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bl WEDDING DIRECTOR. LJ other covers New Way by Whick Sex Can Earn Money. L ‘ke woman in PBoston has foum} for woman‘s activity by taking Adings. On the day of the marâ€" y the bride and the bride‘s moâ€" rally too busy and too tired to itention to the management of helper in this household emerâ€" YORK EXCURSIONâ€"$9 ly harmless and pleasant to tenernce mp price is 25¢. per ts in medicine sell P L L 2 T Kc;m are a constant care in inter weather. will Qoyon_hfiqwlbou];m'. Cure, the Lung Tonic, and wfotn:z:ny) hl:.'.:g re remedy he air passages in children. i m o Iâ€" 1 ILOH Td an NOo. 50, 1905. A C Write for dsscr‘ption Id be m every household 17 Demand : to get to the house rst attention to the it that the dress, or fills a longâ€"felt honeer is Mrs. Neiâ€" with her husband s aristocratic Beaâ€" . The bride eat» wing that everyâ€" : her bags and in a little book inced by loor before ha to the inging k and raté Mrs. grow n Drng hin gw t are b D bride even oo%â€" day. n of 0 Tt Great Slaughter of Jewish Students Many 6,000,000 Men Under Control of Central Strike Committee. London, Dec. 11.â€"The latest news from Russia, which left St. Petersburg on Wednesday, and was transmitted by way of the frontier, represents the situation as becoming worse, especially as regards the financial position and the stability of the army. The St. Petersburg correspondent of the Telegraph describes the Governâ€" ment as being helpless in face of the opposition of the revolutionists, while the telegraph and postal strike is ruining the country financially and economically. The level to which the panic on the Bourse on Wednesday drove Government stocks was far beâ€" low the lowest ever reached since the gold standard was introduced in the empire. He adds that the strike epiâ€" demic Js spreading, and Russian goâ€" clety~ _ is â€" literally â€" crumbling â€" away. Poverty is widespread and _ intense. Whole districts are suffering from famine. _ In addition to the mutinous outbreaks at Novorossisk and Catherâ€" inodar, similar demonstrations are reâ€" ported at Riga, Odessa and elsewhere. FIFTEEN HUNDRED JEWS MASSACRED. According to one correspondent terâ€" rible bloodshed is impending. _ The Central _ Strike _ Committee _ controls 6,000,000 _ men, oneâ€"third of whom are already armed, while arms are still entering the city from _ all directions. Prominent _ military _ commanders are asking permission _ to _ resign. The Minister of War, and some other high oificials have also requested _ permisâ€" gion to retire from office. The ravages of the . peasants in the Baltic proâ€" vinces have driven the landâ€"owners in St. Petersburg into a pitiable state of destitution. _ Their _ possessions _ and family heirlooms have been destroyed or appropriated, â€" their lands _ forcibly occupied, and they themselves renderâ€" ed _ paupers. The revolutionists, whether acting through the workmen‘s dvlegates or _ the Revolutionary Comâ€" mittee, divide authority with the nomâ€" inal government, and they are repreâ€" sented as having the lion‘s share of powâ€" (m the other hand, the feeling acainst the revolutionists is growing and there is some hope to be derived from the attitude of the Zemstvos, which are now about to meet . separâ€" ately, and which, it is expected, . will deciare â€" themselves on the side of moderation. _ The Czar promised _ to receive on â€" Thursday the Tula Zemstâ€" voists, who came here avowedly to support Count Witte on condition that he would develop the principle of the manifesto of Oct. 30. Revoluticnary Agents Report Success Among Troops in South Russia, St. Petersburg, Dec. 11.â€" A meeting was held here toâ€"day by the Social Revolutionary party. Agents of the party who arrived from the south, reâ€" ported that the troops in that part of the country were ready to rise, and were only awaiting the signal from St. Petersburg. The Novoe Dyisn, a revoâ€" lutionary paper, . published . despatches confirming these reports, which it reâ€" ceived from telegraph operators, who retused to give them to the Governâ€" ment. These despatches state that the port of Novorossisk, on the east coast of the Black Sea, is controlled by mutinâ€" ous soldiers, who are maintaining _ orâ€" der. They are asking the workmen to join them. Mutinous troops at Catherinodar, in the Caucasus, have seized the arsenal and 16,000 rifles. They are distributing the arms to the workmen there and at Novorossisk. A similar rising has beâ€" sun at Sebastopol. The nervousness of the Ministry of War in indicated by the annulment of the sentence of geath passed â€" upon Relief Committee Reports Slaughter in 171 Towns. London, Dec. 11.