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The Wingham Advance, 1907-11-28, Page 74 yes BRADLEY TRIAL NOT NEAR AN END. Scraps of Letters Written by Mrs. Bradley Read to the Jury To -day Washington, Nov. 25.--W1en the trial of Mrs. Annie E. Bradley, charged with the murder of former United States Sen. ator Brown, was resumed to -day, the be. RA "%YRS entertained on all sides that the heating of evidence would be concluded this week. It is not expected that the cowl will sit on Thanksgiving Day, and as trials, as a rule, are not conducted on Saturdays, the finishing testimony will be crowded into four days. The argu- ments will begin not week, and the in- dications now are that the case will go to the jury not later than Thursday, December 5. A number of insanity ex- perts on both sides were in court to -day, a .1I their presence added interest to the case The trial was resumed at 10.05 o'clock, The prosecution read to the jury the scraps of letters written my Mrs. Bradley at the Raleigh Hotel the day of the tragedy, and which she tore up. One of these letters, pasted together, read: "Will you kindly keep these. I may need them, and in ease there is need for defence of any rashness, publish them." Dr. Wilfred N. Barton, of this city, a specialist in neurology and a lecturer in Georgetown 'University, testified that thero was a direct connection between sepsis in •the female and mentale de- rangement. The hypothetical question prepared by the defence was put to Dr. Barton. There were three of the questions whie.h were only propounded after Judge Pow- ers had presented a complete analysis of the case bringing out especially the points indicative of Inental unsoundness o the part of the defendant. The questions are as follows: 1. Assuming all these facts to be true what do you say as to whether or not at the time the fatal shot was fired the patient understood the nature of her act, was able to choose and distinguish 111•••••••11MMV10/1 right from wrong, and was able to con - herself to eheose the right and evoia the wrong, 4. Assuming all these facts to be true, what 'do you say as to whether or not when the fatal Shot was fired the pati- ent was ineutarly responsible for what eke 3. Assuming all these facts to be true what do you say as to whether, when Am fatal shot was fired, the patient was sane or insane? The statement of the ease was deliv- ed. from a typewritten copy. Visited by Her Mother, A cheerless, rainy Stuiday was brigh- sened for lthe. Anna. M. Bradley in the district jail by a visit from her mother, Mrs. Mary h. Maddison, and her two boys, Arthur and. Montgomery Brown, who spent the afternoon with her, The quatette then attended the church ser- vices held in the rotunda of the prison and the boys greatly enjoyed. the novel sight. Mrs. Bradley slept very well on Saturday night and was very bright. Happily, she discussed her plans with her family iu the event a her release. They are anticipatiug a trip to New York and Jamestown be- fore they return to Salt letke. Mrs. Bradley says when liberated. she will temporarily. return to Salt hake, where the still has many tried and triu friends. "As a sacred duty," she say, "I will contest the will of Senator Brown In order to obtain money from his estate believe to be rightfully due our boys."• Flowers, letters, and telegrams have flooded her cell in the last few clays, and she has received minty offers of money from sympathizers all over the country. A etwrent report, denied to. day, was that she will accept a stage engagement if freed. She is a ItOMUll of remarkable dramatic qualities and would, if she chooses a career on the stage, make a reel, success. FILLED WOMEN'S HEADS WITH NONSENSE, SAID MILLIONAIRE. Englishman Arrested at Pittsburg for Offering to Introduce Ladies to English Society. .New York, Nov. 25. -According to a despatch from Pittsburg, Reginald Spaulding, an Englishman, is under ar- rest at the central station- here on a charge of trying to swindle Pittsburg society women by offering to introduce them into London soeiety. It is charged that he mailed the following letter to more than two hundred Pitsburg wo- men: "Dear 'madame -I beg to inform you, that I am making a tour of the country, arranging with those who are desirous of being introduced into London society or at Court. I am also thoroughly vers- ed with all matters of finance in Eng- land and on the continent. I shall deem it a favor if you will be good enough to advise me if you are interested in any of the above mentioned matters. If so, I shall be pleased to call and convey any particulars you may desire. 