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Without the knowledge of either ‘Miss Russell or Mr. Einstein, the young couple quiletly boarded a train, accompanie@l by Roland J. Koch, son ®@t former Judge Joseph Koch, a Hriend of the bridegroom, and went Beott township, committedl suicide 4ast night by shooting himsel{ in the head with a ehotgun. He had been subject to fits of melanchola, and it is believed that the deed was committed while his mind was unâ€" balanced. He placed the barrel of the gun against his head and then pulled the trigger with his toe. Lillian‘s Daughter Weds. ‘ New York, Aug. 31.â€"Miss Dorothy Lillian Solomon, the beautiful daughâ€" ter of Mss Lillian Russell, and Abâ€" bot Louis Einstein, son of Benjamin ®. Einstein, a wellâ€"nkown _ fawyer, eloped on Aug. 7, were married, and aro now «pending their honeymoon in an uptown apartment. _ _ t t h : Sharon, Da., Aug. 31. â€" Isaac Greaves, a wellâ€"known farmer of Brect to Jersey City, where arâ€" wangements ha«l been made for the amarrlage ceremony to be perâ€" The eccentric stockman is just now «t his old home in Norwich, Conn., where he has completed legal steps «oward carrying out his plan, He is "aid to have beon attracted by the weclared purpose of Andrew Carnegie and D. K. Poearsoas to die poor. One ‘peculiar feature of his gilts is that practically ail go to poor families, each receiving an independent forâ€" _ However great may have been the Whock to Mss Russoll and Mr. Einâ€" wtein when they learned of their children‘s marriage, all has now WHAT WILL BE DONE WITH IT. Chicago, Aug. 31.â€"Au eccentric and aged stock yards millionaire, Stephen B. Roath, anncunced yesterday that he hbad just settle«d a million dollars on a chosen set of relatives, "just io see how they would use the money." F Roath was a lifeâ€"long associate of John B. Sherman, father of the Phicago stock yards, and has occuâ€" g:l: the same room at the Transit se for thirtyâ€"eight years. In giving away his fortune, Mr. Roath does not propose to wait till death shall reduce his hold on his heirs to the questionable influence which may be exorted via media from the other worll. He makes it @lear that upon the behavior of the beneficiaries deponds the final diviâ€" sion of the property. He expects an epidemic of good examples in his {amâ€" MAN GIVES AWAY MILLION. Union Men Had to Wear Nonâ€"Union «_ * Pants or Go Without. â€"===# Eccentric Chicagoan Declares He Wants to See _Mr. Roath is estimated to have anâ€" other million, but he has not yet said what he will do with it. â€"The schome Yor supervising the disâ€" bursing his fortune is just another touch of the already eccentric career of Mr. Roath,. The settlements he has u:ado are as follows: Louis P. Roath, of Norwich, his Brother, $250,000. ¢ Mrs. Elizabein Randall, bis sister, #250,000. x: Edwin A. Roath, nephew, $2530.000. Children of Mrs. Henry L. Parker, :;i uvdlutlonMs. who travelled 4Athe train. £_40 ‘! EBofia, Pulgaria, Aug. 31.1â€"The east bound daily expres® from Buda Pesth «t#o Constantinople was blown up near ‘Kulel! Burgas, about 23 miles south t:' Adrlanople, early this morning. . en @ersons were killed and 15 Larere injured. Dynamite bombs were 'md Every car was smashed. Apâ€" ’urently the outrage was the work MISS RUSSELL‘S DAUGHTER WEDS PULLED TRIGGER WITH TOF. has made Louis P. Bbrother, $ Mrs. Eli #250,000. Edwin a Children hand. On "~uesday three colonels, two captains and a newspaper ediâ€" tor were condemned to degth â€" for @participating in a plot, which was discovered, and readered abortive. Despite this, however, says the corâ€" respondent, the King is obviously in the bands of the recent regicides, who nre causing a veritable reign Of kerror. _ ~ §¥ yi 33 . Viemna, Aug. 31.