â€"The gccretary of the committee which was appointed by the recent conference held hbere under the chairmanship of Lord Rothschild, to take charge of the distribution of the funds collected for the relief of _ the Jews in Russia, said toâ€"night that this despatch had been received from the travelling commissioners who are now working in Russia securing data and statistics : & three leaders of the strike of the enâ€" wineers employed on the Touscha fortâ€" ress in the Caucasus, who were conâ€" victed by courtâ€"martial. Their comâ€" rades communicated with the Union of Unions, which notified the Government that wnless the sentence was withâ€" drawn a general railroad strike would be called. ‘This threat extracted the announcement toâ€"day that the Minister of War refused to confirm the sentence. _ Strikes have begun on the railway beâ€" tween Kursk and Kharkoff and Sebasâ€" topol and the line from Kieff to Polâ€" "After a personal inspection, we can report that the destruction is inde â€" seribable. _ Hundreds: of â€" shops have been destroyed, and <business is at a standstill. ~ The damage amounts to millions of roubles. ts 20 Telegraphic communication has been entirely . stopped _ throughout â€"Russis, and we are without news. . We are. sending this to the fronticr. tava. "Forty tnornd persons in‘ Kieff alone.!â€"~Several which had Jewish sections entirely . burned, and the sleeping in the fick}l-”‘ 'n'n’o :ecretary said that relief centres had been established at Ekaterinoslay, CGomel, Kieff, Odessa, Poltava, Rostoffâ€" onâ€"Don, Simperopol and Moscow. The travelling commissioners say that 171 Officials Want to Resign. AWAIT SIGNAL TO RISE. JEWISH MASSACRE. C Rew 2 10 00e 3o y w 9 ~persons are affected Several> small towns tions have been the people are o The secretary said that up to dats $2,475,000 had been contributed. _ This sum included $1,000,000 from the United States, $520,000 from Germany, ard $637,000 from Great Britain. The sum of $745,000 had already been remitle:l to Russia. massacres. These figures do not inâ€" clude villages and Siberian towns, many of which suffered from the antiâ€"Semiâ€" tic madness. T Writing from Kieff under date of Dec. 1, the commissioners say that he town was then in open riot, and t‘lmt firing was continual. â€" The British Conâ€" sul had offered to shelter the commi«â€" sioners. The committee, the secretary said. proposed to organize a special system of relief for the orphaned children, who would be removed from Russia and given into the care wof Jewish families in other countries. This plan, he said. had received the endorsement of Jacob H. Schiff, of New York, treasurer of the American Relief Committee, who offerâ€" ed to take any number of children up to 500, and see to their proper disposiâ€" DECLARES SHE NEVER SAID CANAâ€" DIANS WERE IROQOUOIS. towns have been tion. Are Backward in Fine Artsâ€"Actress Deâ€" clares Students ‘Tied Stones to Strings and Injured Women of Comâ€" pany.. An Ottawa despatch: Madame Sarah Bernhardt, who arrived here toâ€"day, is very much annoyed at an incident which happened in Quebec ~last evening, when a number of Laval students had arranged to rottenâ€"egg the actress on her departure, owing to an interview, in which she was represented to have said that Frenchâ€"Canadians had hardly a drop of French blood in their veins, but were many of them descended from the Iroquois. She writes a letter to one of the Ottawa papers, in which she says: "I must formally deny certain phrases attributed to me through the columns of L‘Evenement, ~of _ Quebec, regardâ€" ing the Canadian people. I have never, never stated, on my word of honor, that the Canadian people were Iroquois. I did say it was true that the Canadians have made great progress in agricuiâ€" ture, but not in literature and art. Last evening two or three _ hundred young men assaulted two women of my company with sticks and stones and severely wounded them about the head. I ask if these young men were Canaâ€" dians. I do not believe it." "What I did say was that the Canaâ€" dian people are making great progress in agriculture, but not in literature and arts." "Was your opinion influenced _ by books or observation?" was asked. "No, not beeks, but by contact with your representative cultured people in ‘Montreal." In the course of an interview the disâ€" tinguished artist remarked: "Did you say the Canadian people were not genuine, but Iroquois sayâ€" ages ?" _"Most extraordinary! No, no! No, I did not say that. The paper misconâ€" strued the entire statements by me." "What is your general impression of Canada ?" "A most extraordinary country. You are making excellent progress in agriâ€" culture, but you lack the finesse $f literâ€" ary and artistic development." "Did the Lavil students make a warâ€" like demonstration â€" against you â€" last night ?" "I _ can‘t understand it. They tied stones to strings and threw them at members of my company and badly wounded two ladies. I didn‘t say, as reported, that the people were dominatâ€" ed by the clergy, and I shall address a letter to the people of what I really did TEH KILLED IN A SMASHâ€"UP OF "OVERLAND LIMITED." Engineer Brink Disoceyed Orders acd Went to His Death on a Freight Enâ€" gine, Which Collided With the Fast Trainâ€"Some of Dead Incinerated. \Omaha, Neb., Dec. 11.â€"Ten persons were killed and el@en train employees and eight passenegrs were injured in the wreck of the "Overland Limited" on the Union Pacific five miles west of Rock Springs, Wyoming, toâ€"day. ‘The limited was run into headâ€"on by a freight train, and both engines were demolished. ‘The dynamo car, mail car and dining car on the limited burned to the wheels. Sevâ€" eral of the dead were incinerated. sav The dead: First cook, James Busvce, Omaha; second cook, Ed. Rosenbaum, Oakland, Cal.; fourth cook, John Lawâ€" less, Omaha; J. A. Newson, J. F. Philâ€" lopan, Frank Peterson, mail clerks, Cheyâ€" enne, Wyoming; Electrician Stigers, and Ogden, his assistant ; Assistant Electriâ€" cian McKenna, Omaha; Engineer Brink, Rawlins; Brakeman Smith, Rawlins. The three dead cooks are white men, An extra freight train was given an orâ€" der before t left Rock Springs to meet four eastbound passenger trains of which the Overland Limited was the last one, at Ashay, a siding five miles west of Rock Springs. The freight took the siding and waited until three of these trains had passed east and then pulled out. When a mile and a half west of Absay it met the Overland Limited, Both engines were demolished, and three Division Surgeon hkeed and several diâ€" vision officials from Rock Springs arrivâ€" ed at the wreck shortly after it occurâ€" red. The bodies of the dead were removed to Rock Springs. The mail cear was the scene of the greatest mortality. In this car four clerks were working when the crash came. Three of them were killed outright, and the fourth, Shafert, was probably fatally burt. cars of the limited immediately caught fire and were destroyed: * _ i Engineer Brink, of the freight train, who, it is stated officially, was responsâ€" ible for overrunning his orders, was one of the killed, % SARAH IS INDIGNANT. and meant." TRAINMEN DIF. se the scenes of Jewish on Ano d ue is % % fflll-w%’s! :!rv-'&z;‘-« ts "ho C‘ MRS. MARY ROGERS â€" HANGED ON FRIDAY. White River Junction, Vt., Dec. 8.â€" Although Governor Bell agreed early toâ€" day to hear what the attorneys for Mrs. Mary M. Rogers had to say, in behalf of a reprieve for the condemned woman, there was little indication that their efâ€" forts would prevent the execution and it was expected that she would be hangâ€" ed between the hours of 1 and 2 this afâ€" ternoon. Governor Bell and party arrivâ€" ed here from Chicago by way of Monâ€" treal at 3.15 am., toâ€"day, One of her laywers boarded the train near Canaâ€" dian boundary line and at Montpelier Junetion, another joined him. They saw the Governor for a. few moments, and he agreed to hear what they had to say at 10 a.m. When the Montreal express reached here Governor Bell was approached by a number of newspaper men but to all inquiries he said "L