1 make no charge in any way, my remuneration to be determined by the demands made up- on my influence. "Reginald. Spaulding." When Spaulding's rooms were searched by the police last night they say they found almost two hundred answers to the letters, all holding out encourage- ment ef some sort. The wife of a prom- inent steel manufacturer, it is said, wrote that her heart was set upon being presented at court and having her daughter married to a titled foreigner. If the writer of the letter could arrange it, she would pay him $10,000 on the day of the marriage. A letter from, a Pittsburg millionaire declared that if Spaulding did not cease filling the heads of the women in his fendwith nonsense be would thrash him. This man called the attention of the police to the matter. Several letters were found, addressed to Spaulding at the Iroquois Hotel, Buf- falo, and the police have sent inquiries there. Spaulding had a large amount of money when arrested. and. offered to put up $5.000 cesh bail, but this was refused. He will be given a hearing to -morrow. DENOUNCES FATHER. Witness Against Hitchcock Declared Incorrigible. New York, Nov. 25. ---Bella McKenzie, 18 years old, who was recently put in the House of Detention as a witn,ess in the case against Raymond Hitch- cock, the actor, WW1 brought before Magistrate Corrigan in the Jefferson Market court yesterdny nt the request of her father, who told Magistrate Corri- gan that his daughter was incorrigible. He asked that she be committed to the Protestant Episcopal Houee of Mercy at Inwood. Magistrate Corrigan coin- mitted her for an indefinite term. When the girl heard that she was to be sent away she raised a row, stomp- ing angrily on the floor, denouncing her father and the court and shouting defiantly. .1 • * TORONTO COAL. May be Investigation Into Methods of the Dealers. . Toronto, Nov. 25.--(Special.)-Li the near future Toronto may see a thorough investigation into the methods used by the coal dealers here . Some time ago BoIne of the local papere made charges against the nine iinportaut dealers of being members of a close combine. The dealers immediately rushed into print to deny the allegations, and asserted that their profits were never any more than 25 cente a ton. The matter seemed then to have drop- ped, but investigations have been carried on quietly since, and it is said that a mass of evidence has been collected which would amply justify an investiga- tion, This, it is understood, will shortly be placed in the hands of the Attorney. General. *-- STEAMER MONOHASSET BURNED. Was Bound From CleVeland. to Coiling - wood With COAL Detroit, Mich., Nov. 24. -It is report. ed here that the Stl'allieV elonoliasset burned to the water's edee met nient on Thunder Bay, Lake Huron. The crew wee rescued by th • Tltundsr Bay Island life-savers. The Moriohasset Was owne:1 by A. J. MeDonald. of Cleveland, and was valtio4 $20,000. She was partly insured. The vessel Was bound from Cleveland to ol- lingwood, Ont.,.Witli The fire 'broke rese in the engine -vomit Sateisisy night. ••••••• INDIANS HONOR BRANT'S MEMORY. TOMB AND MONUMENT AT BRANT - FORD DECORATED, Ceremony of Condolence -Quaint Native Rites in Honor of Dead Hero -Rev. Dr. Ashton Speaks On Life of Brant -Queen Aline Plate Used.. 33rantford, Nev. 24, -Th iron -fenced tomb Of Captain Joseph Brant in the old Mohawk .Churchyard near this city to -day was the Mecca of hundreds of pilgrims, both Indian and white, Just a century ago •to -day the great warrior and diplomat went to Ids reward, but the people of the Six Nations, whom he allied to assist in upholding the Britieh Crown in America, have not forgotten Ids memory, nor what he did towards -the enlightenment of their race. The men whose forefathers fought under Joseph Braat are tingly observing the hundredth annniver- 0 saiy of his death. After the usual ser- vice in. the Mohawk Chinch to -day a wreath was placed on the stone slab covering the tomb, while yesterday a • similar decoration was bung on the Brant memorial in Victoria, Park. The placing of the latter wreath was iecoMpanied by a portion: of the an- cient -Indian eeremons: of eondolimee, in which it was said: "Grief had )gone to every side of the Six Nations council fire. , ceremony of Condolence. Tomorrow itt the council house of the Grand River reservation the full ceremony of condolenca will be gone through with, when all the -chiefs will be Assembled. These proeeedings arc expected to last for six home'wlien each section of the different tribes expatiate on the work of the man whose Indian name appropriately tneant two sticks crossed, signifying doubk strength. Some half dozen chiefs, several wan. riors • and a large crowd of Brantford citizene assembled around the memorial itt Vietoria Park yesterday. In an English speech, remarkable for its choice of words, Chief A. 0, Smith ieminded :he audience of the occasion, and then salted upon Chief Jacob General to go through with the aboriginal ceremony. Chief -General recitedthe ritual in the Cpper Cayuga dialect of the rethnen's tongue, the applausebeing in the Shape of occasional guilts from the surround- ing chiefs. and minim's,. Brief addresses were afterwards de- livered by Superintendent Smith, Mr. F. U. Lott, of the Provincial Secre- tary's Depart:sneak Toronto, and Judge Hardy, Life, of Want. In the course of the service in the Mohawk 'Church this morals% Rev. Dr, Ashton, Superintendent of the Mohawk Institute, took the opportunity to cor- rect some ealsapprehensiens regarding Joseph Brant. Ile stated that the church lied not been. built by Brant, but smiler the direction of Meg George 111, in 1783. "The great chief," said the speak- er, "had received a fair .education, and had trauelated the Gospel of St. Mark into the Mohawk tongue, not the Glos. pet ef St. Matthew. This translation," said the speaker, had been printed at the order of the Eing in MI, and the books had been sent to the present eiterch. Because of Brant's visit to- Englaud the present hand -carved cw.t of arms in the church had been scut out. The three tablets, which ere in the church