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t4 ‘llMe for $200,000 thait had been stolâ€" t@d from him. I saw him when the ;l'-‘.'ncors searchxl him and know Fint he was not, robbed. It i# trua tBut he was strapped to his cot, Five other patieuts in the prison mward who witnessod Mr. Drucker‘s treatment and his death, were inâ€" terviewed by a reporter yesterday, and all emphaticaily denied thac there had been _ any unnecessary eruclty or any robbery. Two of these mients were Joseph Brandt and iel McCornell, both elderly men, who have been in the ward with fractured bones for several weeks. Mr. Brandt said: "It is true that Bruck»r‘s condiiioa was distressing. He was delirious and very violent. _ "He constantly talked in English, +Dutch and German, and said much [about an insurance policy on â€" his Inspector McClusky and the Disâ€" trict Attormey are making a thorâ€" ough investigation of the case, and Coroner Jackson will hold. an inâ€" quest next Friday, when Murphy and all other witnesses in the afiair will be summoned. Dr. William V. V. Mabon, superinâ€" tendent of Bellevuee, said yesterâ€" «uay that investigation had â€" conâ€" vinced him that no crime had been committed or malicious cruelty inâ€" flieted. prison ward o< Belicvue Hospital on he morning of Dec. 9, was murderâ€" d and robbed by the hospital atâ€" tendants, as stated by James Murâ€" iphy, another patient in the ward, the hospital authorities and other Eatienta deny and the police disbeâ€" eve. Pationts Declaroianadun Was Not Robbed or Matltreated. * New York, Dec. ~1.â€"That Adoiphus Drucker, a Canadian and former member of the urmfl» Parliameni, IP vent i. ult Acvticas ~ Speyer & Co., on the other hand. Imave a reorganization plan, and will whortly submit a proposal to the Govâ€" ‘ernment, the Canadian creditors, and ‘the gharehclders, They absolutely reâ€" ‘Tusee to treat further with Mr. Clergue or the members of the Reorganization Committee, on whose representations ‘the sale of this mortgage twas postâ€" poned from time to time. ‘Roes and his collcagues were urged "to take such steps as would protect ithe Canadian creditore. To do this "the Government would be called upon to withhold the concessions granted to the company. This would have the effect of incommoding Speyer & Co. n their efforts to put the works on a wpaying basis. As matters now stand ‘everything i= shaping for a big legal battle, in wnich the rights of Speyer & Co. to possession of the property will be hotly contested, « ; _ Mr. Clergue‘s position in the prosâ€" ent situation is rather difficult â€" to «lefine. Whatever equity he bholds in ;the property must have long since vanished, He [fajled in his mission to ‘England largely because the capitaliâ€" ists there were not eatislied with the position in which the compainy was JJeft by the suspeosion. With the Spoyer loan out of the way they would have been disposed to put their ‘money In the venture. It is even ‘stated that should the committee suc-l ‘ceed in reorganizing the company, the Britishers stand prepared to comel (In and furnish the working capital. ‘This has been the plan on which Mr. Cl:rgno hg.s been proceeding. | Mr. Francis H. Clergue arrived in "Toronto yesterday, and together with Mr. Corpneltus Shelds, Mr. H. C. Hamâ€" ‘liton and Mr. James Conmee, M. P. Â¥., ‘waited upon the Government. Premier ‘UCo. are stili in control, but the stateâ€" ment is made that they would be ‘quite willing to reopen negotiations with the Reorganization Committee, !'nboao back ofi the provosed rehabilâ€" Atation of the works still have hopes nhatltge end desired will yet be M:t Clergao has submitted a report yto this effect to the Reorganization Committee : "I have been inflormed by (wire that the sale by the Speyers will ‘mot alfect the plans of the company." that was the reason we wired to make such arrangement. As soon as ithe Speyer claim is paid off, the Engâ€" !lllh syndicate will be heard from." "The arrangement made with the English syndicate was that if the Reâ€" organization Committee of Consoliâ€" «dated Lake Superior could take care of the Speyer loan it would be willâ€" ing to advance suflicient capital to ‘put the companies on a sound basis. ‘Mr. Clergue and mysel{ were assured «dluring our stay in England that the committese would be successful, and LAKE SUPERIOR â€" â€"â€"â€"â€" COMPMMWY, ?