am going to bed, I have nothing to say." Secretary Walters stated early toâ€"day that he had heard of yothing that could prevent the execution. Asked for Reprieve. Early toâ€"day Attorney Flynn, counâ€" sel for Mrs. Rogers handed to Governor Bell a letter from former Justice Powâ€" ers of the Vermont Supreme Court, reâ€" questing him to show clemency. Judge Powers argued that the end of justice would be subserved if another reprieve should be granted. He said that he had travelled throughout the State and was personally convinced that the sentiment of the Vermont people was overwhelmâ€" ingly opposed to the execeution. Mr. Powâ€" ers contended that some of the new eviâ€" dence in the case had come to light so recently that it has been impossible to present it before the two justices of the State Supreme Court as the law proâ€" vides, and expressed the belief that a reprieve of three or four weeks would give sufficient opportunity for this to be done. The Future is Bright For Home Ruleâ€"Ireland‘s Powerful Position. _ London, Dec. 11.â€""Since the time . of ; Gladstone, Ireland never occupied a more powerful position than she does toâ€"day. The home rule question is absolutely the main issue now before the public." JOHN REDMOND‘S NOTE OF TRIUMPH. The conference between Mrs. Rogers‘ attorneys and CGovernor Bell for anâ€" other reprieve for Mrs. Rogers was fruitâ€" less. 6 ‘This is the message which Johnâ€" E. Redmond, the leader of the Irish Naâ€" tionalists in the British House of Comâ€" mons, and the world over, made toâ€" night. . The message explains clearly the political situation, and the hope which Mr. Redmond‘s_Ffollowers _ now have for the establishment of selfâ€"govâ€" ernment in the near future. Following is Mr. Redmond‘s cable desâ€" patch in full: The overthrow of â€" the Balfour Government forces the Irish eause once more in the forefront of Britâ€" ish politics. Executed at Vermont State Prison This Afternoon. Windsor, Vt., Dec. 8.â€" Mrs. Mary Mabel Rogers was hanged at: the Verâ€" Five years ago Mr. Balfour _ came into power with an enormous majority, pledged â€" against home . rule. Toâ€"day that majority has disappeared, and a Prime Minister, Sir Henry Campbellâ€" Bannerman, is in office, who has declarâ€" ed that the government of Ireland must be placed in the hands of an Assembly elected by the Trish people.: â€" Â¥ This marks the greatest and. most Aisâ€" tinct advance which the home rule quesâ€" tion has â€"made in a generatiosn, and makes it absqolutely, the main issue now before ‘the ipebple of the empire, The defeat of exâ€"Premier ;‘lfour’s atâ€" tempt at redistribution‘ of the Parlia â€" mentary seats last year, with a view of reducing the number of Trish representâ€" atives by a process of flagrant "gerryâ€" ONTARIO ARCHIVES TORONTO f Dress Rehearsal of the Hanging Held With a Dummy. Conference Fruitless. SHE WAS HANGED. MRS. MAR Y ROGERS. lisâ€" mont state prison at Windsor for the murder of her husband, Marcus Rogers, at Benningcon, Aug. 15, 1902, at 1.13 o‘clock toâ€"day. Only a comparatvely few persons witnessed the hanging, the numâ€" ber being restricted to those permitted to.attend by the laws of Vermont. Windsor, Vt., Dec, 8.â€" People are making bets in Windsor and many other Vermont towns on the probable fate of Mary Rogers. "Even money that she lives." "Three to one that she hangs." These are the phrases tossed lightly about in grocery stores and barber shops where the men in great fur coats and top boots congregate to keep warm and smoke, gambling over the chance of a deathâ€"doomed woman. Sometimes it is money that is wagered, sometimes only drinks and cigars. Sometimes pools are formed and numbers are sold, and all over the chances of a helpless woman being allowed to spend her life behind prison bars, or being taken out, shackled and blindfolded, and having her neck legally broken on the gallows. Sympaâ€" thy for Mary Rogers is the last thing which one hears expressed in Windsor. But the Irish party is alert as well as united. . The reliance of Ireland is not .upon any British declarations, however, plausible or encouraging they may be but upon her own strength in Parliament and the absolute justice of her demands. The Trish question, which has lived for a hundred