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Schalkburger were present to -night
at the debate In the House of Cow-
rnone over the Civil Service esti-
mate placing the additional amount
required as a grant to aid the
Tronsvaal and Orange. River Col-
ony during the present fiscal year
at $10,000,000, which ended in an
agreement to vote the sum in ques-
tion.
Colonial Secretary Chamberlain, in
response to criticisms or the =e-
ntre from the Opposition, depre-
cated pessimism over South Arra
cau affairs. He said the fact that
the Boer prisoners would all be re-
patriated this year exceeded the
most sanguine expectations. He de-
clared that his pole desire :n gang
to South Africa was to bring to-
gether a kindred people.
Chamberlain and the Students.
Lottilorl, Nov. 10. -The etudents of
Unieersity College School, Londou,
presented an address today to Mr.
Joseph Chamberlain, the Colonial
Secretary, wiehIng him a pleasant
and successful visit to South Af-
rica.
Mr. Chamberlain, who was edu-
cated at London University School,
made an address, in which he said
that he believed there was nothing
more important than to supply the
deficiencies that separated Eng-
lishmen from those with whom they
came in closest competition, in
Germany, America, .Canada and
Australia. He said he thought the
time was coming when the Govern-
ment must give more attention to
the higher education of the young
men. He thanked the students for
their good wishes for a safe anti
pleasant voyage, and said he look-
ed forward to the future. lie was
convinced that there was a future
which had been absolutely unfore-
seen, even by the mosi, sanguine,
in stoma Tor the great domini,ee
of the King in South Africa.
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VII•••••••••11.ffe•
INTERNATIONAL LESSON NO. VII.
NOVEMBER 16, 1002.
The Time of the Todgos.-Judges 2: 7-19.
Com muentary.- Explanatory. The
judges were the rulers or leaders of
Isertel dating the thus tram Joshua
to Seed, about three hundred years.
There were Intervale during which
Israel was without rulers, and there
were long intervals of foreign servi-
tude and oppreeston under which the
Hebrews groaned without deliverers.
There was no central government,
and too generally "every man did
that which was eight in his own
eyelet"
7. Served the Lord -During the life-
time of Joshua, alai all who lived
trial° he ruled, Israel had a good
reputation for faith and piety. They
regarded all the wonderful blessings
ef Gad, and honored Him by godly
Ives. From this we sce how deep
was the imprint loft upen the nation
PRACTICAL SURVEY.
Israel's enemies were net for a time
In Canaan to "prove them whether
they will keep the way of the 'Lord
to walk therein." The Lord had pro-
mised to drive them out, "little by
Little," until they should "inherit
the land." Each tribe had a portion
of the country allotted to it, which
not only constituted a possession,
but a field of active conflict on ac-
count of heathen enemies within
their borders. It was not according
to the plan of God to put them in
peaceable possession of their inbera
tam, with no enemies to oppose or
dispoosess, and with no allurements
or temptations to de evil, Human
Life is probationary in it character.
Israel's covenant wi:h the Lord had
been broken on their part. A coven-
ant Is binding as long as its stipule -
done are observed by all of the indi-
viduals who have entered into It. The
Lord had said to Israel, "I will never
break my covenant with you."
Israel's digobedience was charged
upon them by the angel. He said, "Te
have not obeyed my voice," enotead
of waging war upon the idolatrous
inhabitants of the land, they had
placed them under tribute and con-
sented for thei . to remain. They had
been commanded to "make no league
with the inhabitants of the land,"
and to "throw down their altare."
God's people oeght never to make it
compromise with evil or the wonkers
of inlqutty.
Israel's punishment followed -their
disobedienoe. ,Their victories over
their enemies ceased. Inetcad of driv-
ing them out of the laud, the Loyd
allowed them to remain. If evils are
cot overcome and removed, they will
gain a strong hold upon us. God's as -
elating grace will be forfeited, and,
with Me help withdrawn, our sins
will be our tormentors % The enemies
of leveel became as thorns in their
sides. They were a "snare" to the
Lord's people, continually exposing
them to the danger% of idolatry.
Israel's delivery came after the
Lord bad hearth "their groaninge by
reason of them that oppresned them
and 'vexed them," There Is not an in-
dividual on the earth that is groan-
ing under oppression, but what the
Lord Is. looking upon him with pity.
The mercy of the Lord moved Him to
"Tenant" of the sufferings He had
sent upon Hie chosen people. He
"raised them up,„...indgere and deliv-
ered them out of the handl; of their
enemies an the days of the judgee,"
In every period of the church's degen-
eracy and extremity a deliverer has
been aent by the Lord to enlighten
and lead His people back into the
way of truth and brellne,se.
.my thie great and good man. That
utlived Jeshaa-They lived probab'y
twenty or twenty -eye years after
the death of Joshua.
