. 1, 79%+ to 80e. Corn -May, 69c bid. Barley -Standard, 67e; sample, 61 to 67c; No. 3, 65 to 66c; No. 4, 64% to C6c. Minneapolis, March 16 - Wheat -May, $1.11%; July, $1.12'„ cash, No. 1 hard, $1.14%; No. 1 Northetrn, $1.13%; No. 2 North ern, $1.11% to $L11;;; No. 3 Northern, $1.07% to $1.09%. Bran -in bulk, 823 to $23.50. Flour - First patents, $5.55 to 85.65; sec- ond patents, $5.45 to 135 55; first clears, 81.40 to $4.50; second clears. $3.15 to $3.25. Duluth, March 16. -Wheat - No. 1 hard, $1.11; No. 1 Northern, $1.- 13; No. 2 Northern. *1.11: May, $1.12; Jul", $1.12,1; Sept.. *1. LiVE STOCK MARKET. Toronto, Mar. 16. -Choke ex• porters' sold at $3.50; medium qua- lity nt 85 to 85.25; the best picked butchers' at $5; several straight leads, however, went at r4. so. The demand for good stockers and feed- ers continues, and dealers had no The Authorities at Winnipeg Aro Prepar- ing for a Busy Season. A despatch from Winnipeg says: The immigration authorities aro preparing for ono of the greatest seasons in the history of western settlement. Discussing the pros- pects on Wednesday, Commissioner Walker said :- "Judging from rho thousands of inquiries which we have received at the \Vinnipeg offices and the re- ports which we have received from agents in the United States, Great Britain and the continent of Europe, I have no hesitation in say- ing that the year 1909 will show a very great incteaso over any pre- ceding year. Of course, in the year 1903 the Government of Canada adopted stringent measures to check immigration. The result of this action on the part of the Gov - eminent was that there was a con- siderablo 'eduction in emigration from Great Britain during the last, fiscal year, and from all causes there was a decrease in that year amounting to 43 per cent., as rout- ' pared with the rrevious fiscal year. Of this restrictive policy we have already felt the benefit. 'There were in the city fewer unemployed men than there were in previous years, and much fewer than there would have been had we permitted an extra fifty thousand very poor Europeans to bo sent into the country during that year. We have also had during the )cast winter a very great reduction in the number of needy people corning to Immigrae tion Hall for food." difficulty in disposing of the small number offering at satisfactory prices. There were a number of young lambs on sale. These and sheep were in fair demand at last week's quotations. Calves were firm and unchanged. Hogs -Select at $6.90 f.o.b. and $7.15 fed and watered. FASTER TIME ON C. P. R. A Seventy -two-hour Service for Trauscontinen.tal Trains. A despatch from Winnipeg says: The dream of the C. P. R. operat- ing officials is about to be realized in a seventy -two-hour service for transcontinental passenger trains. This was reported unofficially on Thursday after the conclusion of a conference between tho leading western officers of the company. Tc, do this it will bo necessary to maintain a schedule of forty miles per hour. Whether this is possible remains to be seen, but it is cer- tain that the running timo will bo greatly reduced. SE:ALEIRS V'ITII WIRELESS. Newfoundland Fleet Equipped With Up-to-date Apparatus. A despatch from St. John's, Nfld., says: Equipped with a wire- less telegraph outfit and manned by 1,000 men, the Newfoundland sealing fleet of twenty-three steam- ers, sailed on Wednesday on its annual cruise among the dangerous ico floes of the North Atlantic. It is expected that much of the anxi- ety of past years will be, absent this year, as almost daily reports from the sealers aro anticipated. RUSH OF IMMIGRATION. Settlers From the Western States are Pouring In. A despatch from North Portal, Sask., says: The big rush of set- tlers from the United States bound for points in Alberta and Saskat- chewan is now on in earnest. On Wednesday twenty carloads of set- tlers' effects passed through on the Soo line, and on Thursday forty others came in. All the passen- ger trains are crowded with set- tlers. Indications point to a very heavy immigration from the west- ern States to the Canadian west. 31:1DE TWO FLIGHTS. Canadian Aeronaut Covers Nine. teen Mlles. A despatch hem Halifax, N. S., says: Mr. 1). McCurdy made two