years, holds the field t@day. The convention just held here was a great, representative gathering, strong in purpose and eloquent of the vigor of public opinion. United and hopeful the members of the Irish _ Parliamentary party look with confidence to the Irish raee and its sympathizers the world over to sustain them in this cruicial fight, and to aid them in making the most for Ireâ€" land from the new political situation. Men gamble laughingly on her chances of escape from death, while women purse their lips closely in sereve lines and say: "We are sick and tired _ of hearing alsout her; sne ought to be hanged, and we hope she will." The gallows is ready. _ In the death cell, sunk in helpless gloom, sits Mary Rogers, waiting, waiting, as the minutes that bear her toward eternity are ticked oif on the watch of the solemn guard who paces grimly along the corridor. Sometimes she cries: "I‘ll cheat the gallows yet!@‘ At other times _ she wails: "There is noâ€" hopeâ€"God â€" have mercy on my poor soul!" Mrs. Rogers was pronounced dead by the prison officials at 1.2714. Governor Refused to Interfereâ€"Woman Must Hang. mandering," was really the cause of the final overthrow of the Uaionistâ€"Tory Adâ€" ministration. â€"â€" This defeat was brought about, of course, by the Irish party through its representatives. This is not the first time the party has shown its power. We have proved shat in the long run no British Government which tries to ignore the righteous deâ€" mand for home rule can long escape deâ€" feat. Windsor, Vt., Dec. 8.â€" A telephone message from White River Junction to the State Prison here that Governor Bell had declined to grant a reprieve to Mrs. Rogers indicated that the last possibility of interference with the execution of the woman, set for this afternoon, had vanâ€" ished. This was veritied a few minutes later by an official telephone message The political future is most encouragâ€" ing. The great anass of the Liberals will follow the lead of the new Premier and John Morley on the Irish question. The views of these men, as well as their acâ€" tions, have been consistent. Lord Roseâ€" bery‘s objections will havee very little weight. Eflllu 410M UHC (HRW pPIPCRCCT . MEDTMETIAIE ‘Since «the.. tmf.si ~GMadstone®Jrelamd "Anvar naminiad a mare mawerfnul nasi. never occupied a more powerful posiâ€" tion than she does toâ€"day. NO REPRIEVE FOR HER. Betting Before Hanging. JC & John E.â€"Redmond. Aside from the presence of an upusual number of deputy sheriffs and a large number of newspaper correspondents and telegraph operators, the town of Windsor proceeded with its business as usual toâ€" day. There was appurently little interâ€" est in what was taking place at theâ€"priâ€" son. Sheriff Peck came from \ White River Junction on an early train. He seemed considerably affected by the prospect before him. Itâ€" was recalled that he had at one time headed a moveâ€" ment among the county officers to seâ€" cure a reprieve for the condemned woman. Sheriff Peck has delegated all the actual work to his deputies, but the law requires him to be present at the execution. Went Through the Motions of Hanging Mrs. Rogers. from the Governor to Sheriff Peck. The final arrangements for earrying out the death sentence then were made. & At the prison during the forencon all attempt to gain information concerning Mrs. Rogers‘ condition were fruitless. Three newspaper representatives, the only press men permitted to witness the hanging, were escorted into the prison, and will remain until after the hanging. Windsor, Vt., Dec. 8.â€"A full dress reâ€" hearsal of the execution of Mary Rogers was held yesterday in Windsor prison. Mrs. Rogers knows nothing of the grim show which was rehearsed in the prison court below her cell door, and it is. not likely she would have cared if she had known. & a A dummy figure was suspended from the noose and on the scaffold floor lay the black sack that will enshroud Mrs. Rogers, The black sack was put around the figure. Deputy Sheriff Spafford adâ€" justed the black cap in pantomine _ and then gave the signal for the drop to Deputy Sheriff McCauley, who pressed the trap with his feet, and in order to see if he had his lines perfect, recited his own sentence prescribed by the law, "I now