8. Joeltua, ' died -His character
was almost faultless. 1. He was a
man of strong faith. 2, Ile was very
ceurageous. 3. He was unselfish. 4.
He was faithful. 5. Ho was an illue-
trieus type of Christ. He led the
owlets into Canaan, lott them, to vic-
tory over their enemies and gave
them rest. His death was a stroke
to the religious interests of Isreal.
9. Timnatlaberes-The stluatint 01
this place is uncertain. Jewish tradi-
don axeo the place about nine miles
meth of Shechein.
10. Another generation
which knew eot-elegareless of all
;he teaelang and training which the
new generation had received from
their departed fathers they showed
very little reverence for the religion
they so much enjoyed. Thus it is
said they knew not the Lord.
11. Fill evil -This was the geeeral
complaint against Quiet. All evil is
before Gee and he couLl see rwieere
It began. In the eight of the Lord
-In the presence of hie command-
ments, and in view, of his works
of goodness and his past punishment
of sin, Hair nets Were treason to-
ward God. Served ilealim-Raalim is
-the plural of Baal and signieris
"lords." Nothing could have been
worse than this. "The wership of
Baal was a grossly lioentious Wor-
ship, fatal to the morals of all who
took port le it, anti therefore right -
ler an aboeduation in the eyes of the
Jews."-Catu. Bile Never was there
each folly met ingratitude. The
people deliberately ignored God and
broke his law.
112. Forsook the Lord -They dil not
say there was no God, but when they
took up the Worship of false gods,
they forsook Jehovah. They could
not fore:Ike his worship without for-
saking him. Though they had been
joined to the Lord in covenant, they
forsook him, rind multiplied • unto
themetiree many gels. Drought there
owl-Gtel had been gracious to them,
tint with a mighty hand had delivered
tivni from Aunt and given there
the land of Canaan, arid yet they
Jo not hesitate to forsake hint and
hie worelelp. Mei provoked the
LOrd-This Vas not passion or vin-
dietivenese, but a feeling of Intense
Imilignation ageing eine
le. Ashtaroth-This is the 'Antal
form of Aelddretle the female divin-
ity of the; Zieloninne, and consort or
Baal. Iter Worship Wits very art-
( -lent nal abominable.
11, 15. Greatly distressed -Mi of
these things came 'Upon them 110 it
nuilsisni'nt for their evil deeds. They
were "sola," that is, absolutely
givers up into the hands of their ono-
Italeed up judges-41101We Is-
rael brought their own distress up-
on tie -m, Gel elfowed pity, and corn -
1e did net rind .tiegels,
KILLED BY A HUNTER.
ACQUITTED.
Jury Declares He Was Not
His Father's Murderer.
Sportsman Fired Rifle at Duck and
Shot Man Behind Pence,
IpSwi3jr, Miss., NOV. 0,-Ariolifer
fatality has .been added to the re,
wed of the game bunters by tbe
killemg of Walter Farnham, of Line -
brook, on Frl lay afternoon, When
John Dodge and Charles Taylor, of
Topefield, were shooting dureks on
Hood's Pond, elopsfield. The two
gunners SW a duck in the pond.
Taylor fired at it with les shotgun.
Dodge then put his rifle to his shoul-
der and. fired. Immediately after
the report of the rifle they heard
terreio 'shriek. Dolge went
at creme to S. D. Hood's house at the
upper end of the pond and
toll him he thought he hod
shot some one, A horse was har-
nessed and Dodge went to the v11
huge for a dootor. As both doctors
were away, ho notified B. P. Ed-
wards, the druggist, who went at
once to the pond and fond that
Walter Farnam had been shot and
had died. Farnham lay behind the
fence doubled up, with his hands
clutching at his abdomen. His gun
wa,s found loaded and lying against
the fence.
INLAND REVENUE.
WILD SCENE IN THE COURT
Waugh and Dr. Beam,as it related
tothe eontlittoa of this eine!, refer-
eing to time original meet (me the
post-mortem already hi (Mame. liee
produced a skull, on which were
graplacally shown the three primary
and five secondary fractlires welch
wero the (mew of death. Two of the
downward fractures had extended to
the floor of the pima, to the medial
Line. The body was in such an ad-
vanced state of aecomposttion at the
time of the poet-mortene twenty-five
("Jaye after death, that the brain bad
been entirely destroyed, and be
poured LI frosa the skull like treaele,
eIe thought that the injuries to the
elradi could have been produced by
blows from an axe.
,Chite asked Dr. Williams -
What would you expect to find on
a consoleus person wife fell 24 feet
and struck on his bead? A,-IwBulti
look for some other injuries.
Q. -Where, particularly? A. -Well,
I examined the neck In this wee
Particularly to see if there was
any discoloration or injury, and
examined the arms,
Q. -Why did, you examine them par-
ticularly? A.--FIrst, as a matter of
routine, and, secondly. because in
falls of that kind very often the
arms are di -located.