éfiator Dandurand Tells of Visit to London. ‘Francis H. Clergue Waits on Premier Ross. , *Montreal report: Senator Dandurâ€" and, who went to London with Mr. Clergue in connection with the Lake Buperior Company‘s affairs, speaking toâ€"day of the present position of the company, said : : + MURDER STORY DENIED. once wealthy, who died in the yer Claim on " Sco " Proâ€" rties Must be Paid Off. 44 escaped prisoner up Khe was given the alternative toâ€" day of being prosecuted for kidnapâ€" ping, of which she might be proven technically guilty, or giviag up the younrg man. She said thas whatâ€" ever happened she would stick close to Albert and never leave him until he should be her husband. Fioux City, Doc. 21.â€"Rcause eighâ€" teenâ€"yearâ€"old Jessie Lane, of Hoâ€" mer, Neb., accepted the offer of 17â€" yearâ€"old Albert Dineen, of Yankion, south Dakota, to elope with him, she has been charged with kidnapâ€" ping the boy. Being of age she is responsible for her acts, and the law camnot prevent her eloping if she wants to do so. But she has, according to the chargo of the boy‘s father, John Dineer, enticed him trom his home. Will be Prosecuted for Abduction by Lad‘s Father. Mr. Ellis was emplhatic in declarâ€" ing that there is nothing suggesting barbarism at Merelick‘s court. Thke Empceror wears European clothes, and a felt tlat of American shape, Tkhe Emperor and court ladies were dressed in Paris models. The palace is a comfortable frame building of Swiss arckhitecture. It has baths and other modern conveniences, and furâ€" niture of the Louks XVI. period is predominant, â€" Wlat abovo all impressed Menelik favorably, eaid Mr. Ellis, was tho attitudoe of theo Americans. They did not seeck lerritory in Abyssinia. On this subject the Emparor eaid: "Other nations come to Africa like sons of their fathers, saying, ‘Fathoer, you are going to make a will and leave us sometLing "‘ He added that Amâ€" crica was alono withou‘t land in afâ€" rica, and wantcd rone. Sk> only! wantced liberty of trade. tog % :/ q London, Dec. 21.â€"William N. Ellis has arrived in London from Abyssinia and will eail for the United States int en days. Upon his arrival there Le tvill proceed direct to Washington and deliver zo the Department _ of State m letter from Emperor Meneâ€" lik welcoming Americans to Abyssinia ‘"in peace and without fear." Menelik was very muck interested in Mr. Ellis‘ narrative concerning American aifairs, especially, the development of the colored race from slaves to the atatus 0f tho whites. Upon hearing of President Lincoin‘s liberation of the slaves tears came into his eyes, and he insisted that the story! be told to ‘ him a wecond time, exclaiming "What a great man." He explained that he was abolisling slavery gradually. Heo said : "I cannot do as Lincoin did ; it would upset things too much, but I lave decreed that while those =t present slaves, skall remain such, their children shall be free. Thus will slavery disappear." *4# olice Believe t‘he Murderer is Hiding in Calgary. All Children ot Present Slaves to be Made Free. The Armstrong Association work in behalf of the colored man in the United States. > ‘"My knowledge of the question leads me to the opinion that no poâ€" litical measure can ever save or benefit the negro," said Mr. Carâ€" negie. He said in case of war all this counâ€" try would have to do would be to stop exporting cotton and the war would be done. ; 7 Dutch Population is Increasing While the British is Not. New York, Dec. 21.