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Norway has 450,000 horsepower developed by its streams and 500,- 000, in the rourse of development. NINE MONTH r0133. snsson Port Hope. May 6. â€" John Sisson who at the request of Chief Bond di? This , Week ' ’ rt (I.. % I e Q ~ $1.00 It? *3. .\ §i€%% “.V was arrested in Lindsay, appeared - - - 1 - , . before Magistrate White Saturday. A line that is noted for its Spdéndltl “:88: 9. He was charged that without lam .cocoa-eoneunooecolcnceoo. ...... an. ‘\ I _ .‘3 the duty undertaken by him to bury I i, the dead human body of an infant Handkerchiefs .: 4h Sisson elected to be tried by Plain white good wearing handkerchitfa. Reg size a. M:€:§§ffit‘;§:§:§é $2332)“ QM for ladies, ; to § in. hem, reg 5c each, sale 10 for......‘25c +5 Urdu}. last the remains of an infant ' Ad , . were found in a house on Monkey Hose ‘. Mountain by the present occupant. Mr. Lawrence. Mr. and Mrs. John . . ‘2. Sisson had vacated the house a few Plain black cotton hose, double sole, garter top, sizes 0‘ weeks previous_ Upon investigatmn A regular dandy for only per pr...19c ' it was learned that Mrs. Sisson gave . . ‘. Ibirth to a child while residing in R. '4’. ‘ lthis house and as no burial permit 1 ons had been issued to the Sissons. sus- Y picion naturally rested upon them. 4 .-\t the inquest Mrs. Sisson admitted 6 in. fancy stripe ribbon. Colors olRed, Green, Blue, Beg 25c, sale per y:l 17¢ Mauve, Black and Pink. .3 J. W. WAKELY, Kent St. seaweeeaa' He Shot Porter in Self Defence-- Further Trial at Minden Monday Night Special to The Warder) Minden. May 4. â€"â€" The people . . .- . i‘ 'or ' s nior. bout the entire country-aide are ‘l I [9‘ e :Eiroug rcutlv excited over the l‘ortcr mur- the subsequent (ton- L‘.’ and he said he wanted to talk dcr Cause, and icosiou oi “Heck" Ellis. The All“ to talk to him 311% Hi l'lllis )‘lerdab‘ l’." “0‘99“”: The next witness. Mr. C. llcburn and ('onstable Jones cn'isl'd 3 continued the finding ”f the a great deal 0f excitement and H119" . in a hollow about 2160 yards ol‘f t '. rim,- news spread about thut lillis l road. was in the lockâ€"up here, inrmers‘i flocked to the Village to hear the l latest news and if possible get a} glimpse of Porter's slayer. livery l body in the neighborhood and for ' tnilcs around knew both l‘ortcr and g Ellis. and knew that en‘mity exist-l cd, but they did not suppose that 'i | . l ELLIS‘ CONFESSION 1’0 HIS r‘.\'l"l~Il-IR * i 'i i' + * When .\. .\. Hills. the murder- * er of Lew Porter. was arrested .l-lllis would go so far as to kill : he asked permission'to writea his brotherâ€"inâ€"law. * letter to his father. lhe follow- Provincial Inspector lteburn made .. careful inquiries into the so-called l. "feuds" existing within the l‘ortcr M. {wily circle, and which it is sur- l* znised may have had a bearing on i the shooting of Porter. He called * at the home of Arthur l-Iilis. a broâ€" * therâ€"invlaw. and the man who has I * ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ confessed to the crime. and here the l * dl‘l- I “"11 be taken to Minden. Detective gleaned iniornmtion which ' thing around here and rent the * . a s ' led up to the arrest. l l’ldCt to someone. as I don t ex- The deceased l‘orter‘ was regarded pen I willget a trial till fall. ( ome to Minden as soon as you in: was written in his little ShuCk at (lull Lake: “Dear lr‘ather.â€"I am arrested for the shooting of Porter. I admit doing it. Of course it was self defence. Please for- giVe me for telling you what I I want you to pick up every- her. but she replied she did not wish Kel lett body ****§§§*r§§§§§if§ l‘Ol‘tt-‘T- the 14-year-old grandaughter coming back and asked him if he had She told of meet- ing l'Illis the day after the shooting' seen my cattle. l “I‘orter replied ‘.\'o, lyou are icoking for or is it me ?‘ " l “I replied, ‘li it was you, I could haVe found you long ago.‘ " We passed on some distance when Porter swore at me and said. ‘If you want me you can haw: me now.’ and ‘he wheeled and shot at me but miss- ed. \ “I raised my rifle and said. ‘ Lew. is it cattle to he that will do.’ and he went on. “I went to the commons and not finding my cattle started to return when I Saw l'ortcr coming back. I stepped into the shade of a Balsam tree and let him pass. After he had gone by I spake to him. He at once turned and fired again. the bulâ€" let just passing my face and I hid in a tree. Then I fired two or- three shots. I do not know which. He still seemed to be coming towards me, but fell. thinking he was dead dragged him to where he was found and then hid his rifle behind a log where it was found by Inspector Rebutn. ' The next witness, Constable Welch confirmed Ellis’ story to-night as same as that told by him at his gestataaeaeaantaeem-atats as: the quickest rifle shot in the (“3- l* . trict. and at a tournament at Kin- !