Dr. Williams said that in case of
td fall be would expect to find other
inju.ries,
To Mr, Johnston, Dr. Williams geld
that one lately might have caueed
all the injuries. If sixteen or seven-
teen blows, intended to kill, had
been given by a strong man like
Gerald Sifton lie would expect to
find the scalp teen by such blows.
The Omit did, uot show the amount
of evidence he would expeet it to
If it had received sixteen or seven-
teen blows such as Herbert had
described. He did not think that a
man who had received such a blow
as Herbert had described could have
stood upon the rung of a ladder,
Dr. Bingham, lecturer at Trinity
University, said that be regarded
It as very improbable that a fall
would have produced all the injuries
that were found on the skull, and
be thought it probable that In a
fall the forearms would likely be
broken. He admittea to Mr. John-
son that fifteen or sixteen blows
would probably have broken the
scalp, and Ire woald not swear that
the conditions found in the skull
would not have been caused by a
fall.
The court adjourned at 6.30, on
the understanding that if all the
evidence is not In toemorrow at
6.80 an evening session will be held,
and that the case will go to the
jury on Satnrday,
Lorition, Out., Nov. 6, -The evidence
of the Mordeas, the missing witneste
es in the Sefton Murder 'heat, giveni ale
the previous trig], was read to the
jury to -day. on the opening of the
court Mr. Chute applied under 087 of
the code for leave to read the evi-
dence of Martin and Same Malden,
Mr. MeKillop entered the box, 'and
swore that on Friday last he bad
seen the Mordens in Davenport, Iowa.
They would say very little, and re -
Emma to cone() to Canada to give
evidence, even although all of their
expenses were paid. Mr. johnstoe did
not object to the reading of the evi-
dence, and Mr. Mcleillop read the ex-
eteinations In chief and Mr. McEvoy
the eross-examinations. In the after -
eon the 1110(11.0111 testimony was tak-
en up,
dames norden's Despos it ion.
The evidence of James :Norden as
read described Gerald a'if ton's Wm -
lug to his house between 9 and 10
on the mglit preceding the tragedy.
leirtou said that the old man bad
killed two women, aud now he was
going to marry ltilea7 Maelarietne,
anti offered witness $1,000 to help
him club the old man's brains out
on the road. Sift= also suggested
that they could jump into the house,
choke the old man) to death, and
then hang hem in the barn, to give
tile impression of suicide. Under
cross-examination witness Imel ad -
witted that lie tete repeatedly gone
to Gerald's ianoie after the tiagedy,
although he believed that Gerald
&Ron had killed his father,
Martkil Warden's evidellee was to
the °fleet that the night before tee
tragedy Gerald i$4.f ton palled at his
house after midnight and tried to in-
duce him to persuade Mary, who was
engaged to witness, not to marry
the old math Gerald said he was go -
lug to kill the old man, and showed
him a paper ol white crystallite
powder, and offered him money to
esoest lam. Later, wean witness end
his brother demanded hush money,
Sifton offered them e1,000. Unfler
eross-examinatiou witness had ad-
mitted Unit rie Old not resent Gerald
Sifton's statement that the old man
bad got Mary 'Macfarlane, his 'Ian-.
cee, into trouble.
Corroborative EVidence.
Comparismis of This Yeat's Return
With Last Year's.
The annual report of the Inland
Iteeentio Deoertment for the year
ending Juno 80 last year, was issued
yesterday. The quantity of spirits
produced during the year was 3,281,-
147 proof .galions as compared with
2,652,708 proof gallons, produced in
the previous fiscal year.
Tho revenue for the year was $11,-
488,871, compered with $10,008,708
Mot year, an inerease or $820,173.
The raw material used in elm pro-
duction of rpirlies during the year
woe 41,897,871 pounds Indian corn;
0,449,057 pounds rye; 8,432,006
pounds malt, 413,465 oats and 20,-
470 wheat.
The 'staple drank more spirits and
beer last year than they did in the
ozeviotte year. The quantity of spirt
Ito consumed eras .706 'gals. against
.767 last year. . Beer 6.102 compared
with 4.737; and .000 Wino compered
With .100 in 1901. Tho commotion
Of tobnceo Was the Mantel as in 1001,
the figurers being 2.404.
The number of cigars used during
the year wee 151,750,516 ebentetred
with 141,096,880 lard year. The
cigarettes wore 134,236,084 Coin -
pitied with 12e,1183,1184 Met year, so
that while there Was conelderable
more cigars and cigarettee used dur-
ing the year the same quantity of
tobacco riven consumed.
Hon. Mr. Wells, British Columbia,
and Mr. Morel/on, M.P., had an inter -
View yeatmelay .with 'Sir Wilfrid
Laurier, Hon. Clifford Bitten, In re-
gard to the granting of a nnbehly
foie the new bridge Over the reamer
River at New Weetrolaster.