and which bear the apostles' aced, the ten commandments and the Lord's prayer in Indian, which were translated by Brant, were sent oat in 1780.n Rev, Mr. Ashton further stat- ed that Brant was much ahead of his time, Over one hundred years ago it had been the great chief's idea to re- strain the tribe front wandering and leading an aimless life. It had also been Brant's purpose to have white men teach the Indians agriculture, but be- cause the authorities thought Brant was trying to get Janda for himself, the scheme had not been taken up. In the church were also the pupils of the Mohawk Institnte, who are the descend- ants Of the men of Beant's time. It is also of interest that the collec- tion was taken up in a piece of silver plate • which was sent to the Mohawks in New York State in 1712 by Queen xinne, but which was brought by the tribe to Canada on its migration to this country. A $75,000 SUIT. - Action Over Toronto Hotel That Was Not Built. Toronto, Nor, 25. -The action of L. J. Cosgrove and Lotham Rehiliardt brewers, against the Bank of Hamil- ton for $75,000 damages for alleged breach of contract, is being heard in the November jury &sizes to -day. The plaintiffs allege that the bank agreed to. advance $75,000 of the $150,000 re- quired to build an eight -storey hotel on Yon,ge street, but that after the license enquiry in Toronto, the bank refused to carry out the agreemeet The bank denies all knowledge of the alleged agree- ment. Mr. F. W. Mossop for whom the hotel is being built, is a party to the action. SURE TEST OF DEATH. X -Rays Prevent the Possibility of Burial Alive. Paris, Nov. 24. -According to a report of Dr. Vaillant, of the Lariboisiere Hos- pital, presented at the Academy of M use - ethis week, all danger of burial alive has been removed by the use of X-rays. Dr. Valliant has discovered that after numerous experiments with radiographs the living and the dead present numer- ous differences. In the radiograph of a living person the viscera is invisible and the abdom- inal organs are in constant movement, and so leave no trace on the photo- graphic plate. In the radiograph of a dead person, on the contrary, the stom- ach and intestinesare clearly marked - Ude being the case even when the radio- graph is taken only a few minutes after dea tn. Dr. Bordas, whose experiments with radium on the color of precious stones attracted so much attention recently,. merle a report to the same session of the Academy, in which he showed that practically the same results could be se- cured by submitting the gems to the in- flucrice of the X-rays. In the presence of the assembled scien- tists a pale ruby was placed under a Crookes tube; forty minutes later it was found to be a dark, brilliant red and greatly enhanced in value. WHIPPINGS FOR ECCLES. Sentenced to Two Years in Kingston Prison. Toronto, Nov. 25. -Two years in King- ston and two -whippings of twenty lashes each was the sentence given by Mr. Jus- tice MacMalion to William Eccles on Saturday. A verdict of guilty- was re- turned against the prisoner on Friday, after trial at the assizes for a vety seri- ous offence against a five-year-old girl. Eeeles is a cab driver, and was liv- ing at the time with the child's par- ents. In sentencing him his Lordship referred to the manner in which he had taken advantage of the absence of the parents to commit a most dastardly of. fence, while his duty as a Man was to protect the members of the family of which he was, by his position in.the house, almost one. "Under the circumstances'" said his Lordship, "I must impose the fullest pen- alty. I must also direct that you be whipped. It is the only way in which crimes of this ammeter can be stopped. VIM, (MX „Rerson is found guilty before ine-ofliich an offence rn not hesitate to direct that he be whipped,” When Eccles heard that he was to be whipped he completely broke down. The first whipping is tobe administered within two months of entering 'prison and. the last three months before his re- lease. JURY DISAGREED. Eight for Acquittal of Steve Adams and Four for Conviction. Rathbun, Idaho, Nov. 4 -The jury dit the Steve Adams case was dis- eharged at 5-.45 o'elock this afternoon, being utio.ble to agree on a verdict, after being out since 8.30 o'clock Sat- urday night. The jury stood eight for acquittal and four for convietion. Jurymen J. F. Mouse, Chas. Dits tenure's, L. Garwood and S. A. Var- num were tho four men who believed Steve Adams guilty of the intirder of Fred Tyler hi Shosbone County, Idaho, in August, 1004. ' --. 4 _ OLD WOMAN'S HEROISM, • juleps Into River at ea arid Saves Life of Child, Paris, Nov, 24. -An old Woman of e2 Mine. Itachin, is to be decorated wall the Crest( of the Legion of Honor for bravery in the saving of life. Mine. Machin, who lives in the lit- tle Village of Conde, saw a ehild fali into the river there on. Aug. 28t1i, and jumped into deep water after the boy and saved him, She lets resew(' fourteen pereons from drowning -the first of them sixty-three years ages When she WU 10. DISCORD IN THE VATICAN. CARDINALS COMPLAIN /UTTERLY OF DEL VAL'S ADMINISTRATION. Consistories Decided Upon Without Knowledge of Sacred College -Ital- ians Contend That Holy see is in Hands of Spanish Coalition. Rome, Nov. 24,-A rebellion of the Princes of the Church is now said to be brewing hi the Eternal City. The calin