* can ‘ond see me. . arrest. mount last winter. made a "cleun- , * Ngned' A' A‘ Elhs' The prisoner appeared 0°01 and up." He was carrying a Ballard composed during the whole proceed- a-a assaraassamsaeee ings. All thought that. the 001111? rifle, whiCh makes an exceptionally loud report. The prelimitary hearing or jury trial in the case opened last at 7 p.m. by Coroner Poguc and Dc- story. {active Reborn. assisted by a jury. The first witness was Porter, sen- house going north. ior. father of the dead man simply corroborated his story as uready told by this paper. The seCond witness was He said that on Edith to look for them. We do not guarantee RU-BER-OID Roofing for any definite number of years, because we do not know yet how long it will last. The first RU-BER-OID Roofs; laid zl’ycars ago, are still water-tight. weather-proof, and giving more. This remarkable durability is due to the RU-BER-OID gum with Which the fabric issatuntcd and coated. It is a competind of our own, tasteles, odorless, not affected by extreme heat or cold, by fumes, gases, or‘any other of the enemies which destroy roofing. - - ‘ “ i ~ In years of tests, 'on'all met- _1 . inan'som night asked to be allowed to tell his own Thursday evening “I saw Porter passing my I then went out who south to look for my cattle and not finding them I came back home and got my dog and gun and went north I met Porter house could not begin to hold the Ellis, the confessed murderer, then crowd of curious people who flocked in to hear the case. The investigation was then adjournâ€" ed until Monday night, May 6. when full evidence will be taken and prisâ€" oner committed. Ellis requested permission to go into the box and tell his story at Coroner's Pogue’s inquest to-night. The little court house has never seen such a. crowd as packed it and over- fiowed in gossiping groups who waited at the close from the luckier ones who had succeeded in gaining entry. Ellis declared that they walked Some distance together and then.Por- ter said, “Dam you. if you want me you can get me right now." Porter turned and fired at Ellis but the bullet went wide. Ellis raised his gun and said. “Lew. that will do." and Porter then went on down the road. Ellis walked cautiously to the form upon the ground and found that Porter was dead. He then grasped the body by the collar and hauled it around a. road which he had used the previous winter for taking out wood, and hid it behind the upturned stump of a fallen tree. ELLISBROKEDOWN. I went to him and, Inspector magma therifle where. it wasdefthistather’shomowithtm- found behind a logpcloee to theroad.2bro rifleand tiocartfldseflonm gel . that the child belonged to her but / she thought her husband had buried " it in the garden. . '/ Slisson told the magistrate that he intended to bury the remains in the garden: but the ground was frozen {too hard. He buried the child in the :snow intending to remove it in the ' spring. The Magistrate stated that it was the most~d’isgraceful case he ever had to deal with. He left this body lying in a rear kitchen 01‘ the house lafter he had vacated the place not .caring what trouble it brought upon other people or where the suspicion might rest. Had be given the child a burial in the garden the case .. .. ,. _ would not have been so bad. 55fent' and Uhs completely collnp Here. Sisson- remarked that ho. He declared that he had been in ihad intended to buryvthe child in the terror of Porter for four years, over :prifng b31211“? leaving the house since his wife and Porter's sister eHorgo a about ‘t' died in child birth. and from what .ere the Magistrate stopped the all the l’orter family had declared to parsoner. up short With the ”mar." be Ellis' neglect. The man was t fit an.) ma}? "“9 could If”??? h'5 pitiful sight as he told his story. °f“‘ "Md ‘5‘“?! m ‘ bw‘ “Che" He kept running his long, nervous it?“ beneath contempt and "Gt fingers through his great shock of “Slizsll'in curly. graying, sandy hair. and . , scraping at his unshaven chin in lliimiiulihli‘r the”? C9:::? lilrdszncliiirl “e" (iii: 3:33;.) nv SECRET. “h?