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COMMERCIAL MATTERS, nisin What is Going on in the Busines World--The Market News, In Toroute, the hop trode in yuiet, prices steidy at 13¢.; yearliovs at Se. Earnings of U. 8. steel corporation for Ap ril are estimated at $11,000,000 for the same month of last vear. ® Hoe in the city baw gone up to 18¢. & Ib. ond it is expected that it will advance to 200. before very lumg. Good cattle ore vhey The Boston Post envs that a desl - the Penneylvania railroad will absorb = the New York, New Haven and Hurtlord rail rosd company is practically completed. The Canindian Portland" coment compuny has Just received. an opder for 17,000 barrels of coment to be sbifped immediately to Winsi- poy from the works at Maribaok and Strathcona. "Ihe Grosd Trunk railway company bas made so much progress during the past two or three years that its long deferred second prolerence wiock is mew upon a four per cent. basis, whils there arvears to be hope for its third prefersnce aod fur even its or digary stockholders, Henry Clews, N. Y. banker, reports, April 26¢h : "Conditions are favorable to af act ive stock market for some time. The most important restraint upon speculation ~~ s searoity of monwey--is being gradually re moved; and the various cligues and opern- tors who have bien waiting months for fa opportunities are now doing their wunost to broaden and strengthen the mor ket. Crop reporis are not as reassuring as they might be, but the drouth has at lost been broken, and with favorable weather "for with BAe Serdnsiatate What it is You Buy From Us You Most Certain- ly Obtain Better Value Than Can Be Obtained Elsewhere. » COP 0O 000 LACE CURTAINS with the new Colbert designs. Extra .50, $2, $2.50, $3. CURTAINS in Cream , Signs, $3.50, $4, $5, $6, $7. & reasonable time comsiderable of the loss of condition can be regnined. Good crops make wood markets, » NEW BRUSH MATS made from fine quality fibre, new goods, $1, $1.25, $1.45, $1.75, $2, $2.50. NEW ROPE MATS, warranted to stand hard usage, firmly made, 70¢., 90c., $1, $1.10, $1.25, . $1.50 each. . COCOA MATTING, extra heavy quality, double thickness, 4, #, 1 yard wide. Special pices. CHINA MATTINGS, over twenty varieties, plain and fancy de- signs, 12je., 1Bec., 18¢c., 20¢c., Rb¢. yard. . NEW FIBRE MATS for outside the door, guaranteed to stand rain and frost, 60c., 75e., $1, $1.50 each. 4 girl, cross-examined the witness, SAY THE LAD NEVER SPOKE TO THE GIRL. But After the Hat Was Knocked Off, he Drew the Revolver and Fired--The Inquest is Now Proceeding. ae The coroner's inkquest into the desth of Beatrice Hollmad, the little girl shot at Frontenme 'school yesterday by Eric Sharp, opened in the police cowrt chamber at 2 p.m. Dr. Mundell, coréner, presided, and the following juryt was impanelled : John Smith, Thosaas D. Minnes, J. M. Strange; D. G. Laidlaw, Archibald Abernethy, 1). E. Starr, Hugh €. Nickle, J. M. El liott, Oscar V.' Bartells, R. 8. Wal dron, Harry Angrove and N. C. Pol- spn. The coroner stated that it was a very important, in fact, an essential part of the inquest that the body ghould be viewed. Without that ac tion being taken, the inquest would be null and void. When they were in the presence of the body, the mem- bers of the jury would be sworn in, and elect the foreman. The coroner and jury then entered a van and were driven to the residence of the dead child's parents, where they inspected the remains. The Evidemce Submitted. When the jury returned to the police court room at' 3 p.m., the inquest was resumed, The first witness summoned was Jessie Marrison, a little girl who saw the deed. She explained that in the cloak-room Beatrice Holland stepped up to Eric Sharp and knocked off his hat. He picked itp, turned around and fired at her. She fell, and be ran away, Eric would play around and skip with the girls. Mr. Smith--~Were you in the cloak room 7 , Witness--Yes, Mr. Smith~How often did knock his bat off ? Witness--Once. | was about two feet away from the girl, and pinning my hat on at the time. Mr. Polson--Did he make any mark ? Witness--I didn't hear him say aiiy- thing. It was all done very quickly. The noise of it nearly stunned me, The relatigns of the children were cordial. John McIntyre, K.C., appeared for the boy. In cross-examining witness he elicited these facts : Both children at- tended the low fourth class of Fron- tenac school, under Miss Boyd. If the boy had said anything, witness would probably have heard it. Q.--Are you satisfied in your mind that the boy said nothing ? A.