surface of Vatican waters is apt to de- eeive people, especially those living at a distance. There are plenty. of examples of submission to discipline and. self -re- pression, the most recent examples of which appeared itt the attitude of French prelates la the separation of State and Church in France, and the energetic con- demnation, amounting practically to an annihilation, of "modernism" as express- ed in criticism of the Holy Order of the Inquisition and its manipulation of the "'Index Librorum Probibitorum"-a cri- ticism which extended from ley schulari to the most distinguished scientific the°. logians of the Church. Notwithstanding that this struggle - bitter and. unceasing, although masked --has been now going on for four years between a majority of the Sacred College and Cardinal Merry del Val, the Papal Secretary of State, the latter has the advantage of being thoroughly supported by the Holy Father; so the struggle really amounts to a con- flict between Pius X. and almost all the Cardinals of the parishes of Rome. Indeed, the only open supporter of Merry del Val is his own countryman, Cardinal Jose Calasanz Vives y Tuto; while, on the other hand,. the doyen of the Sacred College, Cardinal Oreglia di Santa Stefano, quotes the opening words of Cicero's "Cataline's Conspiracy" when- ever the Secretary passes by. Cardinal Vives' Spanisli influence with the Holy Father and. his immedi- ate entourage has now become so pre- dominant as to arouse the protests of Italian ecclesiastics, and, while for- eigners complain that Italians alone occupy the highest positions in the Church, Italians contend that the Holy See is now in the hands of a Spanish coalition. All this conflict, however, is carried out with methods of such apparent obedience and harmony that the most 1,eig,ue exposition of what really goes on calls forth emphatic denials from all quarters -even from those who have taken the most determined attitude against Cardinal Merry del Val. For if Cardinal Oreglia, who, by the way, is the eels; living Cardinal to have re- ceived. the "berretto" from Pius IX., quotes Cieero, the Vice -Chancellor of the Church, Cardinal Agliardi, designates the forty -two-year-old Secretary as "(pet' ragazzo" (that boy.). In private conversation with their in- timate friends these Cardinals cannot conceal their dissatisfaction with the present organization's management of the affairs of the Church. They and their Roman colleagues complain of be- ing entirely ignored in any important af- fair dealt with at the Vatican. One of them said: even the Consistories are de- cided upon without the Sacred College knowing anything about it. We learn of them from the press, and some- times only a day or two before the cermony we receive the official notifi- cation to attend; we are never con- sulted, and our positions begin to be not only undignified,- but intolerable." These prelates confide to their friends that the way Spanish influence and re- actionism are being manipulated at the Vatican means ruin to the Church. WASHED AWAY. 2fiffeP9ir1s Swept From Ocean Liner and Drowned. San Francisco, Cal., Nov. 25.-A curi- ous dieaster marked the stormy eoyage of the steamer President from Seattle to this city. The vessel arrived Satur- day and reported that on Friday dur- ing rough weather three girls, all under 14 were swept overboard and lost. Their disappearance was not noticed for some time, so there WAS no chance to save them. The vessel delayed her departure from Seattle several home to allow the gale to subside, but the weather was still rough when she sailed. Off Fluttery Friday afternoon the sea was high, but the sky- bright. Florence Buckman, aged 13, mid Riles and Ada 6'th:etc, aged 12 and. 4 years, were playing in the gangway below the bridge amidship. This gangway forms a kind of natural' tunnel through which water pours when the deck is flooded. ilLirsd.supposed a large wave struck the ship and water swept the children over - The Sehote children had come from Australia with their mother te meet their father, who lives here. Florence Buckman was with her mother and was going from Seattle to Los Angeles. POPE FAVORS SPORT, International Tournament at Valine ardens. Rome. Nov, 23. -The Pope has given perzniss-•ei for the holding or an inter- aational athletic tournament in the Vat- ican in September, next year. Athletes nations may enter. The following message, Signed by the Pope, has been published: "To our beloved sons helot:ging to the Italian Sporting Association, we im- part with all our heart our apostolic blessing, in the hope that by exercising their body they will contribute to main- tain the vigor of their spirit, and that the athletic tournament will prove a mental stimuins for emulating the prow. ess of the fittest." V/CTIMS OF THE ALBS. Seventy-five Persons Killed During the Present Year, New York, Nev. 24. -The Sun hits re- v.A.,1d the following cal& despatch from London: Official statistics just issued sessly the death rate in -1907 due to misadventure in the Italian; Sivies and Arstrien Alps. The number of lives lost was 75, tile majority being Swiss and Gerienns. Next tame the -British and aftie them the /Wiens. The chief MSS of the fatality was foellntriliness, which is becoming more provident every year, in attempting dif- ficult aseenta without a guide, ttnd often ev ni without ft companion. Voueteen depths were eaused by attempts to gather flowers in dangerout localitiee. The number of accidents which are put down as grave but not fatal Was 360, prophylactic measures the compil- ers of the statistics recommend, interna- tional action by Switzerland, France, Italy and Austria to prohibit the ascent of dangerous mountains unless the climb- er is accompanied by a duly qualified and accredited guide. UNDER ONE FLAG. IRISH NATIONALIST LEADERS COX- ING TOGETHER AGAIN. William O'Brien Willing-- Timothy Healey May be Readmitted- Agra, rian Agitation to be Suspended- Birrell's University Bill. . London, Nov. 25.