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Exeter Times, 1901-10-10, Page 5THE SIFTON 311111DER TRIAL. The Evidence All In---Xddresses by Counsel and Judge---Verjdict of the Jury. At the Silton murder trial at Lon- don. the latter part of the case was principally taken up by medical evi- deem Several witnesses were also recalled. John Sifton, brother of the late Joseph Sifton, and uncle of the pris- oner, was called as a Crown witness, but gave good 'evidence for the de- fence. In the first place he said that Gerald Sifton did not, as fax as he was aware, know of the contents of Joseph Sifton's will. He said furth- er, he had never asked for an in- quest. eross-examination 11-. Johnston got the facts about the famous but- ter paper LLt.niade on the night be- fore the tragedy, before the luta/. and all about Edgar Morden and his do- ings with it. John Sifters had en- tered suit against Morden arid gained a verdict, having proved that the butter paper will was a, forgery, By John Waters, Registrar of Mid- dlesex, it was attempted to prove that Gerald Sift= was financially in- volved, and in such circumstances that the death of his father would afford great relief and a, great baheri- tance. Mr. Johuston objected. Ife pointed out that there was no evidence. that Sifton know the contents of 11:5 la- ther's will. The Court upheld the objection. David Leckie identified the knife found in the straw in the Sift= barn mow as the one he had. lent Joseph Sifton a few day e totem his death. MARTIN alORDEN was recalled. Ile said that Gerald Sifton had told him that the late Joseph Sifton had in his will loft an inheritauce to him. (811 tori). seolild not swear to the day or month the conversation tool place, U017 anything more about it. Kitten bad said to him, "Everything is wil- led to me." 'nal, he remembered distinctly. "Why did you not tell of It when in the box the other day?" asked his Lordship. "I did not think it was necessary," said liforden. Edward Peters, e. neighbor, said tits t there had been trouble between osepli and Gerald Sifton, because of Joseph calling Mrs. Satan names. Ile said he would have been mad. too, if his wife had been called such a name. Joseph Sifton was a quar- relsome Man. Dr. Williams, of London, said ho believed the bruises of 5 fton's head might he made by a fall or a series of blows. He discredited Herbert's statement that ten or twelve blows were poured on the bead. lhalliarns stated that neither Sifton's skull nor Dr. McNeill's evi- dence as to the conditions he found, told any suck story as that told by Walter Herbert of the number ot blows from two such powerful men delivered with intent to kill. Dr. Room° told much the same story. DEFENCE GIVES EVIDENCE. Or. Arthur Jukes Johnson =dar- ed that the theory that the skull had received a number of forcible blows, as described by Herbert, was absurd. Such blows delivered on top or the head would crack the skull like an eggshell. The boggy ino.ss on top of the head could have been produced by impact with the ground. A metallic surface like an axe would not be likely to produce the injury. The blow which caused ., the wound on top of•the head, he ' believed, produced the fracture on , the right side. The skull, he said, was not consistent with anything in the evidence. In the cross-examination, Dr. Johnson admitted to Mr. Riddle that the boggy ina.ss on top of the head could have been produced by a blow 114, fron the fiat side of an axe. The wound on the back of the head, he asserted, could not be produced by of an axe, as described by Xerbert. DR: .CAVEN'S EVIDENCE. Ilriefly, the evidence of Dr. Coven, Of Toronto, amounted to this : The death of Joseph Sifton might have been due to a fall or to blows. He was 'inclined to the fall theory. A series of blows would have separat- ed the periostium from the skull. A single biota from an axe at right fainzlfse t,c!uld not have produced' the a s ture. A fall would have PrTild7C-11.11 the wounds found. , Dr. McCallum'. of London, said that the wounds were consistent with a fall, .or two or three blows - from. an axe, but' not consistent with a dozen hard blows. He favor- ed the fall theory, • Dr. Wishart, of London, was of the same ;opinion. "Could a man "Mr. Johnson: ask- ed, "who wished to conceal a crime, so gauge the blow's with an axe t� nroduco these Wounds ?" : 'Dr. Wishart daclined to answer. Dr:. Balfour, taperinteridont of Vile- - teria, hospital; London, laid stress 7 ---on tile fact that there was net much blood about. ' If .an [eke had been used in the rxiO-w there would have been blnod. .Mr. Riddell he said that blood might have been spilt On 'the, chaff and tetar.. reaelied the 'floor. De. Routledge, of Lambeth; and :Dr. Neu corroborated what liad al- reacllr been said by other doctors. they said. the iajury to the skull neiglit have beea cairSed by zrn axe, but the blows must have been very iight ones, A fall was moref cone sistent. • Dr. Shaw, of London,' went fur - :thee and said .he would recognize an 'axe wound arid this was not of that kind; • • • Din J. D., Wilson, London, based hjs. evidence of a fall on the fact that there was blood in. tlio bladder which meant a sudden shock. Provincial Analyst Ellis said there were no traces. 