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6 6 TROUBLE IN MOROCCO _ OVER SULTAN‘S BROTHER Who Has Been Held a Prisoner, but is Now Liberatea. It is now confirmed that the Sulâ€" tan has ordered his brothbher‘s reâ€" lease, and that the honors of his rank be paid to him. MINE EXPLOSIQON KILLS FOUR. Statistics of Mines Sent Into the Strike Commission. Pottsville. Pa., despatchâ€"By an exâ€" employ;:es.i 1.1.:3-.:% 13 CPARBE ERICTC i at the Oak Hill coiliery t ings of miners $828.93; average :;iomm s ”( ") :lk.“l‘_h: lrk‘cl-r:)\w:: earnings of laborers, $363.72 ; per ay six or. more it * U e we centage of cars docked, two; averâ€" killedt and a score severely burned. | age of ten hour days‘ â€" breakers Among the killed are Hugh Curran, | worked, 203; average number of Patrick Martin and Michael Under.| dAX%8 breakers started, 260; averâ€" ‘ age number of hours breaker workâ€" Coal Mine Statistics. | ed por day, 76â€"10;, average nume geranton, Pa.,. Jan. 5.â€"Statistics | ber of hours contract miners workâ€" on bours anrd wagos for 1901 have i «l per 10 hours day, 6.53 ; number been forwarded to the Mine Strike | of company hands, 2,996; average Commission by the Delaware, Luck-l earnings of company hands, awanna & Western. Among the| $514.93; average carnings of boys Items of the summary Aare u.ew;l:s'.m.lo; average â€" earnings of all Number of collieries 19; number of employees, $132.64. en ue _ eoommmeomnmansenracammemmmenees &DWN&NNQJ ‘CANADIAN. Toronto‘s year amou #ir Olive1 comed his Winnipeg list of imp Whe first damage to ronto. Dr. A. Y. Srott, of Toronto, was reported . much . worse, with little hope of recovery. News has hbeea received at Ottawa that a recent storm played havoc with the Yukon telegraph line. Phere were 575 entries at the Toâ€" ronto Canary and Cage Bird Society‘s ghow, 54 more than the record. The â€" Toronto Music has purch the south of its Thomas K. Hs The Toronto Conservatory â€" of Music has purchased the property to the south of its present premises. Thomas K. Haywood was sentencâ€" «w1 at Bracebridge to three years in Kingston Ponitentiary for robbery. Mr. Chris Foley has consented to stand as independent labor candiâ€" date in Burrard for the Commons. At the annual ball of the Guelph fire brigacie, Mayor Kennedy, _ On behalf of the business men of the city, presentel the firemen with a rew billiard table. Several changes are reported in the Winnipeg Tribune staff. Mr. R. L. Riâ€" chardson becomes business manager, wnd is succeeded in the editoriah chair by Mr. J. J. Monerief, news editor. Heirs to the Eli Hyman estate, Toâ€" ropto, are springing up all over the country. The latest claimants . are heard from in San Francisco, where the first wile and one of the daughâ€" iters of the Toronto miser have been jlocatod. Lawyers claim to have all the proof that is necessary to esâ€" tablish their position re the estate. The Indian staff ishe«L The cable from Henolule was co Fiftyâ€"eight mon mining disaster a t wustria and Hua an agreement . w bustoms policies di "p NEWS IN BRIEF [ BRITISH AND FOREIGN. s building record for last inted to $5,034,000. r Mowat personally welâ€" N) New Year‘s callers. r now stands third in the »orting centres in Canada. t fire of the year did $500 ) Stamley Barracks, Toâ€" s correspondent in Paris ilcrimages to Mocea have ien in Tunis during 1903 the prevalence of cholera «h Cable Company is atâ€" purchase Fanning Island, Dritish protection, where cable station out of Yauâ€" PmICLPORE PC CMEC A2RRRRCOCT ¢ k ‘(-xhibition. They. were WhNCXUTL . AND FOREIGUN. in India one aspect of a process that. : i was going on throughout the world, aff corps is to be aboiâ€" | which long ago had extinguished the & manual industries of Great Britain, m San Francisco to| and was rapidly extinguishing those completed. ‘of China and Japan. Nothing could on were killed in a | StoP it, because it was incvitable in at Rachmut, Russia. l an ago which waunted things cheap, Tungary have reached | and did not®mind