- Nationalist unity appears to be on the eve of accomplish - Inept. Communications have been pass- ing between the leaders of the party and William O'Brien, member of Parliament for Cork. Speaking at Ballyeullan, Wex- ford, to -day, he expressed the belief that all nationalist representatives soon would be brought under the same flag,: Timothy Irear,y, Nationalist member of parliament for the north division of Louth, wrote also expressing his appro- val of the suggestive terms of the tierce - meet, but requesting that the quation of his requlmission into the party should. be deferred. Mr. O'Brien, referring to this letter said that "it would be ungracious to delay Timothy Healy's readmission," It is understood that the terras of the proposed agreement are that the chief work of • the coming session of Parlia- ment should be Chief Secretary Birrell's new university hill, that the agrarian agitation in Ireland should be to a great extent suspended and the efforts of the party devoted to securing an amendment to the land acts through fur- ther conferences with the landlords, while preperatiints should be made to raise the home rule question on Glad- stonian lines at the next general elec- tion. LEAPS INTO RIVER. Mother Tries to Die With Baby in Her Arms and Three Others. St. Louis, Mo., Nov. 25. -With her in- fant in her arms and her three other small children tied bo her with ropes, •Mrs. Margaret Deters, 28 years old, jumped into the River Des Pres to- day in an 'attempt to drown herself and her children. The plunge into the cold water caused the terror stricken children to scream. Peliceman Reynolds heard them and res- cued the woman and the children. At the pollee station Mrs. Deters eaid ehe had left home last evening and had wandered around all night before having determined te drown hal-self and chil- dren. The children were suffering severe- ly from exposure. They wore given to the father, who is a drug 'clerk and tho woman was re- moved- to the observation ward at the City Hospital. Deters said his wife had been suffer- ing from mental trouble for seven months., following the death in Cincin- nati of her aunt, Mns. Margaret Oster- man, to whew Oe was much attathed. GEN. COLVILLE. African Scapegoat Loses His Life in Auto Accident. Lcndon, Nov. 25. -Gen. Sir Henry Colville came to his death yesterday as .a result of an automobile accident. The general last evening was riding a motor cycle down a country lane in. Surrey. Upon turning a sharp corner be collided violently with an automobile driven by his old friend mid battlefield gomeecle, Gen. Sir Heery Seymour Ritylinsore Gen. Colville was thrum} to the ground, strik- ing his head, and died froth his injuries during the night, Gen. Colville wits bore in 185e. Be is one of the generals who were called from South .Africa during the Boer war, W- ing to the disasters sustained by the troopa of his -command. POPE NEVER PELT SO WELL. What He Told His Niece Who Visited Him. Rome, Nov. 24. -The Pope yesterday received hie nieco, Gilde Parolin, who came from Riese, where she keeps a gen- eral shop, fearing that her uncle was not well. The Pope, ,who clicrishes her among his other relations, although he has never done anything to raise her from her humble station, entirely reas- sured his niece. He said lie bad never felt so well in his life. The air of Rome - seethed to be excellent for the gout, and his attacks here were less frequent and weaker -then in Venice, where the damp- ness evidently contributed to aggravate the disease. His Holiness added jokingly that the only thingehe regretted was the impossibility of returnng to Venice to see Ins friends, but he was happy to say that many of them came to see him in Rome. MR. AYLESWORTH BETTER, Is Expected to Return to Ottawa in a Fortnight, Ottawa, Nov.' 24. -Word received from Clifton Springs states that Hon. A. 33. Aylesworth is expected to return to Ob. Lawn in about a fortnight's time, Let- ters received by members of the Govern- ment say that his stay at the sanitarium is greatly benefitting his health. His hearing is improving. A BOXER OUTBREAK, Trouble Threatening in Neighborhood of Pekin. San Francisco, Nov. 24.