oT DAILY BRITISH WHIG nis KINGSTON, ONTARIO, TUESDAY, APRIL 29, 1902, -- "LAST EDITiOXN You Are In Boi A Third of fhe Time. 3 owl 'Enjoy you select a som wear mattress. : so { cy vou to baviag KIRKPA a ART STORE I -------------------- ty Joha H. Mills Are you selling out ? if so em- i ploy the best--you'll be more sa- tisfied when your sale is over, A x50 A ee : 70 X : mA hr MRS, HIRAM MER strewt. -- i; - FAMI pia Em, ae Se ot prefor "Wd. erm "oare -- The Daily Note Book For Whig Readers to Post Themselves By. Carters' union, % pw. The love of money iv never platonic. "The sndertaker finally overtakes we oll. "Evil Eye," st the Grand overs bows, 8 vm 3 Queen's convocation, city hell, to-morrow alernov. : Court Eurl Roberts, 1.OF., danes, ' sity ball, § p.m. Farewell st St. Audrew's chureh to Dr. Eshoo, 8 p.m. Nothing provokes a prowd women like the pride of some other women. hem & man bossts of kis sncestors prob ably be has sothing to leok forward to. A statesman smishly in the right is no match for a politician pumaciously in the wrong. Mon. Richard Harcourt ond Sir Saodiofd Fleming lay corner stones of two new soience buildings at Queen's 10:48 wm. to A This day iu the world's history : Close of Crimean war, 1856; Henry Clav dimd, 1562; siege - of Orleans relieved, 142%: Capt. Cooks landed ot Botany Bay, 1770; Cozey's army arrives st Washiogion, 1594; H. A. Massoy, Toronto, born, 1828; Cervers's fleet leaves Cadiz for Cuba, 1808. : Coronation imblers. The Latest, Just Out. ROBERTSON BROS. OPERA HOUSE Sans and Tuesday, April 29th Chas. H. Yale and Sidney R. Ellis' Big Trick Spectacle. "THE. EVIL EYE" SEE [rifts Company of TISTS 50 Prices 28¢c., 50c., 78ec., $1. 1 Seats now on sale st HANLEY'S, Feige sngsagprger sed May2 and 3 THE EMINENT ACTOR Robert B. Mantel Friday Night. y HAMLET." SATURDAY TATINEE, "ROMEO and JUL4BT." - Saturday Night, "OTHELLO" Prices~28¢c,, 80c, 78e. Matineo--All obairs, 306: balance. 2c. x goats; 78e. Heats on sale 10 s.m., Wednewday, ot Ian - WITH | ONE iy work of house CHILD, RO ms a , rung "i Ch wl +| TORONTO COLLEGE OF MUSIC, LIMITED. in affiliation with the Univers sity of Toronto. 112 and 14 Pembroke St. F. H. TORRINGTON, Musical Director. Under tha d hekl in Kingston in Jun fext. \ . to the returned with "feos AT MES. SNowhEN's. #7 © DIVISION Street on FRIDAY, May 2nd, of der house ax follows : Huirgom Sets, ater, Psi Bim, Kitches Toble, - Chuirs, Br pha, Seal. COTTE a DROWN, Auctioneers. hy SHOT BY SCHOOL MATE A Terrible Tragedy Ia Frontenac THE SAD CIRCUMSTANCES. A BULLET PIERCED BEATRICE HOLLANINS TEMPLE. After the Awful Deed the Lad Fled, But Later Gave Himself up to the Police Authorities-- He Claims He Had no Inten- tion of Shooting--The Re- volver Went Of. ' A terrible tragedy occurred in ron tenac public school on Monday after- noon at four o'clock, the result of which was the blotting out of a young and innocent life. Erie Sharp, the fourteen-year-old son of H. Sharp, ocer, shot and almost instantly filled Beatrice Holland, a young girl of his own age, the daughter of George Holland, Rideau street, engi- neer on the Kingston & ' Pembroke railway. * y As A as could be learned, the par- ticulars of the awful deed are 3 "cA bout four o'clock - the jupior fourth class diniased when they' had finished their spelling lesson. Four or five of these were in the cloak room, preparing to go home, ,and among them were Enc Sharp and Beatrice Holland. The latter, in a playful way, tipped the lad's hat off his head, and this action annoyed young Sharp. According to the other children prow ont, he threatened to shoot Beatrice if she bothered him any wore. Hardly had he spoken his warning, when ho pulled a small revolver from his socket. A quick report and a scream ollowed, and the poor, innocent girl fell to the floor with a hullet in her temple. The. teachers within reach and, many 'pupils rushed to the scene af the witnesses of the deed shrieked for assistance. Tender was the care bestowed upon the dying girl. Doctors and ambu- Jance were telephoned for, and the re. sponse was immediate. But when Drs. Mundell and Campbell reached' the school, little Beatrice Holland was be- vond all earthly aid, and surrounded by her young comrades, the teachers and thé doctors, her spirit passed to the better land. It was a hushed mo- ment, and there were many tear-dim- med eyes, as the little form lay still within that group. y Then the body was taken in Cor- bett's ambulance to the home of the stricken parents