their being ugly ; which settlies their which cared much for comfort and s disputes. little for beauty, which, ever assertâ€" i that the cattle disâ€" ing its own models, was sorklng someâ€" cate .of Massachusetts thing new or strange. _ It was cer~ . dangerous stage. tain that if many old Indian arts and e s _| handicra{its wore to be revived and 1 review for JAnUATY | plaeed in a flourishing condition it Wo I a 0 o ue Sap oN W . > e Hecamy â€" aff. Mr. R. L. Riâ€" usiness manager, in the editorialh Monerief, news have reached employees, 11,292; average earnâ€" ings of miners $628.93 ; average earnings of laborers, $363.72 ; per centage of cars docked, two, averâ€" 7 1 1 a ko 1O Dru oz angainst the estate of Lord Francis Hope has been settled amicably. The terms of the settiement have not yet jbeen published. Frederick 3A Shaw, of â€" Columbia University, â€" yesterday _ broke the strength test record of 2,049 points by himselif, according to the Sirgent «ystem of measurement, in Novemâ€" ber last. The new figures made by Shaw are 2,136. The Mayor of the city of Leon, Mexico, which has a population of £0,000, has issued an order that every house in the city must be reâ€" painted within a month. Paint dealâ€" ers have had their stocks depleted as a result of the remarkable order. GURZON‘S SPEEGH AT DELHI Deplores Decadence of Indian Native Arts. LACK _ OF Delhi, Despatchâ€"This was the secâ€" ond day of tho ceremonies of the ecoronation durbar, at which King Edward is to be prociaimed Emperor of India. Lord Curzon, the Vicoroy of Irdia, carricd out the programme for toâ€"day by opening the Indian Arts Exhibition in the presehce of the Duke and Duchess of Connaught and a brilliant gathcring of native princcs. Lord Curzon made a noteworltny speech on the decadence of Indian naâ€" tive arts. He deplored that native taste was declining, and that many modern models were debased. It was in the hope of arresting the progâ€" ress of decay that the exhibition had been organized. He appealed to naâ€" tivoe artists and their patrons to study and imitate the beautiful speâ€" cimens of the past collected at the cxhibition. _ They woere witnessing in India one aspect of a process that Spanish Sioop of HOME â€" SUPPORT noteworthy ONTARIO ARCHIVES TORONTO The art collection is the result of a prolonged and careful research. It includes: priceless brocades, enamels, gold and silver plate, carpets woven to order for moguls and emperors, jewelry from the treasure houses of Hindoo rajahs, and (-xquififi'te caryâ€" ings in wood, marble and ivory. One of the carpets in the tent of Gaekâ€" war of B.al;(')-(fa"i's embroidered with pearls, rubies, emeralds â€" and _ diaâ€" monds. It cost sixty lakhs of ruâ€" $,000 Planned to Descend Upon This Country. ‘ Monterey. Jan. 5.â€"Dec. 20.â€"Gen. Samuel Pearson, the former Boer commander, who is here, says that plans had been made for an invasion of Canada with an army of proâ€"Boer Americans, when a stop was put to the proceedings by the death of the financiecl backer of the movement. He says that had it not been for the death of Edward Yanness, of New York, the invasion would have been made during March or April _ The war was not ended until May. Vanness had agreed to furnish all the money necessary to equip an army of at least three thousand men. He â€"was aâ€" wealthy retired New Yorker, whose entire sympathy was with the Boers, according to Gen. Pearson‘s statement. OVSTE TRME RUMNED. Effect of the Scare Over Fatal Weyard Banquet, ALL ENGLAND IS ALARMED TLonmdon, Jan. 5.