-Aecording the reports brought by the collier Jue- tin, which arrived yesterday from Man- ila, another Boxer outbreak is threaten- ed in China, the centre of the troeble being near Pekin, 9 • # Found tinier in House, London, Noy. 24. -Iletstrnipg after a few minutes' absence to her home, Mrs. Berosford, of 11111 street found a bur- glar in her hoine on Saturday night, Ho dashed a lamp whieli Ile held) to tilO floor, escaped out the back door in the darkness and as he went through the yard be cleaned off the clothes line. Ile left a bieyele on the front lamb •••••• The Toronto Board of Control will re- commend the City Council not to [Wept any of the proposals of the Torerite Electric Light Company,. THIRTEEN PERSONS. BURNED TO DEATH. Awful Fate of Italians in a New York Tenement Fire This Morning. New York, Nov. 25, --Thirteen persons lost their lives and seyeral others were injured early to -day in a tenement house tire at 109tii street and Second. avenue, All the dead were Italians, Seven of the thifteen were children, The bodies were found huddled together in rooms on the top floor of the four - storey building, where the terror-stricken people had' been driven by the flames, which rushed up from the lower floors. they had been caught and swept down to death before they succeeded litereaeh- ing windows which led to the fire es- capes and safety. Some had been envel- oped in the flames and burned alive. Oth- ers, overcome by smoke, were spared the agonies of death in the flames. That the fatal fire was the work of incendiaries who sought revenge is the opinion of the police and firemen, who made the first hasty examination, Three reeks ago three Italians were caught in the act of ettempting to rob a safe in the saloon of Guiseppo Cudano, on the ground floor. The safe contained over $2,000, which the saloonkeeper's friends had with- drawn from banks dim* the money panic. The would-be robbere were ar- rested and are now awaiting trial. The fire of to -day started in Cudano's saloon, and the police believe that it may have been the work of friends of the prison- ers, who took this means of squaring the account with the saloonkeeper. Cudano first discovered the fire when he went down to open his place of busi- ness early this morning. As he opened the door he was met by a rush of flames and without wettings% moment to investigate dashed up the stairs to the tenements above, crying out for the oc- cupants of the building to run for their lives. When he reached the rooms watt - pied by his own family he burst in the iloor, and, seizing his young son, Dominic, In his arms, told Mrs. thulium and °GIN members of the family to follow. Cent- eno and the boy managed to find their way down the stairs to the street, but before the women could get through, the flames had cut off exit by that avenue. It is supposed that Mrs. Cutiano and the other children sought safety in the tippet part of the building. So quickly did the ileum spread that almost before the firemen arrived the whole building was a farnace, and it wae impossible for anyone to enter. Eve:: the eries of the agonizee women and children were drowned by the roar and crackle of the flames, the hissing en- gines, and the frantic crowd, whiel: pressed ite closely as possible to the fire lines. Not a single person was seen to appear at any of the windows of the blazing building, with the exception of those on the second floor, from which they reached the fire escape and wore rescued, The reason for this was ex- plained when after the flames had beea partially checked the firemen fought their way through the smoke ta the tee per floors. There they came upon pilee of dead where they had fallen, victims to the rush of flame and smoke, even before they had a chance to attempt ts save themselves, In one of the heaps the firemen found a woman who had made ono last desperate effort to save the life of her baby, even when she knew that she herself was doomed to a hor- rible death. She had. folded her arms tightly around the little one and then huddled down close to the floor, her own body protecting that of the child. The mother's body was badly burned. That of the child bore scarcely a mark, but it was dead front suffocation. On every side of the mother and child lay the bodies of other victims. REPUBLIC FOR PORTUGAL MAY BE NEXT MOVE THERE. Carlos Refuses to Dismiss the Premier and That May Cost Him His Throne. Paris, Nov. 25. ---Reports represent- position which has been stirring uP ing that Portugal is on the eve' of revolution are, received here with caution, as dispatches corning .slirect- ly from that country have ben cen- sored and these indireetly from across the frontier are held more or less under suspicion. Both reports of the banishment of the Ceown Prince and the mutiny of the fleet are denied by the Portugal embassy here. Never- theless, arreste the suspension of newspapers and other repressive measures taken by what Premier Franco terms "an administrative dic- tatorship" seems to show conclusively that affairs in Portugal have entered a critical phase. This condition undoubtedly has been precipitated by the interview with King Carlos, published . last week, announcing his absolute faith in Pre*si4er Framso and his intention to allow the Premier to choose the time of the holding of the election to the Cortes. The parliamentary op - the country for months past expected by a gigantic demonstration planned for January next to force the King to dismiss Premier Franco, but His Majesty's bold endorsement of the dictatorship removes this hope ab- ruptly, consolidating the entire op- position in the direction of republic- anism, Senor Lita, of Liebon, proprietor of tho newspaper, Vanguardia, which was suppressed, is now in Paris and considers that a republic is inevit- able. The people aro hostile' to a dynasty and the army is disaffected, he says, A oorrespondent of the Temps, who has