01 Str3rChithiC in the body, there was O trace of mamma- lian blood on the axe and also haw probably cow's hair, though he would not be certain. The first problem of the defence was to account for the blood on the ladder up which joseah Sifton climb- ed to the 'trap door. norry Smith, a. sheep skirt dealer, explained that be had brought sheep skins, some, of them bloody, down that ladder shortly before the tragedy, and they would lerare their mark. Allan Itoutledge also. testified to bleeding sheep being la the barn aboua that time. Richard Irwin and J. L. McIntosh swore that Gerald Sifton was left- handed. This is important in con- nection with the evidence of Herbert. Andrew Rogers, the second hired man an the Salton farm, denied cer- tain interviews with Herbert, which had been sworn to, Rogers alsa des Wed that Gerald Sifton had choked his wife In his presence, as Herbert had stated, nor did he hear Gerald Sifton say on the morning of the tra- gedy that if Joseph Sifton and Mary McFarlane were not already married, he would put the old man in a place where there were no marriages, Mr, Johnston said he would waive etiquette and cell Mr. Ueliniuth. Ilis Lordship consented. Ur. Ilellrnutk said that shortly af- ter the arrest Ucrbert had sent for him and asked him to take his case. He told precisely the same story as told by Gerald Sifton. On the next day the confession of Herbert aws peered in the press, ale, ITellniuth went to the jail and, told Herbert be teased to them. Ur. Riddell closed could not net for him. Ilo asked b dwelliug upon the responsibility Ikrbert, if his coufession was trued of the jurors to decide the case upon and Ilerbert, replied: "No Matter] the evidence, and said tliat no sym- pathy should deter them from their duty. They should follow the Biblical law and render justice, man who had admitted ber nufaith- fulness. They might as well. talk of Sifton gang as of the Mord= gong in connection with this case. The time that the alleged bargaining for the wil.l Was going on the will was in the custody of Crown Attorney Magee. Even it Gerald Sifton did not know the contents of the will he must know that a marriage would seriously impair his chancee. De- spite\ the insinuations there was no- thing to show that Inspector. Mur- ray had not conducted his investiga- tion with the same honor and fair- ness that distioguished the 'many cases he had handled in his long career. There was no doubt -that Joseph Sifton and Mary McFarlane spent that Friday night at Edgar tforden's house. Was there a true will drawn up, anci after that an- other •will ? That was a mystery. He did not think that any man who bad seen and heard the two men give evidence as to seeing Joseph Sifteu with the axc would believe taem. Mrs. Sifton's story was a na- tural one, for a woman worIld ;or - alto) anything or do anything for the man she loved. It was impos- sible that Herbert could have in- vented his story, for he lacked im- agination to do so. His evidence gave not only the more probable, but the only possible explanation. Prof, Coven had seed there must have been two blows, and One of the doctors called for the defence, after examining the premises, said. foul play. It was incredible that Jcseph Sifton had climbed up a. 6 by 6 scantling to kneels off the boards. Mr. Riddell emphatically denied that any pressure was brought to bear upon Herbert, who had made bis first confessionto an uacle. There was no possible corapensation, no inducement tallith would lead Herbert to admit that he had helped to kill a roan. Herbert had been over a year iti jail, and in. that time he might possibly have diminished his own and increased Sifton's part in the crime. If the arordens had made up a story they might very well liave said that Gerald had cons what anybody says or what I may have said, the story I told you yes- terday is true." Mrs. Mary Sifton contradicted Her- bert's story. She swore positively that her