"Tippertert picked three Winners
every pay last week. Leer see Smelt
Intik 7.0 .
Vondon, Ont,, Nov. 7. -The felften
murder trial will go to the jury late
to -morrow. The evicle•nee was all in
to -night except that of the prison -
May read or you may see, the story
I tele you yesterday Is the true
story.e
Could be Prodaced by Fall.
Dr, U. A. eleCailuee, Of this oity,
Made time Positive statement that tlie
injuries found could not have been
preduced in any possible way as
earthed by Herbert. He was also of
opinion that all the injuries could
have been Produced by. le roll from
tite end of the barn.
Time Walter Ilemelorsbott case Oth710
up twitter:tally. Pr, McCallum Batelle
was medical expert for the defence,
and in thee ease the assailants struck
blows upon tho head, and Were be-
spattered pith blood, a condition
wanting in the present case.
Dr. McWilliams, of Thamesford, gave
it as his opinion that the most rea-
sonable method of 0;M:ranting for the
injuries was that time man fell on
his head on eertain objects.
To Ur. Clute, the witness said the
results were far more likely to have
been obtaLued by a fall than by
blows. I;
Dr, Shaw, of London, said he had
made injuries of this kind a special,
study. His opinion Was that the
marked skull could not, constdering
Herbert's evidence, be the skull of
Joseph Sitton, Not even, by otroteh-
tug much or little could he arrange
it in any way that the injuries were
done by an axe,
Axe Theoey an Impossibility.
With something of Mborate detail,
the doctor, having the marked skull in
Me hands, explained how the body
must have fallen, and the injuries
been received. In much the same way
he detailed how the axe theory was
an impassibility.
Mr. Irving H. 0, Cameron, of To-
ronto, who said he was a fellow of
time Royal College of Physiclaus and
Surgeons of London. England, and
surgeon of five hospitals in Toronto,
stated that he could not upon any
hypothesis satisfy himself the inju-
ries could be done as described by
Herbert. Two points of impact were
necessary to cause the fractures
lounge
Jailer Boston and John Leslie con-
tradicted Herbert upon minor point.
H. L. Smith said he threw blood -
Stained sheep skins through the trap-
door hole in the Felton barn.
'Heard Pounding in Barn.
Ernest Scrimshaw, junk dealer, said
he eaw Joseph Sifton the morning of
the tragedy. Witness met him at his
(Eaton's) door, and spoke to him. Sit -
'ten bad an exe in his hand. Ile told
witness lie bad no junk ready. Wit-
ness eaw Silton again on the hay
rack going into the barn. Ile heard
pounding going on meanwhile,
Mr. JOlinSton put in an affidavit by
Mr. McEvoy to the effect that Chas.
IL Going wag a witnese at the last
trial, but was since residing perman-
ently in Detroit, and refused to come
Robert Itebioson, who was a police-
man at the time of the death, was
put in the box by the Crown, and
ewere teat he met the prisoner on a
Lleycle. aboat e a. m, on: juno 40, and
the prism:nem asked for Mertin Mor -
den's address. id itnees (melee net give
it to rem. ife got it at a holm on
English street. a itness showed him
the *ay, and Sitton stayed in the
house Ior half an hour. To Mr. John-
ston witneso admitted that at the
predminary examination he had not
positively identified tee prisoner.
Mrs. Piniebe Weiteliead, sierter Of
James and Martin Morden, corrobor-
ated James' statements in reeetion
to Gerald Lefton's; visit on the night
of the eine. James went out with
Wrote but returned shortly after.
Andrew Gardner swore that early
on the morning of the tragedy he mw
the eider telton and a lady driving
towards the old man's house. This
was ein confirmation of it statement
of Mary Macfarlane. Witness know
that tile M. Strton was a venture-
some ment
High Cionstable elcIered,
High Conetable eleLotel identeinl
knife produced as having been found
by Ilium in the hay mow. He also iden-
tified HOMO blood-stained oleos which
he end taken from the ladder in the
barn. Sonic of these he had taken off
about July 20, and the others ia the
first week of August. Ile did not see
the blood spots he removed in August
on; the occasion of his first visit. He
and time detectives made a very thor-
ough examination of the place at
each vielt. In his previous examine -
tion witness stated that he found the
knife on Oct. $, but to -day he said
it was in August, although he would
Vet swear definitely as to the time.
Ile admitted that be had con.suited
Edgar Morden about the kat e theory,
rind else that he and Edgar Norden
had driven with Mary Maclellan° and
her sister to Burns' Hotel, where
they had some drinks, and he and
Morden had a fight. Morden had told
hine in asking him to go to time hotel
that be had some important evidence
to disclose. At the hotel nothing wart
Wee about the knife or the evidence.
The girls walked lame, he and Mor-
den each driving home alone,
Air. Johnston said that lie was not
now concerned about the identity of
the regose and 'tomtit' admit that they
Were taken from the ladder.