â€"At a meeting of the Armstrong Association toâ€"day Andrew Carnegie surprised his hearâ€" ers by asserting that he believed Great Britain would surely some day lose South Africa, because the Buich population is increasing, while the British are not. Mr. Carnegie added: ‘"What would Great Britain give for nine million negroes as placable and lovable as those in the United States? They give us 11,000,000 bales of cotton a year, and this I contend makes the United States the most powerful nation in the world." t CASHEL STILL AT LARGE. Mr. Drucker wias arrested near the Grand Central Station on Dec. 9th and taken ito Flower Hospital, and from thiere transferred to Bellevue. Tho hospital physicians and Dr. Schultze, Coroner‘s physician, diagâ€" nosed his case as extreme alcoholâ€" ism and beart failure. : "All <thiat Murphy "has said is trze," he said last night, "and 1 will tell more whizn I am called to speak under oathi, I am a Holâ€" lander, and Mr. Drucker kept talkâ€" ing to me in Dutch." , When Mr. Drucker‘s effects were examined at the hospital‘ yesterday a dozen pawn tickets were found showing where he had pledged small articles of jewelry in New â€" York and Montreal during November and December. In strange contrast with these were letters and docuâ€" ments which told of large financial transactions in this country and Europe. # f because h> was so nt it was necesgary," | 8 1 William H. Otto, rness makâ€" er, of 243 East 1 street, who was a patient in the prison ward at the time, alone corroborates Murphy‘s statement of the cruelty and robbery., * * WILL LOSE SOUTH AFRICA. SLAVERY IN ABYSSINIA. GIRL KIDNAPS BOY. [ I Feutsnaginl <eliadiarn <idP i olip:coive tcintit Ail ced Wnsb ct c h l After the wedding in January last | Woest Perthshire, arrived in South year they went first to Eastbourne, | Africa early this year, and shortly there to Nice, and subsequently to afterwards mysteriously _ disapâ€" Torquay, where to her great eurâ€" | peared. In April 3is headless body prise the prisoner was arrested as a | was found on tao shore of a lonely "ticketâ€"ofâ€"leave" man. lake near Cap> Town. Tke recorder asked the witness: Suspicion fell upon his friend Hart, This resulted in his being tried at the Old Bailey on Tuesday on the clharge of bigamy. o t t Snsce n Nh al) Miss Pope, the second wife, in the course of ker evidence, stated that by pormission of her mother, her marriage with thoe prisoner was exâ€" pedited because he said he was su{â€" fering from an internal complaint and kad only a few months to live. Unijortunately, not only did Newâ€" ton make a false statement regardâ€" ing limsel{, but also omitted to menâ€" tion suck important facts of his preâ€" vious career as that he had been sontenced to penal servitude for theit, and that ho had already been married, and that his first wile was still living. _ , a | we Daughter of British Officer Duped by Ticke +ofâ€"Leave Man. London, Dec. 21.â€"On the strength of the statement that he was a war correspondent, (withk an income _ of £600 ($3,000) a year, and a lifo inâ€" surance policy o. £500 ($2,500), a certain Aubrey Newton won the bhand oi a dauglter of tho late Lieutâ€" Col. Pope, formeriy commander of thke Counaught Rangers, and marâ€" ried ‘Ler last year in a church at Pimlico. AN UNFORTUNATE MARRIAGE. The steamships Williamette, Danâ€" ube and other vessels have been lost in that neighborhood. 4 A seagul perched on top o. Epar buoy is said to kave given it resemâ€" blance in the fog to Cage buoy. Both buoys are on tho same side of the channel, and navigators have declarâ€" ed that they do not give as efficient protection as is required in the danâ€" gerous waters of the foggy: Vancouâ€" ver Island coast. The seagull incident will be invesâ€" tigated at the official enquiry at Victoria. Why H. M.S. Flora Went Ashreo Near Nanaimo, B. C. Tacoma, Wash., Doc. 21.1â€"Investiâ€" gationa seems to show that a seagull caused the wreck of the British secâ€" ond class cruiser Flora, wihich was bauled oif Village Point reef near Nanaimo, Friday. When the accident Lapponed both Capt. Baker and the navigating â€" officer were on the bridge. They mistook Epar