husband. had not choked her and contradicted the ovidene,e of Mr. McFarlane regarding threats. Ger- ald had said that be did not care which of the boys helped with the hay fork. ' This closed the evidence for the de- fence. ADDRESS FOR THE DEFE,NCE. When Mr. Johnston rose to make his address the court -room was jammed witit an eager and attentive audience. In opening, he pointed out to the jury that the life of a. young man was at stake. not only his life but the happiness and life of his wife. "You are not hero to decide wheth- er Gerald Siftoo is guilty or inno- cent," said the counsel, "but to say, upon the evidence, and the class of evidence that has been brought be- fore you,. wbether he hae been prov- en guilty of the crime with. which he is charged. It is for you to say that we shall hove no newspaper trials, no deteetivo trials,. but that mon shall be given a hearing upon the evidence that is given from the witness box, and on that alone.' Only when the evidence carries home the conviction to the jury could a verdict be found When between thir- ty and forty skilled physicians and surgeons, although differing in minor points all agreed as to the improba- bility of Herbert's story of murder,. surely that showed great doubts in their minds. If these men expressed grave doubts and many of them said that the story of Herbert was prac- tically incredible, surely the jury must have serious doubts as to the same thing. The Crown witnesses had themselves said Herbert's state- ment was inconsistent with the facts found. They were not trying Gerald Sifton upon newspaper stories. If that systena were adopted trial by airy might be abolished and court and justices wiped out. Upon the tforden's evidence Mr. Johnston was especially severe. The trail of the serpenaswas .all over their testimona. Wherever there was the greed of money there was the name "Mord- ens." Where you find the man who heard his betrothed traduced and raised not his voice or hand you find agaia "Morden." d In their story is the voice of the perjurer and the hand of the forger. The man who toils a story in order to be safe -aa story which is incredible to the doc- tors, who is taken. into the dark chamber of iniquity and the very pi1 of hell, underneath his record is writteo Walter 1Terbera Edgar Mor- den. Mr. Johnston described the testimony given by Burgess as to Sifton's alleged admissions. The :Marden -McFarlane -Herbert chain 'of evidence was attacked, and Mr. John- ston taskecl if upon that evidence they could send a, man to the -rope of the balm:mans He said that Gerald Sif- ton's desire. to prevent the marriage was a natural One, and his action in Seeing Martha Morden, Mary' McFare lano's 'affianced husband, one.that would occur to nay man. -It murder were to be conipaitted world he go 'around trying to •peddle the job? If the Mardens .,were men Who could be hired to -coral:mit murder • their dance was not worththe utterance, Herbert's • story wasrevioWed, arid Mr. Johnston. said that...the doctors could not achnit it as being true. The jury could not aeeept it as giv- eh, and when they coinnteeced to sift 'it through, what portion of it could they believe? They must reject it al- together. The responsibilitnn ofthe jiirymea Me. !I.ohnston pressed home, and, in closing sancle-"Yon have to do it upon the evidence which:I Say is unexaMPled in the history -of crim- inal trials in this country.'. THE JUDGE'S CHARGE. On Thursday morning" Mr. Justice McMahon began Ills address to the jury. Aftor warning the jury of their duty he began to speak of the motive of the crime which, accord- ing to the Crown. was formed an the evening before the tragedy, wheu Sifton learned or tho approaching wedding of his father. "The mo- tive is established," said the judge, "by evidence not very reliable." The case was an unusual. one in the fact that, according to the Crown, 811-. toll had gone about hero and there offering rewards to people to kill the old man. Ho wont to James Mor- den, who directed him to Martin Morden. Hero his Lordship com- mented very severely on the conduct of the Mordens for not at once in- forming the authorities and telling Sifton that they, INTENDED TO INFORM. Following up the story his Lord- ship spoke of Herbert's evidence re- garding a bargaizt with the prisoner on the morning of that day. He pointed out that both Rogers and Mrs. Sifton contradicted the state- ments maxi° and showed the impossi- bility of such a bargain being made. BUTTER -PAPER 'WILL, The butter -paper will was touched on to show that the Mordens had some inducement to give evidence against