returned after an investigation of affairs in Portugal and who has had interviews with King Carlos, Premier Franco and. Ex -Premier Cas- tro, ex -minister of Justice and Wor- ship D'Alpoim and Senor Vilhena, councilor of state, and other opposi- tion leaders makes clear that the sit- uation is the outgrowth of scandal- ous political methods and affairs which have been endured for years. SHOT AS HE SLEPT. WEALTHY NEW YORE MANITFAC, TURER KILLED BY HIS BRIDE, Woman Who Had Become Suddenly In- sane Then Set Fire to the llouee end Committed Suicide -First Supposed Husband Shot Wife. New Rochelle, N, y.4 Nov, 5,-Care- fal of ell the fade in the shoot- ing of Nicliolas el. Smith, jun., a weelthy woolen merchant of New York, tied a member of the New York Athletics Club, and hie wife, Grace, who were found dead to -day in their burning home, en eia oniai mansion, at 30 WeodIttad avenue, this city, legels to the conclusion that the young womae killed her husband, set fire to tee house td coded her own life. Mrs. Smith had been bequeathed a for- tune of $2,000,000 and had lost it. It is believed that the duel criMe was com- mitted while the women was laboring under extreme nervous prostration, the result of severe headaches from which she had long suffered. The body of Mrs. Grace Smith, who shot and killed her husband, Nicholas M. Smith, jun., and afterward set fire to their home asul committed suicide by turning her revolver on herself and send. illg it billet through her left breast, is still at the private morgue of George T. Davis in New Rochelle, Nene of her al- leged relatives, the Bulkeleys, of -Con- itecticut, have epiteitred to claim it. Ti ere ie no doubt that, although the women was probebly• an adventurosa, Smith believed to the day Of his deisth diet she Wes a daughter of ex.Liente Governor 13tilleeley, of Conlicetieut and related to 'United States 'Senator Bolke- ley, of that State, and would come in for ft large. pert of die family estate, - e." WQ1.4.4) NOT BE DISCHARGED, Kansas City Editorial Writer Shot Editor and President of Hie Paper, Rilell6antsti4s0(.11. rttl‘er,o"edNi toovriel4s.---vr(lItt'erir(1041111 tlto seTioltCullylsasSvoCuittidY81101etill"t(;. 1) t ,N'Si8o7(1)Vdel w;a.,1111 , 1?reside3t of the Post Company, yester- day, and then shot IL J. Graves, mitnitg- her editor, in the right hip. The shoot - 14* occurred in the editorial rooms of the Post, Home, who is a stoekholder itt tlie Intper and ono of its founders, hail been discharged heetutee of business depression, lie -claimed that his whole fortune Was invested in the paper, and that the other owners: were enticayorlatf 1.9 rob hint, Iforne Wag it brigadier -gen- et J mt Governor Stotte'e staff, arid has been prominent in Missuitel polities for mani) years, SLOT MACHINES. Quebec Authorities Confiscating Them by the Dozens. Montreal, Nov. 25. -The Provincial authorities have inaugurated a deter- mined crusade with the object in view of putting the slot machines out of bus- iness 'Revenue department officers are now makieg a tour of all the towns lam such macluece are in use and are confiscating them by the dozens, as they are Hiegel, Most of the machines are to be found in saloons and tobacco sleeps. The city of Montreal is included in the War, but there are not so many in use here as the city authorities long ago did awce with such machines wherever they Wire to be found. FOUGHT PRAIRIE FIRE. Medicine Hat Citizens Have to Work to Save Their Town. Medicine Hat., Alta„ Nov, 24. -Driven by the high wind, a big prairie fire swept on Friday night to within ui few miles of this eity, and was only stopped then by it battalion of citizens marshalled by the Mounted Police, who, armed with sacks, fought the encroaching flames until e o'clock on Saturday morning before they were finally subdued. Reports to hand indicate tht luckily there were no losses to horses or stock, but a large grazing area has been destroyol and will be useless for feed purposes miring the coming winter, -seeees- EMIGRATION THE REMEDY, Th a Way to Relieve Britain's Distress, Says General Booth. London, Nov, • 24, -General Booth, in- terviewed here, said he firmly believed that emigration to Canaan wa3 the remedy for distress in the mine lard. Ile was now occupied with a siiheine for sending fifty struggling men to occupy as malty vacant farms in eastern Can- ada, The men would be maintained un- til self-supporting, and thus relieve a serious conditiou there. General Booth says he could only say "yes" to the pro- posal of a Canadian Provinciel 'Minister that the Salvation Army should control the Provincial jails, Kipling to Get Nobel Prize. Stockholm. Nov. 24. ---The next NoLel prize for chemistry will ba awsrded to Sir Wm, Crookos, of Lon- don, Iludyard Kipling has beim desig- nated for the literary prize. Mr. 11, Is, Hall, 13,est Peterboro', wili move the address in the Mouse of Oorre mono, and Mr. R. Lanetot, of In Prairie, will seeond its IN THE riEliD 010 XABOR. MITegn1110101.1100 Over Four Hundred Accidents Reported in October. Ottawa, Nov. 24.