buoy at Village Point, for Cage buoy, two mile« farther down the sound, and steered their course toward shore, grounding on the reef in consequence. A battery of quick firing funs in the navy yard covers the entrance to Esquimalt harbor, where extenâ€" sive mines have been laid. It is reâ€" ported that the work of constructâ€" ing a fort on the high bluff overâ€" looking the approach to the harbor is soon to be begun. The dry dock is to be enlarged. | A Te en Consul Smith says that while the strength of the British fleet at Esâ€" quimalt naval station has been reâ€" duced to three cruisers and two steam launches the strength of the station has really been increased. Large 9.2 guns, woeighing, with their equipment 30 tons each, were placed in position at the top of Signal Hill, which commands the whole harbor. These guns are said to throw a 380â€" pound projectile five miles, and with an elevation of fifteen feet they have a range exceeding seven miles. Washington, D.C., Dec. 21.â€"Esquiâ€" malt, British Columbia, where an important English naval station is located, is being heavily defended, according to a report to the State Department from Abraham E. Smiith, United States Consul at Victoria. They are Strengthening the Defences at the Esquimalt Naval Station. It was found that the schooner kiad on board a hundred armed Colâ€" ombian â€" soldiers, commainded by (Gen. Rafael Novo, whio said General Daniel Ortiz, commainder in Chief of the Colombian forces of the Atlantic Early in the morning 0* December 15th, tho Atlanta sighted a small echkooner in the centre of the Gulf of Darien and followed Ler to the Avgstern shioref, where the gchcioner «aâ€" tempted to tide behind an islet. Lieut. Perrill, of the Atianta, was ordered to board ler, he thereupon took anothor boat and ‘pulled toâ€" ward the schooner. Through the courtesy‘ of the naval officer, the correspondent of the Associated Press} accompa‘nied the party| in the whaleboat. ; ; Colon, Dec. 21.â€"The United States cruiser Atlanta returned here last night from the Gulf of Darien. She discovered, Dec. 17, a detachment of Colombian troops, numbering visually about 500 men, but according to their statements totalling 1,500 or 2,000 men, at Titumati, on the western side of the Gulf, just north of the mouth of the Atriato River and due east from Yaviza. The commander of the Atlanta sent ashore an officer, who conversed with the Colombians‘ commander. Te latter protested enâ€" ergetically against the presence of American warsghips in Colombian waâ€" ters, insomuch as war between Coâ€" lombia and the United States had not been declared, and politely requested the Atlanta to leave the Gull, because it belonged to Colombia. Commander Turner, of the Atlanta, ignored the request, and the Atlanta returned to Cojon to report to Rear Admiral Coghlan. The Colombians are clearly busy with protective and strengthenâ€" ing measures. Although they treated the Americans courteousiy, they deâ€" clared they resented the preseace of the Atlanta‘s landing party. The Colombian force was composed partly of the men landed recently at the Atriato River by the Colombian cruisâ€"| ers Cartagena and General Pinzon. l ORDERED U. S. CRUISER AWAY. Mother BRITISH FORTIFYING. SEAGULL ON BUOY. ONTARIO ARCH TORONTO ind Two Children Burned to Death in Philadelphia. Armstrong, a native of Monteith, West Perthshire, arrived in South Africa early this year, and shortly afterwards _ mysteriously _ disapâ€" peared. In April z3is headless body Imitator of English Murderer Daily Visited Victim‘s Body. Cape Town, Dec. 21.â€"One of the most semsational murder trials in the history of South Africa has conâ€" cluded in a verdict of guilty against an Englishman named Hart, who was charged with the murder of â€" his friend, James Armstrong, in reâ€" markable circumstances. Maiser Adopts Means to Put a Stop to the Practice. Berlin, Dec. 21.