Sifton. They got an offer of $1,000 for that will from Gerald Sifton. Did the hfordens go further and offer an inducement 't If Her- bert's evidence is untrue, there is no evidence upoxt which a conviction can be made. The judge seemed to make much of Dr. ticalail's evidence. To him Cler- ald Sifton suggested giving the old man, when about to die, strychnine. "That was incomprehensible, but peo- ple were sometimes incomprehensi- ble." "To sum up in a word or two," said his -Lordship, "Walter Herbert was an accomplice, and although the jury May convict on the evidence of an accomplice alone, the law says the judge is to warn the jury, as I now warn you, that it is unsafe to con- vict on such evidence without some corroboration, for it is very easy for an accomplice to shift tho blame from his own shoulders to those of the man he aecuses. ' "The corroboration you have is the fact of the prisoner's going to James Morden and Martin Morden, and the statements naa.de by Dr. McNeil. This evidence may or may not afford cor- roboration. That is left to you to say. Most of the medical evidence was to the •ettect that if the blows were administered as described the skull would be °leashed, and that the theory of a fall is more consistent. 13ut if Walter Herbert strucls Vie first biota', as he says,tho medical evidence must be eliminated, If you have any doubt, give the prisoner the benefit. of the doubt." ' The charge was completed at 11:40 and the jury retired. It was very impartial; though slightly in favor of the prisoner. . a JURY FAILS TO AGREE. THE CROWN CASE. • ' Mr. Riddell opeeed by stating that the Crown had not 'called Edgar Morden because they did not wish to produce a witness against whom there was the slightest taint, The defence had scered 'Martin. Morden because he had not rnauriecl. a wo- Clerk Mac,Beth. "No, my Lord," replied the fore- man in a low tone. The crowd breathed easier, the on- ly thing to break the silence was the convulsive sobs of the little woman in black. Ma. Justice MacMahon told the jury that every riaan,'s conscientious ()pinion must be regarded, and ask- ed the foreman if there was any pos- sibility of an agreement. Mr. O'Sul- livan replied that there was not. and his Lordship announced that ho would not keep the jurymen further. With inagnificent nerve Gerald Sif- ton had faced the ordeal, and when. the announcement was made there was no change in his expression. His faithful wife bent forward and buried her face in her hands, sobbing bitter- ly. As in the solemn stillness the judge wrote down the formal disposi- tion of the case, she lost control„ and her friends had to come to her assistance. Clear-eyed and calm-fae- ed, Sifton beard the report of the jury, and walked from the court room, bac% to his cell with a smile on his face. • Nine for conviction, three for ac- vittal, stood the jury °tithe trial of Gerald Sifton for the murder of his father, after five hours' argument in the. jury -room. • His Lordship Was satisfied that the jury could never reach an agreement, and • discharged. them, •Sifton Went back to his cell to await a new triLl a,t the Spring Assizes. -„s At two minutes to five Thursday • afternoon; twelve men filed into the court -room while an expectant crowd sat hushedin awed silence. In the dock sat Gerald Sifton, it man whose very life depended upon the word of those twelve .silent men. Beside Min, staring - wild-eyed into space, her very soul reaching out to receive the first intimation of the verdict, sat the prisonerdevoted wife. I -lis Lordship leaned toward the jurymen. • "Gentlemen of the jury, have you agreed upon your verdict?" asked MARKETS OF THE WORLD Frlee3 of Cattle, Grain, Cheese, tzg tethe Loading Iffarketg, Toronto, Oct. 8. -Wheat -There is a quiet trade with millers only, who are buying sparingly. New 07 -lb wheat is quoted at. 65c middle freight, and beavier grades at Otic. oia -soloat to millers quoted at 67.4o low froights. No export „business. No. I. spring is quoted at. 68c 08,st, and No 2 goose at 61e. Manitoba wheat is lower, No 3, hard selling itt 7911c, grindiug in transit, and NO 2 hard and No 3..Northern. at 77ac, g.i.t. For Toronto and west 2c lower. Oats -The market is quiet and prices easietta No 2 white sold at 341e low freigat to New York. On track here they are quoted at 37e. Peas -The market is steady, with sales of No 2 at 70 to 714, high freight, Barley -The tua,rkat- is steady. No 3. quoted at 52c middle freight. No 2 quoted at 481 to 49a; No. 3 extra at 47ac, and, feed at 45e. Corn -Market is quiet, with prices Omer. Ogerings small. No 2 Can- adian