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1. MM ___,_________â€"___â€"__-_______ iniiiw BBEADNOUGHTS _______.__-_â€"-â€"â€"â€" hernia minus sun Differs Very Little non That Which She Teld the Detectives rode murder inquest last night, Flurence Kinrade was in the wit- ness box for three hours, and she was closely cross-examined by Mr. Blackstock with regard to the mur- der of her sister Ethel. The story which she told reveals so far no new fact, although in the course of her evidence there can be ob- served certain discrepancies in comparison with her former stories. . Her evidence is also remarkable 1n regard to the incidents connect- ed with her sojourn in the south, and because at Rochester and Buf- falo she claimed to have stayed as a guest at houses the addresses of‘ , Hamilton, March 11.-â€"At the K11 which and the names of their own- ers she cannot remember. > THE iirsriiiuous Miss ELLIOT._ Apparently she was introduced to her career as a soloist by a Miss Elliot, an English woman given to travelling, whose present where- abouts she does not know, and who introduced herself to the girl at the Macnab Church. So far as her connection with Baum, with whom she was associated at a vaudeville theatre in Portsmouth, is concern- ed, she admitted that he proposed marriage to her, having knowledge of her engagement to Mr. Wright, but she said that she regarded hisI attentions as a joke. Both Miss Kinrade and her fa- ther, who was on the stand two] hours, spoke of the family being; scared by mysterious men, suppos-li ed tramps, and by an attempt to; break into the house. Beyond; lapses of memory Miss Kinradel gave her evidence clearly, althoughg evidently under high nervous ten- sion. . SOME SLIGHT DISCREPANCIES Miss Kinrade said that she at- tempted to get out of the window‘ of the parlor, but the assassinl pulled her, back. How it happened that she had previously said she had got out of the‘ window she did not know. Neither could ‘she'ex-l plain why, when she ran into theI back yard, she did not scale the, fence, one easy to climb, and getl assistance. As to the number of, shots the witness was unable to speak definitely. She thought that one was fired while she was up- stairs. At least she heard a bang, but did not realize that it was shooting. One shot was fired atl herself as she ran out of the front door. A MOMENT OF SILENCE. The silence of the courtlroom be- came tenseat one point when Mr.‘ Blackstock, after going over Miss, Kinrade’s story, asked her if she; had not at one time told of strug-l gling with the man. in the diiiing~i room and there actually seeing her sister, who had come to see what was the matter, shot dead. “Now, did you tell that?” de~ mandcd the lawyer. There was a long pause before the voice of the slender girl in black answered faintly, “Not that I know of.” “Did'you tell that to anyone 2” “Not that I remember." “Tell me this, Miss Kinrade, was Ethel Kinrade, your sister, shot in your sight at the foot of the din- ing-room stairs '11’ The reply came in a weary mono- tone like a recital of which the speaker is tired: “All I know is, I came in and saw her lying at the foot of the stairs.” g DRAMATIC INCIDENT. At 20 minutes to 2 o’clock, this morning, in answer to a direct question by Mr. Blackstock as to whether she could identify her sis- ter’s murderer, Miss Kinrade with a little cry answered: “I don’tl know his name, but, Oh, I shouldi know him if I saw him,” and faint- ed. Doctors came to hcr, and on the motion of Mr. Hobson the iii- quest was adjourned till 7 0’clock on Thursday evening. A VERY STARTLING QUESTION An extract from the evidence of Mr. Kinradc, father of Florence, at the inquest on Wednesday night, given in answer to Mr. Blackstock’s questions : “Is it true that when you came into your front hall that day you said, ‘I have expected this would happen for a long time’ ‘1” (KN0.’) “Will you swear you did not use the expression 'l” “I can’t for sure.” “If you used an expression of that kind you cannot give mc any; reason for your use of it?” “There are two reasons I might give if I did say it. In the first place, if I said it that was when I thought it was Florence who was killed. There arose an idea that the man who had been following her down south had been crazy enough to try to stop her marrying the young minister by shooting her. Then I, thought too, it might have been one of those tramps.” “But you cannot swear positive- ly that you did not ‘make that statement?’ ’ “Well, not for sure.” “ETHEL IS SHOT SIX TIMES.” Hamilton, Mar. 11.