â€"It is stated that tho constantly increasing instances of cruelty in the army have inâ€" duced Emperor William toâ€" order that the officors of the Guard Corps shall periodically make a thorough inspection of the men naked to find wounds or bruises. If injuries are found the officers must â€" ascertain how they were caused, aÂ¥d they must report cases of illâ€"treatment. Eventually, the order will be exyâ€" tended to the who‘le drmy. A corâ€" poral has been sentenced to five years‘ imprisonment at Rendsburg, ho having been charged with having committed 1,600 incredible brutaliâ€" tiese upon men inferior to him in rank. ‘"‘The other night when I was in the grill room of the leading hotel of the city I saw more women there than men, and every woman â€" was drunk. There was not a sober woâ€" manm in the place. "I have three little girls at home, and I would rather see them in their graves than in a public place like that at any time." ; CRUELTY IN GERMAN ARMY ‘"‘The country is paralyzed in a struggle for money. The people are beginning to seek the sensations of sensualism. It is bad erough for men to go far in that direction, but when even women step over the line and go towards the king of death there is struck a blow at the race as deadâ€" ly as has ever been dealt it. ‘"‘When I canme home I found that our saloons had their ladies‘ enâ€" trances, and that it was getting to be a serious question. We are dead morally! dead morally! dead morâ€" ally ! ; you ? "It was in London," he went on, "that I first eahy a drunken woman, The sight disgusted me, nauseatved me. And a man said to me, ‘You don"t_ have that in your city, do Tendency of Women to Patronize Saloons. Cleveland, O., Poc. 21.â€""The great problem before this country toâ€"day is the increase of â€" drunkenness among the women of the land," deâ€" clared Rev. Chas. A. Eaton, at the Euclid Avenue Baptist Church last evening. "It is as ominous a thing as we have before us toâ€"day." A Eaton is John D. Rockefeller‘s p2sâ€" or, ‘"Had iyou any fortune, Miss Pope ?" to which sho replied : "No ; but I Lad a reversionary interest in my. mother‘s income, and this I sold for £225 ($1,125), to pay thoe debts inâ€" curred by, the prieoner," The prisonerâ€"I have been good to you. ; "You kave never struck me," anâ€" swered the woman, "but you have never told me the truth from the day, of our wedding." 1 The prisonerâ€"I had to conceal it. The recorder said the prisoner had cruelly deceived a young woman of good family. He had committed a singularly crvuel crime, and would be sentenced to seven years penal serâ€" vitude. h Dec. 21, via Panama, Dec. 21.â€"The Agua Dultce, Republic of Panama, Junta‘s decree fixing Dec. 18 as the date for the election of representaâ€" tives to the national convention has beer received with enthusiasm in the interior of the republic. There is no doubt that public opinion fayâ€" ors the canal treaty with the Unitâ€" ed States and candidacy of Dr. Amâ€" ador for the presidency. < ; 4 f Burglar Shot vead. _ Boston, Mass., Dec. 21.â€"In a runâ€" ning fight ‘between two policemen and five burglars, who had broken into an office in East Boston early toâ€"day, one of the burglars was shot dead, The others escaped. The lientity of the dead burglar is not known. Although all five of the hunted men used their revolvers freeâ€" ly on the pursuing police,, neither: of ths latter was hit. Three Burned to Neath. Philadelphia, Des. 21.â€"Mrs. Harry L. Rmith and her two children, Harâ€" ry, aged 83 years, and Albert, aged 3 months, were burned to death early toâ€"day by a fire which ocâ€" curred in their hom> at Oak Lnne,l a suburb, They were asleep when, the fire started. Mrs. Elizabeth Shielmire wias badly burned while enâ€"| deavoring to awaken them. The cause of the fire is unknown, aind Pacific, had a larg> camp a milol TheJt away on the mainland. The t“ The Colombian camp appeared to | case tC be permanent, was well provisioned Stmtnh&" ‘ and probably destined to be used as lgy Gl a base of operations. Gen. Ortiz and e(gi V. otkers freely expressed the determinâ€" I rlm tion of Colombia to fight to the bitâ€" | 22 "m‘: ter end, in case Gen Reyes‘ visit to|?mture Waskington is not â€" successful, nyd- B&HLE Panama is hot returned to Colombia. | ,, one A Swiss President Elocted. ; Bernes, Switzerland, Dec .21. â€"M.