yellow quoted at 56c wrist, and mixed sold at 55i0 west. U.S.', earn nominal at ale on track here. Rye -The market is quiet, with ears Quoted at 48e, middle freight. and .491c east. Flour -The market is quiet. Ninety Per cent. patents, $2.60 bid, in buyers' bags, west, but none offer- ing. Locally and for Lower Pro- vince trade prices of choice straiftht rollers, in wood, are $3 to $3.20. Hungarian patents, $a, bags includ- ed, at Toronto, and strong bakers', $3.75. Oatanecd-Unchanged. Car lots on track here, $3.95 in bags, and $4.05 in wood, broken lots 30c per bbl. extra,. Millfead-Bran is offering at $1.3 to $13.50 in. bilk, middle freights, and $14 in car lots here. Shorts sell here at 816 in car lots. HOGS AND PROVISIONS, Dressed hogs are again lower to- day at $9 to $9.25. Hog products continue firm. We, quote :-Bacon, long clear, sells at 12c in ton and case lots. Pork -Mess, $21.50 ; do.. short cut, $22. Smoked meats -Mans, 14e to 144c; breakfast bacon, 15 to 160; rolls, 12}e; backs, 15a to 16c, and shoul- ders, 11ao to 12c. Lard -The demand is fair. We quote :-Tierces. 114 to 11.ac ; tubs, 11a to lno ; pails, 12 to laic, Compounds, 81 to 9. DAIRY ALARKETS. Butter -The receipts of butter con- tinue good, but too much poor stuff is offering. Wo quote :-Selected fresh made dairies, 16 to 17c; choice 1 -lb rolls, 18e; second .grades, in rolls or tubs, 13c to 14c. Cream- ery, firm; prints, 21 to J12c; solids, 191 to 20c. Eggs' --Tho market • is firm. We quote :--Strictly new laid, 16c ; fresh candled, lalcasseconds, 10 to 13c. Cheese -The market is dull, with finest qualities quoted at 10c. and seconds at 91c. Buffalo, Oct. 8.-Flour-Ste4dy. Spring wheat -Fairly active; No. 3 Northern, 72sc; No 2 do., 701c. Winter wheat -Weak; No 2 red, 74c; No 1 white. 75c. Corn -Firm; No. 2 yellow, 61ac; No 3 do, 61,c; No. 2 corn, 601c; No. 8 do., 60ac. Oats -Steady; No 2 white. 40c; No 3, do, 39aci No 2 mixed, 37/c; No 3 do., 371c. Barley -58 td 62c for common to fancy. Rye -No 1, in store, .57c. Canal freights, steady. Detroit, Oct. 8. -Wheat closed -No. 1 white, cash, 70/c; No 2 red, cash, and October, 70c; December, 71D ; May, 75/e. St. Louis, Oct. S. -Wheat closed - Cash, 68Dc ; October, 68tc comber, 70tc; May, 73fe. - Minneapolis, • Oct. S. -Wheat closed -Cash,.• 67c; • December, 66,/c; May, 69* to 69Dc; on track, No. 1' hard, 70c; No. 1 Northern, 670; No 2 do., 61 to eke. Flour -Lower ; first patents, $3.85 to :13.95; do second pateats, $8.75; first clears, $2-75 •to $2.85; second -do, $2.20. Brim- Inebulk, $13 to $13.25. ' LIVE STOCK MARKETS. . teronto, Oct. 8.-aThe receipts at the Western cattle market .to -day 'were 78 carloads . of live stock, in- cluding 1,321 cattle, 1,605 sheep and lambs, 800 hogs, 70 calves and mfich cows, and five horses.'''• • There was a good, lively market herd to -day, and, while the quality of the market was only fair, the de- mand was active, and prices firmer. Everything was sold out early. 1.1xport cattle .was in steady de - mend to -day, and for • choice stuff 5c .per lb. was paid, Butcher 'cattle of the right kind was in good request. More good to choice stuff Nroulcl have sold to -day at from 4 to 4ic ci ib' Stockers were in goon aupply and were ouoted atuncfmnend prices. Feeders were scarce enncl wanted. GREATEsT BAmE oF BRalItT. sa tea a a, A British Garrison of Less Than 300 Held 4000 Boers at Bay. A despatch from London says :-1 commander to withdraw his ex - All the accounts of the fighting at ',housted ferce which reached: N'Kand- Fort Itala, including those from the ida in the morning. AMOng • the Sduth African. correspondeats of tho Boers killed were Generols Opper- newspapers show that it was laaa,n and Schultz and Conmtandant one •of the illost striking offensive Potgieter. and defensive engagements of the I According to m statement witich war. The whole British garrison;reached. Durban. from. N'Itanditia, it there numbered only 300 men, with/British military surgeon who :second - two 15 -pounders and m Maxim gun. ed Ilmla, la the • rooming to attend An Outpost of 80 men, under Lieuts. ;the wounded there was immediately Kane and Lefroy, occupied the sum- ,inade a prieener by Boers, who com- mit of the lull, oute.of sight of the pelted him to main camp, tvhich was on, the slope! ATTEND TflEIR WOUNDED. of the hill. At about midnight 6001 I3oers rushed the outpost. 