on Rideau street, where the child had only a few hours befor deft in the brightest of spirits, That home is now darkened by the shadow of death, and bitter is the anguish of those within. In their sor- vow, the family ave receiving the deopest sympathy frofa every side., The Boy Filed. After committing the awful deed, the boy fled--whither no one knew. When the gfisir was reported to the police, dillkent search was made for im, but 'mo trace could be found. However, at seven o'clock last even: ing he gave himself up at police head- quarters, and was placed in custody. He appeared completely dazed, and could tell very little of the terrible af- fair. When he realized what be had uone he says that he became crazed, and dashed off, not knowing where he was going. ' He wandered ugh the upper jon of the city, and finally found Pimseit in the city park. There he sat down, and brooded over the awful deed, of which he could remem- ber little, except that the bullet struck the girl. He told a boy named Tompkins of the matter, and was ad- vised to give himself up to the police. This advice he took, and soon appear- ed at the station. ' Yoong Sharp saia he had no inten tion whatever of shoot Beatrice Holland when he pulled revolver from his pocket. She was his friend, he says, and though he was annoyed when shesknooked Jin bat, no jruch ing as injuring ever ontered his porn | He took out the revolver to frighten her. The lad's comrades say Be had the weapon for some time, sud used it to shoot frogs. After the un fortanate boy had given himself up, he was visited by his father, who spent the greater t of the night with him. Mr. rp retained W. Mundell, lawyer, to take charge of the case. . Mundell, coroner, summoned a jury this morning, and an inquest was to bave been at two o'clock were one by one 2 hee. : i: bis ei¥ ils in Beatrice had been teasing Eric in a playful manner, but the boy didn't seem to mind it. The principal says that y Sharp always appeared to be a ly lad, the only trouble be gave being in playing truant. He al ways took punishments without mur- mur and preferred whipping to extra book tasks. The flag on Frontenac school floats at half mast B mettiory of he dead girk, and in 'he play grounds all was quiet, the pupils being greatly affected over the tragic ending of the life of one of their number. When the teachers entered the cloak room, Miss Boyd stooped over the dying girl and spoke to her several times, but no answer came. From the moment the bullet pierced her fore , she never uttered a word. The doctors applied stimulants, in the endeavor to keep up the heart's ac- tion, but to no avail. The bullet had 'well done its deadly work, and twelve minutes after the shot was fired, the little girl slept in death. The bullet entered the right temple an inch above the eve and an inch and a half to the outer side. The Revolver Found. The revolver was fpund near the school last evening by' police constable Aiken. It had been thrown away by the lad as he fled from the scene. It is of twenty-two calibre, one of ¢ little weapons which teke the eye of a boy, and which €an be ensily sec" reted in the pocket. Four chambers were found empty, and one other was charged. The Dead Girl. Beatrice Holland, who met such a tragic death, was a bright little girl. Everyone who knew her has a good word to say about her. She was clev- er at music, and a favorite with hee laymates. She attended Queen street Methodist Sunday-school. Action Of The Police. It was hall-past five o'clock hefore the police knew anything of the oc: currence, a¢ very strangely no notice had been sent to the station. Police constable Aiken was the first to bear of the shooting. and his first act was to go to the boy's home. Not finding him there he proceeded down to Union street, and there was told by a street car wo lermen that the boy had crossed the commons. He traced him down into the city, and arrived at the station just after the lad had given himself up. Then constable Aiken proceeded to make a search for the revolver, after questioning young Sharp, who told contradictory stories. He found a portion of it in the base ment of the school, one chamber on Cherry street, under thé sidewalk, and a cartridge in a laneway between York and Main streets. Constable Aiken finally found that the revolver had been purchased in he second-hand store of 1. Zacks, on Princess street, by a boy named Me- Dermott, who got it for young Sharp on Baturday night. The price paid was two