The Herald, 1901-01-25, Page 5BANFl Con, -Por some time negoti-
allow have been going on with Hon.
Daviel Mills, Minister of Justice,
looking towards the release of Fred
Elliott, who was committed to peni-
tentiary for tho shooting of his
brother, Representations wore
made to Mr. Mills to induce hila to
release Elliott unconditionally or
allow 1tini out on the new system
of tic l,ot-of leave (which means
Railed" to good bchavour.) llIr.
Mills took the ease under conssiaera-
tion,but state.; that he does not see
his wary clear to interfere in the
matter in any shape. He says that
the taking of human life, whether
accident or otherwise, is a serious
affair, and in his opinion the public
will not justify leniency towards
persons responsible therefore.
The Srm has a special cable des-
patch saying that at the recent
reception held at the Vatican the
Popo spoke for an hour and a half.
After the reception each Cardinal as
he left was observed to have a fold -
eel paper sealed heavily with the
Papal arms. The private secretary
of one of the members of the Sacred
College, while not professing to
speak with authority,expressed the
opinion that the document contain-
ed the Pope's political testament,
that is to say, it set forth his views
as to his successor and the policy of
the church in matters in the im-
mediate future. The document will
not be opened until after Leo XIII's
death. A report current in Vatican
circles is to the effect that the soul
would be broken at his death,which
he had no reason to suppose would
be delayed beyond this year, and
that in view of the gravity of the
outlook for the church it will bo
prepared for a Conclave. Messen-
gers loft Rollie on Tuesday with
the documents for the foreign
Cardinal, throughout Christendom.
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DEATH Or Ma. Jon:. W eitTE,-We
deeply regret to learn of the death
of fir. John Whita,the founder and
senior proprietor of the Exeter tray ;
Tilnen This sad event occurred on
the 12th inst. after a brief illness. He pats
Dfr. whine laid re oohed the good •
age of 73 yeei2 4 and li months. He Y l ler l
twa•: a remarkably ruhust and active' �G F
111011 until about three year,: ago, • And
when by a fall he rt'eeived tenth [�
injuries as l4V11t hint rontint't1 to his
reeitlene't' far over a year, and i'rom
the effects of awhieh lu' never re -
c vt're 1. lit' calve from St, Mttrvs f,
to Exeter about 0. quarter of a',en- �i e also Rets his Job
tui ;v ago and e'::ti1113i•ht'tl the
and although he had then little Print1no• done here.
ti,, aintallee with tlse business, by •
care and gl eel management Ito nastily i C you ever.
it a stat c c'•s. Ile was. a Iran of good
natural )L ilitit's,sllrt'wtl in busint'ss
thoroughly upright in ellarat'ter,
and was incapable of a mean or dis-
honorable act. He therefore, en-
joyed the fullest confidence and
esteem of all who enjoyed his
acquaintance. He was all enthusi-
astic Orangeman,bavingbeenactivo
in the order since early manhood,
and en unComprl'trisiint Cyonserva-
tavt`. but was always t'"tler:tnt of the
ol,illilare of others. Hip death will
ire a distinct Rt.): itt the t'iemn:lnity
talu'rt'
he lived tial hall P. ;;till insert`.
alko. 1➢e' ',NA- tot hi:At1y 1'e•rise"c•te`tl.
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atata.nt' Intl ai•.t' St•laaatt' of ('aaawla.
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Yes 0 am! nearly
soo more, some
handsomer and
some homelier,
but that makes
di f
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ere> ?cea
Everybody reads
the home paper.
6o,r.. before Feb.
1st.? It's a lot
for a young paper,
but a live paper will make lively
readers and plenty of tem.