'Ilzeir on-. • :Consequently the British woUn.ded • slaught was so sudden and fierce lay unsuccore• d during ttre day ha the that• for tweisty minutes only bay -,broiling sun, without water. ox,ets were used. Overwhelming j T•he attack on Prospect seems to odds soon decided the possession. of Boers. Tact away. •have been only disastrous to the was well situated the outpost, Lieut Kane fell dead sh.outing : • for defence, and although tho garri- "NO SURRENDER." son numbered only twenttr men, with 1 one Maxim, they withstood all at Lieut. I.efroy was severely wounded, tocks, notwithstandieg the dasiti ancl the whole force was dfsabled.ibtavery of the aesaile,nts. The lot - Tito main camp woe thus reduced to' ter withdrew Without achieving their 220 men. The Doers assailed front purpoect end their dead were piled all sides. larozu, about 1. a..m.:arouncl the fort. The British loss throughout the remainder of the .was one killed and 12 wounded. night and all the following clay the I The Boers Wive never hitherto dis- little garrison withstood tbern until played such reckless daring, and seven. in the everting, when the out -a their defeat is the worst smash they look seemed desperate. The Britisin,have sustained. Major Shapntart, had been without water for meaty ,commaadiug the British, seemed to hours, the Boers besting cut off their:bear a, charmed life. Gen. Kitchener supply, and their ammunition Immunition was has congratulatod him - fast faiUng. AlMost suddenly the On Saturday the Boers captured it Boer lire began to slacken, and soon 1 largo British, convoy. Gen. Handl- after the attackers withdrew, either ,ton pursued them and came into learning that General Bruce Hanna./ action with them, but no details of ton was approaching or in sheer des- tho fighting have been received, pair of seceeeding. Their retitoluent ,though it is reported that the Boers opened the way for the weunded were again PunIshed. Good ranch cows are also wonted; the range of price to -day was frora $25 to $45 each. Up to $50 will be paid for the right kind. There is a steady enquiry for good veal calves, which will easily bring (if of the right kind) up to $10 each. Export sheep are worth 3c per lb. Lambs axe worth from 31 to 3e per lb. Hogs axe quoted at the prices of Tuesday, with the probability of a further degtine. The best price for "singers" is 7e per lb.; thick fat and light hogs are worth 7c per lb. Hogs to fetch the top price must be of prime quality, and scale not. below 160 nor above 200 lbs. Following is the range of quota- tions :- Cattle. Shippers, per ewt...$ 4.25 Butchers', choice COO Butchers', ordinary to good .. 8.95 Butchers', inferior 2.75 Sheep and lambs. Choice ewes, per cwt 3.00 13utchers' sheep, each 2.00 Lambs, each 2.50 Bucks, per cwt... 2.50 Milkers and Calves. Cows, each 0.00 45,00 Calves, each 2,00 10.00 Hogs. Choice hogs, per cwt. Light hogs, per cwt. Lleavy hogs, per cwt. Sows, per cwt... ... $ 5.00 41.50 3.75 3.00 3.25 3.00 3.50 -3.00 7.00 7.25 0.00 7.00 0.00 7.00 8.50 6.00 THE DUKE IN THE WEST. Indians Present the Duchess With a Priceless Relic. A despatch from Ashcroft, B.C., says :-The Royal party's run back from the Pacific coast aommenced 1. earnest on. Thursday. Early in the morning the Empress of India., with her escort, arrived at Vancouver from Victoria, and shortly before ten o'clock the Duke and Duchess de- barked to take the Royal train. The lest ceremony on the coast was the reception car the wharf of a. large number of Indians, representing the Port Simpson, Mission Coast, Main- land and Sechelt tribes. They are of a type wholly different from those of the .prairio and Eastern Canada, both in physique and otherwise, and presented the Duchess with the "Hat of the Chiefs" (1Citi-1.1M-Shamorgat), a headgear which they venerate and hold as af priceless value. lt is made of curiously carved' wood, and includes a. unique mask. The top is of bristles pulled front the beards of sea lions, and of great antiquity. From it falls a mantle of ermine skins! As it is said by tiler Indians to have been handed down for count- less generations, the generosity of the tribes is the more notable. Tbe Duke courteously thanked the In- dians on behalf of the Duchess. The departure of the Duke for tbe East took place inthe presence of thousands. Half a dozen bands play- • COD SAVE THE KING,: and the warships • in the harbor fir- ed the. Royal salute. Before •his 'de - pasture the Duke inspected the blue- jackets and complimented the officer in command. • • Thursday %afternoon between Yale and North Bend, the Duke and Duchess, with sane of the suite, mounted a. specially prepared engine with arin-chairs • strapped upon it, and rode for 'soma miles amid the wonderful • rock scenery of • Fraser Canyon. • At it point at which the enginc emei-e'ed. from a tunnel a