â€"No matter how London may determine io throw off the excitement of its Christmasâ€" tide, something â€" extraordinary _ alâ€" ways crops up to keep people awake. This year the excitement is _ over oysters. The Tatal mayorai banquet at Winchester has caused no end ol sonsation. _ The postâ€"mortems which declared the deawh of _ many prominent victims to be due to tyâ€" phowt from swallowiog dissasel oysâ€" ters, followedl by the death of the Dean ol Winchester, also from havyâ€" ing eaten oysters, have had a most disastrous effect on the English oysâ€" ter trade % Mr. Gann, one ol the _ largest wholesale oyster merchants in kngâ€" land, in an interview, said the sale of oysters had fallen by about 70 per cent. "My own books," he said, "show that i1 have taken in about £5,000 less during the last â€" three days than I should have, had this typhoid scare not occurred. I estiâ€" mate that during the present oysâ€" ter season this outbreak will cost the trade business." A worse feature, however, than the loss to the large merchants will be the falling off in the employment of those who get their daily bread in the oyster producing _ districts, For instance, along the Kent and Essex shores there must be 500 or 600 men employed on the oyster beds. The «care means a shortage to 500 or 600 familiesâ€"several thouâ€" sand persons. The extent of the Emsâ€" worth‘s loss is best set forth in the foliowing statement by Mr. Foster, one of the largest merchants in Lonâ€" don : PROâ€"BOERS AND CANADA. "In the week beforc Christmas we reckon to sell 100,000 oysters, but what has happened is that in the week before the scare we sold from 35,000 to 40,000. On Monday, the day previous to the first publication of the typhoid outbreak, we sold 5,â€" 000 ; on Tuesday the number was 3,â€" 000. Since then we hbave not disposed of 1,000 a day. On Saturday we did not get rid off a single oyster. On Monday 60,000 arrived by smack. They are useless. This week 50,000 more are due; they will be useless. 1 bhave at present in the beds about 500,000 oysters, valuedl at between $5,000 and $10,000, but they cannot be sold. & "Again, I have oysters laid _ in other parts to which no suspicion attaches, but the present seare will render their disposal exceedingly difficult." San Francisco Now Linked with Honolulu. ‘ Honolulu despatchâ€"The U.S. cable was completed at 8.40 o‘clock last night, when the two ends _ were brought together in Moiokai Channel, 35 miles from Honolulu, where the San Francisco end had been buoyed since Dec. 26. shortly after comâ€" murication was established the fact was announced to the crowd in waitâ€" itg, and was grooeted with applause. Judge Cooper, representing Governor Do.e, who was absent Irom the isliand, sent a ‘message to President Rooseâ€" velt announcing the opening and exâ€" tending a greeting from the citizens of Hawail. "The public celebration, which has been held in abeyance until \ the completion of the cable, will be held in the capitol grounds toâ€"morâ€" row. s L vtHs NAVAL â€" PRISONERS â€" MUTINY. ac on ob ds is d ctctvintrens Suaniras Two of the longâ€"term prisoners were unshackled and sent below in charge of two marines. These prisâ€" oners disarmed their guards of their revolvers and began a general fusi.â€" ade. The officer in charge, when he :éaea;ed. was confronted by one of the men with a drawn revoiver. The officer said : t T TV ‘:VN:;;-v:vv(ioxfindo anything foolish," and his words had the effoct of bringâ€" ing the unruly m ne ~ . 0 sW I a ing the unfuly n i wOL Th mon were r( sh>ckl 1. Ten hb /s In all were fired The p i danded at Fall Rivor and brought here by train toâ€"day. .\:lznbout 35300,000 worth of . S. CABLE LANDED. SAMUEL WATSON IRARESPONSIBLE Middleport Tragedy Investiâ€" gated by Coroners‘ Jury. ARRESTS AT ANCASTER. Alfred Hanley and Edward Ray, Weli Known Butchers, Charged With _the Previous Holdâ€"un at the Home ol the â€" Watson â€" Brothersâ€"Much Interest in Case. Brantford â€" despatchâ€"The â€" inquest into the circumstances _ attending the tragic death of Wesley Watson, which oceurred last Tuesday mornâ€" ing at his home â€" near Middleport, was resumed yesterday in the hall of that village. The session oceuâ€" pied about five hours. The chief eviâ€" dence was that presented by James Watson, a brother of the deceased. Dr. Fissetle, of this city, presided, and A. J. Wilkes, K. C., Crown Atâ€" torney, represented the Crown. Ww. C. Livingston looked after the _inâ€" terests of the Watsons. Samuel Watâ€" son was not present, the authoriâ€" ties decming bis appearance unncâ€" vessary. â€" Toâ€"morrow _ afternoon l!