| A1I oth Comtesge, a member o[ the Pundesrath,| stronge from Neuchatel, and M. Ruchet, & ) Did ths member from the Canton de Yaud.|Still ur were toâ€"day elocted respectively | The de; Pregident and Viceâ€"President of Switâ€" | > 4 zerland for 1904. ; ‘ *4 The p to» WOMEN DRUNKS IN U. s. LEKE EUGENE ARAM. Panama Elections. aot s Cumedt mile Scottdale, Pa.â€"Contrary to expectaâ€" tion, the depression in the coke trade last week was more pronounced than at any time during the last three months, Instead of the expected improvement, nearly 1,000 were thrown out, and proâ€" duction fell off over 10,000 tons. g’he posting of the new wage scale is looked upon as indicating a resumption of work in the near future. tract of two million acres Tr.ltuth‘:- same State which has been offered on more favorable conditions, ;md probably a large colony of Boors will settle there. I shall make m home there." Y *‘Many of the Boers never will be reâ€"established in their homes, and hundreds have wandered off and have become lost, There was a plan to settle many of them in Chihuahua, Mexico, where a concession of 85,000 acres had been given. There are now four families down there. The Mexâ€" ican government promised to furnish transportation to fifty, but it has rnot done so and has constantly postâ€" poned fulfilling its obligation. I shall go to l}exico soon to look after a 7 Mepo zx )8 U couse 5 s ouunk s 7 "The Boers are trying to make the best of the situation, but in many cases their efforts to be friendly are repulsed. On my voyage from the Cape to England I met several Britâ€" ish officers who did everything they could to show their comtempt and dislike for me. I do not care for such trlngs on my own account, but I think the English should do all in their power to reconcile a conquered nation. 4 "As the war is all over there reâ€" mains nothing to be done but to make the best of a bad job," said the General. "I believe the British government is making an honest efâ€" fort to restore the Transvaal and the Orange Free State to their forâ€" mer prosperity, but it is handicapped to a large eatent by the fact that many of the men assigned to the task are not fitted for the work." Gen. Viljoen Declares British "Pacifiâ€" cation " Efforts are a Fatlure. New York, Dec, 21.â€"Prospects for the rehabilitation of the Boer counâ€" try are very poor, according to the reports brought here yesterday by General Ben J. Viljoen, one of the Transvaal leaders in the fight with Great Britain, who was a passenger on the Umbria. He is now on his way to Mexico, where he hopes to enâ€" gage in agricultural interests, for his home is wrecked and many of the people of his native land are unâ€" able to recover from the effects of the war which devasted their lands. The Electograph is a Combination of the Telephone and Phonograph. London, Dec. 21.â€"The Daily aMil announces that it has conducted reaâ€" conably euccessful experiments with a recording telephone, called _ the clectrograph, which is the invention Eol E. G. Craven, an English engineer, who was once an assistant of Thos. Edison at Mendo Park, New Jersey. The mechanism combines a tclephone and phonograph. _ Messages spoken into _ the _ telephone transmitter were sent over a dozen miles beâ€" tween London and Twickenham, where they were received by the phonograph, without audible sound, by direct electrical effect on a vie | brating diaphram. When the phonoâ€". graph was disconnected from the telephone wire and reversed, the messages were reproduced audibly and distinctly. Mr. Craven declares that his invention will be the greatâ€" est addition to the conveniences of business since the invention of the telephone a generation ago, as the electograph leaves a permanent reâ€" cord of sonversation. Bebel‘s party has required nineteen years to Increase from 600,000 to 3,â€" 000,000, so it is not disposed to view with alarm officiat coddling of the new workingmen‘s party, which was characterized by Count yon Buelow on Sunday as a welcome manifestaâ€" tion. The Chancelior has now reâ€" peated thrice the assertion that thg Goverrment wili pursue a beneficient social policy, regardless of _ either Socialist criticiem or demands _ for repregsive measures emanating from the enemies of that party. NEW TELEPHONE A WONDER Bebel‘s Party Sneers at Impzrial Adâ€" vances to German Workingmen. Berlin, Dec. 21.