â€"It is stated that the Porte is preparing an answer to the recent Bulgariaa memoranâ€" dum to the powers by a note deâ€" claring Buigaria to be directly reâ€" sponsible for the riging in the Vilâ€" layet of Adrianople, aad declining o be answerable for the conseâ€" guence. ‘There is also talk of the presence of a Turkoâ€"Greece Alliâ€" ance. TRAIN BLOWN UP ; SEVEN PERSONS KILLED ‘ Wondon, Aug. 31â€"The Daily Mail correspondent oi Belgrade _ says King Peter is determined to suppress military malcontents with an iron King Peter Condemned to Death â€" an Editor and Five Officers. Discussing the Situation, London, Aug. 31.â€"The Sofia corâ€" Peter‘s Hands Full. Turkey‘s Answer. Dunkirk, Aug. 31.â€"It was discovâ€" ered upon the arrival of the conâ€" signment of white duck troug>rs for the Knights of St. George to wear at their turnâ€"out toâ€"night in Bufâ€" falo that the garments had been made by nomnâ€"union _ labor. The Knights are mostly union men, and lor a time it was believed they must refuse to wear the trougers, and the majority said they would. not wear them. After much persuasion they, however, consentel to wear them for the one occasion only, as it was too late to procure other garments of the sort desired in time for the parade. [] po deceased â€" sister, each, $50,000, as follows : _ Mrs. Harry H. Walker, Brooklyn ; Gerard L. Parker, Cincinâ€" nati; Mrs. H. B. Norton, Mrs. Marâ€" tin E. Jensen and Harry F. Parker, of Norwich. * been forgiven, And only the best wishes of all concerned go with the children, as Migss Russell calls them. Mrs. Einstein is not yet 20 years old and Mr. Einstein is 23. The elopement and marriage made a fitting climax to a courtship filled with romance. Although the young bride became engaged to Mr. Einâ€" stein harely two weeks before they were wed, they have been so much together for several summers, ridâ€" ing, driving, bathing and dancing, playing golf and tennis, and in all the entertainments that go to make up the life of a seaside summer reâ€" sort, that the news of their marâ€" riage will not come as a total surâ€" Telegrams from Burgas, Turkey, seventyâ€"six _ miles northeast of Adrianople, state that a Russian cruiser has entered that port. Exâ€" citement is increasing in Servia, conâ€" tinues the correspondent of the Times, on account of the Macedonian rebeliion. ‘The radical leaders are inâ€" clined to advocate th> establishment of an sutonomous government in Macedonia, provided that du» al‘owâ€" ance is made for Servian claims in the district north of Shar. 1 w Five of a Crew Lost. Stonnington, Conn., Aug. 31.1â€"The Metropolitan steamship H. M. Whitâ€" ney, fro®M New York to Boston, ran down and sank the schooner John Boothke, just west of New Haven durâ€" ing last night. The Whitney rescued the captain of the Boothe and saved Carl Hessell, a sailor, but five other men in the crew, names yet unknown, who belonged to Salem, Mass., were drowned. ~ ES Union Men Wore Nonâ€"union Trousers "I +~had fun accumulating the money," said Mr. Roath yesterday in Norwich, "and now want to seo what my relatives will do with it. If I have done anything to make my relatives happy I want to see the results, and I don‘t want to have anybody fighting for the money money when I am dead." t Mr. Roath left the .city for Norâ€" wich early in July, and went about secretly arranging for the gifts. Stephen B Meech, Presidest of the Thaxes _ National â€" Bank, assisted him. _ Reports from Norwich indiâ€" cate general rejoicing. The brother, Louis P. Roath, has two sons, one a« conductor and ons an engineer on the New York, New Haven abd Hartâ€" ford Railroad. Each will ultimateâ€" ly have $125,000. The son of Mrs. Jensen will enter Yale this fall afâ€" ter havinog given up this cherished purpose. Edwin A. Roath, employed for twenty years on the Norwich line, will be able to give up steanyâ€" boating and will take care of his quarter of a million. It was when the old Lake Shore Stockâ€"Yards wore at Twentyâ€"second street that Mr. Roath came to Chiâ€" cago forty years ago. At that time John R. Shernran ow ned tha ald Ruill‘s strcel nat Mr. koath came to Chiâ€" cago forty years ago. At that time John R. Shernan owned the old