dollars. * Lad's Parents At Police Station. Mr. Sharp knew nothing about his son having the revolver. At the police station he besought the boy to tell the whole truth about the matter. Mrs. Sharp also spent some hours with her son, who now realizes the enormity of his deed. Mr. Sharp told the police that his son had lately been reading some obnoxious dime novels, and bad been: smoking cigarettes. Young Sharp tells the police that he had been shooting frogs, and thought he had taken all the ecartri out. It was untler this impression that he pointed the revolver at the girl, thinking it was empty. The boy was shown every attention at the police station, and allowed to remain in constables' ward, not be- ing put in the cells at all. He was visited this morning by canon Mac morvine and Rev. A. W. Cooke. Immediately after the shooting, a boy on a bicycle tore down to the home of the girl's parents on Rideau street. Mrs. Holland hurried towards the school, but on the way was met . Lemmon, who drove her the i of the way. She arrived just before her child passed away. The junior fourth class at Fromte nac school was dismissed this morn: ing. The scholars and teachers will send wreaths to be placed on the cof- fin of their dead comrade and pupil. HURLED OVER A BRIDGE. A Serious Accident Over The Grand River. Cayuga, Ont, April 29. About ten o'clock this morning ten cars, on the eastbound freight train on the Michi- gan Central railway, left the track on the large iron bridge over the Grand river here and were hurled into the water fifty feet below. Particuars of how the accidont happened are not to hand, but fortusately no one . was hurt or killed, though the bri somewhat damaged American 7 Boston, 2. At Washington, %; Phila Helphia, 12. At Chicago, 0; Clove National ° loague_At New York, 9; Feouk lyn, 3. At Philadelphia, 4; Bow THE SHIPPING COMBINE it Is Now a Big Theme For Discussion. STATEMENT WILL BE MADE zr No Change in Ownership or in Flag Has Taken FPlase--The Concern is Simply Bound by the Regulations of a Legal Pool. London, April 29.--Gerald Balfour, president: of the board of trade, said, in the house of commons, yesterday, that the government had no official information as to whether the Eng- lish shipping companies had entered into the new combination on the same termg as the German and American lines: Arnold Foster, parliamentary secre- tary to the admiralty, decla¥ed that whatever may have ieen the original policy which led to the subvention of merchant cruisers it was considered by AND THE REAL POSITION BE DEFINED. 000000000000 Whitney's Policy. At Wolle Island on Sa- turday night Hop. F. R. Latchford, minister of pub- lic works for Ontario, gave the following as Mr. Whit. ney's financial policy :-- To collect less, To spend more, And to have more left, 900000000000 the admiralty that definite functions could be assigned to such ships in tine of war, and they were to be re tained. Gerald Baliour added that the board of trade had no power to compel the disclosure of any agreement in refer ence to the transfer of any British ships. The board had no reason to think that further powers were requir ed for preventing the evasion, or in fraction of the merchants' shipping act. The possible effects of the Am erican combination were engaging the serious attention of the government. The Shipping Gazette states that it is informed on the highest authority that while there will be no sale of the shares of tha White Star line there will be an éxchange of the present shares for those of the new trust. The real position of the companies concerned, it explains, is to enter into a pooling arrangement, The Central News says that an of- ficial statement will be issued in a few days to English steamship owaers re garding the combination. This will de- fine the exact position of each com- pany which has joined thé trft. Re- garding the White Star line the of- ficial statement will prove that neither a change of ownership nor flag has taken place, and that the company is simply bound by the regulations of a light pool. : Where Shares Are Held. London, April 20.--The Beliast cor- respondent of the Times says that « majority of the shares in the new shipping combination will be held in the united kingdom, not the United States. Causing Anxiety. Berlin, April 29.