Mr. Clete explained that he Was not
able to prove that the steine were
human blood, but be could show they
were mammalian blood.
David Lackey recognized the knife
as one which he had loaned to Joseph
Milan on the last of May or first
or June. 811 ton, had come to his house,
a dietetic() of eighteen or twenty rods.
expressly to barmier the knife. Ile
had seen Moo several times after
Lending him the knife, but had not
naked for Its return, nor had Snell
offered to return it. He had lent
Stfton a knife before that, bat had
asked for its retUrn Very shortly
alfteewards.
The Deceased's Estate.
John James Sefton, brother of
Joseph Sifton, Moro that Gerald Wes
abeeples only child. Ass PX0011tOr of
Joseph Sfiteit, $20,460 had come Into
his hands before las brother's debts
were paLl. Over $10,000 was in real
eseate, He could not say how much
wee left after paying the debts; it
might have been over $5,030, After
Joseph's funeral Gerald asked lam for
each obtaireel an order tot the Will.
Witness haul told Gerald that there
Wee a will, To Mr. .Johnston Witness
admitted that the debts were much
larger than he hod expected. The
wil Was made a number of years ago,
hut Witneris had not known Its con -
tenth, Gerete and his father were
on the most friendly terms. Witness
had never asked for an inquest.
The Medical. Evidence.
Dr. Hadley Williams, of London, rerho
has been praetleing heee for the past
ton years, 'Wag the first of the meth. -
cal experts called by the Crown. He
gave a Ineta aneount of the testing
of the post-mertein eXamination upon
the body Of Joseph Siften, performed
in the cemetery by hirilSelf, Dr.
!1 CRITICAL. . ;
Propeletor-eackeon, I don't like the now clerk's eyes. t
r Jackson -Brat he's not croes-ey ed, sir.
•
Proprietor -I knew, but he lo oks crooked. I
er's wife, ana this will be brief. The
Crown concluded their case at 11
o'clock this morning.
Dr. E.. W. Gustin, of St. Thomas,
was the first witness of the morn-
ing. The doctor said he had attend-
ed this trial throughent. The injur-
ies he had heard described could
have been inflicted with an axe.
"Taking all the injuries to the
skull. I cannot conceive how they
could be caused by a fall of 24
feet," 'said the witness. His reason
for the statement he explained 'Co
be that there must have been sever-
al blows on time head received from
different directions. There were, he
figured, three distinct blows on dif-
ferent parts of the skull. "I cannot
conceive of the injuries being caused
by a fall, and I cannot see how any-
one else can," the doctor added.
Dr. John Ferguson, of Toronto, the
Crown's chief expert, Haiti the in-
juries in question were possible to
have resulted from blows with an'
aste.
Is it possible they were caused by
a fail? A, -I do not deny the bare
possibility. But I =newt Midi:metal:Id
how it could take place.
To Mr. Johnston witness admitted
this case, so far as Medical expert
evidence was concerned, met with a
good deal of dIffleulty.
Dr. Waugh was also called, and,
with Dr. Eccles, merely testified Con-
cerning the post-mortem and the
cause of death.
Doctors for Defence.
Prof. Ellis, Ontaaio Publie Analyst,
was the first witness ealled for the
defence. He had, ire said, (=mined
the stomach of the deceased and
found no trace of strychnine. Upoo
the oxo he found mammalian 'blood
and some hair. The hair had the
aiMearatice of cow's hair, but out
teas point he would not be sure.
Dr. Arthur Jukes) Johnson, phy-
eiclaam to the Toronto Railway Com-
pany tor many years, and a coroner,
said that apart from Herbert's tes-
timony the injuries cOuld have been
caused by an axe or by it fall. Tak-
ing Herbert's testimony Into ac-
count, the injuries could not have
been caused by the blows. It would
be very difficult to produce these
injuries with an axe at all.
Mr. I. P. lIelimutle barrister, of
Toronto, repeated the story of Wal -
tee Herbert's statement to Wm,
matle in tho jell on July 26 rine 27.
On time 26th he had a conversation
With Herbert. Herbert wanted wit -
nese to act for lam. Herbert told
the acchlent story. On the morning
of the eItli witness rem] in time Free
Press of an alleged confession by
Walter Herbert. He went Immediate-
ly to Herbert anti toel him that lie
Would' not act for him, that he could
not act for him and Mr. Slfton.