---iindustriat at* dents to 440 individual work people in Canada during the month of October were reported -to the Department of Lobar. Of these 140 were fatal and 300 resulted in serious injuries. Thirty-nine were killed and 35 injured in railway service; 14 were killed and 38 injured in the metal tradee; la were killed and 23 injured in mining, and 24 were killed and 3/ injured bi agrieultural penults. During the mouth there were 22 trade disputes reported, involvieg 67 es- tablishments and 5,108 employees. The loos of time to employees through strikes during the montit Was approximately 03,350 working days as compared with 137,290 in October, 100(1. Of the 15 die- putes termineted during the month the -employers were successful in 10 and the employees in 3. In one ease a compro- mise was reached, and itt the remaining instanee the etrikers were partially sue- ceesful, A CONSISTORY. Red Hats to be Conferred -Cardi- nals to be Made. Rome, Nov. 25. -It has been decided to hold the next secret oonsistory on Dee. 10th. Monsignor Pietro Gaspani, seeretay of the congregation of ext - ordinary ecclesiastical affairs, Mgr. Lu - can, archbishop of Rhehus and Mgr. Andria, archbishop of Marseilles, will be appointed candle:de. A public consis- tory will be held on Dec. 19. On this dete the red hat will be impoesd on Cardinal Rinaldini, ex papal nuncio of Spain, who •Were raised to the cardinal - ate at the last consistmy. 4 • BRAITHWAITE FIRED FIRST,. • Coroner's Jury at Grenfell, Sask., Exon- erates Corporal Dann. Grenfell, Sask., Nov. 24. -The inquest following the death of Robert Braith- waite, who was fatally wounded by Corporal Dann, of the Mounted Police, while resisting arrest, was concluded here yesterday. Evidence showed that Braithwaite had fired three times st the policemen as . they were epproaching him. Afterwards ho barricaded himself in the house, and was deliberately aim- ing at Constable Moses, who aelempan- led Corporal Dann, when the latter shot Braithwaite, inflietine a wound from • which he died a few ;limas later. The Coroner's jury returned a verdict to the effect that Dann had fired in self. defence while performing his duty. BRITAIN'S DRINK QUESTION. Government Bill Will Deal With It Next Session. New York, Nov. 24. -Tim Herald has received the following cable despatch from London: The British Government hes yielded to the teetotallers and in- tends to try to make the English peo7„:' ----( ple sober by act of Parliamefit. TIte Liberal party has often promised to deal with the drink question. It now finds it cannot back out of it. It is understood that one clause of the hill decided upon by the Cabinet will provide for the seperation of the drink business of grocers from their othex branches of trade. This is an at- taek on the evil of women's.secret drink- ing by making it hard for them to pur- chase alcohol stealthily. • • • PACIFIC WIRELESS SCHEME. Mr. Cross, the British Government Ex- pert, Will Report Favorably. 'Vancouver, Nov. 24,-.1. J. Cross, the American u ri da I expert, has ret i u • by the steamerAorangi from the South Sea Islands, where he was sent by the British Government to examine the pos- sibility of establishing a wireless tele- geaph service between Vancouver and Australia and New Zealand, Mr. Cross carries Ids report to Mr. Winston Church- ill. He considers the scheme feasible, and thinks that by using the different islands RS connecting stadees the system may be established at a cost not exceed- ing $500,000. The only station to be estalilised on foreign soil will be at Hawaii. • - • THREAT TO BLOW UP HOUSE. Resident of St. Lambert Finds Letter Nailed to Verandah -post. Montreal, Nov. 25. -One of the pro- minent citizens of St. Lambert found a slip of paper nailed to his verandah post on Saturday night on which was written a threat to blow up the house with nitro-glycerine. The citizen was blamed for informing on a band of robbers who were captured there last Sunday, and the communication is thought to be from one of the band. The,matter has been turned over to the police, and it close watch is being kept on the movements of strangers around St. Lamber. - • AFRAID OF BEEF TRUST, Manchester Butchers Fear It Intends to Capture Market. London, Nov. 24. -The 'Manchester butchers believe that the American Beef Trust is about to captiii•e the Manches- ter meat ni...arket. TILe Morris Beef Com- pany, of Chicago, has contratted with the corporation to supply 23,000 head an- nually. The total annual import of Manchester now is 26,000 head. ARRESTED FOR BURGLARY. Windsor,.Ont., Nov. 21, -Edward Burley, at Cottain, this county, is under arrest for it burglary alleged to have been committed be him and a companion at the home ot a neighbor, on November JO, and it warrant is out tor the arrest of tho other man, John L. Noble. The house Was eatered in the even- ing white the family was attending church, it Is said, the burglars got OM in cash. FORGERY CHARGE. New York, Nov. Z. -James J. Graham, as- sistant cashier of the InterboroUgh Dank, la Wan areet, was arrested to -day and chars. ett with the forgery ot a cheque tor $2,90e. Jamee W. Baty, easing teller of the bank. and Alfred Burrows, a depositor, sivere Mita arrested on A charge of etimplicity Itt the forgery. Both Legs Taken Off. Montreal, Nov. 24. ---An Italian named Augelo Corterello hat Toth lege cut off by it train on Saturday at St. Anne. Ile was working on the trawls when a Grand Trunk train passed over him. Ifts is not expected do reeover. Gift Front Sir Gilbett Parker. Nov. 23. -The offieielsruf Ole publie library to -day reesibred COO from Sir 'Gilbert Parker, being his annual contribution.