â€"Mrs. Hickey, to whose house Florence ran after the tragedy, testified that Flo- rcnce’s words were: “Ethel is shot; is shot six times.” She also said that the girl had» on her hat when she arrived. Dr. McNichol said Florence’s story to him, told almOst immedi- ately after the tragedy, was that a man forced himself into the house, and threatened her with a pistol. She struggled with him for the weapon, and Ethel, hearing the noise, came downstairs, screamed and was shot. Inspector McMahon testified that when Mrs. Kinrade came to the station to complain of tramps she was perfectly collected. Detective Bleakely, who went up tc the house when the alarm was given, described the position of the body. the window with a pair of lady's rubbers near it. If Ethel had been shot sitting on the chair hcr head would probably fall where the pool ol' blood was on the floor. When Mr. Kinrade arrived he said in ex- cited tones as he passed: “I just expected something like this wouldl happen.” Mrs. Isabel Kinrade, mother of the murdered girl, said that she left the house at '3 o’clock, and did not know that anything had hap- pened until she saw the commotion in front of the house. Gertrude, the youngest member of the family, and Ernest, the eld- est, testified that their sisters never'quarreled. Neither ever saw c-r heard of firearms in the house, or heard of Florence bringing a revolver with her from the South. FLORENCE KINRADE FAINTED Hamilton, March 12.â€"â€"‘,‘If,,there was no man there, then only you two girls would be left. That will do. Miss Kinrade.” Such was the sentence with which Mr. George Tate Blackstock, K.C., closed his second examination of Florence Kinrade in 3the inquiry as to the cause of the death of her sister Ethel under circumstances which make it stand out with ghast- ly prominence in the criminal an- nals of Canada. The girl, who had been subjected to one of the most trying ordeals' that ever a girl There was a chair near, men talk among tho family. The second was that Florence Kinrade denied emphatically that she had ever handled firearms. Apart from these facts the evi- dence was also noticeable for the new elements introduced into her story, and that persons in the neighborhood heard nothing ofthe shooting at the time it is supposed to have occurred. Subsequently the inquest was adjourned until a week from to- night, when tho medical evidence will be taken and the inquiry closed. Liiihiiwiurriis BREADSTUFFS. Toronto, Mar. 16.â€"_â€"Flour â€" On- tario wheat 90 per cent. patents $4.10 to $4.15 in buyers’ sacks out- side for export. Manitoba iiour; first patents, $5.70 to $5.90 on track, Toronto; second patents, $5.20 to $5.40, and strong bakers’, $5- 130 $5.20 Wheatâ€"Manitoba wheat, $1.20 for No. 1 Northern, and $1.17 for N0. 2 Northern, Georgian Bay ports. N0. 1 Northern, $1.24, all rail, and No. 2 Northern, $1.21 all rai . Oats-Ontario No. 2 white, 48%0 on track, Toronto; No. 2 \Vestern Canada oat-s, 480. Collingwocd, and No. 3 at 46%, to 470 Colling- wood. , Peasâ€"No. 2 92%0 outside. Cornâ€"No. 2 American yellow, 74 to 74%0 on track, Toronto, and No. 3 yellow at 73 to 73,1/20, To- ronto. Canadian corn, 72 to 73c on track, Toronto. Bran-â€"Cars, $23 in bulk outside. Sléorts, $23 to $23.50 in bulk out- si e. COUNTRY riionuoii. Applesâ€"$4.50 t0 $5.50 for choice qualities, and $3.50 to $4 for sec- onds. Beansâ€"Prime, $1.90 to $2, and handpicked, $2.10 to $2.15 per bushel. Honeyâ€"Combs, $2.25 to $2.75 per dozen, and strained, 10,1/2 to 11c per pound. Hayâ€"No. 1 timothy, $10.75 to $11.25 per ton on track here, and lower grades, $9 to $10 a ton. Strawâ€"$7 to $7.50 on track. Potatoesâ€"60 to 65c per bag on track. Poultry-â€"Chickcns, dressed, 12 to 14c per pound; fowl, 10 to llc; tur- keys, 17 to 190 per pound. THE DAIRY MARKETS. Butterâ€"Po_und prints, 2O to 21c; tubs and large rolls, 18 to 200; in- feior, 15 to 17c; creaniery rolls, 25 to.260, and solids, 22 to 23c. Eggsâ€"Case lots of new laid, 24 to 25c per dozen. . ‘ Cheeseâ€"Large cheese, 13%0 per pound, and twins, 14c. HOG‘ PRODUCTS. Bacon-â€"Long clear, 11% to 12c per pound in case lots; mess pork, $20 to $20.50; short cut, $23 to $24. Hams-Light to medium, 14 to 14%0; do., heavy, 13 to 13%0; rolls, passed through, leaned back in her »10% to 110; shoulders, 10%0; backs, chair in the witness box with'white, 16 to 16%0; breakfast bacon, 15% drawn face and drooping eyelids, and one ' tensely stretched hand clasping the rail in "front of her. Throughout the court, not so crowded as on previous occasions, went a deep sigh appreciated the meaning of Mr. Blackstock’s