Bull‘s Head Hotel, the rendezyous of the stockmen of those days. Mr. Sherâ€" man took a liking to Roath, who was 35 years old, and employed him as clerk of the hotel. When Mr. Sherman founded the stock yards in their present locaâ€" tion, he took Roath with him. Roath then became live stock agent for the Michigan Central, a position which he held for to nyears. Later he went back to the stock yards company, where he was known to every stock shipper as the man who signed tickâ€" ets on weights. He retired twenty years ago. Many storiss are told of the parsiâ€" monious habits of the old man. _ He was always Crossed in the same black suit of an antique cut, which his associates ce~lared he had worn these twenty years, and tili a few It is reported from ‘Adrianople that the troops are using petroâ€" leum to burn the forests sheltering the inrsurgeats. It is also stated that the Turkish officers have reâ€" ceived orders to pursue the rebels inlo Bulgaria,. ing the situation in the Balkans, says a war between Turkey and Bulgaria is no longer regarded as the only remedy. It seems probable that to save appearances Austria respondeat of the Times, discussâ€" and Russia will support an ampliâ€" fied reform scheme. It is quite clear that a new departure must be made. ‘The visit of the Czar to Viâ€" enna is expected to mark a new stage in the policy of the two powers. Mepioktece i *> TW B ik uz:s 4iz :s anplang o ;\ tok es "lde ids i) t ay tear Toi. total surâ€" First Shipment Arrived at Winnipeg Yesterday. Winnipeg, Aug. 31.â€"The first shipâ€" ment oi new wheat has been _ reâ€" ceived. It came from Altona, Man., and graded No. 2 northern. Last year‘s first shipment arrived on Sepâ€" tember Ast. The price received this year was 71 cents. The grade is not regarded as satislactory, but this is no criterion of what the averâ€" ) They also declare that the Maceâ€" doniane who are in‘arms are rapidâ€" ly acquiring military â€" habits in thought, action, and endurance, the methods of the brigand having been put aside in a remarkable manner «during many of the recent operations. This change shows an increasing abilâ€" ity to cope with the Sultan‘s forces. age run of the wheat will be. The grade No. 2 northern was given owâ€" ing to the fact that it was filled with foreign seed and with weeds. "I believe," said one of the officials oi a m®ling company, "that with continuance of dry weather we will bave this year as much No. 1 hard wheat as we "ad last. The weather is not responsible {or the low grade given this first shipment, and this first lot has come below the highest because it is only| {rom a small area, and does not give any idea of what th gradee will be even in this disâ€" trict.» | % TO AUGMENT BARR COLONY Rev. Mr. Llioyd Proposes to Bring Out More Settlers. Montroal, Aug. 31.â€"Rev. Mr. Lloyd, loasger of the Barr Colony, had an inâ€" torview toâ€"day with the C. P. R. offiâ€" cials in regard to the bringing out of another party ol settlers in the early spring. The newcomers would con«ist mainly of fricnds and rcelatives of those who had already come out, and in the opinion of Mr. Lloyd this was one of the signs of the progress the colony was making. He looked forâ€" ward ‘to a poriod of continued sucâ€" Royal Commission Saye They Were Akin to Boérs in Resourcefulness. Lordon, »Aug. 81.â€"The report n the Royal Commission on war, of which Lord Strathcona was a memâ€" ber, published toâ€"day, makes a great sensation, despite the fact that Parâ€" liament is on a holiday. The Comâ€" mission pays a high tribute to the Canadian and Australian continâ€" gents. It says there has been _ reâ€" ceived much evideac» indicative of the hig qualities nr v~l2~ o‘ the overâ€" sea colonial €~~~ ~~cialiv the PRAISE TO COLON!AL TROOPS Ar immense mass meeting of Maceâ€" doniars took place hcere this afterâ€" roeon. They were most enthusiastic. It resolved that ‘@a memorandum should be presented to the represenâ€" tatives of the great powers at Sofia, urging