(- of this city. James Watson told of the atltack c on himsel{ and brother by burgâ€" lars on November 22nd, who _ subâ€" jected them to torture io obtain | 1 the knowledge of the whereabouts | j of their money. His testimony was| that they had on several oucasinnsl £ sought to have their landlord rt--l( pair the buildings on the farm, but’; unsuccessfully, and during the preâ€"| ; sent fall they â€" decided to withâ€"| ; hold the rent of $500 untii â€" such ) j time as the repairs demanded were| made. â€" Fearing â€" that the lundlordl; could garnishee the money i{f | they | had it in the bank they withdrew it ; 1 ail. This with the amount derived | from the sale of _ their â€" chattels, amounted to about $2,600. They deposited this sum in two fruit jars, and buried them in different parts of |. _the farm,. They told a few persons mbout doing so. "The burglars seâ€" | cured the smaillor jJar. Ever since 111(“ brothers have lived is a state of rervous fear. i Tho jury returned the following verdict : "We find that Wesley Watâ€" son met his death from a gunshot wound inflicted by Samuel Watson, during a period of irresponsibility induced by excessive nervous and mental â€" fear bordering on mania due to the maltreatment previousâ€" ly inflicted by _ burglars, and the belief that they were again to be subjected to worse abuse by the‘ same parties. We find no evidence of malice or premeditation, and beâ€" lieve that he fully supposed his vieâ€" tim was a burglar." Alleged Burglars Caught. Alfred Hanley and Edward Ray were arrested in Ancaster Townâ€" ship on Sunday on a chargo of enâ€" tering the home in Middleport of Samucl â€" and James Watson, gagâ€" ! ging and binding the two brothers and robbing _ them. They Werel brought to _ Brant{ford by Constaâ€" bles Armour and Merrill, arraigned on Sunday before John A. Leitch, Justice of the Peace, and pleaded not guilty. The case was adjourned | until Wednesday afternoon at 2 o‘clock. A great deal of interest is taken in this arrest. After the unâ€" fortunate â€" tragedy in â€" Middleport 1 on Tuesday morning last, the two i brothers told a story relating to | the causes that led to the shootâ€" | ing. They stated that on Nov, 22 1| Jast their home was entered by two | masked men, who seized them when they came in, bound and gagged 'l them, and tortured them into tellâ€" | ing where they had hidden . some | money that they were known to ‘| have in the house. The brothers asâ€" serted at the time that they knew who the men were, in spite of the fact that they were masked and attempted to disguise their voices, i | but that the only witness who could know anything of the case | refused to testify, and that thereâ€" ® i fore they could not take any acâ€" | tion, having no oevidence to offer @ | except that of themselves. _ The s i events of last Duesday, however, will except that of _ themselves. The events of last Duesday, however, put a «different complexion on the matter, and James Watson swore out an information against â€" Hanâ€" ley and Ray. They stoutly mainâ€" tain their imnnocence. Bail was acâ€" copted for each of the two men on securities of $400 cach. Paid a Crook $10 to See Temple Building levolve. Chicago, Jan. 5.â€"Wiliiam Green, a farmer from Saginaw, Mich., was the victim yesterday afternoon of a coniilence man, whose manuer of obtaining money from unsuspecting strangers was new to the police. Green, according to the police, gave the buuko man $10 with the expecâ€" tation that for a portion of that sum he would see the Masonic Temâ€" ple turn. He _ also â€" believed the stranger when informed tliat he would get his change back if he waited a few moments on the street corner. Gren did as he was told, but a tor wa ting almost an hour for the building: to turr and awother hour for the man with his change, he became suspicious that he had been swinâ€" @lal and reported the case to Deâ€" tective Sergeants Morgan and Mcâ€" Grath, oi the central station. Gâ€"ee! had been in Chicago spendâ€" ing the holidays with friends on the south siie. He left for his home last night, but haviog a few hours‘ leisâ€" ure before train time, decided to see the sights. He was amazed at the height o‘ the Masonic Temple and was c~azing skyward when he was acco t>] by a wel dcessed strancer. th Green "Foettvy is1 bdâ€"diag!