“ ”m 39mm “’83 Passed- The burden of his secret had beenl too great. for as he lay in his shack eVery wheel that passed on the road seemed to him to mean someone coming for him. One day he went into Kinmount. 18 miles away. tol do some work, hoping to drive away the terror from his mind by companionship. but every man he met seemed to accuse him of his crime. He became possessed with a hunger to share his semt. which he could_resist no longer under the was in Toronto Friday on private af- questioning 0‘ the detectives. . fairs. Referring to the Porter mur- Neighbors 0‘ MYS- POTW“ “"11 have‘lder up irY~ his constitutency. Col. a '“bee and P“t i" a crop for ”l9 E Hughes was very much interested. widow. and will care for it until‘ “I knew Porter Very well." he said. harvest. Porter worked as a farm "I knew Ellis and. all these peo- laborer and in the lumbencarnps. ple. Porter I always considered it About a .‘W “8'0. Provincial l‘o- fine fellow. and his father was too. lice Superintendent Rogers..detaile<l Porter worked for me a couple of Miller to investigate .11 times. I know everv foot of Gull number of complaints from the dis- Lake and the Cameron road. I Could trict about Minden of cattle poison- take you to that place in the dark." ing. barn burning and other “Pm“ Speaking generally about the con- fitiOnS- 'I‘hese included the P050” ditions of that section. Col. Hughes ing of some dogs belonging to Arth- declared there was more money in was sentenced to nine Porter Was Fine Fellow Says Hon. S. Hughes The Toronto Star says: Colonel Sam. Hughes. Minister of Militia. ur Ellis. the burning of the Russel- the savings bank at Minden per head' sugar Camp. the burning of Hanson's of Population than there is in To- barn and the shooting of a colt be- ”Mm longing to one ounsell. \ll these “If they would stop trving to affairs were laid at the “"0" 0f I‘or- plough the land and grow grain. and ter, who on some occasions. it was devote themselves to cattle and shown. was miles away at The time sheep like they do in the Highlands Py B‘OSSiP- N0 warrant “'33 ever of Scotland it would be a prosperous issued. country up there." The body of Porter was found 0“ Col. Hughes was up through this Sunday lying on the wads‘de “’3" district with his daughter last year. cealed by dense bushes at a Sp°t 5‘3 "I paddled up Gull Lake first as :1 miles from Minden and 22 mil” "0m boy." said the Minister of Militia. here- Everything Pomted ‘0 ‘ °°ld‘ “The pines were standing then and blooded murder. they towered up from the brow of NM ELI: Ellis was the last man "-‘hO Claim‘ the cliffs on Gull Lake 100 feet high. 0 ed to have seen Porter alive. and They are all gOne now.” HAMPION on a previous occasion he had stat- ed that he had seen him passing his is the Washer for 1 Wm P in the first place. Maxwell‘s E door, and that later he heard a gun “Chunplon” is the only washer MAXWELL. report. Despite the fact that the deceased was carrying a gun. it. was Porter lived on a small piece of garden land with his wife and five children. He did very little work, and is said to have threatened peo- ple who annoyed him. It was well known that Ellis and the dead man had been enemies for a long time. Porter had been shot through the CMM'TJU) ZEDâ€"3: 'thetoplever. Just cult your own arm and body, causing gaping P wounds. -A pool of blood on the road v “we!!!“ indicated where the shooting M ii Wwwa‘ occurred. The body had been drag- M Mmmwmmwu god a distance of about 160 yards, the: the m m ”Tl f! cealmeut. Porter. who was 36 years of age. day evening about 7 o'clock to look nada. ful excuse he did neglect to perform The addition as yeast p the C. P. R. Port ' cilic afternoon train from Toronto. n :3 O -l. O H O = 1â€"0- G Id Office. rum. hull- hamnted l855 W. â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"..~ Recard for the year ending 30th November, 1911, Being the Fifty-Sixth Year of Business Increase for Year- $608,050 capital-“mac“ Beetâ€"$5,808,050 . .... Depositsâ€"“1.128.001 ...... ...... Loans and Investmentsâ€"$45,809.28. § Increase for Yearâ€"$8530.30 . . 3 Total 5”“,457'03136‘ ...... increase for Yearâ€"$6,731.37 0 Increase for Yearâ€"$4.14!».uu IncreaSeâ€"$5.mti,mg ___________.