their Governments to take aetion. The speakers impassionately appealed for the immediate interveaâ€" tion of the powers in Macedonia, deâ€" claring that if the pouring out of blood continucd in Macedonia another fortright, Europe would find nobody there to save. | He has been for some time past with the president, Sir Thomas Shaughnessy, aad has now returnâ€" ed to the Northwest to undertake his scheme, which has been apâ€" proved by the Executive. Compeâ€" tent engineers have been employed and several experts from the west and the United States have been called in for advice and suggestion. The result of all this is that the Irrigation works are to be set on [oot, and somethiog like two milâ€" lion acres of land, in all, are likeâ€" ly to be rescued and brought unâ€" der cultivation, C. P. K. to Embark on a Big Irriâ€" gation Project. Montreal, Aug. 31.â€"The C. P. R. Irrigation scheme, which has been talked of for a long time, is about to be put into operation. ‘This scheme, which is to be employed in the Northwest Territories, in disâ€" tricts which have hitherto been reâ€" garded as hopeless from the point of view of agriculture, will necesâ€" sitate the spending of a large imount of mosey, but according to Mr. W. Whyte, assistant to the president, who was the first to conceive the possibliity of irrigaâ€" tion on a large scale, the returns will amply pay for the outlay. Mr. Whyte has organized a corps of asâ€" sistants to carry out his idea. en its forces in the interior. Military critics point out that Sarafoil, the Bulgarian leader of the revolutionâ€" ists, has been contriving to surprise tho shrewdest of the Turkish comâ€" mandersy in several parts of the theâ€" atre of operations. Macedonians Resolve to Keep on Fightu.g for Liberty. Constantinople, ‘Aug. 31.â€" "Carry the war to the sea coast!" is the latest battle cry of the Macedonian insurgants. This plan is aesigned to bring the conflict more directly beâ€" fore the eyes of E&urope and comâ€" pel the Turkish Government to weakâ€" "Old Stevie used to come in here after dinner every day," said he, ""and buy a drink of whiskey. Then ho would go out without paying for it. About 5 o‘clock he would come in ane buy another drink and lay down a quarter for the two. He wasn‘t going to pay 15 conts apiece,. not Stovie. We had to break Stevie off th> habitâ€"of paying that way, I mcanâ€"and for weeks he wasn‘t the â€"same man." 1 L. W onl Evon the bartender of the Transit House hase his reminiscence of the ecâ€" contric millionaire. weeks ago was never seen wearing any but an ancient derby bat. It nearly broke the old man‘s heart whon a stockman carried off the hat by mistake from the hotel diningâ€" room. But he did not buy a new one, for Clerk Dwyer gave hhim a castâ€"off headpiece, which he wore when he deâ€" parted for Norwich six weeks ago. His worlily chattels never exceeded In quantity what might be packed in a steamer trunk. 4 Ho took the triunk with him when he left Chicago, and this is taken as evidence that he does not intend to return. Â¥ CARRY WAR TO THE SEA. MILLIONS OF ACRES. MANITOBA â€"WHEAT. TORONTO New York, Aug. 31.â€"Dressing the €cad body of her weekâ€"old baby in whito, with a blue ribbon about the waist, and placing a picture oi the infant Jogus in his tiny hands, a young mothor used a paper shoe box as a coffin, anc, ontering the cathâ€" olic cometery in West avenue, Jersey City, yostercay, deposited the body under a rosebush at the edge of one of the paths. It was found six hours lator and taken to Hughes‘ morgue. He was sont a prisoner to Bellevue Hospital, where it was said that he was addicted to the use of drugs. A needle and a box that had contained cocaine pasts were found in his pockâ€" ets. He told the police that his father was Rev,. Howe Hamilton, pastor of the First Episcopal Church, of Toâ€" ronto, Canada. oA T00 POOR TO BUY A COFFIN. A Rosebush Became Her Baby‘s Tomb. Thore were no marks o‘ violence on the body, and the county physician sail that it had discd a natural death. Members of Ottawa Public School Board Held Contracts. Ottawa, Aug. 31.