Lettering the eell, witness said: "Her-
bert, I Would 1.ko to know whether
title' Alleged confession in time news-
paper Or the story yea told me yes-
terday Is tree, and ilerbert re-
plied, "Ur. Itellmuth) whatever yoo
failure to agree. In ho,lran hour
tta j4ry sent word, that they Were
again ready to return, and as they
flexl into coat their decision wee
plainly written on every facie. When
this foreman announced in it loud
tone that he found the prisoner not
guilty, there was a serene of wild
entheelaem In the eourt-rooni,
crowded an it was almost to
cation. Men waved their INN and
Women Limb' afolnakeroblets, and
cheers rent the old room in which
many murder trials have oacurred,
but among wbiell this Is la many
particrulare unique. The prisoner
wen the most composed man in the
room. A few minutes thereafter ha
stopped from the box, the Wee
merely tolling elm that the Jere' had
taken a, very mereitel, view, or hie
case,
On the first ballot in the jury -room
the jay stood 10 for acquittal and
e for conviction, The evidence was
then discussed for an hour or more,
and another ballot Was taken. Thls
time the jury stood 11 for acquittal
and 1 for conviction. And so they
remained until they reached the
went -rooms awl were sent back, At
this point tile Raman who was hold-
ing out yielded, and the jury were en-
abled to render a unanimous \Implicit.
The jury rencited their decledon
largely upon the absence of blood
steins in the barn anti the discredit
that 'was east upon time name or the
efordeue in consequence of the forged
Sifton was driven to the home or
father -In-law in this city, He
beet "to be carried from the cab to
the house, having collepsed underthe
tremenelotes nervous strain to which
Ira had been subjected. It is under-
stood that he will shortly leave this
country with the obJect of beginning
life over again.
Walter Herbert vhIt be sentenced
at the next court in January.
to testify at this trial, although of-
fered ate) to cover his expenses. Mr.
Johnston desired consequently to ten-
der Going's evidence as given at the
last trial.
The admissibility of the evidence
will be decided in the morning.
Mr. Johnston said he had but one
other witne,es to ; the witness is
Mrs. Silton, wife of the prisoner.
Londo'n, Out., Nov. 9. -Gerald 8;r.
ton stepped from the prisoner's box
last night a free men. After one of
the most sensational trials in the
history of this country the young
farmer was found not guilty of a
crime the enormity of which start-
led the whole countryside nearly
two years and four moathe ago.
This was Siftours second trial.
Fourteen months ago a jury of les
peers disagreed, standing 9 to 3 for
Ms conviction. Time result of trust
,n1glit came, therefore, as a geed
deal of a surprise. to the ()crown •
Time acme evidence had been stin-
mitt•ed to the jury on this occasion
as upon the last, and among the
'witnesses against the prisoner
was the alleged accomplice of the
accused, now awaiting sentence for
his part in the tragedy.
The , day was occupied almost en-
tirely with the making of addresses
to the jury. The only witness called
was the wife of -the prisoner. She
created a great deal of sympathy
by her demeanor in the box. Her
ovidenee was the givingof a fiat
contra.dIction to SOnie points against
the prisoner that were very Import-
ant, among these being the state-
neen.t of Herbert, that the bargain
made With him to assist in time killing
Inns made at the prisoner's cow
stable on the morning of the tra-
gedy.
Mr. P. F. B. Johnston's address to
the jury was a very powerful appeal
to their sympathies. The prisoner's
wife sat at her husband's
side just without the prisoner's box,
When counsel began lee adlress, bet
Jelege Britton ordered her away.
Mr. Chute summed imp for the Crown
and made a, clever arraignment of
nil the impOrtent points. His Lord-
ship was vety lucid in his address of
one hour, and although not unfair,
what he had to say was very largely
against the prim:neer,
The ease Was given to the jury
shortly before 5 orelock, and when
three hours and twenty minutes
beer they had not Petit/rued tits
Judge tient for them. Foreman Gil -
Roe reported that they had been
unable; to agree, anti that there Was
no hope of an tegreentent. tn this
Ito was cOnflrined by juryman Ell -
Wood, of Imeate When the wife Of
time prisoner heard the announce -
Mont silo gave vent to a wall of
grief that struck into every heart
bi the mart -room.
Vetellet Iteeeived Welt Cheerio
,Tieigeletition sent the hirer back
to further consider their verdict,
While lie ;s110;e1,1 Consider What to
der With tifeeis in the event of their
MYSTERY or
BOSTON RIME,
Police Look for Negro and
White Man,
WHO sup THE WATCHES.
One Was Pawned by a Negro and One
Sold by a WhiteMan-Buyer Comes
to Have a Look at Mason, Who is
Held on Suspicion of the Crime.
Boston, Nov. 10. -Prompted by find-
ing the watches of Agnes etcPbee
and Clara A. Morton, who have been
fatally assaulted recently in this
vicinity, In a pawn shop bore, the
Police are pressing with all their
energy to place the responsibility for
the crimes. The state police, hav-
ing brought about the arrest of Alan
G. Mason, or Boston, are accumulat-
ing evidence to supplement that upon
which Mason was held last Wednes-
day on the charge of having mur-
dered Mies Morton. , • •
At the same time the Boston pollee
are seeking evidence to show whe-
ther ono person .could have been
guilty of both crimes, and also to
explain several mysterious phases of
theetwo cases. Thus far it appears
that one Watch was pawned by a
negro, while the other was sold by
a White man. To find these men the
entire pollee force of the city has
been at work in vain tot' forty-
eight hours. Meanwhile, it has been
teethed that a negro employed by
time MRS011 f Raptly has gone away
from the city, and the pollee can-
not ascertain where Ile is. It was
a negro Who pawned the Morton
watch. .