Hath perfect ,blessed=
nesse
And goetli not es -
profits every
day.
re wee 1.:t' xt t :'- ¢ e to nl. 1 PeeaN,tonne a et a l alt: 1'. Wanatel., a6
vt et ran ➢ r, total a ttl �::➢ b::➢➢➢U`1➢t
intaecLan e' tt°.:,t toitv. 411. 8t;urcda
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lt•taal%eo;411• 914 r•Ca n:al atr:r,)>'Ttaoaat
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satatal.a•i 4I :•:a:4 e'➢•nom. and has been
11e<:vl¢'nt 'ot• l'...e'ilt•.n Bowed of
Trash'. :11*' Robert yie l:a :. a man
of :similar trial¢ Meadill. in bal:.inees
in _,l: •1a61•eal tale; the leasee vclea4t-
eal bE the avr :41rn28t-1.•r
act::: the Liberal can-
didate for wt. Antoine. 1.1ilontreal.
in the least t'Itr('tiarn. 4411(11ms heeu as
st1`etnet and co tt°2lt Lil,1'roll.
Tiu• Hon. David Reeser. who.
re'aig*,tis his stat on account of t'ld
age. i.• ' elle of the very fel - sur-
vivors of the Se'tiatot's appointed at
t'onfederati'at. having; is•e°11 0 Me131-
11e'r of the old Legislative Connell
ea' ('aalaaialaa. Iii: place is taken let'
the Mai. T.. M. Jones. Mr. Jellies
tool: a prominent part ill MQaniteabu
Val nld: <:274h11'S. twat'.. bb't'I11U11 441141
nfti revar➢•ele Mayen- of V irani peg
and .was a member ttf tate first
Greenway nawaay Aellitinistration. His
interest in the Massey -Harris ('on -
tern has made hint for sono' yt"ak1'a+
a resident of Toronto. 8nd he ae. aI
native of then County Of York-. :Ilea
Wood. Mr. Mackay a11(1 ;<ir. Tones
are all 1)Usi11e'Ss Men Of the highest
standing. who have been incientifieel
with public affairs in various ways
and have shov:n ill important
undertakings not or11,r ltilSine'$
enterprise i)ttt public spirit. They
are the "tet of alien whom we
ought to have in Parliament. but
tvhortt it is usually. :difficult to
induce to enter public- life.
Tlu' agricultural interest of Ont-
ario will find On exceededereditable
representative in 111-. George Mc-
Hugh, a Victoria farmer, who
represented 'South Victoria in the
last Parliament. Mr. Me'IIugh
takes the place of the late Sir Frank
Smith,. and we think is destined to
a like useful and honorable puillic
career. Tlw appointments, of
course, intake 0. considerable
advance toward equalizing the par-
ties in the Senate, but apart from
e e
that we theythink would begt,nt.r-
ally commended as judicious and in
the public interest..
a broader
one? All our Customers and sub
scribers get this smile on once in a
while,
4LL AND
HERALD
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A Detective Story
• Of a Chicago. uflerb. The
filtirder at The Orange and tfow
its Mystery Was Solved by
Darrent, the Amer.
!can Lecott.
BY NORMAN HURST.
Copyright, 8399, by the Arn':rican Press Association.
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r:-Iiiugeway motioned him to a
seat and awaited the commencement of
the conversation, for, while he could
not deny that, upon the evidence sub-
mitted at the trial, the verdict. had been
a just one, he dict not somehow feel
overamiable toward the man who had,
bit by bit, built up that evidence.
Darrent, who had great belief in the
efficacy of getting home the first shot.
suddenly opened fire.
"Why did you post a box of chess-
men to Miss Ethel Kingston, Bideford.
on the 13th of January?" he asked.
The effect upon Mr. Arthur Ridge-
way was instantaneous and astonish-
ing. He simply collapsed into the near-
est chair and gasped, "How the dickens
did you know?"
"Never mind how I know. I ask yes
why did you do it?"
"I did it for Astray Marsden's sake'
"Conte, come. Mr. Ridgeway ; this is
a little too thin. It's not a play, you
know."
"As sure as heaven's above us, Mr.
Darrent, that's the truth."