last remark. CARRIED FROM T'HE COURT. ' Then the slight, black-clothed figure collapsed, and the constable in attendance called for Nurse Walker to come to her patient’s as- sistance. Apparently she had col- lapsed utterly. Outside in the hall the nurse, who had been pacing the hall with anxious steps and bated breath as the ordeal within the closed doors went on hour after hour, was Heard to say, “They will kill her.” Her anxiety for her charge was marked on her face as she hurried into the court, and no less disturbed was Mr. Clair Mont- rose Wright, Miss Kinrade’s fiance, who came in with the nurse. Dr. Bruce Smith and Dr. Clarke, who had been intently watching the case, hurried to the girl’s assist- ance. “I SEE THAT MAN; I-IE WILL CHOKE h E l” Tendcrly she was lifted from the stand, and was being carried from the court where with one black- gloved hand flung out, as if to ward 0ft some approaching peril, she shrieked: “I see that man, I see that man; he will choke me; he will shoot me,” and shriek after shriek rang through the building. STORIES REGARDING REVOL- VERS. Two facts stood out in the evi- dence. The first was the statement by Earl Kirirade that he understood that his sister had practised with a revolver. It was. he said, com- as the hearers ' to 160. - Lardâ€"Tierces, 12%0; pails, 13%0 tubs, 13c; BUSINESS IN ‘MONTREAL. Montreal, March, 16.â€"Peas-No. 2, 98% to 99c. Oats-â€"Canadian Western No. 2, 51 to 51%0; extra No. 1 feed, 50% to 510; No. 1 feed‘, 50 to 50%c; Ontario No.‘ 2, 50 to 50%0; Ontario No. 3, 49 to 49%0; Ontario No. 4, 48 to 48%0. Barley â€"â€"No. 2, 63% to 65c; Manitoba. feed, 58 to 58%0. Buckwheat -_ 55% to 560. Flour-Manitoba Spring wheat patents, firsts, $5.80 to $6; Manitoba Spring Wheat pat- ents, seconds, $5.30 to $5.50; Ma- nitoba strong bakers, $5.10 to $5.- 30; Winter wheat patents, $5.40 to $5.50; straight rollers, $5 to $5.10; straight rollers in bags, $2,- 35 to $2.45; extra in bags, $1.95 to $2.05. Feed-Manitoba bran, $22; Manitoba shorts, $24; Ontario bran, .$2° to $24; Ontario shorts, $24.50 to $25; ()iiiario middlings, $25 to $25.50; pure grain mouille, $33 to $35; mixed mouille, $28 to ' $30. Cheese-Finest western, 13 to 13%0; easterns, 12% t0 12%0. But- ter-â€"Fall creamery, 210; Western creamery, 20c. Eggs-The demand continues good, and the undertone to ‘the market is stronger, with sales at 28 to 300 per dozen. UNITED STATES MARKETS. Milwaukee, March 16. -â€" Wheat â€"â€"Steady; N). 1 Northern, 931.16% to $1.17; No. 2 ‘Northern, $1.14}; to $1.15; July, $1.03 asked. Rye â€"No. 1, 79% to 800. Corn-May, 68c bid. Barleyâ€"St-andard, 67c; sample, 64% to 67c; N0. 3, 65 to 660; No. 4, 64% to 660. Minneapolis, March 16 â€"â€"\Wheat â€"â€"May, 951.13%; July, $1.12%; cash, No. l hard, 851.14%; Ho. 1 Northern, ‘34.13%; No. 2 North~ â€"In bulk, $23 to $23.50. Are Provided For in Great Britain’s Naval Programme. i A despatch from London says: The eagerly awaited British naval estimates, about which there has been so ‘much controversy inside and outsuie the Cabinet, were is- sued _on Friday evening. A com- promise won the day, for the esti- mates provide for a total expendi- ture of $175,713,500, an increase of $14,116,000 over the estimates of 1908-1909. . The new building programme p'rov1des for four Dreadnoughts, s1x protected cruisers, twenty tor- pedo-boat destroyers and a number or sub-marines, the latter to cost $5,000,000. ~ The Government may in the course of the financial year find it ice-essary to make preparations for the rapid construction of four more large armored ships to be commenc- ed on April 1, 1910. The Govern- ment, therefore, asks Parliament for powers to enable them to be prepared to lay down on April 1, 1910, additional ships which can be completed in March, 1912. An interesting point in the esti- mates is that the Admiralty has under consideration the use of dir- igible airships for naval purposes and has ‘decided to carry out ex- periments and construct an aerial vessel. ' ' Under Mr. McKenna’s programme Great Britain should have by the end of 1911 fourteen vessels of the Dreadnought type, against thir- teen to be then completed by Ger- many. Mr. McKenna intimated that a bill would shortly be introduced to sanction the arrangement by which the Canadian Government had un- dertaken to maintain for the Im- perial navy, naval establishment! at Halifax and Esquimalt. WW ern, $1.11% to $1.11%; No. 3 Northern, 891.07% to 851.09%. Bran Flourâ€" First patents, $5.55 to $5.65; sec- ond patents, $5.45 to $5.55; first clears, $4.40 to $4.50; second clears. $3.15 to $3.25. Duluth, March 16.