‘ HE WAS VERY GREEN. taken before Squire Leitch + ever see," answered remarked "Yes, it is a big est part of it all i round every three th> bunko artist. "You don‘t mean to tell me iNa"~| they turn that building a@round 11 exclaimed Green. "That‘s just what I mean to tell you, and in just three hours from now it will be turned again. It just got through being turned a few minutes AgO." Green was disappointed. He said he would like to see such a sight just so he eould tell about it when he got back to Saginaw, but °Xâ€" plained that be did not have time to wait, as he would miss his train. The stranger said if Green would let him havre $2 perhaps he could bribe the engineer to â€" have _ the building make an extra turn. Green did not have two dollars in change, but gave the man A $10 note. The stranger passed through one of the revolving doors and Green has not seen him since. ic ;__.;â€" Horrible Baby Yokobama, Jan. 5.â€"Details of a horrinle baby farming conspiracy in Osaka have jast been made public hoere. An elderiy wom2ln, her married daughter, hushand, and two others have been arrested for infanticide, and it is learned that since they started operations this year three hundred chi‘dren were killed. A CENT A WORY CABLES. Marconi‘s Prophecy for the Near Future. Halifae despatchâ€"Citizens of Cape Breion gave a UrLLAnt bangue?t imet night at Syduey to Marcomi, the sage of wireless telegraphny. Eighty guesus surrounded the rabies. Mayor Crowe, of Syduey, presided. Mr. â€" Marconi gave a briel survey of the milestones of wireless telegraphy. Me said that about two years ago he thought that by using grearer power than be had fo:rmesly used mersages could be sent to greater distances, and he advised the company to estap.ish a station for that purpose at Cornwall and ascertain whether it was or wias not possible to communicate across the Atiantic. The company did erect much a station at a cost of one hunâ€" dred thousand dollars. 1 C unc 1i on np c Whae w THE INVENTOR WAS BANQUETED dred thousand dollars. "The test made at Signal Hul last year assured me,‘ said Marconi, "that trangâ€"Atiantic â€" wircloss telegraphy was possible. My reason for going to §t. John‘s was that it was the nearâ€" est point to Europe, but unfortunaely a cable company that appeared to have a monopoly on every mode of communication except by speech, inâ€" tervened, and we had to forego furâ€" ther work. While in Newfoundland I recoived _ generous invitations from the Caunadian Government 1to come to Cape Breton. _ 1 came, and met with most enthus‘astic reception. I wouid be doing the Italian Governâ€" ment an injustice did I not express ' 1 P uts ELE 1 0oi a d oc en mms PP cm ta it my gratitude for its moral and inaterial assistance of my schemes from the very outset." Mr. Marconi then referred to the J 1 1 : n dC from the very outset.‘ Mr. Marconi then referred to the usos to which wircless telegraphy is at present applioed and said that when the system was further develâ€" cped it would make it possible for a ship in distrcss to signai to a passing ship, as had already been done in the Engiish Channel. yEZ NE i.2 ue n 300 CHILOREN MURDERED. 