â€"The special comâ€" mittee ef the Public &chool Board appointed to enquire into the legal status of Trustees Bowie and Kirâ€" Kirby has received the opinion _ of Messrs. MacCracken, Henderson and McDougall, the board‘s solicitors, that the sale ol cement by Kirby and Co. to the board is a direct vioâ€" lation of the law, and the trustees are therelore disqualified. They hold, however, that Mr. Bowie, a memâ€" ber of the firm, having been reâ€"electâ€" «"You must come down to the corner right away. There‘s a man there who has been following me all over the country. He has an electric battery and wants to shock me with it. I am Oliver Hamiiton, of Montreal. I left there five days ago and went to San Francisco. ‘Then I came straight to New York. This man and his electric battery pursued me ail the way." Evicdently the mother was too pcor to pay for a burial for h<er lhibe, and doposited the body under the roseâ€" bush, beli>ving the cemetery officials would placs it in a grave. Zionists Expedition Will te Sent ot British East Africa. Basle, Aug. 31.â€"The debate in the Zionist congross on the British proâ€" posal to set apart a portion of Britâ€" ish Eaet Africa for colonization by the Jews closed to«day. The congress by 225 votos to 177 acopted a resoâ€" luiijon to af p)i)(z?'ccmmitt-:e o nine, who should b#s>nt on an expedition to East Africa to invs‘igate the silâ€" uation. The Russiain ¢~!~g~*~~ ~â€"nosed the orojcet. and in + y nrotest. ed since the sales were made does not come under the penalty of the law. .. f Cloudburst Pours Torrents of Water Down on Chee Foo. Victoria, B. C., Aug. 81.â€"According to mail advices from Shanghai sevâ€" eral hundred lives were lost in the great floods at Chee Foo, briefly reported by cable. After a thunderâ€" storm with heavy rain, a cloudburst cccurred and torrents of water pourâ€" ed down on the town, rushing forâ€" ward, and carrying houses, buildings, trees, people, everything before it. Rtores and warehouses were flooded by the sudden flood and the property loss will reach millions. The water swept with such force as to sweep 400 tons of coal into the sea. Thoe beach was strewn with wreckage and dead, and presented an aw{fui sight. Over 300 Chinese were known to be dead at Chee Foo alone. No foreigners are known to have been drowned, but a sailor from the United States steamer New Orleans had a narrow escape. ; .. .. ; f New York. Aug. 31.â€"A man about 80 years old rushed up to Policeman Thompson in â€" Fortyâ€"second _ street near Lexington avenue last hight, and said : 1 at4 New York Prisoner Says He is the Son of Rev. H. Hamilton, of Toronto. It is expected that at least 5,000,â€" 000 tons of metal will be disclosed. The po‘nt where the garden is located is at the edge of a narrow swamp. Subsequent investigation has deâ€" monstrated that the ore extends on both sides of the swamp and posâ€" s‘ibly under it. Aamples of the ore were taken out and sent to Ely for assay, and it is thought it will show that the ore is of exceptionally high grade. ; Duluth, Minn., Aug. 31.â€"While digâ€" ging in his garden on lands belongâ€" ing to the Minnesota Iron Company, an Austrian farmer living in the outskirts of Soudan, a few _ miles from Tower, came across an imâ€" mense body of soft ore, the first ever found in that locality. Exploraâ€" tions in the vicinity have disclosed a bed of ore 300 feet wide and seyâ€" eral hundred feet long, and of unâ€" known depth. . At Austrian Farmer Uncovers Probably Five Million Tons. Esmony oeemay En mE C Oiee 2% tish troops for a serious attack which bhad to be driven home, they on the whole, were more akin to the Boer than ‘to the regular individual in resource{ulness and ability to look after themselves. With their inâ€" stigct for country life, and their inâ€" telligence in scouting, despatch runâ€" nign, and so forth, if properly trainâ€" ed