Oa the other eine the pawnbroker
who held the McPhee watch went.
to Cambridge to -day to have a look
at Mason, for the declares that the
man who pawned altu tivatich wasWhite man.
GRAND TRUNK'S POLICY.
To Tap Western Wheatfields and
Reach time Pacific.
Winnipeg, Nov. 10.-ellany here are
now inclined to the belief that the
Grand Teruel; Railway Company is be-
hind the application made to build
an extensive system of railways in
Manitoba. It is well known that
Manager Hays es' anxious to extend
the system to the coast and to •tap
the western wheat Heide, and OX. -
Attorney -General Hamilton's state-
ment that eastern eapitalbsts, fully
capable of constructing an extensive
network of railways, are behind the
Mheme, has made it almost a cer-
tainty In the minds of many former
eastern Canadians.
FEMALE LEADER SAFE.
nomsrs St ill Come infte Their Massarsee
Iii China.
Victoria, B.C.,Nov.10.-The seen mer
Shinano Mara brought news that
anti -foreign placards are scatteted
nil over (Meng Tu, and the Boxer
disturbances are now rife throughout
the Province of Szechuan. The report
that their female leader, Kwan Ting,
or "Goddess of Mercy," was captured
In the battle fought outside the walls
of Cheng Tu, wawa. The Boxers'
female leader is about 17 years of
age, and the woman captured and
beheaded wets oyer 00. The Boxers
continue to raid out-of-the-way va-
lagee, and several churches; have been
burnt and the converts massacred.
BLACK DIAMOND WRECKED,
Carrie Nation in Accident -One of 15
Passengers injured.
Neim" York, Nov. 10 -Time BM& Dia-
mond Express, of the Lehigh Valley
Railroad, 'which left Jersey City west -
Weird biind at 12.12 pan. to -day, wan
wrecked near the Jersey Meadows
shope, east of Neerark, about 12.20
p.m., and fifteen people were more or
Lea seriously hurt, ono coach and the
engine being overturned. Tee gri-
mly injured were taken to the hos-
pital. The express ran on teeing
and collided with an engine standing
tiere.
Otof the passengers hurt Was the
eotoreme Mrs. Carrie Nation, or Ken -
gas. Her Mend Wes slightly rut.
An offer or $15,000 per acre was
refused by Ifultenzie .Cr, Mann on tert-
urdny for three acres of land in Win-
nipeg, lying card of Rorie Street and
(renting Oil the Red
Mrs. Tupman, a prominent
lady of Richmond, Va., a great
sufferer with woman's troubles,
tells how she was cured.
"For some years I suffered with
backache, severe bearing -clown pains,
leucorrhcca, and falling of the womb.
I tried many remedies, but nothing
gave any positive relief,
"I commenced taking Lydia E.
Ph:adman's Vegetable Compound
in June,1901. When I had taken the
first half bottle, I felt a vast improve-
ment, and have now taken ten bottles
with the result that I feel like a new
woman, When I commenced taking
the Vegetable Compound I felt all
worn out and was fast approaching
complete nervous collapse. I weighed
only 98 pounds. Now I weigh 109i
pounds and am improving every day.
I gladly testify to the benefite re-
ceived." - Mims. R. C. Torment 423 West
30th St., Richmond, Va.-MOO forfeit if
original of above letter proving genuineness Sonnet
be produced.
When a medicine has been suc-
cessful in snore than a million
cases, is it justice to yourself to
say? 'without trying it, "I do not
believe it would help me?"
Surely you cannot wish to re-
main weak and. sick.
Mrs. Pinkbain2 whose address
is Lynn, Mass., will answer cheer-
fully and without cost all letters.
addressed to her by sick women.
Perhaps she has just the knowl-
edge that will help your case -
try her to -day- it costs nothing.
ITHE MARKETS1
Toronto Street Markets
Nov. 10.-Iteceipte of grain on the
etreet on Saturday Were fair. 'Wheat,
arm, 200 bushels of white Pulling at
71 1-2e, 100 bushels of red winter at
71 1-2e, and 100 bushels of goose at
60c. Barley is uncliang0(1, With sales
of 1,200 busbeis at 46 1-2 to 49e.
Oats are weaker, 1,500 bushels sell-
ing at 35 1.2 to 87c. Rye sold at
01 1-2c a butithel for ono load.