flights on Wednesday morning in the aerodrome Silver Dart, aggre- gating about 19 miles in all. The flights took place over the ice on the Bras d'Or Lakes, along a mea- sured course in a straight line of four miles. Experiments will now be resumed with lir. Ilell's tetra- hedral aerodrome Cygnet 11., the fifth aerodrome built by the Aerial Experiment Assrciation. DROPPED DEAD IN IIOTEI.. Proprietor of Roslin IIouse Vie(im of Heart Dieease. A despatch from Toronto says: Mr. Alexander Nelson, senior pro- prietor of the Rossin House, drop- ped dead in the rotunda of that hotel shortly before ten o'clock on Wednesday night. He was going to the elovater, intending to retire for the night, when the clerk of the hotel saw him stagger slightly and called to a porter who was near. This man and ono of the bell -boys caught, him and laid him upon the floor. Stimulants were immediately brought and Dr. Bruce Riordan was immediately summon- ed by telephone, but before he ar- rived Mr. Nelson was dead. Up to the last minuto Mr. Nelson seemed in his usual health, and just before starting upstairs had gone to close a window in ono of the rooms ad- joining the rotunda. STANDARD 01I. SAFE. Seeond Trial of Rebating Erds la Acquittal. A despatch from Chicago says t The Standard Oil Co., of Indiana, cn Wednesday was found not guil- ty of accepting rebates from the Chicago and Alton Railway on ship- ments of oil from Whiting, Ind., to East St. Louis, Ill. The verdict was returned by a jury in the Fed- eral Court on instructions of Judge A. G. Anderson, who averred that he followed the Circuit Court of Appeals decisions as to the verdict returned at the former trial of the sante case, on which verdict Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis assessed a fine of $29,240,000. AiIRSHIPS IN WAR. Britain Has Found it Necessary to Extend Their Scope. A despatch from London says: The Morning Post announces that the War.Oflice has awakened to the necessity for increasing and extend- ing tho scope of the military aero- nautical staff, realizing that the science of aviation is developing rapidly and multifariously. In ad- dition to inviting the Wrights to make flights here, the War Office is seriously considering experi- menting with "certain inventions that are neither in the nature of aeroplanes nor dirgible balloons, which are about to be tried by the German Ministry of War." b 1'f.l' WHEEL BURST. Peterborough Comely Farmer Was Fatally Injured. A despatch from Peterborough says : Russell Morrison was killed on \\'ednerday afternoon by the breaking of a fly wheel of the horse- power wood -sawing machine on his farm at Bensfort, South Mena - shun. A fragment mutilated Itis leg and death resulted during the night from loss of blood and shock. Deceased was aged 27 and was mar- ried on New Year's Day. C IIEALTII OF THE KING His Condition for Some Weeks Has Been the Cause of Groat Anxiety. A despatch from London says: \Vith reference to rumors that King I'dward's state of health is giving serious anxiety, it may be stated that the Ring, who is now at Biarritz, accompanied by his phy- sician, Sir Thomas Reid, is in gond health, to all appearances, and is active in his usual outdoor and in- door pursuits. It is true, nc•:rrt!-e'••.,-. that his condition for eev.1 of 'Peke pest has been the cat; -r of gr, .,1 coed- ety to his medical men nrd his in- timate friends. The melancholy truth has been known for some time. even to the principal news- papers, but nota word on the sub- ject has ben published in England, and it I\tts been hoped that no l public ait •:tion would be callad to it as long its le was able to con- tinue his ordinary manner of life. His condition is somewhat compli- cated, but it is an affection of the kidneys that chiefly alarms the doctors. It may easily happen that; no actual breakdown will oc,•ur for some months. While the a.athorities are reek- ing in every possible way to meet, alarm and public discussion of the King's health, they themselves is- sued an official intimation a few days ago to the effect that it was not satisfactory. It teas set forth that hie Majesty's visit to Biarritz wnti not n holiday or pleasure trip, but tens dictated solely by health considerations.