cinematograph Pieture of the Royal engine was taken by le MacGregor, R.N., who has •been making pictures of the chief incidents of the tour for exhibition in England. The Duke before leaving Victoria. telegraphed Premier Dunsmuir nt Extension, 13.0 expressing sorrow d6llteri 1.1eictiP aS so d through the once-famcius placer Mine region of Car: on, atlCi there baare beenssanall ovations at all the quaint old settlements . • Th.6 Royal party will divide at Inarain. when .the Duke will go on with a. small following to Poplar Point, Manitoba, to shoot small game on Seratar Kirchhoffer's ranch. The Duchess remains at. the mountain. resort MVO days, where ri programme has been arranged for her entertainment. ROYALTY AT BANFF. A despatelt front Danfia Says i -The Duke and Duchess arriv- ed here at 3 o'clock on Friday, and separated for a, short time, The Duchess and the ladies of het suite will make their headquarters at the , Banff House, which overlooks tha grand array of peaks, and has been chartered far her use. The Duke and a party composed of Prince of Alex- ander of Teck, Lord Wenlock, Duke of Roxburgh, Sir Charles Oust, Hon. Derek 1epO011, Commander Fount, Major Maude, Col. Service, and the special service officers, left at 10 , p.m. for Poplar Point, Man., where they will be the guests of Senator' Kirchhoffer on a hunting expedition. I On Saturday tho Duchess and her ladies will retrace the route to Lag -1 gan ia it special train, where, alto will visit Lake Louise and return to Banff in the evening. She leaves here Sunday night, mad rejoins the Duke Monday night. During the aiternoon the Duke andl Ducbess drove to see the buffalo in the National Park, and the celebrat- ed cascade. Sir Wilfrid Laurier and Sir Donald Wallis went forward to Winnipeg on the Duke's train, where Sir Wilfrid will attend to public business. On Fridnen in passing through Field, B.C., Sir Wilfrid had it tingutshed visitor in the person or Sir Claude Macdonald. late Ambas- sador to Pekin, who is en route to his new post in Japan, and is holi- daying in the mountains. Sir Claude Macdonald also met the Duke at Field on the arrival of the Royal train, and they took a walk up and down the green near the station dis- cussing matters at home and abroad. The interview lasted over twenty inionNTI lE SHOOTING GROUNDS. A despatch from. Poplar Point, Man. says :-Tho train conveying, his Royal Highness the Duke of Corn- wall aud York Mid suite arrived here about 11 o'clock on Sunday morn- ing, and was received by Senator Kirehhoffer and Lord Minto. The shooting paxty consists of his High- neas the Duke, Prince Alexander of Took, Lord. Crichton, Commander Godfrey Foseet, Sir Charles Cust, and Major Meade. After luncheon on the train, Sena- tor Kirchhoff& and his guests drove out to the lake, it distance of -about 12 miles. On arrival at the landing a. fleet of canoes was ready to con - 1.120 guests to the shooting lodge, which is a. five tailes' paddle across the slough. The canoe Conveying the Duke of Cornwall and York was guided by John Atkinson, premier guide Of the Lake Manitoba, shooting grounds, with Lord. Minas in the bow, the other boats forming a fleet of honor. The party reached the shooting lodge about 5 o'clock. El- aborate preparations had been made for their entertainment them, which highly delighted the guests. The coma try is wild in the extreme, but the alto selected for the shooting lodge is an ideal spot; and has the appear- ance of a shooting box. The out- auildings and a group of tents made a very pretty picture. ,The weather' is perfect, and as garno, particularly • ducks, are plentiful,there are pros- pects of, a 8,pletidid outing. All • the shooting. will he done from -canoes, and the sportsmen will be on hand in good time in tbemorning to cat& the early flight 'of the birds. Shortly. after the .arrival at the lodge dinner was served, and the re- mainder of the day was . spent in a quiet inspection of the lodge anclaits s•urrousidings. The party Will remain at the shooting box until Tuesday.: They will'entrain itt Poplar Point it 8 o'CIOC, OR that day, reaching Winnipeg about 4 o'clock. Sir Wile Lida Liturier left the party there, and will reiilain in Wsnnipeg until r.17ues-- da.y as, the guest, of Lieutenant -Gov- ernor Alc)fillan and Senator, Weets•on. tack by Delarey. A despatch from London sayetee The War Oflice has reecived the fOlet lowing despatch froM, Lord I(itchann, er, dated Pretoria, Thursclay:-"De- la,rey's night attack on the carnp of Kekewich (who eonialanded the gar- rison at Minim/ley during the siege) ittill yl?./owidheawwerwa o