and disciplined, they would readâ€" ily become as fine a body of mountâ€" ed infantry as any general would desire to command. They are, in {fact, balf soldiers by their upbringâ€" FINDS IRON ORE IN GARDEN: first contingents, and adds that they were picked bodies of men, chosen from among a large number of apâ€" plicants, chiefly of a kind well suitâ€" ed to the conditions of war in South Africa. If, as an important witness gaid, they were not so uselul as Briâ€" TRUSTEES DISQUALIFIED. HUNDREDS OF LIVES LOST. TO SPY OUT THE LANDS. WHO IS THIS MAN? taa, i Sahe t 2 Frof. H. J. Cody, rector of 8St. Paul*s Church, To:ronto, who has been o‘fered the Presidency of King‘s Colâ€" lege, WWindsor, N. 8., will not acâ€" cept the offer. 1 T mt Kurae." e ~ ie‘ CH M for lost. There were 37 persons on board. ‘The Admiral Gueydon was last â€" reported lcaving Colombo on Aug. 11 for Cochin, Advices received at Victoria from QOnueen Unart~ lclands report the finding of wreckigoe, including stanâ€" chiocs Of Inn > o8f? lnmher and Gustave Larraoumet, member of the Iustitute of France and Draâ€" matic Critic of Le Temps, in which place he succeeded Francisque Sarâ€" coy, is dead. Rev. Frank C. Harper, B D., of Barrie, has accepted a call to Knox Church, St. Vincent and St. Paul‘s, Sydenham, in the Presbytery o Owen Sound. The perfect specimen of Siberian rhinoceros, dug u; paring the foundations for office, has been accepted British museum. The French steamor Admi don, of 3,013 tons, has beer fOr IOst. ‘There Wwars ar .. A party is going out to survrey the land north of the Temiskaming Railâ€" way, to choodse a route for the proâ€" posed extension of the Grand Trunk Pacifi® | ; 0. ;! ((. [ us) #i® tr9] Canadian Pacific and Canadian Nortbern officials say their rolling stock is sufficient to handle the westâ€" ern grain crop. It is reported that negotiations are under way fo; the formation of an An2loâ€"German combine to contro! the Atlantic shipping trade. The Toronto Court of Revision decided yesterday that municipal debentures are assessable, An apâ€" peal will be taken,. Acting Secretary Loomis toâ€"day cabled Manister Leishman, instructâ€" ing him to demand the immediate arâ€" rest and punighment of the perâ€" sons guilty of the murder. _ No deâ€" mand for money on behalf of the man‘s family has yet boen made, but that probably will {follow. Magelsâ€" sen was a native of and was appointâ€" ed from Minnesota. U. 8. Sends Warships. Washington, Aug. 81.â€"Admiral Cotâ€" ton, commanding the U. &, European squadron, has been cabled by the Navy Department, to have his ves sele in readiness to move to Beirut, which is on the eastern shore of the Moediterranean Sea, in case the deâ€" mands of the United States Governâ€" ment upon the Turkish Government are not complied with. The Brookâ€" lyn and the San Erancisco are at It is reported that Russia is sending troops into Manchuria at the rate of 1,000 a day,, Hon. J. Israel Tar® has accoptâ€" ed an inavitation to speak at a Conservative gatheriag at Berthâ€" iev. Washington, Aug. 31.â€"The State Department has received a cableâ€" gram from United States Minister Le‘jghman as Conptanitinopfliec annountâ€" ing that William C. Magelssen, U. 8. Viceâ€"Consul at Beirut, Syria, was assassinated yesterday while .riding in a carriage. The American Minisâ€" ter immediately brought the crime to the attention of the Government and demanded action by Turkey. The United States Minister Has Demanded __â€"_â€"â€" Action by Turkey. U. S. VICEâ€"CONSUL AT BEIRUT ASSASSINATED YESTERDAY. \ London, Aug.â€" g1.