~1 did not hear him say thing, and do not think he did. victim fell a little ways from she re own any- The the irl. "re Mr. Polson witness said she did not hear the boy make any remarks after he fired the shot. He wae as well liked by his class mates general ly as the other hoys. "Thomas McAuley, who appeared on behalf of the parents of the Homaned who told him the little girl was well liked. Did not see where the boy got the revolver from. W. Mundell alse appeared for the boy, but did not examine witness, Another Witness Called. George Creeggan was the second witness called. He was thirteen years old, and attended Frontenac school. He said : "Yesterday as I came out of the room, I took my hat and walked to the cloak-room door. 1 waited there. As Eric Sharp cage out, he took his cap from the peg, and as he was going by Beatrice Holland she touched his cap and it dropped off. He picked the cap wp, and with the other hand he drew the revolver out of his poc- ket, and levelled it at her and shot her. She dropped down, and the teachers came out and picked her up he was in the room at the time, but 'heard no words pass between the children. Eric bad the revelver in his coat pocket. After the shot Eric ask- ed the boys if he had killed anybody. The shot was fired as soon almost as the hat was knocked off. During re. ods voung Sharp was down in the quarry shooting frogs. Had seen him coming to school with the revolver yest . Sharp was about two feet from the little girl. Witness' had known the boy since he started to to school, and the boys liked him pretty well. ; To Mr. Molntyre witness said voung Sharp had shown the revolver to the boys early in the afternoon, and told them it was loaded, To Mr. McAuley the witness said he did not know that Eric was a good fighter. He got along well with the other boys. Witness told Mr. McIntyre that Eric pointed revolver at ice, but he did not know if he intended to her. Sharp ran down stairs, and that was the last witness saw of him, : Cross-guestioned by the jury he said" - which 3 passing through the I f his he pulled revolver from poe ket, stretched in the full length arm and thea fired. Beatrice fell back, I was about a foot away from Beat- rice at the time, and two or three feet. from Eric. To the jury the girl said it seemed only a frolic; there was no ill-nature in the matter. : This witness also testified that Eric was ii-liked, and was not & quar rel boy. ' ACTED WISELY. The Archbishop Did Not Overstep His Powers. Ottawa, April 29.---The eorrespon: dence between the department of la- bor and the trades and Jlabir* council, of Quebec, which has been laid before parliament, contains the reply of the department to the complaint of the council that archbishop Begin over- stepped firisdiction as arbitrator in the settlement of the shoemakers' strike. The riment"s reply is dated March 15th, 1902. It states that his grace, did not, in the opin ion of the department, exercise other power thar that given to him by the employers and thr, and that the department was not able to discover in the record an attempt by his grace to assume civil authority as alleged. Up to what point the archbishop could act ecclesiastically towards the Ro- man Catholic workmen was a ques: tion of church discipline and, there fore, not within the scope of the de partment to determine. HAS ENTERED AN APPEAL. The Case Is Now Being Heard In Toronto. Toronto, April 29. --The Canadian legal fight with the city of Toronto, having appealed from the award 'of of- ficial referee Carvwright, which ordered the railway to pay taxes on the land it holds on the harbor front, known as the alternative site, and also ar rears of taxes, since January lst. 1895. The case opened before chr. cellor Boyd to«day. Capitalize? the amount involved would b+ $400,000 and the taxes are $4,000 a year. TRIED TO END LIFE. The Action of a Tinsmith in Ot- tawa. Otvawa, April 2 Alexander Mcll- hinney, a tinsmith; attempted sui cide this morning by jumping from a C. P. R. railway bridge into the Ri- deau river, He was rescued and ar rested, and will be tried on a charge of attempted suicide. He bad been on a prolonged debauch. Quite A Deficit. Victoria, B.C., April 29.--The bud- get speech was dei ered yesterday afternoon by Hon. J. D. Prentice, finance minister. Although there is an overdraft of $1,600,000, the minister showed « the province t6 be in good shape, 'financially, with good credit and increasing industries, He | pro- poses to borrow $3,000,000 to retire matured debentures. The principal items in the estimates are appropri ations for public works. There will be an estimated deficit of several hun- dred thousand dollars. Evidence Accumulating. Chicago, April 29.--Sol H. Botha, district attorney, and W. A. Day, spe cial counsel, are busily engaged Pre paring the petition for injunetion against the alleged beef trust mag- nates. New evidence is accumulating daily against the alleged illegal com- bination of packers, and it is not just certain when the suit will be fyled. Tt is reported that several ex-employees of the packers have furnished volun- tary information . which will be used a» evidence against the magnates. ---------------- What Is Wrong ? The merchant who can't make ad- vertising pay is either doing his ad- vertising in the wrong way or is contlucting his business in the wrong way. Be sure the business is right. In that way the results will count for enough to cause the business man sat- isfaction in the investment. Hanged Rather Than Marry. Bufialo, N.XY., April 20.--Elton E. Johnson, thirty-eight years old, of Collins; ~ N.