execute the sentence of the law and may God have mercy on your soul." The deputy sheriffs were carefully drilled in every _ movement _ including the tieing of the black sack over a dumâ€" my figure. The scaffold was erected early this morning and the Manilla rope, which will be used to hang the woman, was tested with a 200â€"pound bag of sand. Sheriff Peck, who has charge of the execution, came from White River Juneâ€" tion and took general supervision of the rehearsal. | Six deputy sheriffs were formed in line near Mary Rogers‘ cell, on the third tier, and led down the three flights of stairs, through th guard room into the court below and up the gallows steps to their appointed places. Story of the Murder of Her Husband so She Could Marry Another, The crime for which Mrs. Mary Rogâ€" ers was executed was the murder of her husband, Marcus Rogers, at Benning~ ton, Vt., August 13, 1902. She was then only 19 years old. She had been separated from her husband for some time, and was desirous of marrying a young man, named Maurice Knapp. On the night of the murder, Rogers met his wife by apâ€" pointment, in the woods near the Walâ€" loomsac River, While caressing him she inductd him to allow her to bind _ his hands, and while he was powerless _ she chloroformed him. In this she was aided by Leon Perham, a half witted boy with whose mother she boarded. Another woâ€" man, Estella Bates, was present. Old Fred Cady, the village carpenter,; put up the seaffold before 8 o‘clock. _ After the chloroforming, Mrs. Rogers and Perham rolled the body into the river, where it was found the neext day. In order to divert suspicion the woman wrote a note, to which she signed her husband‘s name, giving the impression that he had committed suicide. Immediately after the murder, Mrs. Rogers endeavored to collect her husâ€" band‘s life insurance of $500 and also made arrangements to purchase _ the furniture for the house where she _ exâ€" pected to live when she had married Knap;). A few days.after the murder, _ Mrs. Mrs. Rogers was the daughter of Mrs Josie Callahan, of Hoosick Falls, N. Y. WONDERFUL GOLD FIND CAN GOUGE IT OUT IN SILVERâ€"DOLâ€" LAR THICKNESS. Strike Took Place in the Laurentian Mine at Manitouâ€"Rock Held Toâ€" gether by the Precious Metal. Wabigoon, Ont., Dec. 11.â€"Information has arrived from Manitou of the most extraordinary etrike ot gold that has ever been found in the district. _ The strike occurred at the Laurentian mine, one mile from Gold Rock, which had just recently been reâ€"opened after the close of litigation proceedings.. A couple of shots put in by the nuners while drifting from the north side of the shaft at the 85â€"foot level on Tuesday last did the business, and :exposed gold of untold value. Â¥6 The precious metal could be twisted off in pencils or %:uged out in silverâ€"dollar rdkne the reok was only held fogether hy : tha! was e i aefifigmwhieh it was pernuhd-?t is just two years ago since ore asaying A few days.after the murder, _ Mrs. Rogers, Perham and the Bates woman were arrested. Perham made a complete confession and both he and Mrs, Rogers were found guilty of murder in the first degree, Perham was sentenced to imâ€" prisonment for life and Mrs. Rogeers to death, on the gallows. Various futile atempts were made to induce the Legislature in which parâ€" doning power rests, to pardon or comâ€" mute her sentence. An effort to pass a law abolishing capital punishment likeâ€" wise failed and the legislature also denâ€" ied application for a state commission to inquire into her sanity. . Gov. Bell twice reprieved her in order that her attorneys might carry the case to highâ€" er courts, but the Vermont State Supâ€" reme Court denied her a new trial and the United States Supreme Court declinâ€" ed to interfere. a depth of 25 feet in the same shaft, The exposure of Tuesday last would apparâ€" ently indicate a sixâ€"figure assay. :".72{..:4! l.’“nl oi"i.’."t'?