11340 +s duadndith ud at mt "Wireiess teiegraphy," he said, "would, by being a cheaper method of communication, become a potent ageney in ccmenting the ties that bind England to her colonies. â€" The cabler are officiont and good, but the cost prohibits their use to the public at largos I have a contract with the Dominion Goverrment to send comâ€" mercial messages at a rate of ten cents a word and Government busiâ€" ness at five cents a word and don‘t you think this very cheap in comâ€" parison with the rate of twentyâ€"live cents a word, charged by the cable companies; and don‘t you also think that this reduction will do a great deal toward a better underetanding and boetter relations botween the two countries ? The cable started sending messages at the rate of £1 a word, but hasg come down to twentyâ€"five cents. In the case of wireless teleâ€" graphy, is it not promising that when it starts with teon conts a word it ;fia‘y‘ coms down to one cent a word ?" (Applause.) # Later Returns Increase the Majority to 96,026. Complete returns from Fort Wilâ€" liam and Lake of the Woods show that the total ‘vote cast in that constituency in fayvor of putting the Ontario â€" liquor act into operation was 759, against 744, giving a maâ€" jority in favor of the act of 15, inâ€" stead of 19 against, as at first reâ€" ported. Ths prings the total vote cast, irrespective of spoiled ballots, up to 302,128, of which 199,077 were in the affirmative, aird 103,051 in the negative, giving a majority of 96,â€" 026. The respective percentages of 65.9 for and 34.1. against are not affocted by the change in the figures. East Nipissing is now the only conâ€" stituency from which the returns are incomplete. 74 NEARS WITH ONE FAMILY. Record Made by a Servant in the Island of J amaica. Port Antonio, Jamaica, Jan. 5.â€" Among the prizes offered by the Gloaner, a Jamal.ca newrpaper, in its Ch:â€"istmas number was one to the soâ€"râ€" vant wio could show the longest conâ€" tinuous service in one family in Jaâ€" maica. Thore woere fi‘tyâ€"rine competitors, and the prizec was awarded to an old Afrigan woman, with seventyâ€"four years‘ #«ervice to her credit. She is now cightyâ€"nine years old and quite The othcr {¥‘tyâ€"cight servants had been employed from five to seventyâ€" two years. i In the annual report of the Hamâ€" burg Chamber of Commerce ~the German press is urged to refrain from attacks on Britain. «+THE REFERENDUM. y Farming Conspiracy in Osaka. one, but the queerâ€" is that it is turned > hours," continued n to tell me that hnilding â€" around !" ANOTHER 6. T. 8. COLLUSON Victoria Bridge Scene of a Railway Tragedy. ONE CONDUCTOR DECAPITATED Montreal dewtch--!-‘ouowmc close«= ly upos the ‘ansiead disasier the G. T. R. line was the scene O another bad accident toâ€"day, though fortuâ€" nately the loss oi life was not great. As the result o a collision Letween two freight trains a conâ€" ductor lost his life and considerable damage was done to property. The scene ol toâ€"day‘s accident was the great Victoria Bridge, â€" which spans the S8t. Lawrence â€" between Montreal on the north and 8St. Lamâ€" bert on the south shore ol the river. Two freight trains from the east were following each other on the St. Lumbert side of the bridge shortâ€" ly before noon, running apparenily under normal conditions, when the engine ol the second train ran into the caboose at the rear end of the lirst, and the Torce of the impact was so great that the locomotive drove the caboose from the track on to the car in front of it, and decapitated the conductor, Octave Tremblay. The coliision was foliowâ€" ed by a conllagration, which _ reâ€" quired the services ol the Montreal lire department to euppress. How the two trains came to be running so closely b:hind each other that a momentary stoppage O the faramost of the two should have been followed by the recond running into the rear of it will pequire im vrestigation to explain. Conductor Tremblay was in the act of disconâ€" necting bis van from the rear _ of the train, the usual practice * as trains leave the bridge, when the engine o the sgecond crashed into i it. He was standing be‘iween . thi van and the next car in the act of making the disconnection when the | collision took place. Max Nordau Sees a Mighty Comual jfor Supremacy. Yienna, Jan. 5.