â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"-â€"â€""‘â€""â€"â€"â€"â€"-'â€":â€"â€"â€"_“- L. C HODGETTS HARAGBR 000009000 300”.”WW Omemee Branch 006me ' COAL and woo Lumber. Shingles. Etc. Gem“: and Sash Factory Good. ll! MEI lllllllllll (0., llllllltl PHONE 77 I. SUGAR OUT 0? SAWDUST COL. MILLER AN!) PROF. ACOHOE HAVE NEW PROCESS. The conversion of sawdust into glucose, and by the addition of yeast the production of alcohol, is an in- dustry that is to be launched in (‘a- Col. J. B. Miller, president. oi the Polson Ironworks Company, and Prof. Wallace 1’. Cohoe are behind the scheme, which is believed to have a big future before it. the laboratory of Prof. terday afternoon. The glucose pro- duced in the wood may be extracted by hot hater and can be elevated to1 fermentation when yeast is added. roduccs a highâ€"grade alcohol. ____â€".â€"â€" Full Swing Port Mexicholl, May 4.-â€"'l‘he great lakes service of the Canadian Pacific for 1912 was inaugurated to-day when the steamship Assiniboia left this port at 5 p.m. for the 800, Port Arthur and Fort William. This was also the inauguration of the new route from Port Achlcoll, where the company has erected the most com- plete and extensive terminals on the eastern portion of the great lakes. "l'his will be the leading grain and ‘package route iptween eastern and western Canada. This new line cuts on' 120 miles of rail haul between the lakes and ocean navigation at Montreal, and 20 miles between the lakes and Toronto. while the ini- prOVement in the reduced grades on :the road‘ will more than double the lcarrying capacity of each train. |Coincident with the openin of this new route was. the running of spe-l cial expresses which leave Toronto, every day it the wee}; except Friday and Sunday at 12.45 p.m. Similar specials are run from Port McNicoll Still Leading Becauseâ€" Mado of finest materials. Made by expert workmen. Each part rigidly inspected before being assembled. Each bicycle inspected throughout and guaran- teed by Lindsay Motor Works acnurs See Our 1912 Models l McNicoll In I Our Repair Department 0" ”‘0 ”rival of the $9’Pptny's is the best equipped shop out steamers from the west. Ibis is a f T If ‘ . . ' ‘ll marked advance on the train ar- 0 oronto or repairing, ‘1 rangements of previous years. when makes of specials were run only during the - - . season of heavy tourist travel. In him he,“ "mnemom etc; We also keep a full line of accessories for all makes. Give us an interview regard- ing any repairing you require. addition to the steamship service by Port McXicoll, there will be a sailing eVery Wednesday from Owen Sound on the arriVal of the Canadian Pa- Satnf’ action Guaranteed Prlcoe Reasonable I Halsey Motor Works Garage William St. North 1 Bell 352 K. 352 l. l l l Women‘s comma! ailment ' â€"thc rent of so much of their illâ€"healthâ€"promptly yields to the gentle but certain action I l of Na-Drquo Laxatives. y l 25c. the: at your druggist’s. I IATIOIIL m AID GNCIlCAL O0. ' ' on cam unnto. I“ i That Grow Recent Government inspection above thata considerable percent 0! the seed sold is sterileâ€"couldn't possibly grow under any circum- stances. You avoid getting that kind When you buy Higinbcthani's Seeds. You know the name and reputa- tion of this Nurse. and it's good. fertile seeds costs no more. so why take chances ? '01: Murphy Is To Succeed Dr. Brown Dr. H. H. Murphy, of Antrin, Ont., has arrived in town and will take up his residence here. Dr. Murphv is succeeding Dr. W. Brown. Lindsavâ€" st.. the latter having accepted a lil- crarive position with the Toronto Construction Company, as the com- pany's physician. Dr. Murphy, who is a young man. and unmarried, will commence medi- cal work in Lindsay in the mum of a couple of weeks. He graduated from McGill in 1904, took up hos- pital work for a year at Ottawa and practiced for five years in Lane- downe. ()nt.. after which he took a p08t graduate cour ' ' and London. Se at Philadelphia In the removal of Dr. Brown Lind- say loses one of its best kn0wn ci- tinens, a citizen who has grown up With the town. and one who has done much for the welfare of not on- ly the citizens, but the town in gen- eral. He was an enthusiastic curl- er and golfer. took a keen interest in hockey and baseball, and was al- so popular in social circles. He will be much missed by his numerous friends. A. lllGlllBllTllllll Lindsay i Get Seeds mm Buggist Scott’s Emulsion keeps children healthful and happy. Give them a few drops Of this strengthening food- medicinc every day and watch them grow. PRESENTED WITH RING. Before leaving for the Canadian west on Monday a popular mung lady of J. Sutclifle 4: Sons still! in the person of Miss Myrtle Shea. was presented with a beautiful signet ring. The gift was from the girl friendeoftheetauandieverymuch appreciated by the recipient. Miss She left on Monday for Saa- lmtoou. 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