‘:’fl'.:' -'.!m.:jhnfh Tg: MRS. ROGERS‘ CRIME. GRIM REHEARSAL. sigich Crown‘s case, and counsel addressed the eourt. Mr. W. R. lfiddoll,' K. C., did not attempt to justify the bonus system, and went so far in condemmation of it as to advise the return of the money imâ€" properly taken in that way. He in common with Mr. Watson, K. ©C., for the Central Supply Association, argued there had been no contravention of the eriminai code, and thut the agreement between the two associatoins was legal, Mr. Riddell made the same argument with reference to the agreement with the local union. Mr. Watson took the technical objection that the section of the code regarding conspiracy did not apply to the acts of two corporate companies, and on behalf of the asosâ€" ciation strongly repudiated any intenâ€" tion to commit any wrongful or illegat acts. _ Mr. DuVernet‘s unfinished adâ€" dress for the Crown was a scathing deâ€" nunciation of a combination under which, he said, citizens had been absolutely defrauded, and under which, while makâ€" ing dishonest tenders "honest," "reputâ€" able" members of the association had sat around the table, distributing other people‘s money among themselves and arranging to what extent they could plunder and rob them. After Archbishop of Yorkâ€"Hitherto Prime Minister Has Taken Rank by, Virtue of Privy Council Memberâ€" ship. London, Dec. 11.â€"The appointment of Nir Henry â€" Campbell â€" Bannerman _ as Premier, accompanied _ by the roâ€" moval of a curious anomaly in Engâ€" lish court ccremonies. A Royal order was gazetted last night authorizing that the "Premier shall in future have place and precedence next after the Archbishâ€" op of York." Hitherto in court and State ceremonâ€" ials the Premier was not recognized, and only took rank by virtue of his memâ€" bership in the Privy Council. Thus, he was preceded by several of his Mimsâ€" ters. King Edward wanted to make the change during the Premiership of Mr. Balfour. but the latter was averse to it. The announcement that the King has just recognized the status of the Prime Minister causes the Chronicle to remark that there is no such perâ€" son as the Premier or Prime Minister of Canada. Sir Wilfrid Laurier‘s officâ€" ial title is President of the Council whilst what is generally known as the Cabinet is the Council of Canada. * AN ANOMALY IN BRITISH COURT CEREMONIES REMOVED. Philadelphia, Dec. .â€"The advisory committee appointed by Mayor Weaver at the suggestion of Dr. W. M. L. Coplin, director of the Department of Health and Charities, to make an investigation of conditions in the insane department of the Philadelphia General Hospital, submitted a report last night which shows a condition in the alms house that is. characterized as "shocking" by Dr. Coplin. The report says there are 1,800 patients in the insane department, whereas there are acommodations for only 900. _ There is an utter Jack of clothing, and many patients are compellâ€" ed to remain in bed because they have no clothing to wear. Some have to reâ€" main in bed while their clothes are beâ€" ing washed. In one ward 100 patients out of 125 were without underclothing, and night clothes are also scarce. ThG report also says that the place is so crowded that patients have to sleep on benches and on the floor, and that tuberâ€" culosis patients are not separated from Mr. DuVernet‘s Scathing Der tion of a Combination. Plumbers and Steamfitters‘ Association and. the Central Supply Association was concluded yesterday before Mr. Justice Clute, who called upon the defending counsel for their evi@ence. No evidence was offered in contravention of the Tononto despatch: The evidence in the conspiracy case against the Master Mrs. John Daly, of Toronto, Secures Her INSANE PATIENTS > BADLY TREATED. the other inmates Have to Stay in Bed Because} There "Are No Clothes to Wear. Place So Crowded That the Patients Have to Sleep on Floor. Shocking Revelations at the Philaâ€" Husband‘s Release, Greenwich, Ct., Dec, 11.â€"Mrs. John J. Daly, of Toronto, endeavored, in the Bupreme Court, at Bridgeport toâ€"day, to get her husband released of a fraud charge, and have sent him to Canada, where he was once a wealthy _ and prominent man, and proprietor of a farm journal at Guelph. Dr. Banks examined him, and declared him a iac promoter. He will be sent m& his wife‘s request, and placed in a sanitarium. Daly left his wife, &twhlhal reâ€" lutt Ato. â€" H. be will not go back to Canada, as he wil} continue the same moneyâ€"getting busiâ€" ness here for which he was arrested. PLUMBERS‘ COMBINE. A MONOMANIA«u PROMOTER. PREMIER‘S RANK. se« wÂ¥ q / ®