â€"In the course of an exhaustive review of the history of the world, contributed to the Xeue Frie Presse by Max Nordau, the writer deeply | deplores the growth of military imperialism» in the United States, and says that by the admission of the spirit of militarism, which was formally rigâ€" orously excluded, America is raisâ€" ing obstacles to the entrance of cmigrants, whose only capital is their «strong working arms. Speaking _of the future of the world, M. Nordan says the openâ€" ing of thoe Panama Canal, under American ownership, will mark the beginning of a new epoch. At Lirst the Angloâ€"Raxon element will seek to drive out the French and Gerâ€" man flags floating over single points in the Pacific Ocean; then the struggle will be carried further to the Asiatic coast, where Angloâ€" Sarons and Russians will have to 'decide the momentous question of whether Eastern or â€" Russian Asia iuhall remain British or Russian. To this forecast M. Nordau adds: "One can only imagine with borror what such a gigantic struggle f nations and races will signify." Kentucky‘s Famous Suck Hole Proves to be a Magnet. A deep hole of water in Nolynn Creek, ten miles south of Hogdenville, has for some time been attracting attention by reason of the fact that it bas a very strong suction. . For years it has been known as the "suck hole." It is about ten feet deep and about fifty yards long. The water is clear and bottom can cas ily be seen. This hole has been watched by people in that section for a number of years, and it has also to some extent been avoided. It now â€" develops that It is no "suck hole," but in the bottom _ of the river it is claimed there is a streak of powerful loadâ€"stone. A man in that community recently constructed a large and substanâ€" tial raft for the purpose of investiâ€" gating the causes ol the suction in this particular part of the river. It was discovered that the river bottom is solid rock and that through the centre of the rock, running iengthâ€" wise, is a black streak. It is about five inches in width and rums the length of the hole. This streak was examined with a common fish gig and was found to be very hard. The gig adhered to the stone, and it took no little pulling to extricate it. Fuarâ€" ther investigation was made, and it is said the streak following the botâ€" tom of the river is undoubtedly pow» erful loadstone: LOADSTONE IN RIVER BE This hole was discovered over torty, years ago by Enoch Atteberrcy, who came near Josing his tife in the watâ€" er, having been rescued by two med, who pulled him out by means o[ & long pole. Lum Wess and Luther Trulock, also came near losing their lives in the hole a short time ago while seining, ‘Phey were rescued halfâ€"drowned by other members of the party. The aitraction was 80 power{ul toward a chain on the botâ€" tom of the seine that the seiners had to abandon it. The hole is not in the main stream, but is an outlet. A dog thrown into the water nevâ€" er comes out, but is quickiy drawn to the bottom. When a trout line i# stretched across the place the unâ€" seen energy attracts the hooks to the black streak and there holde them securely until they are drawB out. At times there is a «trong unâ€" dercurrent in the bayou, which is unaccounted for, and which often sweeps the bottom clean, relieving _the loadstone of its collection. _ The locality of the suck hole is getâ€" ting to be a much dreaded one, 4-{ pecially: by the superistitious. It i# known to all negroes as the "death hole," and farmers in that section find it diffiecult to employ negro help. Many cattle and hogs have been lost.â€"Louisville Courierâ€"Journal John Oliver, a prospcrous Englie® ironmaster, in Madrid, won the Sirst prize of $50,000 in the State lotâ€" tery. He distributed the monty among his employecs. i BRITISH OR RUSSIAN ? Mighty Combat lickh M m ®] ‘v a tal 11 L0 AM pif m{i S Om d mM o « W is D me the ent hok t a k wor 6 out them. Own Tabli host modm children." tonl] to c0l d&rug and « safet y to fant. Sol PS W bxo firs @X by wl Rams‘ M« «e Schen 1% m g00 OU® Ni M lets OT h n bl: Lt n W mA 4 LA n Ni 1t I it "(p n