. [Hay is unchanged, with Wes of 25
loads at $14 to $16 a ton for timo-
thy, and at $6 to $10 for mixed.
enmity sold at $13 to $13.50 a toe.
for two loads. ; •
Poultry, in good demand at firmer
prices. Butter and eggs are firmer,
the latter sleilleg an 30 to 85c a•
dozen for new Mid, and vegetables
ruled steady. ,
,to $8.
tion :
Dressed u
sed hogs ;nchanged, at $7.:30,
Following Is the range of quota-
.,
Wheat, white, bush., 71. 1-2e; red,
71 1-2e; spring, 67 1-2e to 68c;
goose, 6(d; oats, bush., 65 1-2 t
37c; barbby, bush., 46 1-2e 400;
rye, bus., 51 1-2e; hay, 'timothy, pet
ton, $14 to $16; mixed, par ton, $0
e10; straw, per tom, $13 to e13.-
25 ; seeds, per bugle alsike,
tNnio 61.5" OS; er 7d5eit:tv e$17, .$650.5; ON to 2i6;$t5T-
orthy, e1.25 to $1,75; apples, nee
barrel, $1 to $1.30; dressed hogs,
$7.50 to $8; eggs, dozen, 110e to
815o ; butter, dairy, 160 to die; crea-
mery 20e to 26c; chickens, per pair,
50c to 75e; ducks, per pair, 65a to,
85c; turkeys, per lb., lie to 12c;
tgeeees,perperse,ung.,0
t b, 07ce to $1.10; onions, 2;on/mies:
per bag, 70o to 73c; carrots, per.
bag, 45e to 50ro; parsnips, per bag,
45c to 50c; turnips, per bag, 800
to 3c; cabbage, per dozen, 20e to
250; cauliflower, ter dozen, 40e to
7 -Sc; celery, par dozen, 25c to 40e.
Toronto Live Stock Market.
Export cattle, choice, per owl. $4 40to $5 00
dodomoeodwi uom
.
Butchers' export 3 03 tit000 31 5
4 50470
AS 21 to 4 50
Butchers* cattle, picked
Butchers' cattle, choice
But(10 11eroso' mTzo
eatitole, air • 300 to 4 015
to 3 604
do light •
2 25 to 27i,
Bulls, export, heavy, 3 75 to 4 25
do feeding too 33 75'
do stook
Feeders, short -keep
do medium
do light
Stockers choice
Btookers, CO111111011
kola, cows, each
Sheep, ewes, pet eY,tt,
Bulls, per cwr
Culls, each
Lambs, per cwt.
Calves, per head
Hogs choice, per owl
Hoge, light, pceewt
Hotre,fat, per nwt
do stores, per owl
do sows, per owl
de stage, per owl
3 60
2 75
1 75
4 25
3 75
3 25
2 75
2 23
35 30
3 25
2 50
'2 30
25
ell
0 00
5 75
is 75
5 60
4 6)
'2 00
te 2
to S 59,
to 4 00
to 375.
to 3 25.
to 2 73,
to 52 05
to 3 ta,
te 2 75'
to 80G.
to 3 50
to 10 00,
to 0 00
to 0 00
to 0 Ott
to 0 Ois
to 0 00
to 00(1
Bradstreets on Trade.
Wholesale trade at Montreal this
week has shown cm, fair amount of
activity. The retailers are sending
III numerous sorting orders now
that they are looking forward to.
Increased demands of heavy goods.
There has been some increase in
the demand for heavy goods report-
ed by Toronto wholesale firms this
week. The sorting trade is quite ac-
tive. The fine weather at Quebec
has had a beneficial effect on those
engaged in outside operations. Trade
at Winnipeg continues active. The
grain movement is large, but tht
scarcity of cars and the diffiettit$
of lemptying western elevators to
make room for farmers' deliverlee
hare ootnewliat impeded time move-
ment. At the Pacific COaet cities the
jobbing business has been very fair.
Bu,siness condltio.ns are :satisfac-
tory. Payments are better than
last year. At Hamilton this week
there has been a good deinaumd for
seasonable, goods from the jobbers.
Shipments are new quite large.
Goods in a. good many departmente
are being sent out as fast as they,
arrive from the manufacturers.
Payments on country accounts have
been fairly satisfactory. Values Or
domestic and, foreign staples aro
firmly held. The outlook for busi-
ness for the balance of the year
is bright. In London the wholesale
trade bas been experiencing this
week a good &mama for heavy
go6ds owing to the probability Ai
larger deme.nde On the retell treele
or the country in the near future.
BURNED TO DEATH AT 96.
WoOdetock, Ont., Nov. 9. -Word wee
receleed In the city last night that
(turbot, the afternoon Mrs. Mena.%
an old fatly living near Sweaburg, to
the tenth of Woodstock, Intl been
burned to death. She was alone In
the house at the Um the necident, of
whatever nature it was, bappened
Neighbors efiecovered the house opt
fire and Its oecuptitit burnmito death
Within' Elbe woiv 00 years 01 not