â€"According to a Sofia â€"telegram to the Times the Turkish repressive measures in Maceâ€" donia ‘have reached the utmost limâ€" its of barbarism, and it is evident that it is the intention to accomâ€" plish by degrees the total extirpa~ tion of the Bulgarian population. Within the last few days, say® the Times, twelve more Chrietian vile lages have been handsd over to fire and sword, and the women, children and the aged have been massacred. Convoys of prisoners despatched to Monastir have been murdered by their escorts. A private letter from Monastir says even the local Turks are disgusted, and meditate assassiaâ€" ating the consuls in order to proâ€" voke intervention. : Another Call to Arms. Constantinop‘e, Aug. 311â€"The goyâ€" ernment has decided to gall to the colors all the remainiog European reserves belongiog to the gecond and third army corps, aod a numâ€" ber of other reserves, which will bring the total of the Turkish solâ€" diers in Macedonia up to 350 batâ€" talions, or almost double the force utlized in the Turcoâ€"Greek . war. The enrolmeat of such large bodâ€" ies of troops indicated the seriousâ€" ness with which Turkey views the situation, _ and her determination to use all the means at her disâ€" posal to repress the rebellion,. Ibâ€" Twelve More Christian Villages Given Over to Fire and Sword L*aw.\j:.:t" oÂ¥ + y y e o e * * * CC eS woMEN AND CHILDREN MASSACRED BY TURKS. NEWS IN BRIEF »indations for a London been _ accepted by the stecamer Admiral Gueyâ€" fnne m S l n . , dug up in preâ€" been given a great Chicago, Aug. 31. â€" The froight house of the Rock Island Raillway at the junction of Polk and Sherman streots, with its contents, was comâ€" pletely destroyed early toâ€"Jday by fire. ‘The freight house was a block H:& 200 feet wid> and two stories h and was filled with freight. ;El: loss is estimated at about $500,â€" who wanted their comp>nsation creased. Kilied in a Duel. Porlin, Aug. 31 â€"Dr. Schwartz manager 0° the State Insurance Hosâ€" pital at Maelhaussen, Alsaceâ€"Lorâ€" raine, killed Dr. Schloss, who was the leader 0f the strike movemest on the part of outdoor relief phyeiâ€" chans, at Mueihaussen, in a duel two or three days ago. An attempt was made to conceal the cause of death, but the police took possession of the body as it was about to be cremates at Gotha, and the arrest of Dr. Bchwartsz fo‘lowedl. "The due!l was the result of a bitter pergonal quarâ€" rel growing out of a controversy beâ€" tween the management of the Naâ€" tional Sick Insurance Fund, and #ovâ€" eral thousand physicians employed by the free hospitals or outdoor relicf, Andrew Carnegie has settled £50 & year for life on Mr. and Mrs Rrown, who occupy the house is Duifrics in which Robert Bruns died. . Mrs. Brown is the daughter of the poet‘s eldest son, Robert. The iliness 0‘ Sir Melvillie Parkor Bart, .is causing his frionds in To ronto much anxi ty. Nir Moivilie, who is nearly 8) years of age, suifored a stroke of praralysis at his home near Cookstrille a Tew cCays ago, and his condition Is rathor grave. Should he cis, the baronetcy is ended. WwILrMIes M. Schwab, who recontly rosigned as President of the United Statos steel Corporation, may aga» pssume his former position. Schwab himsel{ has sail so, and this is now confirmed. \isag Notice is given at Ottawa that A»â€" nie Christman, of Toronto, will seok divoree next session from her huse band, Philizg H. Christman, formorly 06 'fizmnto. now resident in Streator, Ville France and the Machias is at Genoa. _ Magelesen, who is a Scanâ€" dinavian, was appointed Viceâ€"Consul at Beirut, on September 20, 1899, by Consul Gabriel Bieravudal, who is of the same nationality. At the time of his appointment as Viceâ€" Consul he was a consular clork in Turkey. â€" He was born at Bratsburg, Filmore County, Minn. Minister Leishwan‘s cablegram was dated yeseâ€" terday, and stated that the assassinâ€" tion occurred Sunday. It is stated on the best authority in Winnipeg that Colin H. Campbcli is to retire from the Roblin Govers mont, and will b> succeeded in the i\)gorney-(ieneralsmp by T. Mayve y. The United States imported nearly $500,000,000 worth of matsrial for uso ‘in manufacturing in the fiscal yoar just close‘, as compared wilD youar just close:, a.s-compa.rcd wiih $247,000,000 in 1@28. Prof. H. J. Cody, rector of S Paul‘s Church, Toronto, and profes® sor of history at Wycliffe Collegs has beer offered the presidency of King‘s College, Windsor, NS. Charles M. Schwab, who â€" recenily a boat marked Catheri, on the weft coast of the northern islands. George and William Lasher, o Deseronto, were seatenced for catâ€" tle stealing. George goes to Kingâ€" ston Penitentiary for three years and William to the Ceatral for 22 New York, Aug. 31.