one piztetabsosuedby saud stthrecme:-. bous owfitehlos%refiagth tylingrt%110 AeliZrytwvra% driT- en off. Our casualties, I regret to say, were severe. Of the ollicerS one ven were severely wounded and three sinceatcricedro ub wo; wastruldtdiedthaalitdireonheaod as slightly. Of our men thirty-one were killed, six dangerously wounded, for- ty-two severely wounded, and twen- ty-six slightly. rrho wounded bows arrived at Itustenintrg, and are being well eared for. Forty more remain to be accounted ter. No detalie have been received. Cot. Kekearich who Was slightly wounded twice. reports that all the ranks behaved extrenmar well. "The reports of the enemy's heavy loss at Itala and Prospect are con- firmed. Two hundred and fifty Boers were killed and three hundred Wounds ed." A. later message from. Kitchener says that the two Royal Artillery guns which were captured by the Boers at Vlakfonteia Lave been re- covered. the scene of the bold at- tack by Commander Delarey on Col- onel Kekewich's camp, Is 75 Milea west of Pretoria, and 15 west 01 Ituetenhurg- As the wOuncled Were brought. back to Ituatenburg It looks as though Maidewill, which close to the Magator Pass. in the afagaliesberg rouge, had been aban- doned. Among the Boers killed at Moidewill was Conatuanclant Tobias Boshof. s. well-known leader. Kemp's, Scouts picked up the body. Moat et the others tilled were foreigners. A CLOSE RACE. Third. Straight Win tor the -Yankee Boat. A despatch front New Yort; says The America cup stays, but Sir ThOpaas almost got it nate. His elusive tritter, Shamrock 11,, in rt, gentle breeze. and through plaeld seas of duck -pond snootiness, OIL Friday covered. a, 30 -mile course off Sandy Hook, 15 miles to leeward and 15 miles to windward, about 19 seconds faster than the wonder- ful wooer of "weather," the match- less Herreshoff model, Columbia. Slipping down the Wind frOM the rum er 01. seam dqsq2 AMOS. Ing mart; at sea,. the best. Single - sticker ever built nbrottd beat the Yankee yacht in actual ii1330 by one intauto and six seconds. Officially, this beat does not count, as both raters crossed the starting line at 11.02.00, when the handicap gun was Ared from the committee tug Navi- gator. Tile oilicial differetice in the •leeward work was 48 acc,onds, lif the Shamrock had retained this la the light weather work she would have vanquished the Columbiki by seaonds. But she was unable to do this, aud the result, was that the sebite sloop scored 1101' third victory by a margin of only 41 seconds cor- rected time. In elapsed, or actual. time, taming the start of each yacht at 11.02.00, the Shrunrock covered the course two seconds faster than the Columbia. • The Ring and Queen of rt,alei are visiting Venice. PLAGUE IS SPREADING. China is the Only District Where Disease is Decreasing. A despatch from Washington says: -Reports to the Marinenntrospital Service front all parts of 'tett world show a continued spread of the pla.- gue in most sections. In British East In.dia. during the week ending August 2, last; there were 2,622 new plague cases, and 1,930 deaths recorded in the Bombay Presidency,. an increase of more than 200 deaths over the previous week. There were 136 plague deaths in the city of Bombay that week and many others suspected. In Egypt the total number of bu- bonic plague cases from April 27 te September 2 was 1.82;- with liff deaths. In Queensland the destruction ot rats continues, but the official report shows 82 plague cases, including tex deaths froro. February 28 to july In Mina, at the port and Town of Swata.0 and neighboring districta the plague is steadily decreasing. THE SAMAR 1VIASSACRE Body of Captain Found Partly Burned. A despatch from Manila- says: - Phe advices from the Island of Sae mar give harrowing details of tint slaughter of the members of Com, pany "C" Cith U.S. Infantry, last Saturday at Balangiga. It seems. that the President of the town, claiming to bo friendly, led the as- ' sault. Tho body of Capt. Connell was fouod tied by the heels, saturat- ed with kerosene, and partly burned. Forty-five bodies had been burned in a trench:leaving seven unancounte ed. for. • In numerous instances till bodies had been badly mutilated: TRAVEL IN BRITAIN. Passenger Traffic During -the Year Totaled $225,000,000. A despatch from London says .,-,• The annual report of the Board of Trade itt regard to railways in ,tho United 'Kingdom shows that the re- ceipts from passenger t rani c during the year amounted to Z45,000,000. Of this sum, Z28,000,000 clime from piissengers. 'The receipts from freights •during the year were £59,000,000: • ,