¥., committed suicide by hanging himself to a rafter in his barn last night. He was to have married Miss Florence Bartlett, to- day. No person can assign. any reason for the man's act. ---- es ---- Was An Explosion. ~ New York, April 20.~The submarine boat Fulton put into the Delaware breakwater this morning. An explo- sion occurred on the Fulton a short time after she reached the \breakwat- er, Four of the erew were injured, one of them perhaps fatally. Not Fully Rallied. New York, April 20.--The following bulletin - was issued this morning by Archie Eby physicians : "The archhi contintes satisfac tory in all respects except weakness, fn persists. He has not yet fully rallied." Fire At Wallaceburg. Pacific railway has 'entered upon a big' JUDGE FOILS ANGRY FIGHTS MAN WHO SOUGHT TO MURDER A SERVANT. Had Cut the Girl's Throat -- Colored Person Enters Home of Justice D. N. Fell, of Phil- adelphia, to Get Revenge for Fancied Insult Offered by Ida Williams, a Domestic. Philadelphia, April 29.--Justice D. Newlin Fell, of the supreme court yes terday fought an armed negro in the kitchen of his hone, No. 1534 North Broad street, and after a struggle suc- ceeded in turning the negro over to a policeman. The intruder was Charles Tillman, forty-three years old, living on June street, West Philadel: phia, His supposed purpose in enter ing justice Fells residence was to get revenge for a fancied insult offered him by Ida Williams, a domestic in the Fell household. Tillman was not overpowered until he had drawn a razor across the throat of the Williams girl, inflicting a wound which narrowly escaped sev- ering her jugular vein. A physician living in the neighbor hood stanched the flow of blood, and the victim will probably be able to appear against Tillman in a few days. The attempted murder is declared to have been the result of jwalous rage on the part of Tillman. He had Leen an admirer of the Williams girl and called at the Broad street house this morning to see her. Justice Fell was about to breakfast at the tiwe, ---- Yarker Yieldings. Yarker, April 28. --Burns Gilbert and John Wood had a narrow escape from going over Yarker Falls. They were ing the river, and when at the bridge the current swung the bow of the canoe out, so that they were forced to cross the river, but by k '4 paddling they crossed safoly, Ir ading about ten feet from the edge of the falls. E. W. Benjamin has a gang of men cutting hub timber. The old been ubilized for the purpose. The books for the public Ii- y are expected soon. The library apartments have been wired for the electric lighting. E. W. Benjamin will finish his steamyacht here. Cyrus Ed. gar, George Lakins and A. Galbraith left here for Sydenham to erect a few summer cottages on the shore of Sydenham Lake. Quite a number were received into the Methodist church here on Sunday night. Quarterly ser- viees will be held here next Sunday at 10.30 a.m. The books for the Metho- dist church Sunday-school library, have arrived, and will be given out on Sunday. John O'Mara will build 'a new house, The contracts have been let : Carpentry, Cyrus Edgar; mason- ery, W. Dafoe; plastering, William Peach. A wedding party arrived in town, and were married at the par- sonage here, by Rev. W. Buckler. The contracting parties were Miss Maud Haruman, Harrowsmith, and Robert Norris, Perth. Allen Silver returned from Deseronto. M. Matthewson is ill. Parsons Well Known. Toronto Globe. Sir Charles Parsons, who is coming to Canada as the commander of the imperial forces here, is already fami- liar with Canadian troops. Sir Charles commanded the column that marched from Victoria road to Ken: hardig through the Karoo desert, in April, 1900. Col. Drury was second in command, and had under him two batteries of artillery, and two or three squadrons of Canadian mounted rifles. It was one of the hardest and longest marches that up to that time bad been undertaken in the war, and Sir Charles did not fail t, express his satisfaction at the cheeriness with which the Canadians endured the va rious hardships. Sir Charles Parsons was the officer who came to the as sistance ,of the Italian troops at Kassala, and saved them and the town from being overwhelmed by the Arabs. Shook Hands With Kritzinger. London, April 20.--A Graaf Reinet despatch reports that after command. ant Kritzinger had been acquitted by the court-martial every member of the court, including the prosecutor, shook hands with him. During the trial the crown prosecutor produced a letter, which had been intercepted by our forees, acdreswed by Kritzinger to the late commandant Scheepers. In this letter Kritzinger d vated Scheepers' action in burning Domes in the Cam: shoo district, and generally proved 'himself to be a humane man. Advocate a Pension. The Toronto city council has given notice to Capt. W. D. Andrews, the blind 'man who has saved so many lives, to vacate his news stand at the corner of Adelaide and Yonge streets, as it is alleged to be an obstruction The Globe advocates giving the cap- tain a pension as a means of ac knowledging his services. - Capt. An drews once lived in Kingston. The Sweetest And Best. Ferguson's fresh candies are not ex- celled in the city. 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