â€"Emperor William and Chancellor von Buelow‘s renewâ€" ed overtures to Germany‘s 600,000 artiâ€"Socialist workingmen to join nards with the monarchy in upliftâ€" ing the laboring classes causes no consternation in the Social Demoâ€" cratic carp. Yorwaerts, the Socialâ€" ist organ, toâ€"day defiantly advises the workers if they think they can better their condition by approachâ€" ing the sovereign with bent backs and cap in hand forthwith to join the "belly crawlers," and await reâ€" sults. "Might can only be overcome by might," is tne Socia*sst reply to th‘» Government‘s compromi‘se offers. The sentence was that he should be detained during His Majesty‘s pleasure. The case has excited enorâ€" mous interest owing to its gruesome features. 4 The prisoner gave evidence, declarâ€" ing he was gifted with second sight, ana had discovered the body owlng to revelations vouchsafed him from Heaven. + y d SOCIALISTS DEFY THE KAISER sLPORIGg 8 WOug, ET SA L0 amaA by the shore of <the lake, and bad been visited daily by Hart. Counser quoted the following stanâ€" za from "The Dream of Eugene Arâ€" am" in reference to this peculiar feature of the case: | "One stern tyrannic thought that made All other thoughts itse slave; /‘ Stronger and stronger every pulse Did that temptation craveâ€" h Still urging me to go and see | ; The dead map in his grave." | and at the inquest it Ccame UH* """ . he had told his brother that he had been lnto{med by spirits that the body of Armstrong would be disâ€" covered near water. Later Hart was seen near the s‘pot walking .wa.z with something in hbis hand, whic proved to be a skull. This he threw away, but it was eventually discoyâ€" ered, and it was found that the jaw was broken. The trial proved a memorable one, The Judge and counsel likened the case to that of Eugene Aram. Armâ€" strong‘s body had lain for m’?n:‘l‘x; FUTURE OF BOERS. inquest it came out that iE Ht vefienase «+A OA NCR +7 0; 20. 5200. and â€" the $6,524,200. the (p,a"7,31°,, »Pard of Trade and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, The Chronicle BAYS it is amusing, The commission will be on the Mnes of the Montreal congress, except that the members are bound to a preâ€" conceived conclusion. The Post says it shows the tree mendous force behing the Imporial» ist movement. of the Montreal th&t the m(}mbe” conceived conclu: The Post mave mmons, the Board oft the Chancellor of the E The Chronicle says it 'I"hn commission will be . P“i“."â€"m in the past eleven Commons, the the Chancellor Continuing, the rest of Mr. Chamâ€" berlain‘s speech was largely a reâ€" petition of his former arguments. He said he had been blamed for saying that preferential trade with â€"the colonies would not mean an addiâ€" tion to the cost of living. He quoted a letter from Charles Booth, of the lirm of Alfred Booth, & Co. Liverâ€" pool, saying he did not believe the proposals would add to the cost of living. Mr. Chamberlain eaid that the country was row at the parting of the ways. and nastnuitrs _6l,, TB U Fou 9 Soommemime. eV lic men can be relied upon to overâ€" come them, and to put the project into practical form." (Cheers). Federation of the British Hace. The speaker added that no physical difference would prevent the fcderaâ€" tion of the British race. The distance between the Yukon and Hudson Bay was greater than the distance {from England to Camada. He eaid; "It was in favor of