â€"D. Sadakot!, a Greek, 19 years old, was stabbed to death, and M. Andras, a Turk, 21, was probably fatally wounded by J, Lewis, a Frenchman, on the steamor gated the telephone situation in Bristol City, which arrived at quarâ€" antine last night from Las Palmas, All three were members of the ship‘s crew, and the stabbing took plac» during a forecastle fight on Monâ€" day. The cause of the fight is unâ€" known. Lewis seemed to be inzane, and could give no cxplanation of hig action. 1 Consolidated Lake Superior Co, Philadelphia, Aug. 31.â€"The Con. solidated Lake â€" Buperior Company, which is having difficulty in raisâ€" ing funds, is to be reorganized ow ing to the failure of the stockholdâ€" ers to subscribe to the proposed bond issue of $15,000,000, accordâ€" ing to an official statement. A)p stock will be exchanged for new on ‘the payment of assessments. i syndicate to advanace $8,000,000 is beicg formed. rahim Pasha, the pew commandep of the troops, is a young and cap. able officer. Reven battalions have been dispatched to Florioa, from Monastir. The Valiz of Monastir and Saj. onica telegraphed that they are now able to guaraotee the main. tenance of order in their respect. ive towns. % Freight House B::;ed * Aeat Fight. ID= Some one knocked a ghe sprang up and gr with both hands, set hard. _ It was a m fore she could answer ter‘s question : "Havi Blanche ?" Fhe opened the do "Not yet," she repli ting my things on." . was imposslible. The face p[ the detoctiv ber, and reminded he tempt at flight on attract his attenuion ghe go down to Sir d a clean breast of it ? to obey the impuise, again. She could yet. She must seo Fanny Inchleyâ€"â€" $ the very thought of dered with a commi and hate. "I came to say that suade the poor girl with you, {vmy do. M sorry for her. "I will tell her," said *"but I think she wou main at home." Bhe had put on her veil over her hat, an stairs. & A carriage was wal man drove toward M As he did so he met . which had taken t Elaine to the statiof "Just taken Major an to the rail," he called "Shall we go on, m asked, evidently all 0 of curiosity and excl Lady Blanche‘s man a footman got <3< Lady Blancke, Te carrlage turi Barelield, and . war High street when | who had been jooking dow vacautly, starle check string. She sam walking quickly . ai ment. "No," said Lady to the town." She wo &meard hor ass ant for some : "I want it J0 "she is DOLl 3 She spoke in possessed vyouct There could be no do now she, Lady Blanc ter of an earl, one o society, would be dr ness into a court of j in a murder case ! . whole shameful sto spiracy with a sory; keeper‘s nileceâ€"would :fht. and she would ere and admit that to prevent the mar reigraph to her t "I am ‘-oi-ng into one she said to the footm arit. "Do not walit ; I walk back." The man touched Li carriage drove off. Bhe stopped at a sl at the window, . Wi Inchley anxiously. . & enter the chemist‘s, . could not bear to 10% oven for a minute 0 Blanche, «carcely kno was doing, folowed â€" Fanny. whose back the door, did not s« Lady Bjamche, «etand A Safeguard for Ch Mh in MHot N ting toelh i6 AlV for mothors Al« during the hot w ten doepens into is that often I ilis that O°C able to ensu be intereste that pobs 1h gors, _ MI® uau““u_.l Â¥t! gives her e\j» of other mo! baby has alwsa cate, and suff« metr with his think he woy the doector ord him any £o® tacked with ay hot «kin and < Baby‘r Own T# him &1 wiOlk good, and he is ay." _ Baby‘s Own Tasiel doalers in medicine « post paid. at twort hbox., by the Dr. Wi Company. Brockvilie, OF 1NTEREST 10 y The R tsM Mrs her father BA i woul in + 118 J Jot 1y 1J V Iof 1J