---The statements made here, regarding the shipping combination have increased rather than diminished the apprehensions of the leaders in financial and industrial circles. "It is hoped that the German companies will prove able.to safe guard their independence, but some of the alleged stipulations are causing anxiety especially the one limiting the extension of the German service from England. It is fully believed the Am ericans will use their utmost efforts to build steamers superior to the Ger: mans, enabling them to dictate terns ty the German companies. Reunion Of Sultana Survivors. Fort Wayne, Ind., April 29.--The re maining survivors of the historic Sul tana 'disaster assembled in this city to-day, for their annual reunion. Bev eral states are represented among the visitors. The local grand army mem bers and Spanish-American war veter ans escorted the visitors to Saenger bund Hill. where a business session was held this morning. A public meet ing will be held this evening at which there will be an address by lieutenant governor Gilbert and the recitation of nal experiences by several of the ultana survivors. Capt. Rockwell Retires. Washington, D.C., April 39.-To the long list of important naval retire ments this spring another was added today when Capt. Charles Henry Rockwell was retired hy operation of the age limit. Capt. Rockwell was born in and appointed from Massa chusetis, and has served PROF. ELLIOTT Made One of the Wesleyan College Staff, REV. JANES ELJIGTT, BA. Montreal, April 29.--Rev. James El liott, B.A., who bas filled Methodist Juipite in Kingston and Ottawa, has n appointed to succeed Prof. Har ils as professor of theology at The #% Wesleyan college, in this city. There is to be a rearrangement of the staff and another branch will be added to Prof. Elliott's work. MISS STONE WINS HER CASE. Court Allows Her to Keep Her Lecture Contract, : Boston, April 29 Judge Richard: son in the equitsession of the sa perior court refused to grant the . tition brought against Miss Ellen M. Stone, the missionary, by Richard Heard, Charles A. Williams and Mark Nathan, to restrain her from com- pleting her lecture contract with Maj. J. B. Pond. The court refused to. issue the in junction, upon the grounds that the contract between Miss Stone and her managers was incomplete, the element of mutuality being lacking. The con traet --. 'wie he basis of the suit, was ouly signed two of the three plaintiffs "oft their part. The plain: tifi's counsed was asked by judge Ri chartlson to explain the sbeence of Richard Heard's name from the docu ment, which had been signed for Miss Stone by her brother Charles. The lawyer's answer to the court was to br ng Mr. Heard to the attorney's ta ble and sign the contract, then and there, Miss counsel immediately objected. Simultaneously judge Rich- ardson excluded the signatube and asked Mr. Rowley, the lawyer, if considered it a proper answer to the question to have the signature affixed to the document in dispute, right un der the court's nose, Mr. Rowley explained that he did not regard the signature as necessary, but judge Richardson said that with out the names of all the plaintiffs up on the contract at the it was made, the instrument lacked mutual ity, and he therefore denied the peti tion. Stone's tire TWENTY-FIVE. BOERS KILLED. Lord Kitchener Sends Report Of Desultory Fighting. London, April The has made public patch from Jord toria = the Kitchener, at Pre bave been killed, seventy eight have heen taken prisoners and twenty-five bave surrendered There has been desultory fighting in various sections of the Transvaal and the Orange River colowy The garrison At O'Okiep (Care Colony) held out until it was relieved." More May Die. Winnipeg, April 20. There will pro bhably be some more fatalities in con nection with the Monchamp fire at Norbet. The eldest girl, Martha, ag od twelve, is mot expected to live through today. The three-weeks ba by also may die. The mother is ah out demented and the doctors doubt the recovery of her reason Mon champ, himself, probably will recover The funeral, yesterday, wae one of the largest ever seen in: the district, peo- ple driving many miles to it and the scene in the church was most affect ing, A subscription list for the survi vors has been started by the Foe Press. The Ninth Death. Port Dover, Ont. April 20.--Mrs Poughner, who lives two miles from and expired before aid could be wm moned. She had taken an overdose of Inwlanum. Jt is supposed she had taken the drug to indace glesp. This in the ninth death in the family con nectios within' fifteen months. Ladies' Palent Leather Boots. 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