"Coale, now." said the detective
quietly; "you'd better make. a clean
breast of the whole affair, or you Ina)*
fiud voll'vc put yourself in a very seri-
ous le' e,itien. v e
"Ras Astray confessed?"
"Never mind what Astray's done:
You t. 1I ave pair version."
"Tie,re" a net much to tell I tslwaye
liked y no Mere -len. I told you that
when Sx:'I came l:• „rt?, I tll'V0'e! be -
thee .i itt 11 las <tn'I. tlu'te ht him a ntraigllt
pane 14,.tp and vo I do navy, mind
you." Ridgeway. "So I do new."
ga ell," Calmly interject-
ed I' t s 1.t.
"Well, the day after the mllnrder
Astray enn ct ever here') -
"Yes. kit, ea."
•1. -Icing; reared and white. and
• beta '1 sled preyed me to go t?ver to
.ltea::„t:al;'a the that thin; the next
raornlmt and to pretend to Doli^fen, the
chat'; *a y'ntiee there, that I was a de-
tective tiveraid act alba to give ale ,a ir.tt of
Ivor t'l: nat'n from tines library of The
grains °
yens lain], eh'"
"1 . ra'"i tat flr't, but A'wtray per -
nal. ➢.."'. He tatl Ilso it tnigltt be a.
llaaat.r.� ,'f life and death to him and
nett l ). i2 -t have tlao: a ehtri:s1t1e:1 be -
fere .a:;;r t'ta'a came from Chicago. i:'
mill was the only narks who could do
it . n 1 the only one he could trust', 1
Wes an aet+r and could play the part.
I coal make 'tip €e that 1 ehcsulti never
- "I' Itave coned," Darrent answered,
striving to keep calm in face of the tor-
renit of words with which he was as-
sailed, "I have come for two reasoas-
the first, to bring you a message from
the girl who believes in you still. I
come to say that she believes you inno-
cent. will ever believe yon innocent."
"Thank God for that I"
"That is my first duty, and I have
discharged it, and now I Have come to
help you if I can."
"Help met Listen, to him -help met
Haven't you done enough for m0 al-
ready ? Haven't you put the rope round
my neck? What more can you do, eh?"
"Perhaps I can help to take it off
again, if you are only reasonable and
will answer a few plain questions."
"Well, go ahead. There's one conso-
lation -things can't be worse even if
you do take down what I say and ase
it in evidence against me. It won't
avail now."
"Why," calmly asked Darrent, "did
yon instigate Arthur Ridgeway to
steal that box of chessmen from The
Grange and send them to Miss Kings-
ton?"
Astray gazed in astonishment at Dar-
rent. It was useless to attempt to deny
the fact since Darrent knew it.
"Because I believed they were of the
utmost value to nee."
"Why q"
"Old Marsden had always Ied me to
believe they were. Ile had always told
mo that there was some secret connect-
ed with them that I must one day know,
not in his lifetime, he said, but when
he was gone. especially if he ever died
suddenly. When we were good friends
and used to play chess together in the
old days at The Grange, ho would often
say as we set out the then, 'Don't for-
got, Astray, if anything ever .happens
t'.s ale you will find a secret hidden in
those* pieces, in the ivory queen.'
"The ivory queen?"
"Tile white ivory queen. 'When I
tun gone. Astray, and I may go sudden-
ly. thte never hnewsL "
"Ile saidthat?"
"Yea Why should 1 iionow? 'When
I art gone, you will find a secret in the
ivory queen that will explain all that 1
dna not tell your now.' That's what he
said malty a time."
"And so, after the murder, you got
Arthur Ridgeway to impersonate a de-
tective from Chicago and obtain these
chessmen for you and then send them
to Bideford, where you thought they
would bo iutf'eet"
"Auld yeti do not 3'ct know the 06.
rot t"
"Sib, 1T'i<)17 c0nl+i 1E Ton trach d nae
de113"1t at cnee. ai`1'a' b'ee?t 200 in CiticagoF ,
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