Imperial preferential trade, which is cordially endorsed by both of the great political parties Some diffiâ€" culties might arise as to the details ol so large a scheme, but it is sureâ€" iy not too much to believe that if the principle is approved, the intelâ€" ligence of Rritish and colonial pub Mr. Fielding had been asked if the Canadian Ministers intended refrainâ€" ing from rep‘ying to some of the press statements as to what was the position taken by the Canadian Minâ€" isters at the colonial conference last yer. as one of the new: race of colonial! statesmen who will be second to mnone i_n_ the councilts of the empire." Mr. Chamberlain then read a letâ€" ter which he had received a day or two ago from Mr. Fielding, Finâ€" ance Minister of Canada, "for whom," he said, "we feel the greatest respect me as Ambassador to the colonies," said the speaker, "with full powers, and I am perfectly willing to stake my reputation on that I shall be able not merely to satisly the colonies that we have something to give them worth acceptance, but also to secure an equal measure in return." Talked of Preference. Mr. Chamberlain stigmatized the objection raised by his opponents, that the coolonies never asked a preâ€" ference, a monstrous misrepresentaâ€" tion. . He asked if they had forgotâ€" ten the Ottawa conference, and the tw London conferences, where evâ€" ery premier urged consideration of a mutual preéference. "Let them gend ed to the country, and upon which the people have had every opportun~ ity for expressing their opinion." Thereo is no examp‘e to which Mr. Chamberlain oftener appeals _ in clinching his fiscal arguments than that of the United States. On this occasion, he gaid, "we, like the Unitâ€". ed States, have community of race,: community of interests, common patriotism, and common sentiment, yet the United States has got someâ€". thing we lack. Ahe has got a comâ€", mon constitution, a common system of defence, and a common commerâ€"| cial bond. . Why should not we hare these too ? It is our business to try ‘ to secure them." the country » ready to give us the date we ask and there is a Governâ€" ment in power prepared to accept our principles, we will have ready all or most of the information that it will desire, and it will have before it a tariff which has been presentâ€" London, Dec. 21.â€"In the courso of a apeech at Leeds, Mr. Joseph Chamâ€" beriain announced that under the auspices of the Tariff Reform League a commission was being formed to consider the condition of British trade and the remedies applicable thereto. â€" He #eaid it would be an unofficial and nonâ€"political commisâ€" shon, representing every principal inâ€" dustry. It would comprise â€" repreâ€" sentatives of India, the Crown colâ€" opries, and the autonomous colonies. It would invite witnesses from every trade, and avould endeavor, after hearing all interests, to frame a model tarift He added; "Whenever Commission to Form a Tariff for Discussion. Canada to be Represented on a Trade Enquiry. A COMMISSION BEING FORMED. An Important Announcement by Mr. Chamberlain. imports of n months ; onvince the coloâ€" _his own opinion. the work of the _ purely experiâ€" that_ leaders â€" in increased $51,â€" never t the When littie ones a mother no longer mauseâ€"us, Er p nE pâ€" «hem to wleep with "soothing" preparal wayek contain harml Own Tabjets have is «sands ol mothers w tify that they are action, absolutely «: *Je ones sleep sound decause they remove made baby irritable this point Mrs. D. N Ont., says: "I have Tablets and find th able medicine for When baby is cross hber a Tablet, and | and her fair, girlu a sweet flower. H ‘to come out with 1 oa to the lawn «i of showing her the era sky, "I do not care 1 whe «sald. "I oa.nnofl over them. I see th fashion or other (-1 k But he was so det though: it lass trow sent by ariting ailments of I good for c flr‘.it. «h«= {or hle He went to Th summer evening not coming away answer,. 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