â€"Wheat â€"â€" No. 1 hard, $1.1L; No. 1 Northern, $1.- 13; No. 2 Northern, $1.11‘; May, $1.12; July, $1.12/2; Sept., $1. LIVE STOCK MARKET. Toronto, Mar. 16.â€"Choice ex- porters’ sold at $5.50; medium qua- lity at $5 to $5.25; the best picked butchers’ at $5; several straight loads, however, went at $4.80. The demand for good stockers and feed- ers continues, and dealers had no difliculty in disposing of the small number offering at satisfactory prices. There were a number of young lambs on sale. These and sheep were in fair demand at last week’s quotations. Calves were firm and unchanged. Hogsâ€"Select at $6.90 f.0.b. and $7.15 fed and watered. . 7 .._-- 54 FARMER SAVED A TRAIN. Flagged the G. '1‘. R. Express This Side cf' Sarnia. A despatch from London, Ont., says: The G. T. R. passenger train due here at 1.10 p.m., on Friday from Sarnia. was doubtless saved from being ditched two miles east 01 Sarnia by a farmer’s presence of mind. The farmer (whose name could not be learned) discovered a broken rail near Perch Creek bridge, and standing on the tracks flagged the train, which was com- ing at a good rate of speed. The train was stopped in time by En- gineer Thomas Bruce, and the crew, including Fireman Pook and Con- ductor Douglas, temporarily re- paired the track, so that the ex- press could proceed, then a man was placed to guard the break and the section gang notified. ">14 King Alfonso and his Queen are holidaying in Andalusia. A switchnian’s forgetfulness al~ lowed a Wabash passenger train to run into a freight at St. Thomas Dr. Glasgow, Lieutenant-Colonel on Sunday morning. One lady pas~ of the Second Dragoons, died at senger Welland, on Saturday. and the painfully injured. engineer were in hunts ii CANADA The Revenue For February About Equals Last Years. A despatch from Ottawa says: The financial statement of the Do- minion for the month of February indicates that the difficulties which the Finance Minister has had to meet during the past year or so in respect to falling revenues and in- creasing expenditures are now practically at an end. The total revenue for the month was $6,567,- 186, as compared with $6,577,027 for February of last year. Expen- diture on ~- consolidated fund ac~ count was $3,936,626, a decrease of $424,192, and on capital-account, $22,486,553, a decrease of“$1',036,- 4.35. The net debt of the Dominion decreased by $171,237. During the The immigration authorities are preparing for one of the greatest settlement. Discussing the pr'os- pects on Wednesday, Commissioner Walker said :â€"â€" “Judging from the thousands of inquiries which we have received at the Winnipeg oflices and the re- ports which we have received from agents in the United States, Britain and the Europe, I have no hesitation in say- ing that the year 1909 will show a very great increase over any pre- ceding year. Of course, in the year adopted stringent measures check immigration. A despatch from Winnipeg sayszl l I . . |f1 om seasons in the history of western: Great‘ continent of have been had we permitted an: month the customs revenue increas- ed by$41,000, and the miscellane? The ex- - ous- revenue by $128,140. cise revenue decreased $123,239. . For the eleven months of current fiscal year the entries lip-t0 the last day of'Febi'uary on the books of the Finance; Department show a‘ total revenue of $75,504,822, a de- crease of $12,096,477, as compared with the 1907-08. The expenditure on con- solidated fund account totalled $67,004,482, an increase of $6,284,- 489. On capital account the expenf diture for the eleven months was $39,302,102, as compared with $25,‘; 768,488 in 1907-8. debt of the Dominion on Feb. 27 was $308,054,789. Gllllll llllSll T0 Tllll WEST " The Authorities at Winnipeg Are Prepar- ing for a. Busy Season. this action on the part of the Gov~ ernment was that there was a con- siderable reduction in emigration Great Britain during the lash fiscal year, and from all causes: there was a decrease in that year, amounting to 48 per cent., as com-' pared with the previous fiscal yearn} Ofthis restrictive policy we have, already felt the benefit. There were, in the city fewer unemployed men' than there were in previous years,i and much fewer than there would.‘ extra fifty thousand very poor, Europeans to be sent into the country during that year. We have also had during the past winter a 1908 the Government of Canada very great reduction in tho number . ‘ to i of needy people coming to Immigra- The result of tion Hallfor food.” corresponding period of ' The total net ./ .